The Lord’s call in Matt. 11:28-30 resounds throughout the ages, Come to Me all who toil and are burdened, and I will give you rest. Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am meek and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For My yoke is easy […]
Being Filled with The Enjoyment of God and then Working Together with God
December 19, 2012 by 1 Comment
![At the end of the 10 days of prayer in the upper room (Acts 2:1-4) they were filled with the Holy Spirit as the power, and they were filled with the heavenly wine, the heavenly power. In this power and by this power coming from their enjoyment of God they worked as one, one with God and one with one another. [in the picture: Acts 2:4]](https://i0.wp.com/www.agodman.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/acts2-4-filled-with-the-holy-spirit-speak-in-tongues.jpg?fit=300%2C168&ssl=1)
Before God created man He made sure the earth was a pleasant place for man to be – He created the atmosphere, the plants, the animals, and everything needed for man to live. Then, when man was created, all he needed to do is to rest with God and enjoy God, and then to dress […]
Working Together with God by First Enjoying Him and Entering Into His Rest
December 18, 2012 by 2 Comments
After God created man, He said, Very Good! and He rested. Man’s first day on earth was not spent in working for God or doing anything to please God but man spent the day with God in His rest. Sabbath was made for man, and not man for the Sabbath! In Exo. 31:17 it says […]
As Ambassadors of Christ We Desire to Be Well Pleasing to God by Living to Him
December 4, 2012 by 1 Comment
![In all the aspects of our daily life, we need to seek to please the Lord - who loves us and constrains us with His love - by living to Him. [Picture: 2 Cor. 5:9]](https://i0.wp.com/www.agodman.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/2cor5-9-NASB-ambition-be-pleasing-to-god.jpg?fit=300%2C231&ssl=1)
In 2 Cor. 5:9 we see that Paul had an ambition, a strong determination, to gain the honor of being well-pleasing to God. As ambassadors of Christ, we need to seek to be well-pleasing to God by living to Him. On the one hand, we shouldn’t be ambitious persons, especially ambitious for position or glory. […]
In His Earthly Ministry the Lord Jesus Did the Work the Father Gave Him to Do
November 21, 2012 by 1 Comment
As those who aspire to work for God and with God in His economy for the building up of His Body, we need to consider the pattern of the Lord Jesus as He was working for God when He was on the earth. Even though we don’t see much in the Bible concerning His life […]
God’s Purpose is to Work Himself Into Our Inward Parts to Make Us His Expression
November 13, 2012 by 1 Comment
Our God has one unique work in the whole universe and throughout the ages, which is to work Himself in Christ into His chosen people that He may obtain a corporate expression in humanity. Throughout the generations and both in the Old and the New Testament time, this is the only thing that God desires […]
Revival: Every Believer has a Deep Desire and Aspiration to be Revived!
November 5, 2012 by 5 Comments
All throughout the Bible and in our experience also we see that the people of God have a deep desire to be revived, to have a revival. Ever since the fall of man, since Adam’s fall which brought in corruption, slavery, and death, there has been an aspiration in the whole creation for revival (see […]
