Intimate and Thorough
Once we have been grouped with one or two vital companions, often the tendency is to start talking about gospel contacts or discussing how to carry out a successful “home” meeting. The danger, however, is that we may overlook the matter of being blended through intimate and thorough fellowship. In Chapter 10 of “Fellowship Concerning […]
Serving the Lord Full-Time (2)
Romans 14:7-8: “For none of us lives to himself, and none dies to himself; for whether we live, we live to the Lord, and whether we die, we die to the Lord. Therefore whether we live or we die, we are the Lord’s.” After Brother Lee discusses who should be full-time in chapter 7 of […]
Contacting One Other
In the previous posts, we have emphasized over and over again that “a vital group can come into being only by a saint who is desperate and absolute for the increase of the Lord’s recovery. A vital group begins with one person. It does not begin with nine or ten persons; it begins with one […]
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 […]
Serving the Lord Full-Time (1)
Many of us have a heart for the Lord and His recovery, but may be discouraged by our circumstances because we are “stuck” in school or work, while others are “freed” from these constraints to serve the Lord in a full-time way. These thoughts often stem from the concept many of us share that only […]
The Way to Become Vital – A Summary
In order to reach the vital groups as the reality of the Body of Christ, the Zion within Jerusalem, we need to be vitalized individually and grouped corporately. In three previous posts (“Becoming Vital: Step 2”, “I Am Not My Own”, and “Life or Death”), we have considered mainly the individual aspect which cannot be […]
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 […]
Life or Death
“Some of the saints may take my word concerning the groups and attempt to practice it, but after a short time their practice may not have a positive result and they may become disappointed. The probable reason for their failure is that they did not labor… Merchants labor because they are desperate; that is their […]
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 […]