The Prayer that Expresses God’s Will according to the Pattern of the Lord’s Prayer

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 […]

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 […]

Not Quenching the Spirit but Fanning our Spirit into Flame to Serve God with Divine Fire

If we love God, offer ourselves to God, and are willing to forsake everything for God, placing ourselves in His hand in order to be broken, He as the divine fire will be burning in us to motivate us and energize us to serve Him by fanning our spirit into flame. The history of the […]

The Basis of Genuine Service is Knowing the Cross to Allow the Divine Fire to Burn in us

So many people today “serve God” but without the divine fire and without knowing the cross; some serve God as a proffession, others serve Him from time to time, while even others serve Him as a duty, outwardly. But the service that God desires to receive from us is simply our placing ourselves on the […]

Offering Ourselves to God for His Fire to Burn in us and Motivate us for His Service

All the service that we as believers in Christ offer to God should be based on the fire that comes from God; we need to be those who are offering ourselves to God for His fire to burn in us and energize us to serve Him. In the Old Testament all the service of the priests […]

Every Service to God must be Based on the Fire from the Altar of Burnt Offering

Our God is a consuming fire, Christ came to cast fire on earth, the Spirit is seven lamps of fire burning before God’s throne, the Triune God is burning in resurrection to call us, the word of God is like fire burning in us, and our serving God should be based on the fire from […]