January 2 - 最感人的祷告

[VicHetrot]

最感人的祷告

路加福音 23：34

当下耶稣说：“父啊！赦免他们；因为他们所做的，他们不晓得。”兵丁就拈阄分他的衣服。

The most touching prayer

Luke 23:34

Jesus said, "Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing." And they divided up his clothes by casting lots.

[VicHetrot]

As I continue reading till verse 43...I realized another important and very touching things...

42 Then he said, "Jesus, remember me when you come into your kingdom. "
43 Jesus answered him, "I tell you the truth, today you will be with me in paradise."

God's love is so great, I can't even know how to describe it with the languages of this world...

Thank You O God! For whether we knew what we're doing or not, You'd still forgive us when we sincerely confess our sins... Praise be to God...

[Malcom]

This verse teaches me that, Jesus was setting an example for us, his followers to learn and to follow. From what those roman soldiers did, i felt that the shame and pain was beyond description. 圣经说我们都如羊走迷。 We are all lost in this world filled with much evil and temptations from the devil. This blinds us from seeing that God loves us and wants us to be able to accept his love and his salvation.

The bible teaches us to love our enemies, even though i find it super hard to forgive those to have disappointed me and made me sad. It's possible if I love these people through the eyes of God. If God loves them, I cant find another reason why I shouldn't love my enemies too.

Jesus was always interceding for us, praying for God to forgive us no matter how much we have sin. I used to have this mentality that God wont forgive me because I have sinned far too much. There was like a limit to how much I can sin in my life. But do not allow the devil to trick you into believing that God doesn't love you anymore, He does! He is also willing to forgive you...

Dear father in heaven, I pray that you teach me to love others with the very same love you have used to love me. Grant me strength to be able to resist the devil in troubled times like this.. Amen.

[Senism]

Amen..T^T this show us how great and big is His love to us..
They torture and beaten Him up yet, still pray for us..
just like my bro said, He forgive us when we confessed our sins.. that's how Great Jesus is! I LOVE YOU GOD!

[huaihuaihaiziqi]

Amen...God's love is endless and great.
As i realized the love of God is such Great and forgiving, i noticed some details also.
Jesus said, "Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing."
Let us see what did the army did. they DIVIDED UP his clothes by CASTING LOTS...
OK the two phrase i caped shows the attitude and action of them were still unforgivable.
They did not care what did Jesus said , and ruthlessly used the casting lots divided His clothes up .
I think Jesus was a very famous person in that time , maybe just like Obama or LKY nowadays.
can we imaging if LKY or Obama did something wrong , and we were demanded to arrest them, can we DIVIDED THEIR CLOTHES UP BY CASTING LOTS???
i think at least we would show some respect to them bah,
however, they did not show any respect to Jesus who said "the son of God."
Jesus asked the forgiveness for them , but did they really care about it?
i think they did not .
Therefore , as the normal human, we did something wrong to God , or maybe made Him angry with us.
BUT,WHEN WE REALIZED JESUS HAS DIED FOR US ON THE CROSS,
We should try , at least try ourself to stop the sin...
Amen...

[joshuatanch]

Indeed our GOD is so awesome and HIS love for us surpasses all understanding. Dear JESUS, we'll never be able to fully comprehend your sacrificial love for us and the agony and pain YOU experienced on your road to calvary. YOU freely and willingly give up your life for us! How can we ever repay YOU? We may sin repeatedly and grieved your heart but YOU still
choose to forgive when we confess our sins! Thank YOU for your mercy and grace. YOU are beautiful beyond description!

Pray that YOU'll work through us to accomplish your perfect will, AMEN!

Posted by Suzanna

[longkang]

It takes someone extraordinary to forgive people who did him a great wrong. They crucified Jesus, yet he still forgives and even intercedes for them.

If it were me, would I feel the same way? Probably not.

This, in my opinion, is the greatest act of mercy and forgiveness. By then, Jesus was already on the cross. He sees the humiliation and punishment which he does not deserve forcibly imposed on him, yet he chooses to forgive. 'Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do.' (KJV) This is a testament of the Lord's great love for us, which is something that words cannot express.

[`char]

"They know not what they are doing.."

In the new year, I told myself that I have to learn to think from God's point of view sometimes..
Jesus wasn't hung on the cross by nails, but by his love for us.

Recently I've experienced a horrible headache in the midst of a busy period, and when people (who didn't know) happened to irritate me when I'm all stressed up, tired and in pain, they become victims of my bad temper. I retaliate, sort of like a reflex; my temper's even harder to control when I'm under pressure. :x

Imagine being beaten up and being nailed to a cross by people you love, and then as if they haven't hurt you enough, they subject you to ultimate humiliation, taking all your clothes and drew lots to see who gets it.

If I was in His shoes, when they mocked me about my real status (a King) and drew lots for my clothes, if I had power to come down from the cross, I think I would have done so, and in all my rage from the pain and humiliation, probably destroy everything and start over again. After all, I had all the power I want and who was to judge me if I'd done so? (Yea, I know, that's why I'm Not God.)

But why did Jesus choose to endure the whole thing and in the midst of torture STILL intercede for people????? It's beyond my understanding.......

So I don't understand, I just accept.. and give thanks.. Thank you Jesus, thank God you're God....... *phew..*

[shalom]

So many a times when we are being accused of things that we are not or we have not done, our first reaction is to fight back and make sure the person get it from us and suffer. But look at Jesus response to those who accused Him. He is cool and steady and replied "They know not what they are doing.." and ask God to "forgive them." What a response. Jesus has more than any of the reasons to rebuke the people who nailed Him to the cross. He can say "Wait till my Father come then you will know my power." OR "how dare you nail me to the cross, didn't you see my power before? I have changed water to wine and can even make dead person and be alive again." But He did not say all these at all.

Lord, teach me to be cool and steady when i am faced with accusations. In Jesus Name, Amen!

[luna_skye2002]

God is so beyond our thinking. It's unbelievable, because we cannot understand it. But yet, this is the EXACT thing that draws us to Him. It's this EXACT quality that makes Him God, and us humans. And it is this exact quality that makes us learn to love and fear Him.

Like what Char said, He had the power to make everything end, disappear, change. I would probably throw such a hug temper that the world would split. And that is why, we are HUMANS. lol.

[joshuatanch]

自认饶恕别人对自己是不难做到的事因为曾经听过一句名言“不要拿别人的错误来惩罚自己”。人非圣人孰能无过？他人肯定会有这样或那样的错误，如果拿他们的不足影响自己的进步，拿别人的一点儿缺点来惩罚自己，带着情绪不服从命令不配合工作，为了泄私愤而犯罪，太没有智慧了。

Corrie Ten Boom, a Christian woman who survived a Nazi concentration camp during the Holocaust, said, "Forgiveness is to set a prisoner free, and to realize the prisoner was you."

信主后，饶恕别人更是容易，因为一切无礼不平的对待，我可以听凭主怒， 让公义的神自己为我申冤。

但今天我看到了耶稣对饶恕的更高体现， 遇到别人无礼的对待，仍然以爱相待。
主啊！让我的生命更像你。
阿们。

[luna_skye2002]

YES! I love Corrie Ten Boom!!! She really amazed me. AND I like her quote.

[Eternity]

Aren't we also one of them whom Lord Jesus had prayed for when we were still astray?
Jesus asked Father to forgive us for our ignorance.
We were also one of them.

And today, when we were wronged or persecuted by our non-believer friends, we sometimes got angry at them even though we know that it was Jesus whom they have rejected and not us.

Let us not forget that we were once like them and learn to think, feel and act like Jesus.

[yehosaphat]

I always wondered how I would react if I am in a situation that I had to pray for forgivesness for those who have wronged me... -.-" Is that even humanly possible? Sometimes even to extent of me relating that to a sign of weakness. Cannot win that's why bopian pray lor...

But I was so wrong when i myself experienced it that it is SO EASY to be angry and to retaliate, and to get back to them many times over, but SO much more DIFFICULT to even have the thought of praying for our those who have wronged us, let alone forgive them. I was so self-absorbed that later I then realised, I could have been that person that wronged Jesus through the actions in my life!

Thank you Lord for setting the example of a prayer that changed our lives and all the more for your forgiveness!

[eulin]

We can't love our enemies or forgive those who have wronged us with our own human effort. No matter how hard we try to do good with our own strength, we will just wear ourselves out thin. It is only when we are deeply in love with God and allow ourselves to embrace his love that the impossible becomes possible. Because, it really was never about us, it's all about His transforming power. So, embrace Him first and drink deeply from his fountain. Let His love wash over us. Everything else will follow.

May we all enjoy His love and presence today!