«　WEEK 6　DAY 2　»

　　Psa. 119:147-148 I anticipated the dawn and cried out; I hoped in Your words. My eyes anticipated the night watches, that I might muse upon Your word.

　　1 John 1:9 If we confess our sins, He is faithful and righteous to forgive us our sins and cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

　　We…must abide in the fellowship with the Lord daily and hourly (1 John 1:6; 2 Cor. 13:14)….We should not be away from Him but present in His fellowship. There should be no absence in our fellowship with the Lord. Daily and even hourly we need to be such persons. If I were not such a person, it would be hard for me to speak in the Lord’s ministry. My speaking depends upon my continual and present fellowship with the Lord. Why can we not speak in the meetings? Maybe we have been absent from the Lord’s fellowship for three days because we had a quarrel with our spouse. Because of this quarrel, we have been put away from the Lord’s fellowship. If we are going to speak for the Lord, we have to recover our fellowship with Him by confessing our sin and by making an apology to our spouse. (CWWL, 1988, vol. 1, “Speaking Christ for the Building Up of the Body of Christ,” pp. 174-175)

　　We must also be praying persons. We should pray unceasingly all the day long. This means that we have to call on His name. We need to call “O Lord.” Do not think that such a short calling means nothing. It means a lot. While we are working in an office, teaching a class, or doing any task, we can call “O Lord Jesus.”…By calling on the name of the Lord, we can pray unceasingly. For us to be the speaking ones in our meetings, we must be praying persons.

　　We also must enjoy the Lord in the Word every day early in the morning to have a new start each day (Psa. 119:147-148). According to God’s principle in His creation, He ordained to have a new year, a new month or a new moon, and a new day. Within every year we can have three hundred sixty-five new starts. If we failed for three hundred sixty-four days, we still have one more opportunity to have a successful day. We may have failed today, but thank the Lord tomorrow is still here waiting for us. Tomorrow morning we will have another chance to have a new start. Within every twenty-four hours, there is a new chance for us to have a new start and be renewed.

　　To have a new start is not hard. It is so easy. Just rise up a little earlier and say, “O Lord Jesus. O Lord Jesus.” You do not need to shout loudly and bother others. Just say, “O Lord Jesus.” To say this makes a big difference. Sometimes I forgot to call on the Lord immediately after I woke up. That became a big loss to me. As soon as I realized this, I said, “Lord Jesus, forgive me for forgetting You.”

　　Then we need to pray-read a short portion of the Word, anywhere from two to four verses. We can enjoy the Lord with His Word and in His Word through pray-reading. We should do this every day in the morning to have a good, new start….We do not need to spend a long time to enjoy the Lord in the Word early in the morning. Ten to fifteen minutes is sufficient to get nourished and have a good start of a new day. We need to practice this.

　　We also must be ones who deal with our sins thoroughly (1 John 1:9). We must be sin-dealing people. We should not tolerate sin in any way….Before cleaning a room, we may not realize how dirty it is. The more thoroughly that we clean it, the more dirt we will find. We must allow the Lord to search us and cleanse us thoroughly. We must deal with our sins and faults, making a thorough confession to the Lord in His light. When we confess our sins, the Lord forgives us, and His blood cleanses us continually (vv. 7, 9). (CWWL, 1988, vol. 1, “Speaking Christ for the Building Up of the Body of Christ,” pp. 175-176, 180-181)

　　Further Reading: CWWL, 1988, vol. 1, “Speaking Christ for the Building Up of the Body of Christ,” chs. 3-4