“Recently, I heard a saying that the working saints are the backbone of the church. I feel that this description is most appropriate. The working saints are the backbone of the church. 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, Me…

“Indeed, I am doing a new thing; / It will now spring forth; / Do you not know it? / I will even make a way in the wilderness, / Rivers in the desert” (Isa. 43:19). This week we continue the series titled, “The Backbone of the Church,” with testimonies from brothers and sisters on their experience in migrating for the Lord’s move. These testimonies…

“The phrase ‘living to Him’ is difficult to translate. It does not mean to live for the Lord. It means to live unto Him. To live to Him means that we and the Lord are one. It is like a wife living to her husband in the marriage life. In such a way we live a life of living to the Lord and being one with Him.” (Witness Lee, Messages Given to the Work…

“And leaving them, He went out of the city to Bethany and lodged there” (Matt. 21:17). “Now when Jesus was in Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper” (Matt. 26:6). This week we conclude the series titled, "Migration Within the United States,” with speaking from brother Minoru Chen on being open to migrate to key cities within the United States. T…

“We need to migrate to strategic cities in the United States and Europe for the spread of the Lord’s testimony. However, we should not carry out migrations in the way of a movement. Instead, we need to encourage the saints to receive a burden from the Lord to pray for the spread of His recovery so that the Lord may lead them to migrate to new local…

“Come, my beloved, let us go forth into the fields; Let us lodge in the villages. Let us rise up early for the vineyards; Let us see if the vine has budded, If the blossom is open, If the pomegranates are in bloom; There I will give you my love” (S.S. 7:11). This week we continue the series titled, "Migration Within the United States,” with testimo…

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 …

“Now the Lord intends to use the United States as a center for the spread of the church life. I believe that the Lord will preserve the United States for His purpose to spread the church life from this country to many other countries on earth. We need to be burdened and ready to bear the responsibility to migrate for the Lord’s move.” (Witness Lee,…

“The Lord will first recover the proper church life in the United States, and then He will use the United States as a central base from which to spread His recovery throughout the earth. I have no doubt that this is the Lord’s recovery. From the beginning, everything related to the Lord’s recovery in this country has been miraculous—it has not been…

For the rest of this year we are re-airing the very first series of the Living to Him Podcast, titled “Being Vitalized for a Normal Christian Life and Service.” Originally aired in 2021, this series mainly consists of fellowship from Brother Andrew Yu from 2007 to 2008 on his heavy burden for the working saints to become vitalized. We hope that thi…

For the rest of this year we are re-airing the very first series of the Living to Him Podcast, titled “Being Vitalized for a Normal Christian Life and Service.” Originally aired in 2021, this series mainly consists of fellowship from Brother Andrew Yu from 2007 to 2008 on his heavy burden for the working saints to become vitalized. We hope that thi…

For the rest of this year we are re-airing the very first series of the Living to Him Podcast, titled “Being Vitalized for a Normal Christian Life and Service.” Originally aired in 2021, this series mainly consists of fellowship from Brother Andrew Yu from 2007 to 2008 on his heavy burden for the working saints to become vitalized. We hope that thi…

For the rest of this year we are re-airing the very first series of the Living to Him Podcast, titled “Being Vitalized for a Normal Christian Life and Service.” Originally aired in 2021, this series mainly consists of fellowship from Brother Andrew Yu from 2007 to 2008 on his heavy burden for the working saints to become vitalized. We hope that thi…

For the rest of this year we are re-airing the very first series of the Living to Him Podcast, titled “Being Vitalized for a Normal Christian Life and Service.” Originally aired in 2021, this series mainly consists of fellowship from Brother Andrew Yu from 2007 to 2008 on his heavy burden for the working saints to become vitalized. We hope that thi…

For the rest of this year we are re-airing the very first series of the Living to Him Podcast, titled “Being Vitalized for a Normal Christian Life and Service.” Originally aired in 2021, this series mainly consists of fellowship from Brother Andrew Yu from 2007 to 2008 on his heavy burden for the working saints to become vitalized. We hope that thi…

For the rest of this year we are re-airing the very first series of the Living to Him Podcast, titled “Being Vitalized for a Normal Christian Life and Service.” Originally aired in 2021, this series mainly consists of fellowship from Brother Andrew Yu from 2007 to 2008 on his heavy burden for the working saints to become vitalized. We hope that thi…

For the rest of this year we are re-airing the very first series of the Living to Him Podcast, titled “Being Vitalized for a Normal Christian Life and Service.” Originally aired in 2021, this series mainly consists of fellowship from Brother Andrew Yu from 2007 to 2008 on his heavy burden for the working saints to become vitalized. We hope that thi…

“Then He said to His disciples, The harvest is great, but the workers few; Therefore beseech the Lord of the harvest that He would thrust out workers into His harvest” (Matt. 9:37-38). This week we conclude the series titled, “The Lord’s Move to Europe,” with speaking from brothers Bob Danker and Minoru Chen on participating in the Lord’s move to E…

“Now when Jesus was in Bethany…A woman came to Him, having an alabaster flask of ointment of great value, and she poured it on His head as He reclined at table. But when the disciples saw it, they were indignant, saying, Why this waste? But Jesus, knowing it, said…she has done a noble deed to Me…Wherever this gospel is proclaimed in the whole world…

“…In the divisions of Reuben / There were great searchings of heart” (Judg. 5:16b). “…Among the divisions of Reuben / There were great resolutions in heart” (Judg. 5:15b). This week we continue the series titled, “The Lord’s Move to Europe,” with testimonies from brother Jameson Chen and other brothers and sisters on their participation in the Lord…

“Then I heard the voice of the Lord, saying, Whom shall I send? Who will go for Us? And I said, Here am I; send me. And He said, Go…” (Isa. 6:8-9a). “And there was a certain disciple in Damascus named Ananias; and the Lord said to him in a vision, Ananias. And he said, Behold, I am here, Lord. And the Lord said to him, Rise up and go…” (Acts 9:10-1…

“Today we must prepare ourselves to be the Bride [of Christ] by taking in the element of Christ’s riches as our nourishment. Christ is the food for the church. Therefore, as she prepares herself to be presented to Christ, the church must eat Christ. There is no other way to be prepared. Eating Jesus is the way.” (Witness Lee, Life-Study of Ephesian…

Write Thou on me Thy treasured name, Mingled with Thee—my blessed aim; Thy Spirit [seals] my every part, Thy word inscribes Thee on my heart. Make home in me, thus I in Thee! 'Til I am Thee and Thou art me! (Minoru Chen, Write Thou on Me, Dear Lord, Thy Name, Stanza 7) This week we continue the series titled, “Time with the Lord,” with a new hymn f…

“And it was given to her that she should be clothed in fine linen, bright and clean; for the fine linen is the righteousnesses of the saints. And he said to me, Write, Blessed are they who are called to the marriage dinner of the Lamb” (Rev. 19:8-9a). “And I saw the holy city, New Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride a…

“The Lord will search us, purge us, cleanse us, anoint us, and speak to us in our morning watch. He will accomplish much with us in a living way. Our contact with the Lord depends on our cooperation with Him. We cooperate with Him by loving Him, consecrating ourselves to Him, and standing on the ground of our consecration to contact Him day by day.…

“Christ also loved the church and gave Himself up for her that He might sanctify her, cleansing her by the washing of the water in the word, that He might present the church to Himself glorious, not having spot or wrinkle or any such things, but that she would be holy and without blemish” (Eph. 5:25b-27). This week we begin a new series titled, “Ti…

“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. For where there are two or three gathered into My name, there am I in their midst” (Matt. 18:19-20). This week we conclude the series titled, “Being Engaged in the Lord’s Serv…

“The ministry of the priests is engaged especially in the service of God; their responsibility is to serve God. Their main function is to draw near to God and to wait and remain in His presence.” (Witness Lee, Truth Lessons Level 3, Volume 2, p. 126, Living Stream Ministry) This week we continue the series titled, “Being Engaged in the Lord’s Servi…

“Then Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying, This is what applies to the Levites: From twenty-five years old and upward they shall go in to perform the service in the work of the Tent of Meeting. And from the age of fifty years they shall retire from the service in the work and shall serve no more. But they may minister to their brothers in the Tent of Me…

“A proper Christian life has three aspects: fighting the good fight against Satan and his kingdom of darkness for the interests of God’s kingdom; running the course for the carrying out of God’s economy according to His eternal purpose; and keeping the faith for participation in the divine riches in God’s economy. In this Paul set up an adequate pa…

“Whatever one loves, his whole heart, even his entire being, is set on and occupied and possessed by. This is crucial! Whether there would be a day of glory in the church’s victory or grievous days of the church’s decline depends altogether on what kind of lovers we are...” (Witness Lee, Holy Bible Recovery Version, 2 Tim. 3:2, note 2, Living Strea…

“But in a great house there are not only gold and silver vessels but also wooden and earthen; and some are unto honor, and some unto dishonor. If therefore anyone cleanses himself from these, he will be a vessel unto honor, sanctified, useful to the master, prepared unto every good work.” (2 Tim. 2:20-21) This week we continue the special series ti…

“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. 2:2) 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 Timothys to not only continue the line of re…

“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 …

“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’…

“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,”…

“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 c…

“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” (Phi…

“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 ch…

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 revi…

“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 …

“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. …

“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…

“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 …

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/20…

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…

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/2…

“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 …

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, refle…