Politics Divides, Prayer Unites

As a citizen of a nation and as a man with a global view, I have been following closely the current affairs of the world and of my country, India. Sometimes, I confess, I have been too much engrossed in the political news. There has been feeling and thought within me based not the news I have read concerning countries or political parties or politicians. Well, the Bible does tell me to pray for the ruler 

I exhort therefore, first of all, that petitions, prayers, intercessions, thanksgivings be made on behalf of all men; On behalf of kings and all who are in high position, that we may lead a quiet and tranquil life in all godliness and gravity. (1 Timothy 2:1, 2)

The charge here is to pray on behalf of kings and all who are in high position, but not to follow them or their ideologies, not to support them nor oppose them, but simply to pray for them for the sake of God's economy. But once the news seeped into me, an innate feeling was developed that affects my views. Well, that may be natural, but of late, the Lord has chastised me to not be too much engrossed in the political affair of the world, except to watch and pray.

In fact, one of the recent trainings has warned me of Babylon in her two aspects, religious and material. The material Babylon is a devilish politics with its source in Satan. My response to such should be to come out of it. As I must pray for the Lord's move even through the world situation and the world rulers, I must definitely be not a part of it, which I tend to, at least psychologically.

Following the elections in India and the USA, I realized that it only brings death and darkness. I should rather simply know the world situation and bring them to the Lord in prayer without following them or supporting anyone or any party. As far as I experience this matter, whenever a political subject is raised among the saints, it definitely leads them to the soul and ends up in the tree of the knowledge of good and evil which issues in death, darkness, division, and destruction. I thought I knew how to discern political matters based on my shallow and little knowledge of the word of God, but the Lord proved me wrong. And I am glad He did it, and that's how I learned. I have learned my lesson the hard way. The Lord is the sovereign One. He knows who to let go and who to bring in, who to lift up and who to let down. He knows the best! I dare not be loose in the matter of supporting or airing my political views anymore. I discovered that the saints too who are engrossed in politics ended up in darkness and division. Politics divide, prayer unites! So I must just be doing nothing other than pray for the Lord's move. Praise the Lord for this precious lesson!

Last Saturday in the church prayer meeting here, the burden of the prayer and the ministry portion was very apt. I was so enlightened by the Lord's speaking through the church:

The history of the world throughout the past twenty centuries shows that actually there is an invisible Ruler above the scene…This invisible Ruler above the scene is actually ruling over the entire earth. Who was ruling over the earth during the period of the Roman Empire? Jesus Christ. This ascended Christ was ruling over all the Caesars and later over Napoleon and over all the rulers of the earth. Today He still is the Ruler of the kings of the earth. All the presidents, kings, and prime ministers are under this unique Ruler. He is executing His government through the church, His Body. His ruling is not merely behind the scene but above the scene. The worldly people and even the worldly historians do not realize this. Their eyes are only on the world rulers and the world political situation. They do not have the spiritual view to see that the world situation is under the Head with His Body. The church should not be involved with any politics, but the church as the Body of the Head is used by the Head to carry out His heavenly ministry on this earth. The direction of the situation of the world today depends upon how the genuine church, the proper church, is proceeding on this earth. (CWWL, 1984, vol. 3, “God’s New Testament Economy,” pp. 200-201)

In fact, the church is above world politics and has an immense authority to execute what the Lord has decided from the throne. The genuine and proper church can definitely influence the Lord's move on the earth and can bring in the Lord's kingdom on the earth. Therefore, instead of being carried away by the world situation, prayer must be offered for the Lord's move through the world situation. 

I have learned my lesson and decided not to even psychologically be entangled in politics as I have never physically involved in any politics. My responsibility is to discern the Lord's move through the world situation and pray in oneness with the will of the Lord for the Lord's desire to be fulfilled. What salvation indeed is to have learned this truth!

No politics! Politics divides, prayer unites!

Shepherding a Couple

Yesterday, the trainees brought a couple whom they met in their gospel propagation. As I fellowshipped with them I asked them to introduce themselves and speak whatever they feel like speaking. In this way, I was opening up their being to get to know better. As the sister was sharing her life history, how she served as a missionary a few years ago and had done her theology and is now in Gurugram looking for a job, drifting away from what she used to do before, I had a strong feeling to shepherd her and her friend with the parable of the prodigal son. 

By the way, I freshly enjoyed this parable as I used this parable to share on the loving Father in a gospel meeting just before they came to meet me. I fellowshipped with them from Luke 15: 20-24

And he rose up and came to his own father. But while he was still a long way off, his father saw him and was moved with compassion, and he ran and fell on his neck and kissed him affectionately. And the son said to him, Father, I have sinned against heaven and before you; I am no longer worthy to be called your son. But the father said to his slaves, Bring out quickly the best robe and put it on him, and put a ring on his hand and sandals on his feet. And bring the fattened calf; slaughter it, and let us eat and be merry, because this son of mine was dead and lives again; he was lost and has been found. And they began to be merry. And they began to be merry.

As I fellowshipped on how we were all lost in sin in the world like the prodigal son, in spite of the fact that we are already children of God, the sister was so moved. He was so hungry for spiritual food and received every word I had to minister to them. She even made a video recording on her mobile, which I did not mind, of most of the sharing I had with her and her friend. Because of her seeking heart and hunger for the word, she just drew the word of God out of my being. I could spontaneously flow out the living word as food supply.

Some key points I emphasized were the loving Father's heart towards His children, no matter what His children's situation may be. He just loved them and did not expect anything except their being recovered back from their wandering. I emphasized mostly on the spiritual significances of the best robe, Christ as our righteousness; the ring, the sealing Spirit that restores us as God's own; the sandal, that separates and sanctifies us from the world; and the fattened calf, that fed us with Himself as food for our life and life supply. 

Then, I connected the fattened calf with Christ as food revealed in the gospel of John 6; the Lord as the Bread sent from heaven, the living Bread, the true Bread, the Bread of Life, and the Bread that we must eat; who is Spirit and Life (vv. 32-35, 48-51, 57, 63). A trainee sister also shared her testimony of salvation. After all the sweet and wonderful fellowship we all prayed together. I gifted them the Shepherding Materials in English for the weekly Friday home meeting. 

The fellowship was such a joy and life supply to me as well. As I shared the word, I myself felt the strong life supply to me personally and to the rest of the people present in the fellowship. It was indeed a mutual shepherding. The saints and the new ones were nourished and I was nourished too. I do believe the Lord will continue to preserve them and keep them open for the weekly home meeting and be ushered into the church life.

The same message was also spoken in the gospel meeting of the young people where I gave the concluding word after the young brothers sharing the gospel message. It was indeed the Lord's timely speaking. I too am one of the prodigal sons who came back to the loving Father and whom the loving Father has gracious restored and recovered.

Praise the Lord for our loving Father! May the Lord continue to shepherd them and fully recover them for His testimony. 

Two Brothers

This week, the Lord has begun to practically answer the prayer we offered to Him as the church. Our burden before the end of this year 2020 is to gain 100 saints who are regularly meeting on the Lord's day. So far, we have come up to a little over half the target. In fact, if we were to include all the saints being shepherded regularly, the number would come to 75% of our goal. But our prayer has been to achieve 100%. I personally do not know how the Lord will do this, but I strongly believe the Lord will do it as we cooperate with Him in His move.

On Wednesday, a father and son came to the literature office to look for ministry books in Hindi. While they were browsing through the catalog, though I was in an online fellowship, I felt the need to go and spend time with them who were in our living room. I realized they were sent by the Lord miraculously to bring them into contact with the church here in Gurugram. The son has been looking for a proper fellowship on the word of God though he used to go to one of the denominations in the city. Somehow, he felt the lack of spiritual feeding there. Meanwhile, his father visited him from Nagpur who already has been in touch with the brothers in the church in Nagpur and has tasted the ministry. His father was so impressed by the truth in the ministry and wanted his son to be in fellowship with the church. Through this one meeting, the father and son decided that they should be in fellowship with the church in the Lord's recovery. We exchanged phone numbers and he promised to start meeting with us once he comes back from visiting his ailing mother in Nagpur.

A few days later, his father called me and requested me to take care of his son spiritually who has been working in Gurugram. He expressed his desire that his son should be established in the word of God and be in fellowship with us in the local church. I was surprised that though they being members of one of the biggest Christian denominations in North India, they themselves decided to come to the church life. Generally, it has been so hard for some families I know for decades to come out of that denomination as they have "everything" outward for their religious needs. But this father and son have seen something from the Bible revealed through the ministry books and were eager to come into the church life. May the Lord preserve them and shepherd them with his healthy word so that they can be shepherded and built up in the church life here. 

Yesterday, the brother I met two weeks ago came to fellowship with me. He shared how he was impressed by the truths that I shared when I visited him the first time at his home concerning the church as the Body of Christ and the one new man and that how we follow the word of God as truthful and faithful as we could according to the Lord's grace. He was so happy that we met. In fact, in fellowship, we have decided to meet once every week for fellowship, prayer, and the study of the word. He is a local Hindi speaking brother. He has also been serving the Lord according to his own capacity and has been seeking a proper fellowship with a proper church according to the Bible. 

Though I cannot judge a person just by two meetings, still deep within me I have the realization that this is the Lord's doing in answer to the prayer of the Body for the increase. He also shared his burden to serve the local Hindi speaking people in Gurugram. That is also our burden too as the church. Perhaps, this is the way the Lord has opened for His move among the local people as we have been praying. I trust the Lord, He will gain the two brothers, both native Hindi speakers, who love the Lord and have the burden to serve the local people. 

As I fellowship about these two brothers in the brothers' fellowship this morning, we all were filled with joy and thanksgiving to the Lord for His move and answering the prayer of the Body. We all should prepare ourselves to shepherd these two brothers that the Lord may gain them and perfect them for His building work. 

May the Lord grace us the wisdom we need to shepherd them and build them up in the Body life. 

Changed Generation

Today in the ministry meeting I enjoyed a message on the vital group. This brings me back to the basics of the Bible in the practice of the God-ordained way. I was freshly nourished by the Lord's speaking through brother Witness Lee.

What is a vital group? 

My understanding of a vital group may be a group that is living, burning and bearing fruit. But this is too doctrinal an answer without vision. Actually, a vital group is a group of normal Christians. To be vital is not about super spirituality or a special kind of people. A vital group is simply a group of normal Christians, living a normal Christian life in a normal church life. Everything about them is just and simple normal. But the fact is, today most Christians are abnormal, including myself and many other saints who are in the church life.  

Brother Witness Lee testified that his burden in endeavoring to carry out the vital groups is to change the generation. When he went to Taiwan in 1984, he told the elders that he could not go on in the present dormant situation of the recovery. He told the elders, "We need to come out of the deadness of Sardis (Rev. 3:1-2), the lukewarmness of Laodicea (vv. 14-16), and the barrenness of the degenerating believers (John 15:2a). I want to bring the recovery into another age with a new generation, a new people." 

After reconsidering the holy Word, brother Lee found out the way in which Christians should serve and meet. This is the God-ordained way, the way ordained by God in the Bible. This way ordained by God has four steps. 

Begetting: The first step is to preach the gospel to get sinners saved so that they can become members of Christ. This is the begetting stage to bring forth, to beget, members of Christ. When sinners repent, believe, and are regenerated, they become like newborn babes who need to be nourished by us. This is not merely soul-winning, but to beget spiritual baby.

Nourishing: The feeding stage, the nourishing stage, is to take care of the newborn baby to nourish as a nursing mother. 

Perfecting: After the feeding stage comes the teaching stage to educate them. The teaching stage takes a long time. Humanly speaking, education takes a good number of years. In India, as for my self, I took twenty years from preparatory to high school, then higher secondary, then college, and finally university. Spiritually speaking, as much as we spent time, money, and energy for secular education, much more, we need to invest our money, time, energy for a proper healthy spiritual education, to be educated in the divine truths for the Christian life and the church life. This is the teaching stage, which is called the perfecting of the saints in Ephesians 4:12. After a certain period of time, the saints become “graduates” in the church life. The length of time it takes to “graduate” differs from people according to their desire for the Lord, their endeavoring, and their capacity.

Building: After the begetting stage, the nourishing stage, and the teaching stage comes the building stage. After graduating with a college or university degree, one takes up a job or a business. This "job or business" in the church life is to build up the church of Christ, the Body of Christ, by prophesying. This is fully developed and presented in 1 Corinthians 14. 

The church is not built by one minister, one preacher, speaking all the time. All the members of the Body must grow in life and function to build up the Body in oneness and in sweet coordination. The concept of one man speaking nullifies the headship of Christ and makes the church nothing. The practice of one man speaking and the rest listening does not build up the church, the Body of Christ. Instead, it builds up a hierarchy, a kind of religious system with rank and position. This is not only improper but harmful and dangerous for the Body of Christ. In 1 Corinthians 14 Paul says that we should all desire to prophesy, to speak for the Lord (v. 1). Paul says that we can all prophesy (v. 31). To prophesy in 1 Corinthians 14 means to speak for the Lord and to speak forth Christ. We need various functions from the many members of the Body. 

Changed Generation: The God-ordained way of four stages: the stages of begetting, feeding, teaching, and building, practiced step by step will usher in a changed generation and when we begin to practice it step by step, we will be a changed generation. This will bring us out of the old generation to the new generation. This will get us out of the deadness, lukewarmness, and barrenness. We must get out of the oldness, the staleness. We must get out of the routine, the formality, the silence, and the prayers of the traditional way. We hate deadness, lukewarmness, and barrenness. We are struggling to fight them down. We need a change from the old way to the new way, from the old age to the new age in God’s ordained way with four steps: begetting, feeding, teaching, and building. We need a change of generation. 

A vital group is a group of normal Christians. A normal Christian always lives a holy life in the church and he lives in the Body. A normal Christian lives the normal church life and preaches the gospel in a normal way to save people into the church, into the Body. O how I need to be normalized in my Christian life and church life! There are many things that I still need to be dealt with. Thorough repentance from my abnormality and confession before God for my sins, mistakes, wrongdoings, shortcomings, defects, transgressions, trespasses, sins, and evils needed to be carried out day by day. An intimate fellowship with the Lord and with my fellow believers are needed. Then I can be perfected in my prayer life, in my reading of the Word of God, in my calling upon the Lord’s name, and in my exercising my spirit. In this way I can become vital—living, burning, and fruit-bearing. 

May the Lord grace me and my fellow believers in the local church I am in, to be vital, to be normal, to be the changed generation, practicing the God-ordained way to build up the church, and to bring the Lord back. 

The Age of Faith

I freshly enjoyed the matter of faith as I was assigned to share on the same topic in a serving one's training we had last weekend. To speak or to select a portion to speak was not my choice. The message was assigned to me and I need to choose a point from the message. But a brother had already chosen one point out of the two points the same message assigned to both of us. So I had no choice. The portion for my study and speaking was, "The Age of Faith".

The age we live in right now is the age of mystery. The God we believe in is a mystery. The mystery of God, the embodiment of this mysterious God, the Son of God, Jesus Christ, is also a mystery. The mystery of Christ, the church, is also a mystery. Every spiritual thing today is a mystery. Yet these mysteries are made known to us by faith! Faith substantiates, assures, and proves that all these mysteries are real, true, knowable, experienceable, and enjoyable. The mysterious things of God are made real by faith! 

In fact, our Christian life and church life are mysteries too. Our Christian life and church life began by faith. We live by faith, we serve by faith, and we walk by faith. From the beginning of our Christian life till the end, is being lived out by faith. Therefore, the Christian life is a life of faith. Our Christian life is a life of things unseen. The Lord's recovery is the recovery of the Church from the things seen to the things unseen. The unseen has been made real by faith. 

Now faith is the substantiation of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen. Heb. 11:1

But without faith it is impossible to be well pleasing to Him, for he who comes forward to God must believe that He is and that He is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him. Heb. 11:6

Whom having not seen, you love; into whom though not seeing Him at present, yet believing, you exult with joy that is unspeakable and full of glory. 1 Pet. 1:8

Faith is the unique way to carry out God's economy. 1 Tim. 1:4. Faith is God's requirement for us related to everything in the New Testament. Faith is also the divine requirement for overcomers to meet the Lord Jesus in His coming again and to receive the reward of the Kingdom in the coming age. Faith brings us into organic union with the Lord where we can experience and enjoy Christ. Genuine faith is Christ Himself infused into us to be our faith. Praise the Lord for this faith infused into us!

As we began our Christian life by faith, the Lord will grace us to finish this life by faith as the apostle Paul did. 

I have fought the good fight; I have finished the course; I have kept the faith. 2 Tim. 4:7

Looking away unto Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith, who for the joy set before Him endured the cross, despising the shame, and has sat down on the right hand of the throne of God. Heb. 12:2

Day by day, we must look away unto Jesus, the Author and Perfector of our faith. The more we look way unto Him, the more He will dispense Himself into us to become our faith. The faith that He began in us to begin our Christian life, He will also complete it, to make us overcomers.

A few other points on faith that impressed me are:

Remember the ones leading you, who have spoken to you the word of God; and considering the issue of their manner of life, imitate their faith. Heb. 13:7

That you may not be sluggish, but imitators of those who through faith and long-suffering are inheriting the promises. Heb. 6:12

So that the proving of your faith, much more precious than of gold which perishes though it is proved by fire, may be found unto praise and glory and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ; 1 Pet. 1:7

Night and day petitioning exceedingly so that we may see your face and complete the things that are lacking in your faith? 1 Thes. 3:10

In fact, I declared that I am not ashamed to confess that I imitate the pattern of faith set before me by some brothers including Watchman Nee and Witness Lee, and other brothers who are still alive and some who were already taken to glory. They imitate Christ, I imitate them, and in fact, I am initiating Christ in imitating the pattern. Even if the Lord allows, in His sovereignty, to pass through sufferings because of my faith in the Lord Jesus Christ, this will be the proving of my faith and He will grace me to overcome every hardship on my pathway of faith. As many are pattern to me, I should be a pattern in turn to others and the generations to follow. Therefore, I should even be able to declare like Paul, to complete the lacking in faith in the saints that Lord grace me to shepherd.

These were all the points I released when my turn came to minister the word to all the brothers. I enjoyed the truths and I released the very truths I enjoyed. 

May the Lord increase my faith and the faith of the brothers as we look away unto Him, day by day, moment by moment as we live in this age of faith.

The Ministry of the Word

The Ministry of the Word sounds familiar to me and this has been a tagline for me in my official service in the literature distribution. Yet little did I realize that this has very deep connotations in relation to God's move on the earth today. When we were informed that there would be a Serving Ones Training in which we were to read messages from chapter 8 to 14 of the book by brother Watchman Nee, The Ministry of God's Word, I decided to read the entire book. I took that as an opportunity to dive into the truth which I used to distribute. Sadly enough, though I had been promoting that book in the past, I had not read it once. This was the time for me to read before the training.

As I began reading from chapter 1, I was ushered into the depths of the word of God. I could see things which I never saw before. The depth of the spiritual understand brother Nee had was amazing. If not for the Lord's special anointing I do not believe that any human can reveal such deep revelations. As I read the book, perhaps studied the book, word by word, phrase by phrase, sentence by sentence, paragraph by paragraph, page by page, and even chapter by chapter, I was altogether in a different realm. I am running out of words to describe the feeling I had while reading the book. On the one hand, I regret that I did not read that book earlier, yet on the other hand, I thanked the Lord that I did not read it earlier as I would not have appreciated it as I did this time. To read and understand this book, I am deeply convinced, one has to attain a certain degree of spiritual maturity. By the Lord's mercy, I have attained that and that's the reason why I could appreciate the Lord's speaking through the ministry of brother Watchman Nee.

The ministry of the word has very much to do with the minister himself. If the minister is not proper, there can never be the proper ministry of the word. The minister must have attained a certain level of learning, dealing, and substantial growth in life to be a vessel for the Lord to flow through. He must have light from the lord concerning the word of God. That light is the revelation the Lord reveals to him through the word. As he muses not the revelation and even prays over, the Lord will give him the thoughts which are being conveyed into the inner word understood by him. As he considers even more on the fine and minute detail of the word, the Lord would give him the outer word, the utterance, to describe the revelation in words intelligible and understandable to man, the target of the minister's ministry of the word. To pass through these processes require definite and specific learning and dealing from the Lord. The breaking of the outer man is of utmost importance here for the release of the word that can become the Rhema word to the hearer of the ministry of the word.

O how I long and desire to be such a minister of the word! Only the Lord can deal with me and perfect me to be such a minister of the word. The Lord in His mercy may grace me to be such a minister. From my part, with this aspiration, I would pursue the Lord in His word diligently and with much prayer. I am in the Lord's hands. May He mold me and shape me according to His heart's desire.

From the deep spiritual lesson I have learned, I was assigned to apply in a way of ministering the word in the Serving Ones Training conducted by the work in India for the responsible brothers in all the local churches. Twelve brothers were assigned to learn and exercise to minister the word, of which I was one to exercise as well. I took that as an opportunity to learn and practice whatever the Lord has taught me especially in the reading of the book, The Ministry of God's Word. I had prepared and prayed over the message assigned to me. I have no idea how much of my exercise had really benefited the brothers who listened to the word. Only the brothers may know and the Lord knows. But from my side, I really enjoyed the flow of life in my exercise to minister the word as we were taught so. 

Thank the Lord for gracing me the opportunity to learn and also to practice by exercising to minister the word of God to the brothers. I should and must exercise daily, and even all the days of my life to learn the word and minister the word to whoever the Lord would bring His people. 

Lord, grace me to be a minister of Your word! 

Seekers' Seminar

On the 24th of September, we had a Seekers' Seminar which was conducted by the churches in North India to follow up on the seeking believers who have downloaded eBooks from Rhema website. This was the new way taken to reach out to the seekers in different parts of India. Despite the lockdown when traveling has been very much limited and even gospel preaching one on one, face to face has been restricted due to the global pandemic raging the world, the Lord has His way and many more could be reached through electronic media.

The Seekers' Seminar was significant in at least two points. First, it was a unique way paved by the Lord to gain His remnants among the Hindi speakers. We have been very burdened for the Hindi speaking people of North India. The spread of the gospel is very less in comparison to other parts of India and much less, the Lord's testimony in His recovery. Second, the coordination among the churches, the work, and the literature serving ones was greatly strengthened. This time our coordination was so sweet and strong. I enjoyed the Lord's presence and anointing in all the coordination while we delivered the word of God. A brother and I were assigned to do the speaking. While preparing the message and the presentation (PPT), I enjoyed the Lord's presence and anointing richly.

The message we spoke was on "Calling on the Name of the Lord". A very common and basic truth in the church life. Yet as I prepared and spoke the truth again, it was very living and fresh. I felt as though I am hearing the message for the first time again. Though I was very familiar with the points of truth, I was not so deeply impressed as it should have been in the past. But this time, every point became living and fresh. It became a fresh message to me.

Through this seminar, the sisters in Gurugram too came to sing the hymn and we all gathered together in the meeting hall despite the ongoing pandemic. We all exercised to participate in the meeting and enjoyed the Lord's rich blessing. Praise the Lord!

Besides, the attendance of the online meeting was very significant. About sixty to seventy new ones joined the meeting, which is a big number for us as we endeavor to reach out to the Hindi speaking people of North India. In fact, even if only one attended, it would have been worth all the labor. Now, sixty to seventy is a very big number. May the Lord speak to them and gain them for His testimony.

Some of the points I was so deeply impressed with were:

The Purposes to Call on the Name of the Lord.

• To be saved 
• To be rescued
• To receive the Spirit
• To enjoy the riches of the Lord 
• To participate in the Lord’s plenteous mercy

To be saved (Rom.10:13) Psalm 116 “I will take the cup of salvation, and call upon the name of the Lord” (v. 13). “Call upon His name!…Cry out and give a ringing shout” (Isa. 12:4, 6). “O Lord Jesus, You are so good to me!”

To be rescued from distress (Psa. 18:6; 118:5), from trouble (Psa. 50:15; 86:7; 81:7), and from sorrow and pain (Psa. 116:3-4).

To receive the Spirit (Acts 2:17a, 21).

To participate in the Lord’s plenteous mercy is to call upon Him.  The more we call upon Him, the more we enjoy His mercy (Psa. 86:5). 

To enjoy the riches of the Lord (Romans 10:12) The Lord of all is rich to all who call upon Him. (1 Cor. 12:3; 1:2).

The best way to experience His presence with all His riches is to call on His name.

The Way to Call on the Lord

• Call on Him out of a pure heart 
• Call corporately (2 Tim. 2:22)
• Call with a pure lip (Zeph. 3:9)  For then I will change the language of the peoples / Into a pure language / That they may all call upon the name of Jehovah, / To serve Him with one accord. 
• Call with an open mouth (Psa. 81:10) I am Jehovah your God, / Who brought you up out of the land of Egypt; / Open your mouth wide, and I will fill it.
• Call His name daily (Psalm 88:9) My eye wastes away at the affliction; / I have called out to You, O Jehovah, every day; / I have spread out my hands to You.
• Call as long as you live (Psalm 116:2) Because He inclines His ear to me; / Therefore I will call upon Him all my days.