The Church is both the Bride presented to Christ and the Corporate Warrior of God

Our desire and yearning is that we would be the bride of Christ, the overcoming ones in this age; one aspect of the bride is that she is a warrior, for the church is both the bride and the corporate warrior to defeat God’s enemy. When we think of a bride, we think of utmost […]

Joined to God’s Desire through His Word and Praying to Lay the Tracks for God’s Move

We need to be joined to God’s desire through His word, exercise our spirit over the Word of God, remain in an atmosphere of prayer, live under God’s rule in the reality of the kingdom, and be a self-sacrificing person with the spirit of martyrdom even as Daniel was. Daniel is a pattern to us; […]

Breathing in the Breathed out Word of God by Pray-reading the Word to enjoy Christ

As believers in Christ, we live not by bread alone, but by everything that proceeds out from the mouth of God; when we’re pray-reading the word of God to inhale the breath of God, for all Scripture is God-breathed. Hallelujah! And the word of God is not far from us; God is not merely up […]

Enjoy the All-inclusive Christ Typified in the Old Testament by Pray-reading the Word

The all-inclusive, extensive Christ is the reality of all the positive things in the universe; everything that is positive is a type of Christ; we need especially to enjoy the all-inclusive Christ typified in the Old Testament. In Rom. 1:20 Paul tells us that the invisible things of God, both the eternal power and His […]

Ruled by the Peace of Christ, Inhabited by the Word of Christ, and Living in Union with God

For us to persevere in prayer for the one new man we need to let the peace of Christ arbitrate in us, let the word of Christ dwell in us richly, and live in union with Christ (see Col. 3:15-17). This is the condition that we must find ourselves in so that we can persevere […]

Shifting from the Old Person to the New Person in our Spirit to Live for the New Man

For the practical existence of the one new man, the total person of the old man must be put away, and we must live by our new person; we need to have an inward shifting from the old person to the new person. What God cares is not that we improve our behavior or do […]

Fight the Spiritual Warfare of the Church to Posses and Enjoy the All-inclusive Christ

The fighting of the children of Israel against the Canaanites that they might possess and enjoy the good land portrays the invisible spiritual warfare that is taking place behind the visible scene on earth, and it typifies the spiritual warfare of the church against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenlies. Even before entering […]