Hallelujah, we all can and we all should prophesy “one by one that all may learn and all may be encouraged” (1 Cor. 14:31)! As believers in the Lord, we are now learning to speak for the Lord and to speak the Lord forth into people – it is a learning process that will take […]
enjoying the rich Lord flowing as the Spirit in us by calling on the Lord’s name
December 22, 2010 by 2 Comments
As believers in the Lord, we are part of the organic universal Body of Christ – we are members of the Body! In many ways, we can understand the way the Body works by looking at our physical body – and the most striking thing about our human body is that our blood – the […]
in all the things we do for the Lord in the church, we need to stop first and have fellowship!
December 20, 2010 by 1 Comment
This morning I was impressed with these simple principles of the Body of Christ as unveiled in 1 Cor. 12:24, But our comely members have no need. But God has blended the body together, giving more abundant honor to the member that lacked. What does it mean that God has blended the Body together? It […]
the experience of the cross deepens both our horizontal and our vertical fellowship in the divine life
December 16, 2010 by 12 Comments
These days we are enjoying many portions in the Bible regarding the fellowship of the divine life, which is the fellowship of the Spirit, the fellowship of the apostles, and the fellowship in spirit. This fellowship has two aspects: the horizontal aspect (between us and the other believers) and the vertical aspect (between us and the Triune […]
We abide in Christ as the vine, we are rooted in Him as the soil, and we take Christ as the Head!
November 26, 2010 by 23 Comments
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 […]
