“These all continued steadfastly with one accord in prayer, together with the women and Mary the mother of Jesus, and with His brothers.” (Acts 1:14)

‘Acts 1:14 says that the one hundred twenty continued steadfastly with one accord in prayer, “together with the women.” We need to consider why the Bible says “with the women” in this verse. Every word in the Bible is written with a purpose. I hope that the sisters would give me the permission to speak a frank word. The one accord is always troubled by the women. When the sisters have no problem in the church, the church will most likely have no problem. In the church life there are generally more sisters than brothers. In the home in Bethany spoken of in John 12, there were two sisters and one brother (vv. 2-3). We can see from this that the church life greatly depends upon the sisters. When the sisters are okay, the church life will most likely be okay. The vital future of the vital groups greatly depends upon the sisters. If the sisters are blended, the blending of the groups will be successful.’

(Fellowship Concerning the Urgent Need of the Vital Groups, chapter 12)