In order to enjoy and retain spiritual vitality, freshness, fervor, and power, we must keep in living contact with Christ Himself and this can be done only as our minds are freshly nourished by the Holy Spirit with the truths of the Holy Scriptures.
If we study the Word with prayer, faith, and dependence, and get the knowledge of Christ in His Person, life, death, headship, and glory, we shall have the elements of vitality and freshness within our reach. This will then be manifested during the weekly remembrance. In the Lord's supper we are brought very solemnly in contact with Christ in His death. If this vitality is maintained, the desires and affections are drawn forth toward Him with an intensity of fervor and spiritual enjoyment that will lead to the happy and spontaneous outflow of thanksgiving, adoration, and praise.