19我们要让主的生命从我们身上出去,就得学习与主有交通,学习魂被折服,学习在每一件事上让灵作主,让灵掌权。无论是作长老的弟兄也罢,作执事的弟兄姊妹也罢,是探望的也罢,是传福音的也罢,都得学习运用灵,学习折服我们的思想,折服我们的情感,折服我们的意志,用我们的灵在一切活动上摸一切事。如此一来,主的生命就能流露出去。不是作得规矩就可以了,乃是运用灵,生命才能从我们身上出去(李常受文集一九五四年第三册,一三〇至一三三页)。
19In order for the Lord’s life to be released from within us, we must learn to fellowship with the Lord, be subdued in our soul, and let our spirit dominate and rule over every matter. Whether we are elders or deacons or are involved in visitation or preaching the gospel, we must learn to use our spirit and to subdue our mind, emotion, and will so that we touch things with our spirit. Then the Lord’s life will be able to flow out. Our supplying others with life does not depend on our doing things properly but on our exercising our spirit. (CWWL, 1954, vol. 3, “The Service for Building Up the House of God,” pp. 95-97)