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: […]
Let us pray for the saints to diligently learn the hymns in order to select appropriate hymns in the meetings
Dear saints, let us pray that the saints would diligently learn the hymns according to their category, content, central thought, focus, sensation, taste, and tune so that they may select appropriate hymns in the meetings, especially in the Lord’s table meeting (Col. 3:16; see Hymns, Table of Contents). In order to call the appropriate hymns […]
We need to be Constituted with the Truth to have the Divine Reality Wrought into us
We need to be constituted with the truth – the truth has to become our very constitution, even to be constant and long-term nourishment, not merely an inspiration or temporary nourishment. Amen! This week in our morning revival we come to the topic of, Being Constituted with the Truth and Being Absolute for the Way […]
Let us pray for the saints’ remembrance of the Lord to declare His death and express their desire for His coming back
Dear saints, let us pray that the saints would remember the Lord with the issue of declaring His death and expressing their desire for His coming back (1 Cor. 11:26; Matt. 26:29, Hymns, #221, s. 4 and chorus). Hymns, #221, stanza 4 and chorus: Thou art our eternal portion, Here we take a sweet foretaste; […]
Being in the Triune God and having Christ Living in us to be Perfected into one
As we are sanctified through the truth, we move out of ourselves and into the Triune God, Christ lives in us, and we are perfected into one to be in the enlarged oneness of the Triune God. There is so much division both in the world and in Christianity today, and the main reason is […]