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Seeing the Two Different Sources of Service and Serving God from God by the Spirit

June 24, 2016 by aGodMan 1 Comment

If we serve outside of God, regardless of whether it is by our zeal or anything else, our service is not from God and therefore has no spiritual value. A service that is from God and has spiritual value must be one in which we are joined to God and in fellowship with Him by abiding in Him. Witness Lee

According to the divine revelation in the word of God, God the Father is the only legitimate Originator in the universe, and His Holy Spirit is the only legitimate Initiator in our hearts; our serving God is initiated by Him! In all spiritual work … [Continue reading]

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As those who Serve the Lord we need to See that our Service must Originate from God

June 23, 2016 by aGodMan 1 Comment

Those who are sent by the Lord are often quite patient. When a person is doing his own work, he will be anxious for success, but if he is doing the Lord’s work, he will not be anxious, because it is the Lord’s business. If we want to determine whether a person’s work is of God or of himself, we only need to see if he is anxious in the work. If a person’s work is according to God’s sending, the sent one will not be anxious, and there will not be many opinions. Witness Lee

As those who love the Lord and desire to serve Him, we need to realize that it is God who should be the source and origin of our service and not us; our service must originate from God. We may desire to do many things for God, we may have the … [Continue reading]

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God Wants only our Cooperation: we need to Stop Ourselves and Let God Speak and Work

June 22, 2016 by aGodMan 1 Comment

The unique prerequisite for receiving God’s revelation is, by dying, to stop our speaking, our opinion, our view, and our self (Gal. 2:20). In the matter of serving God, we must stop ourselves in order to give God the absolute opportunity to speak (Ezek. 1:25). Witness Lee

The Bible doesn't give us a specific list of things we should do when serving God, but throughout the Bible we see a few important principles which we need to apply to our daily life for our cooperation with Him. One of these principles is that all … [Continue reading]

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All our Service in the Church must be Initiated by God According to His Desire

June 21, 2016 by aGodMan 3 Comments

Anything that is initiated or started by man, regardless of how much it is for God, is a religious activity (Gal. 1:13-16). In God’s eyes this kind of activity is not His service or His work. In all our service we should have a regard for God and fear God; we should be fearful that what we are doing for God is not initiated by God but by ourselves. Witness Lee

In serving God we need to take Him as the source of all our service: God has to be the originator, initiator, operator, motivator, and source of our service; our service should be initiated by God. As believers in Christ we are sons of Abraham, who … [Continue reading]

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God the Father is the only Originator and the Holy Spirit is the only Initiator

June 20, 2016 by aGodMan 1 Comment

God the Father is the only legitimate Originator in the universe, and His Holy Spirit is the only legitimate Initiator in our hearts (Gen. 1:1; Acts 13:2, 4). God must be the Originator of all spiritual work, and His will must govern the beginnings of all our service (Matt. 7:21-23). 2016 Spring ITERO, msg. 4

As believers in Christ we are saved by God and now we all serve Him; however, we need to be careful how we serve Him so that our service to Him would be pleasing and rewarded by Him. There are two kinds of service: the service for the building up of … [Continue reading]

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Our Work for the Lord in the Gospel is by the Lord’s Resurrection Life and Power

June 18, 2016 by aGodMan 1 Comment

When we do not live by our natural life but live by the divine life within us, we are in resurrection; the issue of this is the reality of the Body of Christ as the goal of the gospel of God (Phil. 3:10-11; Eph. 1:22-23). 2016 Spring ITERO, msg. 3

What does it mean to serve God in our spirit in the gospel of His Son (Rom. 1:9)? Much of the service rendered to God today by His people is outwardly good, great, and even wonderful, but do the Lord's believers serve Him in their spirit in the … [Continue reading]

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Not Bringing Anything of our Natural Life or the Flesh in our Service to God

June 17, 2016 by aGodMan 1 Comment

Matt. 3:13-15 Then Jesus came from Galilee to the Jordan to John to be baptized by him. But John tried to prevent Him....But Jesus answered and said to him, Permit it for now, for it is fitting for us in this way to fulfill all righteousness. Then he permitted Him.

As believers in Christ, we have turned to God from the idols to serve a living and true God (1 Thes. 1:9), and our God is living to us and in us in all the details of our daily living. Now we live under the control, direction, and correction of a … [Continue reading]

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