enjoying Christ

A normal believer in Christ, loving Him and enjoying Him

Keeping the Principle of the Sabbath by Enjoying the Lord and Resting with Him

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In Genesis we see how God first worked and accomplished everything, and then He rested. With us the principle is the other way around: we first rest with God and enjoy God, and then we work with God and for God - just as Adam first rested with God (his first day was God's rest day) and then he worked with God.

When it comes to working with God to build His house, we have a good pattern in Exodus, where we see God's speaking concerning how the tabernacle should be prepared and built up. In Exodus 31:12-17 though, after the Lord speaks concerning the … [Continue reading]

Building the Church With and Becoming Gold, Silver, and Precious Stones

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The experience of the precious stones is the totality of the experience of gold and silver. Our experience of God's nature and of Christ's redemptive work issues in our transformation, and we become precious stones.

In 1 Corinthians chapter 3 we can see a profound revelation and a deep experience of God's building and how to build up the church. We are the temple of God, and we need to take heed with what we build, so that we would not destroy God's temple (and … [Continue reading]

We Become God’s Fellow Workers by Growing in Life and by Being Transformed

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Lord, how do YOU want me to work for You and with You? Lord, what does it mean that we are plants in God's farm and precious materials in God's building? Unveil us to see the intrinsic significance of these things and how they are practically related to us. [in the picture: 1 Cor. 3:12, taking heed on how we build!]

All the believers in Christ have the privilege to be God's fellow workers, those who work the work of the Lord (see 1 Cor. 16:10) and even abound in the work of the Lord (1 Cor. 15:58). The way to do this is not by seeing the need to do something … [Continue reading]

Doing God’s Work by His Power (not our power) and For His Glory (not our glory)

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Doing God's Work by His Power (not our power) and For His Glory (not our glory) [picture: Mt. Whitney, in Montana, USA]

In working for God and in doing anything for God's interest on earth we need to allow God to be the initiator, we need to work by His power, and all the glory needs to be His. Even when God initiates something and we join in to work together with … [Continue reading]

Being Sober in Serving God and Doing Everything in Oneness with Him

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Being Sober in Serving God and Doing Everything in Oneness with Him [in the picture: sunshine]

In working for God and with God we should not initiate anything - we should seek God's will and simply do His will. We are not here to be God's counselor  giving Him advice and lending Him a hand to help Him in what He's doing today. No, we are here … [Continue reading]

The Iniquity of the Sanctuary – We Need to Take Heed to How we Build

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The Iniquity of the Sanctuary - We Need to Take Heed to How we Build [Picture: Sunset in Montana, USA]

This week in our morning revival we come to a sobering word, something that we see in picture in Numbers 16-18 and then in teaching and practice in 2 Cor. 3. It is, The Iniquity of the Sanctuary, a particular sin committed by the ones serving God … [Continue reading]

Being Enlarged in Our Heart to Have the Intimate Concern of the Ministering Life

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We see a good pattern in the Apostle Paul in this respect: he was a minister of the new covenant and he had an intimate concern for the saints wherever he went.

All believers in Christ need to be the ministers of the new covenant - it is our privilege, our right, and our responsibility to not only enjoy the Lord but also minister Him as life to others for the building up of the church. We need to come up to … [Continue reading]