Christ is the good land, we have been rooted in Him, and we can walk in Christ as our living land and take time to absorb Christ as our rich soil so that we may grow with the elements we absorb from the soil (Col. 2:6-7). Hallelujah, as believers in Christ we have been rooted […]
Taking time to Absorb Christ as the Rich Soil, the Living land, in whom we’re Rooted
God’s Will is that we Know and Enjoy Christ, Estimating Everything According to Him
God’s will is that the all-inclusive, extensive Christ be our portion, our life, our constituent, and our peace; we should estimate and evaluate everything according to this all-inclusive, extensive Christ. Furthermore, we need to be infused, saturated, and permeated with the all-inclusive, extensive Christ until in our experience He is everything to us. Amen! If […]
Being Deeply Rooted in Christ by Spending Time with Him in the Word to Absorb His Riches
As believers in Christ we have been rooted in Christ and we need to grow in Him and be built up in Him by spending adequate time with the Lord in His word to absorb His riches. Christ has been allotted to us as the portion of the saints in the light; we have been […]
The All-Inclusive Christ has been Allotted to us: be Rooted in Him and Walk in Him!
Christ as the reality of the good land has been allotted to all the saints as their portion for their enjoyment; we have been rooted and grounded in Him, and now we need to walk according to the Spirit to enjoy the good land. This week we come to the matter of, The All-inclusive Christ […]
we need to be deeply rooted in Christ to bear fruit and bear His fragrance
In Hosea 14:5-7 we see that the cedars of Lebanon are associated with three things: the lily, the olive tree, and the vine. The cedars of Lebanon are very tall and the roots are very deep, and they signify the Christians who strike their roots deep into God. For us to have a pure and […]
a trainee’s testimony – we need to develop deep roots in the Lord by spending time with Him
As Christians we are like little plants – we don’t have much power, but if we have deep roots in Christ we will be unshakable, immovable. Sometimes our roots are in something else than Him. As a result, we are easily shaken, and with any small situation we are blown off. Our roots may be in our campus work. It might be somewhat successful, with some promising contacts, but as soon as they begin missing the meetings or making excuses to have appointments we will collapse and be blown off. We may be enjoying the Lord, but as soon as we suffer some persecution from those with whom we study or work we are rapidly blown away. We need to be rooted in Him, but how? [continue reading online]
We abide in Christ as the vine, we are rooted in Him as the soil, and we take Christ as the Head!
The Word of God is so rich, so full of illustrations and examples of our organic union with the Lord, and also it is so encouraging! This morning I especially enjoyed these three aspects concerning our relationship with the Lord: In John 15 we see that we are branches in Christ the vine – we […]