Dear saints, let us pray that the saints would follow the apostle’s pattern to foster the new believers as a nursing mother cherishes her own children and as a father exhorts, consoles, and testifies to his own children (1 Thes. 2:6-8, 11). In verse 8 Paul continues, “Thus, yearning over you, we were well pleased […]
God’s Dealing with Jacob is a full picture of the Spirit’s Discipline and Transforming Work in us
July 10, 2021 by Leave a Comment
It is such a mercy and a blessing for us as believers in Christ that God would deal with our natural disposition today through the Holy Spirit’s discipline and His transforming work so that Christ may be formed in us, grow in us, and bring us to maturity to make persons who bless others with […]
Let us pray for the saints to follow the apostle Paul’s pattern in boasting in those gained, perfected, and built up through him
July 10, 2021 by Leave a Comment
Dear saints, let us pray that the saints would follow the pattern of the apostle Paul, who boasted in those who had been gained, perfected, and built up through him (2 Thes. 1:3-4; Phil. 2:16-17; 2 Cor. 9:2; 1:14). In 2 Thessalonians 1:3 and 4 Paul says, “We ought to thank God always concerning you, […]
Let us pray for the binding of the blinding work of the god of this age
July 9, 2021 by Leave a Comment
Dear saints, let us pray that the saints would learn to pray for the binding of the blinding work of the god of this age so that the gospel of the glory of Christ might shine into the hearts of many unbelievers (2 Cor. 4:3-6 and notes 3-1, 4-1, and 4-4). Thirty years ago Brother […]
Deny the self and Apply the Killing Power of the Cross to our Natural Disposition under the Lord’s Shining
July 9, 2021 by Leave a Comment
The Spirit is operating in us and around us to deal with our outer man, our self, our natural disposition, by the killing element of the cross in the compound Spirit, by the discipline of the Holy Spirit, by the shining of Christ as the Spirit, and by the church life, fruit-bearing, and lamb-feeding. May […]
When the Lord breaks our outer man with our Natural Disposition, our Spirit will Flow
July 8, 2021 by Leave a Comment
May the Lord have mercy on us and have a way to break our outer man with our natural disposition so that we no longer live according to it but rather, our spirit will flow out to minister life to others; with man this is impossible, but with God all things are possible. The more […]
Let us pray for the saints to see that the way to bind the strong man is through prayer and fasting
July 8, 2021 by Leave a Comment
Dear saints, let us pray that the saints would see that the way to bind the strong man for the plundering of sinners out of his house is mainly by prayer and fasting (Matt. 17:14-21). The way to bind the strong man is to pray. When we come to [Matthew] seventeen, we shall see that […]
