撒母耳记上12：16~25
16 现在你们要站住，看耶和华在你们眼前要行一件大事。
17 这不是割麦子的时候吗？我求告耶和华，他必打雷降雨，使你们又知道又看出，你们求立王的事是在耶和华面前犯大罪了。」
18 于是撒母耳求告耶和华，耶和华就在这日打雷降雨，众民便甚惧怕耶和华和撒母耳。
19 众民对撒母耳说：「求你为仆人们祷告耶和华－你的 神，免得我们死亡，因为我们求立王的事正是罪上加罪了。」
20 撒母耳对百姓说：「不要惧怕！你们虽然行了这恶，却不要偏离耶和华，只要尽心事奉他。
21 若偏离耶和华去顺从那不能救人的虚神是无益的。
22 耶和华既喜悦选你们作他的子民，就必因他的大名不撇弃你们。
23 至于我，断不停止为你们祷告，以致得罪耶和华。我必以善道正路指教你们。
24 只要你们敬畏耶和华，诚诚实实地尽心事奉他，想念他向你们所行的事何等大。
25 你们若仍然作恶，你们和你们的王必一同灭亡。」
16 “Now then, stand still and see this great thing the Lord is about to do before your eyes!
17 Is it not wheat harvest now? I will call on the Lord to send thunder and rain. And you will realize what an evil thing you did in the eyes of the Lord when you asked for a king.”
18 Then Samuel called on the Lord, and that same day the Lord sent thunder and rain. So all the people stood in awe of the Lord and of Samuel.
19 The people all said to Samuel, “Pray to the Lord your God for your servants so that we will not die, for we have added to all our other sins the evil of asking for a king.”
20 “Do not be afraid,” Samuel replied. “You have done all this evil; yet do not turn away from the Lord, but serve the Lord with all your heart.
21 Do not turn away after useless idols. They can do you no good, nor can they rescue you, because they are useless.
22 For the sake of his great name the Lord will not reject his people, because the Lord was pleased to make you his own.
23 As for me, far be it from me that I should sin against the Lord by failing to pray for you. And I will teach you the way that is good and right.
24 But be sure to fear the Lord and serve him faithfully with all your heart; consider what great things he has done for you.
25 Yet if you persist in doing evil, both you and your king will perish.”
内容观察
1．神如何回应撒母耳的祈祷？（17～18节）
2．对于以色列人的请求，撒母耳如何回应？（23～24节）
思考与默想
个人感受
决心与应用
5．我何时曾向谁承诺会为他代祷，但却没有真的来到神面前为他祈求？
6．为了能真实成为代祷者，天天为着亲友、教会和世人来代求，我决定要怎么做？
灵修指南
内室祷告
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