第二十九週．週五

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晨興餧養

羅十二２　　『…藉著心思的更新而變化，叫你們驗證何為神那美好、可喜悅、並純全的旨意。』

腓二１３　　『因為乃是神為著祂的美意，在你們裏面運行，使你們立志並行事。』

可十二３０　『你要全心、全魂、全心思並全力，愛主你的神。』

我們心理的心有三條主要的動脈，就是魂的三部分—心思、意志和情感。…除去心理之心三條主要動脈的阻塞之路，就是向主徹底認罪。我從經歷中學會，我們需要停留在主面前一段時間，承認我們的缺點、失誤、失敗、錯誤、惡行和諸罪。（帖撒羅尼迦前書生命讀經，二五○頁。）

信息選讀

我們可以從承認我們心思、思想裏所有的罪與不潔開始。…我們的心思滿了污穢。…我們要清除心思動脈的障礙物，就必須承認在我們思想裏和我們的思想方式上一切有罪的事物。藉著承認思想裏一件件的罪，這動脈的阻塞就會除去。

當我們這樣認罪時，我們可以向主承認自己對許多事的領會是多麼天然。你也許不覺得你對許多事的領會很天然，所以你需要到主面前，對祂說，『主阿，光照我，暴露我的心思，暴露我所有的思想。主，把我的心思完全帶進你的光中。』然後你應當照著主的光照和暴露，承認你思想上一件件的難處。譬如，…你對你的丈夫、妻子、孩子、以及家庭事務的領會，也許都是天然的，一點不屬靈。如果主在你裏面暴露這一點，你應當馬上承認說，『主，赦免我，我雖然愛你，但我對婚姻生活的領會完全是天然的。主，拯救我脫離這種天然的領會，把這種領會從我裏面拿去。』…我們要有這種暴露與認罪，就需要有一段長的時間與主同在。

我們若針對我們的意志到主面前，主會徹底而詳細的暴露我們的意志。我們好像在神聖的顯微鏡底下接受察驗。…我們特別會看見，自己是何等的背叛，我們不知道甚麼是服從主。…主也許給你看見，幾年前你在某一件事上作錯了。也許祂又叫你看見，你錯待了某一位弟兄或姊妹。每一次你都需要認罪。你應當因著在祂的光中被祂暴露而感謝祂。我們若承認主在我們意志裏所暴露的一切，就能清除我們的意志這條動脈的阻塞。

我們也需要清除情感這條動脈的阻塞。當我們看見，我們情感的難處多麼嚴重時，我們也許會極其難過。…我們會看見，許多時候我們恨我們所該愛的，愛我們所該恨的。當我們進到聖所的光中，就會看見我們全人最醜陋的一面就是我們的情感，因為我們運用情感不得當。我們的喜樂和憂傷可能全是天然的。當主暴露我們時，我們會對自己表達喜樂和憂傷的方式感到羞愧，因為那樣的表現常是天然的、屬肉體的、甚至是屬肉的。

我們若花彀多的時間清除心理之心三條主要動脈的阻塞，就會感覺到我們全人活了。我們的心思、意志和情感，都會非常健康。這些『溝渠』裏面的『污穢』都被挖除了。（帖撒羅尼迦前書生命讀經，二五○至二五二頁。）

參讀：帖撒羅尼迦前書生命讀經，第六篇；人的破碎與靈的出來，第七至八篇。

WEEK 29 — DAY 5

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Morning Nourishment

Rom. 12:2 …Be transformed by the renewing of the mind that you may prove what the will of God is, that which is good and well pleasing and perfect.

Phil. 2:13 For it is God who operates in you both the willing and the working for His good pleasure.

Mark 12:30 And you shall love the Lord your God from your whole heart and from your whole soul and from your whole mind and from your whole strength.

Our psychological heart has three main arteries. These arteries, which are also the three parts of the soul, are the mind, the will, and the emotion…The way to unclog the three main arteries of our psychological heart is to make a thorough confession to the Lord. From experience I have learned that we need to stay with the Lord for a period of time to confess our defects, failures, defeats, mistakes, wrongdoings, and sins. (Life-study of 1 Thessalonians, pp. 209-210)

Todays Reading

We may begin by confessing all the sinfulness and uncleanness that is in our mind, in our thinking…Our mind is filled with dirt…In order to unclog the artery of our mind, we need to confess everything that is sinful in our thoughts and in our way of thinking. By confessing our thoughts one by one, we will remove the blockage from this artery.

As we are making confession in this way, we may confess to the Lord how natural our understanding is concerning many matters. Perhaps you do not feel that your understanding of so many things is natural. This is the reason you need to go to the Lord and say to Him, “Lord, enlighten me and expose my mind. Expose all my thoughts. Lord, bring my mind fully into Your light.” Then you should follow the enlightenment and exposure to confess the problems in your thinking one by one. For example,…you may understand your spouse, your children, and your family affairs in a natural way, not at all in a spiritual way. If the Lord exposes this in you, you should immediately confess and say, “Lord, forgive me. Although I love You, my understanding of married life is altogether natural. Lord, deliver me from this natural understanding and take it out of me.”…For this kind of exposure and confession it may be necessary for us to stay with the Lord for a long time.

If we go to the Lord concerning our will, He will expose it in a thorough and detailed way. It may seem as if we are being examined under a divine microscope…In particular, we will realize that we are very rebellious, that we do not know what it means to be submissive to the Lord…The Lord may show you that, a few years ago, you were wrong in a particular matter. Then He may go on to show you how you were wrong with a certain brother or a certain sister. Each time you will need to confess. You should thank the Lord that you are under His light, under His exposure. By confessing all that the Lord exposes in our will, we unclog the artery of our will.

The artery of the emotion also needs to be unclogged. When we realize how serious is the problem we have with our emotion, we may be deeply sorrowful…We will realize that in many cases we hate what we should love and love what we should hate. When we come into the light of the sanctuary, we will see that the most ugly aspect of our being is our emotion, for we do not use it properly. Both our joyfulness and our sorrow may be altogether natural. As the Lord exposes us, we may feel ashamed of the way we have expressed joy and sorrow, for that expression often was natural, fleshly, even fleshy.

If we take the time necessary to unclog the three main arteries of our psychological heart, we will have the sense that our entire being has become living. Our mind, will, and emotion will all be in a very healthy condition. All the “dirt” in these “ditches” will then be dug away. (Life-study of 1 Thessalonians, pp. 210-211)

Further Reading: Life-study of 2 Thessalonians, msg. 6; CWWN, vol. 54, “The Breaking of the Outer Man and the Release of the Spirit,” chs. 7—8