Practical Pointers on Enjoying God in Prayer (2)
In this post, we would like to consider the next two points from chapter 5 of How to Enjoy God and How to Practice the Enjoyment of God: appearing before God, and being silent. In these sections, Brother Lee was burdened that we would not touch the Lord in a superficial way but in a […]
Practical Pointers on Enjoying God in Prayer
Breathing, blinking, sneezing– the more commonplace a matter, the more we tend to ignore the science and details behind it. So it is with prayer. Every Christian believer has some notion of what is prayer and how to pray. However, few may realize the real significance of prayer, and fewer may have applied ample time […]
Taking Time to Absorb the Lord
In these days we are all so burdened to be one with the Lord to go on with Him to prepare His bride for the consummation of the age. However, as we are going on with the Lord we must pay close attention to the nature of our relationship with the Lord. There is always […]
Contacting the Lord in a Definite and Prevailing Way
In chapter 3 of Contacting the Lord, Being Filled in Spirit, and Having Proper Christian Meetings for the Accomplishment of God’s Eternal Purpose, Brother Witness Lee refers to a “crisis” in his early life with the Lord in 1931. He had been saved for a number of years and was a faithful and dutiful Christian. Though […]
The Lord’s Move in an Unexpected Way
Submitted by: Michelle Mitcheff (formerly Britt) (Sheridan, Wyoming) I recently got married and the day or our honeymoon my husband was laid off and the Lord moved us to a place I had no desire to come. I cannot say it was based on fellowship, but it was based on our prayer and sovereign circumstances. […]
The Highest Profession on Earth
In this post we linger on an enlightening quotation that Brother Ed Marks referenced during the Winter Training. “The highest profession on earth is to spend time being infused with God that we may shine forth God. This is far greater than doing anything for God.” – Witness Lee, Life Study of Exodus, p. 738 The highest profession on […]
The Prayer of the Recovered Church
At the beginning of each of the epistles to the seven churches in Revelation, the Lord tells us what kind of person He is, according to the condition of the church revealed in that particular epistle. For instance, to the church in Sardis the Lord reveals Himself as the One who has the seven Spirits […]
Prayers on Behalf of Others
Submitted by: N. Smith (Raleigh, NC) Interceding on others behalf has become a large part of my prayer time. The Lord is really burdening me with the care for the going on of all the saints. Many have fallen away from the Lord but we need to see that they still have an eternal hook […]
Intercession
Submitted by: B. Steele (Charlotte, NC) 1 Timothy 2:1 ” I exhort therefore, first of all, that petitions, prayers, intercessions, thanksgivings be made on behalf of all men.” Footnote 1-2 says “The Greek word denotes an approaching of God in a personal and confiding manner, i.e., an intervening, an interfering, before God in others’ affairs […]