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 truth and not sell it. […]
We Live a Life of Godliness by being Governed and Energized by the Heavenly Vision
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 Crystallization-study of Proverbs we come to the topic […]
Exercise our Spirit over God’s Word for the Written Word to become the Applied Word
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 life, light, spirit, and […]
Receive the Living and Operative Word of God with a Praying Spirit to Divide soul from spirit
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 can build up our new man and […]
Pray-reading the Word of God to Inhale the Breathing out of God and Gain more of God
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 verses in the […]
Learning to Exercise our Spirit to Contact the Lord in His Word to Receive Spirit and Life
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 book […]
Love God and exercise our spirit over the Word to get nuggets and gems in our Christian life
We need to love God and exercise our spirit over the Word to get nuggets and gems in our life of pursuing Christ. When we as believers in Christ come to the book of Proverbs, we need to turn ourselves from the mind to the spirit by praying in our spirit; we need to exercise […]