Dear saints, let us pray that the trainees would be transformed in their character to be useful to the Lord in His service (Rom. 12:2; 2 Tim. 2:15, 21; 4:11; Philem. 1:11). We must receive some amount of transformation in what we are in our character. Humanly speaking, our character may have been very much […]
Let us pray for the trainees to diligently practice the cultivation of their spiritual capacity
Dear saints, let us pray that the trainees would diligently practice the cultivation of their spiritual capacity in the preaching of the gospel, the nourishing of the young believers, the perfecting of the saints, and the prophesying of the word of God for the building up of the local churches, consummating in the building up […]
Let us pray for the trainees to be built up in Christ in the growth in life unto maturity
Dear saints, let us pray for the full-time training at the beginning of the fall term, that the trainees would be built up in Christ in the growth of His life unto maturity and would have a solid pursuit and progress in life (Eph. 4:15; Col. 1:28; Heb. 6:1a). Or, perfect, complete, mature. Perfect denotes […]
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 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: […]