剛通電話一位朋友的分享, 再加上讀ablogaday的一篇舊post「 兩種祈禱哲學」, 引發了我一些禱告看法:
究竟是「多祈禱，多力量；少祈禱，少力量」, 用不住禱告來打動的我們上帝的決定; 或是根據太6:7-8：「你們祈禱的時候，不可重複無意義的話，像教外人一樣...因為在你們祈求以先，你們的父已經知道你們的需要了。」我們還沒開口前天父已經瞭解我們的需要，所以不用多說呢?
How in detail does one pray? Does the length of prayers matter? How about frequency, duration? 與我通電話的朋友的想法來自本教會牧師的教導, 也接近我個人的學習體驗: 禱告的時間長短,密度, 往往繫於個人信心、接收神回應的敏感度, 交托事情的逼切性. Like conversing with a friend -- it all depends, and there's no formula.*
I'm practising to pray until I feel like I've completely unloaded my burden to God. It doesn't mean that He'll answer exactly the way I ask, but I need to believe that I have entrusted something important to Him, and He's taken it into His hands.
* I see the merit of spiritual discipline and I don't advocate praying and reading God's Word only when one feels like it. But it's important to involve the heart.
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