Redeem the Final Fifty Days for the Gospel and the Increase

Today’s Main Verses for Pray-reading

The gospel is announced to the poor

Matthew 11:5

The blind receive their sight and the lame walk; the lepers are cleansed and the deaf hear; and the dead are raised and the poor have the gospel announced to them;

The Lord went through the cities and villages, preaching the gospel of the kingdom

Matthew 9:35

And Jesus went about all the cities and the villages, teaching in their synagogues and preaching the gospel of the kingdom and healing every disease and every sickness.

The gospel of the kingdom will be preached in the whole inhabited earth

Matthew 24:14

And this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in the whole inhabited earth for a testimony to all the nations, and then the end will come.

Children are the heritage of Jehovah

Psalm 127:3

Behold, children are the heritage of Jehovah, / The fruit of the womb a reward.

The watchmen lift up their voice and sing together

Isaiah 52:8

The voice of your watchmen! They lift up their voice; / They give a ringing shout together; / For they will see with their very own eyes / When Jehovah restores Zion.

Watchmen on the walls do not keep silent day or night

Isaiah 62:6

Upon your walls, O Jerusalem, / I have appointed watchmen; / All day and all night / They will never keep silent. / You who remind Jehovah, / Do not be dumb;

Isaiah 62:7

And do not give Him quiet / Until He establishes / And until He makes Jerusalem / A praise in the earth.

Today’s Prayer Burden

Only fifty days remain in 2026. It seems the Lord is asking us, “During these past months, how many have you begotten, nourished, perfected, and reproduced?” Lord, we repent before You and consecrate ourselves to You anew. Grant us an urgent spirit for preaching the gospel, and make us live wholly for the gospel. Raise up the churches and the vital groups as watchmen on the walls—watching in prayer and contacting, shepherding, and perfecting people in our daily living. Bring in a double harvest at year’s end: a great harvest of the gospel and a great harvest of the increase in life.

Today’s Prayer

1. Lord, burn within us to live wholly for the gospel

Lord, cause us to pause at the end of the year and honestly review our living before You. To whom have we preached the gospel this year? Who has received the supply through our shepherding? Who has been perfected to care for others? Lord, forgive us for being occupied with many things yet lacking an urgent burden for the gospel. Rekindle in us the fire to preach; when we meet people, give us a burden to speak of You. Lead us through the cities and villages to announce the gospel of the kingdom. Lord, keep us from storing up things for ourselves; make us put ourselves on the altar for the gospel. May our whole person and our whole living be for the gospel, making us a living testimony in Your hand.

2. Lord, make the vital groups continually beget, shepherd, and reproduce new ones

Lord, we do not want merely to hope for an increase in numbers without the begetting and shepherding of life. Make the vital groups a living in prayer, fellowship, and practical care. May we not only bring new ones to the meetings but continue to accompany, nourish, and perfect them, so that they too can contact and shepherd people and bring in new ones. Lord, bless the people contacted by each saint. May the gospel seed bear fruit that remains; may one new one bring in another, without ceasing, so that Your churches may have a genuine increase.

3. Lord, raise up watchmen on the walls to pray for the churches’ advancement

Lord, raise up watchmen in the churches, and do not let busyness or weariness cause us to cease praying. Make us steadfast and persistent before You for the multiplication of the vital groups, the spreading of the gospel, the shepherding of the saints, and the advancement of the churches. Pour out the Spirit of the economy upon all the saints. Make us corporate watchmen and corporate overcomers, bearing Your testimony together, meeting the need of this age, and preparing the way for Your return.

4. Lord, save us from having two ways of living; teach us to follow You day by day

Lord, a Christian should not have two ways of living. Save us from seeking You only when difficulties come or being zealous only in the meetings. Make us live a regular and practical life in the vital groups: rising and resting regularly, reading Your Word, coming before You in prayer, contacting people, and caring for new ones. We admit that we are often weak, failing, and discouraged. Lord, shepherd and strengthen us. May our practice not become an outward rule but a daily experience of You as life. Make us holy in our living, vital persons, and overcomers who welcome Your coming.

5. Lord, renew our consecration and bring a breakthrough in the gospel and the increase

O Lord Jesus, remove our old concepts and our satisfaction with the present condition. We are willing to consecrate ourselves to You anew, remain vital, continue contacting people, and be genuinely blended with our companions and all the saints. Lord, do not let us be content with the results we already have; lead us to go forward together before You. Blend the vital groups with one another, and cause the churches to coordinate for one goal, with new progress and breakthroughs in the gospel and the increase in life. Make the remaining days of this year fifty days under Your blessing, bringing in a double harvest of the gospel and the increase. Amen!

Ministry Fellowship

Review the year before the Lord: beget, nourish, perfect, and build up the Body

Chapter 13 of The Practice of the Church Life according to the God-ordained Way reminds us that when the Lord Jesus returns, He will first inquire how we have lived, how many members we have begotten in the Body, how many we have nourished, how many we have perfected, and how much the Body has been built up through our prophesying. We need to press on to enter into these four matters—begetting, nourishing, perfecting, and prophesying. They are related to the way we live as Christians and to whether we will be approved by the Lord at His return.

Practice regularly to live a holy life for the church life

Shepherding and Perfecting, Part Two, fellowships that a Christian should not have two ways of living but should contact the Lord daily and be filled with His Spirit. Regularly rising, resting, reading the Bible, coming before the Lord, and contacting people can help us establish a practical living. It is easy to give a message; it is not easy to help people walk. Practice also exposes our weakness, failures, and discouragement. This turns us to the Lord to admit that we need His shepherding and strengthening. Revival is not merely a wish; it is the appearing of the dawn, a new beginning, and the reality of entering into a holy living.

Become vital, and then go to vitalize others

Message 24 of The Urgent Need for the Vital Groups says that the way to produce vital groups is for every saint to take the lead to become vital. We need thorough fellowship with the Lord, to see our condition, to confess thoroughly, and to consecrate ourselves again. This brings us into a life of prayer and gives us a burden to contact others. If we merely divide the saints into groups and call them vital groups, we may still have only an outward arrangement. A genuine vital group is neither a form nor a movement; the saints first become vital before the Lord and then go to vitalize others.

Every step of the Lord’s move brings something new

A Young Man in God’s Plan points out that from creation onward God has continually advanced according to His plan and goal. He advanced step by step with Adam, Abel, Noah, Abraham, Moses, and David. We should also open to the Lord, not remain in old concepts and practices, but follow His present move.

Live wholly for the gospel

Chapter 3 of Living a Life Wholly and Solely for the Gospel reminds us that God has an eternal plan on earth. The gospel is not merely one activity among many; it is the goal for which we have been charged to live. Our gospel is the processed Triune God becoming the Spirit within us to be our salvation, life, life supply, and all-inclusive enjoyment. It is glorious and worthwhile to live wholly for this gospel. May the Lord cause us to consecrate ourselves anew in the remaining days of this year to preach the gospel, shepherd people, and build up the church together.