Give Yourself to Love the Lord with the First Love and Enjoy Him as the Tree of Life!

For the love of Christ constrains us because we have judged this, that One died for all, therefore all died. 2 Cor. 5:14

The Lord's recovery is a recovery of loving the Lord Jesus with the first love and of eating the Lord Jesus as the tree of life for the building up of the organic Body of Christ; to believe in the Lord is not enough - we need to love Him, even to … [Continue reading]

When we Love the Lord and Enjoy Him as the Tree of Life, we Shine as His Testimony

He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To him who overcomes, to him I will give to eat of the tree of life, which is in the Paradise of God. Rev. 2:7

When we give the Lord Jesus the preeminence in all things and recover the loss of the first love, we enjoy Him as the tree of life and shine with Him to be the lampstand, the testimony of Jesus. Amen! Eating the tree of life, that is, enjoying … [Continue reading]

Overcome the Loss of the First Love for the Lord by Giving Him the First Place in All Things

But I have one thing against you, that you have left your first love. Rev. 2:4

As believers in Christ, we need to love the Lord Jesus with the first love, the best love; we need to overcome the loss of the first love and simply give the Lord Jesus the preeminence in all things, giving Him the first place in both big and … [Continue reading]

Loving the Lord in Incorruptibility to enjoy Him and Love others with Him as our Love

Husbands, love your wives even as Christ also loved the church and gave Himself up for her. Eph. 5:25

We need to be brought into love, the inner substance of God, to enjoy God and His presence, love others as Christ did, love the Lord in incorruptibility, and be saved from degradation in the church life today. Amen! We need to be those who … [Continue reading]

Being Stirred up to Love the Lord Jesus with the First Love and Eat the Tree of Life

...To him who overcomes, to him I will give to eat of the tree of life, which is in the Paradise of God. Rev. 2:7

The genuine ministry of the New Testament always stirs us up to love the Lord Jesus with the first love, strengthening us in the simplicity of eating and enjoying Christ as the tree of life for our life supply; to love Him is to give Him preeminence … [Continue reading]

Learn to Discern things according to Life and Death, not according to Right and Wrong

For I am jealous over you with a jealousy of God; for I betrothed you to one husband to present [you as] a pure virgin to Christ. 2 Cor. 11:2

As believers in Christ, we need to live according to the principle of life and discern matters not according to right and wrong but according to life and death. When a certain thing, matter, or teaching helps us enjoy the Lord more and brings us … [Continue reading]

Follow the Inner Sense of Life to Live in the Spirit and Not in the Natural Life

And those who are in the flesh cannot please God. But you are not in the flesh, but in the spirit, if indeed the Spirit of God dwells in you. Yet if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, he is not of Him. Rom. 8:8-9

In order for us as believers in Christ to live according to the principle of life, we need to follow the inner sense of life; we need to pray ourselves into the sense of life and walk under its guiding and controlling every moment. At best, the … [Continue reading]