Chapter 12 of 19

Section 11

Section 11

in your mind but also apprehend it in your spirit. Now the outward, written word becomes the liv­ ing word within your spirit. You can experience it and apply it in your life. In this way the logos becomes the rhema; the outer word becomes the inner word. We need to attend to the living rhema within, allowing it to have its full way within us. In order to allow the living word to have its free way within us, we must go along with it. In other words, we must be very submissive and obedient to the living rhema that is speaking now within us. Concentrating on the inner rhema will make the living Lord so real to us in our spirit. It will make Christ so available and practical. We shall sense the moving and the working of the Lord who energizes us inwardly.

TO PRAY FOR MUCH FRUIT-BEARING

While the Lord is moving, acting, motivat­ ing, and energizing within us, what shall we do? Should we keep our mouths closed? No, we shall certainly feel impelled to utter something. We shall surely express what we feel within. This is spiritual prayer, prayer in the spirit. The spiri­ tual prayer expresses the moving of Christ within us. Christ in, through, and as the Word is mov­ ing, acting, motivating, and energizing within

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