0829亲密关系预备你进入事奉
与我的亲密关系，是事奉的先决条件——也是生命中一切其他事情的根基。你与我的关系，会在事奉中自然流露出来。除非你里面被【我的圣灵】大大充满，否则你就会依靠自己的力量和知识去与人接触。我有一条更好的道路——我圣灵的道路，恩典的道路：与我如此亲近，以至于你只做我所指示你的事，只说我所指示你的话。
将自己投入我爱的海洋，把自己浸泡在我的同在里，无论你去到哪里，都会散发出我的爱。当你背起自己的十字架，并舍弃私心，建立与我更深的亲密时，我的大能便透过你运行。当你把我们的关系放在首位时，事奉将会成为自然的回应；当你爱我，你也会爱别人；当你与我合一，你就会感受到我对周围人的怜悯。不要让你的恐惧、态度或观点阻碍我们之间神圣的伙伴关系，只需将你的意志投入神圣激情的火焰中，我必洁净你所做的一切。
从你内心最深处正流出我圣灵的丰盛，永不使人失望。你的子宫里正孕育着丰收的麦子；他们是藉着你传授的纯洁所养育的儿女。你已经变得多么恩慈！——雅歌 7:2–3
0829 Intimacy prepares you for ministry
Intimacy with me is the precursor for ministry–the very foundation for everything else in life. Out of your relationship with me, ministry flows. Unless you are overflowing, you will depend on your own strength and knowledge to reach others. I have a better way–the way of my Spirit, the way of grace: to be so close to me that you only do and say what I show you.
Plunge yourself into the ocean of my love. Saturate yourself in my presence, and you will drip with my love everywhere you go. When you take up your cross and sacrifice your selfishness for greater intimacy, I move through you mightily. When you make our relationship the priority, ministry will be the natural response. When you love me, you will love others. When you are one with me, you will feel my compassion for the people around you. Don’t let your fears, attitudes, or opinions get in the way of our holy partnership. Simply submerge your will in the fires of divine passion, and I will purify all that you do.
Out of your innermost being is flowing the fullness of my Spirit–never failing to satisfy. Within your womb there is a birthing of harvest wheat; they are the sons and daughters nurtured by the purity you impart. How gracious you have become! –SONG OF SONGS 7:2-3