How to Overcome Temptation in Spiritual Warfare

How to Overcome Temptation in Spiritual Warfare

Jingxing, South Korea

Brothers and sisters,

I wish you peace in the Lord! Not infrequently, all sorts of spiritual warfare will occur throughout our time of faith in and following God. There are temptations regarding money, status and name, and temptations between men and women, as well as slander by unbelievers, obstruction and suppression from loved ones, as well as being hunted down and persecuted by a satanic regime. Sometimes completely unexpected calamities befall us.

We Should Know the Significance of God’s Raising Up the Man Used by the Holy Spirit

Picture of The Church of Almighty God

He Yi Zhuanghe City, Liaoning Province

In “Ten Administrative Decrees God’s Chosen People Must Keep” it is stipulated: “In the work or the church affairs, apart from obeying God, you should take orders from the man used by the Holy Spirit in everything and should not disobey any of them but should obey them absolutely. Do not analyze whether they are right or wrong. Whether they are right or wrong has nothing to do with you. You should just obey them absolutely.”

Only Those Who Accept the Truth Can Hear God’s Voice

Introduction

Where there is the appearance of God,

there’s expression of the truth and the voice of God.

Only those who accept the truth

can hear God’s voice and witness His appearance.

Put away views of “impossible”!

Thoughts of impossible are likely to happen.

What Is the Meaning of Christmas, and Are You Truly Worshiping the Lord Jesus?

What Is the Meaning of Christmas, and Are You Truly Worshiping the Lord Jesus?

December 8, 2018

By Siyuan

The Origins of Christmas

Every year, as Christmas approaches, shops on the street arrange a dazzling display of Christmas presents, with Santa Claus and Christmas trees, and so on. Festooned in trees and on buildings there are many-colored lights, and whole cities are decorated with lanterns and colored hangings, and everywhere there is joy and excitement. To Christianity, Christmas is a very special holiday, and several months before Christmas, many churches will begin to busy themselves preparing everything necessary for the Christmas holiday. On Christmas Day, the churches are filled, and brothers and sisters get involved in the celebrations, eating Christmas dinner, putting on performances and worshiping the Lord Jesus, and so on. Everyone’s face is flushed with happiness. However, when we get together in joyous gatherings to celebrate the Lord Jesus’ birth, do we understand the meaning of Christmas? Perhaps brothers and sisters will say, “The Lord Jesus was nailed upon the cross to redeem all mankind, and so as to remember and celebrate the Lord Jesus’ birth, Christians established Christmas. Though the specific day on which the Lord Jesus was born is not recorded in the Bible, Christmas gradually became a universal holiday in the wake of the expansion of Jesus Christ’s gospel.” We may have known this, but do we know God’s love and His will for us that was actually hidden behind the birth of the Lord Jesus? And how should we approach Christmas in a way that is after the Lord’s heart?

There Is a Way to Resolve the Generation Gap (Audio Essay)

April 14, 2018

Brothers and sisters,

Good day!

Recently my relationship with my son has been particularly strained. As he has grown older, the generation gap between us has got deeper and deeper. My son is now in junior high school and I am worried that he will play games online and put off studying. I am also worried about him experiencing puppy love and learning bad ways and so I often watch him. To prevent him picking up bad habits, I check whether there is anything bad on his cell phone. Unexpectedly, he was particularly angry and disgusted after he found out and even asked why I controlled him. My son’s words made me extremely sad. I am his mother. If I do not care for him who will? Isn’t my so-doing for his own good? How come he cannot understand me. He has not spoken to me for several days because of this. I feel so distressed that I can only pray to the Lord. But no matter how much I pray I cannot feel the Lord’s presence. Now I do not know what to do. A sister told me that brothers and sisters of The Church of Almighty God often help her overcome difficulties, so I am sending you this letter in the hope that you can help me.

A Hymn of God's Words"How Hard God's Work Is"

A Hymn of God's Words

How Hard God's Work Is

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The steps of God's work on earth involve great hardship.Man's weakness, deficiencies, childishness, man's ignorance and everything that is of man have been carefully planned and considered by God.Man's like a paper tiger, none dare provoke him.Or he bites back, gets lost, relapses, ignores God, or runs to his "pig dad, dog mum"to indulge in their body's impure things.What a great hindrance!At all steps,God's on trial and faces danger.His words are sincere, honest and without malice.It breaks His heart that none accept or fully submit.He toils night and day and is worried for man's life.He sympathizes with the weakness of man.He endures twists and turns with every word and work.Knowing how man's weak, disobedient, childish, fragile,He turns these things over in His mind, day and night.Who has ever known this?Who can He confide in?Who can understand it?Oh! God's work is so hard.

Testimony of a Christian: How She Overcame the Temptation to Have an Affair (Part 1)

September 19, 2018

By Xiyue, Henan Province

How She Overcame the Temptation to Have an Affair

One evening, Jingru was tidying her place.

“Ring, ring.” The phone began to ring. She answered it and a strange yet familiar voice sounded in her ear: “Hello! It’s Wang Wei. You’re home!”

“Wang Wei?” Jingru was somewhat astonished: Why was he calling her now after so many years?

“Yes … I’m home. What’s up?” asked Jingru in surprise.

No One Understands God's Will

A Hymn of God's Words

No One Understands God's Will

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God has been doing His work amongst you.Yet there is no trace of God's ten percent.The ten percent given by the godly, by the wicked it is seized and taken.Are you not all scattered apart from God?Are you not antagonistic to God?How could God see your wicked deeds that you've done as something so dear?God has selflessly bestowed all on you, so even though you suffer, you still gain everything He brings for you from heaven.Yet there is such little you dedicate.Even if you dedicate a little, later with God you settle your account.You've given God a single grain of sand, but what you ask for is a ton of gold.Won't your contribution amount to nothing?Aren't you just being unreasonable?Today's path goes with curse and with judgment, but know that what God bestows on you, whether it be judgment or chastisement, they meet your urgent needs, the best for you.

Eastern Lightning | God Guides Me to Cast Off Arrogance, I Relate Well to Manager (Part 1)

God Guides Me to Cast Off Arrogance, I Relate Well to Manager

May 11, 2018

By Jinqu

I’m a model painter, and have been working in a foundry for five or six years. I’m sure that I am a veteran worker. With my excellent professional skill, I was spoken highly of by the factory leaders and we were in good relationships. But recently, the manager often went against me by finding fault with my work, which made me depressed and suppressed.

Christian Music Video | Face to Face With God | "Come Before God Often"

Introduction
Come Before God Often

Take the chance when you have time, sit in silence before God.
Read His word, know His truths, right the transgressions in you.
Trials come, take them on; know God’s will and you’ll have strength.
Tell Him what things you lack, share His truth always.
Elated is your soul when you worship Him.

Testimony of Relying on God: When I Receive Wife’s Critical Condition Notice Twice

Testimony of Relying on God: When I Receive Wife’s Critical Condition Notice Twice

April 17, 2018

By Yin Li

    On the fourteenth day of the twelfth lunar month in 2015, my wife and I did our laundry in nice weather. When night fell and my wife was just about to have a rest, I suddenly found that she was sweating all over and looked uncomfortable, so I hurriedly took her to a private clinic nearby. After the doctor gave her a careful checkup and made a diagnosis, he said, “Your wife has an acute coronary heart disease. I will prescribe her some medicine and give her an injection, and see if it works. If she doesn’t get better, you have to transfer her to the hospital in time.” Hearing the doctor’s words, I was all in a tremble. I thought, “My wife is seriously ill. Many people died soon after they had this disease. Will my wife lose life too?” Thinking of this, I agreed with the doctor’s suggestion at once.

Eastern Lightning | Confessions of a Happy Model (2)

Confessions of a Happy Model

April 17, 2018

By Ganzhi, the United States

    In the following several months, I spent most of my time listening to God’s words at home, feeling extremely liberated, and my state of mind was renewed. During that period, I thought a lot: My wrong outlook on life not only made me directionless, but it also harmed the relationship between me and my families. I used to talk about everything with my parents and siblings, but later on there was an estrangement between us. When my brother was studying at university, he couldn’t stand the pressure to study and so wanted to drop out. Regardless of his feeling, I told him one time after another, “No good job without good educational background; without a good job, you can’t make good money, let alone get married in the future.” In frustration, he said to me, “Sister, I don’t like my major. I’m not you. So, don’t force your preferences on me. As long as I can live happily even without money, it will be fine.” That was the first time we quarreled. At last, he quitted school. I couldn’t understand him, and he no longer spoke his heart to me. When my mother read God’s words to me, I didn’t want to listen; gradually, we spoke heart to heart with each other less and less. When my father and sister phoned me to show concern for me, I couldn’t feel their concern for me, but always responded with frostiness, only bent on my work. Thinking of this, I felt I had missed so many good days that I should have spent with my families. If only I could go back to the past! I wanted to attend meetings with my mother and especially longed to stay with brothers and sisters. So I dialed my mother’s phone number and told her why and how much I wanted to return before God. She was very excited at my words, and sighed with relief, “I have tried to persuade you for so many years but was in vain. This is really that God is doing His own work, creating this environment to put you out of your misery. It’s true that what is impossible for man is absolutely possible for God. Thanks be to God!” From this moment, the knot between me and my mother was undone. Following that, communicating our knowledge of God’s words became our common topic. Then I asked my mother to help me contact the church near my work. Nevertheless, the Chinese government persecuted the Christians so severely that the environment in all places were extremely adverse. Thus, it was difficult for me to get in touch with the local church.

Eastern Lightning | Viewing Things From a Different Perspective, We Will Have a Surprising Gain

April 13, 2018
      By Yang Han

    I am not fond of overhearing others’ conversations because I think it is impolite. Unexpectedly, one day I actually overheard one.

     I Overheard a Conversation

   I share an apartment with two friends. One day when I was writing in the living room, I felt a little upset because of a problem I encountered and wanted to get some fresh air to relax myself on the balcony. As the window of my friends’ bedroom opened onto the balcony, hardly had I gotten to the balcony when I heard my two friends talking: “I feel Yang Han is very self-righteous and conceited, and she likes competing with others….” “One day Sister Yun told me that she was very snobbish…. Probably she herself hasn’t notice these yet….” Hearing these words, I felt extremely upset with anger welling up within. And I thought: How could you speak ill of me behind my back? If you really treat me as your friends, why not point out my shortcomings to my face and help me improve rather than talk about me behind my back? At the thought of this, I really wanted to question them or just push the door open and hear what else they would say. Yet I finally refrained myself as I thought of these words in the Bible: “Then came Peter to him, and said, Lord, how oft shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? till seven times? Jesus said to him, I say not to you, Until seven times: but, Until seventy times seven” (Matthew 18:21-22). From these words, I knew that God asked us not to get angry and lose our temper but to learn to tolerate and be patient when we are associating with others.

Eastern Lightning | A Christian Girl Finally Found Her Mr. Right

    April 6, 2018

    By Xiaoxiao

 Boys and girls, teaching buildings and dormitories, they are easily connected with schoolyard crushes. As time goes by, these crushes are set as fond memories, sealed in a diary called MEMORY. Years later, when a girl opens her diary, memories are replaying like movie scenes one after another …

On a bright sunny afternoon, students were buzzing in the classroom. The girl’s deskmate asked another classmate, “Have you ever thought of what your future boyfriend will be like?” Hearing this, the girl supported her head on one hand, falling into deep thought: What will my boyfriend be like? A teen, in the prime of youth, always has great longings for the future. The girl was tall among other teenage girls, neither fat nor thin, and with a sharp chin on her oval face, she was not that outstanding but still eye-catching. She had her standard for her future boyfriend, and she expected him to be tall and thin and good-looking—even if he was not that outstanding, he should not be too ugly.

Eastern Lightning | Why should mankind believe in God?

For thousands of years, we humans have been struggling and seeking in pain… and disappear in despair at last. Where do we humans come from? Who can help us get rid of all the pains? This documentary leads us to seek our root.

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God's Word "How Can Man Who Has Defined God in His Conceptions Receive the Revelations of God?"

       Introduction

    Almighty God says, "God does not continue the same work. His work changes continuously, and he always does new works. For example, every day I speak new words to you and do new works on you. This is the work I do, which is mainly characterized by being 'new' and 'peculiar.' The word, 'God is ever unchanging, and God is God after all,' is absolutely true. God’s essence does not change, God is God after all, and he cannot become satan. But these do not prove that his work is ever unchanging as his essence is. If you say that God is ever unchanging, then how do you explain God’s being ever new and never old? God’s work spreads continuously and changes continuously, and God’s will is revealed and made known to people continuously."

Not Knowing Christ’s Divine Substance Is the Root of Man’s Resistance to God

Not Knowing Christ’s Divine Substance Is the Root of Man’s Resistance to God

A Hymn of God's Words

Not Knowing Christ's Divine SubstanceIs the Root of Man's Resistance to God

The divinity of Christis above all mankind.He's the highest authority among all created beings.This is His divinity, disposition and being.These are what determine the identity of Him.Normal is His humanity, in different roles He speaks, and utterly He obeys God, yet He is still God, there's no doubt.

Christian Life | A Restaurant’s Harvest

Ming Zhen

Cong Xin worked as a waitress in a restaurant, and she had always been a conscientious worker. But for some reason, the manager had recently started to lose his temper with her indiscriminately. Ever since she was small, Cong Xin had always wanted to excel and to do her best at everything she did, and even her stepfather very seldom spoke ill of her. But now she had to face the restaurant manager who was purposefully making things difficult for her. So many times, Cong Xin had wanted to get into a blazing row with him, but when she thought of how she was a believer in God and that she must be someone with humanity and reason, she would realize that she could no longer act however she wished, as she had done before she believed in God. Therefore, whenever the manager got angry at her, Cong Xin prayed in her heart: “O God! You permit this current situation to happen, and I pray that You keep me from getting hot-blooded, and from doing anything that brings shame to Your name or that makes me Satan’s laughingstock.” After praying, her heart would become a little calmer.

Eastern Lightning | How To Enter The Reality of God's Words

Picture of The Church of Almighty God

 A Hymn of God's Words
How to Enter the Reality of God's Words

Those who give their all to God, place themselves wholly in front of Him, they can obey His words with all of their hearts, put His words into practice.If you act according to His will, casting aside the flesh, working to satisfy His will, you will enter into the reality of the word of God, of the word of God!

Eastern Lightning | Resolving the “Cold War” Makes My Life Even Happier!

Resolving the “Cold War” Makes My Life Even Happier!

January 27, 2018

Tian Yu

When I got married, my family advised me that “All lay loads on the willing horse,” that after marriage, I must be in charge so that I’m not taken advantage of, so that my life will be fulfilled and happy. So, after marriage, I always wanted to be in charge and that whatever I said would go. In the beginning, my husband would consult me for all matters big and small in our home.But as time went on, he would often not consult with me, but do things according to his will. Because of this, I felt rather unhappy. I felt that my husband didn’t take me seriously. I thought, “If things continue like this, I wouldn’t have a place to stand on in this family.” In order that I could be in charge, I would often sulk and ignore my husband until he softened and said nice things to me, and things only ended when I was satisfied.