Being Joined together in the Way of Life through Grafting for the Building of God

Rom. 6:5 For if we have grown together with Him in the likeness of His death, indeed we will also be in the likeness of His resurrection.

The revelation in Ezekiel 37 shows that the unique way to have the Body, the church, and the House of God in the genuine oneness is the way of life, just as the bones came together and were enlivened to become an army, and the two pieces of wood were … [Continue reading]

Our Morning Watch with the Lord is Indispensable; we need to Observe it Diligently

I love the Lord not only for the eternal, unshakable salvation He granted me freely and for my eternal bright future, but also for His sweet mercy and grace reaching me daily through my morning watch with Him.

I have been saved for about 15 years now, and I love the Lord Jesus very, very much! And I love Him not only for the eternal, unshakable salvation He granted me freely and for my eternal bright future, but also for His sweet mercy and grace reaching … [Continue reading]

As we Breathe in the Lord, His Spirit comes in to Enliven us and Form us as His Army

When Ezekiel prophesied the first time (Ezek. 37:7), there was a noise and a rattling, and all the bones came together; when we come together in the meetings and make a joyful noise by calling on the Lord and praising Him (Psa. 95:1; cf. Lam. 3:55-56; John 20:22; Hymns, #255), we are truly one. When Ezekiel prophesied the second time (Ezek. 37:10), the breath came into the “very dry” (v. 2, cf. v. 11) and dead bones, “and they lived and stood up upon their feet, an exceedingly great army” (v. 10), to fight the battle for God. Crystallization-Study of Ezekiel (2), outline 1

In Ezek. 37 God told the prophet to prophesy His word over the dead bones, and then the wind, the breath, and the Spirit came; we need to exercise to prophesy God's word, breathe in the Lord, and allow God to breathe out His word and His Spirit for … [Continue reading]

When we Prophesy, God Sends the Wind, the Breath, and the Spirit; Make a Joyful Noise!

Ezek. 37:7-8 So I prophesied as I was commanded. And as I prophesied, there was a noise, and suddenly, a rattling; and the bones came together, bone to its bone. And I looked, and there were sinews on them, and flesh came back, and skin covered them over...

Prophesying is the function of the overcomers, and when we prophesy, we build up the church, and God is blowing upon any dry bones, sending the wind, the breath, and the Spirit, to revive, resuscitate, and enliven man, to form them into His people … [Continue reading]

Prophesying by Speaking forth God’s Word to Fulfill His Desire and Build up the Church

1 Cor. 14:31 You can all prophesy one by one that all may learn and all may be encouraged.

In Ezekiel 37 we see not only our condition when we're fallen or backslidden ("dry bones") but also God's solution: prophesying, that is, the need to prophesy by speaking for the Lord so that the Spirit would come in and enliven us! On the one … [Continue reading]

Preparing and Practicing to Prophesy for the Building up of the Church

1 Cor. 14:4 He who speaks in a tongue builds up himself, but he who prophesies builds up the church.

In Matthew 16:18 the Lord Jesus spoke the greatest prophecy in the Bible, I will build My church. In 1 Corinthians 14:4 the apostle Paul says something amazing, He who prophesies builds up the church. To prophesy is not merely foretelling the … [Continue reading]

God’s Word causes Dry Bones to become Living, for the Lord is the Savior of the Dead

Ezekiel 37 reveals how God’s Spirit comes into us in order to enliven us so that we may become a corporate Body formed into an army and also built up as God’s dwelling place.

In Ezekiel 37 God gave the prophet a vision of a valley full of dry bones, which represented the house of Israel, and He told him to prophesy over them; the result was that the Spirit came in, breathed on them, enlivened them, and produced a great … [Continue reading]