The Living to Him Podcast

“But the people who know their God will show strength and take action” (Dan. 11:32b). This week’s episode concludes the series entitled, “The Lord's Present Move,” with speaking from brother Minoru Chen. In this portion he shares the positive history seen with Judas Maccabeus as an inspiration for our service today in standing for God's building and caring for Christ and the church. This meeting was held in October 2010 in Irvine, California. The original recording can be found at: https://livingtohim.com/2010/12/minoru-chen-irvine-october-2010/

Revelation 2 and 3 reveal that the Lord is walking in the midst of the local churches and speaking to each church according to its condition. At the same time, these messages given to the different churches are what the Spirit is speaking to all the churches as the Body of Christ. In this series of podcasts, we bring you the Lord’s speaking in local and regional conferences so that we may hear what the Spirit is speaking to all of us today. This week, we continue with message two from a regional conference with brother Ed Marks from April 23-24, 2022 in the church in New York City. The general subject of this conference is "God's Economy in Faith". The title of this message is “The Linking Faith—the Faith of the Overcomers.” The original recording and outlines can be found at: https://livingtohim.com/2022/06/ed-marks-nyc-april-2022/

“And some of those with insight will fall, in order to refine the people and to purify and cleanse them, until the time of the end” (Dan. 11:35a). This week’s episode continues the series entitled, “The Lord's Present Move,” with speaking from brother Minoru Chen on living a life only for God's purpose and not seeking anything for ourselves. This meeting was held in October 2010 in Irvine, California. The original recording can be found at: https://livingtohim.com/2010/12/minoru-chen-irvine-october-2010/

“It is one thing to have a heart to serve the Lord; it is another thing to be willing to hand over everything. Have we handed everything over to the church? If we have not, what should we do? We all know that we should hand over ourselves to the Lord. But practically speaking, have we handed ourselves over?” (Witness Lee, Messages Given During the Resumption of Watchman Nee's Ministry, Chapter 60, Living Stream Ministry) This week’s episode continues the series entitled, “The Lord's Present Move,” with speaking from brother Minoru Chen on living an overcoming life and being today's Zion (the overcomers) in today's Jerusalem (the church). This meeting was held in October 2010 in Irvine, California. The original recording can be found at: https://livingtohim.com/2010/12/minoru-chen-irvine-october-2010/

“We dig the well through prayer. The more thoroughly we pray, the deeper we dig… If we want our spirit to be strong and released so that God can flow out of us, we must exercise our spirit through prayer daily. Then our spirit will be strong, and we will be able to express the sense within our spirit." (Witness Lee, The Exercise of the Spirit and the Building of God, chapter 5, Living Stream Ministry) This week’s episode begins a new series entitled, “The Lord's Present Move” with speaking from brother Minoru Chen on the working saints’ responsibility in the church life, striving to pursue the Lord, and exercising to go higher and deeper in our prayer. This meeting was held in October 2010 in Irvine, California. The original recording can be found at: https://livingtohim.com/2010/12/minoru-chen-irvine-october-2010/

Revelation 2 and 3 reveal that the Lord is walking in the midst of the local churches and speaking to each church according to its condition. At the same time, these messages given to the different churches are what the Spirit is speaking to all the churches as the Body of Christ. In this series of podcasts, we bring you the Lord’s speaking in local and regional conferences so that we may hear what the Spirit is speaking to all of us today. This week, we begin a new series with message one from a regional conference with brother Ed Marks from April 23-24, 2022 in the church in New York City. The general subject of this conference is "God's Economy in Faith". The title of this message is “Running the Christian Race So That We May Obtain the Prize by Looking Away unto Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of Our Faith.” The original recording and outlines can be found at: https://livingtohim.com/2022/06/ed-marks-nyc-april-2022/

“[The third stage of the experience of life] brings us to the starting point of another aspect in the Christian experience, and this serves as a great turning point for a Christian before the Lord….it is at this stage that a Christian begins to walk formally in the way of the cross, having the experience of the cross and walking entirely under the cross. Therefore, from this time on, his spiritual walk enters into a new stage” (Witness Lee, The Experience of Life, Chapter 9. Living Stream Ministry). In this week's episode we conclude the series entitled, “Supply, Function, and the Meal Offering,” with speaking from brother Ron Kangas on our passing through the third stage of the experience of life in the midst of our ordinary daily living. This meeting was held in November 2010 in the Northwest of the United States. The original recording can be found at: https://livingtohim.com/2010/11/november-2010-james-lee-and-ron-kangas-fellowship-with-young-adults-in-the-northwest/

"All limitation is for our benefit….In our home, at work, and in the church, God has provided us with many limitations. These are opportunities from the Lord to smooth out our rough edges….We should not struggle to be free. Freedom will not build us up. The building work comes when we are restricted in our environment” (Watchman Nee, The Collected Works of Watchman Nee, Volume 43, Chapter 82, Living Stream Ministry). In this week's episode we continue the series entitled, “Supply, Function, and the Meal Offering,” with speaking from brother Ron Kangas on four matters related to our learning to live a life of the meal offering. This meeting was held in November 2010 in the Northwest of the United States. The original recording can be found at: https://livingtohim.com/2010/11/november-2010-james-lee-and-ron-kangas-fellowship-with-young-adults-in-the-northwest/

Finally, be empowered in the Lord and in the might of His strength. Put on the whole armor of God that you may be able to stand against the stratagems of the devil, For our wrestling is not against blood and flesh but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the world-rulers of this darkness, against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenlies. Therefore take up the whole armor of God that you may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand. Ephesians 6:10-13. As believers who love the Lord and who are standing for His testimony, we must not be ignorant of the schemes of God’s enemy in his attacks on the church. In order to help educate and inoculate us against such attacks, the co-workers in North America have released a series of articles on ShepherdingWords.com, which expose the stratagems of the devil. This week, we have a narration of the article entitled “Should We Not Warn One Another?,” originally published on October 28, 2021. Today, many Christian teachers speak only words of comfort and affirmation while avoiding the numerous warnings that are given throughout the New Testament. If we are faithful to the Lord and His word, we shall see that these warnings are the healthy teaching that will motivate us to live an overcoming Christian life which prepares us to stand before the judgment seat of Christ, when we shall receive either reward or punishment (2 Cor. 5:10). Having been warned, we should also warn others, not out of fearmongering but out of love. May the Lord supply us through this speaking and equip us to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand. The original article can be found at: https://shepherdingwords.com/should-we-not-warn-one-another/. The copyright for this material belongs to shepherdingwords.com and is used with permission.

“We must deal with the problems of our heart one by one. We must deal with a heart that leans toward things other than God, an indifferent heart, a divided heart, and a heart that is not absolute, not calm, and full of worries and cares. Then it will be easy for our spirit to contact the Spirit” (Watchman Nee, The Sufficiency, Pursuit, and Learning of the Lord's Serving Ones, Chapter 9, Living Stream Ministry). This week’s episode continues the series entitled, “Supply, Function, and the Meal Offering,” with speaking from brother James Lee on dealing with the heart to receive the supply from the Lord. This meeting was held in November 2010 in the Northwest of the United States. The original recording can be found at: https://livingtohim.com/2010/11/november-2010-james-lee-and-ron-kangas-fellowship-with-young-adults-in-the-northwest/