Daily link:
http://www.spurgeon.org/daily.htm
Father's Check book
Morning and Evening
星期三, 八月 10, 2005
星期六, 八月 06, 2005
Hymn - In the garden
http://www.webedelic.com/church/inthegart.htm
it was such a moment the author wrote this hymn, and here is the lyrics
In the garden - by Austin Miles, 1912
I come to the garden alone
While the dew is still on the roses
And the voice I hear, falling on my ear
The Son of God discloses
And He walks with me
And He talks with me
And He tells me I am His own
And the joy we share as we tarry there
None other has ever known
He speaks and the sound of His voice
Is so sweet the birds hush their singing
And the melody that He gave to me
Within my heart is ringing
And He walks with me
And He talks with me
And He tells me I am His own
And the joy we share as we tarry there
None other has ever known
I'd stay in the garden with Him
'Tho the night around me be falling
But He bids me go; through the voice of woe
His voice to me is calling
And He walks with me
And He talks with me
And He tells me I am His own
And the joy we share as we tarry there
None other has ever known
it was such a moment the author wrote this hymn, and here is the lyrics
In the garden - by Austin Miles, 1912
I come to the garden alone
While the dew is still on the roses
And the voice I hear, falling on my ear
The Son of God discloses
And He walks with me
And He talks with me
And He tells me I am His own
And the joy we share as we tarry there
None other has ever known
He speaks and the sound of His voice
Is so sweet the birds hush their singing
And the melody that He gave to me
Within my heart is ringing
And He walks with me
And He talks with me
And He tells me I am His own
And the joy we share as we tarry there
None other has ever known
I'd stay in the garden with Him
'Tho the night around me be falling
But He bids me go; through the voice of woe
His voice to me is calling
And He walks with me
And He talks with me
And He tells me I am His own
And the joy we share as we tarry there
None other has ever known
星期日, 七月 24, 2005
Joy (contributed by way of David)
joy:
# It's at the heart of abundant living (Ps. 16:11).
# It glorifies God (Psalm 66).
# It's a powerful testimony (Ps. 126:1-2).
# It's a characteristic of the kingdom of God (Ro. 14:17).
# It's a source of strength and energy, even in the toughest times (Neh.
8:10).
# It's one of God's gifts to us (Gal. 5:22).
# It's commanded (Phil. 4:4).
# It's at the heart of abundant living (Ps. 16:11).
# It glorifies God (Psalm 66).
# It's a powerful testimony (Ps. 126:1-2).
# It's a characteristic of the kingdom of God (Ro. 14:17).
# It's a source of strength and energy, even in the toughest times (Neh.
8:10).
# It's one of God's gifts to us (Gal. 5:22).
# It's commanded (Phil. 4:4).
星期日, 七月 17, 2005
the Cross and Growth- Sun Jul-17-2005
the Cross and Growth- Sun Jul-17-2005
every revelation comes with the Cross
4 verses in Cornithians
2 Cor 10:7
do we really see? : the inward revelation and dealing of the Cross
the worldly wisdom, outwardly - in the mind/soul
Spiritual reality
8 problems of looking outwardly:
1. 1 cor 1:1-12
human preference caused splits in the body
. 1 Cor 3: 21
. 1 Cor 3: 10-15 only God judges the works
2. 1 Cor 5
the world made people tolerate to sin
verse 6; the Cross must be applied to our tolerance
3. 1 Cor 6
God's government in His family
4. 1 Cor 7
the real issue about marriage
7:35
5: 1 Cor 8
people living by conscience, by knowledge - in the body people should live by love
6. 1 Cor 10-11 assemble life
1a. head covering
1b. Lord's table
7. Spritual gifts
- using the gifts to compete with each other
every gifts is a gift of love to built His body
8. Doctrines seems outwardly 1 Cor 15
the literal word of God + logic = carnality
the Word of God+ Revelations + the Cross
- every assembly has to go through these problems
the Cross to deal with the outwardly worldly view
the strong hold of self-centerness - til we learn to stop trusting the outwardly things
the outwardly reality and the inward reality
finished work of the Cross - manifestation of the love of the Cross
the disciplines are the love of God
outward doctrines
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
The dealing of the carnality at the same time of Cross dealing with Paul
dealing with love, doesn't losse his patience.
revealtion and the stick - when I am weak, then I am strong
lesson: when we think we are strong, actually we are weak
when Paul was first served, why he was not sent by God?
Paul is guilty of each one of the eight faults
- by the dealing of the Cross, God makes the inward reality for Paul
the same wisdom through the work of the Cross
every revelation comes with the Cross
4 verses in Cornithians
2 Cor 10:7
do we really see? : the inward revelation and dealing of the Cross
the worldly wisdom, outwardly - in the mind/soul
Spiritual reality
8 problems of looking outwardly:
1. 1 cor 1:1-12
human preference caused splits in the body
. 1 Cor 3: 21
. 1 Cor 3: 10-15 only God judges the works
2. 1 Cor 5
the world made people tolerate to sin
verse 6; the Cross must be applied to our tolerance
3. 1 Cor 6
God's government in His family
4. 1 Cor 7
the real issue about marriage
7:35
5: 1 Cor 8
people living by conscience, by knowledge - in the body people should live by love
6. 1 Cor 10-11 assemble life
1a. head covering
1b. Lord's table
7. Spritual gifts
- using the gifts to compete with each other
every gifts is a gift of love to built His body
8. Doctrines seems outwardly 1 Cor 15
the literal word of God + logic = carnality
the Word of God+ Revelations + the Cross
- every assembly has to go through these problems
the Cross to deal with the outwardly worldly view
the strong hold of self-centerness - til we learn to stop trusting the outwardly things
the outwardly reality and the inward reality
finished work of the Cross - manifestation of the love of the Cross
the disciplines are the love of God
outward doctrines
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
The dealing of the carnality at the same time of Cross dealing with Paul
dealing with love, doesn't losse his patience.
revealtion and the stick - when I am weak, then I am strong
lesson: when we think we are strong, actually we are weak
when Paul was first served, why he was not sent by God?
Paul is guilty of each one of the eight faults
- by the dealing of the Cross, God makes the inward reality for Paul
the same wisdom through the work of the Cross
7-10-05 CBM - Sun Jul-10-2005
7-10-05 CBM - Sun Jul-10-2005
the working of the Cross --> empty vessell- >abiding in Christ ---> grow in the Word of the Lord
7/10/05 CBM morning Christian Chen
- breath well,eat well, sleep well: life of faith
- exercise well: life of love, fullness of life
20yrs Romans, 1/2 Cor; 33yrs
continuing theme - growing in Christ
1 Cor 3:1-2
law of the growth of life
the reasons of hindering the growth of the new life ? rinckles
Ephesians 33 years - Rev 2:1
- the things that is in the beginning
- the tradition of Chinese women's small feet
a piece of clothes to wrap the life within - the flesh: the only way: the oppression of the Cross: the finished work of the Cross
the growth : quality vs. quantity
----------------------------------------
The reasons of not eating well
two reasons:
1. book of Matthew: God's work
60% direct word of Christ
some special places in Matthew only
Matthew 18:21- Christ explains the reason of forgiveness
the problem is flesh, the continuing working of the Christ: remember the Word forget the world
space for the word of the Lord
emptying the vessels
Luke 9:23: take up the Cross daily and follow the Lord
Colossians 3:16 - sit at the feet of the Lord and receive the working of the Cross
2. the buziness of our life: I am the vine you are the branches, abide in me, and I will abide in you
the working of the Cross --> empty vessell- >abiding in Christ ---> grow in the Word of the Lord
7/10/05 CBM morning Christian Chen
- breath well,eat well, sleep well: life of faith
- exercise well: life of love, fullness of life
20yrs Romans, 1/2 Cor; 33yrs
continuing theme - growing in Christ
1 Cor 3:1-2
law of the growth of life
the reasons of hindering the growth of the new life ? rinckles
Ephesians 33 years - Rev 2:1
- the things that is in the beginning
- the tradition of Chinese women's small feet
a piece of clothes to wrap the life within - the flesh: the only way: the oppression of the Cross: the finished work of the Cross
the growth : quality vs. quantity
----------------------------------------
The reasons of not eating well
two reasons:
1. book of Matthew: God's work
60% direct word of Christ
some special places in Matthew only
Matthew 18:21- Christ explains the reason of forgiveness
the problem is flesh, the continuing working of the Christ: remember the Word forget the world
space for the word of the Lord
emptying the vessels
Luke 9:23: take up the Cross daily and follow the Lord
Colossians 3:16 - sit at the feet of the Lord and receive the working of the Cross
2. the buziness of our life: I am the vine you are the branches, abide in me, and I will abide in you
星期一, 七月 04, 2005
The Willed Love and the Given Love
Fit for the eyes and taste
something rised to say love
All else I would forsake
claims the soul to my dove
Fervantly burning
Painfully longing
never quenchable desire, admirable soul.
Not long, not very long
some smokes only may be found
Excited memory becoming the past
NOW, I am, as soberly cold as I was born
++
Pulling, pulling,
pulling apart
A broken soul, how can it say love
The most dreadful, deadly,
it is your love
stinky with human's colors and wiz
Far from me, yee hypocrite,
Mind your own business of love!
+++
Doom, is the end
unless a Seed be sowed
His name was Given
where love reveals its root
but, how, I say, how
Digging up deep, climbing up high
exhausted and hopeless for this love belongs, mine
the darkness is too heavy, Can you wipe off its woe?
Fainted in efforts, sleeping at last
then a clear voice whispering
I am thy hiding place
-oh, the wonderful love that is given
Can I see thy face
where it is no longer I will
but thy love that is given through His name
so I boast in my weakness
that Thy grace may be seen.
something rised to say love
All else I would forsake
claims the soul to my dove
Fervantly burning
Painfully longing
never quenchable desire, admirable soul.
Not long, not very long
some smokes only may be found
Excited memory becoming the past
NOW, I am, as soberly cold as I was born
++
Pulling, pulling,
pulling apart
A broken soul, how can it say love
The most dreadful, deadly,
it is your love
stinky with human's colors and wiz
Far from me, yee hypocrite,
Mind your own business of love!
+++
Doom, is the end
unless a Seed be sowed
His name was Given
where love reveals its root
but, how, I say, how
Digging up deep, climbing up high
exhausted and hopeless for this love belongs, mine
the darkness is too heavy, Can you wipe off its woe?
Fainted in efforts, sleeping at last
then a clear voice whispering
I am thy hiding place
-oh, the wonderful love that is given
Can I see thy face
where it is no longer I will
but thy love that is given through His name
so I boast in my weakness
that Thy grace may be seen.
星期一, 六月 13, 2005
O Love, that will not let me go
http://www.cyberhymnal.org/htm/o/l/oltwnlmg.htm
What a good word to our soul -
"
O Love that wilt not let me go,
I rest my weary soul in thee;
I give thee back the life I owe,
That in thine ocean depths its flow
May richer, fuller be.
O light that followest all my way,
I yield my flickering torch to thee;
My heart restores its borrowed ray,
That in thy sunshine’s blaze its day
May brighter, fairer be.
O Joy that seekest me through pain,
I cannot close my heart to thee;
I trace the rainbow through the rain,
And feel the promise is not vain,
That morn shall tearless be.
O Cross that liftest up my head,
I dare not ask to fly from thee;
I lay in dust life’s glory dead,
And from the ground there blossoms red
Life that shall endless be.
What a good word to our soul -
"
O Love that wilt not let me go,
I rest my weary soul in thee;
I give thee back the life I owe,
That in thine ocean depths its flow
May richer, fuller be.
O light that followest all my way,
I yield my flickering torch to thee;
My heart restores its borrowed ray,
That in thy sunshine’s blaze its day
May brighter, fairer be.
O Joy that seekest me through pain,
I cannot close my heart to thee;
I trace the rainbow through the rain,
And feel the promise is not vain,
That morn shall tearless be.
O Cross that liftest up my head,
I dare not ask to fly from thee;
I lay in dust life’s glory dead,
And from the ground there blossoms red
Life that shall endless be.
星期六, 一月 22, 2005
a pilgrim's "chart"
a chart might be useful to make a lot of theories -
Background: in the pilgrim's road, one (green ball) can be found in seveal possible positions - from barely a child in Christ (the bottom of the chart), to a grownup in Christ (the top) enjoying the blessings of heavenly places. Yet the process is against gravity, but through the propellant of faith, our ways are upward.
resting on the everlasting arms
Elisha A. Hoffman, 1887
Anthony J. Showalter, 1887
What a felloship, what a joy divine, Resting on the everlasting arms;
What a blessedness, what a peace is mine,
resting on the everlasting arms.
Resting, resting, safe and secure from all alarms;
Resting, resting, resting on the everlasting arms.
Oh, How sweet to walk in this pilgrim way,
Resting on the everlasting arms;
oh, how bright the path grows from day to day
Resting on the everlasting arms
What have I to dread, what have I to fear,
Resting on the everlasting arms
I have blessed peace with my Lord so near,
Resting on the everlasting arms.
A similar hymn -
http://www.preciouslordtakemyhand.com/christianhymns/leaningon.html
Anthony J. Showalter, 1887
What a felloship, what a joy divine, Resting on the everlasting arms;
What a blessedness, what a peace is mine,
resting on the everlasting arms.
Resting, resting, safe and secure from all alarms;
Resting, resting, resting on the everlasting arms.
Oh, How sweet to walk in this pilgrim way,
Resting on the everlasting arms;
oh, how bright the path grows from day to day
Resting on the everlasting arms
What have I to dread, what have I to fear,
Resting on the everlasting arms
I have blessed peace with my Lord so near,
Resting on the everlasting arms.
A similar hymn -
http://www.preciouslordtakemyhand.com/christianhymns/leaningon.html
星期四, 一月 13, 2005
A very good paragraph on "Balance"
"Instead, speaking the truth in love, we will in all things grow up
into him who is the head, that is, Christ." Ephesians 4:15
The Bible ... commends a life of balance. We are to speak the truth,
but we are to speak it in love... We are to desire neither poverty nor
riches, we are to embrace neither fullness or want (Proverbs 30:7-9).
We are to bear one another's burdens, we are to bear our own
(Galatians 6:2-5). Salvation is a free gift; good deeds must
necessarily accompany it (Ephesians 2:8-10). The eternal Gospel is
good news; but it is news of fear and judgement (Revelation 14:6-7).
We are to hate the sin; we are to love the sinner (Jude 21-23). We are
in the world; we are not of the world(John 17:15-16). Faith is not of
works, but without works, faith is dead (James 2:26)...
Biblical balance is a happy melding of devotion and action, being and
doing, patience and passion. It manifests word and deed, faith and
works, forgiveness and discipline. It carefully integrates the inner
life and the outer life. It makes quiet conviction the natural
companion of strident confession. It enables the head to coincide with
the heart. Without compromising God's grace it revers God's decrees.
Without suppression spiritual liberty, it upholds spiritual
responsibility.
In other words, it is mature. ...
Biblical balance is more practical than pragmatism. It is more
thoughtful than rationalism. It is more experienced than
existentialism and more romantic than sentimentalism. It is more
stable than conservatism and more progressive than liberalism ...
A faithful return to that kind of balance could very well be the
announcement of hope, the clarion cry for revival, that we so
desperately long for today.
George Grant, The Micah Mandate
--
Best, Xin
into him who is the head, that is, Christ." Ephesians 4:15
The Bible ... commends a life of balance. We are to speak the truth,
but we are to speak it in love... We are to desire neither poverty nor
riches, we are to embrace neither fullness or want (Proverbs 30:7-9).
We are to bear one another's burdens, we are to bear our own
(Galatians 6:2-5). Salvation is a free gift; good deeds must
necessarily accompany it (Ephesians 2:8-10). The eternal Gospel is
good news; but it is news of fear and judgement (Revelation 14:6-7).
We are to hate the sin; we are to love the sinner (Jude 21-23). We are
in the world; we are not of the world(John 17:15-16). Faith is not of
works, but without works, faith is dead (James 2:26)...
Biblical balance is a happy melding of devotion and action, being and
doing, patience and passion. It manifests word and deed, faith and
works, forgiveness and discipline. It carefully integrates the inner
life and the outer life. It makes quiet conviction the natural
companion of strident confession. It enables the head to coincide with
the heart. Without compromising God's grace it revers God's decrees.
Without suppression spiritual liberty, it upholds spiritual
responsibility.
In other words, it is mature. ...
Biblical balance is more practical than pragmatism. It is more
thoughtful than rationalism. It is more experienced than
existentialism and more romantic than sentimentalism. It is more
stable than conservatism and more progressive than liberalism ...
A faithful return to that kind of balance could very well be the
announcement of hope, the clarion cry for revival, that we so
desperately long for today.
George Grant, The Micah Mandate
--
Best, Xin
星期六, 一月 01, 2005
Currently reading - 圣洁没有瑕疵
最近在读倪柝声的《圣洁没有瑕疵》－Be Holy and Without Blemish
Ephesians 5:27
"and to present her to himself as a radiant church, without stain or wrinkle or any other blemish, but holy and blameless."
书中关于“基督身体”的生命对我触动很多；太多的时候还是觉得自己是自己，神的工作是神的工作；
而我们就是神的工作。
此外，书中也有倪弟兄一贯的亮光 －我们肉体的破碎以及神儿子生命的流出 （魂的破碎灵的流出）
不过在关于启示录中属天妇人的领受上不大相同
－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－
电子版
http://www.jonahome.net/files/nee/07/chapter18.html
Ephesians 5:27
"and to present her to himself as a radiant church, without stain or wrinkle or any other blemish, but holy and blameless."
书中关于“基督身体”的生命对我触动很多；太多的时候还是觉得自己是自己，神的工作是神的工作；
而我们就是神的工作。
此外，书中也有倪弟兄一贯的亮光 －我们肉体的破碎以及神儿子生命的流出 （魂的破碎灵的流出）
不过在关于启示录中属天妇人的领受上不大相同
－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－
电子版
http://www.jonahome.net/files/nee/07/chapter18.html
Devotional blogs
Share good books, comments, ideas in Faith
among a group of sincere followers
Welcome to put down any of your thoughts, growth, books readings here!
among a group of sincere followers
Welcome to put down any of your thoughts, growth, books readings here!
订阅：
博文 (Atom)
博文
