与清教徒一同祷告

The Valley of Vision 异象谷

Dear Heavenly Father, We give You all of the praise, glory, and honor this wonderful day. And we ascribe to You and to You alone all power, authority, and dominion, from this time forth and forever more! We praise You for Your holiness and for Your lovingkindness and mercies toward us, through Jesus Christ, Your Son, our Lord, our Savior, and our Eternal King!
天父上帝，在这美好的一天，我们将所有的赞美、荣耀和尊贵都献给您。我们将一切的能力、权柄和国度都单单唯独归于您，从今时直到永永远远！我们赞美您的圣洁，赞美您对我们的慈爱和怜悯，这些都在您的儿子，我们的救赎主，永恒的君王耶稣基督显明出来！

This day we especially praise You, our Lord and our God, for bringing us all together here in this place in order to worship You and for Your presence here with us to be enthroned and exalted above our praises. As we begin this new work as blood-bought brothers and sisters, in a local body of Christ, we ask You for the anointing of Your Holy Spirit and for the bonds of love, faith, and truth to be forged between us all. We ask You to add daily to our number those who are being saved and who are called to use their good gifts from You in order to build up this Atlanta Covenant Church and for the salvation of still more souls. May it please You, Lord, to give the gift of saving faith to all of our children and even our children's children. May this Atlanta Covenant Church be a training ground for ambassadors for Christ - a place for preparing, equipping, and then SENDING OUT in fulfillment of the Great Commission of our Lord Jesus!
这一天，我们特别赞美您，我们的主，我们的神，因为您将我们大家带到这里来敬拜您，因为您与我们同在，在我们的赞美声中被高举。当我们开始这项新的事工，作为基督用宝血买来的生活在这个地区的弟兄姐妹，我们祈求您圣灵的恩膏，祈求您在我们所有人之间建立起爱、信心和真理，并以此连接彼此。我们祈求您每天将得救的人数加添在我们中间，并使蒙你呼召的人使用您所赐的美好恩赐，用以建立亚特兰大华人恩约教会，拯救更多的灵魂。主啊，愿您喜悦，将得救的信心赐给我们所有的孩子，甚至我们孩子的孩子。愿亚特兰大华人恩约教会成为基督使者的训练营地--一个为完成主耶稣的大使命而预备、装备、然后派遣出去的地方！

Father, You know we have many needs here as we start this work that You have called us to undertake. And so we plead with You to provide for the souls, for the funds, for the wisdom, and for the prayer warriors we need in order to serve You faithfully and in order to be Your instruments in building Your church – and not only for the building-up of this local church, but also Father, for the multiplication of daughter churches in Atlanta, in northwest Georgia and wherever You choose to lead us! May we be a blessing to our sister churches in the Northwest Georgia Presbytery and an encouragement in the work of our denomination, the Presbyterian Church in America. And may we rejoice in opportunities to serve alongside our Chinese brothers and sisters, and those of every tribe, nation, language, and people, as we carry out the work you have prepared in advance for us to accomplish. Please give us hearts that long to reach this part of Your creation for Jesus and for the Gospel of our salvation. May we be, from the very start, a truly missional and merciful covenant family, eager to share the love and the truth of Christ with others.
天父，当我们被你呼召开始这些侍奉的时候，您知道我们有许多需要。因此，我们恳求您供应我们灵里的需要、开展事工的资金、智慧、以及代祷的勇士，使我们能够忠心地侍奉您，成为您建立教会的使用的器皿--不仅是为了建立这个地方的教会，天父，也是为了在整个亚特兰大、佐治亚州西北部以及您要带领我们去的任何地方建立更多教会！愿我们成为佐治亚州西北长老区会姊妹教会的祝福，成为我们宗派美洲长老会的鼓励。愿我们有机会与我们中国的弟兄姊妹，以及各个种族、国家、语言和民族的弟兄姊妹一起事奉，完成你摆在我们面前的这些侍奉，以此作为我们的喜乐和满足。请赐给我们一颗渴慕的心，将耶稣和救赎我们的福音传遍您创造的这片土地。愿我们在这刚开始的时候，就立志成为一个真正富有使命感且以仁慈相待的圣约家庭，渴望与他人分享基督的爱和真理。

Finally, dear Father, we know that there is much work ahead of us, as we have only just made this small beginning, by Your merciful grace. Please direct our every step along Your pathway, as we begin meeting for regular worship, prayer, and fellowship, as we gather more brothers and sisters, as we seek Your will and train future officers, and as we move forward in excitement toward the day when we will become a particular, self-governing church of Jesus Christ.
最后，亲爱的天父，我们知道前面还有很多工作要做，因为我们靠着您仁慈的恩典，才有了这个小小的开端。当我们开始定期聚会敬拜、祷告和团契时，当我们聚集更多的弟兄姐妹时，当我们寻求您的旨意并训练未来的教会领袖时，当我们憧憬着成为独立自治的堂会时，请您引导我们，每一步都行走在您的道路上。

To You, mighty God – Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, we dedicate this work and our very selves, for Your glory, for the building of Your wonderful kingdom, and for the everlasting salvation of soul, bought by the precious blood of Jesus, our risen Lamb, in Whose name we pray. Amen.
全能的上帝--圣父、圣子、圣灵，我们将这项侍奉和我们自己奉献给您，这些都是为您的荣耀，为您的国度的建立，为了灵魂永恒的救赎，这些都是我们复活的羔羊耶稣的宝血所换来的，我们奉耶稣的名祷告。阿门！