The Living to Him Podcast

“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 continue the series titled, “Doing the Will of God,” wi...

"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 meeting was held during a conference i...

“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 Heart for People”, with speaking from brother Minoru...

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, California. The video and original recording can...

“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 People”, with speaking from brother Minoru Chen on tw...

“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 the Lord, we must be absent from everything and occ...

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

“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 from brothers and sisters in response to brother M...

“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 spiritual reality, He was mature, strong, rich, a...

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 our experiences in t...

“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 along Our Spiritual Race,” with speaking from bro...

“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 Church of God,” with speaking from brother Ron...

“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 Ron Kangas on fourteen aspects of a God-man ca...

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 a new series titled, “A Man of God Caring fo...

“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. 352, Living Stream Ministry). This week we conc...

“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 Miller and Tom Goetz on the critical role of th...

“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 , p. 330, Living Stream Ministry). This week we co...

“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, “The Backbone of the Church Life,” with brothers a...

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...

“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 titled, “Burning in Spirit, Serving the Lord,” w...

“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 speaking from brothers Tym Seay, Steve Watts, and Mino...

“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 Ministry) This week we continue the series titled, “Burn...

“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, Serving the Lord,” with brothers and sisters testify...

“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 different localities. This meeting was held during...

“Because narrow is the gate and constricted is the way that leads to life, and few are those who find it. If anyone wants to come after Me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow Me. For whoever wants to save his soul-life shall lose it; but whoever loses his soul-life for My sake shall find it” (Matt. 7:14, 16:24-25). This week we conclude the series titled, “Living the Kingdom Lif...