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God: "I looked for someone to take a stand for me, and stand in the gap" (Ezekiel 22:30)

Notice, we never pray for folks we gossip about, and we never gossip about the folk for whom we pray! For prayer is a great deterrent.
Leonard Ravenhill

God’s primary purpose of marriage is to image forth Christ’s marriage to the church (the bride of Christ) (Eph. 5:32). That’s why everything we see as it pertains to marriage falls within this paradigm. God hates divorce – Malachi 2:16 – why? Because Jesus would never divorce His church and the church would never divorce Jesus. Couples are “one flesh” in marriage, why? Because we are one in union with Christ. Men lead their wives, how? Ephesians 5:25, “Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ also loved the church and gave Himself up for her.” Wives follow their husbands, why? Ephesians 5:24, “But as the church is subject to Christ, so also the wives ought to be to their husbands in everything.” Why no adultery? Would we cheat on Christ by running after other gods? Why no fornication? Do we share intimacy with Christ before we come to Him in spiritual marriage? Why no polygamy or homosexuality? Because marriage reflects the union between Christ and the church – one man, one woman. In a nutshell, our marriages are to show the world the Gospel. When people observe our loving and committed relationships, they are to see Jesus and the church.
Randy Smith

Bible – chinese – 新标点和合本 诗篇 71

71
老年人的祈祷
耶和华啊,我投靠你;
求你叫我永不羞愧!
求你凭你的公义搭救我,救拔我;
侧耳听我,拯救我!
求你作我常住的磐石;
你已经命定要救我,
因为你是我的岩石,我的山寨。
 
我的 神啊,求你救我脱离恶人的手,
脱离不义和残暴之人的手。
主—耶和华啊,你是我所盼望的;
从我年幼,你是我所倚靠的。
我从出母胎被你扶持;
使我出母腹的是你。
我必常常赞美你!
 
许多人以我为怪,
但你是我坚固的避难所。
你的赞美,你的荣耀
终日必满了我的口。
我年老的时候,求你不要丢弃我!
我力气衰弱的时候,求你不要离弃我!
10 我的仇敌议论我;
那些窥探要害我命的彼此商议,
11 说: 神已经离弃他;
我们追赶他,捉拿他吧!
因为没有人搭救。
 
12  神啊,求你不要远离我!
我的 神啊,求你速速帮助我!
13 愿那与我性命为敌的,羞愧被灭;
愿那谋害我的,受辱蒙羞。
14 我却要常常盼望,
并要越发赞美你。
15 我的口终日要述说你的公义和你的救恩,
因我不计其数。
16 我要来主—耶和华大能的事;
我单要提说你的公义。
 
17  神啊,自我年幼时,你就教训我;
直到如今,我传扬你奇妙的作为。
18  神啊,我到年老发白的时候,
求你不要离弃我!
等我将你的能力指示下代,
将你的大能指示后世的人。
 
19  神啊,你的公义甚高;
行过大事的 神啊,谁能像你!
20 你是叫我们多经历重大急难的,
必使我们复活,
从地的深处救上来。
21 求你使我越发昌大,
又转来安慰我。
 
22 我的 神啊,我要鼓瑟称赞你,
称赞你的诚实!
以色列的圣者啊,我要弹琴歌颂你!
23 我歌颂你的时候,
我的嘴唇和你所赎我的灵魂都必欢呼;
24 并且我的舌头必终日讲论你的公义,
因为那些谋害我的人已经蒙羞受辱了。