Christian Fellowship Community Group
A safe place for Christians who Love Jesus Christ to meet and ask for prayer and share scriptures from the bible. We value the posting of Christian music, poems, stories and also personal testimonies. Please let us know your needs, concerns and have some fun getting to know each other. We treat each other with respect.
The following is from the book The Normal Christian Life by Watchman Nee
The Absolute Lordship of Christ
(1.Cor.6:19,20) Do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own; you were bought with a price. Therefore honour God with your body.
This verse now takes us a stage furhter, for, when once we have made the discovery of the fact that we are the dwelling-place of God, then a full surrender of ourselves to God must follow. When we see that we are the temple of God, we shall immediately acknowledge that we are not our own. Consecration will follow revelation. The difference between victorious Christians and a defeated ones is not that some have the Spirit while others do not, but that some know His indwelling and others do not, and that consequently some recognize the divine ownership of their lives while others are still their own masters.
Revelation is the first step to holiness, and consecration is the second. A day must come in our lives, as definite as the day of our conversion, when we give up all right to ourselves and submit to the absolute Lordship of Jesus Christ. There may be practical issues raised by God to test the reality of our consecration, but whether that be so or not, there must be a day when, without reservation, we surrender everything to Him - ourselves, our families, our possessions, our businesss and our time. All we are and have becomes His, to be held henceforth entirely at His disposal. From that day we are no longer our own masters, but only stewards. Not until the Lordship of Christ in our hearts is a settled thing can the Spirit really operate effectively in us. He cannot direct our lives until all control of them is commited to Him. If we do not give Him absolute authority there, He can be present, but He cannot be powerful. The power of the Spirit is stayed.
Are you living for the Lord or for yourselves? Perhaps that is a too general question, so let me more specific. Is there anything God is asking of you that you are withholding from Him? Is ther any point of contention between you and Him? Not until every contoversy is settled and the Holy Spirit is given full place can He reproduce the life of Christ in any believer.
A forgiven sinner is quite different from an ordinary sinner, and a consecrated Christian is quite different from an ordinary Christian. May the Lord bring each each of us to a defenite issue regading the question of Lordship. If we yield wholly to Him and claim the power of His indwelling Spirit, we need wait for no special feeling or supernatural manifestations, but can simply look up and praise Him that something really happened. We can confidently thank Him that the glory of God has already filled His temple.
Psalm 73.25: Whom have I in heaven but you? And being with you, I desire NOTHING on earth.
The Absolute Lordship of Christ
(1.Cor.6:19,20) Do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own; you were bought with a price. Therefore honour God with your body.
This verse now takes us a stage furhter, for, when once we have made the discovery of the fact that we are the dwelling-place of God, then a full surrender of ourselves to God must follow. When we see that we are the temple of God, we shall immediately acknowledge that we are not our own. Consecration will follow revelation. The difference between victorious Christians and a defeated ones is not that some have the Spirit while others do not, but that some know His indwelling and others do not, and that consequently some recognize the divine ownership of their lives while others are still their own masters.
Revelation is the first step to holiness, and consecration is the second. A day must come in our lives, as definite as the day of our conversion, when we give up all right to ourselves and submit to the absolute Lordship of Jesus Christ. There may be practical issues raised by God to test the reality of our consecration, but whether that be so or not, there must be a day when, without reservation, we surrender everything to Him - ourselves, our families, our possessions, our businesss and our time. All we are and have becomes His, to be held henceforth entirely at His disposal. From that day we are no longer our own masters, but only stewards. Not until the Lordship of Christ in our hearts is a settled thing can the Spirit really operate effectively in us. He cannot direct our lives until all control of them is commited to Him. If we do not give Him absolute authority there, He can be present, but He cannot be powerful. The power of the Spirit is stayed.
Are you living for the Lord or for yourselves? Perhaps that is a too general question, so let me more specific. Is there anything God is asking of you that you are withholding from Him? Is ther any point of contention between you and Him? Not until every contoversy is settled and the Holy Spirit is given full place can He reproduce the life of Christ in any believer.
A forgiven sinner is quite different from an ordinary sinner, and a consecrated Christian is quite different from an ordinary Christian. May the Lord bring each each of us to a defenite issue regading the question of Lordship. If we yield wholly to Him and claim the power of His indwelling Spirit, we need wait for no special feeling or supernatural manifestations, but can simply look up and praise Him that something really happened. We can confidently thank Him that the glory of God has already filled His temple.
Psalm 73.25: Whom have I in heaven but you? And being with you, I desire NOTHING on earth.
LORD, WHEN YOU CAME TO THE SEASHORE
by Cesareo Gabarain
1. Lord, when you came to the seashore you weren't seeking the wise or the wealthy, but only asking that I might follow.
REFRAIN (English): O Lord, in my eyes you were gazing, Kindly smiling, my name you were saying; All I treasured, I have left on the sand there; Close to you, I will find other seas.
2. Lord, you knew what my boat carried: neither money nor weapons for fighting, but nets for fishing my daily labor. (REFRAIN)
3. Lord, have you need of my labor, hands for service, a heart made for loving, my arms for lifting the poor and broken? (REFRAIN)
4. Lord, send me where you would have me, to a village, or heart of the city; I will remember that you are with me. (REFRAIN)