praising Christ in the sweetness of His virtues and praising the church as the queen in her beauty

In Psalm 45 there is an extensive praising of Christ as the King and the church as the queen. The psalmist praises Christ in the sweetness of His virtues, especially in verse 8, “All Your garments smell of myrrh and aloes, of cassia; from palaces of ivory, harpstrings have made You glad“. What a poetic […]

since we have an affectionate love for the Lord Jesus, our tongue is like the pen of a ready writer

since we have an affectionate love for the Lord Jesus, our tongue is like the pen of a ready writer ready to write our love for Him and our praise to Him with our experience and enjoyment of Him according to all that He is! If we love the Lord Jesus, our tongue will be like the pen of a ready writer – we don’t need to “write a draft” of our love for Him, of the things we want to say concerning Him! If we have an affectionate love for the Lord Jesus, our heart is fully in love with Him, and we are ready to write our love our praise to Him…

My heart overflows with a good matter; I speak what I have composed concerning the King(Psalm 45)

This week we are coming to Psalm 45 where we see Christ as King and the church, the believers, and the overcomers as the queen. Christ as the King is praised both directly (His fairness, victory, majesty, kingdom, and sweetness) and indirectly(by praising the church, the overcomers, and the believers as the queen). I love […]

Crystallization Study of the Psalms(1) – the 2011 Summer Training Banners

This short article wants to present the full text of the banners for the 2011 summer training, general subject: Psalms(1), the Crystallization Study(the first part of the Crystallization-study on the book of Psalms). It is recommended that you buy the Morning Revival on the Psalms(Crystallization study) via the Living Stream Ministry website/store, read portions of enjoyment from the […]

a lifelong enjoyment of the divine goodness and lovingkindness in the house of Jehovah(Psalm 23)

Psalm 23 is a psalm on God’s economy, and God’s economy has as its goal the church, the house of God! The last verse in Psalm 23 therefore says, Surely goodness and lovingkindness will follow me all the days of my life, and I will dwell in the house of Jehovah for the length of […]

You spread a table before me in the presence of my adversaries; You anoint my head with oil; my cup runs over

 Psa. 23:5 is the fourth stage of the deeper and higher enjoyment of the resurrected Christ, where the Lord spreads a table before us in the presence of our adversaries and He anoints our head with oil, our cup runs over! What a rich portion! What a rich Christ! Right after our passing through the […]

we can experience the Lord’s presence even as we walk through the valley of the shadow of death

Psalm 23 is one of the most well known and often quoted chapters in the entire Bible – but do we really see what is going on in Psalm 23? We may even know it by heart, but do we see God’s economy in this psalm? Do we see the organic shepherding of the Pneumatic […]