The best way to care for others is by having a deep concern for them, being concerned for their well-being and going on; furthermore, when we in the church life pass through the valley of weeping, God makes this valley a spring, which is the Spirit. In ourselves we may not really be that emotional […]
Caring for others by being Filled with the Intimate Concern of the Ministering Life
Paul’s writing and expression toward the believers was tender and filled with the intimate concern of the ministering life; he didn’t just rebuke or exhort, but he wept, he exhorted with tears, and he was intimately concerned for the saints. Jeremiah is known as the weeping prophet; we could say that by nature he was […]
Having Spiritual Emotions and being Tenderhearted for God to be Expressed through us
In order that God may be fully expressed through us, we need to have spiritual emotions and be tenderhearted with one another, and we need to be able to serve God with tears, even as Jeremiah and Paul also did. Amen! We don’t know when the Lord’s return takes place; we don’t know when His […]
Allowing God access to our Feelings and Emotions to Express our Tenderhearted God
In the book of Jeremiah we see both God’s tenderheartedness and His righteousness; our God is a tenderhearted God, but He is also righteous, and He wants to train and discipline us in our emotions to match Him. In this book we see God revealed in a way that we don’t really see in any […]
The Beauty of the Bride comes from the Christ Wrought into and Expressed in the Church
For the presentation of the bride of Christ to Himself as the Bridegroom, the bride needs beauty; this beauty is nothing else but Christ wrought into us to be lived out of us and be expressed through us. There are many aspects of the bride, but what matters on the wedding day is that the […]
Christ Lived out of us as our Subjective Righteousnesses becomes our Wedding Garment
One of the most important things related to a bride is the wedding dress; our wedding garment as the bride of Christ is of fine linen, bright and clean, for it is the righteousnesses of the saints. As believers in Christ, our aspiration and inner yearning is not only to enjoy and experience Christ in […]
Sensing and Seizing the Opportunities to Serve God, do His Will, and Prepare the Bride
Today the Lord needs some who do not waste the opportunities He puts before them but are seizing the opportunities to do God’s will, thus redeeming the time and being the dispensational instrument He desires to gain to turn the age. We need to redeem the time, for the days are evil; to redeem the […]