The Living to Him Podcast

“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 between the apostles with their ministry and th...

“ 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’s Recovery,” with speaking from brother Ron Ka...

“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,” with speaking from brother Andrew Yu on having...

“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 church.” (Witness Lee, The Collected Works of Witne...

“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” ( Philem. 2 ). This week we continue the series ti...

“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 church.” (Witness Lee, The World Situation and God&#...

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 revival and is followed by a course. When the course r...

“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 it occasionally.” (Witness Lee, Holy Bible Rec...

“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. He also was able to apply the law of revival; henc...

“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 Lee , 1932-1949, vol. 2 , pp. 406-407, Living Str...

“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 Lee, The Collected Works of Witness Lee , 1981, vo...

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/2016/02/conference-in-new-york-with-andrew...

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 Lord to have a new beginning that results in new...

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/2016/02/conference-in-new-york-with-andre...

“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 of bearing fruit and perfecting one an...

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, reflect, repent, renew, and reset. He also encourages u...

“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 Yu on the need for vital groups in the...

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 heavenlies. Therefore take up the whole armor of G...

“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 speaking from brother Andrew Yu on the...

“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 brother Andrew Yu on being active to care...

“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 some time for the Lord. In budgeting your finance...

“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 ). This week we continue the series titled, "Livi...

"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 speaking...

“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 forgive your offenses” ( Mark 11:24-26 ). This w...

“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, “Doing the Will of God,” with responses from broth...