How much we need to have a clear sky between us and the Lord! Before we were saved, our spiritual sky was dark, cloudy, and even foggy - we couldn't see God, we could not see the light, and everything was in darkness. But one day the Lord touched us … [Continue reading]
God needs us not to do great works for Him, but rather He needs us to eat Him and to drink Him
God desires that we would just enjoy Him! We see this clearly in the picture presented at both ends of the Bible: in the beginning, in Genesis, we see a man before the tree of life, and there's a river that waters all the garden and reaches out to … [Continue reading]
when we enthrone the Lord in our being and in all things, the river of living water flows freely in us!
In the book of Revelation, towards the end, there's a call for everyone who is thirsty to come and drink! Hallelujah, there's a river flowing from the throne of God, and this river of living water flows to reach everyone in the New Jerusalem & it … [Continue reading]
having a daily life of the New Jerusalem: drinking from the river of life and eating the tree of life!
This morning I thoroughly enjoyed the fact that today we as believers are living the life of the New Jerusalem today! What we see in Revelation that happens in the New Jerusalem is / should be our experience today - only on a smaller scale! In that … [Continue reading]
today in the church life we’re taking the lead to be headed up in Christ in all things by growing in the divine life
This morning I was encouraged by this verse in Eph. 1:10 which says, Unto the economy of the fullness of the times, to head up all things in Christ, the things in the heavens and the things on the earth, in Him. God's desire is to head up all … [Continue reading]
The self opposes the Body – we need to deny the self and apply the death of Christ by the Spirit to our self!
We have previously seen that the oneness of the Body of Christ is Christ Himself as the Spirit. We need to allow the Lord Jesus to mingle Himself with us - in order that we may be lowly and meek... only the lowly and meek can keep the oneness. … [Continue reading]
college-age conference testimony – consecrating ourselves to the Lord and putting all on the altar
The matter of consecration became so clear to me at the recent college-age conference through the brothers' speaking and the reading of the Word and the ministry. To consecrate yourself to God is first of all to realise that we are not our own. 1 Cor … [Continue reading]