Living Christ for the Body by Letting Christ’s Word Dwell in us and being Open Vessels

We can live Christ for the reality of the Body of Christ by being filled with the Spirit, by letting the word of Christ dwell in us richly, by praying unceasingly, and by being open vessels to the Lord. May we really be open vessels to the Lord, those who are not filled with their […]

Unceasing Prayer is the way for us to Walk according to the Spirit in our Daily Life

The way for us to daily walk according to the spirit and habitually have this kind of living is only by unceasing prayer, that is, by spiritually breathing all the time though praying unceasingly. This is something we all have to do in a personal way before the Lord and with the Lord. We cannot […]

As we Remain in an Atmosphere of Prayer daily we become the New Man in Reality

We need to remain in an atmosphere of prayer by continually exercising our spirit so that we may live Christ; as we are ruled by the peace of Christ and inhabited by the word of Christ through persevering in prayer, we become the new man in reality and have the living of the new man. […]

We need to Persevere in Prayer by setting aside Definite Times for Prayer daily

For the living of the new man we need to persevere in prayer so that we may absorb the riches of Christ and stand on God’s side for Him to carry out what’s on His heart. In Colossians 3 Paul spoke of the one new man where Christ is everything and everyone, and right after […]

Receive the Helmet of Salvation and the Sword of the Spirit by Means of All Prayer

In exhorting us to take up the whole armor of God in Eph. 6, Paul puts the offensive weapon, the sword of the Spirit, at the very end. First, he encourages us to be girded with the truth (living Christ as the reality), put on the breastplate of righteousness (apply the blood of Christ to […]

Exercising to Pray Unceasingly by Calling on the Lord and Talking to Him

The Lord Jesus tells us in Matt. 26:41, Watch and pray – the spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak. Paul continues the Lord’s speaking on this matter and strengthens it by saying, Praying at every time in spirit, and, Persevering in prayer (Col. 4:2; Eph. 6:18). For us to watch in prayer implies […]

Watch and Pray: Being on the Alert for the Maintaining of Our Prayer Life

There must be something about prayer that we need to watch with persistence in it, since both the Lord Jesus and Paul charges us to do so. At the end of Colossians and Ephesians, Paul encourages us to persevere in prayer and pray at every time in spirit – watching unto this in all perseverance (Eph. 6:18)! […]