Lesson For The Week (Sep. 7)

The Parable of the Friend at Midnight
半夜來訪的朋友的比喻

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Introduction導引
If you had an emergency need at 2 a.m. who (besides your family) would you call? What kind of response would you expect from him/her?
假設你在凌晨兩點鐘突然有緊急需要，除了你的家人之外，你會打電話給誰？你期待他或她會有什麼樣的反應？

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Vocabulary字彙 (沒按照順序)
honored (v) 被尊敬
ashamed (adj) 感到羞恥的
suppose (v) 假設
seek (v) 尋找
borrow (v) 借給
scorpion (n) 蠍子
bother (v)攪擾
priority (n) 優先次序
locked (v) 鎖上

Selected reading 選讀經文:

Luke 11:1-13 路加福音11:1-13

(Good News 版)

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1 One day Jesus was praying in a certain place. When he had finished, one of his disciples said to him, "Lord, teach us to pray, just as John taught his disciples." 2 Jesus said to them, "When you pray, say this: "Father: May your holy name be honored; may your Kingdom come. 3 Give us day by day the food we need. 4 Forgive us our sins, for we forgive everyone who does us wrong. And do not bring us to hard testing.' " 5 And Jesus said to his disciples, "Suppose one of you should go to a friend's house at midnight and say, "Friend, let me borrow three loaves of bread. 6 A friend of mine who is on a trip has just come to my house, and I don't have any food for him!' 7 And suppose your friend should answer from inside, "Don't bother me! The door is already locked, and my children and I are in bed. I can't get up and give you anything.' 8 Well, what then? I tell you that even if he will not get up and give you the bread because you are his friend, yet he will get up and give you everything you need because you are not ashamed to keep on asking. 9 And so I say to you: Ask, and you will receive; seek, and you will find; knock, and the door will be opened to you. 10 For those who ask will receive, and those who seek will find, and the door will be opened to anyone who knocks. 11 Would any of you who are fathers give your son a snake when he asks for fish? 12 Or would you give him a scorpion when he asks for an egg? 13 As bad as you are, you know how to give good things to your children. How much more, then, will the Father in heaven give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him!"0

Questions for Discussion 問題討論
1. Notice the order in the prayer Jesus teaches his disciples. What is the first thing Jesus tells them they should say? Why do you think this is so important? (Luke 11:1-2)

請注意耶穌教導祂的門徒禱告中的次序。耶穌教導他們應該說的第一件事是什麼？你想為什麼這件事是如此重要？(路11:1-2)

2. What are the disciples told to say next? What attitude do you think God wants us to have toward Him and our daily needs? (Luke 11:3)

接下來門徒該禱告什麼？你想上帝要我們以什麼態度來到祂面前，並怎樣看我們每日的需要？ (路Luke 11:3)

3. According to the third point in Jesus prayer, how much of a priority do you think God puts on forgiving others? (Luke 11:4a)

根據耶穌在禱告中的第三要點，你想上帝將饒恕他人擺在優先次序中的第幾位？(路11:4a)

4. What is the final point in this prayer? How do you think we would handle this “hard testing” on our own? (Luke 11:4b)

在這個禱告中最後的重點是什麼？你想我們會怎樣處理試探？(路11:4b)

5. In the parable Jesus uses here, what was the need? When did the need occur? (Luke 11:5-6)

耶穌在這個比喻中所提到的需要是什麼？這個需要何時發生？(路11:5-6)

6. Though the friend unwilling to help at first, what did Jesus say would change his mind? (Luke 11:7-8)

雖然這位朋友剛開始不願意幫忙，但耶穌說什麼事可以改變他的心意？(路11:7-8)

7. Compare the parable in verses 5-8 with verses 9 and 10. What dose this parable teach us about prayer? (Luke 11:5-10)
請將5-8節和9-10節的經節作比較。這個比喻教導我們有關禱告的什麼事？ (路11:5-10)

8. How might verses 9 and 10 be misunderstood? Do verses 11-13 make this any clearer? (Luke 11:9-13)

第9和第10節可能如何被誤解？從11-13節的經節中是否可以使我們更清楚其中的意義？(路11:9-13)

9. What does this lesson teach us about God? About the importance of prayer and the way we pray?

這課教導我們上帝是位怎樣的神？禱告的重要性和禱告的方式？

A time to reflect 回應
1. Are your prayers more like reading a shopping list or conversations with God?

你的禱告是比較像在唸購物單或是和上帝對話？
2. When God doesn’t answer your prayers the way you want, what do you do?

當上帝沒有照著你所要的方式來回答你的禱告時，你會如何做？
3. After studying this lesson, how might you need to adjust the way you pray?

讀完此課後，你需要怎樣調整你的禱告方式？ 0

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