Daily Portions

The Intrinsic and Organic Building Up of the Church as the Body of Christ, part 4

The Intrinsic Growth of the Church for Its Organic Increase

Morning revival verses

Day 4 / Thursday

Ephesians 4:13 Until we all arrive at the oneness of the faith and of the full knowledge of the Son of God, at a full-grown man, at the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ.

Ephesians 4:15 But holding to truth in love, we may grow up into Him in all things, who is the Head, Christ.

Day 5 / Friday

John 3:29-30 He who has the bride is the bridegroom; but the friend of the bridegroom, who stands and hears him, rejoices with joy because of the bridegroom’s voice. This joy of mine therefore is made full. 30 He must increase, but I must decrease.

John 3:34 For He whom God has sent speaks the words of God, for He gives the Spirit not by measure.

Day 6 / Saturday

John 3:6 That which is born of the flesh is flesh, and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.

John 6:63 It is the Spirit who gives life; the flesh profits nothing; the words which I have spoken to you are spirit and are life.

Reading portion 2

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Podcast 2

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The Intrinsic and Organic Building Up of the Church as the Body of Christ, part 3

The Intrinsic Growth of the Church for Its Organic Increase

Morning revival verses

Day 1 / Monday

Colossians 2:19 …holding the Head, out from whom all the Body, being richly supplied and knit together by means of the joints and sinews, grows with the growth of God.

Colossians 1:28 Whom we announce, admonishing every man and teaching every man in all wisdom that we may present every man full-grown in Christ.

Day 2 / Tuesday

1 Corinthians 3:6 I planted, Apollos watered, but God caused the growth.

Colossians 3:16 Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom, teaching and admonishing one another with psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to God.

Day 3 / Wednesday

Ephesians 1:22-23 And He…gave Him to be Head over all things to the church, 23 Which is His Body, the fullness of the One who fills all in all.

Ephesians 3:8 To me, less than the least of all saints, was this grace given to announce to the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ as the gospel.

Reading portion 1

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Podcast 1

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The Intrinsic and Organic Building Up of the Church as the Body of Christ, part 2

The Intrinsic Essence of the Church for Its Organic Existence

Morning revival verses

Day 4 / Thursday

1 Corinthians 12:28 And God has placed some in the church: first apostles, second prophets, third teachers; then works of power, then gifts of healing, helps, administrations, various kinds of tongues.

Ephesians 4:3-6 Being diligent to keep the oneness of the Spirit in the uniting bond of peace: 4 One Body and one Spirit, even as also you were called in one hope of your calling; 5 One Lord, one faith, one baptism; 6 One God and Father of all, who is over all and through all and in all.

Day 5 / Friday

2 Corinthians 11:2-3 For I am jealous over you with a jealousy of God; for I betrothed you to one husband to present you as a pure virgin to Christ. 3 But I fear lest somehow, as the serpent deceived Eve by his craftiness, your thoughts would be corrupted from the simplicity and the purity toward Christ.

Day 6 / Saturday

2 Corinthians 10:4-5 For the weapons of our warfare are not fleshly but powerful before God for the overthrowing of strongholds, 5 As we overthrow reasonings and every high thing rising up against the knowledge of God, and take captive every thought unto the obedience of Christ.

Psalms 139:23 Search me, O God, and know my heart; / Try me, and know my anxious thoughts.

Reading portion 2

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Podcast 2

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The Intrinsic and Organic Building Up of the Church as the Body of Christ, part 1

The Intrinsic Essence of the Church for Its Organic Existence

Morning revival verses

Day 1 / Monday

1 John 1:2 (And the life was manifested, and we have seen and testify and report to you the eternal life, which was with the Father and was manifested to us).

1 John 5:1 Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ has been begotten of God, and everyone who loves Him who has begotten loves him also who has been begotten of Him.

Day 2 / Tuesday

Genesis 2:22 And Jehovah God built the rib, which He had taken from the man, into a woman and brought her to the man.

John 1:12 But as many as received Him, to them He gave the authority to become children of God, to those who believe into His name.

John 3:29a, 30 He who has the bride is the bridegroom….30 He must increase, but I must decrease.

Day 3 / Wednesday

John 15:1 I am the true vine, and My Father is the husbandman.

John 15:4-5 Abide in Me and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself unless it abides in the vine, so neither can you unless you abide in Me. 5 I am the vine; you are the branches. He who abides in Me and I in him, he bears much fruit; for apart from Me you can do nothing.

Reading portion 1

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Podcast 1

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The Will of God, part 16

Meeting to Know and Do the Will of God

Morning revival verses

Day 4 / Thursday

1 Timothy 1:4 Nor to give heed to myths and unending genealogies, which produce questionings rather than God’s economy, which is in faith.

Ephesians 3:9 And to enlighten all that they may see what the economy of the mystery is, which throughout the ages has been hidden in God, who created all things.

Day 5 / Friday

1 Corinthians 14:23 If therefore the whole church comes together in one place…

1 Corinthians 14:26 What then, brothers? Whenever you come together, each one has a psalm, has a teaching, has a revelation, has a tongue, has an interpretation. Let all things be done for building up.

Day 6 / Saturday

1 Corinthians 14:24-25 But if all prophesy and some unbeliever or unlearned person enters, he is convicted by all, he is examined by all; 25 The secrets of his heart become manifest; and so falling on his face, he will worship God, declaring that indeed God is among you.

1 Corinthians 14:31 For you can all prophesy one by one that all may learn and all may be encouraged.

Reading portion 2

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Podcast 2

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The Will of God, part 15

Meeting to Know and Do the Will of God

Morning revival verses

Day 1 / Monday

Hebrews 10:25 Not abandoning our own assembling together, as the custom with some is, but exhorting one another; and so much the more as you see the day drawing near.

1 Corinthians 14:23-24 If therefore the whole church comes together in one place, and all speak in tongues, and some unlearned in tongues or unbelievers enter, will they not say that you are insane? 24 But if all prophesy and some unbeliever or unlearned person enters, he is convicted by all, he is examined by all.

Day 2 / Tuesday

Psalm 73:16-17 When I considered this in order to understand it, / It was a troublesome task in my sight, 17 Until I went into the sanctuary of God; / Then I perceived their end.

Day 3 / Wednesday

Colossians 1:12 Giving thanks to the Father, who has qualified you for a share of the allotted portion of the saints in the light.

1 Corinthians 14:26 What then, brothers? Whenever you come together, each one has a psalm, has a teaching, has a revelation, has a tongue, has an interpretation. Let all things be done for building up.

Reading portion 1

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Podcast 1

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The Will of God, part 14

Taking the Lord’s Yoke (the Father’s Will) upon Us and Learning from Him to Find Rest for Our Souls

Morning revival verses

Day 4 / Thursday

Exodus 31:13 Speak also to the children of Israel, saying, You shall surely keep My Sabbaths; for it is a sign between Me and you throughout your generations, that you may know that I am Jehovah who sanctifies you.

Exodus 31:15a Six days work shall be done, but on the seventh day there is a Sabbath of complete rest, holy to Jehovah….

Day 5 / Friday

Isaiah 13:1 The burden concerning Babylon, which Isaiah the son of Amoz saw:

Acts 6:4 But we will continue steadfastly in prayer and in the ministry of the word.

Day 6 / Saturday

Zechariah 12:1 The burden of the word of Jehovah concerning Israel. Thus declares Jehovah, who stretches forth the heavens and lays the foundations of the earth and forms the spirit of man within him,

Malachi 2:7 For the priest’s lips should keep knowledge, and men should seek instruction from his mouth, for he is the messenger of Jehovah of hosts.

Reading portion 2

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Podcast 2

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