Many matters require the church’s prayer. The items of prayer listed below are offered as a help to focus and enrich the prayer of the saints and of the churches. They are not meant to be restrictive or exhaustive, nor are they meant to be legally adopted. In the end, it is the Spirit who intercedes for us, in us, and through us according to God and His will. The intercessors’ responsibility is to be one spirit with the Lord and one mind with Christ to discharge the inner burden with Spirit-inspired utterances. In light of the current world situation, let us persevere in prayer with a strong spirit.
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 Hymns, Table of Contents – “Worship of the Father”; Hymns, #18, ss. 1-2, 7-8).
Read morePray that the saints would learn to function in the Lord’s table meeting in a connected way, coordinating together like a team to pray, speak, and sing hymns and to praise and thank the Lord (Eph. 5:18b-20; Hymns, #867).
Read morePray 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 191, 192; Col. 3:16 and notes 165, 167; Hymns, #1141, ss. 1, 3-4).
Read morePray 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).
Read morePray 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).
Read morePray that the saints would diligently learn the hymns according to their category, content, central thought, focus, sensation, taste, and tune so that they may select appropriate hymns in the meetings, especially in the Lord’s table meeting (Col. 3:16; see Hymns, Table of Contents).
Read morePray that the saints would learn to select hymns in the meetings, especially in the Lord’s table meeting, according to the purpose of the hymns and the principle for selecting hymns (Matt. 26:30; 1 Cor. 14:26; Hymns, #513, chorus).
Read morePray that, as the regenerated children of God, the saints would have a definite time and way to worship the Father, the time being after the remembrance of the Lord at the Lord’s table, and the way being to worship the Father under the leadership of Christ as their older Brother (Heb. 2:12 and note 123; Matt. 26:26-30 and note 301; Hymns, #50, ss. 1, 4).
Read morePray that the saints would remember the Lord with the issue of declaring His death and expressing their desire for His coming back (1 Cor. 11:26; Matt. 26:29, Hymns, #221, s. 4 and chorus).
Read morePray that the saints would learn to properly practice to distribute the bread and the cup when the remembrance of the Lord reaches the high tide and with thanks to the Lord (Luke 22:19-20; Hymns, #221, ss. 1-3 and chorus).
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