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Participating in the Things Prepared by God by Loving Him

“…Things which eye has not seen and ear has not heard and which have not come up in man’s heart; things which God has prepared for those who love Him.” (1 Cor. 2:9)

To realize and participate in the deep and hidden things God has ordained and prepared for us requires us not only to believe in Him but also to love Him…To love God means to set our entire being—spirit, soul, and body, with the heart, soul, mind, and strength (Mark 12:30)—absolutely on Him, that is, to let our entire being be occupied by Him and lost in Him, so that He becomes everything to us and we are one with Him practically in our daily life. In this way we have the closest and most intimate fellowship with God, and we are able to enter into His heart and apprehend all its secrets. Thus, we not only realize but also experience, enjoy, and fully participate in these deep and hidden things of God. (1 Cor. 2:9, note 3)

Let us love the Lord, setting our entire being on Him, to experience the divine dispensing of the Divine Trinity!

Having a Labor of Shepherding

“…Yes, Lord, You know that I love You. He said to him, Feed My lambs…Yes, Lord, You know that I love You. He said to him, Shepherd My sheep.” (John 21:15-16)

In order to make ourselves ready for the Lord’s coming, we need to maintain our victory by participating in Christ’s heavenly ministry to feed His lambs and shepherd His sheep in order to take care of God’s flock, which is the church that issues in the Body of Christ.

We need to shepherd people according to the pattern of the Lord Jesus in His ministry for carrying out God’s eternal economy. Our not having the Father’s loving and forgiving heart and the Savior’s shepherding and seeking spirit is the reason for our barrenness. We need to cherish people (to make them happy and to make them feel pleasant and comfortable) in the humanity of Jesus. We need to nourish people (to feed them with the all-inclusive Christ in His ministry of three stages) in the divinity of Christ.

In His caring for the churches as the golden lamp stands, the ascended Lord is the “walking Christ” and the “speaking Spirit”; by His walking in the midst of the churches, He gets to know the condition of each church, and then according to what He sees, He speaks to us so that all the saints in the churches might be metabolically and organically transformed with the aim of making them His overcomers. (ICSC, msg. 5, II, A, 1, 2, 6)

Wednesday Night Ministry Meetings

The weekly Wednesday Night Ministry Meeting will resume this week on March 1 at 7:30 pm. The live, in-person meetings at the LSM Ministry Conference Center will once again be open to all the saints. Accordingly, the previous website provided previously to nearby churches and saints to watch remotely (lsm.org/live) will no longer be available. The saints are invited and encouraged to attend these crucial ministry meetings in person to support the release of the word.

Those who cannot attend in person may create or log into their account at http://lsmwebcast.com and either pay to watch the meeting live or watch without paying if they are monthly subscribers.

Please pray for the ministry of the Lord’s word week by week to His recovery. Pray for the Lord’s continued blessing of the Full-time Training in Anaheim and covering of all trainees and serving ones.

Ukraine

Please continue to pray that:

  • The Lord will keep all the saints in the involved countries open to Him for their experience of the divine dispensing in all the situations of their daily living.
  • The Lord will meet all the practical needs of the saints as the cold weather of winter settles in.
  • The brothers who are fighting in the war will be preserved by the Lord in their tripartite being.
  • The Lord will shepherd the refugees and establish them in the church life.
  • The local saints, serving ones, and trainees will be blended with the refugees by being through the cross and by the Spirit to minister Christ to one another for the building up of the Body.
  • The saints will be kept in the oneness of the Body and the reality of the new man.
  • The tripartite being of saints in besieged cities will be protected and preserved for the Lord’s interests.
  • The Lord will comfort and sustain those who have lost loved ones in the war.
  • The enemy will be bound in his attack on the Lord’s interests in Russia, Ukraine, and Europe.

Turkey

Pray for the two families affected by the earthquakes, that their lives can turn back to normal and be protected from further disaster; also pray for their hearts to be comforted and be free from the shadow of fear and death. May the Lord open the door of the gospel in Turkey!

Egypt

Over three million people attended the 54th annual Cairo International Book Fair, which took place January 24 through February 6. The CIBF is the largest book fair in the world for the Arabic-reading public as well as the largest in the world that is open directly to the public. For the fifth year in a row the Arabic literature work in Egypt was able to present LSM ministry publications in Arabic openly to the public. The interactions with the public and the reception to the Arabic ministry materials were, by far, the best we have had since we began participating in this fair. (For highlights, see the February issue of LSM’s newsletter.)

Please pray for:

  • The follow-up with and shepherding of new contacts.
  • All those who received our books to benefit from this ministry.
  • The translation and publication of ministry books into Arabic, including the NT Recovery Version.

Democratic Republic of the Congo

The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is the second-largest country by area in Africa and, with nearly 90 million people, the continent’s fourth-most populous country. Over 600 saints are meeting in 12 localities, including the capital Kinshasa. Please pray for:

  • The Lord’s protection and care of the saints in Goma, where there have been protests against the political situation and military conflict between the government and rebel groups.
  • The preservation of the Lord’s interests in the DRC and neighboring countries.
  • The saints to be supplied in all aspects of their tripartite being so that the Lord’s testimony may increase and the light of the Lord will shine as in a dark place.

Announcements

  1. Morning Revival: Week 2 of The Divine Dispensing of the Divine Trinity for the Divine Economy.

  2. Free e-Booklets: Living Stream Ministry offers a series of free e-booklets to read and share at http://www.lsm.org/booklets, including “Life’s Sight—the Need of the Blind in Religion.”

  3. LSM YouTube Channel: Living Stream Ministry’s YouTube channel features videos of entire messages spoken by Brother Lee and LSM Radio Programs. Subscribe for free to receive notifications of new content as it is made available. Visit http://youtube.com/@LivingStreamMinistry.

  4. Bibles for America‘s latest post is available to read and share at http://blog.biblesforamerica.org.

  5. Living to Him has a podcast series particularly helpful to working saints, available on all major podcasting services at http://livingtohim.com/the-living-to-him-podcast.

  6. A Timely Speaking of Supply: Enjoy a free weekly video from messages given by Brother Lee at http://lsm.org/timely-speaking.html.

  7. Ways to Give: Information about the church’s online giving platform, Subsplash, and where to mail checks, are at http://www.churchinlosangeles.org/members/offerings.