Archive for April 1998
Prayer and Abiding
The spiritual perspective that missionary Hudson Taylor referred to as “The Exchanged Life” reveals our personal inadequacy while also affirming our sufficiency in Christ (Gal. 2:20). Knowing that apart from Christ we can do nothing of God’s will, we rely upon abiding in Christ moment by moment. As Christ said to His disciples, “I am…
Read MoreWatchman Nee’s Discovery
“I want nothing for myself; I want everything for the Lord.” These words of Watchman Nee can be regarded as the motto of his life and ministry. The Local Church movement which he founded also spread overseas, especially after the establishment of the Communist regime in 1949. Through his itinerant preaching and voluminous literature work,…
Read MoreThe Secret of Christlikeness
My last attempt to grow some vegetables was not a successful one. I planted some tomato plants and did some weeding and watering when I “got around to it.” When harvest time came, I had nothing to show for my healf-hearted gesture at veggie-growing. I heard about another fellow who is tomato-challenged. He confessed, “I’m…
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