Our present situation and God’s need today are the same in principle as the situation and the need in the time of Samuel; we need to see that the Triune God is involved with us so that we may cooperate with the Divine Trinity to bring in the kingdom of God. Why did our […]
Seeing that the Triune God is Involved with us, we Pray Prevailing Prayers for God’s Goal
Cooperate with God to Enjoy Christ and Consecrate to Him to Bring in His Kingdom
The central thought of 1 and 2 Samuel is that the fulfilment of God’s economy needs man’s cooperation – the principle of incarnation; we need to cooperate with God by making a vow, and He will come in to fulfil it, for to cooperate with God is to be bound together with God and […]
The Body of Christ can either Express Christ or Limit Him in what He wants to do
In order for His will to be done on earth and for His eternal purpose to be fulfilled among us, God needs our cooperation; the Body of Christ can either express Christ or limit Him in what He wants to do. Oh, Lord! How much we need the Lord’s shining on the way we live, […]
Having our Desires Blended with God’s Desires to Pray the Prayers Initiated by God
As believers in Christ who love the Lord and pursue to know and experience Christ, we serve God by prayer, and our prayers needs to be according to His heart and will. In 1 John 5:16 we see that, if we see a brother committing a sin not unto death, we should not gossip about […]
God Wants only our Cooperation: we need to Stop Ourselves and Let God Speak and Work
The Bible doesn’t give us a specific list of things we should do when serving God, but throughout the Bible we see a few important principles which we need to apply to our daily life for our cooperation with Him. One of these principles is that all our work and service in the church must […]
Being Willing to Deal with our Natural Constitution for us to be Useful to God
As believers in Christ, we all love the Lord and we want to serve Him and please Him to the best of our ability. Yet somehow it looks like if “we do our best to do good and please God” and “we try our best to serve Him according to what He tells us” things […]
Giving God our Full Cooperation for Him to Move in the Principle of Incarnation
These past few weeks we have been getting into the matter of prayer – a man of prayer, persevering in prayer, and the need for more prayer. But why do we need to pray? What is the goal of our prayer? We need to see that without prayer we cannot be one with the Lord […]