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Prayer for the saints to be blended into one accord
Pray that the saints, on the foundation of their intimate and thorough fellowship, would be blended into one accord by much and thorough prayer with the release of their spirit (1 Cor. 12:24-27, Lev. 2:1-2, 4; Acts 1:14; Eph. 6:18).
Read MorePrayer for the saints in the vital groups to have real, intimate fellowship, to love one another, and to care for one another
Pray that the saints in the vital groups would have real, intimate fellowship, would love one another, and would care for one another (Heb. 10:24-25; John 15:17; Gal. 6:2 and note 21).
Read MorePrayer for the being-vitalized saints to follow the Lord’s leading to contact other saints who are not yet vital
Pray that the being-vitalized saints would follow the Lord’s leading to contact other saints who are not yet vital to make them vital companions with whom to form a vital group (Acts 11:25-26; 2 Tim. 2:2, 22; Matt. 18:19-20).
Read MorePrayer for the saints to pray to be vitalized and to practice to be personally revived each morning
Pray that the saints would pray to be vitalized through thorough fellowship with the Lord, thorough confession of their sins, consecration of themselves, entering into the prayer life, and praying themselves into the filling of the Spirit both essentially and economically, and would practice to be personally revived each morning (1 John 1:3, 7, 9;…
Read MorePrayer for the saints to be desperate to be made vital
Pray that the saints would become desperate to be made vital—living and active—to produce believers who are Christ’s increase and who live in His Body, the church (John 15:5, 8, 16; cf. Hag. 1:8; Ezek. 36:37 and note 371).
Read MorePrayer for the saints to be perfected by the prophets and to learn to perfect others to prophesy
Pray that the saints would be perfected by the prophets, the gifted members of the Body, and would also pick up the burden to perfect others to prophesy (Num. 11:29b; 1 Cor. 14:24-25, 31; Eph. 4:11-12).
Read MorePrayer for the saints to closely follow the Spirit in their prophesying
Pray that the saints would learn to closely follow the Spirit to speak only concerning God’s economy—Christ and the church—to care for the atmosphere and flow of the meeting, and to maintain the sweet and pleasant feeling in the meeting (1 Tim. 1:3-4; 1 Cor. 14:29-33a, 3, 26).
Read MorePrayer for the saints to be perfected to speak with the three constituting elements of prophesying (3)
Pray that the saints would be perfected to speak with the three constituting elements of prophesying, the third of which is a vision concerning God’s interest and economy, concerning the church as the Body of Christ, concerning the local churches, concerning the world, concerning the individual saints, and concerning ourselves—the view through the enlightening of…
Read MorePrayer for the saints to be perfected to speak with the three constituting elements of prophesying (2)
Pray that the saints would be perfected to speak with the three constituting elements of prophesying, the second of which is the instant inspiration of the Holy Spirit—the divine element of inspiration (1 Cor. 14:32, 37; 1 John 1:7; Rom. 8:4; Gal. 5:16a, 25; 2 Tim. 4:22a).
Read MorePrayer for the saints to be perfected to speak with the three constituting elements of prophesying (1)
Pray that the saints would be perfected to speak with the three constituting elements of prophesying, the first of which is the knowledge of the Word of God—the human element of learning (Luke 1:46-50 and note 461; 1 Tim. 4:6; 2 Tim. 3:15-17).
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