If you want to grow in Christ Jesus
Bible References:
Exodus 20:3
Genesis 22:9-12
Hebrews 11:17-19
Matthew 6:21
Romans 12:1
Proverbs 4:23
1 Timothy 6:10
Matthew 6:33
Philippians 2:3-4
Luke 9:23
Romans 6:13-14
Matthew 6:24
Matthew 7:13-14
John 12:25-26
Philippians 2:13
Now let's take a moment to pray together.
现在让我们一起祷告一会儿。
Dear Lord, thank you for meeting me here today.
亲爱的主，感谢您今天在这里与我相遇。
Thank you for giving me another chance to come close to you. You have been faithful to me in ways I cannot even count. You have carried me through seasons where I felt strong and you have carried me through seasons where I felt weak.
谢谢你再次给我机会靠近你。你对我的忠诚数不胜数。你陪伴我度过了我坚强的时光，也陪伴我度过了我脆弱的时光。
So today I choose to place my heart before you again and I ask you to shape me into a person who belongs fully to you.
所以今天我再次选择将我的心交托给你，请求你将我塑造成一个完全属于你的人。
Your word in Romans 12:1 says, "Therefore I urge you, brothers and sisters, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies, dedicating all of yourselves set apart as a living sacrifice, holy and well pleasing to God, which is your rational, logical, intelligent act of worship.
你们在罗马书 12:1 中说：“所以弟兄们，我以神的慈悲劝你们，将身体献上，把你们的一切都分别为圣，当作活祭，是圣洁的，是神所喜悦的；你们如此事奉乃是理智的、合乎逻辑的、明智的。
Father, I hear that call and I respond with a willing heart. Help me present myself to you fully and sincerely.
天父，我听到了你的呼召，我甘心回应。求你帮助我完全真诚地来到你面前。
Lord, I confess that my heart can attach itself to things that are temporary. Sometimes I value comfort too much.
主啊，我承认我的心容易依恋那些转瞬即逝的事物。有时我太看重安逸舒适了。
Sometimes I hold tightly to my plans. Sometimes I fear losing what I have.
有时我会紧紧抓住自己的计划不放；有时我会害怕失去我所拥有的。
But I do not want anything to sit on the throne of my life except you.
但除了你，我不想让任何事物占据我生命的宝座。
Please search my heart and reveal anything I have turned into an idol, even good things that I have lifted too high.
请审视我的内心，揭露我所崇拜的一切，即使是那些我过分看重的美好事物。
Your word in Proverbs 4:23 says to guard the heart because from it flow the issues of life.
箴言4章23节说，要保守心，因为一生的果效是由心发出。
Teach me to guard my heart with wisdom and to keep my love for you first.
求你教我如何用智慧守护我的心，并将我对你的爱放在首位。
Father, make me free from the love of money and the obsession with possessions. Help me live with open hands.
父啊，求你使我摆脱对金钱的贪爱和对物质的执着。帮助我慷慨待人。
Your word in 1 Timothy 6, verse 10 reminds me that the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil.
您在《提摩太前书》6章10节中的话提醒我，贪财是万恶之根。
I do not want greed to shape my decisions or fear to control my giving. Give me contentment.
我不希望贪婪左右我的决定，也不希望恐惧控制我的付出。请赐予我知足。
Give me a spirit and teach me to trust you as my provider.
赐给我一颗谦卑受教的心，教导我信靠你，相信你是我的供应者。
Your word in Matthew 6:33 calls me to seek first your kingdom and your righteousness and then everything I need will be added.
马太福音 6:33 中你的话语呼召我先求你的国和你的义，然后我所需要的一切都会加给我。
I choose your kingdom first, Lord.
主啊，我首先选择你的国度。
I choose your will above my desires.
我选择遵从你的旨意，而非我的欲望。
Lord Jesus Christ, help me forsake selfish ambition. I do not want to live only for my name, my success, or my comfort.
主耶稣基督，求你帮助我舍弃自私的野心。我不想只为我的名声、成功或舒适而活。
I want to live for your glory.
我愿为你的荣耀而活。
Your word in Philippians chapter 2: verses 3 to 4 calls me to do nothing from selfish, ambition or pride, but to consider others and look out for them.
腓立比书 2 章 3 至 4 节的经文呼召我凡事不可出于自私、野心或骄傲，而要顾念他人，为他人着想。
Teach me to be selfless in a real way with sincerity, with love, and with humility.
请教我如何真正做到无私，真诚、充满爱心、谦逊待人。
Make my life reflect the heart of Jesus Christ.
愿我的生命彰显耶稣基督的心意。
Lord, give me the strength to take up my cross and follow you.
主啊，请赐给我力量，让我背起自己的十字架跟随你。
Your word in Luke chapter 9, verse 23, says that if anyone wants to come after you, they must deny themselves, take up their cross daily, and follow you.
你在路加福音9章23节中说，若有人要跟从你，就当舍己，天天背起他的十字架来跟从你。
I want to follow you even when obedience costs me something.
即使服从会让我付出代价，我也想追随你。
Give me courage when I have to say no to my flesh.
当我不得不拒绝自己的欲望时，请赐予我勇气。
Give me wisdom when I have to walk away from temptation.
赐予我智慧，让我能够远离诱惑。
Give me discipline when I want to delay obedience.
如果我想要拖延服从，请纠正我。
Your word in Romans 6 13-14 says, "Do not offer any part of yourself to sin as an instrument of wickedness, but rather offer yourselves to God as those who have been brought from death to life, and offer every part of yourself to him as an instrument of righteousness.
你们在罗马书6章13-14节中说：“不要将你们的肢体献给罪作不义的工具；倒要像从死里复活的人，将自己献给神，并将你们的肢体献给神作义的工具。”
For sin shall no longer be your master because you are not under the law but under grace.
罪必不再作你们的主，因你们不在律法之下，乃在恩典之下。
Father, I offer myself to you.
父亲，我将自己献给您。
Let my mind, eyes, mouth belong to you.
让我的思想、眼睛、嘴唇都属于你。
Let my hands, my time, my body, and my gifts belong to you.
让我的双手、我的时间、我的身体和我的天赋都属于你。
Make me an instrument of righteousness.
使我成为公义的工具。
Break every chain that keeps pulling me back to old patterns.
打破所有将我拉回旧模式的枷锁。
Set me free from the hidden things that try to master me.
让我摆脱那些试图控制我的隐秘事物。
Thank you that sin is not my master because your grace is stronger.
感谢你，罪恶无法辖制我，因为你的恩典更强大。
Lord, I commit to following you and I understand that following you means letting go of other allegiances.
主啊，我决心跟随您，我也明白跟随您意味着放弃对其他事物的忠诚。
I cannot serve two masters.
我不能侍奉两个主人。
Your word in Matthew 6:24 says that a person cannot serve both God and money.
马太福音6章24节说，一个人不能既事奉上帝又事奉玛门（金钱）。
So I choose you again today. I choose the narrow road because it leads to life. Your word in Matthew 7 :13-14 reminds me that the road that leads to life is narrow and few find it. Help me be one who stays on it. Keep my feet steady. Keep my heart clean.
所以我今天再次选择你。我选择那条窄路，因为它通向永生。你在马太福音7:13-14的话语提醒我，通往永生的路是窄的，找到的人也少。求你帮助我成为那条路的常行者。求你使我的脚步稳固，使我的心洁净。
Father, give me a willing and obedient heart like Abraham. When he placed Isaac on the altar, he showed that nothing would come before you. I want that kind of trust. I want to love you more than my most prized possessions.
父啊，求你赐给我一颗像亚伯拉罕那样甘心顺服的心。当他把以撒放在祭坛上时，他表明没有什么能凌驾于你之上。我渴望拥有那样的信赖。我渴望爱你胜过爱我最珍贵的一切。
If you ever ask me to surrender something, help me not argue with you and help me not delay. Help me obey with faith.
如果你要我放弃什么，请帮助我不与你争辩，也不拖延。请帮助我凭着信心顺服。
Remind me that whatever you ask me to lay down, you are able to provide again and you are able to replace with something better.
请提醒我，无论你要求我放下什么，你都能再次提供，而且你也能用更好的东西来替代。
You are always good, even when your ways stretch my understanding.
你总是那么善良，即使你的方式有时让我难以理解。
Lord, I present my life to you as a living sacrifice set apart for your purposes.
主啊，我将我的生命献给你，当作活祭，分别为圣，归你使用。
And when sacrifice feels painful, remind me that l am not losing my life.
当牺牲让我感到痛苦时，请提醒我，我并没有失去生命。
Your word in John 12: verses 25-26 teaches that the one who loves their life in this world will lose it, but the one who lays it down for you will keep it for eternal life.
约翰福音12章25-26节教导我们，爱惜自己生命的，必丧掉生命；为生命舍弃生命的，必保全生命到永生。
Jesus, I want to serve you faithfully through every season. When things are stable, keep me devoted.
耶稣，我愿在每个阶段都忠心耿耿地侍奉你。当一切稳定时，求你使我保持对你的心意。
When things are hard, keep me faithful.
困难的时候，请让我保持忠诚。
When I do not understand, keep me trusting.
当我不明白的时候，请让我保持信任。
Let me hold tightly to your word and walk closely with you. Holy Spirit, help me do what I cannot do in my own strength.
让我紧紧抓住你的话语，与你同行。圣灵，求你帮助我做到我靠自己力所不能及的事。
Your word in Philippians 2:13 says that it is God who works in me to will and to act according to His good purpose.
腓立比书2章13节说，是神在我里面运行，使我立志行事，都为要成就他的美意。
So work in me, Lord. Make surrender a joy. Make my heart soft, teachable, and responsive.
主啊，求你动工在我里面，使我喜乐地降服于你。使我的心柔软、谦卑、乐于受教。
Thank you for shaping me day by day.
感谢你日复一日地塑造我。
I belong to you and I choose you again. In Jesus Christ's name I pray. Amen.
我属于你，我再次选择你。奉耶稣基督的名祷告。阿门。
If this prayer has touched your heart, please say amen as a sign of faith. I pray that every blessing in this prayer is now upon you in the name of LORD Jesus Christ.
如果这篇祷告触动了你的心，请以“阿门”表示你的信心。我祈求这篇祷告中的所有祝福，都奉主耶稣基督的名临到你。
And if you need a special prayer, feel free to let us know in the comments. We would be honoured to pray for you. May the grace and peace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you always.
如果您需要特别的祷告，请在评论区留言。我们很荣幸能为您祷告。愿我们主耶稣基督的恩典与平安与您同在。
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