7-Day Life Practice Table - Christ as Shepherd in His Resurrection vs. Christ as King in God’s Kingdom

 

7-Day Life Practice Table - Christ as Shepherd in His Resurrection vs. Christ as King in God’s Kingdom

Psalm 23:1 The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want.

Psalm 23:2 He makes me lie down in green pastures; he leads me beside still waters.

Psalm 23:3 He restores my soul; he guides me in paths of righteousness for his name's sake.

Psalm 24:7 Lift up your heads, O gates; be lifted up, O eternal doors; the King of glory will enter.

Psalm 24:8 And who is this King of glory? The Lord, mighty and powerful, mighty in the battle!

📅 Daily Practice

Day	Focus	Life Practice
Day 1	Christ as Shepherd in resurrection	Enjoy Christ as green pastures and waters of rest (pray and call on His name)
Day 2	Shepherding restores the soul	Accept His inner regulation and walk in the paths of righteousness
Day 3	Passing through the valley	Experience the Lord’s presence and comfort in trials
Day 4	Feast in the battlefield	Enjoy Christ as supply before the enemies
Day 5	Dwelling in God’s house	Enjoy the Father’s love, the Son’s grace, and the Spirit’s fellowship in the church
Day 6	Shepherding for the kingdom	Allow Christ to mature us for the kingdom
Day 7	Welcoming the King of glory	Lift up our heads and await Christ as King

✨ Spiritual Integrated View (Key Point)

Psalm 23 reveals Christ as the Shepherd in resurrection (inward, life, today).
Psalm 24 reveals Christ as the King in the kingdom (outward, authority, future).
The same Christ shepherds today and reigns tomorrow.

📣 One Prophetic Sentence

Today Christ shepherds me in resurrection; tomorrow He will reign as King in glory.

🏁 Ultimate Conclusion

Shepherding is for the kingdom, and the kingdom is the consummation of shepherding.
Christ shepherds believers into maturity, and matured believers enter with Him into His kingdom.

 

*Please refer to the 2025 Winter Training: Experience, Enjoy, and Manifest Christ (Part 4), Week 5: Tree of Life.

 

Christ as Shepherd in His Resurrection vs. Christ as King in God’s Kingdom

 

Christ as Shepherd in His Resurrection vs. Christ as King in God’s Kingdom

Psalm 23:1 The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want.

Psalm 23:2 He makes me lie down in green pastures; he leads me beside still waters.

Psalm 23:3 He restores my soul; he guides me in paths of righteousness for his name's sake.

Psalm 24:7 Lift up your heads, O gates; be lifted up, O eternal doors; the King of glory will enter.

Psalm 24:8 And who is this King of glory? The Lord, mighty and powerful, mighty in the battle! 

Item	Christ as Shepherd in His Resurrection (Psalm 23)	Christ as King in God’s Kingdom (Psalm 24)
Meaning	Christ in resurrection becomes the life-giving Spirit to shepherd His flock (the church).	Christ as the victorious One reigns as the glorious King over the whole earth.
Reason	Through incarnation, crucifixion, and resurrection, He is qualified to shepherd mankind.	Through His victory, He is qualified to take possession of the earth as God’s kingdom.
Figure	Shepherd, sheep, green pastures, waters of rest, rod and staff.	King of glory, gates, ancient doors, mighty warrior.
Explanation	Shepherding is inward and in life, supplying, restoring, and transforming believers.	Kingship is outward and in authority, manifesting God’s dominion over the nations.
Operation	Works within believers by the Spirit: feeding, guiding, comforting, and protecting.	Appears publicly with power: entering in glory and ruling the earth.
Result	Produces the church as the flock dwelling in God’s house.	Establishes God’s kingdom with Christ reigning over all.
Mutual Relation	Shepherding prepares people for the kingdom.	Kingship is the outcome of mature shepherding.
Example	Passing through the valley of death-shadow with the Lord’s presence and table.	The King of glory entering the gates as the victorious Lord of hosts.
Application	Believers today enjoy Christ’s shepherding in the church life.	Believers await Christ’s return as the reigning King.
Burden	That believers grow in life and transformation.	That believers lift up their heads to welcome the King.
Prophetic Guidance	Declare: “The resurrected Christ is my Shepherd; I lack nothing.”	Declare: “The victorious Christ is the King of glory who is coming.”
Conclusion	Today Christ is the inward Shepherd in resurrection.	In the future Christ will be the outward King in glory.
Scriptures	Ps. 23; John 10:9–16; 1 Cor. 15:45b; 2 Cor. 3:17; 1 Pet. 5:2	Ps. 24; Luke 21:27; Matt. 25:31; Phil. 3:20; Hag. 2:7

✨ Spiritual Integrated View (Key Point)

Psalm 23 reveals Christ as the Shepherd in resurrection (inward, life, today).
Psalm 24 reveals Christ as the King in the kingdom (outward, authority, future).
The same Christ shepherds today and reigns tomorrow.

📣 One Prophetic Sentence

Today Christ shepherds me in resurrection; tomorrow He will reign as King in glory.

🏁 Ultimate Conclusion

Shepherding is for the kingdom, and the kingdom is the consummation of shepherding.
Christ shepherds believers into maturity, and matured believers enter with Him into His kingdom.

 

*Please refer to the 2025 Winter Training: Experience, Enjoy, and Manifest Christ (Part 4), Week 5: Tree of Life.

7-Day Life Practice — Let Life Have a Way Out

 

7-Day Life Practice — Let Life Have a Way Out

Colossians 3:4 When Christ is the life, you also will appear with him in glory.

John 10:10 The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full.

Luke 9:23 Then Jesus said to them, “If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow me.”

Galatians 2:20 For I have been crucified with Christ, and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I now live in the flesh, I live in faith with the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.

📊 Practice Table

Day	Focus	Practice
Day 1	Know the way of life	Pray: “Lord, make me know You as my life, not my behavior.”
Day 2	Drop human concepts	Turn from your own ideas to the inner sense of Christ
Day 3	Reject hypocrisy	Do not act by temperament or virtue, but by Christ’s operation
Day 4	Deal with rebellion	Obey immediately every inner leading
Day 5	Break natural ability	Do not rely on talent; seek the Lord first
Day 6	Accept the cross	Allow the Lord to touch pride, self, and choices
Day 7	Let Christ live out	Testify: “It is no longer I, but Christ lives in me.”

 

✨ Spiritual Integrated View (Key Points)

1.      The problem of life is not outward behavior but inward passage.

2.      The main hindrance is man’s concepts, disposition, and ability.

3.      The cross does not improve the self; it removes the self.

4.      Obeying the inner sense of Christ is the way of life.

📣 One Prophetic Summary Sentence

Lord, through the cross break my self so that You may have a way out in me and live through me.

🏁 Ultimate Conclusion

For God’s life to flow freely within us,
man must decrease and Christ must increase;
the deeper the cross, the clearer the expression of life.

 

*Please refer to the 2025 Winter Training: Experience, Enjoy, and Manifest Christ (Part 4), Week 5: Tree of Life.

7-Day Life Practice Table - In today's church life, we partake of Christ, and foreknowledge of Him as the tree of life in the New Jerusalem.

 

7-Day Life Practice Table - In today's church life, we partake of Christ, and foreknowledge of Him as the tree of life in the New Jerusalem.

Genesis 2:9 The Lord God made every kind of tree grow out of the ground—trees that are pleasing to the eye and good for food. In the middle of the garden was the tree of life and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.

Genesis 2:16 Then the Lord God said to the man, “You are free to eat from any tree in the garden.”

John 6:35 Jesus said to them, “I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to me will never go hungry, and whoever believes in me will never thirst.”

Revelation 2:7 He who has ears, let him hear what the Spirit says to the church. To the one who overcomes I will give to eat from the tree of life, which is in the paradise of God.

Revelation 22:2 On one side of the river and on the other, there was the tree of life, which produced twelve kinds of fruit. It bore fruit every month, and its leaves were for the healing of the nations. 

Day	Focus	Practice
Day 1	Return to the beginning	Turn to the Lord simply and say, “Lord, I want You as the Tree of Life.”
Day 2	Eat the crucified and resurrected Christ	Enjoy Christ through prayer and the Word as life supply
Day 3	Overcome religious distraction	Reject mere knowledge and contact the Lord with love
Day 4	Live in the foretaste of the church	Enjoy Christ with the saints in the church life
Day 5	Keep the first love	Love the Lord more than work, service, or outward activity
Day 6	Become the testimony of the lampstand	Shine by eating Christ and expressing Jesus
Day 7	Hope for the New Jerusalem	Prepare today for the future enjoyment in God’s Paradise

 

✨ Spiritual Integrated View (Key Points)

Eating Christ in the church today is the foretaste of eating the Tree of Life in the New Jerusalem.
Returning to the beginning today brings us into eternal enjoyment.

🗣 One Prophesying Summary

We eat the crucified and resurrected Christ in the church today as a foretaste, and we will eat Him as the Tree of Life in the New Jerusalem for eternity.

🏁 Ultimate Conclusion

Eating the Tree of Life is God’s original intention and the result of His redemption.
The church life today is the rehearsal for the eternal enjoyment in the New Jerusalem.

*Please refer to the 2025 Winter Training: Experience, Enjoy, and Manifest Christ (Part 4), Week 5: Tree of Life.

📅 7-Day Life Practice Table - “The King of Glory Shall Come In” vs. “Who Is This King of Glory?”

 

📅 7-Day Life Practice Table - “The King of Glory Shall Come In” vs. “Who Is This King of Glory?”

Psalm 24:7 Lift up your heads, you gates, your eternal doors, for the King of glory will enter.

Psalm 24:8 And who is this King of glory? The Lord, mighty and powerful, mighty in the battle!

Psalm 24:10 And who is this King of glory? The Lord Almighty—the King of glory! (Selah)

Revelation 5:5 One of the elders said to me, “Do not weep; behold, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has overcome; he is able to open the scroll and turn its seven seals.”

Revelation 11:15 Then the seventh angel sounded his trumpet, and a loud voice from heaven said, “The kingdom of the world has become the kingdom of my Lord and of his Christ, and he will reign for ever and ever.” 

Day	Practice Theme	Daily Exercise
Day 1	Lift up your head	Practice waiting for the Lord without losing heart
Day 2	Lift up the gates	Open your heart and living to the Lord
Day 3	Welcome the King of glory	Receive Him with prayer and worship
Day 4	Know the King of glory	Know Him as Jehovah mighty in battle
Day 5	Live in His victory	Live by His already-accomplished victory
Day 6	Submit to the throne	Live under Christ’s headship
Day 7	Return with the King	Hope to return with the overcomers to possess the earth

 

✨ Spiritual Integrated View (Key Points)

“The King of glory shall come in” shows our attitude and preparation;
“Who is this King of glory?” shows our knowledge of Christ’s person.
Waiting and knowing together make us ready to receive and worship the King.

🗣 One Prophetic Summary Sentence

I lift up my head to welcome the King of glory and know Him as the victorious Lord Jesus who is coming again.

🏁 Ultimate Conclusion

As we daily open our gates and know the King of glory,
Christ gains ground in us
and will return with His overcomers to possess the whole earth as His kingdom.

*Please refer to the 2025 Winter Training: Experience, Enjoy, and Manifest Christ (Part 4), Week 5: Tree of Life.