Fellowship June 25, 2011

Fellowship in the Household of Faith MD

June 25, 2011

BELIEVER 4: To mature in Life is what God wants in us.  To mature in Life is the highest purpose in the eyes of God. 

(BELIEVER 1 is mainly sharing out of 365 kid’s confessions by Virginia Kite)

BELIEVER 1:Oh Lord Jesus, thank you for this day, this wonderful day, help us Lord, we need you, help us, help me Lord.  We are bad, amen.We need to deal with the things that God is doing with us today (something fresh). 

The Lord is working with BELIEVER 1.

Have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness…

BELIEVER 4 answers: We cannot say this. This book is 365 kid’s confessions, but until now, we still have fellowship with the darkness.  If we say that we only have fellowship with light, we are supposed to walk in the light, but we still walk in darkness in many ways. 

Gives Example

What happened this morning between BELIEVER 2 and BELIEVER 4.We prayed together in the morning, and tried to be obedient in the flow of the Body.  We are two members of the Body, one thing is that we go on the same path, but if we are not in unity of the spirit, even though we are together, we experience problems.  But because the Lord is so merciful, if we walk in the way that the Lord guides the whole Body, or the feeling that the Body has by faith, we walk in His blessing.  But it is not because we do something (our own scheming), it is because Christ has done everything.  But just walking obedience to the feeling of the Body and not in self-will, we feel that He is full of grace and full of mercy.

But still in us the darkness operates. 

Why?

Because we have a darkened mind, but this is not because we want it.  It is because we have an old creation nature.  The only thing that can deal with the old creation nature is the cross (1 Cor. 1:18).  But we don’t want this. 

So BELIEVER 1, let’s be honest.

BELIEVER 1: It is shameful for us to even speak of those things (Philippians)

BELIEVER 4 answers: Of course, because we are full  of sin, but we have an answer to we are full of sin, the Blood of the Lamb of God (1 John 1:7).

BELIEVER 1 continues:Praise is pleasant and praise is beautiful

BELIEVER 4 answers: One minute, you feel the Lord is pleasant and beautiful to you. We can say what sister BELIEVER 1 declares.  BELIEVER 1, bring the Kids Confession

June 25 of 365 Kid’s confession says

Reading: “Every who exalts himself will be abased, and he who humbles himself will be exalted”.

We as human beings, we don’t want to be humble.  BELIEVER 1, you don’t want to be humble. 

(BELIEVER 1 argues about this)

BELIEVER 4 continues: This is  our problem, and  we need to ask the Spirit to help us.  Why?  We are in very difficult times. 

Today’s Confession:“My righteousness comes from my Lord, Jesus Christ.” You need to deny your own righteousness.  Right now it is not easy for the brothers and sisters here to deny their own righteousness.”Any goodness I have comes from His Spirit in me” (Rom. 7:18)  If we understand this we are going to have joy.  “God give me the desire to do His will”.  This is God’s way, because we don’t have the desire.

“Without Him I cannot do anything.”  This for us still, is mental knowledge, objective knowledge. 

”But with Him I can do anything He asks”.  But with Him and in Him, I can do all things. Without Him it is impossible.

Who feels in the spirit to continue….?

BELIEVER 7 Prays: Oh lord Jesus, forgive me for all my own reactions. Thank You for the blessing of the fellowship, for allowing me to be here.  Thank you Father for a new day of life, and health and strength.Thank You for the blessing that you give to all the members of the Body.  Thank You for the different ways that You find a way to give us daily bread, thank You for all the brothers who share in the fellowship.  Thank you for keeping us in Your infinite wisdom; wash us, purify us, clean us, and purify us to keep going the way of the Spirit.  Thank you Lord for all things you are going to do in the night for Your Holy name, in the name of Christ Jesus, Amen.

(BELIEVER 5 calls on the phone and begins to share for lack of time)

BELIEVER 5: Thank you for all things You do, bless this way of fellowship; we honor You in the power of the Spirit.Here we have a lot of difficulty, I need to go to the altar and have my head cut off (Rev. 20:4), I don’t have a chance to complain,  but just smile. I don’t know where to go, but I know that God is working, and He keeps sowing seeds.  He is working in PV and VI.  I feel a fight from the side of darkness, but the Lord has control of everything. I don’t like the price I have to pay, but the Lord gives strength and confidence and joy, even if we don’t see the fruit of the Spirit.   This means glory to God, because He is our owner, He can do things in the way He wants.  I desire you, brothers, to be here with me.I  would have never imagined the things that I am living, I feel am melting as wax.  Brother PV needs help; I received a lot of blessing working with PV.  I see what PV has of God, but also the fight that he has, inwardly.  He naturally is tallest; if you see with the natural eyes, there is a big difference between PV and I.  I need to allow tears to come to my face, I want you to come and live what I live.  If you see with the natural eyes, you are going to say that this is all too much.  Some people promise to help, but in the end I need to do everything.  I am not going to say I have no pain, but I have joy too.  Many things I need to handle are still protocol; for me I don’t like politics.  The basic is sufficient.  Some people that are against the work of God here are like wild wolves.  But I am learning protocol, so that I can sit at a table and eat.  The wolves want to change my way of dress, to something elegant(outward appearance).  I don’t like the things to elegant.  I need to listen to the people share many things that are not God. 

BELIEVER 4 answers:  BELIEVER 5, The dead in Christ (when we apply His death to us we) do not think on our own or have an opinion.

BELIEVER 5 continues: That even though, I know it is God in all of this, I need to bear all the things that the people tell to me.  I have to say thank you to all the people who are against God’s work in me and here for all the things they say to, because in these things I have learned things I had never known before; I know God is in all of this. In secret, I told God, Daddy what are you doing to me?  Because in my opinion, I don’t need to suffer these kinds of things; but if it is Your will, Your will be done, to fulfill Your plan in me, and keep teaching me whatever You want to teach me.  I keep learning with all things that I watch.  Some things are terrible, because in all these things, I have to hide myself(not free to freely share my heart in many circumstances).  I don’t know why I smile for everything, the Lord smiles in the middle of me.  This is all the Lord wants to do with me. 

BELIEVER 4 continues: What you are going through BELIEVER 5, I am going through, because BELIEVER 3 doesn’t like it when I laugh in the midst of the inward struggles.

BELIEVER 5 Continues: The Lord takes care of even our selves.   Sometimes I say,Why are you doing this to me Lord? Did I do something wrong or what?  Many times I try to be delivered (escape) from the problems. 

BELIEVER 4 continues: (Share about the relation between and BELIEVER 5), she tried to escape the relationship, but finally PV and BELIEVER 5 felt God was involved and she decided to keep going in the middle of tribulations.

BELIEVER 5:For me, some things are going to be easy, but some things (struggles) happen when PVtries to do something (His own plans). I feel some kind of fear (from PV) in these things.  I call him and say,“what are you going to do? Be careful because God doesn’t like the way that we are moving.”PVtells to me, “no, I am okay.”  Do you know what happened after the 3 days?PV told his previous plans (of escape, but God corrected him).  I am really sure that God loves me.  PV fought with all his family, after this they left me alone, but they still make some kind of control over him. And the family said for the first time that he is crazy, and it is sister BE’s fault.  What happened regarding this?Somebody is as a watchman (spy) concerning what happens with us (watching what we do), the Lord allows all these kinds of tests.  The Lord allowed the people who take care of us to have some physical healing. After the healing, the attacks slowed down a little, but the Lord said to be watchful.  To BrotherPV, “are you still thinking to leave me?”(PV answered) “the only thing I am thinking is “how does God do the things? I see the authority of God in you, and that you are a daughter of God, as a pure essence.”I say, “It is just by mercy”No one has a chance to do these things without Him, and I never imagined to know brotherPV, I just keep watching above for all things He wants to do, for only to Him be the glory, whether I am with you (PV) or not, I am only an instrument, I don’t know the reason God allowing some problems with yourfamily.  I see many crazy things your family wants to do against you. I am not going to allow these things to happen to me.  The Lord takes care of me.  There are many things that don’t have a reason (to our understanding, not in God’s) for happening: the internet cut, the computer broke, and the telephone cables were cut.  The people talked with VI and advised brother PV to leave BELIEVER 5, because she is on the other side (in their eyes, crazy).  I answered, “PV is 30 years old, and he knows God, If you want to say something to brotherPV say it to him not to me (the people are political).PV talked strongly with her.  We allowed VI to be near to us, we don’t plan anything.  Brother PV call me around midnight for prayer. 

We are a precious pearl of God.

We pray, and then BELIEVER 5 leaves the fellowship

(Then there is a conflict between who continues to share)

BELIEVER 4 Continues: I am going to flow in certain things by faith, example BELIEVER 2, from now on, until he returns class(summer break), he needs to be here(in the meeting, even if he falls asleep, currently he is sleeping) sleeping and his spirit will receive it, he needs recovery.  It is important, not only to give the portion (sharing of Christ with others)  it is important to receive the portion from the brother.

(BELIEVER 4 shared this, because some brothers are in the habit of wanting to just give their portion and leave without hearing others.)

 This happens with BELIEVER 1, she couldn’t receive anything and she has a terrible warfare.  I feel that unless in all the meetings, somebody of you the two (BELIEVER 4 and BELIEVER 3 the stronger ones in the spirit, currently), needs to flow before you two (BELIEVER 7 and BELIEVER 6) leave for the bed. The stronger in the spirit need to share; I am going to allow BELIEVER 3 to give his portion.

(I, BELIEVER 3, am the one typing so I am just going to put some key points from what I saw I am going through in experience when I reviewed a book by Brother T. Austin-Sparks entitled: The Pathway of Heavenly Vision)

BELIEVER 3:There has come into this creation a deplorable and very terrible state of mixture, confusion and corruption by ‘affinity with Satan’. Human nature is a terrible mixture. The heart of man naturally is full of conflict and contrary elements. We are a terrible tangle, we have inwardly a morass, we are all mixed up, we have lost the way, we are confused, we are a mass of contradictions and inconsistencies. The more we come into the light, the more we come to know that. The more the Spirit of God teaches us, the more hopeless and helpless we feel as to our own natures, our own hearts. It is no mark of understanding, intelligence, spiritual knowledge or maturity that we are lacking in such a consciousness, or characterized by anything in the nature of self-satisfaction or complacency as to ourselves. Really, under the enlightening work of the Holy Spirit, we come more and more to the realization of utter hopelessness, so far as we are concerned. That consciousness may be the background of the pathway of the glory.

(After I shared BELIEVER 7 asked a question about, What would have happened if Adam had not fell, would there still be paradise, BELIEVER 3 gave a general answer of “Yes”, then BELIEVER 4 continues)

BELIEVER 4:The most important thing is for God to continue His work in us in our hearts.  Not the deep questions of what would have happened if Adam would have fell.  Let us not go on with the hypothesis, let us go on with the works of God.

(BELIEVER 6 is mainly sharing from the Holy Word for Morning Revival: Crystallization of Isaiah v.4, by Witness Lee)

BELIEVER 6 Starts:To open the eyes and deliver them from darkness to light and the authority of Satan to God, to receive forgiveness of sins and an inheritance of those who are sanctified by faith in me. (Acts 26)

The first thing God teaches is that man needs to come back to God, when we possess God and enjoy him, we have the true liberty.  When we lose God we become poor and slaves (of darkness).  After we are captured we are oppressed. 

Amen Lord Jesus, thank You for Your word of this night, Your are our help, and You take away all our tiredness and sleepiness. Thank You for the Life of BELIEVER 5, those who want to walk in your way have many obstacles, give the provision, thank You for all the brothers in the fellowship, thank You because Your things are yes and amen.  We are not slaves of Satan, we are slaves of You, we need You to work a lot in our lives, we need to allow our old nature to be left behind, we are poor and lepers, but You only take us to keep going forward, we are as a prodigal son.  Thank You for this day. 

(Brother BELIEVER 7 finishes from the Secrets of Spiritual Power from the writings of Watchman Nee)

BELIEVER 7:  the type of people that God gives His spiritual riches, life, and light to are those who yearn to be used by the Lord with all their hearts.  To the degree that our hearts are toward God, to that degree will our eyes be opened.The reason we have so little light is that we have no heart for the Lord. Many brothers and sisters in Christ make no spiritual progress before the Lord.  All they have is mental knowledge; there is no true light.