Care for God’s Habitation not by Initiating but by Cooperating with God in His Work

 As those who love God, fear God and want to cooperate with God to care for God’s habitation, we need to realize that it is good to desire to do something for God, but we should not initiate anything; God doesn’t need our initiation – He needs our cooperation. We see this in the […]

Under God’s Sovereignty, He Arranges Situations and People to Expose and Terminate the Flesh

 We can only worship God for His sovereignty, for under God’s sovereignty He arranges the people and situations around us to test us and be a cross to us to terminate our flesh; may we know God’s authority and fear Him, not daring to overthrow the divine order arranged by God. We see this […]

Faithfully Exercise our Spirit to Utterly Destroy the Flesh and Live in the Spirit

 When the flesh is utterly dealt with, the kingdom of God immediately comes in; may we be absolute in dealing with our flesh and faithfully exercise our spirit to follow the Lord as the life-giving Spirit in our spirit. Amen! The lesson in 1 Sam. 15 is a very important one for us as […]

Allowing God’s Light to Expose the Good Aspects of our Flesh and Not Rebelling against God

 We may agree with God to put to death the ugly and evil aspects of our flesh, but we may treasure the good aspects of our flesh and spare them, not wanting to destroy them, but God wants to utterly destroy the flesh; even our doing good according to our own will is an […]

Pray in Union with the Interceding Christ to Cooperate with the Fighting Spirit and Put the Flesh to death

 In order for us to deal with the flesh, we need to pray in union with the interceding Christ in order to cooperate with the fighting Spirit who indwells us; this is seen in type in Exo. 17, where Joshua, Moses, Hur, and Aaron were all involved in the defeat of the Amalekites. Amalek […]

May we Inquire of God, Lord, what is in Your Heart concerning me? I am here for You!

 When we replace God’s testimony with our need and when we trust in the systems ordained by God without enquiring of Him first, degradation comes in and problems arise; may we open to the Lord and inquire of God, asking Him to infuse us with a desire for His economy so that we may […]

Not Usurping God but Living and Praying for His Economy and having a Normal Church

 May we be those who are not usurping God; rather, may we be those who live and pray for God’s economy and are according to His heart, having a normal church with Christ as the center and content. The move of the Ark in the Old Testament was a picture of God’s move on […]