Morning Watch The Recovery of the Church -- Week 5 Dec. 25-31, 2017
The Recovery of the Church Life
Monday 12/25
Matt. 16:18
18And I also say to you that you are Peter, and upon this rock I will build My church, and the gates of Hades shall not prevail against it.
Matt. 18:17
17And if he refuses to hear them, tell it to the church; and if he refuses to hear the church also, let him be to you just like the Gentile and thectax collector.
Rev. 1:11
11Saying, What you see write in a scroll and send it to the seven churches: to Ephesus and to Smyrna and to Pergamos and to Thyatira and to Sardis and to Philadelphia and to Laodicea.
Rev. 22:16-17, 20
16I Jesus have sent My angel to testify to you these things for the churches. I am the Root and the Offspring of David, the bright morning star.
17And the Spirit and the bride say, Come! And let him who hears say, Come! And let him who is thirsty come; let him who wills take the water of life freely.
20He who testifies these things says, Yes, I come quickly. Amen. Come, Lord Jesus!
Eph. 4:20-22
20But you did not so learn Christ,
21If indeed you have heard Him and have been taught in Him as the reality is in Jesus,
22That you put off, as regards your former manner of life, the old man, which is being corrupted according to the lusts of5the deceit,
Further Reading: HWMR The Recovery of the Church – Week 5, Day 1
Corporate Reading of “Rising Up to Preach the Gospel” Chapter 2 – Sections: Being Virgins Who Fervently Love The Lord And Slaves Who Faithfully Serve The Lord; Our Goal Being To Reap For The Lord And Not To Live For Ourselves
Tuesday 12/26
Gal. 2:20
20I am crucified with Christ; and it is no longer Iwholive, butitis Christ who lives in me; and the life which I now live in the flesh I live in faith, the faith of the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself up for me.
Col. 3:4
4When Christ our life is manifested, then you also will be manifested with Him in glory.
Phil. 1:21a
21aFor to me, to live is Christ
Phil. 3:9-10
9And be found in Him, not having my own righteousness which is out of the law, but that which is through faith in Christ, the righteousness which is out of God and basedon faith,
10To know Him and the power of His resurrection and the fellowship of His sufferings, being conformed to His death,
1 John 5:11-12
11And this is the testimony, that God gave to us eternal life and this life is in His Son.
12He who has the Son has the life; he who does not have the Son of God does not have the life.
1 Cor. 6:17
17But he who is joined to the Lord is one spirit.
Further Reading: HWMR The Recovery of the Church – Week 5, Day 2
Corporate Reading of “Rising Up to Preach the Gospel” Chapter 2 – Sections: Coming And Going; The Big Revival In Chefoo And The Undertaking Of Migration
Wednesday 12/27
Rom. 12:1-2; 11
1I exhort you therefore, brothers, through the compassions of God to present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, well pleasing to God, which is your reasonable service.
2And do not be fashioned according to this age, but be transformed by the renewing of the mind that you may prove what the will of God is, that which is good and well pleasing and perfect.
11 See Lord's Day
Eph. 3:16-19
16That He would grant you, according to the riches of His glory, to be strengthened with power through His Spirit into the inner man,
17That Christ may make His home in yourhearts through faith, that you, being rooted and grounded in love,
18May be full of strength to apprehend with all the saints what the breadth and length and height and depth are
19And to know the knowledge-surpassing love of Christ, that you may be filled2unto all the fullness of God.
2 Cor. 3:18
18But 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.
1 Cor. 2:2, 9-10
2For I did not determine to know anything among you except Jesus Christ, and this One crucified.
9But as it is written, "Things which eye has not seen and ear has not heard and which have not come up in man's heart; things which God has prepared for those who love Him.''
10But to us God has revealed them through the Spirit, for the Spirit searches all things, even the depths of God.
Further Reading: HWMR The Recovery of the Church – Week 5, Day 3
Corporate Reading of “Rising Up to Preach the Gospel” Chapter 2 – Sections: From House To House; A Concluding Word
Thursday 12/28
Eph. 1:10, 22-23
10Unto the economy of the fullness of the times, to head up all things in Christ, the things in the heavens and the things on the earth, in Him;
22And He subjected all things under His feet and gave Him to be Head over all things to the church,
23Which is His Body, the fullness of the One who fills all in all.
Eph. 4:15-16
15But holding to truth in love, we may grow up into Him in all things, who is the Head, Christ,
16 Out from whom all the Body, being joined together and being knit together through every joint ofthe rich supply and through the operation in the measure of each one part, causes the growth of the Body unto the building up of itself in love.
1 Cor. 11:3
3But I want you to know that Christ is the head of every man, and the man is the head of the woman, and God is the head of Christ.
Col. 1:16-18
16Because in Him all things were created, in the heavens and on the earth, the visible and the invisible, whether thrones or lordships or rulers or authorities; all things have been created through Him and unto Him.
17And He is before all things, and all things cohere in Him;
18And He is the Head of the Body, the church; He is the beginning, the Firstborn from the dead, that He Himself might have the first place in all things;
Further Reading: HWMR The Recovery of the Church – Week 5, Day 4
Corporate Reading of “Rising Up to Preach the Gospel” Chapter 3 – Sections: The Power Of The Gospel; The Power Of The Gospel Being The Poured Out Spirit; A History Of The Outpouring Of The Holy Spirit; The Rise Of The Mystics; The Moravian Brethren
Friday 12/29
1 Cor. 1:9
9God is faithful, through whom you were called into the fellowship of His Son, Jesus Christ our Lord.
Eph. 3:21
21To Him be the glory in the church and in Christ Jesus unto all the generations forever and ever. Amen.
1 Cor. 10:16-17
16The cup of blessing which we bless, is it not the fellowship of the blood of Christ? The bread which we break, is it not the fellowship of the body of Christ?
17Seeing that there is one bread, we who are many are one Body; for we all partake of the one bread.
1 John 1:3, 7
3That which we have seen and heard we report also to you that you also may have fellowship with us, and indeed our fellowship is with the Father and with His Son Jesus Christ.
7But if we walk in the light as He is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus His Son cleanses us from every sin.
Phil 2:1-2
1If there is therefore any encouragement in Christ, if any consolation of love, if any fellowship of spirit, if any tenderheartedness and compassions,
2Make my joy full, that you think the same thing, having the same love, joined in soul, thinking the one thing,
Further Reading: HWMR The Recovery of the Church – Week 5, Day 5
Corporate Reading of “Rising Up to Preach the Gospel” Chapter 3 – Sections: The Revival in England; The Rise of the Pentecostal Movement; God’s Reaction; The History Of The Holy Spirit; The Third of the Divine Trinity
Saturday 12/30
John 15:8
8In this is My Father glorified, that you bear much fruit and so you will become My disciples.
Eph. 4:23-24
23And that you be renewed in the spirit of your mind
24And put on the new man, which was created according to God in righteousness and holiness of the reality.
John 17:1, 5, 22
1These things Jesus spoke, and lifting up His eyes to heaven, He said, Father, the hour has come; glorify Your Son that the Son may glorify You;
5And now, glorify Me along with Yourself, Father, with the glory which I had with You before the world was.
22And the glory which You have given Me I have given to them, that they may be one, even as We are one;
Eph. 4:2-6
2With all lowliness and meekness, with long-suffering, bearing one another in love,
3Being diligent to keep the oneness of the Spirit in the uniting bond of peace:
4One Body and one Spirit, even as also you were called in one hope of your calling;
5One Lord, one faith, one baptism;
6One God and Father of all, who is over all and through all and in all.
Hymn 1220
Further Reading: HWMR The Recovery of the Church – Week 5, Day 6
Lord's Day 12/31
Rom. 12:4-13
4For just as in one body we have many members, and all the members do not have the same function,
5So we who are many are one Body in Christ, and individually members one of another.
6And having gifts that differ according to the grace given to us, whether prophecy, let us prophesy according to the proportion of faith;
7Or service, let us be faithful in that service; or he who teaches, in that teaching;
8Or he who exhorts, in that exhortation; he who gives, in simplicity; he who leads, in diligence; he who shows mercy, in cheerfulness.
9Let love be without hypocrisy. Abhor what is evil; cling to what is good.
10Love one another warmly in brotherly love; take the lead in showing honor one to another.
11Do not be slothful in zeal, but be burning in spirit, serving the Lord.
12Rejoice in hope; endure in tribulation; persevere in prayer.
13Contribute to the needs of the saints; pursue hospitality.
Life Study Messages
Life Study of Ephesians – Messages 79-80
Life Study of 1 Corinthians – Message 11
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