September 14, 2011

Once I call His name there's a flow within;
It turns me from my day, makes Him Lord again.
As my spirit burns, Satan cannot win.
Calling, "Oh Lord Jesus, " keeps the flow within.

Spring up, O well, within my spirit!
Rise up and tell, so all can hear it!
Spring up, O well, so I experience
That life abundantly.

Tune

September 10, 2011

Fresh as the dew of the morning,
Bringing a sweet rest unheard,
Christ, in the gentle anointing,
Whispers His comforting word:
Stand till the trial is over,
Stand till the tempest is gone,
Stand for the glory of Jesus,
Stand till the kingdom is won.

Lord of all hope, O how
Sweet is Thy voice,
Making my heart in Thy
Presence rejoice.

Hymn 708

September 9, 2011

"But unto you who fear My name will the Sun of righteousness arise with healing in His wings, and you will go forth and leap about like well-fed calves."

Malachi 4:2

September 8, 2011

"And he will be like a tree transplanted beside water,
Which sends out it roots by a stream,
And will not be afraid when heat comes;
For its leaves remain flourishing,
And it will not be anxious in the year of drought
And will not cease to bear fruit."

According to God's economy, the one who trusts in God is like a tree planted by water, signifying God as the fountain of living waters.  A tree grows beside a river by absorbing all the riches of the water.  This is a picture of God's economy, which is carried out by His dispensing.  In order to receive the divine dispensing, we as the trees must absorb God as the water.  The riches of the supplying God dispensed into us as the trees constitute us with  God's divinity and cause us to grow into God's measure.  In this way we and God become one, having the same element, essence, constitution, and appearance.

Jeremiah 17:8 footnote 1
Holy Bible Recovery Version

September 7, 2011

"The woman became a debtor because of the poverty of her husband. But she had a pot of oil. This pot of oil was the basic ingredient. It was this pot of oil that allowed her to pay her debt and that supplied her daily needs. She needed empty vessels. Elisha ordered her to prepare empty vessels, and not a few. Through Adam we have become poor. But praise the Lord, we have the Holy Spirit. What is lacking are empty spots for the Spirit to fill. The fact is not that we cannot be filled, but that we do not have the empty spots for the Holy Spirit to work into. The Holy Spirit will only fill the empty spots. For spiritual progress we must be continually empty to be continually filled. It is not to be emptied once and then remain full forever. Time after time we need further emptying and further filling...If there is unlimited emptiness, there will be unlimited filling. We should continually empty ourselves, instead of emptying ourselves just once. We should continually empty ourselves so that we can be continually filled. We are responsible for the emptying, and the Holy Spirit is responsible for the filling."

Collected Works of Watchman Nee, Vol 11
The Present Testimony (4), page 725

September 6, 2011

"Now a certain woman from among the wives of the sons of the prophets cried out to Elisha, saying, Your servant my husband is dead, and you know that your servant feared Jehovah.  And the creditor has come to take my two children to himself as servants.

And Elisha said to her, What shall I do for you?  Tell me, what do you have in your house?  And she said, Your servant has nothing at all in the house, except a jar of oil.

And he said, Go and borrow vessels outside, from all your neighbors, empty vessels, and not just a few.

Then go in and shut the door behind you and your sons, and pour out into all those vessels; and each one you fill set aside.

So she went away from him and shut the door behind herself and her sons; and they brought the vessels to her, and she poured out into them.

And when she had filled the vessels, she said to her son, Bring me another vessel.  But he said to her, There is no other vessel.  And the oil stopped."

2 Kings 4:1-6

September 5, 2011

"The wind blows where it wills, and you hear the sound of it, but you do not know where it comes from and where it goes; so is everyone who is born of the Spirit."

John 3:8

September 4, 2011

"Nor height nor depth nor any other creature will be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord."

"The love of God is the source of His eternal salvation.  The love is in Christ and has been poured out in our hearts through the Holy Spirit.  Nothing can separate us from this love of God.  In God's salvation this love to us has become the love of Christ, which does many marvelous things for us through the grace of Christ until God's complete salvation is accomplished in us.  These marvelous things provoke God's enemy to attack us with all kinds of sufferings and calamities.  However, because of our response to the love of God in Christ, these attacks have become benefits to us.  Hence, we more than conquer in all our afflictions and calamities."

Romans 8:39 footnote 1
Holy Bible Recovery Version

September 3, 2011

"...Holding the Head, out from whom all the Body, being richly supplied and knit together by means of the joints and sinews, grows with the growth of God."

Colossians 2:19

September 2, 2011

"But when the disciples saw it, they were indignant, saying, Why this waste?"

"The disciples considered Mary's love offering to the Lord a waste.  Through the past twenty centuries thousands of precious lives, heart treasures, high positions, and golden futures have been 'wasted' upon the Lord Jesus.  To those who love Him in such a way He is altogether lovely and worthy of their offerings.  What they have poured upon Him is not a waste but a fragrant testimony of His sweetness."

Matthew 26:8 footnote 1
Holy Bible Recovery Version

September 1, 2011

"The wonderful Jesus, who is enthroned in heaven and crowned with glory and honor, is the greatest attraction in the universe.  He is like an immense magnet, drawing all His seekers to Him.  It is by being attracted by His charming beauty that we look away from all things other than Him.  Without such a charming object, how could we look away from so many distracting things on this earth?"

Hebrews 12:2 footnote 2
Holy Bible Recovery Version