Author: Billy Conrad

July 14

The Spirit of the LORD is upon Me. — Luke 4:18

Scripture reading: Luke 4:1–21

I believe God is bringing us to a place where we know that the Spirit of the Lord is upon us. If we have not gotten to that place, God wants to bring us to the fact of what Jesus said in John 14: “I will pray the Father, and He will give you another Helper [‘Comforter,’ KJV], that He may abide with you forever” (v. 16). Because the Spirit of the Lord came upon Him who is our Head, we must see to it that we receive the same anointing, and that the same Spirit is upon us. The Devil will cause us to lose the victory if we allow ourselves to be defeated by him. But it is a fact that the Spirit of the Lord is upon us, and as for me, I have no message apart from the message He will give, and I believe that the signs He speaks of will follow.

I believe that Jesus was the One sent forth from God, and the propitiation for the sins of the whole world (1 John 2:2). We see the manifestation of the Spirit resting upon Him so that His ministry was with power. May God awaken us to the fact that this is the only place where there is any ministry of power.

The Comforter has come. He has come, and He has come to abide forever. Are you going to be defeated by the Devil? No, for the Comforter has come so that we may receive and give forth the signs that must follow, so that we may not by any means be deceived by the schemes of the Devil. There is no limit to what we may become if we dwell and live in the Spirit. In the Spirit of prayer, we are taken right away from earth into heaven. In the Spirit, the Word of God seems to unfold in a wonderful way, and it is only in the Spirit that the love of God is poured out in us (Romans5:5).

Thought for today: Who is the man who is willing to lay down everything so that he may have God‘s all?

7月14日

主的灵在我身上。— 路加福音 4:18

经文阅读：路加福音 4:1–21

我相信上帝正在带领我们到一个我们知道主的灵在我们身上的地方。如果我们还没有到那个地方，上帝想带领我们明白耶稣在约翰福音14章中所说的话：‘我要求父，父就另外赐给你们一位保惠师（KJV翻译为“安慰者”），叫他永远与你们同在’（第16节）。因为主的灵降在了我们的元首身上，我们必须确保自己也领受同样的恩膏，并且同样的灵在我们身上。如果我们任由魔鬼击败我们，他就会让我们失去胜利。但事实是，主的灵确实在我们身上，就我而言，我没有别的信息，只有他会赐给的信息，我也相信他提到的那些神迹会随之而来。

我相信耶稣是从神而来的那一位，是为全世界的罪作了赎罪祭（约翰一书 2:2）。我们看到圣灵的显现停留在他身上，使他的事工充满能力。愿上帝让我们醒悟，明白这是唯一有能力事工的地方。

保惠师已经来了。他来了，而且他是永远与我们同在的。你会被魔鬼打败吗？不会，因为保惠师来了，让我们可以接受并展现必然会随之而来的迹象，让我们无论如何都不会被魔鬼的诡计欺骗。如果我们住在圣灵里、以圣灵生活，我们能够成就的事情是没有限制的。在祷告的灵里，我们会被立刻带离地上，进入天堂。在圣灵里，上帝的话语似乎以奇妙的方式展开，只有在圣灵里，上帝的爱才会倾注在我们心中（罗马书5:5）。

今日思考：谁愿意放下一切，以便拥有上帝的一切呢？

July 13

If we are afflicted, it is for your consolation and salvation….Or if we are comforted, it is for your consolation and salvation. — 2 Corinthians 1:6

Scripture reading: Isaiah 51:9–16

These consolations come out of deprivation, affliction, and endurance. “Yes, we had the sentence of death in ourselves, that we should not trust in ourselves but in God who raises the dead” (2 Corinthians 1:9).

Have we gone as far as Paul? Very few of us have. Can you see how Paul could help and comfort and sustain because he yielded to God all his trust as Jesus did? Because he was yielded to the Holy Spirit to work out the sentence of death, he could help others.

I pray to God that He may never find us “kick[ing] against the goads” (Acts 9:5). We may have to go through the testing; divine healing, purity of heart, baptism in the Holy Spirit and in fire—we are tested for these truths. We cannot get out of this testing. But in every meeting, the glory rises. We descend down into trials also to be sustained and brought out for the glory of God. “If God is for us, who can be against us?” (Romans 8:31). “For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, is working for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory” (2 Corinthians 4:17). Oh, the joy of being worthy of suffering! How will I stand the glory that will be after?

Many of God‘s people are victorious in suffering but fail or back out when things are going fine. Deprivation is often easier than success. We need a sound mind all the time to balance us so that we do not trade our liberty for something less.

We get glimpses of the glory all the time. To Paul in the glory, the presence of the Lord was so wonderful. But he said, “Lest I should be exalted…a thorn in the flesh was given to me” (2 Corinthians 12:7). That was the mercy of God. “The Lord knows how to deliver the godly out of temptations” (2 Peter 2:9) and “saves such as have a contrite spirit” (Psalm 34:18). What a revelation for the time to come! If Satan had his way, we would be devoured.

Thought for today: The truths you stand for, you are tried for.

7月13日

如果我们受苦，是为了给你们带来安慰和拯救……或者如果我们得到安慰，也是为了给你们带来安慰和拯救。——哥林多后书 1:6

经文阅读：以赛亚书 51:9–16

这些安慰来自于匮乏、苦难和忍耐。“是的，我们自己已经承受了死亡的判决，好让我们不依靠自己，而是依靠那位能使死人复活的神”（哥林多后书 1:9）。

我们有没有像保罗那样走得很远？我们中很少有人做到。你能理解为什么保罗能够帮助、安慰和支持别人吗？因为他像耶稣一样把所有的信任都交给了神。正因为他顺服圣灵来执行死亡的判决，他才能帮助别人。

我祈求上帝让我们永远不要“逆着刺棒踢”（使徒行传 9:5）。我们可能必须经历试炼；神的医治、心灵的纯洁、圣灵与火的洗礼——我们在这些真理上都会被试验。这种试炼我们无法躲避。但在每一次聚会中，荣耀都会升起。我们降入试炼，也是为了被扶持并带出来荣耀上帝。“如果上帝支持我们，谁能反对我们呢？”（罗马书 8:31）“因为我们轻微的苦难，不过是短暂的，却为我们成就极重无比、永远的荣耀”（哥林多后书 4:17）。啊，配得受苦的喜乐！我将如何承受随后而来的荣耀呢？

上帝的许多子民在受苦中能得胜，但当一切顺利时却失败或退缩。有时剥夺比成功更容易。我们需要时刻保持清醒的头脑来平衡自己，这样我们才不会用自由去换取更少的东西。

我们一直都能瞥见荣耀的一角。对保罗来说，在荣耀里，主的同在是如此美妙。但他说：“免得我过于自高……给我一根肉体上的刺”（哥林多后书12:7）。那是神的恩慈。“主知道怎样把敬虔的人从试探中救出来”（彼得后书2:9），也“拯救心里痛悔的人”（诗篇34:18）。这是未来的巨大启示！如果撒但得逞，我们早就被吞吃了。

今天的感悟：你坚持的真理，会让你受到考验。

July 12

For as the sufferings of Christ abound in us, so our consolation also abounds through Christ. — 2 Corinthians 1:5

Scripture reading: 1 Corinthians 12:12–27

Chastening provokes or bestows upon us fruits unto holiness. It is in the hard places where we see no help that we cry out to God. He delivers us so that we can help the tempted. It was said of Jesus that He was “in all points tempted as we are” (Hebrews 4:15). Where did He receive strength to comfort us? It was at the end of “vehement cries and tears” (Hebrews 5:7), when the angel came just in time and ministered and saved Him from death. Now He can send angels to us. When? Just when we are about to go straight down. At such times in the past, did He not stretch out to us a helping hand?

God takes us to a place of need, and before we are barely aware of it, we are full of consolation toward the needy. How? The sufferings of Christ abound. The ministry of the Spirit abounds so often. It is a great blessing. We do not know our calling in the Spirit. It is so much greater than our appreciation of it. Then we speak a word in season (Isaiah 50:4); here and there we minister, sowing beside all waters as the Holy Spirit directs our paths.

Paul and the people he ministered to cooperated with one another. Here is the value of testing: it results in a great flow of life from one to another. John Wesley woke up one day and became conscious of the need of one establishing another. In this way, he bore witness to the ministry of the Spirit, and multitudes were born again in his meetings when they heard the wonderful works of God. They heard stories and had consolation poured out to them by the revelation of the Spirit.

We are members of one another. When God‘s breath is upon us and we are quickened by the Holy Spirit, we can pour into each other wonderful ministries of grace and helpfulness.

Thought for today: We need a strong ministry of consolation, not deterioration or living below our privileges.

7月12日

因为我们与基督一同受苦，就能借着基督得到更多的安慰。——哥林多后书 1:5

经文阅读：哥林多前书 12:12–27

管教会激发或带给我们成圣的果实。正是在那些我们看不到帮助的艰难处境中，我们才会向上帝呼求。他拯救我们，好让我们能够帮助受诱惑的人。有人说耶稣“各方面与我们一样受过试探”（希伯来书 4:15）。祂从哪里获得安慰我们的力量呢？正是在“极大的哀号和眼泪”之后（希伯来书 5:7），当天使及时来到，服侍并拯救祂脱离死亡。现在祂也能派天使帮助我们。什么时候呢？就在我们快要跌到谷底的时候。在过去的那些时候，祂难道没有向我们伸出援手吗？

上帝把我们带到有需要的地方，而在我们几乎还没意识到的时候，我们就已经充满了对有需要者的安慰。怎么做到的呢？基督的受苦充满了我们的生命。圣灵的事工也经常充满我们的生活。这是极大的祝福。我们并不了解自己在圣灵里的呼召，它远比我们所能理解的要大得多。然后我们在合适的时候说一句话（以赛亚书 50:4）；在这里在那里服侍，按圣灵指引我们的道路，在各处撒种。

保罗和他所服侍的人彼此合作。测试的价值就在这里：它会让生命从一个人流向另一个人。约翰·卫斯理有一天醒来，意识到需要有人建立别人。通过这种方式，他见证了圣灵的事工，当人们在他的聚会中听到神奇妙的作为时，许多人都重生了。他们听故事，并通过圣灵的启示得到安慰。

我们彼此是彼此的成员。当上帝的气息在我们身上，当圣灵使我们复活时，我们可以向彼此倾注美好的恩典和互助的事工。

今天的思考：我们需要一个强大的安慰事工，而不是堕落或过着低于我们特权的生活。

July 11

[God] comforts us in all our tribulation, that we may be able to comfort those who are in any trouble, with the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God. 2 Corinthians 1:4

Scripture reading: 2 Corinthians 1:3–11

We need a revelation of a greater power, an abiding presence sustaining and comforting us in the hour of trial, ready at a moment‘s notice, an inbreathing of God in the human life. What more do we need in these last days when perilous times are upon us than to be filled, saturated, baptized with the Holy Spirit? Baptized. Baptized into Him, never to come out. How comforting! Exhilarating! Joyful! May it please the Lord to establish us in this state of grace. May we know nothing among men except Jesus Christ and Him crucified (1 Corinthians 2:2). May we be clothed with His Spirit—nothing outside of the blessed Holy Spirit. This, beloved, is God‘s ideal for us. Are we here in this experience?

Where He may lead me I will go,
For I have learned to trust Him so,
And I remember it was for me,
That He was slain on Calvary.

God has chosen me to go through certain experiences to profit others. In all ages, God has had His witnesses, and He is teaching, chastening, correcting, and moving me just up to the point that I am able to bear it, in order to meet a needy soul who would otherwise go down without such comfort. All the chastening and the hardship is because we are able to bear it. No, we are not able, but we yield to Another—even the Holy Spirit. We are strengthened so that we may endure and so that we may comfort others “with the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God.”

Why do we need brokenness and travail? The reason can be found in the book of Psalms: “Before I was afflicted I went astray, but now I keep Your word” (Psalm 119:67).

Thought for today: The God in you will not fail if you believe the Word of God.

7月11日

[上帝]在我们一切的苦难中安慰我们，使我们能够用上帝安慰我们的那份安慰去安慰处在任何困境中的人。哥林多后书 1:4

经文阅读：哥林多后书 1:3–11

我们需要一种更大的能力的启示，一种在试炼时刻支撑和安慰我们的永恒同在，随时准备显现，像神的气息进入人类生活。在这些末世危险的日子里，我们还需要什么呢？那就是被圣灵充满、浸透、洗礼！洗礼。被浸入祂里面，再也不会出来。多么安慰人！令人振奋！充满喜乐！愿主让我们在这种恩典的状态中稳固。愿我们在人前不认识别的，只认识耶稣基督和被钉十字架的祂（哥林多前书 2:2）。愿我们穿戴祂的灵——除了蒙福的圣灵，别无他物。亲爱的，这就是神对我们的理想。我们在这种经历中吗？

无论他带我去哪里，我都会跟随，
因为我已经学会信任他，
我记得正是为了我，
他才在加略山被钉死。

上帝选择了我去经历一些事情，以便帮助他人。在各个时代，上帝都有他的见证人，他在教导、惩戒、纠正和引导我，直到我能承受为止，目的是为了遇到一个本会无助的人，让他得到安慰。所有的惩戒和困难，都是因为我们可以承受。不，我们并不能，但我们顺服另一位——甚至是圣灵。我们被加力量，以便能够忍受，也能够安慰别人，“用上帝安慰我们的方式安慰他们。”

我们为什么需要破碎和劳苦？原因可以在《诗篇》中找到：“我受苦以前走迷路，现在却遵守你的话。”（诗篇119:67）

今天的心灵鸡汤：如果你相信神的话，你体内的神不会失败。

July 10

All things were made through Him. —John 1:3

Scripture reading: Galatians 3:1–14

All was made by the Word. I am begotten by His Word. There is a substance within me that has almighty power in it if I dare to believe. Faith goes on to be an act, a reality, a deposit of God, an almighty flame moving me to act, so that signs and wonders are manifested.

Are you begotten? Is faith an act within you? Some need a touch; some are captives and need liberty. As many as Jesus touched were made perfectly whole. Faith takes you to the place where God reigns, and you drink from God‘s bountiful store. Unbelief is sin, for Jesus went to death to bring us the light of life.

His life is manifested power overflowing. We must decrease if the life of God is to be manifested. (See John 3:30.) There is not room for two kinds of life in one body. Death for life—that is the price to pay for the manifested power of God through you. As you die to human desire, there comes a fellowship within, perfected cooperation, you ceasing, God increasing. God in you is a living substance, a spiritual nature. You live by another life, the “faith in the Son of God” (Galatians 2:20).

As the Holy Spirit reveals Jesus, He is real—the living Word, effective, acting, speaking, thinking, praying, singing. Oh, it is a wonderful life, this substance of the Word of God, which includes possibility and opportunity, which confronts you, bringing you to a place undaunted. Jesus has given us power over all the power of the Enemy (Luke 10:19). He won it for us at Calvary. All must be subject to His power. What should we do to “work the works of God?” (John 6:28). “This is the work of God, that you believe” (v. 29). Whatsoever He says will come to pass. That is God‘s Word.

We must remain in a strong, resolute resting on the authority of God‘s Word. We must have one great desire and purpose: to do what He says. We must live in this holy Word, rejoicing in the manifestation of the life of God on behalf of the sick and perishing multitudes. Amen.

Thought for today: I have a living faith within my earthly body.

7月10日

万物都是借着他造的。——约翰福音 1:3

经文阅读：加拉太书 3:1–14

万物都是由道造的。我是被祂的话语所生。在我内心有一种物质，如果我敢相信，它就拥有全能的力量。信心会变成行动、现实、上帝的存储、一团全能的火焰推动我去行动，从而显示出神迹奇事。

你是被生出来的吗？信心是你内在的行为吗？有些人需要一个触碰；有些人是囚徒，需要自由。凡耶稣触碰的人，都得以完全痊愈。信心会带你到神掌权的地方，让你从神丰富的供应中饮用。不信就是罪，因为耶稣为我们带来生命之光而死去。

他的生命是显现出来的充溢的力量。如果神的生命要得以显现，我们必须减少自己。（参见约翰福音 3:30。）一个身体里容不下两种生命。生命得以显现的代价就是为生命而死。当你死在人的欲望上时，内里的团契就会出现，合作也会达到完美，你减少，神增加。神在你里面是活的实质，是属灵的生命。你活出的是另一种生命，就是“信神儿子”的生命（加拉太书 2:20）。

当圣灵揭示耶稣时，祂是真实的——是活的道，有效的，在行动、说话、思考、祈祷、歌唱。哦，这真是美好的生命，这是神道的实质，其中包含可能性和机会，挑战你，把你带到无所畏惧的境地。耶稣赐给我们战胜一切敌人权势的能力（路加福音 10:19）。祂在加略山为我们赢得了这一切。所有人都必须顺服祂的权能。我们应当如何“行神的工呢？”（约翰福音 6:28）。“这就是神的工作，要你们信祂所差来的”（v.29）。祂所说的，必成就。那就是神的话。

我们必须保持坚定、有决心，依靠上帝话语的权威。我们必须有一个伟大的愿望和目标：去做祂所说的。我们必须活在这圣洁的话语中，为病人和将要灭亡的人群中上帝生命的显现而喜乐。阿门。

今日的思考：我的尘世身体里有一份活生生的信念。