弟兄們……將身體獻上，當做活祭，是聖潔的，是神所喜悅的，你們如此侍奉，乃是理所當然的。——羅 12:1
Brethren . . . present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service.—Romans 12:1
有一本書叫做《年歲的渴望》，講的是一位美國姑娘在巴黎嫁給了一位激進的革命者。在美國讀大學時，她失去了信心，失去了信仰，以及父母所告誡她的一切。當被問及為何要嫁給這位革命者時，她回答，「他是我所遇到第一個能為自己的信仰去死的人。儘管我並不完全相信他的作為，我是為他能為生命找到一個目標而吸引。」我發現今天的年輕人在尋找目標，他們並不是在尋找一件易事。
前不久，有一位莫斯科的大學生告訴我的一個同事說，「你們基督徒說你們要贏得這個世界，但我們在五十年所做的事將會超過你們在過去兩千年的作為。你知道這是為什麼嗎？因為你們沒有堅定的信念。然而我們有，我們會贏，你會看到的 。」
In a book called 「The Age of Longing」 we read that an American girl married a radical revolutionary in Paris. She had lost her faith at an American University—lost all the religious faith she had, and all the things her parents had told her. She was asked why she married him. She said, 「He’s the first person I have ever known who believes something strong enough to die for it. Although I don’t believe exactly as he does, I was attracted to this man who had found a cause.」 I find that young people today are looking for a cause, and they are not looking for something easy.
Some time ago a university student in Moscow told one of my colleagues, 「You Christians say that you are going to win the world, but we』ve done more in fifty years than you』ve done in two thousand years. And do you know why? It is because you are not committed. We are. We will win, you』ll see.」
今日禱告：
耶穌，我的救主，你給了我一切，然而我所向你獻上的卻如此令我慚愧。願我永遠將一切獻上來愛你！
I look at my dedication to You, Jesus, my Lord and Savior, and am ashamed—You gave everything for me. May I always live totally committed in love to You.
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