The Lord Jesus set a good pattern before us – He as the first God-man prayed to the Father much time in secret! Even after He fed the crowds by making a miracle, He went away and went up to the mountain to pray, and He spent the whole night in prayer alone with the […]
our ability to prophesy is produced through the daily enjoyment of Christ
June 8, 2012 by 1 Comment
The greatest of all gifts and the most excelling gift for the building up of the church is prophesying (see 1 Cor. 1:2, 9, 24, 30; 5:7-8; 10:3-4; 15:45). All the believers have this gift, and this excelling gift of prophesying is produced in the growth in life through the enjoyment of Christ (see 1 […]
we all have the capacity to prophesy as we eat, drink, and enjoy the Lord
June 7, 2012 by 1 Comment
1 Cor. 14:31 says, For you can all prophesy one by one that all may learn and all may be encouraged. This shows us that we as believers in the Lord have a capacity that enables us to speak for the Lord and speak Christ to others. We need to see that the divine life […]
taking the way of each one prophesying for the building up of the church
June 6, 2012 by Leave a Comment
The way for us to build up the church as the organic Body of Christ is through prophesying. God desires to have a built-up church, and Christ promised, “I will build My church” (Matt. 16:18). How does Christ build up His church? In Ephesians 4:15-16 we see that the whole Body grows by holding the […]
oh that all the Lord’s people would prophesy, speaking God for the building up!
June 4, 2012 by 2 Comments
The high peak of the God-ordained way to meet and to serve in the church is prophesying for the building up of the Body of Christ. We all need to learn to take the lead not only to enjoy the Lord, love the Lord, and experience life to minister life, but also to prophesy for […]
being channels of life with a surplus of life to minister life to others
May 29, 2012 by 7 Comments
All the members of the Body of Christ are ministers of life, imparting life to the ones around them for the growth and the building up of the Body. In the church life, we all are learning to minister life – this is our only need. We don’t need more teachings, doctrines, do’s and dont’s; […]
taking the lead to minister life by flowing out the divine life into others
May 28, 2012 by 5 Comments
As the sheep in the Lord’s flock, being the same as all the other believers in Christ, we want to learn to take the lead to love the Lord with the first love, to experience life, and to minister life. We need to present ourselves to the Lord personally that we would become a particular […]
