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)