I

Faith in God necessitates a normal spiritual life, which is the foundation for experiencing the words of God and entering into reality. Most people believe that a normal spiritual life necessarily involves praying, singing hymns, eating and drinking God’s words or pondering His words, regardless of whether such practices actually have any effect or lead to true understanding. These people focus on following superficial procedures without any thought to their results; they are people who live in religious rituals.

II

A normal spiritual life is a life lived before God. When praying, one can quiet one’s heart before God, and through prayer, one can seek the Holy Spirit’s enlightenment, know God’s words, and understand God’s intentions. By eating and drinking of His words, people can gain a clearer and more thorough understanding of God’s current work. They can also gain a new path of practice, and will not cling to the old; what they practice will all be to achieve growth in life.

III

To live a normal spiritual life, you must be able to accept new light daily and pursue a true understanding of the words of God. You must be able to understand the truth clearly, find a path of practice in all matters, discover new problems through reading God’s words each day, and realize your own inadequacies so that you may have a longing and seeking heart that moves your entire being, and so that you may be quiet before God at all times, deeply afraid of falling behind. A person with such a longing, seeking heart, who is willing to continually attain entry, is on the right track of spiritual life.

from The Word, Vol. 1. The Appearance and Work of God. Regarding a Normal Spiritual Life