帖前五16～19 要常常喜乐，不住地祷告，凡事谢恩；因为这是神在基督耶稣里对你们的旨意。不要销灭那灵。

　　约六57 活的父怎样差我来，我又因父活着，照样，那吃我的人，也要因我活着。

　　1 Thes. 5:16-19 Always rejoice, Unceasingly pray, in everything give thanks; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you. Do not quench the Spirit;

　　John 6:57 As the living Father has sent Me and I live because of the Father, so he who eats Me, he also shall live because of Me.

　　在帖前五章十七节保罗嘱咐我们要不住地祷告。不住地祷告是什么意思？我们每天也许吃好几餐，一天中也多次喝水，但没有人能不住的吃喝。然而，我们确实不住的呼吸。保罗嘱咐我们不住地祷告，含示不住地祷告就像呼吸。但我们的祷告如何能成为我们属灵的呼吸？我们如何能将祷告转为呼吸？这样作的路就是呼求主的名。我们需要不断呼求主耶稣；这就是不住的呼吸，不住地祷告的路。因为我们不习惯这样作，所以我们需要一直实行呼求主的名。活着就是呼吸。就属灵一面而言，呼吸就是呼求主名并祷告。借着呼求主耶稣的名，我们就吸入那灵。

　　In 1 Thessalonians 5:17 Paul charges us to pray without ceasing. What does it mean to pray unceasingly? Although we may eat several meals a day and although we may drink many times during the day, no one can eat and drink without ceasing. But we certainly breathe unceasingly. Paul's command to pray without ceasing implies that unceasing prayer is like breathing. But how can our prayer become our spiritual breathing? How can we turn prayer into breathing? The way to do this is to call on the name of the Lord. We need to call on the Lord Jesus continually. This is the way to breathe, to pray without ceasing. Because we are not accustomed to this, we need to practice calling on the Lord's name all the time. To live is to breathe. Spiritually speaking, to breathe is to call on the Lord's name and to pray. By calling on the name of the Lord Jesus, we breathe the Spirit.

　　借着呼求主的名而不住地祷告，就是活祂。借着呼求主，我们自动以祂为我们的生命，并且自然而然的活祂。我们若祷告，就不会凭自己，离开基督作事。反之，借着不住地祷告，我们就会活基督（腓立比书生命读经，三五三至三五五页）。

　　To pray without ceasing by calling on the Lord's name is to live Him. By calling on the Lord, we automatically take Him as our life and spontaneously live Him. If we pray, we shall not do things by ourselves, apart from Christ. Instead, by praying without ceasing, we shall live Christ. (Life Study of Philippians Page 352 – 355)

　　我们在主面前的呼求就是属灵的呼吸，并且是深呼吸。…我们每天操练深呼吸，身体必定健康。在属灵上也是这样，灵里的深呼吸使我们刚强，灵里的深呼吸使我们发烧，灵里的深呼吸使我们癫狂。

　　无论什么时候我们只要真向主敞开，呼求主的名，那时候我们的里面就充满了主同在的感觉。你越呼求就越得到主的供应，越呼求就越被主充满。主是万有的主！主一进到我们里面来，凡我们一切所需要的祂都是。祂是我们一切的需要，祂应付我们一切的需要（主的恢复—吃，二三、二六至二七页）。

　　Our calling before the Lord is a spiritual breathing, even a deep breathing. A certain medical doctor in the United States Air Force found out through experiments that the most beneficial practice to human health is deep breathing. If we practice deep breathing every day, our body will be healthy. It is the same spiritually. Deep breathing in our spirit makes us strong, burning, and beside ourselves.

　　Whenever we truly open to the Lord and call on His name, we have the sense of the Lord's presence within us. The more you call, the more you receive the supply of the Lord; the more you call, the more you are watered by Him; the more you call, the more you are filled with Him. The Lord is the Lord of all! When the Lord comes into us, whatever we need, He is. He is all that we need, and He supplies all of our needs. (The Lord's Recovery of Eating Ch 4)

　　我们只要借着呼求主的名，就可在我们灵里享受主。你知道为什么我们呼求主就享受祂？我们这样享受主，因为我们借着呼求主，自然而然就运用了我们的灵。例如，即使我无意操练我的腿与脚，但每当我走路的时候，自然就操练了我的腿与脚。同样，每当我们从里面深处呼求主，自然而然就运用了我们的灵。无论何时何地，我们都可借着呼求主的名，享受基督的丰富。我们这样呼求主，就凭着灵而行。呼求主也击败我们里面消极的事物。

　　人应当因我们呼求主耶稣的名而认出我们是基督徒。我们知道这是第一世纪信徒的标记，因为大数的扫罗由大祭司得着权柄，去捆绑一切呼求主名的人。呼求主耶稣的名也应当是今天信徒的标记。召会人尤其应当让人知道他们是呼求主的人（加拉太书生命读经，四七一至四七二页）。

　　We may enjoy the Lord in our spirit simply by calling on His name. Do you know why we enjoy the Lord when we call on Him? We enjoy Him in this way because by calling on the Lord we automatically exercise our spirit. For example, even though I may not have the intention to exercise my legs and feet, I spontaneously exercise them whenever I walk. In like manner, whenever we call on the Lord from deep within, we automatically exercise our spirit. Anywhere and at any time we may enjoy the riches of Christ by calling on the Lord's name. By calling on the Lord in this way we walk by the Spirit. Calling on the Lord also defeats the negative things within us.

　　As Christians we should be known by the fact that we call on the name of the Lord Jesus. We know that this was a mark of believers in the first century by the fact that Saul of Tarsus was given authority by the chief priests to bind all those who called on the Lord's name. Calling on the name of the Lord Jesus should also be a mark of believers today. The church people especially should be known as those who call on the Lord. (Life Study of Galatians Page 471 – 472)