Our Christian life is a life of suffering, but in the midst of sufferings we rejoice, for more of God is added to our being, and we are daily being renewed; our desire is to gain more of God. Our sufferings and difficulties are an opportunity for us to gain more God, for us to […]
Cooperate with the Putting to Death of Jesus and the Operation of the Indwelling Spirit
As believers in Christ, we need to cooperate with the putting to death of Jesus in our environment and with the operating indwelling Spirit so that our outer man may be put aside and the inner man would be renewed for the life of Jesus to be manifested in our mortal body. When we believed […]
We were Reborn Crucified and we are Dying to Live so that Christ may Live in us
We believers in Christ have been reborn crucified and we are dying to live; we were crucified with Christ and now it is no longer us who live but Christ who lives in us by the stripping of the natural man and the renewing of the new man. We need to have a proper view […]
Online Fireside Chat 2 – Questions & Responses – being Distracted, our Identity in Christ, Forbearance vs Extreme Suffering, and the Peace from God
In this second online Fireside Chat – the Questions and Responses session with some of the brothers, we hear from brothers Chris Wilde, Peter Welk, and Tom Goetz, who sit down and share with us about their experiences of Christ and our identity in Christ. The fact that the brothers give a response doesn’t mean […]
Learn to Exercise our Spirit in Prayer Personally and with the Saints in a Vital Group
As believers in Christ, we want to learn to exercise our spirit in prayer both personally and corporately. The Christian life is a life in the spirit; we need to learn from Job and his friends with their many rounds of debates to not be in our mind when we meet with the saints but […]
Being open to God to Gain an Eternal Weight of Glory even as Sufferings Consume us
How privileged we are today to see that the momentary lightness of affliction works out for us an eternal weight of glory, and our sufferings are the means for God to have a way to work Himself more into us! Amen! In a proper and good way, we all need to become more spiritual, that […]
Not Dwelling on our Past but Seeking to Gain Christ Today even in our Sufferings
May we be those who do not dwell on our past but seek to gain Christ today, even in our sufferings! There’s a great contrast between the way Job and Paul reacted to suffering; Job was perplexed and disturbed, even cursing the day of his birth, while Paul never complained but rather took the death […]