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God pays more attention to what we are than to what we do or can do for Him

July 4, 2012 by aGodMan Leave a Comment

In Christianity and in the world alike people pay more attention to great works than to the person of the worker. With the Lord Jesus, His work was His living – there was no difference between His life and His work. He didn’t work for a while and then “took a break to live His […]

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the kind of person we are determines the kind of fruit that we produce

July 3, 2012 by aGodMan 3 Comments

In the Lord’s work the principle is that before we can do anything for the Lord we need to allow Him to work Himself into us. The result is not that “we work for the Lord” but that “we work with the Lord” and even “we are the Lord’s work”. We should not do things […]

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working with the Lord for the Body and not doing our own personal work

July 2, 2012 by aGodMan 15 Comments

If we would work with the Lord for the Body of Christ, we need to realize that in the Lord’s recovery there is only one work — the work of the Body. God has only one work that He is doing today – the work of building up the Body of Christ. What we are […]

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being independent of the Body is being independent of God; we all are members!

June 30, 2012 by aGodMan 3 Comments

If we see the Body of Christ we will realize that we need deliverance not only from our sinful and natural life, but also from our individualistic life. For us to know the Body life, we need to deny our self, because our self is the greatest problem and the greatest enemy of the Body. […]

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not being independent but being full of feeling for the members of the Body

June 29, 2012 by aGodMan 6 Comments

If we really see that we are members of the Body of Christ, we will spontaneously consider the Body in everything that we do. We will realize that even though we love and treasure the local churches, we are for the Body of Christ, and we will honor the Body, doing what is best for […]

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working with God within the measure and the limit He has apportioned us

June 28, 2012 by aGodMan 1 Comment

Our God is a God of measure. He doesn’t do things wildly, and He doesn’t increase the work without measure and without limitation. Yes, He can do a lot of things, and He can fill the whole earth, but He has a measure within which He works through man. We need to see that, just […]

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recognizing our measure in the Body of Christ and not going beyond it

June 27, 2012 by aGodMan 3 Comments

As the many members of the one universal Body of Christ, those standing on the genuine ground of oneness, we all need to take the lead to function in our measure and not go beyond our measure. We need to allow the other members of the Body to limit us and to help us function […]