Spiritual Awakening of “White Angels” (Part 2) | Eastern Lightning

Spiritual Awakening of “White Angels” (Part 2)

Miaoxiao

Recognizing Mankind That Has Been Corrupted by Satan

    From then on, every day before the dawn, I got up to read God’s words, pray and sing hymns and enjoyed the kind of peace and joy that I had never experienced before. One day, I saw that it said in God’s words: “Cruel, brutal mankind! The conniving and intrigue, the jostling with each other, the scramble for reputation and fortune, the mutual slaughter—when will it ever end? God has spoken hundreds of thousands of words, yet no one has come to their senses. They act for the sake of their families, and sons and daughters, for their careers, prospects, status, vanity, and money, for the sake of clothes, for food and the flesh—whose actions are truly for the sake of God? Even among those whose actions are for the sake of God, there are but few who know God. How many do not act for the sake of their own interests? How many do not oppress and discriminate against others for the sake of maintaining their own status?” (“The Wicked Must Be Punished” in The Word Appears in the Flesh).

Spiritual Awakening of “White Angels” (Part 1) | Eastern LIGHTNING

Spiritual Awakening of “White Angels” (Part 1)

Miaoxiao

Introduction

I am a retired obstetrics and gynecology attending physician. Most of my life was spent in an overworked void. I racked my brains to pursue status, fame and fortune and was unscrupulous in my efforts to make money, busy rushing around for several decades. I even betrayed my own conscience and personality and lost my humanity and rationality, living without any meaning. Until one day when I read the word of Almighty God and saw the truth that I had been corrupted by Satan I gradually had a spiritual awakening….

The Significance For God Making Clothes for Adam and Eve | Eastern Lightning

The Significance For God Making Clothes for Adam and Eve

By Xiangyi

     I remembered that in the first biology class in middle school, our teacher once asked us what the mankind’s ancestors’ first piece of clothing was made of. At that time, my classmates offered various answers. Some said that it was made of grass; some said that it was made of linen. … I had ever come across an extracurricular book that mentioned this question, so I said with assuredness, “It was made of leaves.” My answer won the teacher’s affirmation and approval. And from then on I believed confidently that mankind’s ancestors used leaves to make their own first piece of clothing.

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The Practice of Seeking the Truth | Eastern Lightning

A Hymn of God's Words
The Practice of Seeking the Truth

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In all you encounter,

know which parts of the truth

relate to what's in front of you.

If you pursue God's will

without knowing the truth,

it's fruitless and blind,

will lead to nothing.

Does your state play a part

in how you understand truth?

Do you wonder in encounters

which truth rings true?

The Gain of a Meeting – Happy Family | Eastern Lightning

The Gain of a Meeting – Happy Family

     To an outsider, Zhang Zhong and Li Ying have been accompanying each other for over 50 years, and they are an old and happy couple. However, the fact is not like what its surface suggests. Zhang Zhong, as a husband, never opens up to his wife, which make her feel very painful and depressed. His wife always feels there is an invisible partition between them. But their relationship takes a turn for the better through a meeting in their latter years …

      By Xiang Wang

Is There a Secret To Prayer? – Spiritual Growth | Eastern Lightning

Is There a Secret To Prayer? – Spiritual Growth

By Xiao Zheng

     It is known to each of us who believes in God that prayer is vital for our understanding the truth and practicing God’s requirements of us. Whatever tribulations we face, whatever difficulties we encounter in life, or whenever we desire to gain enlightenment and guidance of the Holy Spirit in reading God’s word, we can never depart from prayer. Actually, every believer in God is eager to achieve results in praying to God, eager to receive God’s blessings, gain enlightenment and guidance from the Holy Spirit, and thereby live before God. However, now many brothers and sisters find that they often pray to God but receive no enlightenment, which causes them to be passive and weak in spirit. Thus, a lot of people could not understand this: Isn’t prayer just speaking to God? Why can’t I receive enlightenment from God and achieve results though I pray often? Could it be that there is a secret to prayer? In the past, I was also puzzled by the same questions. Later, after reading some words in a spiritual book, I found there really was a secret to praying.

My Interactions With a Weird Neighbor | Eastern Lightning

My Interactions With a Weird Neighbor

By Xiaowu

Picture of the Church of Almighty God

     “He that despises his neighbor sins: but he that has mercy on the poor, happy is he” (Proverbs 14:21).

    To get along with others, apart from being tolerant and patient, what’s even more important is to understand: “And be you kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ’s sake has forgiven you” (Ephesians 4:32). It is because we are all sinners without the distinction of high and low. To live out the image of the Lord is the common objective of our pursuit.