The spirit of man is the lamp of Jehovah shining in us and enlightening our inward parts

The spirit of man is the lamp of Jehovah, / Searching all the innermost parts of the inner being. Prov. 20:27

The Spirit of man is the lamp of Jehovah, searching all the innermost parts of our inner being (Prov. 20:27); our spirit is God's lamp within us, and God's Spirit is in our spirit shining into all the parts of our inner being to enlighten and expose … [Continue reading]

Pay the Price to Buy the Truth and Stand for the Absoluteness of the Present Truth

Buy truth, and do not sell it; / Buy wisdom and instruction and understanding. Prov. 23:23

We need to buy truth and not sell it; we need to pay the price to buy the truth, be absolute for the truth, stand on the side of the truth, not compromise the truth, and be absolute for the present truth. Prov. 23:23 tells us that we should buy … [Continue reading]

We Live a Life of Godliness by being Governed and Energized by the Heavenly Vision

Where there is no vision, the people cast off restraint... Prov. 29:18

Prov. 29:18a says, Where there is no vision, the people cast off restraint; we need to see the heavenly vision and be governed by it, even be controlled and directed by it, so that our life may be full of meaning and purpose. This week in our … [Continue reading]

Exercise our Spirit over God’s Word for the Written Word to become the Applied Word

And receive the helmet of salvation and the sword of the Spirit, which Spirit is the word of God, by means of all prayer and petition...Eph. 6:17-18

In our experience as believers in Christ, the written word of God needs to become the living word spoken by God to us which is applied to us by and in the Spirit to become our subjective faith; we need to turn the Bible into a book that is full of … [Continue reading]

Receive the Living and Operative Word of God with a Praying Spirit to Divide soul from spirit

All Scripture is God-breathed and profitable for teaching, for conviction, for correction, for instruction in righteousness. 2 Tim. 3:16

The word of God is living and operative, sharper than any two-edged sword, able to discern the thoughts and intentions of the heart, piercing even to the dividing of soul and spirit; we need to take the word of God in with a praying spirit so that we … [Continue reading]

Pray-reading the Word of God to Inhale the Breathing out of God and Gain more of God

Oh, how I love Your law! / All day long it is my musing. Psa. 119:97

We need to be those pray-reading the word of God to inhale the breathing out of God and gain more of God. As believers in Christ, we come to the Bible as the breath of God for us to breathe in that we may receive life supply from God; we read the … [Continue reading]

Learning to Exercise our Spirit to Contact the Lord in His Word to Receive Spirit and Life

It is the Spirit who gives life; the flesh profits nothing; the words which I have spoken to you are spirit and are life. John 6:63

We need to exercise our spirit to contact the Lord and live by the new man, turning from our mind to our spirit as we come to the Word of God so that the Bible would become a book of life and we would receive spirit and life when we come to it. The … [Continue reading]