【徒1: 8】 但圣灵降临在你们身上，你们就必得着能力；并要在耶路撒冷、犹太全地和撒玛利亚，直到地极，作我的见证。”【Acts 1:8】But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.”

使徒们在主复活当晚不是已经领受了圣灵？圣灵不是已经住到他们的里面，作了他们生命的灵吗？The apostles had already received the Holy Spirit on the night of the Lord's resurrection, hadn't they? Wasn't the Holy Spirit already dwelling within them, being the Spirit of their life? 主升天前还向他们颁布了大使命说: ‘你们要去，使万民作我的门徒…’那为什么不快快出去？Before ascending, the Lord even gave them the Great Commission, saying, "Go and make disciples of all nations..." So why not go out quickly? 还要在耶路撒冷等候圣灵的洗呢？原来基督徒要做主工，一面需要被教导、被装备真理，另一面还需要等候神的时间，被圣灵浇灌充满，圣灵要将能力恩赐，照着神的计划，和在各人身上的选召分配给每个人。Why wait in Jerusalem for the baptism of the Holy Spirit? The truth is, that Christians need to be both taught and equipped with the truth to do the Lord's work, and at the same time, they need to wait for God's timing, being filled and empowered by the Holy Spirit, who distributes abilities and gifts according to God's plan to each person.

主啊，感谢你知道，你差我们出去传福音为你作见证，要遇到很多艰难，黑暗势力处处要拦阻和破坏，要被人拒绝，抵挡，逼迫，陷害，甚至丧掉性命…我们心里固然愿意，肉体却常常软弱… Lord, thank You for knowing that You send us out to proclaim the gospel and be witnesses for You, despite the many difficulties we will face, with dark forces everywhere trying to hinder and destroy us, being rejected, resisted, persecuted, and even losing our lives...While our hearts are willing, our flesh is often weak...  主啊，求你教导我们常常像保罗那样祷告：求你藉着你住在我们里面的灵，在我们心里运行你的大能大力，叫我们在各种艰难的环境里，不从肉体，而随从圣灵，让我们心里的力量越来越刚强，不断地胜过我们心里的软弱和罪！ Lord, please teach us to pray constantly like Paul: asking that by Your Spirit dwelling within us, Your mighty power may work in our hearts, so that in all kinds of difficult circumstances, we do not live according to the flesh, but according to the Holy Spirit, growing stronger in our inner strength and constantly overcoming the weaknesses and sins in our hearts! 因信，叫基督不断的、更多的在我们里面掌权作王，让我们的爱心扎根在基督里面，有根有基，活出爱罪人的生命。 By faith, let Christ increasingly and abundantly reign within us, so that our love is rooted in Christ, with firm foundations, living out lives of love for sinners. 也求你赐我们刚强、仁爱、谨守的心，一面放胆传你的道，另一面也求你赐给我们能力和恩赐，借着我们的手医病赶鬼，行神迹奇事为你的名作见证！充充足足成就一切，超过我们所求所想。 Also, grant us strong, loving, and vigilant hearts, bold in preaching Your word while also granting us the ability and gifts to heal the sick, cast out demons, and perform signs and wonders as witnesses for Your Name! So, we can do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us,若人归向你，不是因我们天然人的智慧、能力、口才，而是叫人看见那是神的大能，我们只是神的管道，是耶稣借着我们的口说话，借着我们的手行神迹奇事，愿我们的心能够保持凡事谦卑，跟圣灵同工，为耶稣作见证，从我们的家人，亲戚朋友，同事…万国万民…直到地极。If people turn to You, it is not because of our natural wisdom, abilities, or eloquence, but that they see it is the power of God. We are merely vessels of God; it is Jesus speaking through us, performing miracles through us. May our hearts remain humble in all things, working alongside the Holy Spirit, bearing witness for Jesus—from our families, relatives, and friends, to our colleagues... to all nations and peoples... even to the ends of the earth. (陈弟兄Brother Chan)