The Lord Jesus taught us in Matt. 6 a pattern of prayer – the prayer that expresses God’s will (see Matt. 6:9-15). The principle of prayer set forth by the Lord in this portion includes three basic prayers concerning God, three requests for our needs, and three reverent praises as extolling prayers; all these three […]
Lingering in God’s Presence to Intercede for Others before Him according to His heart
We may think that serving God involves doing great works for God, laboring day and night, and having no personal freedom or enjoyment. But what we see in the Bible is that our main service to God is our prayer to Him according to His heart and will. Our God is almighty and can do […]
Being Joined to God’s desire through His Word to Pray Prayers of God’s Economy
The best cooperation and service we can render to God is in prayer; we need to be joined to God’s desire and pray prayers initiated by God to echo what He is praying in the heavens. There are a few verses in the New Testament where there Lord is seemingly giving us the key to getting all […]
God needs Man to Exercise his Spirit and his Will to Pray according to God’s Will
Our service to God as priests is by prayer, and this prayer needs to be according to His heart and will; to have such a prayer, we need to allow the Spirit to mingle our desires with His desires, lead our thoughts into His thoughts, and imprint His desires and thoughts into us so that […]
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 […]
Seeing the Two Different Sources of Service and Serving God from God by the Spirit
According to the divine revelation in the word of God, God the Father is the only legitimate Originator in the universe, and His Holy Spirit is the only legitimate Initiator in our hearts; our serving God is initiated by Him! In all spiritual work for God, only God Himself can be and should be the […]
We Worship and Serve God in spirit and by the Spirit with No Confidence in the Flesh
This week as we are enjoying the matter of serving God in our mingled spirit in the gospel of His Son my prayer is, Lord, may You be our witness that we are those who serve God in spirit in the full gospel as revealed in the New Testament! Amen! As believers in Christ we are […]