Prayer, Week of March 8, 2015
Southern California Blending Conference March 14-15
It is common today that in the local churches what we can see is mostly the "church" in its meetings, activities, works, and services. But we cannot see much of the reality of the Body of Christ in resurrection, that is, in the Spirit, in the pneumatic Christ, and in the consummated God. So there is the need for us to endeavor to be absolutely in the resurrection life of Christ. We need to endeavor to reach in the church life the highest peak, today's Zion, of the reality of the Body of Christ until we consummate in the New Jerusalem, including Zion. Dear saints, this is our need. To have the blending is to meet this need. (WL, Practical Points Concerning Blending, Chapter 2, Section 4)
The conference is at the Ministry Conference Center in Anaheim.
Saturday, March 14, 4:00 to 5:45 pm and 7:00 to 8:45 pm (bring your own dinner)
Lord's Day, March 15, 10:00 to 10:30 am Table and 10:30 am to 12:30 pm
(Those in Los Angeles who cannot get to Anaheim Lord's Day should meet at hall 2.)
Details about child care are at https://churchinlosangeles.org/prayer.
Southern California High School Conferences March 13-15
It was at least four months after the children of Israel left Egypt that they began to build the tabernacle. During these months, their diet had been changed and their constitution was at least in the process of changing and of being replaced with the element of manna. By feeding on manna, God's people eventually became manna. As those constituted of manna, they could build the tabernacle as God's dwelling place. (WL, Life-study of Exodus, p. 408-409)
We pray that these conferences would be a rich time of feasting for reconstitution, producing a generation of young people qualified to build God's dwelling place.
Korean-speaking Bible Seminar in LA
Praise the Lord! Last Saturday we had a wonderful Bible seminar, the first of this year. The Lord blessed by sending 36 new ones with the majority being young adults in their 20s or 30s. The atmosphere was really sweet and comfortable when we pursued the words regarding "Enosh: calling upon the Lord's name."
Please pray that they would be in contact with the saints through our Bible clubs and also come back to the next seminar, April 18.
Middle Age Training (Anaheim)
FTTA-Midage began this week. There are 76 trainees registered for the entire term, including six from L.A. Sixteen more are registered for part of the term, including two from L.A. Lord, perfect these saints for the work of Your ministry for the building up of Your Body. Lord, use all these trainees to hasten Your coming.
FTTA
In recent terms the number of trainees has been constant. However, the number of trainees from other nations has increased and the number from the U.S. has decreased. Please pray for a noticeable increase in the number from the U.S. this fall (without a decrease from other nations).
South Africa
Dick Taylor continues in Pretoria, South Africa in the church life, fellowshipping with many saints, and teaching at the full-time training. Michael Stewart (from London) will join Dick for the South Africa national conference March 13 to 15. In recent years, attendance at this conference has been about 300.
Please pray for:
- Dick and Michael to be strengthened for their labor and ministry there,
- the rich speaking and full receiving of the word during and after the conference,
- the Lord to exercise His authority to grant visas for many more to come to the training from other African nations.
Bangladesh
There will be a one-day conference March 20, a training for serving saints March 21-22, and intensified gospel preaching March 22-31.
Announcements
- Morning revival: week 4 of The Vision and Experience of Christ in His Resurrection and Ascension.
- In hopes to continue advancing corporately in our care for the next generation we are happy to announce the next young people's serving ones training on March 21st, 9 am to 3 pm, at the church in Cerritos meeting hall. Register by March 15. There will be translation into Spanish, Chinese, and Korean.
- The joint meeting of the whole church in Los Angeles will be Lord's Day, May 3.
- The Memorial Day conference will be Friday night, May 22 through Monday morning, May 25 in St. Louis. Conference information is at https://churchinlosangeles.org/prayer.
- The 2015 National College Training will be July 12 to 18. Please visit http://www.collegetraining.org for information and instructions on how to register.
Prayer, Week of March 1, 2015
Southern California Blending Conference March 14-15
The purpose of the blending is to usher us all into the reality of the Body of Christ. I treasure the local churches, as you do. But I treasure the local churches because of a purpose. The local churches are the procedure to bring me into the Body of Christ. The churches are the Body, but the churches may not have the reality of the Body of Christ. Thus, we need to be in the local churches so that we can be ushered, or brought, into the reality of the Body of Christ. (WL, Practical Points Concerning Blending, ch 1, sec 2)
Saturday, March 14, 4:00 to 5:45 pm and 7:00 to 8:45 pm (bring your own dinner)
Lord's Day, March 15, 10:00 to 10:30 am Table and 10:30 am to 12:30 pm
College Conference
The Southern California College Conference is in Anaheim Friday evening through Lord's Day lunch. The subject is The Gospel of the Kingdom. In Luke 4:43, the Lord Jesus said, "I must announce the gospel of the kingdom of God," indicating that the kingdom is the center of the gospel.
South Africa
Dick Taylor arrived in South Africa March 1. He will participate in the church life in Pretoria, fellowship with many saints, and teach The Spirit class for two weeks at the full-time training there. (At this FTT, like some others outside Anaheim, trainees have one class full time for a two week period, followed by another class for the next two week period.)
Ten trainees completed FTT Pretoria last December. They were the first group to graduate. Almost no new trainees have come, so there are now 17 trainees. The roadblock: everyone who has applied to the training from other African nations had their visas denied by officials of the South African government.
Please pray for:
- Dick to be strengthened in every part of his being for his labor and ministry there,
- a strong and living atmosphere to be maintained in this training,
- the Lord to exercise His authority to grant visas for many more to come to the training.
South America
This term the full-time training in Caacupé, Paraguay has 15 new and 33 continuing trainees. The training requests that we ask the Lord to attract more young adults to come short term from every South American nation.
Pakistan
Saturday and Lord's Day there will be a conference in Karachi along with the first Lord's Table of the church in Karachi.
Announcements
- Morning revival: week 3 of The Vision and Experience of Christ in His Resurrection and Ascension.
- In hopes to continue advancing corporately in our care for the next generation we are happy to announce the next young people's serving ones training on March 21st, 9 am to 3 pm, at the church in Cerritos meeting hall. Register by March 15. There will be translation into Spanish, Chinese, and Korean.
- The joint meeting of the whole church in Los Angeles will be Lord's Day, May 3.
- The Memorial Day conference will be Friday night, May 22 through Monday morning, May 25 in St. Louis. Conference information is at https://churchinlosangeles.org/prayer.
- The 2015 National College Training will be July 12 to 18. Please visit http://www.collegetraining.org for information and instructions on how to register.
Special Announcement for S. Calif. Blending Conference, March 14-15, 2015
Dear saints,
As the special Southern California Blending Conference on March 14-15 approaches, please be aware of the arrangements for childcare during that weekend: Childcare will be provided on Saturday, March 14, 2015 only to the children who are registered beforehand. If you're planning to bring your children with you to the conference, you must register your children by Lord's Day, March 1, 2015 using the online form: http://tinyurl.com/childrenregistration.
Also note that no childcare will be provided at the conference site on the second day of the conference, Lord's Day, March 15, 2015. For saints meeting in Los Angeles, we are planning children's meetings at Hall 2 for that morning.
Please read the details for the childcare here: Letter to the Southern California Churches regarding Child Care.
The Church in Los Angeles
Prayer, Week of February 22, 2015
Southern California Blending Conference March 14-15
The principle of blending is set forth in the Old Testament. There God blended the twelve tribes together as one, and He commanded them to come together three times a year in Jerusalem on Mount Zion (Deut. 16:16). In the blending of the churches we receive nourishment, we receive revelation, and we receive a vision of God's eternal purpose concerning Christ and the church. Such a blending is not only for our own mutual spiritual benefit but is also for the mutual building up of the Body of Christ.
(1993 Blending Conference Messages concerning the Lord's Recovery and Our Present Need, chap. 2, sec. 6)
The conference announcement letter in four languages is at https://churchinlosangeles.org/prayer.
Child Care for Southern California Conference
Saturday, March 14
- Children's service will be provided in Anaheim for children in Kindergarten through 6th grade.
- Please register all children no later than Lord's Day, March 1 at http://tinyurl.com/childrenregistration
- Parents may supervise infants, toddlers and pre-K ages in an overflow room with a live audio/video conference feed. No children should be left unattended.
Lord's Day, March 15
- No children's service in Anaheim this day.
- Parents may supervise children of any age in an overflow room with a live audio/video conference feed. No children should be left unattended.
- We encourage all to attend the conference, but those who cannot get to Anaheim may meet at Haskell where there will be meetings for both adults and children (no meetings this day at other halls in L.A.).
Southern California Young People's Blending Meeting
We thank the Lord for last month's Young People's Blending Conference where 610 young people and serving ones gathered together to enjoy The Purpose and Vision of God's Calling. The Lord's blessing is surely on the blending! So we look forward to this upcoming one-day meeting for further blending and enjoyment of the Lord together. This blending will be in Arcadia on February 28th, 7 to 9 PM.
Get into the Bible through the Life-Studies
We do not replace the Bible by anything, even by using the Life-studies. Rather, I must say honestly, and you have to admit the fact, no book ushers us into the Bible as the Life-studies do. Anyone can prove and can testify how much we love the Bible, how much we pay our attention to the Bible, and how much we get ourselves into the Bible through the study of the Life-studies. (W. Lee, The Divine Speaking, chap. 5, sec. 2)
We should encourage those who are reading a Life-study or other ministry to continue. For those who are not reading the ministry, we encourage each one to get a companion and to begin reading of Life-study of Exodus. A schedule which begins March 1 is posted at www.churchinlosangeles.org/prayer/.
Milan, Italy
Please ask the Lord for:
- a bigger meeting place to accommodate the increasing number of the saints and children;
- an adequate apartment near the university to hold a college meeting and shepherd new ones:
- a way for seeking ones to get to trainings and conferences to see the vision of the recovery.
Czech Republic and Scotland
Brief reports of the seminars in these nations are at https://churchinlosangeles.org/prayer.
Asia
Encouraging reports from Saudi Arabia, Bangladesh, Nepal, and Pakistan are at
http://lmasia.org/temp/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/E-2015-02.pdf (English) and http://lmasia.org/temp/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/Asia-2015-02.pdf (Chinese).
Announcements
- Morning revival: week 2 of The Vision and Experience of Christ in His Resurrection and Ascension (Thanksgiving conference).
- The Southern California high school conferences will be March 13 to 15. Registration is due March 1.
- In hopes to continue advancing corporately in our care for the next generation we are happy to announce the next young people's serving ones training on March 21st, 9 am to 3 pm, at the church in Cerritos meeting hall. Register by March 15. There will be translation into Spanish, Chinese, and Korean.
- The joint meeting of the whole church in Los Angeles will be Lord's Day, May 3.
- The 2015 National College Training will be July 12 to 18. Please visit http://www.collegetraining.org for information and instructions on how to register.
- In the past 15 years, the increase in the UK has been mainly due to remaining fruit from the Life-study of the Bible radio broadcast. From its beginning in 2000 it was heard only in the London area; in 2009 coverage was extended to the entire UK population of over 60 million. The broadcast is six days per week. The cost is approximately $15,000 per month. For continuation of the broadcast, saints in the recovery have the opportunity to support it financially through one-time or recurring gifts. Those who would like to give through LME can find instructions at http://www.lordsmove.org/ukradio. Or you can give a gift to the church marked for UK radio.
Prayer, Week of February 15, 2015
ICSC
The International Chinese-speaking Conference will be in Taipei this Saturday and Lord's Day. Pray for a rich release of the Lord's word to all the attendants and for blending of churches around the whole earth.
Southern California Blending Conference March 14-15
A blending conference for all the churches in Southern California will be March 14-15 in Anaheim. The announcement letter in four languages is at https://churchinlosangeles.org/prayer.
How much we need to come out of our local boundaries, out of our independence, and practice the oneness of the Body by being blended together! The blending through the clustering among the churches, and the fellowship among the churches, should be as much as practicality allows, without boundaries of cities, states, provinces, or nations. (1993 Blending Conference Messages concerning the Lord's Recovery and Our Present Need, chap. 2, sec. 6)
The Rich Supply
Colossians 2:19 tells us that "all the Body, being richly supplied and knit together by means of the joints and sinews, grows with the growth of God." We are all members of the Body. To care for the building up of the Body, we should all receive the Spirit's rich supply by reading the Bible and reading the ministry regularly. Let us pray that 1) more saints enter into regular reading, 2) that all the readers have companions, and 3) that there be more rich supply through the reading.
We should encourage those who are reading to continue. For those who are not reading the ministry, we encourage each one to get a companion and to begin reading of Life-study of Exodus. A schedule is posted at https://churchinlosangeles.org/prayer.
Gospel Trips
The winter gospel trips have concluded. Forty one teams from FTTA went out to blend and coordinate with saints in North America, Europe, South America, and Asia. They distributed over 44,000 gospel tracts. They contacted over 9000 people of whom 1646 prayed to receive the Lord and 258 were baptized. Please pray that:
- the encouragement and supply to saints in all the places visited will remain with them;
- the Word of the Lord continue to operate in all who met the saints and in all who received literature;
- all who received literature open to it and read it daily;
- seeking Christians and new believers enter into good and continuing connections with local saints that they may grow in life and into the reality of the Body.
FTTA
FTTA had orientation for new trainees Lord's Day evening (February 15) and began for all trainees Monday. There are 35 LA-related trainees.
FTTA Boston Extension
There are 26 of us, including 2 from Los Angeles, graduating this term from Boston. Please pray that many of us would be loosed inwardly and outwardly to follow the Lord to migrate to Europe this summer. The experiences of those who've gone before testify that nothing can happen without the prayers of the Body.
FTTL
FTT London began last week Monday (February 9) with 4 new trainees and 31 returning trainees.
Announcements
- Morning revival: week 1 of The Vision and Experience of Christ in His Resurrection and Ascension (Thanksgiving conference).
- The Southern California spring college conference will be March 6 to 8 in Anaheim. All information is at http://www.college-conference.com. There will be hospitality for those attending full time. Early registration deadline is February 22.
- The Southern California high school conferences will be March 13 to 15. Registration is due by March 1.
- The joint meeting of the whole church in Los Angeles will be Lord's Day, May 3.
- The 2015 National College Training will be July 12 to 18. Please visit http://www.collegetraining.org for information and instructions on how to register.
Prayer, Week of February 8, 2015
Southern California Blending Conference March 14-15
A blending conference for all the churches in Southern California will be March 14-15 in Anaheim.
The announcement letter in four languages is at https://churchinlosangeles.org/prayer.
Even among us who are in the recovery, not many have the realization that we need the blending, and we need it desperately. The heavy burden in the ministry that is on my heart and in my spirit is the matter of blending. (The Practical Points Concerning Blending, p. 14)
There will be schedule conflicts for some of us that weekend but let us ask the Lord to work in us so that everyone who can get to this conference will get to it.
Gospel Trips
The winter gospel trips were all concluded by Monday of this week. Please pray that:
- the encouragement and supply to saints in all the places visited will remain with them;
- the Word of the Lord continue to operate in all who met the saints and in all who received literature;
- all who received literature open to it and read it daily;
- seeking Christians and new believers enter into good and continuing connections with local saints.
Gospel Trip Reports (with photos)
- Reports from all locations are at http://beseeching.org
- Reports from North America are also at http://www.gtca.us
Scotland
Our first seminar was held in Edinburgh 8 February. Additional seminars will be in Stirling (15 February), Glasgow (22 February and 1 March), and Edinburgh (1 March). The general subject will be "Changing Death into Life." Please pray that the Lord will bless all the contacting of the Bible recipients, radio listeners, and Rhema readers and use these seminars to gather the called ones in Scotland for the building up of His Body.
Prague, Czech Republic
Our first seminar was held on Saturday, January 17, in Prague. The saints were so encouraged and touched by the prayer support of the whole Body. The coordination before and during the seminar among the local saints was unprecedented. Six new ones and 21 saints attended. Three brothers shared on "The Basic Elements of the Christian Life," and then we enjoyed the Scripture reading and the ministry excerpts in two groups. The atmosphere was very sweet with all attendants participating and enjoying the Word with the help of the ministry.
Please pray for our next seminar on "The Economy of the Triune God," on Saturday, February 14. We hope that the new contacts will come again and that this time we will be able to invite Rhema recipients, so that even more new ones will attend.
Announcements
- Morning revival: week 9 of Vision, Practice, and Building Up
Next week we will begin The Vision and Experience of Christ in His Resurrection and Ascension (Thanksgiving conference) and after that we will use Exodus. - The Southern California spring college conference will be March 6 to 8 in Anaheim. All information is at http://www.college-conference.com. There will be hospitality for those attending full time. Early registration deadline is February 22.
- The joint meeting of the whole church in Los Angeles will be Lord's Day, May 3.
- The 2015 National College Training will be July 12 to 18. Please visit http://www.collegetraining.org for information and instructions on how to register.
Prayer, Week of February 1, 2014
Jehovah Says, Ask Me
"Thus says Jehovah, the Holy One of Israel and the One who formed him, Ask Me about the things to come concerning My sons, and concerning the work of My hands, command Me." Isa. 45:11
Southern California Blending Conference March 14-15
A blending conference for all the churches in Southern California will be March 14-15 in Anaheim.
Saturday: Session 1 is 4:00 – 5:45PM, Break (bring your own dinner), Session 2 is 7:00 – 8:45PM
Lord's Day: Lord's Table is 10:00 – 10:30AM, Session 3 is 10:30 – 12:30PM
Translation into Spanish, Chinese, and Korean will be available; bring your own FM radio.
Limited childcare will be provided; details will be announced in a few weeks.
If we isolate and seclude ourselves, we will lose much spiritual profit. Learn to fellowship. Learn to be blended. From now on, the churches should come together frequently to be blended. We may not be used to it, but after we begin to practice blending a few times, we will acquire the taste for it. This is the most helpful thing in the keeping of the oneness of the universal Body of Christ. (The Divine and Mystical Realm, p. 87)
Gospel Trips
The winter GTCA gospel trips (North America) began January 23 and 24 and conclude February 8 or 9. Nearly 100 trainees join visiting and local saints to distribute many of the 15,000 Bibles and ministry books and the 30,000 BfA gospel tracts and brochures recently shipped to these cities.
The international gospel trips are to nations in Asia, Europe, and South America. Four concluded last week or early this week. The European trips end this Thursday. The last four international trips conclude early next week.
Please pray that:
- The gospel teams and local saints would enjoy a sweet coordination in the one accord.
- The Lord would arrange many divine appointments during these two weeks and would bring His seeking ones into contact with the gospel teams.
- The Word of the Lord would run in all these places, reaching the spiritually hungry and thirsty both during and after the trips.
- Seeking Christians and newly saved people enter into good and continuing connections with local saints.
Gospel Trip Reports
Gospel trip reports (which include some photos) are at http://beseeching.org.
FTTA-Midage
In the book All Ages for the Lord's Testimony, brother Lee pointed out the importance of the middle-aged saints saying, "In the Lord's recovery we need a group of experienced ones who have been trained to bear the Lord's testimony" (p. 13).
The Middle-age Training (FTTA-MA) was established to have a part in discharging such a burden. FTTA-MA offers a multi-language training with schedules designed to meet the needs of this age group.
The spring term begins March 9. A complete description and registration information is at http://www.fttamidage.org. Saints may register for a whole term or as short as one week.
Tennessee
The annual conference in Tennessee will be this weekend. Saints from Mississippi, Kentucky, Arkansas, and perhaps other states will attend. Dick Taylor will be there to give four messages (an extract from the nine in our current morning revival) on Seeing and Experiencing Christ for the Building Up of the Church as the Body of Christ. Dick will also have time outside the conference with brothers from various churches. Please pray for the word of the Lord to run, all the saints to be energized to attend, and all the attendees to be blended into one loaf.
Announcements
- Morning revival: week 8 of Vision, Practice, and Building Up
After week 9 we will use The Vision and Experience of Christ in His Resurrection and Ascension (Thanksgiving conference) and then Exodus. We will finish the 12 weeks of Exodus the day before the summer training, which will be part 2 of Exodus. - The Southern California spring college conference will be March 6 to 8 in Anaheim. All information is at http://www.college-conference.com. There will be hospitality for those attending full time. Early registration deadline is February 22.
- The joint meeting of the whole church in Los Angeles will be Lord's Day, May 3.
- The 2015 National College Training will be July 12 to 18. Please visit http://www.collegetraining.org for information and instructions on how to register.
- In the past 15 years, the increase in the UK has been mainly due to remaining fruit from the Life-study of the Bible radio broadcast. From its beginning in 2000 it was heard only in the London area; in 2009 coverage was extended to the entire UK population of over 60 million. The broadcast is six days per week. The cost is approximately $15,000 per month. For continuation of the broadcast, saints in the recovery have the opportunity to support it financially through one-time or recurring gifts. Those who would like to give through LME can find instructions at http://www.lordsmove.org/ukradio. Or you can give a gift to the church marked for UK radio.
Prayer, Week of January 25, 2015
Our Father, Your Will be Done, as in Heaven, so also on Earth.
God has a will for everything. Yet God does not act independently; He will not do anything by Himself. Even though God has a will, He wants the free will on earth to echo His will before He does anything. If there is only a will in heaven, God will not move. The heavenly move is accomplished on earth only when the earth wants the same thing as heaven....The ministry of the church is to bring the will in heaven to earth. How does the church bring the will in heaven to earth? It is by prayer on earth....Prayer is the church knowing God's heart and opening its mouth to ask for what is in God's heart. If the church does not do this, it does not have much use on earth. (The Prayer Ministry of the Church, ch. 1, by Watchman Nee)
Gospel Trips
Three gospel trips to Asia conclude this Monday. More than 30 others in North America, Europe, South America, and Asia continue into February. Pray for the mutual blending of the traveling saints with the local saints, salvation of unbelievers, distribution and reading of literature, a vision of the recovery to Christians, and increase in the churches.
Gospel Trip Reports
Gospel trip reports (which include some photos) are posted at http://beseeching.org.
FTTA
The FTTA term beings February 16. The purpose of the training is
- to build up the trainees in Christ in the growth of His life unto maturity.
- to equip the trainees with the divine truths according to the Scriptures by the revelation of the Spirit.
- to raise up the trainees in their spiritual capacity in preaching the gospel, nourishing young believers, perfecting of the saints, and prophesying for the building up of Body of Christ.
Lord, bring many trainees this term and build up, equip, and raise up each one for Your move. More information is at http://ftta.org.
India
The first Lord's Table meeting in the cities of Jalandhar, Fridabad, Kunool, and Thane was last Lord's Day. (An FTTA gospel team including two LA-related members joined other trainees and local saints for two weeks in Jalandhar in preparation for raising up of this church.) Ask the Lord for a good continuation with growth in life and increase in numbers in each city.
Churches in India have a national blending time this weekend, January 31 and February 1.
Announcements
- Morning revival: week 7 of Vision, Practice, and Building Up
After week 9 we will use The Vision and Experience of Christ in His Resurrection and Ascension (Thanksgiving conference) and then Exodus. We will finish the 12 weeks of Exodus the day before the summer training (part 2 of Exodus). - The 2015 National College Training will be July 12 to 18. Please visit http://www.collegetraining.org for information and instructions on how to register.
In the past fifteen years, the increase we have seen in the UK has been mainly due to remaining fruit from the Life-study of the Bible radio broadcast. From its beginning in 2000 it was heard only in the London area; in 2009 coverage was extended to the entire UK population of over 60 million. The broadcast is six days per week. The cost is approximately $15,000 per month. For continuation of the broadcast, saints in the recovery have the opportunity to support it financially through one-time or recurring gifts. Those who would like to give through LME can find instructions at http://www.lordsmove.org/ukradio. Or you can give a gift to the church marked for UK radio.
Prayer, Week of January 18, 2015
The Priesthood
To be a priest is not mainly to do something for the Lord but to be taken over by Him; the main function of a priest is not to work but to spend time in the presence of the Lord until he is one with Him in spirit. (based on outline points for Exodus message 12)
Lord, recover a body of priests, a priesthood, in Your presence and taken over by You.
Southern California Spanish-Speaking and YP Conferences
The Southern California Spanish-speaking conference is January 23 to 25. Simultaneously there is a Southern California young people's conference. Both will be in the MCC in Anaheim. Meetings will be Friday night, Saturday afternoon and night, and Lord's Day morning.
Ask the Lord to encourage many saints to attend both conferences, and pray that all are open to the word spoken and to the flow of the Spirit.
Gospelize, Truthize, Churchize America (GTCA)
Fourteen teams of FTTA saints and serving ones will depart later this week to various locations in North America. They will coordinate with local saints in the continuing burden to gospelize, truthize, and churchize North America. This coordination is for preaching the gospel, shepherding new and young believers, and giving away free BfA materials. There will also be mutual encouragement among the visiting and visited saints.
Please pray for the coordination and blending of the gospel teams and local saints in these cities. Pray also that the Lord would work in the environment outwardly and in people's hearts inwardly to connect His seekers to the saints during these gospel trips.
Gospel Trips to Europe
Approximately 80 FTTA trainees plus serving ones from the USA and the UK will visit 16 countries, January 22 to February 5. Please pray for:
- The Lord's covering over all the travel and the practical arrangements
- The blending and coordination of the trainees with the saints and full-timers in Europe
- The gaining of many local seekers for the Lord's testimony throughout Europe
Gospel Trip Reports (which include some photos) are being posted at http://beseeching.org.
Summer School of Truth
The South America summer school of truth is this week in Brazil. An FTTA gospel team left late last week for Brazil to participate. Lord, gain many young people for Your move in South America.
Thessaloniki, Greece
We have been in Thessaloniki for five months and are marveling at the Lord's operation in this city. Since we moved, we have had nearly daily meetings with our contacts. They are becoming more clear concerning the daily Christian life and God's economy.
In addition, we have participated in conferences with our neighboring countries—Bulgaria and Cyprus. These were a crucial source of supply to the saints in these small and isolated localities. More of the report from Thessaloniki is at https://churchinlosangeles.org/prayer. Please pray for:
- An increase in the appetite for the ministry among our contacts here, as well as their seeing the vision concerning God's purpose
- The continued traffic between the nearby localities and the visits of overseas saints to Thessaloniki
- The gaining of young, English-speaking Greeks
- The release of our three-year residence permit
Turkey
The saints in Turkey joyfully report their contact with a group of Christians who do not belong to any denomination and do not take any name for themselves. They simply call themselves the church in their city. They receive all genuine believers and practice home meetings, in which everyone speaks for the Lord. The saints in Turkey are burdened to bring this group into the unique fellowship of the universal Body of Christ and the riches of the ministry of the age.
More about Turkey, the United Arab Emirates, and Nepal are at http://lmasia.org/temp/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/E-2015-01.pdf (English), and http://lmasia.org/temp/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/Asia-2015-01.pdf (Chinese).
Announcements
- Morning revival: week 6 of Vision, Practice, and Building Up
After week 9 we will use The Vision and Experience of Christ in His Resurrection and Ascension (Thanksgiving conference) and then Exodus. We will finish the 12 weeks of Exodus the day before the summer training, which will be part 2 of Exodus. - The Southern California Spanish Speaking Conference will be January 23 to 25 in Anaheim. There will also be children's meetings. Información en español and English is at https://churchinlosangeles.org/prayer.
- The Southern California Young People's Blending Conference will be January 23 to 25 in Anaheim, concurrent with the Spanish-Speaking Conference. Register at http://www.scyp.com/event-registration. Registration deadline is January 18.
- The 2015 National College Training will be July 12 to 18. Please visit http://www.collegetraining.org for information and instructions on how to register.
Prayer, Week of January 11, 2015
Praying with the Interceding Christ
In Exodus 17:8-16 Israel fought with Amalek. Amalek's purpose in attacking Israel was to frustrate them from entering the good land. Likewise, Satan's aim in stirring up the flesh to fight against us is to keep us from entering into the full enjoyment of the all-inclusive Christ.
Moses lifting up his hand on the mountaintop typifies the ascended Christ interceding in the heavens, and Joshua typifies Christ as the indwelling Spirit fighting against the flesh. Amalek was defeated by Israel through the supply of the manna (ch. 16) and the living water (17:1-6) and by the lifting up of Moses' hands and the fighting of Joshua. Likewise, we are victorious over the flesh by eating and drinking Christ as our life supply and by praying with the interceding Christ and putting the flesh to death with Christ as the fighting Spirit. (extracts from Exodus 17:8, note 2 and 17:11, note 1)
Southern California Spanish-Speaking and YP Conferences
The Southern California Spanish-speaking conference is January 23 to 25. Simultaneously there will be a Southern California young people's conference. Both will be in the MCC in Anaheim. Meetings will be Friday night, Saturday afternoon and night, and Lord's Day morning.
Ask the Lord to encourage many saints to attend both conferences. Young people and serving saints must register by January 18. Ask the Lord to stir the young people to register.
FTTA Gospel Trips
Thirty-seven teams of 5 to 11 people, a total of 270 saints, are going out on gospel and blending trips to North America, Europe, South America, and Asia. Two teams are already in place, two depart this week, and the others depart next week. The teams are mostly FTTA trainees plus a few midage trainees and some serving saints.
The traveling saints will coordinate and blend with the local churches; experience full-time life and service outside the training center; encourage others to attend the trainings; and preach the gospel, announce the truth, and distribute literature.
FTTA Gospel Trip to India (a report from an L.A. trainee)
All of our team arrived safely in New Delhi on January 9th. On the 10th, we took a bus ride to the city of Jalandhar which is eight hours from Delhi. It's in the province of Punjab. This is the target city of our gospel trip. We will be staying here for two weeks.
On the bus ride to Jalandhar, we sang hymns to the passengers and shared some of our testimonies. We called on the name of the Lord together and some passengers were very positive toward us. There was a couple who were very much interested in us and they invited us to share our gospel to a university two hours from Jalandhar where one is a teacher and one is a chancellor.
On the 11th, we got to meet the saints who have been laboring in Jalandhar. There are FTT Taipei and FTT New Delhi trainees and local saints from other cities; they have already been propagating in Jalandhar about two weeks. We all are in six sub-teams who go out to different areas of the city for propagation. The goal is to gain six local families to be at the first Lord's Table of the church in Jalandhar on January 25th.
FTTA Boston Extension
The Boston term starts January 19. In the fall term there were 36 trainees. Two trainees from L.A. were in the fall term and will continue in the spring term. The training includes truth pursuit, campus work, blending with local saints, and interactions with the training in London. A two page report is at https://churchinlosangeles.org/prayer.
Czech Republic
Beginning on January 17, six monthly seminars will be held in the Czech Republic to shepherd ministry readers and seeking ones. The saints have been praying consistently for the increase in the Czech Republic, and they are happily involved in the preparations for the seminars. The prayer and the labor for the preparations have been very profitable for the Lord's interests. Please pray for the seminars, for the follow-up and gaining of the seeking ones, and for new openings and new ways to distribute the ministry books in 2015.
Philippines
January 16 to 18 we will have a few hundred elders, coworkers, and responsible brothers from all over the Philippines come together for a perfecting time with brothers Ron Kangas and Albert Lim. This will be at Malabon (FTT facility). Please remember this time in much prayer for the one new man to become more of a reality in this time. Please pray also for the Lord's shining in fellowship about practical needs.
Pakistan
A young people's perfecting training was held 26th to 28th December in three cities. In total 45 local saints partook of this training. The burden is to help the brothers and sisters to know God's economy, and realize that Christ is versus religion, that they can remain in the line of life of the Lord's recovery, practice to live the corporate God-man living in the reality of the Body of Christ, and to become His testimony in each locality. The Lord really gave us a new revival and new beginning.
Announcements
- Morning revival: week 5 of Vision, Practice, and Building Up
- The Southern California Spanish Speaking Conference will be January 23 to 25 in Anaheim. There will also be children's meetings. Información en español and English is at https://churchinlosangeles.org/prayer.
- The Southern California Young People's Blending Conference will be January 23 to 25 in Anaheim, concurrent with the Spanish-Speaking Conference. Register at http://www.scyp.com/event-registration. Registration deadline is January 18.
- The 2015 National College Training will be July 12 to 18. Please visit http://www.collegetraining.org for information and instructions on how to register.