MOW - 01,08,2024

To abie in the Lord is to live a life in union with the Lord, that is, to live in the Lord. Branches that abide in the vine live in the vine and have a life in union with the vine. In like manner, when we abide in the Lord, we live in the Lord, and we have a life in union with the Lord, we live in the Lord, and we have a life in union with the Lord. Furthermore, branches that abide in the vine take the life of the vine as their life, live in the life of the vine, and thereby live out the life of the vine. In like manner, when we abide in the Lord, we take His life as our life, we live in His life, and thereby we live out His life. Such an abiding requires that we deny and reject the self and the life of the self; that is, we need to reject the soul-life, the natural life. 

When we live by the self, we cannot live in the Lord. The self cannot co-exist with the Lord, nor can the life of the slef co-exist with His life. If we live in the self, we cannot live in the Lord, and if we live by the life of the self, we cannot live by the Lord's life. Hence, in order to abide in the Lord, we must deny and reject the self and its life. 

- "the Operation of God and the Anointing" P33