As believers in Christ and children of God, we have the eternal life of God in our mingled spirit: now we can experience life and minister life to other members of the Body of Christ. The divine life we have received through regeneration is the processed and consummated Triune God in Christ as the Spirit […]
Our Service in the Church should Minister Life to Others to Supply them with Life
July 18, 2016 by 2 Comments
Our service for the building up of the church is a life-ministering service, a service that ministers life to the saints. We have seen that we need to serve God by knowing the age, by realizing the way Christ fulfills His economy, by seeing the world situation as the indicator of the Lord’s move, and […]
The Prayer that Expresses God’s Will according to the Pattern of the Lord’s Prayer
July 16, 2016 by Leave a Comment
The Lord Jesus taught us in Matt. 6 a pattern of prayer – the prayer that expresses God’s will (see Matt. 6:9-15). The principle of prayer set forth by the Lord in this portion includes three basic prayers concerning God, three requests for our needs, and three reverent praises as extolling prayers; all these three […]
Lingering in God’s Presence to Intercede for Others before Him according to His heart
July 15, 2016 by Leave a Comment
We may think that serving God involves doing great works for God, laboring day and night, and having no personal freedom or enjoyment. But what we see in the Bible is that our main service to God is our prayer to Him according to His heart and will. Our God is almighty and can do […]
Having our Desires Blended with God’s Desires to Pray the Prayers Initiated by God
July 11, 2016 by 1 Comment
As believers in Christ who love the Lord and pursue to know and experience Christ, we serve God by prayer, and our prayers needs to be according to His heart and will. In 1 John 5:16 we see that, if we see a brother committing a sin not unto death, we should not gossip about […]
Not Quenching the Spirit but Fanning our Spirit into Flame to Serve God with Divine Fire
July 8, 2016 by 2 Comments
If we love God, offer ourselves to God, and are willing to forsake everything for God, placing ourselves in His hand in order to be broken, He as the divine fire will be burning in us to motivate us and energize us to serve Him by fanning our spirit into flame. The history of the […]
The Basis of Genuine Service is Knowing the Cross to Allow the Divine Fire to Burn in us
July 7, 2016 by 1 Comment
So many people today “serve God” but without the divine fire and without knowing the cross; some serve God as a proffession, others serve Him from time to time, while even others serve Him as a duty, outwardly. But the service that God desires to receive from us is simply our placing ourselves on the […]
