Prayer Burdens & Weekly Pursuit – Week 5 of April

Prayer Burdens:

Bangladesh

Pray for the gospel preaching to be unrestricted, that the truth of the gospel can be preached to people of all races and religious backgrounds.

India

Pray for the establishing the proper structure of the church life in the practice of the God-ordained way for the building up of the Body.

Myanmar

Pray for the literature work to be led and strengthened by the Lord.

Tajikistan

Pray for the practice of the God-ordained way; may the Lord give the saints 4 remaining fruits this year.

Turkiye

Pray for the propagation work in Adana to be strengthened that the saints can be perfected and built up to be His lampsatand.

Vietnam

Pray for the next generation in Vietnam—children, teenagers, students, and young working saints; may the Lord preserve them from the world and gain them for His coming.

Weekly Pursuit:

Verses:

Eph. 4:13 “Until we all arrive at the oneness of the faith and of the full knowledge of the Son of God, at a full-grown man, at the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ.”

Excerpts:

Only when we take Christ as the center and focus on Him can we arrive at the oneness of the faith. If we truly know the Son of God, there will be no arguments. This knowing does not depend on mental comprehension but on growth in life; this knowing is not in the mind but in experience. Hence, Ephesians 4:13 continues, saying, “At a full-grown man, at the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ.” From this verse we can see that knowing is the result of arriving at a full-grown man, at the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ.

Even though we may win an argument regarding the rapture, what is the profit if people do not know Christ? If we know and experience the Son of God, the matter of the prophecy regarding the rapture will not matter to us. The oneness of the faith among the saints does not depend on the rapture; rather, it depends on the Son of God, Christ. In the matter of the administration and management of the church, any practice that is not in contradiction to the Son of God, Christ, is acceptable. If we have seen this great principle, we will not have any arguments. If we take Christ—the Son of God—as the criterion and broaden our view, there will be no problem. All our problems are due to our inadequate knowledge and vision of the Son of God. The oneness of the faith altogether depends on our full knowledge of the Son of God. (CWWL, 1952, vol. 2, “How to Administrate the Church,” pp. 87-89)