“到如今耶和华都帮助我们。”（撒上7章12节）
“到如今”三个字，指着以往——以往二十年、以往七十年，“耶和华都帮助我们！”无论在贫乏中、在丰裕中；在疾病中、在健康中；在家、在外；在陆地、在海洋；在光荣中、在羞辱中；在疑难中、在欢乐中；在试炼中、在胜利中；在祷告中、在试探中——“耶和华都帮助我们！”
我们有时看见一条两旁有树的大道，非常欣赏——从这一头往那一头望去，有绿的景色，看了非常爽快；一株一株的树，正像殿中一根一根柱子。现在让我们来看我们自己年来所走的道路——上面铺张着的是神的怜悯，两旁直立着的是神的慈爱和信实。啊，你看了快乐不快乐呢？
树上岂没有小鸟在唱歌么？有，并且有许多，它们都在唱“到如今”所领受的恩典和怜悯。
“到如今”三个字，也指着将来。因为当我们写“到如今”这三个字的时候，我们的人生还没结束；前面还有很远的道路要走。前面还有更多的试炼、更多的胜利；更多的祷告、更多的答应；更多的跋涉、更多的力量；更多的战争、更多的凯旋；然后才有疾病、老年、死亡。
就这样完了？不！还有许多哩——带着主的形像复活、坐宝座、弹金琴、唱新歌、发赞美、穿白衣、享永生…哦，信徒啊，振起你的精神来，用感激的心来唱“以便以谢”罢！（“以便以谢”即到如今耶和华都帮助我们的意思。参撒上7章12节。）
求主给我们天上的亮光，叫我们的眼睛能看见“到如今”三个字里面的荣耀的盼望。——司布真（C.H.Spurgeon）
爱尔帕地方的牧童，有一个美丽的习惯：他们每天傍晚分别之前，互相对唱一首“再见歌”。他们一面走，一面唱，“到如今耶和华都帮助我们。让我们赞美他的名！”然后互相行一个再见礼，唱道：“再见 、再见！”
但愿我们在黑暗的旅程中，也这样互相呼唤、互相激励。“哈利路亚，赞美主！”我们真需要这口号来破这沉闷的空气！让我们高唱：“但愿颂赞、尊贵、荣耀、权势，都归给坐宝座的和羔羊，直到永永远远。”（启5：13）
“又说，哈利路亚！”（启19章3节）——选
"Peter was kept in prison: but prayer (instant and earnest prayer) was made for him"(Acts 12:5, margin).
Peter was in prison awaiting his execution. The Church had neither human power nor influence to save him. There was no earthly help, but there was help to be obtained by the way of Heaven. They gave themselves to fervent, importunate prayer. God sent His angel, who aroused Peter from sleep and led him out through the first and second wards of the prison; and when they came to the iron gate, it opened to them of its own accord, and Peter was free.
There may be some iron gate in your life that has blocked your way. Like a caged bird you have often beaten against the bars, but instead of helping, you have only had to fall back tired, exhausted and sore at heart. There is a secret for you to learn, and that is believing prayer; and when you come to the iron gate, it will open of its own accord.
How much wasted energy and sore disappointment will be saved if you will learn to pray as did the Church in the upper room! Insurmountable difficulties will disappear; adverse circumstances will prove favorable if you learn to pray, not with your own faith but with the faith of God (Mark 11:22, margin). Souls in prison have been waiting for years for the gate to open; love ones out of Christ, bound by Satan, will be set free when you pray till you definitely believe God.
--C. H. P.
Emergencies call for intense prayer. When the man becomes the prayer nothing can resist its touch. Elijah on Carmel, bowed down on the ground, with his face between his knees, that was prayer--the man himself.
No words are mentioned. Prayer can be too tense for words. The man's whole being was in touch with God, and was set with God against the powers of evil. They couldn't withstand such praying. There's more of this embodied praying needed.
--The Bent-knee Time
"Groanings which cannot be uttered are often prayers which cannot be refused."
--C. H. Spurgeon
“到如今”三个字，指着以往——以往二十年、以往七十年，“耶和华都帮助我们！”无论在贫乏中、在丰裕中；在疾病中、在健康中；在家、在外；在陆地、在海洋；在光荣中、在羞辱中；在疑难中、在欢乐中；在试炼中、在胜利中；在祷告中、在试探中——“耶和华都帮助我们！”
我们有时看见一条两旁有树的大道，非常欣赏——从这一头往那一头望去，有绿的景色，看了非常爽快；一株一株的树，正像殿中一根一根柱子。现在让我们来看我们自己年来所走的道路——上面铺张着的是神的怜悯，两旁直立着的是神的慈爱和信实。啊，你看了快乐不快乐呢？
树上岂没有小鸟在唱歌么？有，并且有许多，它们都在唱“到如今”所领受的恩典和怜悯。
“到如今”三个字，也指着将来。因为当我们写“到如今”这三个字的时候，我们的人生还没结束；前面还有很远的道路要走。前面还有更多的试炼、更多的胜利；更多的祷告、更多的答应；更多的跋涉、更多的力量；更多的战争、更多的凯旋；然后才有疾病、老年、死亡。
就这样完了？不！还有许多哩——带着主的形像复活、坐宝座、弹金琴、唱新歌、发赞美、穿白衣、享永生…哦，信徒啊，振起你的精神来，用感激的心来唱“以便以谢”罢！（“以便以谢”即到如今耶和华都帮助我们的意思。参撒上7章12节。）
求主给我们天上的亮光，叫我们的眼睛能看见“到如今”三个字里面的荣耀的盼望。——司布真（C.H.Spurgeon）
爱尔帕地方的牧童，有一个美丽的习惯：他们每天傍晚分别之前，互相对唱一首“再见歌”。他们一面走，一面唱，“到如今耶和华都帮助我们。让我们赞美他的名！”然后互相行一个再见礼，唱道：“再见 、再见！”
但愿我们在黑暗的旅程中，也这样互相呼唤、互相激励。“哈利路亚，赞美主！”我们真需要这口号来破这沉闷的空气！让我们高唱：“但愿颂赞、尊贵、荣耀、权势，都归给坐宝座的和羔羊，直到永永远远。”（启5：13）
“又说，哈利路亚！”（启19章3节）——选
"Peter was kept in prison: but prayer (instant and earnest prayer) was made for him"(Acts 12:5, margin).
Peter was in prison awaiting his execution. The Church had neither human power nor influence to save him. There was no earthly help, but there was help to be obtained by the way of Heaven. They gave themselves to fervent, importunate prayer. God sent His angel, who aroused Peter from sleep and led him out through the first and second wards of the prison; and when they came to the iron gate, it opened to them of its own accord, and Peter was free.
There may be some iron gate in your life that has blocked your way. Like a caged bird you have often beaten against the bars, but instead of helping, you have only had to fall back tired, exhausted and sore at heart. There is a secret for you to learn, and that is believing prayer; and when you come to the iron gate, it will open of its own accord.
How much wasted energy and sore disappointment will be saved if you will learn to pray as did the Church in the upper room! Insurmountable difficulties will disappear; adverse circumstances will prove favorable if you learn to pray, not with your own faith but with the faith of God (Mark 11:22, margin). Souls in prison have been waiting for years for the gate to open; love ones out of Christ, bound by Satan, will be set free when you pray till you definitely believe God.
--C. H. P.
Emergencies call for intense prayer. When the man becomes the prayer nothing can resist its touch. Elijah on Carmel, bowed down on the ground, with his face between his knees, that was prayer--the man himself.
No words are mentioned. Prayer can be too tense for words. The man's whole being was in touch with God, and was set with God against the powers of evil. They couldn't withstand such praying. There's more of this embodied praying needed.
--The Bent-knee Time
"Groanings which cannot be uttered are often prayers which cannot be refused."
--C. H. Spurgeon