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如何有效地面对可能危及生命的风暴，耶稣为我们设立了一个标准—-在安息中。马可福音4:36-41提到的暴风，给门徒们带来了极大的恐惧。他们可能以为他们快要死了。当时更令人困惑的是，耶稣似乎并不在意；相反，他选择在船尾上枕着枕头睡觉。
当门徒最终叫醒了主，他们问他为什么他不顾他们的死活呢。他站起来斥责风，平静了海(释放平安给海)。然后他问他们为什么没有信心。这一时刻诠释了天国如何运作，信心如何运作：是在安息中运作。
我见过无数次，当信徒在可怕的情况下受到极大恐惧的折磨时，于是斥责魔鬼。通常有大喊大叫，哭喊和恐吓。但是说实话，我从来没有看到魔鬼降伏于这样的战术。并不是说提高我们的声音有错。只是信心的大声和恐惧的大声之间有很大的差别。请相信我，魔鬼知道其中的差别。信心的声音击退魔鬼，而恐惧的声音吸引着它。所说的话几乎带不来效果。
这个安息的地方，也叫做住在基督里。在葡萄树和枝子的故事里，耶稣教导过这个。跟枝子连接在葡萄树上一样的道理，我们要连接到基督里。住在基督里必须再次成为实际。在基督里基本上意味着我们活在一个深刻的与神的心、意念、同在的连接，伴着他的应许。活在“神的心是为了我们”的意识里，使我们持守在平安里。平安不是平安无事（没有战争、噪音、冲突）。相反我们的平安是因为有：神的同在，神的同在是天堂的实际的气氛。
当我们开始要活在恐惧以外，我们必须回到任何我们离开我们平安的地方。失去我们的平安，通常是因为我们与一个谎言签订心理协议，直到我们的情感成为这个谎言的俘虏。仇敌的火箭穿过了我们信心的盾牌，穿透我们的魂（意念）。这些时刻所达成的协议，往神为我们生命的目的的反方向运作。悔改是回到原来的方向。悔悟是由于对罪深深地忧伤而引起思想的转变。直到我们的思想生活受到影响，悔改才得完全。直到我们随时随地看到神的应许和神对我们生命的目的，悔改才完成。
生活中面对这个挑战的最简单方法就是一开始就维持平安。培养神的同在对于你的生活有一个至高无上的价值。随时随地总是有神对你生命的应许。记住应许，歌唱这些应许，把应许写在纸上 – 做任何你需要做的事情，使得神的心意摆在你的面前，直到他的思想成为你本能的思想。
祷告
天父，当我即将要离开你为我生活所立的平安的地方时，请给我一些警示。我不想再这样做了。这难以恢复。当我要顾及一个谎言时，请提醒我真理。并帮助我把我灵魂的锚安定在你的同在里，在你的平安中。感谢你赐给我实际的天堂的氛围，让我现在安居在其中。
宣告
神的平安是我的分，是我永远的产业。我选择活在圣灵在我身上的意识当中，永不忘记神对我的看法都是上好的。
摘自比尔·强生 “经历不可能”。 ©2014 by Bill Johnson
马可福音 4:36-41 36 门徒离开众人，耶稣仍在船上，他们就把他一同带去；也有别的船和他同行。 37 忽然起了暴风，波浪打入船内，甚至船要满了水。 38 耶稣在船尾上枕着枕头睡觉。门徒叫醒了他，说：“夫子！我们丧命，你不顾吗？”39 耶稣醒了，斥责风，向海说：“住了吧！静了吧！”风就止住，大大地平静了。 40 耶稣对他们说：“为什么胆怯？你们还没有信心吗？” 41 他们就大大地惧怕，彼此说：“这到底是谁？连风和海也听从他了！”
英文原文来自：
Bill Johnson: You Have Authority Over Any Storm You Can Sleep In
Jesus set the standard for how we face life-threatening storms effectively—in rest. The storm mentioned in Mark 4:36-41 brought great fear to the disciples. They probably thought they were going to die. What made the moment even more confusing was that Jesus did not seem to care; instead, He chose to sleep in the stern of the boat on a cushion.
When they finally woke Him, they asked Him why He did not care that they were perishing. He got up and rebuked the wind, and released peace over the sea. He then asked them why they had no faith. This moment illustrates how the Kingdom works, how faith works: It works from rest.
I have seen countless times when believers were tormented by great fear in a horrible situation and rebuked the devil accordingly. It usually involved yelling, tears and threats. But I have honestly never seen the devil yield to such tactics. Not that raising our voices is wrong. There is just a great difference between the loud voice of faith and the loud voice of fear. And believe me, the devil knows the difference. The voice of faith repels him, while the voice of fear attracts him. The words spoken make little difference.
This place of rest can also be called abiding in Christ. Jesus taught of this in His story about the vine and the branches. In the same way that a branch is connected to the vine, so we are to be connected to Christ. Abiding in Christ must become practical again. Abiding means basically that we live with a profound connection to the heart, mind and presence of God, with His promises. Living conscious of God’s heart for us keeps us in a place of peace. And peace is more than the absence of something like war, noise or conflict. Our peace is the presence of Someone. It is the actual atmosphere of heaven.
When we begin to live out of fear, we must return to wherever we left our peace. Losing our peace usually involves making a mental agreement with a lie until our emotions become captive to that lie. The fiery darts of the enemy get past our shields of faith and penetrate our souls. The agreements made in those moments work against God’s purposes for our lives. Repentance is in order. Repentance is the deep sorrow for sin that provokes a change in thinking. It is not complete until our thought lives are affected. It is not complete until we see that His promises and purposes are within reach.
The easiest approach to this challenge in life is to maintain peace in the first place. Cultivate a supreme value for the presence of God upon your life. Always have God’s promises for your life within reach. Memorize them, sing them, write them out on pieces of paper—do anything you need to do to keep His mind in front of yours, until His thoughts become instinctively your thoughts.
Prayer
Father, please give me some kind of warning when I am about to leave the place of peace You have created for me to live in. I do not want to do that anymore. It is too hard to recover. Remind me of the truth when I am about to consider a lie. And help me to anchor my soul in Your presence, in Your peace. Thank You for giving me the actual atmosphere of heaven to dwell in now.
Confession
His peace is my portion. It is my possession forever. I choose to live aware of the Holy Spirit upon me, and will not forget that His thoughts about me are all good.
Excerpted from Experience the Impossible by Bill Johnson. © 2014 by Bill Johnson. Used with permission of Chosen Books. 
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