And having given thanks, He broke it and said, This is My body, which is given for you; this do unto the remembrance of Me. Similarly also the cup after they had dined, saying, This cup is the new covenant established in My blood; this do, as often as you drink it, unto the remembrance of Me. 1 Cor. 11:24-25
Dear saints, let’s pray that the saints would come to the Lord’s table meeting for the purpose of remembering the Lord Himself, taking the remembrance of the Lord as the center for His enjoyment (1 Cor. 11:24-25; Hymns, #204).
The Lord’s table meeting is to remember the Lord, so any hymns, testimonies, or messages that distract people from the Lord, the Person, are not appropriate. In the Lord’s table meeting, someone may call a hymn on fighting the battle, or in the midst of the Lord’s table, someone may give a testimony of how he was rescued from his suffering. That might be good in another kind of meeting, but it is not fitting at the Lord’s table meeting. A brother may come to the Lord’s table with a good verse which he enjoyed in his time of morning revival. He might come with that good verse to give people a good teaching concerning repentance and salvation. This is wrong. Such a teaching is not for the Lord’s table meeting but for a gospel-preaching meeting. The Lord’s table meeting is concentrated on the Person of the Lord, so all the hymns, all the praises, and all the speaking should be concentrated on the Lord Himself. All distractions from the focus of the Lord’s table should be avoided. (Collected Works of Witness Lee, 1979, vol. 2, “Basic Lessons on Service,” Lesson 2)
More details via Beseeching.org, day 400.
