Love is unconditional

Finally i got the lyric for this hymn.... I had been searching for it for quite some time. Thanks the sis who share the lyric.

Ya, LOVE is unconditional. I treasure that LOVE is a person, that is God Himself and He is the one who reached us. Because of His unconditional love, we can love Him today! We love because the Lord first love us. Praise the Lord!

Love is unconditional - New Man Singers

Love is unconditional, it knows not any reason…
it never thinks or never does consider anything
it simply loves from a heart that is true
love is a person and He is the one who reached you

love is just the essence and the nature of God's being
never is a virtue that a moral man withholds
it simply flows from a source that is divine
love is a person, and He is the One who reached you

it simply loves from a heart that is true
it simply flows from a source that is divine
love is a person, and He is the One who reached you

Praise the Lord, Hallelujah!

This morning, a sis came to me with some of her personal problems. Her condition was somewhat similar as mine last time. At that moment, i dont know how to help her except reminding her to turn to her spirit. Suddenly, i think of a book "The Practical Way to Live in the Mingling of God with Man" that i had read previously, in which there's a portion of words that i touched the most. While reading with our dear sis, again I'm being reminded and thus saved me from my condition also. I still remember the first time i read these portion of words was during my sem 3 study break. That time really stress and i complained a lot. Then a sis showed me these portion of words and it reminded me throughout my study break and even my EOS that time. It's an instant word to me! Praise the Lord, Hallelujah!

~Extracted from The Practical Way to Live in the Mingling of God with Man~

We need to praise the Lord by saying Hallelujah. Sometimes the young people ask me what I do after I say Hallelujah. When Satan comes to tempt me, there is nothing for me to do but praise. I do not know anything except to say Hallelujah. We were not saved to do good; we were saved to praise, glorify, and thank the Lord (1 Thes. 5:16-18). We must remember that we are in Christ and that the Spirit of Christ is within us (Rom. 8:2, 9). Once we have such a realization, we must simply praise the Lord and say Hallelujah all day long. There is nothing left for us to do except praise Him. One day, when I spoke concerning this matter in a meeting, a sister came to me afterwards and said, “Brother Lee, I am very glad to have heard the message tonight. I realize what you mean when you tell us that we should say Hallelujah. But when I go back to my home, I will be met by my husband, who is a very hard man. What you say is very good, but what shall I do in my difficult situation?” I responded to her, “Sister, the harder your husband is, the more you have to say Hallelujah. Do not make up your mind to be patient. Do not try to do anything. The more you try to be patient, the more impatient you will be. Simply remember that whenever your husband is hard toward you, you must just say, ‘Praise the Lord. Hallelujah.’” This is all we must do. For eternity we will say Hallelujah.

A Christian is not someone who tries to do something; a Christian is a person who always enjoys and experiences Christ. We are not called by the Lord to do things to please Him. We are called to enjoy, experience, and participate in Christ. Never try to do good by yourself. Just remember that you are in Christ and that the Spirit of Christ is in you. If you need electricity, there is no need for you to do anything but turn the switch on. Saying Hallelujah is the way to switch on to enjoy and experience Christ. If you try to be good by yourself, the switch will be turned off. Always remember to praise the Lord, for this is the way to switch on. This is the way to be a victorious person who is in Christ and who walks according to the Spirit. We are set free from sin, death, and bondage simply by saying Hallelujah and walking according to the Spirit.

" Lord, cause me to be a person who praise You and say Hallelujah all day long ! "

New Testament Priest of the Gospel

Every believer is a New Testament priest of the gospel, with everyone preaching the gospel, everyone feeding the Lord's lambs, everyone perfecting the saints and everyone prophesying for the Lord. In this way the church will be built up. For such a glorious goal and result, there are requirements for the ministry of the New Testament priests of the gospel:

1. Revive every morning
2. Overcome everyday
3. Fill with and live in the Spirit every moment
4. Walk according to the spirit in everything
   
5. Be in one accord and in harmony with all the saints
6. Not to be blown by the winds of teaching
7. Do not teach anything different from the truth concerning the New Testament priesthood of the gospel of God
8. Pray watchfully, labor diligently and struggle earnestly to carry out each step of the duties of the New Testament priests of the gospel of God
9. Await the Lord's coming through living and working in the light of His judgment seat

~ These requirements concern what kind of person we are and what kind of life we live.~

Before going out...

Praise the Lord! We are New Testament priest of the gospel. Really treasure every Monday's going out. Not only students who go out but also on-jobbers, full-timers, elderly bro and sis coordinate to preach the gospel. Such coordination really wonderful! I see that the gospel work in the campus is not only the matter of the student but the whole church. It's the body matter...How wonderful we can preach the gospel in the Body!

I treasure the brother said, "Everytime we go out, he don't care how many people will get baptized but he know at least one person will be saved that is the person who go out. We go out, we would be the first person who get saved. To be a normal christian we need 3 things, that are Truth, Life and Gospel. When we get constituted with the truth, we get the life. First we get the light, the light brings in life. But the life and and the light issues in the gospel. So, the gospel is the outflow. That is not we who save them but the word of God. When we go out, we are revived. We go out to preach the gospel is to exercise our spirit to be the priest of the gospel. " So, may the Lord gain me to live for the gospel! PTL

Give yourself to love the Lord

Today while flipping through the hymns that were compiled in the file, there is a hymn attracted me that is " Give Yourself to Love the Lord ". I search the hymnal.net, the comments from the saints were very encouraging and there is a link to the book "Life and Building as Portrayed in the Song of Songs". I had read chapter 2 and 3, it's really enlightening and supplying. Here are the portion of words that i touched the most and is a reminder to me as well!

Give yourself to love the Lord. No other way is so prevailing, and no other way is so safe, so rich, and so full of enjoyment. Just love Him. Do not care for anything else. Teachings, doctrines, gifts, and power do not mean much. We must continually tell the Lord, “Lord, keep me in Your love! Attract me with Yourself! Keep me all the time in Your loving presence!” If we will pray in this way, we will see what love we will have toward the Lord and what kind of life we will live. We will simply live by the Lord Himself. As long as we love Him from the deepest part of our being, everything will be all right. If we need wisdom, He will be the wisdom to us. If we need power, He will be the power. If we need the proper and adequate knowledge, He will even be that to us. Whatever we need, He is. Do not try to get anything else; just look to Him that He would reveal His love to you. Song of Songs 1:4 says, “Draw me, we will run after thee.” We must ask the Lord to draw us, and then others will run after Him with us. To take Him as our life, we must love Him in such a way.

In Revelation 2 the degradation of the church began with the loss of the first love toward the Lord Jesus. The church in Ephesus had many good works and was even strong in faith, but the Lord rebuked her by saying, “I have somewhat against thee, because thou hast left thy first love.” They had lost the fresh and best love toward the Lord. This started the degradation of the churches. When we lose our love for the Lord, we start to backslide. We must go to the Lord and make a deal with Him: “Lord, be merciful to me! I do not need anything or anyone else but Your loving Self. Simply show me Yourself! Draw me that we may run after You. O Lord, show me Your love that I might be constrained by Your love! I do not want to do anything for You, Lord. I just want to love You. I just want to take You as my Person. I want Your personality as my personality, Your will as my will, Your desires as my desires. I want Your everything as my everything.”

Thus, we see that it is not simply a matter of believing, but also a matter of loving. We must learn to love the Lord Jesus. If we would have such a burning love toward the Lord Jesus, we will enjoy all that He is. Therefore, I do not encourage you to seek anything else. Go to the Lord and ask Him to draw you that you may run after Him. You must realize that the “zoe-life” is such a loving, wonderful Person and that love is the way to deal with Him.

~Extracted from Life and Building as Portrayed in the Song of Songs Chapter 2 by Witness Lee~

"Lord, keep me loving You all the time. I just ask You to do this one thing.”