Thank you very much for sharing the Word of God in mandarin with us at the Chinese Church yesterday. We can feel the love of God and the power and anointing of the Holy Spirit filled the whole hall at JW-B4. Thank you.

Hallelujah! 哈利路亞!

Somehow we’ve been led to believe that praying is always about the words we speak. As you study God’s Word, however, you will discover that it is often our silence that the Lord desires. The prophet Zephaniah wrote, “Hold thy peace at the presence of the Lord God…” (Zephaniah 1:7)

As you pray and God begins to fill you, the abundance leaves no more room for words. Yet in your silence you are in total communication with the Lord. You see, God’s presence calms the soul and stills the activities of the flesh.

Prior to this moment you were praying through personal effort and self. Then the Lord walks in and everything stops. When the presence of the Spirit arrives, you know it’s time to be silent. That is when true fellowship begins.

Don’t fear when the Lord wants to take you into the wilderness. It’s a place of isolation where God can talk one–on-one with you. Speaking of Israel, the Lord said, “Therefore, behold, I will allure her, and bring her into the wilderness, and speak comfortably unto her.” (Hosea 2:14)

When God has your complete attention — when your mind is inactive and self is not in control — the Lord will begin His fellowship with you.

When quietness comes, the Spirit begins talking. Job said, “…there was silence, and I heard a voice, saying…” (Job 4:16)

If you truly want to hear from the Lord, allow everything around you to come to a halt.

“Be still, and know that I am God…” (Psalm 46:10)

Let’s watch a reflection and sharing from a famous healing evangelist as he goes through challenges this week before preaching in Sweden:

http://www.bennyhinn.org/media/pbhurgentmessage.asx

He who calls you is faithful, who also will do it. (1 Thessalonians 5:24) And God is able to make all grace abound toward you, that you, always having all sufficiency in all things, may have an abundance for every good work. (2 Corinthians 9:8)

As a disciple of Jesus Christ, we should stand firm to be with the church through the thick and thin, to continue to sow our best seeds we can so that we might see lost souls saved and continue to see them saved, healed, and delivered for years to come. Keep the ministry strong. Urgency and necessity of our prayer are laid upon us for CHC.

May Jesus, the Son of the living God, Who has called us to serve Him and to serve together in unity, bless you from the top of your head to the soles of your feet. May He reward you over and over for your faithfulness, and may He cover you with His presence and anointing as a mantle of kingdom, power and glory.

Thank you for your love and for showing unending kindness for the work of the Lord in CHC. May He also cover you with His presence and power and keep you protected with His mantle of love for the rest of your life. The Lord’s name will be glorified throughout the earth.

God is in control.

Well said and good prayer. Amen

As you know, our physical body grows and requires nourishment. Similarly, our inner man has to grow and our spirit requires nourishment. God’s Word is like bread and sustenance to nourish our inner man. It is easier to hear His voice when our inner man is strong. We must first fully surrender to Him so He can build up our inner life and free us from the desires of the flesh.

As our flesh leads us, we are overwhelmed by external circumstances. We are dominated by doubt and defeat in our mind. We believe what we see in the natural. We do not want the flesh to direct us. Instead, our inner eyes must be opened and our inner man strengthened so we can believe what we see and hear with our heart.

When our inner man and our heart are strong, we are better able to manage trials, polygraph tests and stress. We are better able to hear what God wants. We will have greater peace. The Holy Spirit then paints on the canvas of our heart so that we see things that others do not see.

Where others see problems, we see God’s solution. Because of God’s Word and our strong inner man, new ideas, perspectives, concepts, mindsets, solutions, plans, encouragement and strength readily emerge. And we enjoy wonderful fellowship with the Holy Spirit as a result. Yes, we have righteousness, peace and joy in the Holy Spirit.

I pray that Lord would grant you, according to the riches of His glory, to be strengthened with might through His Spirit in the inner man, that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith; that you, being rooted and grounded in love, may be able to comprehend with all the saints what is the width and length and depth and height— to know the love of Christ which passes knowledge; that you may be filled with all the fullness of God. Lord, I praise You and adore You for developing and strengthening our inner man through Your Spirit and Your Word. In Jesus’ name. Amen.

1He that dwelleth in the secret place of the most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.

2I will say of the LORD, He is my refuge and my fortress: my God; in him will I trust.

3Surely he shall deliver thee from the snare of the fowler, and from the noisome pestilence.

4He shall cover thee with his feathers, and under his wings shalt thou trust: his truth shall be thy shield and buckler.

5Thou shalt not be afraid for the terror by night; nor for the arrow that flieth by day;

6Nor for the pestilence that walketh in darkness; nor for the destruction that wasteth at noonday.

7A thousand shall fall at thy side, and ten thousand at thy right hand; but it shall not come nigh thee.

8Only with thine eyes shalt thou behold and see the reward of the wicked.

9Because thou hast made the LORD, which is my refuge, even the most High, thy habitation;

10There shall no evil befall thee, neither shall any plague come nigh thy dwelling.

11For he shall give his angels charge over thee, to keep thee in all thy ways.

12They shall bear thee up in their hands, lest thou dash thy foot against a stone.

13Thou shalt tread upon the lion and adder: the young lion and the dragon shalt thou trample under feet.

14Because he hath set his love upon me, therefore will I deliver him: I will set him on high, because he hath known my name.

15He shall call upon me, and I will answer him: I will be with him in trouble; I will deliver him, and honour him.

16With long life will I satisfy him, and shew him my salvation.

我們的身體會成長, 我們內在的人也同樣需要成長。我們的身體需要營養, 我們的心靈也同樣需要營養。 神的道是內在的人之靈糧, 是維生之所需。 當我們內在的人剛強起來之後, 我們會比較容易聽見上帝的聲音。 我們首先必須完全降服於神, 祂才能建造我們內在的生命和拯救我們脫離肉體的慾望。

當肉體凌駕及主宰一切時, 我們就與內在的人戰鬥。我們所以才會”心靈固然願意, 肉體卻軟弱了”。當我們內在的人獲由神的道和禱告而剛強起來, 就能更好地應付各種我們碰到的障礙及克服阻礙。進而能體驗突破和活出得勝的生命。

當我們受肉體的引導時, 就會被外在環境影響, 受疑惑和挫折所支配。只相信眼睛所看到的。因此, 我們必須開啟內在的眼睛，內在的人必須剛強起來, 使我們可以相信我們心靈所見所聽到的。當我們內在的人(心靈)剛強起來時，我們就比較能夠面對考驗與壓力了, 也比較能夠聽見神要對我們說的話語。我們也會更加平靜安寧。聖靈在我們的心版上描繪, 讓我們見到別人看不到的東西。

因此, 當別人眼中只見問題時, 我們卻看到神的解答。因為神的道和剛強的心靈, 所以新的觀念, 主意, 概念, 思維, 解決方案, 計劃, 鼓勵和力量, 就會隨時浮現。而我們也因此得享與聖靈親密美好往來的團契和喜樂。

禱告：感謝上帝, 籍著你的靈和你的道, 培育我內在的人, 使我內在的人剛強起來。奉耶穌基督的名禱告。阿門。

所以不要太相信這個世界運行的法則，這世界之所以能維繫到這個時候照聖經所說，是神用他永遠的慈愛、憐憫托住的，這世界積存下來的不義和罪孽，若不是神托住，他早就毀滅了。

這世界到處都有討公道的人，有沒有一個是沒有吃虧的人？那怎麼辦呢？我們活在這個世界不是很辛苦嗎？我們付出就想要得到回報，我們付出的多就想要回報的多，所以我們的教訓，就是來自我們上一輩告訴我們的～你想要得的更多你就要付出的更多，那如果有一個體力比你好，比你更不要命的人，那你不就累了。。。可是這個邏輯～是天國的邏輯嗎？

天國運行的方式，就是誰願意為大，誰就要做傭人。

有生命才有主權，沒有生命就不用講主權。所以當上帝在施展他的主權時，我們常常會抱怨祂不公平，但我們每天做更多比祂不公平的事情，我們卻不會覺得自己不公平，請問我們有沒有盲點？

原來上帝要我們看見，我們要的其實有的時候不是上帝，我們要的是一個結果，上帝給我們的卻是一條路。

求上帝紀念我們教會，紀念我們在地上為他走的路。這是一條榮耀神的路，不是一條容易走的路。但是你能不能？你現在怎麼回答？最標準的回答就是耶穌說的“在人不能，在神～凡事都能。“凡事是什麼意思？不是變，而是來，緊緊的在每一件事情上，跟從我，讓我把你預備好～什麼都能。我們一起來禱告。

謝謝上帝，你是有能力，有良善，有主權，有道路，有預備的上帝。你是那位願意垂聽我們心中許多不討你喜悅的禱告的神，你要在禱告中翻轉我們，你要在更深的預備裡面翻轉我們，因為你知道怎麼樣可以把我們帶到榮耀裡面去。主讓我們看見天國，讓我們進入天國，讓我們用天國的道行在地上如同行在天上，讓我們成為天國的百姓，讓我們一起藉著教會在地上做一個屬天的見證，主啊～！讓我們不再隨著世上的潮流去看、去聽、去行，主～讓我們的敬拜、讓我們的禱告、讓我們心中所想的都合乎主原來的心意。求主修剪我們，把我們原本不合宜的企圖修剪掉，好叫我們結出真正屬靈的果子，讓我們不是想我要坐在上帝的哪一邊？而是只想我要緊緊的跟隨上帝，若是能跟隨主、更認識主、更倚靠主，為主侍奉就是我這一生在地上的天國，謝謝祢，祢是我們的神，今天晚上把榮耀歸給祢，讓我們已經在天國裡面的，我們不要猶豫，我們不要浪費時間，讓我們緊緊的被主預備，進到那個榮耀的地位，主～讓我們那些已經參加服事的，可以看見自己的軟弱，能夠看見自己平常沒有看到的盲點，讓我們再次被主更新，被主使用，讓我們在天國裡面，成為一個上帝的器皿。謝謝神，願你榮耀你的教會，好叫你的教會榮耀你，這樣的禱告，奉耶穌基督的名～阿們。