如何為惡人禱告？
你是否曾經感到困惑，想知道為什麼壞人和惡人會很發達。你是否會認為像你這樣的好人，若過着艱難的生活，或者在生活中有着很多的問題，是很不公平的？我不懷疑神的公正，我知道神是信實的，他在我們的生活中做工，一切最終都掌握在他的手中。我知道我遇到的有些問題是因為我犯了罪。我不知道你會怎麼想，但我有時候也會感到有些不解，為什麼別人造成的問題會臨到我頭上，這些人可能進入到我的國家，我的城市，甚至我的家中，而對於他們我根本無法控制。聖經舊約中有些禱告講的是人們祈求神懲罰惡人。但是如今，如果我們禱告希望惡人受懲罰，這又似乎與耶穌的教導相違背，因為他教導我們要愛仇敵。這就是為什麼我們需要禱告求神保佑我們，保護我們脫離惡人正在或者將要造成的傷害，我們要求神賜予你我力量去幫助我們周圍任何一位需要我們幫助的人。在理解聖經中的禱告時，有時我們首先需要更深刻地了解神掌管這世界的原則是什麼。我們不可能明白所有的事，不是嗎？但是我們永遠都可以信靠神。
作者: Andy Baker
譯者: Wang Jing
播音: Edward Short
Sweet Hour of Prayer / 15
HOW TO PRAY FOR WICKED PEOPLE
Do you ever get confused and wonder why it is that wicked and some times evil people prosper? Have you ever thought that it is not fair for good people, like you, to have a difficult life and have many problems during their life? I do not doubt the justice of God. I know that God can be trusted and that He is working in our lives and He is in total control. I know that some problems are brought on me because I sin. I don’t know about you, but sometimes though, I wonder a little bit about troubles caused by people who come into my country, my town and even my home over whom I have no control. Some of the prayers in the Old Testament part of the Bible contain pleadings for wicked people to be punished. It might seem that when we pray for wicked people to be punished that this contradicts the teachings of Jesus about loving our enemies. That is why it is needful to pray that God bless you and protect you from the results of actions and decisions of evil people and ask his strength for you and me to help anyone around us that needs our help. Prayers of the Bible sometimes request greater understanding of what principles that God uses to govern the world. We can’t always understand can we? But we can always trust God.
Sweet Hour of Prayer /15
Author: Andy Baker
Translator: Wang Jing
Audio version: Edward Short