The Lord Jesus had a deep aspiration for oneness, and this aspiration issued in the high prayer recorded in John 17 for the oneness of the Body of Christ as the enlarged oneness of the Divine Trinity. In this prayer, we can see three levels of oneness: oneness in the Father’s name and by the […]
Crystallization-Study of the Minor Prophets – banners, messages, and songs
The 2012 Summer Training messages were on, Crystallization-Study of the Minor Prophets. What a rich time, and what a high speaking from the Lord concerning His move, His economy, and His purpose! Below are the banners for this time, the titles of the messages, and a short video of the singing of the banners of […]
the four characteristics of our meeting on the genuine ground of oneness
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In the Old Testament God has specifically chosen a place where His people would worship Him, and He designed a specific way for the people of Israel to come to Him. He even interdicted them to worship Him with His offerings wherever they wanted – in Deut. 12:5 we see that God chose a place […]
Father, Your name be sanctified! Your kingdom come and Your will be done!
This week we are getting into the matter of Taking the Lead to be a Man of Prayer. The Lord Jesus was a Man of Prayer – He was not just a praying person, but He was a Man of Prayer. The example of prayer given as a pattern by the Lord Jesus increases our […]
to love the Lord with the first love is to repent and do the first works
What does it mean to love the Lord with the first love? What does it mean to give the Lord the preeminence in all things? What does it mean to give the Lord the first place? When we first see the Lord and are captured by His beauty, we love Him with the first love. […]
offering up a sacrifice of praise to God through Christ and with Christ
What does it mean to praise the Lord? Does it mean to simply say it? Does it mean that only in the meetings of the church we raise our voices and we say, Praise God? This morning I was encouraged to see further than to worship God and to praise God means to simply present […]
the principle of praise and the four levels of praise in our experience
The first mention of a certain matter in the Bible sets the principle of that matter for the whole Bible. The first major mentioning of praising the Lord in the Bible is in Exo. 15:1-18 where the people of Israel, after crossing the Red Sea and seeing Pharaoh and his armies being swallowed by the […]