“First, we need to seek to be blended with the other members of our vital group by having an intimate and thorough fellowship with much and thorough prayer.

Second, we need to seek to be filled with the Spirit inwardly and outwardly.

Third, we need to pray unceasingly by exercising our spirit to redeem the time.

Fourth, we need to learn to serve and work not in our own way but in the coordinated way by giving up our freedom.

Fifth, we need to pray for the dealing with our disposition, character, and peculiar traits.

These five items are not like lessons that we can study and courses from which we can graduate. They are five daily necessities like our drinking, eating, breathing, sleeping, and exercise.”

(Fellowship Concerning the Urgent Need of the Vital Groups, chapter 16)