“God’s Will: Less of Old Self, More of Him 神的旨意是舊我愈衰微，祂愈顯大“（Philippians 腓立比書 1:9-11）
And this is my prayer: that your love may abound more and more in knowledge and depth of insight, so that you may be able to discern what is best and may be pure and blameless for the day of Christ, filled with the fruit of righteousness that comes through Jesus Christ – to the glory and praise of God.
我所禱告的，是要你們的愛心，在充足的知識和各樣的見識上，多而又多，使你們可以辨別是非，成為真誠無可指摘的人，直到基督的日子，靠著耶穌基督結滿了公義的果子，使神得著榮耀和讚美。
Jesus Christ Himself is the deeper life. As we plunge into the knowledge of the triune God, our hearts move into the blessedness of His fellowship. This means that there is less of us and more of God – thus our spiritual lives deepen and we are strengthened in the knowledge of His will. Merely because of being originally created in God’s image, only mankind but no other creature could have the unique knowledge of companionship and daily partnership with God. That knowledge / partnership was then lost due to human sin. But God has given sinful mankind another opportunity in salvation through the merits of a Redeemer and expressed His own everlasting love for mankind through the giving of His Son.
耶穌基督自己就是更深的生命，當我們投身於三一神的認識時，我們的心便進入與他相交的福祉裡。這就是所謂我們愈衰微，神愈顯大–因此我們屬靈的生命便進深，並我們在祂旨意的認識上得以堅立。只因著人起初按著神的形象而被造，除了人之外，沒有其它受造物可以有著與神交往的獨特認識，並與祂每日的伙伴關係，那認識/關係由於人的罪而之後失落了。但是神藉著救贖主的功勞已賜給罪人另一次拯救的機會，並藉著把祂的兒子賜給世人，從而彰顯祂自己對人永遠的愛。
Prayer: God of Trinity, you desire us to be loving and our love being not ‘blind love’ but having knowledge and all discernment. Indeed the work of becoming pure and blameless is your work through the Holy Spirit within us. Help us to abide in Jesus Christ, the deeper life so that we receive the life and nutrients we need to naturally bear fruit to your glory and praise. Amen.
禱告: 三一神啊，你希望我們有愛心，而我們的愛不是「盲目的愛」，卻是有知識和各樣的見識辨別。確實，那使人成為真誠無可指摘之工，是你透過聖靈在我們裡面的工作。求你幫助我們常在耶穌基督那更深的生命裡面，好使我們接受所需的生命和養分，去自然地結出果子，叫榮耀稱讚歸與你。阿們。
