读经：提后三16，太四4，彼前二2，约六63，四24，弗六17～18上，赛五五2下，耶十五16，启二7，西三16。

诗歌：大本586首

Scripture Reading: 2 Tim. 3:16; Matt. 4:4; 1 Pet. 2:2; John 6:63; 4:24; Eph. 6:17-18a; Isa. 55:2b; Jer. 15:16; Rev. 2:7; Col. 3:16

　　约六63 …我对你们所说的话，就是灵，就是生命。

　　　五39 你们查考圣经，因你们以为其中有永远的生命，为我作见证的就是这经。

　　John 6:63b …. the words which I have spoken to you are spirit and are life.

　　5:39 You search the Scriptures, because you think that in them you have eternal life; and it is these that testify concerning Me.

　　生命是全本圣经的中心。但什么是生命？或者说，谁是生命？〔主〕说，“我就是…生命，”〔约十四6，〕又说，“我来了，是要叫羊〔人〕得生命。”〔十10。〕圣经就是启示基督作生命。每逢我们来到圣经跟前，我们必须认识，我们乃是来接触作我们生命的基督。

　　整本圣经是一本生命的书，这生命就是基督耶稣自己这神圣而活的人位，祂乃是我们的分。当我们来读圣经，我们必须来接触祂，我们不该重复犹太人可怜的历史，他们查考圣经，因他们以为其中有永远的生命，然而他们却不肯到主耶稣那里（约五39～40）。我们切不可只接触圣经而不接触主。每当我们打开圣经，我们必须说，“主耶稣！你必须在这里。这不仅是一本书，这是你的启示。我不愿读这书却没有接触你，我不愿从这书上听到一些话却没有听到你。我也不愿读这书而没有看见你。我喜欢见到你的面，我喜欢在这书页上见到你的所是。哦，主耶稣，照亮你的话，膏抹每一行，好叫我摸着你。”我们需要这样的灵，来接触这活的话（创世记生命读经，四至五页）。

　　Life is the focus of the whole Bible. But what is life, or who is life? The answer is in the word of the Lord Jesus. He says, "I am life," and "I am come that you may have life." The Bible is a revelation of Christ as life. Whenever we come to the Bible, we must realize that we are coming to contact Christ as our life.

　　The whole Bible is a book of life, and this life is nothing less than the divine and living Person of Christ Jesus Himself, Who is our portion. When we come to the Bible, we must come to contact Him. We should not repeat the pitiful history of the Jewish people who researched the Scriptures because they thought there was life in them, yet would not come to the Lord Jesus (John 5:39-40). We should not contact the Bible without contacting the Lord. Whenever we open the Bible we have to say, "Lord Jesus, You have to be here. This is not merely a book, this is Your revelation. I don't like to read this book without contacting You. I don't like to hear something from this book without hearing You. I don't like to read this book without seeing You. I like to see Your face. I like to see what You are from the printed page. O Lord Jesus, enlighten Your Word and anoint every line that I may touch You." We need such a spirit to contact this living Word. (Life-Study of Genesis)

　　我们…该相信神的信实。我们会改变，但神永不改变。正如雅各书一章十七节所说，“在祂并没有…转动的影儿。”不仅如此，…祂对自己的话总是信实的。神不仅是信实的，也是有能力的。所以，我们需要信神的能力。保罗在以弗所三章二十节宣告：“神能…极其充盈地成就一切，超过我们所求所想的。”

　　我们的信还有一面，就是相信神的话。神受了约束，要成就祂所说的一切。祂越说话，就越要负责成就祂自己的话。我们能告诉祂说，“神，你已经说了，你写出的话已经在我们手中。主，你受了约束，要成就你的话。”为着神信实的话，阿利路亚！（以弗所书生命读经，六五三至六五四页。）

　　We should have faith in God's faithfulness. We may change, but God does not change. As James 1:17 says, there is no shadow of turning with Him. Furthermore, He cannot lie (Titus 1:2), but is always faithful to His word. God is not only faithful, but also able. Therefore, we need to have faith in God's ability. In 3:20 Paul declares that God “is able to do superabundantly above all that we ask or think.”

　　still another aspect of our faith is faith in God's word. God is bound to fulfill all that He has spoken. The more He speaks, the more responsible He becomes to fulfill His own word. We can tell Him, “God, You have spoken, and Your written Word is in our hand. Lord, You are bound to fulfill Your word.” Hallelujah for God's faithful word! (Life-Study of Ephesians, message 65)

　　“查考圣经”可能与“到我这里来”分开。犹太宗教徒查考圣经，却不肯到主这里来；这两件事应当并行。圣经既是为主作见证，就不该与主分开。我们可能接触圣经，却没有接触主。惟有主能赐人生命。我们绝不该将圣经和主自己分开。每逢我们查考神的话，我们都必须到主这里来。我们必须使查考神的话和摸着主成为一件事。每逢我们读圣经，我们必须将我们的灵向主敞开。当我们的眼睛在阅读圣经的话，我们的心思在领会这些话时，我们的灵必须操练借着圣经接触主。这样，我们不但在头脑里领会圣经上的白纸黑字，还在我们的灵中得到生命（约翰福音生命读经，二○○至二○一页）。

　　To “search the Scriptures” may be separated from “come to Me.” The Jewish religionists searched the Scriptures, but were not willing to come to the Lord. These two should be kept together. Since the Scriptures testify concerning the Lord, they should not be separated from Him. We may contact the Scriptures and yet not contact the Lord. Only the Lord can give life. We should never separate the Scriptures from the Lord Himself. Whenever we search the Word, we must come to the Lord Himself. We must make searching the Word and touching the Lord one thing. Whenever we study the Bible, we must open our spirit to the Lord. While our eyes are reading the words and our mind is understanding them, our spirit must be exercised to contact the Lord through the Scriptures. Then we shall not only have the understanding of the black and white letters in our mentality, but also have the life in our spirit. (Life-Study of Gospel of John)

　　约一1 太初有话，话与神同在，话就是神。

　　提后三16 圣经都是神的呼出，对于教训、督责、改正、在义上的教导，都是有益的。

　　John 1:1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

　　2 Tim. 3:16 All Scripture is God-breathed and profitable for teaching, for conviction, for correction, for instruction in righteousness,

　　〔根据约翰一章一节，〕话是神的解释、说明和彰显；因此，话乃是得着解释、说明并彰显的神。神是奥秘的，祂需要话来彰显祂。…虽然神是一个奥秘，但基督是神的话，将祂解释、说明并彰显出来了。因此这话是神的解释、说明和彰显。至终，这话就是神自己，不是隐藏、封闭、奥秘的神，乃是得着解释、说明并彰显的神。这话不是看不见的神，乃是看得见的神。这话太初就与神同在了，话不是与神分开的，神总是在话里面（约翰福音生命读经，二三页）。

　　(According to John 1:1) The Word is the definition, explanation, and expression of God; hence, it is God defined, explained, and expressed. God is mysterious. He needs the Word to express Him. If you want to appear mysterious, the best way to do it is to be silent, for the more silent you are, the more mysterious you become. However, the more you talk, the more you expose yourself. All that is deep within you is revealed by your words. This is the meaning of the Word. Although God is a mystery, Christ as the Word of God defines, explains, and expresses Him. Thus, this Word is the definition, explanation, and expression of God. Eventually, this Word is God Himself, not God hidden, concealed, and mysterious, but God defined, explained, and expressed. The Word is not the invisible God, but the very God who is visible. In the beginning this Word was with God; it was not separate from God, but always had God in Him. (Life-Study of Gospel of John)

　　圣经是神的话，第一是说明神的自己。话都是说明，都是发表。圣经的话，是发表神的自己，说明神的自己。你若不读圣经，你若不懂得圣经，你就没有办法明白神、懂得神。…圣经是神的话，第一说明的、第一发表的，乃是神的自己。

　　The Bible is God's words. First, these words explain God Himself. All words are for explanation and expression. The words of the Bible are for the expression and explanation of God Himself. If one does not read or understand the Bible, he will not understand or know God. For example, today, if you do not understand Chinese, you will not know me as a person. You may hear my voice, but you will not know what I am expressing. The Bible as God's word firstly explains and expresses God Himself.

　　圣经也是神的呼出，是神把祂自己呼出来了。…圣经是神的话，不光是神所呼出来的，并且是神把祂的自己呼在里面的，所以这个呼出的里面就有神的成分。除非你不接触这个呼出，你一接触这个呼出，你就不能不碰到神的成分。就因这缘故，许多时候我们来读圣经，我们不光觉得我们是在神面前，我们更觉得我们里头碰着神，我们里头摸着神（认识圣经，一四、一七至一八页）。

　　The Bible is also God's breath. It is the breathing out of God Himself....... The Bible is the word of God. It is not only the breathing out of God, but is God Himself breathed into the word. Thus, there is the element of God in this breathing out. Once you touch this breathing, you touch the element of God. For this reason, many times when we read the Bible, not only do we feel the presence of God, but we feel that we contact and touch God within. (On Knowing the Bible)

　　圣经就是神的话，它的本质…就是神的呼出（提后三16）。圣经都是神的呼出，也就是神所呼出的气。圣经就是神的呼吸，就祂而言是呼出，就我们而言是吸入；一出一入，进到我们里面，就成了我们的生命和生命的供应。所以我们来读圣经的时候，一定要认识，圣经不仅是白纸黑字，它乃是神的呼出，里面满了灵气。所以我们不能光用头脑来领会，还要用灵来接触，每逢读圣经的时候，就是来接触神（完全明白神的话，一一至一二页）。

　　The Word of God is the Bible. Its essence is......God's Word is God's breathing out (2 Tim. 3:16). The Bible is God's breathing out; that is, it is the breath breathed out by God. The Bible is God's breathing. To God it is a matter of breathing out; to us it is a matter of breathing in. Through God's breathing out and our breathing in, God's word enters into us and becomes our life and life supply. Therefore, when we read the Bible, we must understand that the Bible is not merely black words on white paper, but it is the breathing out of God. It is full of spiritual breath. Therefore, we must not only understand the Bible with our mind, but we also must contact the word of the Bible with our spirit. Whenever we read the Bible we come to contact God. (Full Knowledge of the Word of God)

　　我们读经，不光是蒙光照，也不光是受教训和教导，乃是远超过这些，深过这些，透过这些，在我们里面碰着神自己。…我们必须学习用灵来接触这些话，触着神在这些话里面的呼出，触着神在这些话里面的成分。我们一触到的时候，不光觉得我们是在神面前，也不光觉得我们碰着了神，并且我们更觉得我们尝到神，神变成我们里面的享受。每一次好的读经，都是叫我们吃一个饱，喝一个足，使我们里面实在饱足，实在甜美的尝到神自己（认识圣经，二○页）。

　　We do not read the Bible only for enlightenment, teaching, or instruction. There is something higher and deeper than all these. It is to touch God Himself in our inward parts……. We must learn to use our spirit to contact these words; we must touch God's breathing out in the words and must touch His element in the words. When we have such a contact, not only will we feel that we are in the presence of God, and not only will we have touched God, but we also will feel that we have tasted God; God will become our enjoyment within. Whenever we have a good Bible reading, we have a good eating and drinking. It will satisfy us within, and we will truly have tasted the sweetness of God Himself. (On Knowing the Bible)

　　太四4 …经上记着，“人活着不是单靠食物，乃是靠神口里所出的一切话。”

　　彼前二2 像才生的婴孩一样，切慕那纯净的话奶，叫你们靠此长大，以致得救。

　　Matt. 4:4b It is written, “Man shall not live on bread alone, but on every word that proceeds out through the mouth of God.”

　　1 Pet. 2:2 As newborn babes, long for the guileless milk of the word in order that by it you may grow unto salvation,

　　我们对于圣经，…必须厉害的转一个观念。我们必须看见，圣经就是神所给我们的食物。我们所以读圣经，乃是要借着圣经来吃神，喝神，吸取神，呼吸神。我们知道圣经是神的话；约翰一章告诉我们，神的话就是神自己。神的话就是神出来了。神把祂自己发表出来，摆在我们跟前，就是话，就是圣经。…神之于人，就是要来作人的食物；所以神把祂自己用话发表出来，摆在人跟前，当然也就是来作人的食物。

　　我们祷告乃是呼吸主的灵，我们读经乃是接受主这个话。主这个话就是我们的食物。人活着不是单靠食物；因为人不光有物质的身体，人里面还有一个灵。人的身体，是需要外面的食物，但是人里面的灵却需要另一种食物。…所以主才说，人活着不是单靠食物，也要靠神口里所出来的一切话。从神口里所出来的一切话，就是人属灵的食物。所以申言者耶利米这样说，我得着你的言语，就当作食物吃了。〔耶十五16。〕

　　We need a drastic change in our concept concerning the Bible. We need to see that the Bible is the food God has given us. We read the Bible with the purpose of eating, drinking, absorbing, and breathing in God, because we know that the Bible is the Word of God. John 1 says that the Word of God is God Himself. God's Word is God's coming forth. When God is expressed and presented to us, we have the Word, the Bible. Since God wants to be our food, His expression and manifestation to man as the Word means that the Word is man's food.

　　Prayer is to breathe in the Lord's Spirit, and reading is to receive the Lord as the Word. The Lord as the Word is our food. Man does not live by bread alone, because he is not composed of only a body; within man there is also a spirit. The physical body requires physical food, but man's spirit requires a different type of food…….Hence, the Lord says that man shall not live on bread alone, but on every word that proceeds out through the mouth of God (Matt. 4:4). All the words that proceed out through the mouth of God are man's spiritual food. For this reason, the prophet Jeremiah said, “Your words were found and I ate them” (Jer. 15:16).

　　神既是要来作人的食物，祂所呼出来的话语，就是圣经，也必定是来作人的食物。所以你来到圣经这里，就要来吃神喝神这一个食物，来吸取神自己，享受神自己。你若是这样一个读圣经的人，…你从每一句里都能得着营养，都能得着供应，都能得着生命（如何享受神及操练，二一九、二二三至二二五页）。

　　We will realize that since God is food to man, the Bible as His breathed-out word must also be food to man. When we come to the Bible, we must eat and drink God as our food; we must breathe in God Himself and enjoy Him. If we read the Bible this way, …… We will receive nourishment, supply, and life from every word. (How to Enjoy God and How to Practice the Enjoyment of God, chapter 13)

　　一个才生的婴孩最急切的需要，乃是吃奶来得着营养。若无营养，婴孩不仅不能适当的长大，且会渐渐的瘦弱，甚至死亡。在我们得救重生之后，我们急切的需要，也是学习如何吸入主作我们属灵的奶汁、营养。若无这种属灵的营养，我们就无法适当的长大，不久也会落在属灵的死亡中。

　　彼前二章二至三节：“像才生的婴孩一样，切慕那纯净的话奶，叫你们靠此长大，以致得救；你们若尝过主是美善的，就必如此。”…这里清楚告诉我们，应当如何来尝主，那就是来喝“纯净的话奶”。我们若要尝基督，我们就必须把话奶接受进来，那样，我们就得着营养而有属灵的长大。…当我们喝话奶的时候，我们实际上是在尝主。所以，我们尝主的话就是简单的借着喝话奶。如果我们爱慕享受主，得祂的供应，我们就必须到神的话这里来尝主（如何享受灵粮，六至七页）。

　　When a baby is born, his most immediate need is to take some milk for nourishment. Without nourishment the new babe will not only fail to grow properly, but will soon become very weak and eventually even die. After we are saved and born again, our most immediate need also is that we learn how to take in the Lord as our spiritual milk and nourishment. Without this spiritual nourishment, we also have no way to grow properly and will in a short time be spiritually dead.

　　In 1 Peter 2:2-3 we have a most important passage. “As newborn babes, long for the guileless milk of the word in order that by it you may grow unto salvation, if you have tasted that the Lord is good.” These verses are important to us because they tell us clearly how to taste the Lord: drink “the guileless [pure] milk of the Word.” If we would taste Christ, we must take into us the milk of the word. Then we will be nourished for spiritual growth.……When we drink the milk of the Word, we are actually tasting the Lord. Therefore, the way for us to taste the Lord is simply by drinking the milk of the Word. If we desire to enjoy the Lord and be nourished by the Lord, we must come to the Word to taste the Lord. (Pray-Reading the Word)

　　约六63 赐人生命的乃是灵…；我对你们所说的话，就是灵，就是生命。

　　　三6 …从那灵生的，就是灵。

　　John 6:63 It is the Spirit who gives life…the words which I have spoken to you are spirit and are life.

　　 3:6 ….and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.

　　主耶稣在约翰六章六十三节告诉我们说，“我对你们所说的话，就是灵。”所以圣经的话不只是话语，不只是字句，并且也是灵。…主的话是灵，所以读祂的话也必须用灵。换句话说，属灵的东西必须用灵才能摸着。

　　In John 6:63 the Lord Jesus said, “The words which I have spoken to you are spirit.” The words of the Bible are not only letters but spirit……Since the Lord's words are spirit, we have to read them in spirit. In other words, we can only touch spiritual things with the spirit.

　　圣经这一本书，不只是话语，不只是文字，不只是用纸所印的书；圣经这一本书，以它基本的性质来说，乃是灵。所以一切要读这本书的人，非用灵来摸它不可，非用灵来读它不可。我们这里所说的灵，乃是指重生之人的灵，我们姑且简称之为“重生的灵”。…也许你是从基督教家庭里出来的，当你回想你没有重生之先，圣经也曾读了许多，但是你一点意思也不懂得。…所以，人在什么时候才能明白圣经呢？从他接受主的那一天起，他就会明白圣经了。…虽然一下子不能懂得许多，但总是喜欢读它，天天读，年年读，…人这样读圣经，就会明白神的话。缘故在哪里？缘故是人得着了重生，缘故是“从那灵生的，就是灵”（三6）。…“我…的话，就是灵”，“从那灵生的，就是灵”。圣经的话是灵，人重生时所得的生命也是灵；是灵的人，去读是灵的话，圣经在他身上才开始发亮，才开始有用处。

　　The Bible is not only a book with words or letters printed on pages of paper. The very nature of the Bible is spirit. For this reason, everyone who reads this book must approach it with his spirit; it must be read with the spirit. The spirit that we are referring to is the spirit of every regenerated person. We call this spirit the “regenerated spirit.” ……Perhaps we were born into a Christian family. Before we were regenerated, we probably had read the Bible already, but we did not understand it…... When can a man begin to understand the Bible? On the day he receives the Lord, he can begin to understand the Bible..….Although he may not understand everything in it, he will begin to love it. He will read it daily and yearly…… When he reads God's word this way, he will begin to understand it. He can understand it because he is now regenerated. “That which is born of the Spirit is spirit” (John 3:6)……. “The words which I have spoken…are spirit,” and “That which is born of the Spirit is spirit.” The words in the Bible are spirit. The life which a man receives at the time of regeneration is spirit, and it takes a man with a spirit to read the words of spirit. Only then will the Bible shine within him, and only then will it become useful to him.

　　不管一个人多聪明，多会读书，如果他没有重生，这一本书在他身上是莫名其妙的。一个重生的人，即使文化很低，但是他读圣经的能力还比一个没有重生的大学教授好，因为一个有重生的灵，一个没有重生的灵。圣经不是靠聪明、靠研究、靠天分高就能懂得；因为神的话是灵，必须有重生之灵的人才能懂。圣经的根是属灵的，圣经的本质是属灵的，所以，人若没有重生的灵，就不领会这本书，这本书在他身上就成了一本封闭的书。

　　No matter how clever and well educated a man is, as long as he is not regenerated, this book is a mystery to him. A regenerated person may not be that cultivated, but he is more qualified to read the Bible than an unregenerated college professor. The former has a regenerated spirit, while the latter does not have such a spirit. The Bible is not understood by talent, research, or intelligence. Since God's word is spirit, only a man with a regenerated spirit can understand it. The root, the very nature, of the Bible is spiritual. If a man does not have a regenerated spirit, he cannot understand this book; it will be a closed book to him.

　　神是灵，我们今天有灵，所以我们认识神。也许有不信的人和我们辩论，我们口才不如他，聪明不如他，讲不出许多大道理；但是我们知道我们认识神，因为我们已经重生，我们已经有了重生的灵，我们能用这个灵去摸着神。…人要读圣经，也必须有重生的灵才能读，就像人必须有重生的灵才能摸着神一样。比方：一个人装了电灯要接电，他手里…不管有多少布，不管有多少竹竿，也不管有多少木头，总没有法子把电引来。另外一个人，布、竹竿、木头，一样都没有，只有一点铜丝，他却能使电灯亮，因为铜丝能把电引来。照样，人必须有重生的灵，才能摸着神；必须有重生的灵，才能摸着神的话（读经之路，五至八页）。

　　God is Spirit. We know God today because we have a spirit. When some unbelievers argue with us, we may not match them in eloquence or wisdom, and we may not be able to tell them profound teachings, but we have the confidence that we know God because we are regenerated. We have a regenerated spirit, and we can touch God with this spirit…… In order to study the Bible, a man must have a regenerated spirit, in the same way that he must have a regenerated spirit to touch God. Suppose a man has installed an electric lamp in his house. He wants to connect the lamp to the power source, but the only materials he has ……No matter how much cloth, bamboo, and wood he has, he cannot tap into the electricity. Another man may not have any cloth, bamboo, or wood, but he has a little piece of wire. With that little wire he can light up the lamp because the wire transmits electricity. In the same way, a man must have a regenerated spirit before he can touch God. He must have a regenerated spirit before he can touch God's word. (How to Study the Bible)

　　弗六17～18 还要借着各样的祷告和祈求，接受救恩的头盔，并那灵的剑，那灵就是神的话；时时在灵里祷告…。

　　Eph. 6:17-18 And receive the helmet of salvation and the sword of the Spirit, which Spirit is the word of God, By means of all prayer and petition, praying at every time in spirit ….

　　每一次我们来接触主话的时候，我们都要认定，乃是来接触神的自己。每一次我们打开这一本圣经来读的时候，第一个观念或者第一步，就是要认定说，我在这里是接触一位活的神。这一位活的神把祂自己里头的故事都用话呼出来了，把祂里头一切的丰满都用话呼出来了。这一本书从头一个字到末一个字都是神所吹气的。我不是来读哲学，我也不是来读文学，我乃是来接触神所呼出来的东西，我乃是来接触神所吹出来的东西（如何享受神及操练，九五页）。

　　When we contact the Word, we need to be clear that we are contacting God Himself. Whenever we open the Bible, our first thought should be to contact the living God. The living God has breathed out all that is within Himself as the Word. All the riches within Him are breathed out in the form of the word. Every word of the Bible, from the first to the last, is the breath of God. The Bible is not for us to study philosophy or literature. It is for us to contact what God has breathed out, what He has exhaled. (How to Enjoy God and How to Practice the Enjoyment of God, chapter 6)

　　我年轻的时候，就爱慕神的话，立下雄心要彻底认识圣经。然而，我只知道用眼睛和心思来读圣经。后来有人鼓励我，不只要读主的话，还要默想主的话。我就开始花工夫沉思、考量、并细想主的话。这多少有点帮助。我读到慕勒乔治的自传，也颇得帮助。照慕勒所言，我们不只该读圣经、默想圣经，也应该就着圣经来祷告。

　　在以弗所六章十七至十八节保罗告诉我们，要借着各样的祷告和祈求，接受那灵的剑，那灵就是神的话。这里保罗说到话与灵两方面。不但如此，他告诉我们，要借着各样的祷告，时时在灵里祷告，来接受神的话。我们可借着各样的祷告：听得见的祷告和静默的祷告，长的祷告和短的祷告，快的祷告和慢的祷告，私下的祷告和公开的祷告，来接受神的话（腓立比书生命读经，四七六、三六八页）。

　　When I was a young man, I loved the Word of God and was ambitious to know it thoroughly. However, I only knew to read the Bible with my eyes and my mind. Then someone encouraged me not only to read the Word, but also to meditate on it. I began to spend time to ponder the Word, to consider it, to dwell on it. This was somewhat helpful. I was also helped by reading George Mueller's autobiography. According to Mueller, we should not only read the Bible and meditate on it, but also pray over it. In his autobiography Mueller does not say that we should pray the Word; however, he does say that after reading a certain portion we should pray. (Life-Study of Philippians, message 45)

　　In Ephesians 6:17 and 18 Paul tells us to receive the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God, by means of all prayer and petition. Here Paul covers the aspects both of the Word and of the Spirit. Furthermore, he tells us to receive the Word of God by means of all prayer, praying at every time in spirit. We may receive the Word of God by means of all kinds of prayer: audible prayer and silent prayer, long prayer and short prayer, quick prayer and slow prayer, private prayer and public prayer. (Life-Study of Philippians, message 35)

　　主是一切。祂是我们的食物，祂要在食物的方式里头来作我们的生命。祂把祂自己摆在灵里头，也摆在话里头。一个是无形的， 一个是有形的。一个在我们的里面，一个在我们的外面；两相配合，要我们里面的人，配着外面的人，来学习接触这一位神（如何享受神及操练，二四七页）。

　　我们只要花短短十分钟祷读一段话，就会得着喂养。不但如此，我们会经历基督丰富的各种元素。一面，我们每天所吃的食物喂养我们；另一方面，食物里包括杀菌的元素。…同样，我们借着祷读主的话，就经历得喂养，以及治死我们里面消极的事物。我们祷读时，就不知不觉、自然而然有分于基督丰富的基本元素：神性、人性、人性生活、死、复活、升天和得荣。一面，基督包罗万有之死的元素杀死我们里面消极的事物。另一面，祂的复活加强我们并建造我们。这不是来自外面的教导，乃是来自里面的喂养（腓立比书生命读经，三八○至三八一页）。

　　He is our food. He is everything to us. In order to become our life, He is food to us as the Spirit and the Word. The Spirit is invisible and inside of us, and the Word is visible and outside of us. We exercise our spirit to touch God through praying and reading, reading and praying. We touch both the Word and the Spirit. (How to Enjoy God and How to Practice the Enjoyment of God, chapter 14)

　　If we take even as little as ten minutes to pray-read a portion of the Word, we shall receive nourishment. Furthermore, we shall experience the various elements of Christ's riches. On the one hand, the food we eat each day nourishes us; on the other hand, it contains elements that kill germs……. In like manner, through pray-reading the Word, we experience both nourishment and the putting to death of the negative things within us. As we pray-read, we unconsciously and automatically partake of the basic elements of Christ's riches: divinity, humanity, human living, death, resurrection, ascension, and glorification. On the one hand, the element of Christ's all-inclusive death kills the negative things within us. On the other hand, His resurrection strengthens us and builds us up. This does not come from outward teaching, but from inward nourishing. (Life-Study of Philippians, message 36)

　　诗一一九103 你的言语在我上膛何等甘美！在我口中比蜜更甜！

　　弗三18　 使你们满有力量，能和众圣徒一同领略何为那阔、长、高、深。

　　Psa. 119:103 How sweet are Your words to my taste! Sweeter than honey to my mouth!

　　Eph. 3:18 May be full of strength to apprehend with all the saints what the breadth and length and height and depth are.

　　读经还有一个简便、属灵、叫我们得益最多的方法，就是祷读，把所读的经文当作祷告来祷读，不仅是一面读，一面祷，也不仅是读读祷祷，祷祷读读，乃是直接把所读的经文，当作祷告的话以祷告。有时也可将经文，用祷告应用到我们的自身。这种祷读，重复的次数越多，释放的灵越高昂，所获得的益处，必越多、越深、越丰富（生命课程卷一，三七页）。

　　Another simple, spiritual, and most beneficial way to read the Bible is pray-reading. We take the Bible text as prayer and pray-read with it. Not only do we read and pray simultaneously, or pray and read, read and pray; but also we directly turn the text we are reading into the very words of prayer to pray with. At times we may apply the text to ourselves through prayer. The more we repeat this kind of pray-reading, the more uplifted and released our spirit becomes and the greater, deeper, and richer the benefit is which we receive. (Life Lesson Vol. 1)

　　〔我们读主话时，〕头一步是用眼睛看着白纸黑字，且用头脑来领会，然后第二步就是祷读，把你眼睛所看见的，头脑所领受的化成祷告。我们一祷告就用灵了。可能你开头祷告时，仅仅是用心思，不过祷告了三、五句以后，你的灵就兴起了。这是确定的理。…神的话就是灵，就是生命；头脑碰不着灵，只有我们的灵才能碰着灵。若没有碰着灵，就没有生命；惟有碰着灵，才有生命。结果，这生命就是基督，也就是神自己（完全明白神的话，一八至一九页）。

　　 (When we read the Word of God,)To comprehend the Word literally we first need to read the black and white letters with our eyes as well as with our mind. Second, we need to pray-read, converting all that we see and all that we comprehend into prayer. When we pray, we use our spirit. At first, we may use our mind to pray, but after three to five sentences our spirit will rise up. This is a definite fact…The Word of God is spirit and life. Our mind cannot touch the Spirit; only our spirit can touch the Spirit. If we do not touch the Spirit, we do not have life. Only by touching the Spirit can we have life. Ultimately, this life is Christ, and it is also God Himself. (Full Knowledge of the Word of God)

　　为着更多有享受，有喂养，并且为着更适当充分的祷读神的话，我们需要身体—召会。…我们若试试看，与别的基督徒一同祷读，我们会到第三层天上去！因为食物是为着全身体，不是仅仅为着单个的肢体。…所以，祷读最好的路是和身体别的肢体在一起。

　　For more enjoyment and nourishment and to pray-read the Word properly and adequately, we need the Body, the church…if we try it with a group of other Christians, we will be in the third heavens! The explanation of this is that food is for the whole Body, not merely for one member alone. ……Therefore, the best way to pray-read is with other members of the Body.

　　当我们与别的弟兄姊妹来在一起祷读，要记住四个字：快，短，真，新。第一，我们祷告要快，不要犹预。我们一快祷，就没有时间用头脑思考。其次，我们祷告要短，因为长祷告需要作文章。我们必须忘掉组织一篇长祷告，只要说出一个短句，甚至一个片语。我们也需要真实，不装假。要很真实的说出来。最后，我们祷告要新鲜，不老旧。要新鲜，最好的办法是，不要用我们自己的话祷告，而要用圣经的话。整本圣经的每一部分，每一行都能用来祷告，这就是最新鲜的祷告！

　　如果你在个人方面和团体方面都试一试，你就能见证，基督的丰富借着祷读神的话，的确分赐给了你。你会在属灵的生命中得到祝福和长大，你也会有大的改变。借着这样接触神的话，来享受基督，接受祂的喂养，你就要逐渐长大以致成熟，充满生命，并被这位永活者所浸透！（如何享受灵粮，一二至一三页。）

　　When we come together to pray-read with other brothers and sisters, there are four words we must remember: quick, short, real, and fresh. First we need to pray quickly, without hesitating. When we are quick to pray, we have no time to use our mind and to consider. Then our prayers must be short, because long prayers need some composition. We must forget about composing a long prayer and just utter a phrase or a sentence. Do it in a quick and short way. And we also need to be real, not pretending. Say something in a real way. Finally, our prayers must be fresh, not old. The best way to be fresh is not to pray with our own words, but with the words of the Bible. Every part and every line of this book can be used as a prayer, and it will be the freshest prayer!

　　If you will try this both privately and corporately, you will be able to testify of the riches of Christ that have been imparted to you by pray-reading the Word of God. You will see blessing and growth in your spiritual life. There will be a great change. By contacting the Word in this way to enjoy Christ and be nourished by Him, you will be a person growing to maturity, full of life and saturated with this living One. (Pray-Reading the Word)