In order to manifest His authority in the church, God as appointed elders and apostles; in the church, God’s authority is expressed and represented by the apostles and elders. On one hand, God is the unique authority and Christ has been made Lord of all, even Head over all things to the church; on the […]
The Order of the Church comes out of Submitting to the Unique Headship of Christ
June 29, 2021 by Leave a Comment
The order of the church comes out not of an organization but the authority of the church, which is the honouring of the unique headship of Christ; when we honor the headship of Christ, there is the authority of the church, and there is order in the church. All authority comes from God; no one […]
Let’s pray for the saints to contact people in a spirit of prayer with endurance, praying for people by name
June 26, 2021 by Leave a Comment
Dear saints, let us pray that the saints would contact people in a spirit of prayer with endurance, praying for those whom they know specifically by name (Rom. 1:9; Eph. 1:16; 1 Thes. 1:2-3). All mothers know the labor and toil involved in delivering a child. In order to bring forth spiritual children, we have […]
Let us pray for the saints to realize that their sowing the gospel seed is to sow God’s word that conveys God’s life into people
June 23, 2021 by Leave a Comment
Dear saints, let us pray for the saints would realize that their sowing the gospel seed is their sowing of God’s word that conveys God’s life into people’s spirit for their regeneration (Mark 4:14, 20, 33; Acts 8:4; James 1:21 and note 21-1; 1 Pet. 1:23 and note 23-2). A seed is a container of […]
Let us pray for the saints to eagerly learn the principles needed to bring people to the Lord
June 20, 2021 by Leave a Comment
Dear saints, let us pray that the saints would eagerly learn the principles needed to bring people to the Lord and would practice these principles in order to learn the proper time and the proper way to reach people—to “catch the fish” (Acts 2:41; 4:4). The most important thing for a salesman is to create […]
Let us pray for the saints to learn to know the different kinds of people in order to reach them
June 19, 2021 by Leave a Comment
Dear saints, let us pray that the saints would learn to know the different kinds of people, just as fishermen know the categories of fish, so that they will know what kind of “bait” they need to attract people to Christ (John 3:1-6; 4:5-7, 9-10, 14-15). To properly classify people, we must have the right […]
Let us pray for the saints to see that their visiting people is their cooperation with the sanctifying Spirit to gain people
June 19, 2021 by Leave a Comment
Dear saints, let us pray that the saints would see that their visiting people is a preparation for the Holy Spirit to sanctify them and that they would contact people to afford the seeking Spirit a “line” to “hook” the lost sinners (1 Pet. 1:2 and note 2 – 5; 2 Thes. 2:13; Luke 15:8-10 […]
