January 25
And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit. — Acts 2:4
Scripture reading: Acts 2:1–21
One night I was entrusted with a meeting, and I was guarding my position before God. I wanted approval from the Lord. I saw that God wants men full of the Holy Spirit, with divine ability, filled with life, a flaming fire. In the meeting a young man stood up. He was a pitiful object with a face full of sorrow. I said, “What is it, young man?”
He said he was unable to work, and he could scarcely walk. He said, “I am so helpless. I have tuberculosis and a weak heart, and my body is full of pain.”
I said, “I will pray for you.” I said to the people, “As I pray for this young man, you look at his face and see it change.”
As I prayed, his face changed. I said to him, “Go out, run a mile, and come back to the meeting.”
He came back and said, “I can now breathe freely.”
The meetings were continuing, and I missed him. After a few days, I saw him again in a meeting. I said, “Young man, tell the people what God has done for you.” “Oh,” he said, “I have been able to work and make money.”
Praise God, this wonderful stream of salvation never runs dry. You can take a drink; it is close to you. It is a river that is running deep, and there is plenty for all.
In a meeting, a man rose and said, “Will you touch me? I am in a terrible situation. I have a large family, but because of an accident in the pit, I have had no work for two years. I cannot open my hands.” I was full of sorrow for this poor man, and something happened that had never happened before. We are in the infancy of this wonderful outpouring of the Holy Spirit, and there is so much more for us. I put out my hand, and before my hands reached his, he was loosed and made perfectly free.
I see that Stephen, full of faith and of power, did great wonders and miracles among the people. This same Holy Spirit can fill you, too, and then right things will be accomplished. God will grant it. God is ready to touch and transform you right now.
Once a woman rose in the meeting asking for prayer. I prayed for her, and she was healed. She cried out, “It is a miracle! It is a miracle! It is a miracle!” That is what God wants to do for us all the time. As surely as we get free in the Holy Spirit, something will happen. Let us pursue the best things, and let God have His right-of-way.
May the Lord open our eyes to see Him and to know that He is deeply interested in all that concerns us. He is “touched with the feeling of our infirmities” (Hebrews 4:15 KJV).
All things are naked and open to the eyes of Him with whom we are connected (v. 13). He knows about that asthma. He knows about that rheumatism. He knows about that pain in the back, head, or feet. He wants to loose every captive and to set you free just as He has set me free. I hardly know that I have a body today. I am free from every human ailment, absolutely free. Christ has redeemed us. He has power over all the power of the Enemy and has worked out our great victory. Will you have it? It is yours; it is a perfect redemption.
It is God‘s desire to make us a new creation, with all the old things passed away and all things within us truly of God; to bring in a new, divine order, a perfect love and an unlimited faith. (See 2 Corinthians 5:17.) Will you accept God‘s plan for you? Redemption is free. Arise in the activity of faith, and God will heal you as you rise. Only believe, and receive in faith. Stephen, full of faith and of the Holy Spirit, did great signs and wonders (Acts 6:8). May God bless this passage and fill us full of His Holy Spirit. Through the power of the Holy Spirit, may He reveal Christ in us more and more.
The Spirit of God will always reveal the Lord Jesus Christ. Serve Him; love Him; be filled with Him. It is lovely to hear Him as He makes Himself known to us. He is the same yesterday, today, and forever (Hebrews 13:8). He is willing to fill us with the Holy Spirit and faith just as He filled Stephen.
Thought for today: We may be very ordinary, but God wants to make us extraordinary in the Holy Spirit.
圣灵的力量
1月25日
他们都被圣灵充满了。——使徒行传 2:4
圣经朗读：使徒行传 2:1–21
有一晚，我被委以主持一次聚会的任务，我在神面前守着我的位置。我渴望得到主的认可。我看到神想要的是充满圣灵、有神能力、充满生命、如烈火焚烧的人。在聚会中，有一位年轻人站了起来。他是一个可怜的人，脸上满是悲伤。我说：“怎么了，年轻人？”
他说他无法工作，几乎无法行走。他说：“我太无助了。我得了肺结核，心脏虚弱，浑身都是疼痛。”
我说：“我会为你祈祷。”我对人们说：“当我为这个年轻人祈祷时，你们看着他的脸，会看到它的变化。”
当我祈祷时，他的脸色变了。我对他说：“出去，跑一英里，然后回来参加会议。”
他回来说：“我现在可以自由呼吸了。”
会议一直在继续，我想念他。过了几天，我又在一次会议中见到他。我说：“年轻人，告诉大家上帝为你做了什么。” “哦，”他说，“我能够工作并赚钱。”
赞美上帝，这美妙的救恩之流永不枯竭。你可以饮用；它就在你身边。这是一条深流的河，人人都能汲取充足的水。
在一次会议上，一个男人站起来说：“你会摸我吗？我处境非常糟糕。我有一个大家庭，但由于坑里的事故，我已经两年没有工作了。我无法张开手。”我为这个可怜的男人充满了悲伤，然后发生了一件以前从未发生过的事情。我们正处在圣灵这奇妙倾注的初期阶段，还有更多的事等待着我们。我伸出手，还没等我的手摸到他，他就被释放了，并获得了完全的自由。
我看到斯蒂芬充满信心和力量，在民众中行了许多奇事和神迹。同样的圣灵也能充满你，那么正当的事就会发生。上帝会赐予它。上帝已经准备好现在就触摸并改变你。
有一次，一位女士在会议中起来请求祷告。我为她祷告，她得到了医治。她哭着喊道：“这是个奇迹！这是个奇迹！这是个奇迹！”这就是上帝希望一直为我们所做的。正如我们在圣灵里得自由一样，必定会有事情发生。让我们追求最好的事物，让上帝行他的正道。
愿主开启我们的眼睛来看见祂，并知道祂对关乎我们的所有事物都深感关心。祂“也曾受过我们的软弱”（希伯来书 4:15 KJV）。
万物在我们与之相连的那位眼中都是裸露和开阔的（13节）。他知道那种哮喘。他知道那种风湿。他知道那种背部、头部或脚的疼痛。他想释放所有被囚之人，使你自由，就像他已经使我自由一样。今天我几乎感觉不到自己还有一个身体。我摆脱了所有人的疾病，完全自由。基督已经赎回了我们。他掌控着敌人的一切权势，并已经为我们赢得了巨大胜利。你愿意拥有吗？它就是你的；这是完全的救赎。
上帝希望我们成为一个新造的人，所有旧事都过去，内里的一切都真正属于上帝；带来新的、神圣的秩序，完美的爱和无限的信心。（参见哥林多后书 5:17）你愿意接受上帝为你所定的计划吗？救赎是免费的。以信心的行动起来，上帝必在你起来的同时医治你。只要相信，并以信心接受。司提反满有信心和圣灵，行了大奇事和神迹（使徒行传 6:8）。愿上帝赐福这段经文，并将我们充满祂的圣灵。藉着圣灵的能力，愿祂在我们里面越来越显明基督。
神的灵将永远显明主耶稣基督。事奉祂；爱祂；被祂充满。当祂向我们显明自己时，听见祂是美好的。祂昨日、今日、一直到永远都是一样的（希伯来书 13:8）。祂愿意如同充满司提反一样，充满我们以圣灵和信心。
今日思考：我们可能非常普通，但神希望通过圣灵使我们变得非凡。
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