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Method Or Person

Posted in Jesus, Meditation, Methods, Watchman Nee, tagged on June 2, 2011| 4 Comments »

Watchman Nee

Thomas saith unto him, Lord, we know not whither thou goest; and how can we know the way? Jesus saith unto him, I am the way…” – John 14:5-6a

While traveling through an airport years ago I was approached by a Hare Krishna devote in his wig passing out books and proclaiming his meditation as the way Jesus recommended. I was a new believer at the time (and feisty) but I knew that wasn’t right — I began following him, witnessing to him about Christ until he left the airport saying, “Man, leave me alone!” (That wasn’t very effective but it was quite a sight and an interesting memory)

Fact it, Jesus never recommend a method or formula, he recommended himself.

Watchman Nee (1903 – 1972), spiritual reformer who spent his last 20 years persecuted in a Communist prison, put it this way:

[T]o believe in the Lord himself, and to believe a formula, are actually two different motions…A method has no power nor effectiveness; for not being Christ, it is simply a dead thing. Every spiritual thing outside of Christ is dead…

The reason for many unanswered prayers and ineffective testimonies is found in our not touching the Lord. We have merely copied the method of others; we have not touched the Lord himself.” – Watchman Nee, Christ The Sum of All Spiritual Things

– fritz@langgang.com

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Becoming an Intecessor

Posted in Prayer, tagged on May 1, 2011| Leave a Comment »

“Those who love me will obey my teaching. My Father will love them, and my Father and I will come to them and live with them.” – Jesus (John 14:23 GNT)

Becoming an intercessor, in my experience, doesn’t work by trying to be one.

I have found better success by not focusing on prayer but on Jesus. Living with Christ, recognizing he is living with and in me, listening for his whispers has done more for my prayer life than trying to pray. Inviting him to act in the lives of others and asking him to intervene in the environment he and I share seems to happen on its own.

Prayer: Jesus, come live with me, every day, all day!

Sound Bite: Becoming an intercessor is a by-product of living with Jesus.

-fritz@langgang.com

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>Living With God

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , on January 27, 2011| Leave a Comment »

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“…they have now compassed us in our steps …” – Psalm 17:11

The Psalmist, King David of the Bible, faced difficulties, but he faced them with the assurance he did not face them alone. His enemies weren’t surrounding just him, they were surrounding him and God, and God always wins.

Jesus said

“If a man love me, he will keep my words: and my Father will love him, and we will come unto him, and make our abode with him.” – John 14:23

If you have submitted your life to Christ and are following him by reading his word, the Bible, and obeying to the best of your ability and understanding, those who fight you have a monumental task because God doesn’t lose, and everything He allows He uses for your good.

– fritz

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