可十一23~24 我实在告诉你们，无论谁对这座山说，你得挪开，投在海里，他若心里不疑惑，只信他所说的成了，就必给他成了。所以我告诉你们，凡你们祷告祈求的，无论是什么，只要信已经得着了，就必得着。

　　开头是神来发起，在过程中你不过是一个与神合作的人，而末了还是为着神的荣耀。这就是真实的祷告。真实的祷告乃是人在地上与神联结并合作，让神发表祂自己，通过人而成就祂的旨意。

　　一个人如果只懂得要自己和自己的心意，这个人虽然也可以祷告，却不是一个祷告的人。一个祷告的人必须达到一种境地，在宇宙中只要神和神的旨意，除此以外别无贪求。

　　这一点我们在主耶稣身上可以看得非常清楚。祂在地上作人的时候，祂到父面前去祷告，就是这样的光景。当祂在客西马尼园祷告的时候，虽然祂也在那里和神商量，甚至说，“若是可能，就叫这杯离开我。”但是祂又说，“不要照我的意思，只要照你的意思。”（太二六39）祂一连三次这样对神说，“我要你的意思，不要我的意思。”我们平常以为说，一个人祷告，乃是求神替他成全什么。比方，他在神面前有一个心愿，他就照着这个心愿向神呼求，要神替他成全。但是在客西马尼园里，你看见有一个人曾这样祷告说，“不要照我的意思，只要照你的意思。”主耶稣的意思似乎是说，“我虽然在这里祷告，却不是求你为我成全什么，乃是求你成全你的心意。我在宇宙中为我自己并无所求，我所求的乃是要你能够亨通，要你的旨意能够通行。我就是这样一个只要你和你旨意的人。”（李文集一九五九年第四册，四六、四八页）

　　Mark 11:23-24 Truly I say to you that whoever says to this mountain, Be taken up and cast into the sea, and does not doubt in his heart, but believes that what he says happens, he will have it. For this reason I say to you, All things that you pray and ask, believe that you have received them, and you will have them.

　　In the beginning it is God who initiates, in the process you are but one who cooperates with God, and ultimately it is for the glory of God. This is real prayer—man being united with God and cooperating with Him on earth, allowing Him to express Himself and accomplish His purpose through man.

　　If a person only knows how to seek after himself and his own desire, he may pray, but he is not a man of prayer. A man of prayer must become such that in all the universe he cares only for God and His will, having no other desire besides this.

　　We can see this characteristic very clearly in our Lord Jesus when He lived as a man on this earth. When He was praying in Gethsemane, He fellowshipped with God the matter of His death, saying, “If it is possible, let this cup pass from Me.” But then He also said, “Yet not as I will, but as You will” (Matt. 26:39). Three times He told God, “I want Your will, not Mine.” Ordinarily, we think that when a person prays, he asks God to do something for him. For example, he has a desire, so he prays according to his desire and asks God to fulfill it for him. But in Gethsemane we see One who prayed thus: “Not as I will, but as You will.” In effect, the Lord Jesus was saying, “Although I am praying here, I am not asking You to accomplish something for Me; rather, I am asking that Your will be done. I seek nothing for Myself in this universe. My only desire is that You may prosper and that Your will may be carried out. I am such a One who wants only You and Your will.” (CWWL, 1959, vol. 4, “Lessons on Prayer,” pp. 34-36)

　　主耶稣〔教导门徒〕的祷告，……一开头就说，“愿你的名被尊为圣，愿你的国来临，愿你的旨意行在地上，如同行在天上。”（太六9~10）这些祷告的话语很清楚地说出，祂里面所愿的和所要的是什么。如果我们光知道为着自己个人的生活、事业、家庭有祷告，那我们的祷告就相当有问题。这些证明我们在神面前还不够单纯、纯洁，我们的里面还是复杂的、搀杂的，我们要神也要别的东西。……一个祷告的人……所要的就是神和神的旨意，只要神能行得通，神的旨意能成全，他就心满意足了。

　　有的人也许告诉你说，祷告要有信心。但是并非你要有信心就能有信心，认真说，信心乃是神在你里头发出来的一个功用。你是住在神里面，活在神里面，让神在你里面有地位的一个人，神在你里头发出一个功用来，那个才是信心。信心不是从你来的。几乎可以说，信心就是神自己。……只有充满神的人，才充满信心。所以光是劝人要有信心没有用。……你要真有信心，就需要你是一个祷告的人，活在神里面，在神里面有对付，祂的要求肯答应，祂的剥夺你肯让，祂在你里面有地位的时候，祂在你里面就是你的信心。当祂充满你的时候，你里面就充满信心。你不必用力去信，也不必勉强去信，你定规能信。因为在你里头有一位是你所祷告的神，也是充满着你来祷告的神，祂作了你的信心。请记得，到了这个时候，你就能有把握，知道你的祷告是蒙祂悦纳的，是出乎祂的，是摸着祂的，也是祂没有办法不听的，这个就是信心。信心不是你要有就能有的，乃是神在你里面充满你到一个地步，你没有办法不有的（李文集一九五九年第四册，四九、六五至六六页）。

　　参读：祷告，第四章。

　　Let us look at the model prayer with which the Lord Jesus taught His disciples how to pray…At the very outset He said, “Your name be sanctified; Your kingdom come; Your will be done, as in heaven, so also on earth” (Matt. 6:9-10). These words of prayer tell us clearly what His inner desire was. If we know only how to pray for our own living, business, and family, then our prayers really fall short. This proves that we are not single and pure before God but that we are still rather complicated and mixed within—we desire other things besides God. All [a man of prayer] wants is God and God’s will; he is satisfied as long as God has a way to go on and accomplish His will.

　　Some may tell you that prayer needs faith. But faith is not something you can have just because you want it. Actually, faith is a function that emanates from God within us. If you are one who abides in God, lives in Him, and allows Him to have standing in you, then God in you issues forth a function, which is faith. Faith does not come from you. We can almost say that faith is God Himself…Only a person who is filled with God is full of faith. It is useless, therefore, to merely exhort people to have faith…If you really want to have faith, you need to be a man of prayer who lives in God, is being dealt with by Him, is willing to yield to His demands, and who gives permission to His strippings. When He thus has place in you, then He is the faith in you. When He fills you with Himself, you are full of faith. You do not need to strive to believe or compel yourself to believe, but you surely can believe, for within you there is a God to whom you pray, and He is the very God who fills you and moves you to pray—He has become your faith. Please remember, at this time you know with assurance that your prayer is acceptable to Him, is of Him, and is touching Him, and therefore, He cannot help but answer your prayer. This is faith. Faith does not come according to your wish. Rather, it is God in you filling you to such an extent that you cannot help but have faith. (CWWL, 1959, vol. 4, “Lessons on Prayer,” pp. 36, 47-48)

　　Further Reading: CWWL, 1959, vol. 4, “Lessons on Prayer,” ch. 4