Let’s pray for the saints to see that to come to the Lord’s table is to enjoy Christ as the good land

Dear saints, let us pray that the saints would see that to come to the Lord’s table is to enter into the good land and enjoy Christ as the good land (1 Cor. 10:16-17). The experience of the children of Israel in the good land typifies our enjoyment of Christ today. Christ is our good […]

We’re Blended for the Body as we Stop to Fellowship through the Cross and by the Spirit

In order for us to be in the reality of the Body of Christ to hasten the Lord’s return, we need to be blended; we need to be harmonized, tempered, and mingled together with the saints, losing our distinctions as we do all things through the cross and by the Spirit to minister Christ to […]

Let’s pray for the saints to see that, in instituting the table, the Lord Jesus made a covenant with the New Testament believers

Dear saints, let’s pray that the saints would see that the new covenant promised to Israel in Jeremiah 31:31-34 was absolutely, thoroughly, and completely fulfilled by the Lord Jesus when He established His table and that in instituting the table, He made a covenant with the New Testament believers (Jer. 31:31, 33-34; Matt. 26:26-28; Mark […]

Let’s pray for the saints to see the importance of the Lord’s table in carrying out God’s move so that they will earnestly keep it

Dear saints, let us pray that from the type of the Passover the saints would see the importance of the Lord’s table in carrying out God’s move and would be encouraged to earnestly keep this weekly feast (1 Cor. 11:23-26; cf. Num. 9:1-5). The Passover in the Old Testament was a yearly reminder to the […]

Let’s pray for the saints to shepherd people out of love for them, an interest in them, a burden for them, and adequate prayer for them

Dear saints, let us pray that the saints would shepherd people out of love for them, an interest in them, a burden for them, and adequate prayer for them, practicing to write down their names, praying for their spiritual welfare constantly, visiting them regularly, bringing them to home meetings, and establishing them in the church […]

Let’s pray for the saints to labor and endeavor consistently and persistently, not expecting quick results

Dear saints, let us pray that, according to the divine operation in them, the saints would take the way of laboring and endeavoring consistently and persistently, undeterred by obstacles, not disappointed by setbacks, and not expecting quick results (Col. 1:28-29 and note 281; Acts 20:20, 31; Eph. 4:11-13). Whatever way you take, you should do […]

Let us pray for the saints to travail in birth over their spiritual children until Christ is formed in them

Dear saints, let us pray that the saints would follow the pattern of the apostle in learning to travail in birth over their spiritual children until Christ is formed in them (Gal. 4:19). Paul told the Galatian believers that he was again travailing on their behalf. Travail refers to painful labor in childbirth. In this […]