Author: Billy Conrad

July 27

Believe in the LORD your God, and you shall be established. — 2 Chronicles 20:20

Scripture reading: Mark 9:19–29

Are you ready? “Why?” you ask. Because God wants to give us higher ground, holier thoughts, and a more concentrated, clearer ministry. God wants us to be in a rising tide every day. This rising tide is a changing of faith; it is an attitude of the spirit where God rises higher and higher. He wants us to come to the place where we will never look back. God has no room for the person who looks back. (See Genesis 19:15–26.)

The Holy Spirit wants to get you ready to stretch yourself out to God and to believe that “He is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him” (Hebrews 11:6). You do not need to use vain repetitions when you pray (Matthew 6:7). Simply ask and believe.

People come with their needs, they ask, and then they leave with their needs because they do not faithfully wait to receive what God has promised them. If they ask for it, they will get it.

Many people are missing the highest order. I went to a person who was full of the Spirit but was constantly saying, “Glory! Glory! Glory!” I said, “You are full of the Holy Spirit, but the Spirit cannot speak because you continually speak.” He kept still then, and the Spirit began to speak through him. This story illustrates the fact that often we are altogether in God‘s way.

I want to so change your operation in God that you will know that God is operating through you for this time and forevermore. May the Spirit awaken us to deep things today.

Are you ready to move and be moved by the mighty power of God that cannot be moved, and to be so chastened and built up that you are in the place where it doesn‘t matter where the wind blows or what difficulty comes because you are fixed in God?

Are you ready to come into the plan of the Most High God, believing what the Scriptures say and holding fast to what is good, believing so that no one will take your crown (Revelation 3:11)?

Thought for today: Do more believing and less begging.

7月27日

信靠耶和华你的神，你就必坚立。——历代志下 20:20

经文阅读：马可福音 9:19–29

你准备好了吗？“为什么？”你会问。因为上帝想赐给我们更高的境界、更圣洁的思想，以及更专注、更清晰的事工。上帝希望我们每天都在上升的潮水中。这股上升的潮流意味着信心的改变；这是一种灵性的态度，随着上帝不断升高。他希望我们来到一个永不回头的境地。上帝不容回头的人。（参见创世纪19:15–26）

圣灵想要让你准备好向神伸展自己，并相信“那寻求他的人必得着赏赐”（希伯来书 11:6）。你祷告时不需要重复空话（马太福音 6:7）。只要简单地祈求并相信即可。

人们带着他们的需求来，他们提出请求，然后带着需求离开，因为他们没有耐心等待上帝应许他们的东西。如果他们提出请求，他们就会得到它。

很多人忽略了最高的秩序。我去看了一个充满圣灵的人，但他一直在说，“荣耀！荣耀！荣耀！”我说，“你满了圣灵，但圣灵无法发声，因为你不停地说话。”那时他才安静下来，圣灵开始通过他讲话。这个故事说明，我们常常完全挡在神的道路上。

我想如此改变你在神里的作为，让你知道神正在通过你来运作，今时直到永远。愿圣灵今天唤醒我们去体会深奥的事物。

你准备好被那不可动摇的神的大能感动并行动起来了吗，并且被如此管教和建立，以至于你处在一个无论风向如何或遇到什么困难都无所谓的状态，因为你在神里坚定不移？

你准备好进入至高上帝的计划，相信圣经所说并坚持行善，相信以至于没有人能夺走你的冠冕吗（启示录 3:11）？

今日思考：多一些信念，少一些乞求。

July 26

Who can utter the mighty acts of the LORD? Who can declare all His praise? — Psalm 106:2

Scripture reading: Psalm 106

A letter came to our house saying that a young man was very ill. He had been to our mission a few years before with a very bad foot; he had worn no shoe but had fastened a piece of leather around his foot. God had healed him that day. Three years afterward, something else came upon him. What it was I don‘t know, but his heart failed, and he was helpless. He could not get up or dress or do anything for himself. In that condition, he called his sister and told her to write to me and see if I would pray. My wife said to go, and she believed that God would give me that life. I went, and when I arrived at this place, I found that the whole country was expecting me. They had said that when I came, this man would be healed.

I said to the woman when I arrived, “I have come.” “Yes, she said, ―but it is too late.” “Is he alive?” I asked. “Yes, barely alive,” she said. I went in and put my hands on him and said, “Martin.” He just breathed slightly and whispered, “The doctor said that if I move from this position, I will never move again.” I said, “Do you know that the Scripture says, ‘God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever’ (Ps. 73:26)”? He said, “Should I get up?” I said, “No.”

That day was spent in prayer and ministering the Word. I found a great state of unbelief in that house, but I saw that Martin had faith to be healed. His sister was home from an asylum. God kept me there to pray for that place. I said to the family, “Get Martin‘s clothes ready; I believe he is to be raised up.” I felt the unbelief.

I went to the chapel and had prayer with a number of people around there, and before noon they, too, believed that Martin would be healed. When I returned, I said, “Are his clothes ready?” They said, “No.” I said, “Oh, will you hinder God‘s work in this house?” I went into Martin‘s room all alone. I said, “I believe God will do a new thing today. I believe that when I lay hands on you, the glory of heaven will fill this place. I laid my hands on him in the name of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, and immediately the glory of the Lord filled the room, and I fell at once to the floor. I did not see what took place on the bed or in the room, but this young man began to shout, “Glory, glory!” and I heard him say, “For Your glory, Lord,” and he stood before me perfectly healed. He went to the door and opened it, and his father stood there. He said, “Father, the Lord has raised me up,” and the father fell to the floor and cried for salvation. The young woman brought out of the asylum was perfectly healed at that moment by the power of God in that house.

God wants us to see that the power of God coming upon people has something more in it than we have yet known. The power to heal and to baptize is available, but you must say, “Lord, what do You want me to do?” (Acts 9:6). You say it is four months before the harvest. If you had the eyes of Jesus, you would see that the harvest is already here (John 4:35). The Holy Spirit wants you for the purpose of manifesting Jesus through you. Oh, may you never be the same again! The Holy Spirit moving upon us will make us to be like Him, and we will truly say, “Lord, what do You want me to do?”

Thought for today: The Devil will say you can‘t have faith. Tell him he is a liar.

7月26日

谁能讲述耶和华的大作为？谁能宣扬祂的一切赞美？——诗篇 106:2

读经：诗篇106篇

我们家收到一封信，说一个年轻人病得很重。几年前，他带着一只非常烂的脚来过我们的传教站；他没穿鞋，只是在脚上绑了一块皮。那天，上帝治好了他。三年后，他又出了点问题。我不知道具体是什么，但他的心脏衰弱，他完全无助。他起不了身，也穿不了衣服，什么都做不了。在那种情况下，他叫来他妹妹，让她写信给我，看看我是否会为他祈祷。我妻子说去吧，她相信上帝会把他的命交到我手里。我去了，到了那里，我发现整个村子的人都在等我。他们说，当我来的时候，这个人就会痊愈。

我到的时候对那个女人说：“我来了。” 她说：“是的，但太晚了。” 我问：“他还活着吗？” 她说：“是的，勉强活着。” 我走进去，把手放在他身上，说：“马丁。” 他只是轻轻地呼吸了一下，低声说：“医生说，如果我从这个姿势动，我就再也动不了了。” 我说：“你知道经上说吗，‘神是我心里的力量，是我的福分，直到永远’（诗篇 73:26）？” 他问：“我应该起来吗？” 我说：“不。”

那一天我们用来祷告和传讲神的话。我发现那家中有很大的不信，但我看到马丁有信心得到医治。他的妹妹从收容所回家了。上帝让我留在那里为那地方祷告。我对家人说：“把马丁的衣服准备好；我相信他会被医治。” 我感受到了不信。

我去了小礼拜堂，和周围的一些人一起祷告，在中午之前，他们也相信马丁会痊愈。回来的时候，我问：“他的衣服准备好了吗？”他们说：“没有。”我说：“哦，你们要阻碍神在这家的工作吗？”我独自走进马丁的房间。我说：“我相信神今天要做一件新事。我相信当我按手在你身上时，天上的荣耀会充满这地方。”我奉父、子、圣灵的名按手在他身上，立刻主的荣耀充满了房间，我当场倒在地上。我没有看到床上或者房间里发生了什么，但这个年轻人开始喊：“荣耀，荣耀！”我听见他说：“为了你的荣耀，主，”然后他站在我面前，完全康复。他走到门口，打开门，他的父亲站在那里。他说：“父亲，主已经使我复活了，”父亲就倒在地上呼求得救。那位从收容所带出来的年轻女子，立即在那房子中靠神的力量完全康复了。

上帝想让我们看到，神的能力降临在人们身上，里面有我们尚未完全了解的东西。医治和施洗的能力是可得的，但你必须说：“主啊，你希望我做什么？”（使徒行传 9:6）。你说现在离收获还有四个月。如果你有耶稣的眼光，你会看到收获已经在这里了（约翰福音 4:35）。圣灵希望你用你的生命彰显耶稣。噢，愿你从此不再一样！圣灵在我们身上的运行，会让我们变得像祂，我们也会真心说：“主啊，你希望我做什么？”

今日思考：魔鬼会说你不能有信仰。告诉他他是个骗子。

July 25

Yield yourselves to the LORD. — 2 Chronicles 30:8

Scripture reading: John 15:1–14

A dear young Russian came to England. He did not know the language but learned it quickly and was mightily used and blessed by God. As the wonderful manifestations of the power of God were seen, people asked him the secret of his power, but he felt it was so sacred between him and God that he should not tell it. But they pressed him so much that he finally said to them, “First, God called me, and His presence was so precious that I said to God at every call that I would obey Him. I yielded and yielded and yielded until I realized that I was simply clothed with another power altogether, and I realized that God had taken me—tongue, thoughts, and everything—and I was not myself, but it was Christ working through me.”

Do you know that God has called you over and over and has put His hand upon you, but you have not yielded? Have you had the breathing of His power within you, calling you to prayer, and you have to confess that you have failed?

I went to a house one afternoon where I had been called, and I met a man at the door. He said, “My wife has not been out of bed for eight months; she is paralyzed. She has been looking forward so much to your coming. She is hoping God will raise her up.” I went in and rebuked the Devil‘s power. She said, “I know I am healed; if you leave, I will get up.” I left the house and went away, not hearing anything more about her. I went to a meeting that night, and a man jumped up and said he had something he wanted to say; he had to go to catch a train but wanted to talk first. He said, “I come to this city once a week, and I visit the sick all over the city. There is a woman I have been visiting, and I was very much distressed about her. She was paralyzed and lay on her bed many months. However, when I went there today, she was up doing her work.” I tell this story because I want you to see Jesus. Yield to Him today.

Thought for today: If there are any buts in your attitude toward the Word of truth, there is something unyielded to the Spirit.

7月25日

把自己交给耶和华吧。— 历代志下 30:8

经文阅读：约翰福音 15:1–14

一位亲爱的年轻俄罗斯人来到了英格兰。他不会说英语，但很快就学会了，并且得到了上帝的大力使用和祝福。当人们看到上帝奇妙能力的显现时，纷纷问他力量的秘密，但他觉得这是他和上帝之间非常神圣的事情，不该告诉别人。但人们一再追问，他最终对他们说：“首先，上帝召唤了我，他的临在是如此宝贵，以至于每次被呼召时，我都会对上帝说我会顺从他。我不断地屈服和顺从，直到意识到我完全被另一种力量所包裹，我明白上帝接管了我——我的语言、思维和一切——我不再是我自己，而是基督在通过我工作。”

你知道上帝一次又一次地呼唤你，并把祂的手放在你身上，但你没有顺服吗？你是否感受到祂的能力在你体内呼吸，呼唤你去祷告，而你不得不承认自己失败了吗？

有一个下午，我去了一所有人请我去的房子，在门口遇到一个男人。他说：“我妻子已经八个月没有下床了，她瘫痪了。她非常期待你的到来。她希望上帝能医治她，让她站起来。”我走进屋里，斥责了魔鬼的能力。她说：“我知道我已经痊愈了；如果你离开，我就会起身。”我离开了房子，没有再听到她的消息。那天晚上我去参加一个聚会，一个男人跳起来，说他有话想说；他必须赶火车，但想先说几句。他说：“我每周会来这座城市一次，四处探访病人。我一直在探望一个女人，她让我非常担心。她瘫痪，多个月都躺在床上。但是，今天我去看她时，她已经起来做自己的事情了。”我讲这个故事是因为我希望你看到耶稣。今天就向他敞开心扉吧。

今日思考：如果你对真理的话语态度中有任何“但是”，那就意味着有些地方还没有顺服圣灵。

July 24

Jesus I know, and Paul I know; but who are you? — Acts 19:15

Scripture reading: Acts 19:13–20

I implore you in the name of Jesus, especially those of you who are baptized, to wake up to the fact that you have power if God is with you. But there must be a resemblance between you and Jesus. The evil spirit said, “Jesus I know, and Paul I know; but who are you?” Paul had the resemblance. You are not going to get this resemblance without having His presence; His presence changes you. You are not going to be able to get the results without the marks of the Lord Jesus. You must have the divine power within yourself; devils will take no notice of any power if they do not see Christ. “Jesus I know, and Paul I know; but who are you?” The difference in these exorcists was that they did not have the marks of Christ, so the manifestation of the power of Christ was not seen.

If you want power, don‘t make any mistake about it. If you speak in tongues, don‘t mistake that for the power. If God has given you revelations along certain lines, don‘t mistake that for the power. Or if you have even laid hands on the sick and they have been healed, don‘t mistake that for the power. “The Spirit of the LORD is upon Me” (Luke 4:18)—that alone is the power. Don‘t be deceived. There is a place to be reached where you know the Spirit is upon you so that you will be able to do the works that are accomplished by this blessed Spirit of God in you. Then the manifestation of His power will be seen, and people will believe in the Lord.

God wants you to be ministering spirits, and this means being clothed with another power. You know when this divine power is there, and you know when it goes forth. Beloved, we can reach it; it is a high mark, but we can get to it. Do you ask how? Say to God, “What do You want me to do?” (Acts 9:6). That is the plan. It means a perfect surrender to the call of God, and perfect obedience.

Thought for today: The baptism of Jesus must bring us to the place of having our focus centered on the glory of God; everything else is wasted time and wasted energy.

7月24日

我认识耶稣，也认识保罗；但你是谁呢？——使徒行传 19:15

经文阅读：使徒行传 19:13–20

我恳求你们，为了耶稣的名，尤其是那些受洗的人，醒悟吧，意识到如果神与你同在，你就有能力。但你必须与耶稣有相似之处。邪灵说：“耶稣我认识，保罗我也认识；但你是谁？”保罗身上有这种相似之处。如果没有他的同在，你不可能拥有这种相似；他的同在会改变你。没有主耶稣的印记，你也无法取得成果。你必须在自己里面拥有神的力量；如果撒但看不到基督的存在，他们不会理会任何力量。“耶稣我认识，保罗我也认识；但你是谁？”这些驱魔人的区别在于他们没有基督的印记，所以基督能力的显现没有被看到。

如果你想要能力，千万别搞错了。如果你会说方言，也不要把那当作能力。如果上帝在某些方面给你启示，也不要把那当作能力。或者即使你按手在病人身上并且他们得到了医治，也不要把那当作能力。“主的灵在我身上”（路加福音 4:18）——那才是真正的能力。别被迷惑。有一个境界，当你感觉到圣灵在你身上时，你就能够完成这位赐福的上帝圣灵在你里面所成就的工作。到那时，他能力的显现就会显出来，人们就会信靠主。

上帝希望你成为服侍的灵，这意味着要披上另一种力量。你知道当这种神圣的力量存在时，也知道它何时发挥作用。亲爱的，我们可以达到这个境界；这是一个很高的目标，但我们可以做到。你问怎么做吗？对上帝说：“你要我做什么？”（使徒行传 9:6）。这就是计划。这意味着要完全顺服上帝的呼召，并完全服从。

今日思考：耶稣的洗礼必须让我们把注意力集中在神的荣耀上；其他的都是浪费时间和精力。