We need to realize that Satan and his evil powers work to frustrate the people on earth from contacting God and receiving Christ, and the evil forces are veiling the all-inclusiveness of Christ from God’s people; we need to fight the spiritual warfare one with the Lord and in the Body to enjoy the […]
Being the Bride of Christ as a Warrior and having the Lord’s Joy as our Strength
On one hand, the church as the bride of Christ is beautiful, holy, and glorious for God’s satisfaction; on the other hand, the church as the bride must be a warrior to defeat God’s enemy, and for this, we need to pray-read the Word of God to be equipped with the sword of the […]
Becoming the Lord’s Beautiful Bride by the Washing in the Word to Express Christ
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The Lord Jesus as our dear Bridegroom is the joy set before us; for us to meet Him as His beautiful bride, there is the need for the beauty of the bride – we need to have Christ wrought into us to be expressed through us, for our beauty is the shining out of […]
For the Joy set Before us there’s the Need for the Building and Maturity of the Bride
The joy set before the Lord Jesus is the church as the bride and kingdom of God, and the joy set before us is the Lord Jesus, the Bridegroom, coming for His bride, who has made herself ready; there’s the need for the maturity of the bride and the building of the bride for […]
The Reigning Aspect of the Mature Life sees all Saints as Full of Life and Light
The Christ constituted into our being is the reigning aspect of the mature life in us (typified by Joseph in the Old Testament); may we see that all people of God are sheaves full of life and heavenly bodies full of light, and the church is glorious and wonderful. Praise the Lord! This week […]
The Growth of the Body of Christ is the Building up of the Body of Christ in Love
The growth of the Body of Christ depends on the growth of God, the addition of God, the increase of God within us as the many members of the Body of Christ; the growth of the Body is the building up of the Body of Christ. Amen, how much we need the growth of […]
Hold the Head and Grow by having Christ Added to us for the Building up of the Body
As believers in Christ, we need to hold the Head, Christ, out of whom all the Body is richly supplied and knit together by means of the joints and sinews, growing with the growth of God; we’re rooted in Christ to absorb His riches and grow in life, and our growth is the building […]