“And the things which you have heard from me through many witnesses, these commit to faithful men, who will be competent to teach others also.” (2 Tim. 2:2) This week we continue the special series titled, “Becoming a Timothy for the Lord’s Recovery,” with speaking from brother Ron Kangas on the need for Timothys to not only continue the line of re…

“For God has not given us a spirit of cowardice, but of power and of love and of sobermindedness.” (2 Tim. 1:7) This week we continue the special series titled, “Becoming a Timothy for the Lord’s Recovery,” with speaking from brother Ron Kangas on the need for thousands to be raised up as today’s Timothys. These ones stand in the gap as the bridge …

“You therefore, my child, be empowered in the grace which is in Christ Jesus; And the things which you have heard from me through many witnesses, these commit to faithful men, who will be competent to teach others also.” (2 Tim. 2:1-2) Starting this week for the next six weeks, we bring you a special series titled, “Becoming a Timothy for the Lord’…

“And the glory which You have given Me I have given to them, that they may be one, even as We are one; I in them, and You in Me, that they may be perfected into one, that the world may know that You have sent Me and have loved them even as You have loved Me” (John 17:22-23). This week we conclude the series titled, “The Goal of Our Christian Life,”…

“A person who knows how to work will always seek to perfect others. This does not mean that he does less work. Rather, he works more than the rest of the saints, because most of his work is to perfect the saints. After he has served for three to five years, the saints can do and are doing whatever he can do. This is the way for us to build up the c…

“The churches of Asia greet you. Aquila and Prisca greet you much in the Lord, with the church, which is in their house” (1 Cor. 16:19). “Greet the brothers in Laodicea, as well as Nymphas and the church, which is in his house” (Col. 4:15). “And to Apphia the sister and to Archippus our fellow soldier and to the church, which is in your house” (Phi…

“The Lord is living and purposeful. But what is His ultimate move? To say that the Lord Jesus will come back to clear up things on earth is true… but clearing up things is not His ultimate move… God’s ultimate move is to work Himself—Father, Son, and Spirit—into us and to become our life, that we may live Him out and express Him as His Body, the ch…

In our spiritual experience there is a beginning, a course, and an ending, after which we experience another beginning with another course and another ending. This cycle repeats itself, and each repetition takes us forward. The beginning, course, and ending are a spiritual metabolism. This is also a law of revival. Every new beginning is a new revi…

“If we say that we have fellowship with Him and yet walk in the darkness, we lie and are not practicing the truth” (1 John 1:6). “This Greek verb [for practicing] denotes doing (things) habitually and continually by abiding (in the things); hence, it has the sense of practice. To practice the truth is to live the truth habitually, not merely to do …

“Eating, drinking, and sleeping cause our physical life to grow. Similarly, our spiritual life grows by eating, drinking, and sleeping, that is, by our being revived. In 2 Corinthians 12:10 the apostle Paul says, ‘I am well pleased in weaknesses...; for when I am weak, then I am powerful.’ Paul knew how…to touch the joy of Christ when he suffered. …

“Our work today is to perfect others to do the work themselves. We are not here to work in place of others. Paul produced Timothy as his disciple, and then Timothy committed the work to faithful ones (2 Tim. 2:2). These faithful ones then went out and perfected others. This is the way of our work today.” (Witness Lee, The Collected Works of Witness…

“What is our burden? What is our responsibility? We must not just preach the gospel. We must bear the testimony of Jesus...Our responsibility is to live Christ, to bear a living witness to Him in our daily life, to know nothing but Christ, the all-inclusive One revealed in the completing ministry of Paul and the mending ministry of John.” (Witness …

This week we conclude the series titled, "The Vital Groups," with testimonies, public consecrations, and brother Andrew Yu’s responses to questions from conference attendees. This is part four of message three from a conference hosted by the church in New York City in November 2015. The original recording can be found at: https://livingtohim.com/20…

This is a special fellowship for the New Year given by Brother Minoru Chen on January 12th, 2024. Drawing from Song of Songs, he encourages us to start the new year with a dedicated time to open to the Lord. He describes our Christian journey as an ultramarathon with many new beginnings, new courses, and new endings. May we all take time before the…

This week we continue the series titled, "The Vital Groups," with testimonies, public consecrations, and brother Andrew Yu’s responses to questions from conference attendees. This is part three of message three from a conference hosted by the church in New York City in November 2015. The original recording can be found at: https://livingtohim.com/2…

“You did not choose Me, but I chose you, and I set you that you should go forth and bear fruit and that your fruit should remain, that whatever you ask the Father in My name, He may give you” (John 15:16). This week we continue the series titled, "The Vital Groups," with speaking from brother Andrew Yu on vital relationships and practical examples …

This episode was originally aired in January 2021. In this special new year fellowship, brother Minoru Chen shares with us his personal experience and practice of spending a longer period of time with the Lord at the beginning of each new year. During such a time with the Lord, our brother encourages us to practice 6 things: recall, rehearse, refle…

“Out from whom all the Body, being joined together and being knit together through every joint of the rich supply and through the operation in the measure of each one part, causes the growth of the Body unto the building up of itself in love” (Eph. 4:16). This week we begin a new series titled, "The Vital Groups," with speaking from brother Andrew …

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 …

“Take from among yourselves a heave offering to Jehovah; whoever is of a willing heart, let him bring it” (Exo. 35:5a). “The children of Israel brought a freewill offering to Jehovah, every man and woman whose heart made them willing to bring for all the work” (Exo. 35:29a). This week we conclude the series titled, "Taking the Initiative," with spe…

“For the kingdom of the heavens is just like a man about to go abroad, who called his own slaves and delivered to them his possessions. To one he gave five talents, and to another two, and to another one, to each according to his own ability” (Matt. 25:14-15a). This week we begin a new series titled, "Taking the Initiative," with speaking from brot…

“We should have a budget for our time, our energy, and our finances. When people talk about budgeting, most of them consider only finances. But according to my experience, even our energy has to be budgeted. I know how much strength I have. Every day I can use only a certain amount of strength. Timewise, every week and every day we should set aside…

“Therefore do not be anxious, saying, What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink? or, With what shall we be clothed? For all these things the Gentiles are anxiously seeking. For your heavenly Father knows that you need all these things. But seek first His kingdom and His righteousness, and all these things will be added to you” (Matt. 6:31-33). Thi…

"As the living Father has sent Me and I live because of the Father" (John 6:57a). "You know what kind of men we were among you for your sake" (1 Thes. 1:5b). "Even now Christ will be magnified in my body, whether through life or through death" (Phil. 1:20b). This week we begin a new series titled, "Living for Jesus a Life that is Simple," with spea…

“For this reason I say to you, All things that you pray and ask, believe that you have received them, and you will have them.And when you stand praying, forgive, if you have anything against anyone, so that your Father who is in the heavens may also forgive you your offenses. But if you do not forgive, neither will your Father who is in the heavens…

“Because of God’s moving in her, Hannah could not have peace until she prayed for a son. God, the sovereign One, kept moving her and motivating her so that she had to pray…In her prayer Hannah cooperated with the move of God.” (Witness Lee, Life-study of 1 & 2 Samuel, pp. 10-11, Living Stream Ministry) This week we continue the series titled, “Doin…

“Always bearing about in the body the putting to death of Jesus that the life of Jesus also may be manifested in our body. For we who are alive are always being delivered unto death for Jesus’ sake that the life of Jesus also may be manifested in our mortal flesh. So then death operates in us, but life in you” (2 Cor. 4:10-12). This week we continu…

"Not everyone who says to Me, Lord, Lord, will enter into the kingdom of the heavens, but he who does the will of My Father who is in the heavens" (Matt. 7:21). This week we begin a new series titled, “Doing the Will of God,” with speaking from brother Ron Kangas on a prerequisite and several principles for living according to God's will. This meet…

“But if the servant plainly says, I love my master, my wife, and my children; I will not go out free; Then his master shall bring him to God and shall bring him to the door or to the doorpost, and his master shall bore his ear through with an awl; and he shall serve him forever” (Exo. 21:5-6). This week we conclude the series titled, “Having a Hear…

This week we continue the series titled, “Having a Heart for People”, with speaking from brother Minoru Chen. In this episode he shares regarding the substantial personal help he received from the book The Normal Way of Fruit-bearing and Shepherding for the Building Up of the Church. This meeting was held in June 2016 in the San Francisco Bay Area,…

“Now when Daniel came to know that the writing had been signed, he went to his house (in his upper room he had windows open toward Jerusalem) and three times daily he knelt on his knees and prayed and gave thanks before his God, because he had always done so previously” (Dan. 6:10). This week we continue the series titled, “Having a Heart for Peopl…

“During our time with the Lord, we should not allow any distractions to come in. If someone calls us on the telephone while we are having a time with the Lord, we should have the attitude that since we are fellowshipping with the Lord, we are absent from everything else because we are fully occupied by Him. In order to have a profitable time with t…

“Near the end of his life Paul wrote 1 and 2 Timothy and Titus…because he realized from his experience that there was the need for training. The training builds us up in the growth of life, in character, and in dealing with the natural disposition. Strictly speaking, it is not our nature but our disposition that needs to be touched and dealt with.”…

“Now I exhort you, brothers: You know the household of Stephanas, that it is the firstfruits of Achaia, and they have set themselves to minister to the saints; You also be subject to such ones, and to everyone co-working and laboring” (1 Cor. 16:15-16). This week we conclude the series titled, “Markers along Our Spiritual Race,” with testimonies fr…

“In order for an Israelite to serve as a priest, he had to be between thirty and fifty years old. This signifies that in order for us to share the responsibility of serving in the testimony of God, we need to be more mature and without deterioration. The Lord Jesus came out to serve at the age of thirty (Luke 3:23). This signifies that according to…

In the book of Numbers, God asked Moses to number His people according to their age. In particular, God charged a specific group of Levites “to do the work of service and the work of bearing burdens in the Tent of Meeting (4:47).” Although these age groups are Old Testament types and not to be applied literally in the New Testament, we can apply th…

“I have fought the good fight; I have finished the course; I have kept the faith. Henceforth there is laid up for me the crown of righteousness, with which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will recompense me in that day, and not only me but also all those who have loved His appearing” (2 Tim. 4:7-8). This week we begin a new series titled, “Markers a…

“But if I delay, I write that you may know how one ought to conduct himself in the house of God” (1 Tim. 3:15). “Do not upbraid an elderly man, but exhort him as a father, younger men as brothers, elderly women as mothers, younger women as sisters, in all purity” (1 Tim. 5:1-2). This week we conclude the series titled, “A Man of God Caring for the …

“Give heed…to God’s economy, which is in faith” (1 Tim. 1:4). “[Hold] the mystery of the faith in a pure conscience” (1 Tim. 3:9). “And confessedly, great is the mystery of godliness: He who was manifested in the flesh” (1 Tim. 3:16). This week we continue the series titled, “A Man of God Caring for the Church of God,” with speaking from brother Ro…

Timothy was a young coworker of Paul, who described him as a “man of God” (1 Tim. 6:11) and someone who is “like-souled” with him (Phil. 2:20). Although Timothy was merely a young adult at the time, Paul perfected him and entrusted him with the care of the church and charged him to “fully accomplish [his] ministry” (2 Tim. 4:5). This week we begin …

“The working saints are the core group in the church life today. On the one hand, Christ desires to gain you. On the other hand, the world wants to occupy you. Are you going to go after the world? Or are you going to go after Christ? How you choose depends on your valuation of the object chosen” (Witness Lee, Messages Given to the Working Saints, p…

“Do not be deceived: God is not mocked; for whatever a man sows, this he will also reap. For he who sows unto his own flesh will reap corruption of the flesh, but he who sows unto the Spirit will of the Spirit reap eternal life” (Gal. 6:7-8). This week we continue the series titled, “The Backbone of the Church Life,” with speaking from brothers Jim…

“If the working brothers and sisters are to be adequately and properly participating in the church life, they need to receive the life supply continuously. What you need is not so much to do something, to learn something, or to bear some burdens. What you need is mainly to receive the life supply” (Witness Lee, Messages Given to the Working Saints,…

“In order to meet the Lord’s present need, we must first recall our past experiences and vision. Second, we have to respond to the Lord’s attraction and calling. Third, we have to renew our past commitment and consecration” (Witness Lee, Messages Given to the Working Saints, p. 366, Living Stream Ministry). This week we begin a new series titled, “…

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 …

“Do not be slothful in zeal, but be burning in spirit, serving the Lord (Rom. 12:11).” For which cause I remind you to fan into flame the gift of God, which is in you through the laying on of my hands. For God has not given us a spirit of cowardice, but of power and of love and of sobermindedness” (2 Tim. 1:6-7). This week we conclude the series ti…

“But whoever wants to become great among you shall be your servant, And whoever wants to be first among you shall be the slave of all. For even the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve and to give His life as a ransom for many” (Mark 10:43-45). This week we continue the series titled, “Burning in Spirit, Serving the Lord,” with speaki…

“Even if you were baptized only a few days ago, you must endeavor to discover the direction of your life. A person who has a direction knows what he is doing. He knows how to ‘sail his boat’ on the ocean of human life. Your direction will be your compass.” (Witness Lee, The Collected Works of Witness Lee, 1990, vol. 3, p. 197, Living Stream Ministr…

“If therefore anyone cleanses himself from these, he will be a vessel unto honor, sanctified, useful to the master, prepared unto every good work. But flee youthful lusts, and pursue righteousness, faith, love, peace with those who call on the Lord out of a pure heart” (2 Tim. 2:22). This week we continue the series titled, “Burning in Spirit, Serv…

“Again, truly I say to you that if two of you are in harmony on earth concerning any matter for which they ask, it will be done for them from My Father who is in the heavens” (Matt 18:19). This week we begin a new series titled, “Burning in Spirit, Serving the Lord,” with brothers and sisters testifying of their experiences of the church life in di…