The Living to Him Podcast

“The real meaning of being full time is to live to Him. To go full time does not mean to drop your job and become a preacher… A full-timer is one who lives to the Lord. Every believer, without one exception, should be such a one. As long as you are a believer, you have to realize that you should be one living to Him. We have to live to Him because He is ours and we are His." (Witness Lee, Elder’s...

“The meetings and services in the past did not create enough opportunities for the saints to serve…. Today everywhere abounds with opportunity, from preaching the gospel by visitation, through the home meetings, to the small group meetings and the district meetings." (Witness Lee, Messages Given to the Working Saints , Chapter 6. Living Stream Ministry). This week we continue the series entitled “...

“The working saints are the backbone of the church. When a man has trouble with his backbone, his whole body is in trouble.... The backbone is a very important part of a man's body. In the same way the working saints are very important in the new way in the Lord's recovery." (Witness Lee, Messages Given to the Working Saints , Chapter 6. Living Stream Ministry). This week we continue the series en...

“Whenever God visits us and revives us, His Spirit blows on us like a mighty wind to bring a spiritual storm into our life, into our work, and into our church, causing us to be dissatisfied and concerned about our spiritual condition and to have a turn in our spiritual life" (Ezekiel 1:4, footnote 2. Recovery Version , Living Stream Ministry). This week we continue the series entitled “Our Respons...

“There is the need of revival and an overcoming living. To practice Ephesians 4:11-16, there is the need of total consecration. In everything, seek the growth in life and in all things, grow up into the Head, which is Christ. The more consecrated we are, the more we will receive... It is never too late to start, and it is never too much to get up after we fail.” - Andrew Yu (April 2008) In today’s...

Commission, commitment, and companionship. These three words summarize how we, as beneficiaries of the co-workers’ fellowship, can rise up to respond to the Lord’s burden for our generation. In this episode, we continue our series entitled "Our Response,” featuring testimonies from saints who have taken definite steps to live out the God-man living and carry out the God-ordained way. May we all re...

There are many obstacles that hinder us from having a vital living, and we often try to overcome them by ourselves, only to fail. The secret is to face the obstacles together -  by praying together, fellowshipping together, researching the ministry together, and addressing them together - so that we can enter into a vital living. In this episode, we begin a new series entitled “Our Response,”...

This week concludes the series on our commission as working saints in the church life. After hearing the Lord's speaking to us throughout this series, how can we find a direction forward in our present circumstances? In this final segment, brother Minoru Chen presents a number of items on how we can apply this fellowship to make our consecration practical and effective. This is episode 5 of 5 of t...

In last week’s podcast, brother Minoru Chen cautioned us regarding the dangers of being idle and unfruitful as revealed in 2 Peter Chapter One. This week, brother Minoru shares further from Peter’s words a comprehensive antidote to such a condition. God has provided everything we need to live a fruitful life in His kingdom. By recalling, responding, being renewed, receiving, and resolving we can p...

In episodes 6 and 7 of our previous series, “Being Vitalized,” brother Andrew Yu warned us regarding the problems of leaking and drifting. In this episode, brother Minoru Chen speaks of the danger of becoming idle and unfruitful according to 2 Peter 1:8. Such conditions, if not avoided, will have a devastating impact on our Christian life and church life. This is episode 3 of the series entitled “...

The way we view ourselves dictates our actions and behavior. Therefore, we need an uplifted view, the divine view, to see that as working saints we should be the core of the church. If we realize this, we will take the lead to pick up the burdens of the church, and the whole church will benefit. In this episode, we continue the series entitled “Our Commission,” with excerpts taken from brother Min...

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 their spiritual principles to the church life today....

Being Vitalized for a Normal Christian Life and Service. Sometimes when we find ourselves drifting in our spiritual life, we may want to blame the current of the world. However, the real reason we drift is because there is no direction in our Christian life. Therefore, even a small current will eventually carry us away if we do not set proper goals. In this episode, brother Andrew Yu challenges us...

Being Vitalized for a Normal Christian Life and Service. The book of Hebrews was written to all of us. As those who believe in the Lord Jesus, we have left the world behind us and are pursuing toward something before us. In order to arrive at our destination, we have to set proper goals in our life to keep us on the right track. In this third episode taken from a fellowship in 2008, brother Andrew...

Being Vitalized for a Normal Christian Life and Service. In Hebrews 2:1, the apostle Paul admonished the Hebrew believers to “give heed more abundantly to the things which have been heard lest perhaps we drift away.” The Greek word for drift conveys both the meaning to leak or slip away, as well as to drift away with the current and become lost. In this second of three episodes taken from a fellow...

Being Vitalized for a Normal Christian Life and Service. In the Bible there are three kinds of living: the living that was in Egypt before salvation, the living in the wilderness after salvation, and the living in the good land as the goal of our salvation. In this first of three episodes taken from fellowship given by brother Andrew Yu in 2008, our brother was burdened that we, as the real Hebrew...

Being Vitalized for a Normal Christian Life and Service. “Nothing is real to you until you bring it to prayer. Everything you hear is inspiration. Until you pray, it’s not yours.” In this fellowship from 2008, brother Andrew Yu challenges us to all find a vital companion in the new year and get together with them weekly to pray. “If two or three see this revelation, touch the power of Christ's res...

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, reflect, repent, renew, and reset. He also encourages us to gather our family together for a dedicated tim...

Being Vitalized for a Normal Christian Life and Service. As believers, we need to realize the importance of the period of time between our 20's and 40's in determining our usefulness to the Lord. In this fellowship from 2007, brother Gerald Chan shares his burden for those of us going through this stage of life to redeem the time so that there could be a progressive manifestation of our function i...

Being Vitalized for a Normal Christian Life and Service. “There should not be a condemnation of where they are, but an aspiration of where they want to be!” In this episode, brother Andrew Yu continues his fellowship on “7 Points of Vital Living,” and how we must practice to have an exercised, vital living. This is episode 3 of 9. Original message and speaking notes are available here .

Being Vitalized for a Normal Christian Life and Service. What is it to have a vital living? In this fellowship, brother Andrew Yu shares “7 Points of Vital Living”: (1) Schedule for living (2) Morning revival (3) Pursuit of the truth (4) Companion prayer (5) Contacting people (6) Church meetings, and (7) Sanctified finances. This is episode 2 of 9. Original message and speaking notes are available...

Being Vitalized for a Normal Christian Life and Service. As Christians, how should we live our lives today? “A Normal Life and Service” is the subject of the concluding chapter of Messages Given to the Working Saints (Witness Lee). In this episode, taken from a fellowship in 2007, brother Andrew Yu draws on that message and shares his burden for the next generation of working saints to have a cons...

A trailer and invitation to subscribe to the upcoming Living to Him podcast. The first series of this new podcast is entitled "Being Vitalized for a Normal Christian Life and Service". This series will focus on seven steps to have a vital living according to the God-ordained way.