可以隨處禱告嗎？
你知道嗎，禱告的時候是可以睜着眼睛的？你知道嗎，要禱告並不一定非得去教堂、寺廟或是清真寺，甚至不需要在任何建築物內？耶穌基督在世上為人時，沒有自己的房子，沒有一間屋子來禱告。他會去到山上，去到沙漠或是曠野禱告。他會去到任何一個可以獨處的地方，一個遠離喧囂的地方。神垂聽了但以理在獅子坑中的禱告，神聽到了大衛在山洞中的禱告。神垂聽了彼得在船上禱告，神也聽到了希西家躺在病床上的禱告。我希望今天，在你禱告的時候做這樣一件事。今天，請你抽一段時間來找找你周圍值得感恩的事物，並且，在你禱告的時候，請睜開眼睛看看你的周圍，找到你應該為哪些事物向神獻上感恩。列一個單子，你可能會因此而驚訝。就算你可能會為一些事而抱怨，但你周圍的一切都值得你感恩。向神禱告吧，看看生活。要記得，神正坐在寶座上治理着這世界，使得這一切都變得不同。我們一起禱告吧。記得睜開你的眼睛。
作者: Andy Baker
譯者: Wang Jing
播音: Edward Short
Sweet Hour of Prayer / 1
CAN YOU PRAY ANYWHERE?
Did you know that you could pray with your eyes open? Did you know you do not have to be in a church or a temple or a mosque or even inside of any building to pray? The man, Jesus Christ, did not own a house and did not have an indoor place to pray. He would go to mountains, to a desert or to a wilderness. He would go to any solitary place where he could get away from the noises of life. God heard the prayer of Daniel from a den of lions and He heard David from a cave. Peter was on a ship and Hezekiah was sick in bed. Let me give you something to do today when you pray. Choose a time today to look for things around you that you have to be thankful for and when you pray keep your eyes open and look around you for things for which you can thank God. Make a list. It might surprise you, even when you have things you could complain about, all the things you have to be thankful for. Praying to God and looking at life remembering that God is sitting on the throne ruling the world, makes everything look differently. Let’s pray. Remember to keep your eyes open.
Author: Andy Baker
Translator: Wang Jing
Vocal version: Edward Short