"One day after I gave a message in Houston, Texas, a married woman came to me
and said, “Brother Lee, your message was very good, but why do you speak only 
about the church life and not the family life?” I replied, “There are enough people 
speaking about the family life, so there is no need for me to speak about it. 
Because no one speaks about the church life, I have to make up the lack and speak 
specifically about the church life.” I continued, “Seriously speaking, which is more 
precious, the church life or the family life? Which is high and which is low? Which 
is weighty and which is light?” I kept speaking and eventually I said, “If you do not 
have a proper church life, it will be hard for you to have a proper family life.” 
That woman was separated from her husband, so she was hoping that I would say 
something about the family life to help them be reconciled. Actually, she did not 
realize that the reason for their separation was that they did not have the church life. 
I do not believe that any family who practices the church life will have a separation. 
We can boast and say that today in the practical church life there is no divorce or 
separation! After a quarrel, a husband will first blame himself, confess his sins, 
shed tears, and then go to his wife to say, “I am sorry; please forgive me. 
The church life compels me to confess and apologize!” Therefore, I said to that 
woman, “Today you need the church life. I came here because I have been 
commissioned by the Lord to tell you that you need the church life.”

Ultimate Significance of the Golden Lampstand, The, Chapter 2, Section 3
Witness Lee - Published by Living Stream Ministry