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A Powerful Prayer for Restoration

有能力的修復禱文

作者

Cally Logan

Seasons of chaos and storms are inventible in life. These seasons can make you feel as if all is lost and abandoned, because the wreckage of what is left from the storm can feel daunting and beyond repair. The beauty of Christ is that He not only is the Lord of restoration, but He is the God of making all things new in His time and work.
混亂與暴風雨來襲的日子在生命當中總難避免。這些日子會讓你感到一無所有，並且被拋棄了，因為暴風雨過後的殘破是如此令人氣餒與無法復原。但是基督的美好在於祂不但是修復的主，祂更是讓所有事情按祂的進度更新與完成的主。

A Prayer for Restoration
為修復更新的禱文

Dear Lord,
親愛的上帝，

We have seen the damage firsthand that storms can cause in our lives. We know the destruction, aching, and devastation that they cause. If we are being honest, at times it can seem impossible that anything beautiful or good can come from such sorrows. We know within our hearts that this isn’t the end of the story, that You have something far greater to come.
我們親眼看到人生的暴風雨所為我們帶來的破壞。我們知道它所帶來的毀滅，痛苦與一蹶不振。如果我們誠實面對，有時候無法相信從這種哀愁裡面會產生任何美好。我們在心裡知道這不是故事的結局，而是祢為我們預備更偉大的事情。

Father, we ask today for Your hand in our lives. We pray for the restoration of our lives by Your process. That process may not look like what we would think or plan, but we know that because You see all that is, was, and is to come...that ultimately, You will do what is most compassionate and best. Father, today we come before Your Holy throne to ask for Your restoration in our lives. We submit ourselves to Your ever-loving Will and kindness throughout.
天父，我們渴望祢在我們的人生裡面掌權。我們禱告透過祢的帶領，讓我們的生命得到修復。那個帶領的過程也許不是像我們所想或是計畫，但是我們知道祢是全能的神，能看到曾經，現在，還有未來所發生的，最終，祢的作為將顯明最大的慈愛與對我們最好的安排。天父，今天我們來到祢聖潔的寶座前，請求祢修復我們的生命。我們順服祢充滿愛的意念，還有永恆的良善。

In Jesus name,
奉主耶穌的聖名求告，
Amen
阿門

How to Apply This Prayer
如何使用這段禱文

Throughout the scriptures it is clear that when God seeks to restore, compassion is coupled along with that intention. Jeremiah 34:26 shares, “For I will restore their fortunes and have compassion on them.” It is God’s heart for His chosen people to not only restore, but to compassionately restore something even better than before. Much like John 15 sharing about pruning even the good fruit, at times things will be removed or cut from our lives so that He can grow something even better in its place.
經文裡始終很明顯的是上帝尋求帶著慈愛修復。上帝的心意是讓祂的選民被修復，但是帶著慈愛的心使一切修復到比以往更好。就像約翰福音15章所描述的，不結果子的
枝子他就剪去，好讓上帝能夠生出更美好的果實。

John 10:10 shares, “The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I have come that they may have life and have it to the full.”
約翰福音10:10說: 盜賊來，無非要偷竊，殺害，毀壞；我來了，是要叫羊（或作：人）得生命，並且得的更豐盛。

What Jesus is saying is that forces in this world will seek to steal, kill, and destroy much in our lives, but He has come so that we may have life and life abundantly. That is not by our design or will that He comes to give this fullness, but by His power and will. God sees the journey not only in the details, but in the grand picture, something we cannot. Trusting Him to restore in His timing and way is to have faith that ultimately it is for that abundance that is Him.
耶穌說的就是世界會有一股只想偷竊，掠殺，還有摧毀我們生命的力量，但是祂來了，所以我們可以得著生命，與豐盛的生命。這不是我們自己的安排或是意念讓祂來給我們這樣的豐盛，但是這是祂的能力與意念。上帝看到的人生旅程是非常細膩的，也是整體的計畫，我們是做不到的。相信祂在祂的時間點以祂的方式修復，就是相信上帝，最終擁有來自上帝的豐盛。

Our God Is Faithful to Rebuild and Restore
我們的上帝在恢復與修復是信實的

The legacy of the Lord’s faithfulness is the testimony of His actions in the lives of His children. God rejoices over us with great love and compassion through His plans. Isaiah 61 and Isaiah 62 are the story of God restoring what was lost and broken and instead giving something more glorious and new than before in its place.
上帝信實的見證就是祂在祂孩子生命裡的運行。上帝讓我們充滿喜悅，並且透過祂的計畫給我們極大的愛與慈悲。以賽亞書61章與以賽亞書62章就是上帝修復曾經失去的與破碎的，然後再賜下更榮耀與更新的一切。

Isaiah 62 shares, “No longer will they call you Deserted, or name your land Desolate. But you will be called Hephzibah (delighted in, protected), and your land Beulah (married) for the Lord will take delight in you.”
以賽亞書第62章說到: 你 必 不 再 稱 為 撇 棄 的 ； 你 的 地 也 不 再 稱 為 荒 涼 的 。 你 卻 要 稱 為 我 所 喜 悅 的 ； 你 的 地 也 必 稱 為 有 夫 之 婦 。 因 為 耶 和 華 喜 悅 你 ， 你 的 地 也 必 歸 他 。

When the Father seeks to rebuild, it is not as we would expect. He does not merely replace the item on the shelf that was broken, He gives something better.
當天父尋求修復，那不是依照我們的期望。祂不僅是將架上破碎的物品修復，祂更會給予極好的。

More often than not, through ruins in our lives, it can be easy to wear those wounds as part of our identities. Even unspoken, we begin to call ourselves by the name Deserted or Desolate. But the Lord seeks to give instead His Name, which pours out protection, delight, and establishes a covenant between God and us of a new and glorious reformation in our lives.
通常，透過我們生命的破碎，那些傷口很容易成為我們身分的一部分。就算隱藏，我們可能開始稱呼自己為被拋棄的或是淒涼的。但是上帝尋求賜與我們祂的聖名，在我們身上傾倒出保護，喜樂，讓我們與祂立盟約，給我們一個更新與更榮耀的生命。

May God remind you this day that He is working all things together for His glory, and for your benefit (Romans 8:28). May you have the courage to stand in faith that He will honor these promises to you in His timing and way, and that in His compassionate love we have all that we will ever need. We have life and life abundantly.
但願上帝能讓你想起到今日祂仍以祂的榮耀在萬有中運行，並且是為了你的益處(羅馬書8:28)。但願你能夠有勇氣堅定信仰，相信祂會以祂的方式在祂的時間實現祂的承諾，並且祂充滿恩慈的大愛就僅是我們所需要的。我們已經得著生命，而且是豐盛的生命。