For the consummation of the divine economy, we need to be absolute for the way of the divine truth; we need to be absolute for the way of the truth, purify our souls by obedience to the truth, and be girded with the truth. The matter of the truth is crucial to our Christian life […]
Pay the Price to Learn the Truths and Experience Christ to Speak the Truth and Minister Life
We need to pay the price to learn the truths and experience Christ so that He may become our reality; in this way, when we speak to people, we don’t give them mere knowledge or doctrine but we minister Christ to them. May the Lord save us from not receiving the love of the truth […]
Let us pray for the saints to learn, in worshipping the Father, to link the worship of the Father to the remembrance of the Lord
Dear saints, let us pray that, in the Lord’s table meeting, the saints would learn to link the section on worshipping the Father to the section on the remembrance of the Lord and would follow the Spirit’s leading to call hymns and offer praises according to the Father’s being and attributes (John 17:6, 26; see […]
Let us pray for the saints to learn to function in the Lord’s table meeting in a coordinated way
Dear saints, let us pray that the saints would learn to function in the Lord’s table meeting in a connected way, coordinating together like a team to pray, speak, and sing hymns and to praise and thank the Lord (Eph. 5:18b-20; Hymns, #867). Hymns, #867, stanza 1 As members of the Body Christ we would […]
Let us pray for the saints to learn to speak hymns to one another and to sing hymns in their daily life
Dear saints, let us pray that the saints would learn to speak Christ to one another with the hymns and to sing hymns and spiritual songs in their daily life in order to build up their spirit and their fine and tender feelings to equip themselves to function in the meetings (Eph. 5:18b-19 and notes […]
Let us pray for the saints to remember the Lord by selecting hymns and offering praises for the Lord’s person and work
Dear saints, let us pray that the saints would remember the Lord by selecting hymns and offering praises for the Lord’s person, human living, suffering, death, exaltation, and glorification (Phil. 2:5-11; Hymns, #86). Hymns, #86, stanza 1 Though Thou art God, most glorious, high, Thou in the flesh to us came nigh, A lowly man […]
Let us pray for the saints to exercise their spirit to sense the atmosphere of the meeting and apply the hymns at the proper time
Dear saints, let us pray that the saints would learn to exercise their spirit to sense the atmosphere of the meeting, discern its focus, and apply the hymns at the proper time by following the sense in their spirit (S.S. 7:4 and note 41; Phil. 1:9-10; Hymns, #866, ss. 1-2, 9-10). Hymns, #866, ss. 1-2: […]