Thursday, December 15, 2011
I love God because...
I love God because He loved me long before the world began.
I love God because He knew my destiny.
I love God because He made me part of His eternal plan.
I love God because He first loved me.
I love Him for all the things He's done for me.
I love Him for all that He is, all that He is to me.
But, most of all, I love Him as the Spirit
Who deep within my spirit lives.
I love God because He came in time to be the Son of Man.
I love God because He gave Himself for me.
I love God because He conquered death that I might live in Him.
I love God because He first loved me.
I love Him for all the things He's done for me.
I love Him for all that He is, all that He is to me.
But, most of all, I love Him as the Spirit
Who deep within my spirit lives.
I love God because He's processed now to be my life within.
I love God because He is transforming me.
I love God because He's building up the New Jerusalem.
I love God because He still loves me.
I love Him for all the things He's done for me.
I love Him for all that He is, all that He is to me.
But, most of all, I love Him as the Spirit
Who deep within my spirit lives.
http://www.hymnal.net/hymn.php/ns/65
Tuesday, December 13, 2011
Monday, December 5, 2011
I live, if you stand firm in the Lord.
I'm thankful that God has placed me
With you to build up His Body.
Christ in you is the hope for me!
You also need Christ lived in me.
I live, if you stand firm in the Lord.
You live, if I stand firm in the Lord.
My going on is for you,
Your going on is for me,
Not sep'rate entities,
I need you saints desp'rately!
Oh, what a sweet church life have we!
Built up in Him, His bride to be!
In Him steadfast, you help me be;
Encouraged by Christ whom I see.
I live, if you stand firm in the Lord.
You live, if I stand firm in the Lord.
My going on is for you,
Your going on is for me,
Not sep'rate entities,
I need you saints desp'rately!
Your faith in Christ helps me pursue;
My progress depends upon you!
As I seek Christ, with you in view,
My heart, full of prayers, is for you.
I live, if you stand firm in the Lord.
You live, if I stand firm in the Lord.
My going on is for you,
Your going on is for me,
Not sep'rate entities,
I need you saints desp'rately!
God's heart longs, desires that we,
His lovers, seek Him corp'rately.
On each other spent constantly;
My life is for you, yours for me.
I live, if you stand firm in the Lord.
You live, if I stand firm in the Lord.
My going on is for you,
Your going on is for me,
Not sep'rate entities,
I need you saints desp'rately!
I want to encourage you all,
Without your supply I would fall.
Never think that your Christ is small.
Christ needs you, and so do we all.
I live, if you stand firm in the Lord.
You live, if I stand firm in the Lord.
My going on is for you,
Your going on is for me,
Not sep'rate entities,
I need you saints desp'rately!
Sunday, November 6, 2011
Repentance and Confession with God's Forgiveness for His Building
"Do not cast me from Your presence,
And do not take the Spirit of Your holiness away from me." -Psa.51:11
David knows that God's presence is his blessing. And if he loses God's presence, he loses everything.
In Exodus, even Moses bargained with God for His presence to go with him and the people of Israel. God's presence is their "map" that shows His people the way they should take.
The Lord's presence is actually the Spirit of reality, the all-inclusive Spirit mingled in our spirit. Today, He is our "heavenly GPS".
However, even though we already received the Lord in our spirit, the fellowship can be hindered by our transgressions. All believers are vulnerable to sin. In this Psalm, we have a pattern, David after receiving the highest revelation in the Old Testament (that is the house, the dwelling place of God and David desired to build it), broke the last five commandments of God with a single act. So he repented genuinely and made a thorough confession.
Like David, we need to confess thoroughly all the time. We have to repent and make a thorough confession of our shortcomings. We should ask the Lord to blot out all our transgressions. We should not let these sins block the fellowship with the Lord in our spirit.
If we have the Lord's presence, we will have wisdom, insight, foresight, and the inner knowledge concerning things. If we lose God's presence, we lose everything. The Lord's presence is everything to us.
Morning Revival Series: Crystallization-study of the Psalms (2) MR week #9
Crucial point: David asked God not to cast him from His presence
Key subpoints:
A. The Spirit is the presence of the Triune God
B. If we have the Lord's presence, we have wisdom, insight, foresight, and the inner knowledge concerning things
Scriptural base: Psalm 51:11
Additional reference: Ex. 33:14 footnote; Joshua 7:4 footnote
Monday, October 17, 2011
sufferings?
2Cor.4:17 For our momentary lightness of affliction works out for us, more and more surpassingly, an eternal weight of glory.
This verse gives a detailed view on how Paul sees sufferings. He considers sufferings, first as momentary, meaning all sufferings are temporary (only for a moment) and second as light (not heavy). He also said that it will work out for us something, an eternal weight of glory. Here 3 things were contrasted - momentary vs. eternal; lightness vs. weight; affliction vs. glory. Though we don't like to suffer, we must realize that there is a benefit, we are gaining through it, and that something is being wrought into us, something that is eternal, something that is very weighty.
2Cor.4:18 Because we do not regard the things which are seen but the things which are not seen; for the things which are seen are temporary, but the things which are not seen are eternal.
This “eternal weight of glory” in 2Cor.4:17 is not seen by us yet, but one day it will be seen.
Rom.8:17-19 And if children, heirs also; on the one hand, heirs of God; on the other, joint heirs with Christ, if indeed we suffer with Him that we may also be glorified with Him. For I consider that all sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the coming glory to be revealed upon us. For the anxious watching of the creation eagerly awaits the revelation of the sons of God.
God’s salvation for us is a complete and full salvation. From sinners we become the children of God and are being made the sons of God being conformed to Christ, our hope of glory. Yet, we may be so excited about being called ”brothers of Christ” (Heb.2:11) but we may not see that through His sanctifying work in us, that He is bringing us in glory, for even He Himself as our Captain, the Author of our salvation was perfected through suffering (Heb.2:10). He lived a suffering life on this earth so He can lead us into glory.
So whenever we are suffering, we need to read these verses and pray read them. This will strengthen our faith to pass through the turmoil, sufferings, and afflictions of human life so that we may enter into the eternal glory of God.
Rom.8:18-19 For I consider that all sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the coming glory to be revealed upon us. For the anxious watching of the creation eagerly awaits the revelation of the sons of God.
(A portion I enjoyed from our Full Ministry of Christ class msg. 20.)
This verse gives a detailed view on how Paul sees sufferings. He considers sufferings, first as momentary, meaning all sufferings are temporary (only for a moment) and second as light (not heavy). He also said that it will work out for us something, an eternal weight of glory. Here 3 things were contrasted - momentary vs. eternal; lightness vs. weight; affliction vs. glory. Though we don't like to suffer, we must realize that there is a benefit, we are gaining through it, and that something is being wrought into us, something that is eternal, something that is very weighty.
2Cor.4:18 Because we do not regard the things which are seen but the things which are not seen; for the things which are seen are temporary, but the things which are not seen are eternal.
This “eternal weight of glory” in 2Cor.4:17 is not seen by us yet, but one day it will be seen.
Rom.8:17-19 And if children, heirs also; on the one hand, heirs of God; on the other, joint heirs with Christ, if indeed we suffer with Him that we may also be glorified with Him. For I consider that all sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the coming glory to be revealed upon us. For the anxious watching of the creation eagerly awaits the revelation of the sons of God.
God’s salvation for us is a complete and full salvation. From sinners we become the children of God and are being made the sons of God being conformed to Christ, our hope of glory. Yet, we may be so excited about being called ”brothers of Christ” (Heb.2:11) but we may not see that through His sanctifying work in us, that He is bringing us in glory, for even He Himself as our Captain, the Author of our salvation was perfected through suffering (Heb.2:10). He lived a suffering life on this earth so He can lead us into glory.
So whenever we are suffering, we need to read these verses and pray read them. This will strengthen our faith to pass through the turmoil, sufferings, and afflictions of human life so that we may enter into the eternal glory of God.
Rom.8:18-19 For I consider that all sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the coming glory to be revealed upon us. For the anxious watching of the creation eagerly awaits the revelation of the sons of God.
(A portion I enjoyed from our Full Ministry of Christ class msg. 20.)
Sunday, October 16, 2011
Partakers!
We are partakers of the divine nature!
By believing into Jesus - our Savior, He enters into our spirit and we receive the Triune God within.
Once we receive Him, we are regenerated! The divine nature, which is God Himself (intrinsically in nature as Love, in expression as Light, and in person as Spirit) is already within us.
How do we partake?
1. Partaking of Love is by loving the Lord. Telling the Lord, “Lord Jesus I love You!”
2. Partaking of Light is by walking in His shining. In our living, in what we say or do, “Are we under His shining?”.
3. Partaking of the Spirit is by worshipping God in our spirit, always calling on His name “O Lord Jesus!”
We need to realize and remember, and we need to keep reminding one another that we are partakers. Do not listen to satan’s lie. The more we partake, the more we have the base for God’s building as the actual material for God’s eternal dwelling. God would never use anything other than Himself in His processed Trinity to build up His dwelling.
Saints, this is our “destination”. The New Jerusalem is in us. Let’s not look back anymore nor linger to the “sides” but stay on the golden street enjoying the flowing Triune God.
O Lord, keep me in the divine flow. Lord Jesus, keep me in the experience of life!
By believing into Jesus - our Savior, He enters into our spirit and we receive the Triune God within.
Once we receive Him, we are regenerated! The divine nature, which is God Himself (intrinsically in nature as Love, in expression as Light, and in person as Spirit) is already within us.
How do we partake?
1. Partaking of Love is by loving the Lord. Telling the Lord, “Lord Jesus I love You!”
2. Partaking of Light is by walking in His shining. In our living, in what we say or do, “Are we under His shining?”.
3. Partaking of the Spirit is by worshipping God in our spirit, always calling on His name “O Lord Jesus!”
We need to realize and remember, and we need to keep reminding one another that we are partakers. Do not listen to satan’s lie. The more we partake, the more we have the base for God’s building as the actual material for God’s eternal dwelling. God would never use anything other than Himself in His processed Trinity to build up His dwelling.
Saints, this is our “destination”. The New Jerusalem is in us. Let’s not look back anymore nor linger to the “sides” but stay on the golden street enjoying the flowing Triune God.
O Lord, keep me in the divine flow. Lord Jesus, keep me in the experience of life!
Saturday, October 15, 2011
Full Time Training (after 6 weeks....)
Praise the Lord! It is really a blessing to be in the full time training. Aside from the personal time with the Lord, the corporate exercise of the spirit and with all the fellowships, the Monday and Wednesday night ministry meetings, the home meetings, visitations, door knockings, google plus hangout-shepherding, blogging and regular church meetings, I have 12 classes weekly (and every class so far was all overwhelming) with overflowing riches and super-abounding enjoyment of the wonderful Christ (I can’t think of any adjective to describe it best).
Outwardly, there is the spirit of the training regulating our daily living but inwardly there is Christ, the invisible Trainor, training us.
Its not my intention to make you envy me, but to encourage those who had not been to the FTT yet, just wait and see how the Lord works, in His time. We only need to cooperate and consecrate to Him. Amazing! And for those who had been to the FTT, this is to exhort you to fan into flame that spirit of the training that you already have and to recalibrate the heart to give the first and best love to its rightful Owner. Real training is in the churchlife. Let’s continue to pray for each other.
Here are some points I enjoyed most from the classes (there are too many points per class so I’ll just share some).
1.The New Jerusalem Class:
The answer to all the questions in the whole universe, especially “WHY?” is … THE NEW JERUSALEM!
The New Jerusalem is the composition, sum total, of all the positive things. It has nothing to do with negative things.
2.Experience and Growth in Life class:
Never had a view of Rom.6:4-5 as before. In Adam, death is an ugly thing, BUT, In CHRIST, death is not ugly because death leads us to resurrection. Death in Christ is rest. My hope is to “die” before I die!
3. The Full Ministry of Christ class:
Is for us to know Christ, to experience and enjoy Christ in His three, divine, and mystical stages in a very practical and subjective way.
The rest of the classes this term are The God-Ordained Way; The Triune God and His Word; Humanity, Disposition, and Character; The Body of Christ; Fellowship and Practice of Prophesying; Gospel Team Fellowship; Experience of Life; The NT Priesthood of the Gospel; and a video class with Bro. Lee - The Move of God in Man.
The training is like a cooking class, we are learning to cook Christ to satisfy God. Our church life is a continual cooking and eating Christ as the reality.
I leave Col.3:1-4 to you.
The Lord be with your spirit. Grace be with you.
Outwardly, there is the spirit of the training regulating our daily living but inwardly there is Christ, the invisible Trainor, training us.
Its not my intention to make you envy me, but to encourage those who had not been to the FTT yet, just wait and see how the Lord works, in His time. We only need to cooperate and consecrate to Him. Amazing! And for those who had been to the FTT, this is to exhort you to fan into flame that spirit of the training that you already have and to recalibrate the heart to give the first and best love to its rightful Owner. Real training is in the churchlife. Let’s continue to pray for each other.
Here are some points I enjoyed most from the classes (there are too many points per class so I’ll just share some).
1.The New Jerusalem Class:
The answer to all the questions in the whole universe, especially “WHY?” is … THE NEW JERUSALEM!
The New Jerusalem is the composition, sum total, of all the positive things. It has nothing to do with negative things.
2.Experience and Growth in Life class:
Never had a view of Rom.6:4-5 as before. In Adam, death is an ugly thing, BUT, In CHRIST, death is not ugly because death leads us to resurrection. Death in Christ is rest. My hope is to “die” before I die!
3. The Full Ministry of Christ class:
Is for us to know Christ, to experience and enjoy Christ in His three, divine, and mystical stages in a very practical and subjective way.
The rest of the classes this term are The God-Ordained Way; The Triune God and His Word; Humanity, Disposition, and Character; The Body of Christ; Fellowship and Practice of Prophesying; Gospel Team Fellowship; Experience of Life; The NT Priesthood of the Gospel; and a video class with Bro. Lee - The Move of God in Man.
The training is like a cooking class, we are learning to cook Christ to satisfy God. Our church life is a continual cooking and eating Christ as the reality.
I leave Col.3:1-4 to you.
The Lord be with your spirit. Grace be with you.
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