Scripture Reading: 1 Tim. 1:4, Eph. 3:9-11, Matt. 28:19, 1 Thes. 2:7, 1 Cor. 14:31, Lam. 3:22-23, 2 Cor. 4:16

DAY 1 Outline　MorningRevival

DAY 2 Outline　MorningRevival

DAY 3 Outline　MorningRevival

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DAY 5 & DAY 6 Outline　MorningRevival

«　WEEK 11　DAY 1　»

　　1 Tim. 1:4 Nor to give heed to myths and unending genealogies, which produce questionings rather than God's economy, which is in faith.

　　Act. 5:42 And every day, in the temple and from house to house, they did not cease teaching and announcing the gospel of Jesus as the Christ.

　　Tim. 2:4 Who desires all men to be saved and to come to the full knowledge of the truth.

　　God's New Way is a dream and we all should be carried into. I have been dreaming this dream and my burden is to bring you into this dream as well. We all need to bear this responsibility and burden to bring this dream to the entire earth. If, by God's mercy, we faithfully carry out the New Testament Economy according to God's ordained way, we will see the realization of this dream.

　　If we want to carry out the New Testament Economy, we need to see the divine economy. This economy is clearly revealed in the word of God (1 Tim. 1:4, Eph. 1:10, 3:9, Col. 1:25, 1 Cor. 9:17). The central thought of the New Testament is the divine economy of God. God's economy is God's plan, God's divine arrangement, that is, to dispense Himself into His elect. Our going out door-knocking and visiting people is for this economy and should relate to the divine economy.

　　When we go out, we need to keep a concept with a deep sense that our visiting people for God's economy. If we do not go door-knocking, we cannot find the sons of peace for God's economy (Luck 10:3-6). …. God's divine economy is related to and including thousands of sons of peace. These sons of peace need our visitation. Our going out door knocking is by joining us to the divine economy, joining to eternity and joining to the heavens. We need to have clear vision and deep impression about God's economy. This economy includes Christ's accomplishment and the multiplication of Christ who is the Spirit, for the producing of the church (Eph 3:6-11). (God's Ordained Way for the Practice of the New Testament Economy, pp. 1-2)

　　To bring the meetings to the homes is the very heart of the God-ordained way. It will be a great failure in the Lord's recovery if we cannot bring the meetings to the homes. For the past twenty years in the Lord's recovery, we have been bringing people to the meeting halls. The more we work in this way, the fewer people we have, and the worse the condition of the homes becomes. More and more our meetings have become a kind of Sunday morning service. ……In order to overturn this degraded situation, we must bring the meetings to the homes. I hope that every home will be mobilized, that everyone will become a soldier, and that together we will become an army of the Lord. (Crucial Words of Leading in the Lord's Recovery, Book 1: The Vision and Definite Steps for the Practice of the New Way)

　　A mother who has just delivered a child needs to cherish and nourish this child. Likewise, we have to cherish and nourish the new believers in their homes. ……The new believers are cherished and nourished by our having home meetings with them (Acts 5:42). Every home will become sweet by having meetings. (The Present Advance of the Lord's Recovery)

　　Today we are here for the Lord's recovery. For the long run, we surely have to help the saints in the Lord's recovery to get into the top spiritual education. You must remember that we still uplift the living Christ, the life-giving Spirit, life itself and its riches, and the church in a living way. To promote these things, to carry these things out, and to bring people into these things so that they remain there, we need the Word and we need the truth. (Elders' Training, Book 03: The Way to Carry Out the Vision)

«　WEEK 11　DAY 2　»

　　Matt. 28:19 Go therefore and disciple all the nations, baptizing them into the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit.

　　1 Thes. 2:7 But we were gentle in your midst, as a nursing mother would cherish her own children.

　　

　　The service that God ordains for us in His New Testament economy is first to “Go therefore and disciple all the nations” (Matt. 28:19). The meaning of the word “go” is very extensive. When you go, surely you have to visit people. After our prolonged study, we have discovered that to visit people by knocking on their doors is the most effective way to carry out the going.

　　How do we bear fruit by bringing people to salvation? During the past four years or more, we have practiced the visiting of people by knocking on their doors to save men through the preaching of the gospel. Strictly speaking, it is not a matter of knocking on doors. Rather, it is a matter of contacting people. To save people, we have to contact them. ……The Lord says in Acts 1:8 that “You shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you shall be My witnesses both in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and unto the remotest part of the earth.” In preaching the gospel, we work from the center to the circumference, and then to the remotest part of the earth. Hence, you must first preach the gospel to your close relatives. Next you should go to your cousins and in-laws. In addition, your neighbors, classmates, and colleagues are all good potential targets. There are also lots of people in the public parks on the weekends. You can stop by one of the parks and preach the gospel to someone there. The opportunity abounds everywhere. The question is whether or not we are willing to do it.

　　As soon as a person rises up from baptism, …have a long time of fellowship with him. This is his first home meeting. I suggest that you talk to him about the Lord being the life-giving Spirit and being one spirit with us. You should tell him, “The Jesus whom you have believed in has become the life-giving Spirit today… This Spirit is just like the air; He is everywhere. Although He cannot be touched or seen, He is more real than everything else. Everyone needs Him… If you call on Him today, He will enter into you. In addition, when God created us, He created us with a spirit. Not only do we have an outward body; we have a soul within also. Inside the soul, there is a spirit, which is our innermost person. Today, this pneumatic Lord has entered into our spirit and has regenerated our spirit, so that the two spirits are now one spirit. Now your calling and praying must be from this spirit.” Following this, you can lead him to pray. By then, he may feel ashamed of himself. You can then lead him to confess his sins to the Lord. As long as a person is willing to confess his sins, everything will work out… When a person has “vomited out” all his sins, the result is the filling up of the Holy Spirit. With all these words, you have enough to talk about for the first home meeting. After this, you should set up an appointment for the next meeting. Preferably, it should be within the next one or two days. The reason for this is that newborn babies need special care. (Organic Practice of the New Way, The, Witness Lee)

«　WEEK 11　DAY 3　»

　　1 Cor. 14:1 Pursue love, and desire earnestly spiritual gifts, but especially that you may prophesy.

　　12 So also you, since you are zealous of spirits, seek that you may excel for the building up of the church.

　　31 For you can all prophesy one by one that all may learn and all may be encouraged.

　　Not only do you have to feed a newly baptized one, but you must bring him to a nearby small group meeting as well. You need to tell him, “Christians are communal. They are not like the butterflies. Rather they are like the bees and the sheep. Let me take you to see a group of Christians nearby.” However, by bringing him to the small group meeting, you should not let the others take over your job; you have to continue feeding and caring for him.

　　The principle of attending the small group meeting is the same as that for the home meeting. You must be a person who is revived. Before you go to the meeting, you must first pray and have yourself enlivened. You must confess your sins thoroughly and be filled with the Holy Spirit completely. In this way, you will be a praying, singing, and living person. The small group meeting should consist of the following five things: fellowship, prayer, mutual care, the teaching of the truth, and the guidance in life.

　　The Chinese are traditionally taught to be quiet. But when we come to the small group meeting, the minute we see each other, we have to speak. ……Perhaps by that time not everyone has arrived yet. You do not have to wait for everyone to be there. Instead you can start praying ……. After the prayer, …… This is what we mean by mutual care. n this way, the brothers and sisters will get to know each other and will care for each other like members of the same family. This way will capture, support, and perfect people. The brother that you have invited may ask a question, ……once this question is raised up, everyone will answer. After one finishes, another may add on, with more points. The older and more mature ones can speak something deeper at the end. We must build up an atmosphere where everyone answers. In this way, everyone speaks……Everyone begins to answer again. In the answer there is the teaching of the truth as well as the guidance in life. If throughout the fifty-two weeks of the year there is this kind of teaching week after week in the small group meetings, everyone will receive much edification in truth and life.

　　To prophesy is to speak for the Lord and to speak forth the Lord. It is to supply Christ to others. This is the main work in the church meetings. The whole chapter of 1 Corinthians 14 talks about prophesying. It promotes, uplifts, recommends, and encourages prophesying.

　　What God wants is a corporate vessel, which is the church, the Body of Christ. ……In the end, we see that there is one chapter in the Bible that talks about the building up of the church. It is 1 Corinthians chapter fourteen. It mentions the word “building” at least five times. This chapter deals with nothing other than prophesying. Only prophesying builds up the church. A few verses are particularly important. Verse 1 says, “Desire earnestly spiritual gifts, but rather that you may prophesy.” Verses 3 and 4 say, “He who prophesies speaks to men for building up and encouragement and consolation....he who prophesies builds up the church.” Verse 12 says, “Since you are zealots of spiritual gifts, seek that you may abound to the building up of the church.” Verse 24 says, “But if all prophesy and some unbeliever or unlearned person enters, he is convicted by all, he is judged by all.” Verse 31 says, “For you can all prophesy one by one, that all may learn and all be encouraged.” From these verses, we see that the most important thing with our meeting is the prophesying, which is to speak for the Lord, to speak Him forth, and to speak the Lord into people. Through the speaking of the Lord's word, the riches of Christ are released and are dispensed into all the attendants. Finally, verse 39 says, “Therefore, my brothers, desire earnestly to prophesy.” From this, we can see that this whole chapter is on prophesying from beginning to end.

　　Although prophesying is not an easy matter, we know that what is recorded in the Bible must be fulfilled. The Lord says that “the heaven and the earth shall pass away, but my words shall by no means pass away” (Matt. 24:35). First Corinthians 14 is the word of God. If this word is not fulfilled, the church will not be built up, and the Lord will not return. This is why Paul said that we have to pursue love and to desire earnestly the matter of prophesying.

«　WEEK 11　DAY 4　»

　　Eph. 5:16 Redeeming the time, because the days are evil.

　　2 Tim. 2:22 But flee youthful lusts, and pursue righteousness, faith, love, peace with those who call on the Lord out of a pure heart.

　　We can discover one law from man's physical life. The human body needs a revival every morning. ……The morning hour flies by quickly. One hour is over in no time. This is why the Word of the Lord says, “Redeeming the time” (Eph. 5:16). The period of time that needs to be redeemed the most is six to seven o'clock in the morning. During this hour, every minute is precious. We have to redeem this time.

　　David said in Psalm 119:147, “I prevented the dawning of the morning, and cried: I hoped in thy word.” The crying here is to call by saying “O Lord!” It is also to pray and to speak to the Lord. To cry unto the Lord is to call on Him and to speak to Him. We cannot call on Him without praying to Him, and we cannot say His name without speaking to Him. The longer we speak to the Lord, the better it is. The calling plus the speaking to the Lord is like a man's deep breathing. When you speak out all that you have, you are breathing out. When you take in the grace of the Lord, you are breathing in. ……In this cycle, spontaneously we are cleansed within, and our whole being becomes healthy.

　　Today, for us, the New Testament believers, the quickest way to receive the Lord's word is not to meditate on His word; rather it is to pray-read His word. ……In pray-reading the Lord's word, there is the crying and the calling, and it will be spontaneous and natural to turn the Lord's word into prayer.

　　If we have tasted the pray-reading, we will treasure every word of the Bible. ……This kind of pray-reading will fully mingle the Lord's word with our spirit. It will give our spirit the greatest exercise. (The Organic Practice of the New Way)

　　During this time alone with the Lord, we should not bring with us anyone or anything. When we go to the Lord early in the morning, we should go to Him alone. We need to leave even our husband or wife behind. Some brothers have the practice of taking their wives with them wherever they go. This practice is good. However, when it is time to meet with the Lord on the mountaintop, a brother should leave his wife at the foot of the mountain. When we meet with the Lord in this way, we need to forget everything and everyone. Forget your possessions, your education, your occupation, your future. Go to the Lord alone without anyone or anything. (Life Study of Exodus, No. 178)

　　However, I am concerned that many, especially the young people in corporate living situations, do not have a private time of prayer. They have only the corporate prayer. I admit that no private time of prayer can replace the corporate time. ……If you do not go to the Lord directly and privately by yourself, your dealing with the Lord will not be very practical or detailed. (Life Message Vol. 1 #2)

　　You could even save your time by arranging to have a ten minute morning watch with each of them. The telephone may be used for this purpose. ……Within one hour, you could contact three persons in the morning. You could contact the same three persons every morning to pray-read with them, fellowship with them, and enjoy Christ with them in a very brief way. Within three months each person can be contacted at least eighty times. After three months of this kind of consistent contact, these ones can be gained for the Lord's interest. (Elders' Training, Book 11: The Eldership and the God-Ordained Way (3), Message 9)

«　WEEK 11　DAY 5　»

　　Lam. 3:22-23 It is Jehovah's lovingkindness that we are not consumed, For His compassion do not fail; They are new every morning; Great is your faithfulness.

　　Prov. 4:18 But the path of the righteous is like the light of dawn, Which shines brighter and brighter until the full day.

　　We all have to rise up and endeavor to take this new way. Whether we are participating in the home meetings, the small group meetings, or the district meetings, we have to start from ourselves—we must be those who are revived. It is not difficult to be revived. As long as we kneel down before the Lord every day, call on Him, come near to Him, enjoy His word, and live and walk in the spirit, this will be sufficient. (Being Up-to-date for the Rebuilding of the Temple)

　　In Matthew 13:43 the overcomers are likened to the sun shining forth in the kingdom of their Father. The sun rises afresh every morning. If we are to be the overcomers, the sun, we must also rise up every morning to be revived by the Lord. Proverbs 4:18 says, “But the path of the righteous is as the dawning light, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day” (ASV). We should follow the sun to be revived and to have a new start every morning. Our path is like the dawning light that shines more and more until the full day. I like Paul's expression in 2 Corinthians 4:16—“day by day.” The Christian life does not only have one day. We are being renewed day by day. This means that day after day we have to be revived by the Lord. Yesterday morning we may have had a revival, but this morning we need another one, and tomorrow we need another one. Every year we need three hundred sixty-five revivals to be renewed day by day.

　　The divine element is very active. It is energizing, it works, and it is organic. Anything that is organic has an energizing capacity within it. Within the divine life that we are enjoying today, there is a renewing capacity. This capacity is not merely the measure of the divine life. …… We all have the divine element energizing in us, and in this divine element there is the renewing capacity. (Being Renewed Day by Day)

　　A vital matter that is crucial to the practice of the church life in the new way is our living a life of morning revival and daily victory. ……To be revived is simply to be touched by the Lord anew. ……You may not have been revived for a long time, and you may feel that you are very far from the Lord. However, the Lord promises that, regardless of what we are, where we are, or how we are, He is always near to us. We may not have a pure conscience, but the Lord's blood is ready to cleanse us. If we simply confess our failures, defects, wrongdoings, and shortcomings, the Lord will forgive us and cleanse us. Then immediately we touch Him, and He touches us. This is to be revived, and this kind of revival must be fresh every day.

　　We stress that this should be a morning revival based upon God's natural law. ……Therefore, it is good for us to go to bed earlier at night so that we can rise up earlier in the morning. Every morning we should get up, make our bed, and then spend some time with the Lord. If we can give the Lord ten minutes in the morning before doing anything else, surely we will be revived. If we normally get up at six o'clock, we should get up at five fifty. Then we could have ten minutes to contact the Lord and be revived. (The Exercise and Practice of the God-Ordained Way, Message 28)

　　The revival that I am talking about is not the kind of revival commonly known in Christianity. It is not something sudden, brought about by days of prayer and fasting and accompanied by extraordinary events, resulting in a general excitement. The revival that I am talking about is the renewing described in the New Testament. Second Corinthians 4:16 says, “...indeed our outward man is decaying, yet our inward man is being renewed day by day.” The renewal here is a revival. Every day we need a renewal, and this renewal has to be refreshed day by day. What we need today is this kind of renewal in the inner life. (A Timely Trumpeting and the Present Need, Chapter 4)

«　WEEK 11　DAY 6　»

　　2 Cor. 4:16 Therefore we do not lose heart; but though our outer man is decaying, yet our inner man is being renewed day by day.

　　3:18 But we all with unveiled face, beholding and reflecting like a mirror the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory, even as from the Lord Spirit.

　　In this revived and renewed living, we will spontaneously care for others, and we will spontaneously share with others the Christ whom we enjoy and the Savior whom we have received. In this way, others will be able to enjoy with us the portion that God has given to us. God has not given the privilege of preaching the gospel to the angels. Rather He has given this utmost honor to us. Therefore, in our daily life, we spontaneously go out to visit people. This visitation is to bear gifts to others' homes. We politely offer the Christ that we enjoy throughout the day as a gift to others. This is our duty. It is also our honor. (The Organic Practice of the New Way, Chapter 4)

　　This daily revival brings transformation with it. Romans 12:2 says, “Be transformed by the renewing of the mind.” Second Corinthians 3:18 says, “We all with unveiled face, beholding and reflecting as a mirror the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory, even as from the Lord Spirit.” This shows us that transformation comes from beholding the Lord. We are like mirrors beholding the Lord with an unveiled face. The more we behold Him, the more we reflect the glory of the Lord and the more we are transformed into the image of the Lord from one stage of glory to another. This transformation is from the Lord Spirit. There is not just a revival, but a transformation as well. Hence, to have a revival that is renewed daily is to have a transformation that is fresh daily. If we remain in this transformation our whole life, we will grow in the life of the Lord until we are matured. This kind of revival, renewal, and transformation is what we all need today.

　　After such a revival, we should live a life of consecration daily. In such a living, we fellowship with the Lord, walk with Him, and abide in Him, and thus become one spirit with Him and live Him out. This is an overcoming living. By this, we will be able to consecrate everything for the Lord. Our whole being will be for the Lord. Our time, energy, family, and business will all be for the Lord. We all have to consecrate ourselves in such a reckless way, not giving up until we reach our goal. We must be like a mother nursing her baby. Whether she is healthy or not does not matter. Whether she has problems or not, she has to consecrate everything for the care of her child. The same is true for athletes in the field; they forget everything and are desperate for the goal. (A Timely Trumpeting and the Present Need)

　　We should not only exercise to have such a life and living ourselves, but we should also help each of our new ones to have the same kind of life and living. We have discovered that a very convenient way to help the new ones get revived every morning is to have some time with them over the telephone each morning. It is best to make an appointment with them before calling them. Because of the convenience of calling the new ones by telephone, if we rise up a little earlier each morning, there is the way to take care of as many as three persons very easily. (The Exercise and Practice of the God-Ordained Way)