Even now, at the right hand of God, the Lord is continually praying a prayer of anticipatory forgiveness out of compassion for the ignorance of a sinner like me, repeatedly saying, “Father, forgive James … forgive James …” [Prayer of anticipatory forgiveness: Before the perpetrators had repented of their wrongdoing or even asked for forgiveness, Jesus first proclaimed forgiveness at the very height of the most terrible suffering, as the cross was being erected.] “Two other criminals were also led away to be executed with him. When they came to the place called the Skull, there they crucified him, along with the criminals—one on his right and the other on his left. Jesus said, ‘Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing.’ And they divided up his clothes by casting lots. The people stood watching, and the rulers even sneered at him. They said, ‘He saved others; let him save himself if h...
"작은 구름" "큰 비" 바라보고 또 바라보아도 기도 응답의 싸인이 없다가 일곱 번째서야 사람의 손 만한 " 작은 구름 " 이 보였습니다 . 그리고 그 " 작은 구름 " 이 결국에 가서는 " 큰 비 " 가 내리게 되었습니다 ( 왕상 18:43-45). 기도응답 받을 때까지 포기하지 말고 끊기있게 기도하십시다 . 그리고 너무나 " 큰 비 " 에만 초점을 맞추지 말고 " 작은 구름 " 에도 믿음으로 감사하며 행동으로 옮기십시다 . 그 이유는 하나님께서는 우리에게 " 큰 비 " 를 내리시기 전에 " 작은 구름 " 을 보여주시기 때문입니다 .