A genuine man of prayer – a genuine Christian – is not only one who spends time with the Lord every day, but also one who allows the Lord to mingle His desire and His thought with his own. We need to allow God to infuse us with Himself, to mingle Himself with us, in […]
spending time with the Lord to have His desire and thoughts imprinted into us
Filed Under: God's economy, His heart's desire, the Christian Life Tagged With: a genuine Christian, abide in Christ, enjoying the Lord, fellowship with Christ, His desire becomes ours, man expresses God, man of prayer, mingle Himself with us, organic union, praying for His need, silent before Him, spend time with Him, the Spirit intercedes for us, we are infused with God
the new worship that the Father needs in the new age of the New Testament
I just realized this morning that in John 4:23 the Lord Jesus says “But an hour is coming, and it is now…” – this shows that there was a change of the age! In the past/our religious way, it used to be different, BUT now, the true worshippers worship God in spirit and in truthfulness! […]
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our Christian life is a life of preaching the gospel by loving one another
Until the Lord comes, since we are saved, we preach the gospel through our living, our attitude, our words – our very Christian life is a preaching of the gospel. Actually, according to Paul’s word in Phil 1:5-6, it is Christ who does this good work of preaching the gospel. Christ preaches the gospel in […]
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our believing is not our natural virtue, but a reaction to the appearing of God
If you read the history of Abraham, you will see that, even though people call him a “giant of faith”, he was not such a big “giant” (actually, God is the giant of faith). All his “great steps” were taken in faith after God appeared to him. It looks like just after God appears to […]
Filed Under: contacting God, Enjoying Christ, the Christian Life Tagged With: a reaction to the heavenly attraction, a spontaneous reaction, Drinking Christ, enjoying the Lord, filled with faith, God seeks us, God trasfuses Himself into us, God's appearing, organic union, our believing ability, saturated and permeated, spend time with Him, we are infused with God, we become like Him, we seek Him
Eating, drinking, and breathing Christ for the building up of the Body of Christ
Our Christian life, just like our physical life, is being maintained / sustained by our continual supply – we need to daily eat, drink, and breathe in Christ. Christ is our real food, Christ is our real drink (John 6:55; John 6:30-35); He is the manna, He as the Spirit is the living water (John […]
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