July is the graduation season for some colleges. On July 6, 2020, Shaanxi Bible School issued a letter to express its heartfelt congratulations and best wishes to the graduates.
The college exhorts every graduate with the verse from Matthew 28: “Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.”
The college encouraged the graduates by sharing that change in life is normal, and we should often pray to the Lord to guide us as the light, guard us as the shield, give us the power to overcome tests, endow us with the ability to be qualified for the ministry, and preserve us to work seriously, not for a reward from anyone but for the will of the Lord, which we take as a source of joy.
Further, the college said, “the graduates will be doing the work of evangelists in the Church of the Lord, continuing the great mission that the apostles received from the Lord Jesus. What a meaningful and great job it is! No matter where we are scattered, we still belong to one big family, because in Christ we are a spiritual community of fellowship and sharing. May no distance sever us from one another, and may we grow closer in the Lord's love through intercession for one another."
Finally, to the graduating class, may the Lord keep you "always faithful" in his presence and become a good witness to him in the place you serve, the school said.
Here the Fellowship Prayer, which is attached to the last page of the Collection of Hongdao is shared with you:
O loving Lord,
You are not far from any of your children;
May the Lord care for each one of us in this family,
And the fellow evangelist in the church,
And those who have lived with us here.
We are remembering it now,
And pray to the Lord to be a light in their path,
Dwell in their hearts,
And guard them at all times.
Make sure that they are always faithful before you;
Give them strength to overcome temptation;
Enable them to be qualified for what you have assigned them;
Guard them from neglect of duty,
And take pleasure in doing your will;
May no distance sever them from us and from you,
But bring us closer in your love.
Our father, we have set before you our regard for them.
We are satisfied with knowing that you can accomplish far more for them than we could have wished or thought.
We pray through Our Lord Jesus Christ. Amen.
- Translated by Zoe Hong
陕西圣经学校向毕业班同学致以祝福
7月，部分院校迎来了毕业季。2020年7月6日，陕西圣经学校发文向毕业生致以衷心劝勉和祝愿。
引用圣经马太福音28章经文，劝勉每一位毕业生“你们要去，使万民作我的门徒，奉父、子、圣灵的名给他们施洗。凡我所吩咐你们的，都教训他们遵守，我就常与你们同在，直到世界的末了。”
该学院从两方面劝勉毕业生们：“人生百态是常态，要常祈求主如光引导我们，如盾牌护卫我们，赐我们胜过试探软弱的力量，并叫我们能胜任任何服事的工作，保守我们认真作工，不像为得人的赏赐而做，乃是为遵行主的旨意而做，并以此为乐。
“另一方面，毕业的同学们将要在主的教会中做宣扬福音的工作，要继续使徒从主耶稣所领受的大使命。这是何等有意义与伟大的工作！无论今后分散在何处，却仍共属一个大家庭，因着在基督里，我们是一群彼此相通、彼此团契的属灵群体。愿任何距离都不会断绝我们彼此与主之间的联系，愿我们在主的爱里藉着彼此代祷更加亲近。”
最后祝愿毕业班的同学门，求主使你们在祂面前“永远保持信靠的心”，在服事的位置中为主做美好的见证。
并引用附于《弘道集》末页的“团契祷文”以此共勉：
慈爱的主啊，
你总不远离你的任何儿女；
求主眷顾保守
我们这个大家庭中每一个人，
和在主教会中做宣传福音工作的同工，
还有那些曾在这里和我们共同生活的人。
我们现在特别记念
求主作他们路上的光；
住在他们心里；
随时护卫他们。
使他们在你面前永远保持信靠的心；
赐给他们胜过试探的力量；
叫他们对你分派他们对任何工作都能胜任；
保守他们，使他们不致玩忽职守，
并以遵行你的旨意为乐；
但愿任何距离都不会断绝他们和我们并与你的联系，
反而使我们在你的爱里更加亲近。
我们的父啊，我们把对他们的顾念陈明在你面前，
我们因确信你能为他们所成就的一切远远超过我们所求所想的而心满意足，
这都是靠着我们的主耶稣基督求的。阿们。
July is the graduation season for some colleges. On July 6, 2020, Shaanxi Bible School issued a letter to express its heartfelt congratulations and best wishes to the graduates.
The college exhorts every graduate with the verse from Matthew 28: “Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.”
The college encouraged the graduates by sharing that change in life is normal, and we should often pray to the Lord to guide us as the light, guard us as the shield, give us the power to overcome tests, endow us with the ability to be qualified for the ministry, and preserve us to work seriously, not for a reward from anyone but for the will of the Lord, which we take as a source of joy.
Further, the college said, “the graduates will be doing the work of evangelists in the Church of the Lord, continuing the great mission that the apostles received from the Lord Jesus. What a meaningful and great job it is! No matter where we are scattered, we still belong to one big family, because in Christ we are a spiritual community of fellowship and sharing. May no distance sever us from one another, and may we grow closer in the Lord's love through intercession for one another."
Finally, to the graduating class, may the Lord keep you "always faithful" in his presence and become a good witness to him in the place you serve, the school said.
Here the Fellowship Prayer, which is attached to the last page of the Collection of Hongdao is shared with you:
O loving Lord,
You are not far from any of your children;
May the Lord care for each one of us in this family,
And the fellow evangelist in the church,
And those who have lived with us here.
We are remembering it now,
And pray to the Lord to be a light in their path,
Dwell in their hearts,
And guard them at all times.
Make sure that they are always faithful before you;
Give them strength to overcome temptation;
Enable them to be qualified for what you have assigned them;
Guard them from neglect of duty,
And take pleasure in doing your will;
May no distance sever them from us and from you,
But bring us closer in your love.
Our father, we have set before you our regard for them.
We are satisfied with knowing that you can accomplish far more for them than we could have wished or thought.
We pray through Our Lord Jesus Christ. Amen.
- Translated by Zoe Hong
