Coming Together

What then, brothers? Whenever you come together, each one has a psalm, has a teaching, has a revelation, has a tongue, has an interpretation. Let all things be done for building up. 1 Corinthians 14:26  

Not abandoning our own assembling together, as the custom with some is, but exhorting one another; and so much the more as you see the day drawing near. Hebrews 10:25  

Beginning this year again, the Lord has led us further in our practice of the church-life. The Lord's speaking through the ministry of the word in the Holy Word for Morning Revival confirms this burden. I personally was so touched by the two Bible verses above. These are the scriptural ways to meet, to enjoy the practical church life for the building up of the Body of Christ.

In fact, I have been burdened to invite at least one family to our home for lovefest and fellowship on a weekly basis; and the Lord has been faithfully fulfilling it too. In the first week, we have three families coming over for such a lovefeast fellowship. And with one family, we invited them to come every Saturday. The physical meeting and eating together may or may not build us up, but this definitely opens the door for more fellowship and building up. 

First of all, there must be the coming together, as a church, or even as a family, the more the better. Then the Lord will have a way to work in and among us. The coming together as a church, we have been trumpeting, and as a church, we are coming together more frequently now. At least, twice in a week; on Saturdays for the church prayer meeting and gospel preaching, on Lord's days for the bread breaking, prophesying, lovefeast, brothers and sisters fellowship, and young people meeting. Now, on the weekdays, we are also coming together for home meetings and group meetings.  

Last Lord's day, my wife and I were prophesying on this same burden; of coming together in homes, assembling together as the church, and not neglecting nor belittling these matters, as these are the practical ways in which we all can be built up together. We also exhorted all the saints for the practical church life. This year, we are burdened for a definite increase in the saints enjoyment of the Christian life and the church life. 

For this very reason, I went to a family regularly as much as possible though they are still stuck up in the denomination. My burden is that, at least, they can have some spiritual food through my visit. In fact, two families were shepherded in the home meeting and, I declare in faith that one day, the Lord will fully deliver them through the word of God to come fully into the practical church life which He has been preparing us now. Sometimes, the new ones are reluctant, but I have been doing my best to visit them, with the burden of shepherding.

Lord, bless our church-life of coming together and build us up together.