Many people who read the story in Genesis 22 – the one about God requesting Abraham to bring his beloved son, Isaac, as a burnt offering – think that God is too much in asking this from Abraham, and Abraham was too strong in faith (something which they can never achieve) to trust God to […]
Our Enjoyment of Christ in the Church Life Produces us as a Burnt Offering for God
May 12, 2014 by Leave a Comment
The God of Abraham is our God, and Abraham’s experience of God needs to become our experience of God in our Christian life today. According to Rom. 4:17, Abraham had a twofold knowledge of God: first, he knew God as the One who calls things not being as being, and then he experienced God as […]
The God of Abraham is the God of All-Sufficiency and the God with His Human Friendship
April 25, 2014 by 1 Comment
The God whom we worship, contact, enjoy, and serve calls Himself, the God of Abraham, the God of a person. What did Abraham experience of God so that God would call Himself as his God? Are we experiencing God as the God of Abraham today so that God would also call Himself, our God? Is […]
Five Basic Principles of Genuine Intercession Before God as Seen in Genesis 18
April 17, 2014 by 1 Comment
God desires to do many things today, and His heart is to save many people, rescue the back-slidden ones, carry out His economy, and accomplish His purpose. However, due to the lack of intercessors God is limited in what He can do. Today God is looking for intercessors, those who know God’s heart, are intimate […]
Lingering in God’s Presence to See what’s on His Heart and Responding by Interceding
April 16, 2014 by Leave a Comment
What was the reason for which God came in a human form to visit Abraham, his friend? Was it merely to assure him that him and Sarah will have a son a year from then, at the time of life? After Abraham and his guests had something to eat and drink, he accompanied them on […]
Living in Intimate Fellowship with God Today to be the Friend of God as Abraham was
April 14, 2014 by 1 Comment
After passing through a long process, Abraham was prepared and qualified to be the friend of God, one who lives in intimate fellowship with God and one to whom God opens what is on His heart for him to intercede (see Gen. 18). God has something in heart to do and He needs a friend […]
Offering Ourselves Willingly to the Lord and Becoming the Morning Dew to Refresh Him
April 4, 2014 by 1 Comment
In Psalm 110 we see a very practical way to enjoy Christ in His heavenly ministry as the kingly High Priest: by offering ourselves to Him willingly in the day of His warfare, in the day of our consecration, and by being to Him like the dew from the womb of the dawn, refreshing Him […]
