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My Song In The Night (Gospel of John)
我夜间的歌曲 (约翰福音）

My Song In The Night (Gospel of John)
我夜间的歌曲 (约翰福音） 
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Day 324

An Encouragement To Pray

Text: John 16: 23 - 24

AN ENCOURAGEMENT TO PRAY

Jesus was given to prayer. He would begin each day in prayer. He would set aside time to pray in the evening too. However, the Disciples had not yet mastered the spiritual discipline of prayer.

“And in that day you will ask Me nothing. Most assuredly, I say to you, whatever you ask the Father in My name He will give you. Until now you have asked nothing in My name. Ask, and you will receive, that you joy may be full.”

John 16:23-24

1. “And in that day”

a. This is a reference to the day they will see Jesus after His resurrection.
b. Their hearts would be filled with special joy.

2. “You will ask Me nothing”

a. They would be so filled with joy they do not pray.
b. Jesus was pointing out an important truth.
c. The Disciples were not given to prayer as they should.

3. “Most assuredly, I say to you, whatever you ask the Father in My name, He will give you”

a. Jesus once again sought to give much assurance.
b. “Whatever you ask the Father”
i. Prayers are to be directed to the Father.
ii. There was every encouragement to strengthen their prayer life.
c. “In My name”
i. The name of Jesus is most significant.
ii. The Father will grant prayers made in the name of Jesus if it is within His holy will.

4. “Until now you have asked nothing in My name”

a. Prayer was not a strong part of the life of the Disciples yet.
b. They had not asked anything in the name of Jesus at all.

5. “Ask, and you will receive, that your joy may be full”

a. We are reminded of what Jesus taught His Disciples earlier (Matthew 7:7-8).
b. But the Disciples had not yet learned how to be truly prayerful.
c. If they really desire to have fulness of joy, they must learn to deepen their prayer life.
d. Learning to pray humbly to the Father in the name of Jesus must be practised diligently.

经文：约翰福音 16：23-24

鼔励祈祷

耶稣倾向于祷告。每天开始前，祂都会祈祷。傍晚，衪也会抽出时间来祈祷。可是，门徒们却还未掌握祷告的属灵纪律。

“到那日，你们什么也就不问我了。我实实在在地告诉你们：你们若向父求什么，他必因我的名赐给你们。向来你们没有奉我的名求什么，如今你们求，就必得着，叫你们的喜乐可以满足。”

《约翰福音 16：23-24》

1. “到那日”

a. 这是指耶稣复活后，他们见到衪的那日
b. 他们的心将会充满特别的喜乐

2．“你们什么也就不问我了”

a．他们将会如此充满喜乐以致没有祈祷
b．耶稣指出了一个重要的真理
c．门徒们并没有倾向于祈祷，尽管这是他们应当做的

3．“我实实在在地告诉你们：你们若向父求什么，他必因我的名赐给你们”

a. 耶稣再次给予他们更多可信的凭据
b. “你们若向父求什么”
i. 我们祷告时是向天父祈求的
ii. 他们有无限的鼓励来加强自己的祷告生活
c．“因我的名”
i. 耶稣的名具有最重大的意义
ii. 若祷告的祈求遵照了天父神圣的旨意，天父必会应允奉耶稣的名而求的祷告

4．“向来你们没有奉我的名求什么”

a．祷告还不是门徒们生活中重大的一个部分
b．他们完全未曾奉耶稣的名求什么

5．“如今你们求，就必得着，叫你们的喜乐可以满足”

a．这提醒了我们耶稣先前所教导门徒的话《马太福音 7：7-8》
b．可是，门徒们还未学会如何虔诚地祈祷
c．如果他们真正希望喜乐可以满足，就必须加强自己的祷告生活
d．学习如何谦卑地奉耶稣的名求天父是需要殷勤练习的