Prayer in the upper room :
The Lord has blessed us. We started with only several saints. Due to our desperation and heavy burden to pray, we come together every morning between 6:00 – 6:30. We call it “the upper room prayer.” About 30 saints have been coming together for nearly two months. This prayer has brought abundant grace to the saints.
First of all, there is the personal benefit. When the saints come to
the Lord first thing in the morning, the Lord shines upon us, causing us to humble ourselves before Him, renew our consecration to correct our defects and mistakes, and to get more grace to strengthen us for victory.
Second, is the corporate aspect, that is, learning to pray for the
Body. When the saints receive the burden from the Lord, they then pray for each burden one by one. Each saint prays for a few sentences, then another saint continues to pray a few sentences, and so on. This is like a train going station by station until it reaches the final destination.
Third, when the saints come together every day, and have prayed
every day, the enjoyment reaches the highest level. We have tasted the New Jerusalem and enjoy the reality of the Body of Christ.
The perfecting training classes
The perfecting training classes begin every March and September. For 12 weeks, there is a perfecting training class every Thursday. Saints will join this training from the cities of I-Lan, Hualien, Tai-Don( watching live through the web cam). The average number of saints in this training is around 190. The training is focused on helping the saints to practice the way of the reality. The training has three classes.
In the first class, we begin by learning the words of the hymns and
how to sing them. The Lord comes to touch our inner being through our singing the hymns to Him. The more we sing to the Lord, the more our experiences of Him will deepen and become like a poem. The trainer also teaches us the principle of selecting a hymn according the atmosphere of the meeting. When we choose a proper (appropriate) hymn for the meeting, it will help the saints to enjoy the meeting more and more.
The second class is on the pursuit of the spiritual life. It teaches us
how to pursue the Lord and apply Him in our daily life. So this God-
ordained way will not only be theory to us, but can become our reality.
For the past two months, we have been learning how to fellowship with the Lord and how to deal with the world.
The third class is on how to build up a vital group. A vital group is a
group of normal Christians, who are the overcomers. A vital group starts with prayer. We need to have a through repentance and confession and then we can recover our first love to the Lord. Also, it is by praying together that we build up an intimate and close fellowship with our companions. Through this kind of relationship with our companions, the Lord will guide our way as we contact new people.
The perfecting on prophesying
Every Saturday morning, we will have an overview of that week’s
Holy Word for the Morning Revival by two brothers. These two brothers will tell us the main thoughts in the whole outline, explain the important truth, burdens, inspirations and discuss the supplement reading resources. Then about ten saints will share their enjoyment from the week. Each saint has about four minutes to share in order to dispense Christ in that meeting.
And for the conclusion, brother Liu Shew will share some
encouraging words and insights, which will give us light, inspiration and revelation.
The next day, the saints will share what they have gained from this
meeting at the Lord’s table meeting. So the Lord’s table meeting will
have more and more saints prophesying, which will enrich the meeting.