We need to Cooperate with the Lord to Enlarge our Heart and be Delivered from Pride

Matt. 6:14-15 For if you forgive men their offenses, your heavenly Father will forgive you also; but if you do not forgive men their offenses, neither will your Father forgive your offenses.

Many difficulties arise in the church today because we do not have an enlarged heart; pride comes from a narrow heart, and we all need to ask the Lord to enlarge our heart day by day that we may be delivered from pride. When Solomon was about to … [Continue reading]

Having an Enlarged Heart to Embrace, Care for, and Minister Life to all the Saints

Psa. 119:32 I run the way of Your commandments, for You enlarge my heart.

The first thing we should consider when we look at the person and heart of a leading one or a serving one in the church life is the matter of having an enlarged heart. We may be lacking in this or that, but in caring for the saints we need to pray … [Continue reading]

We Maintain the Newness of our Heart and Spirit by having a Repentant and Soft Heart

2 Cor. 4:16 Therefore we do not lose heart; but though our outer man is decaying, yet our inner man is being renewed day by day.

In considering what should our heart and spirit be in serving the Lord, we all need to have a new start to maintain the newness of our heart and our spirit, and we can do this by having a continual repentance in our fellowship with the Lord … [Continue reading]

When we daily Walk According to the Spirit, we Live the Triune God for the Body Life

Rom. 8:4 That the righteous requirement of the law might be fulfilled in us, who do not walk according to the flesh but according to the spirit.

As believers in Christ, we need to live Christ by walking according to the spirit; the more we walk according to the spirit, the more the Triune God will live in us so that we live the Triune God for the Body life. This is the goal of the Lord's … [Continue reading]

Unceasing Prayer is the way for us to Walk according to the Spirit in our Daily Life

1 Thes. 5:17 Unceasingly pray.

The way for us to daily walk according to the spirit and habitually have this kind of living is only by unceasing prayer, that is, by spiritually breathing all the time though praying unceasingly. This is something we all have to do in a personal … [Continue reading]

Living and Walking Daily According to the Spirit and not According to the Flesh

Rom. 8:5-6 For those who are according to the flesh mind the things of the flesh; but those who are according to the spirit, the things of the Spirit. For the mind set on the flesh is death, but the mind set on the spirit is life and peace.

We can be only in the spirit or in the flesh - there's no neutral ground or a third location; when we are walking according to the spirit, we are in spirit, but when we don't, we are in the flesh. May the Lord continue to have mercy on us that we … [Continue reading]

The Practical Way for us to live Christ is to daily Walk According to the Spirit

The practical way to live Christ is to walk according to the spirit.

The practical way for us to live Christ in our daily life is to walk according to the spirit, that is, to live in the mingled spirit and walk according to the mingled spirit. In a sense, we believers in Christ have only one all-inclusive command … [Continue reading]