Ruiyu Wu

Week of October 1

Living in the Divine and Mystical Realm Today

“In that day you will know that I am in My Father, and you in Me, and I in you.” (John 14:20)

“At that time two men will be in the field; one is taken and one is left. Two women will be grinding at the mill; one is taken and one is left.” (Matt. 24:40)

All the saints in the Lord's recovery need to have a clear view, a vision, concerning the physical realm and the divine and mystical realm. We enter into the divine and mystical realm by seeing this realm. In spiritual things to see is to enter. The divine and mystical realm into which we may enter today and in which we may live is actually not simply the divine and mystical realm of the Triune God; it is the divine and mystical realm of the consummated Spirit and the pneumatic Christ.

[In Matthew 24:40-41] the difference between the one who is taken and the one who is left is in the maturity of life. One is living in the divine and mystical realm, and the other is not. The Lord's word [here] shows us that as we are waiting for His coming and expect to be raptured, we need to be faithful in our daily duties, living a properly balanced human life while simultaneously living in the divine and mystical realm of the consummated Spirit and the pneumatic Christ. (An Overview of the Central Burden and Present Truth of the Lord's Recovery Before His Appearing, msg. 2, I, C, Key Statement 2, VII.B.2, C)

ITERO

The International Training for Elders and Responsible Ones takes place this week, October 5 to 7, in Manila, Philippines, as well as by webcasts around the world throughout this month. The general subject is “Living and Serving according to God's Economy Concerning the Church.” Please pray:

For the Lord to speak a timely word to the elders and responsible ones in the churches.
For the perfecting of all the attendees and the blending among them.
For the Lord to cover the travel and living arrangements of all who are attending in-person, and also cover the speaking brothers and their families to keep them in a peaceful situation so that the brothers will be completely focused on the word and in the Lord to be fully one with Him in their speaking.

UCLA

Thank the Lord for all the new students who have attended at least one of our four welcome events last week! This week is UCLA's first full week of classes. Please pray:

For the Lord to gather the students in small groups for a strong beginning to our weekly Bible studies.
That, as the students' academic load increases, we would still be able to find times for regular, enjoyable contact with the new contacts.
That the Lord would continue to maintain a solid coordination among all the students, saints, and serving ones through thorough prayer and fellowship.

Germany Gospel Trips

Gospels trips are set to take place October 8 to 22 in Germany, Switzerland, and Austria with local saints coordinating with saints from abroad. Please pray:

For the Lord to prepare many university students and community residents in Germany, Switzerland and Austria as open vessels to be contacted by the saints.
For the participating saints to get ready for the trips by praying, dealing with the Lord, and being filled with the essential and economical Spirit.
For all the target cities to have an adequate number of saints from abroad to labor together with the local saints.

Lisbon, Portugal

Please pray for the building up and increase of the church in Lisbon, for the gaining of Bible recipients among the local people and the students, for the strengthening of the small groups, and for the Lord to send more laborers to sow the seed of His Word and care for the open ones.

Ukraine and Russia

A reminder from the footnote on 1 Kings 8:48: “No matter for whom we are praying, our prayers should be aimed at the interests of God, i.e., at Christ and the church as God's interests on earth, for the fulfilling of God's economy.”

Please continue to pray for the Lord to:

Keep all the saints in the countries involved open to Him for His divine dispensing.
Meet all their practical needs and preserve their tripartite beings for His interests.
Protect His people and His interests in Ukraine, Russia, and throughout Europe.

Announcements

Morning Revival: Week 2 of An Overview of the Central Burden and Present Truth of the Lord's Recovery before His Appearing (July Semiannual Training).
Wednesday Night Ministry Meeting: There will be no ministry meeting this Wednesday, October 4; the meeting will resume on October 11 at 7:25 pm.
Semiannual Training: December 25 to 30 in Anaheim. For LA saints, registration is now open until October 30 (live) and December 11 (video) at tinyurl.com/wintertrainingla. Past issues of LSM's digital newsletter contain helpful fellowship on the burden for semiannual trainings, the need for training and regulations, and the purpose of training donations.
Thanksgiving Conference: November 23 to 26 in Dallas. Saints from LA interested in possibly attending in Dallas should RSVP by October 31 at tinyurl.com/thanksgivingconfla. This site also has an information packet with hotel information and children's registration.
2024 ICSC: The next International Chinese-speaking Blending Conference will be in Taipei from February 10 to 11, 2024. Registration to attend the conference and blending trips must be done by locality. For LA saints, go to tinyurl.com/ICSC2024LA for more information; the registration deadline is November 28, 2023. Both the live and archived messages will also be available to view at www.lsmwebcast.com.
LSM Digital Resources: Living Stream Ministry's many digital resources, including newsletters and free booklets, may be found at lsm.org/daily. The September 2023 newsletter features a helpful introduction to the 1968 classic, The Economy of God, the first ministry book published by Brother Lee in English in the United States.
Bibles for America's recent post entitled “What Should I Do When I Sin after I'm Saved?” is available to read and share at blog.biblesforamerica.org.
Ways to Give: Information about the church's online giving platform, Subsplash, and where to mail checks, are at www.churchinlosangeles.org/members/offerings.

by Ruiyu Wu

Week of September 24

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God Became Man That Man Might Become God

“And God said, Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness; and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of heaven and over the cattle and over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps upon the earth.” (Gen. 1:26)

“But as many as received Him, to them He gave the authority to become children of God, to those who believe into His name, who were begotten not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God. And the Word became flesh and tabernacled among us…” (John 1:12-14)

The “diamond” in the “box” of the Bible is the revelation that in Christ God has become man in order that man might become God in life and in nature but not in the Godhead for the building up of the Body of Christ to consummate the New Jerusalem.

God created man in a special way—in His image and according to His likeness and with a spirit to contact Him and receive Him. God did not create mankind. Rather, He created man according to His kind. God became a man in order to have a mass reproduction of Himself and thereby to produce a new kind. This new kind is neither God's kind nor mankind—it is God-man kind. (An Overview of the Central Burden and Present Truth of the Lord's Recovery Before His Appearing, msg. 1, I, C, D, 1)

In the end He and we, we and He, all become God-men. Hence, it is not enough for us to be good men, spiritual men, or holy men. He wants us to be God-men. He is our life and everything to us for the purpose that we would express Him and live Him out. (CWWL, 1990, vol. 3, “A Deeper Study of the Divine Dispensing,” p. 391)

UCLA

Thank you, saints, for your prayers for the Lord's move at UCLA! Over 50 brand new students attended our first welcome event this past Lord's Day. Thank the Lord for His wonderful blessing! There is still much labor in prayer and shepherding needed. Please continue to pray for:

The Lord to bring soft and open freshmen to our introductory Bible study, first large group fellowship, and the Lord's Day morning welcome meeting, including many who would come to multiple events!
The personal visitation and shepherding of all the new students throughout the week.
Both the new students and those who grew up in the church life to form companionships to pursue the Lord with one another.
The bountiful supply to all the saints laboring in coordination to shepherd the students, pray, and carry out the practical services for our welcome events.

Germany Gospel Trips

Continue to beseech the Lord of the harvest to thrust out at least 100 workers for the gospels trips taking place October 8 to 22 in Germany, Switzerland, and Austria. Pray that an adequate number of saints from overseas would respond and be released for these trips. Registration deadline is this Friday, September 29 at bit.ly/GermanyGospelTrips.

Rome, Italy

Rome is the capital of Italy and is one of the largest cities in Europe with a population exceeding 2.8 million people. This city has occupied a significant role throughout history and will be very significant at the end of this age. Through fellowship, Rome has been designated as one of the six key cities for migration in Europe. We hope that many saints would become burdened to strengthen the testimony of Jesus in Rome and to supply the small number of saints that are already there.

There is also a great need for the translation of the NT Recovery Version into the Italian language from the original Greek. With more than 60 million people, Italian is the last remaining major European language group without the Recovery Version. Recently, a brother has been approved to begin working on this, and others are needed to join him in this endeavor. The Recovery Version in Italian would greatly help the gospel and the interpreted truths to reach the native Italians. Please pray for these key matters related to this crucial city in Europe.

Ukraine and Russia

Please continue to pray for the Lord to:

Keep all the saints in the countries involved open to Him for His divine dispensing.
Meet all their practical needs and preserve their tripartite beings for His interests.
Protect His people and His interests in Ukraine, Russia, and throughout Europe.

Announcements

Morning Revival: Week 1 of An Overview of the Central Burden and Present Truth of the Lord's Recovery before His Appearing, vol. 1.
Bibles for America's recent post entitled “What Should I Do When I Sin after I'm Saved?” is available to read and share at blog.biblesforamerica.org.
LSM Digital Resources: Living Stream Ministry's many digital resources, including newsletters and free booklets, may be found at lsm.org/daily. The September 2023 newsletter features a helpful introduction to the 1968 classic, The Economy of God, the first ministry book published by Brother Lee in English in the United States.
Wednesday Night Ministry Meeting: Saints are invited to attend this week's ministry meeting in person at 7:25 pm at the Ministry Conference Center in Anaheim or online at www.lsmwebcast.com. The general subject is “The Crucial Points of the Truth in Paul's Epistles—First Corinthians.”
Thanksgiving Conference: November 23 to 26 in Dallas. Saints from LA interested in possibly attending in Dallas should RSVP by October 31 at tinyurl.com/thanksgivingconfla. This site also has an information packet with hotel information and children's registration.
Semiannual Training: December 25 to 30 in Anaheim. For LA saints, registration is now open until October 30 (live) and December 11 (video) at tinyurl.com/wintertrainingla. Past issues of LSM's digital newsletter contain helpful fellowship on the burden for semiannual trainings, the need for training and regulations, and the purpose of training donations.
2024 ICSC: The next International Chinese-speaking Blending Conference will be in Taipei from February 10 to 11, 2024. Registration to attend the conference and blending trips must be done by locality. For LA saints, go to tinyurl.com/ICSC2024LA for more information; the registration deadline is November 28, 2023. Both the live and archived messages will also be available to view at www.lsmwebcast.com.
Ways to Give: Information about the church's online giving platform, Subsplash, and where to mail checks, are at www.churchinlosangeles.org/members/offerings.

by Ruiyu Wu

Week of September 3

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Knowing Christ and the Power of His Resurrection

“To know Him and the power of His resurrection and the fellowship of His sufferings, being conformed to His death.” (Phil. 3:10)

“…I am the First and the Last and the living One; and I became dead, and behold, I am living forever and ever; and I have the keys of death and of Hades.” (Rev. 1:17-18)

According to [Philippians 3:10], Paul aspired not only to know Christ, but also to know the power of Christ's resurrection and the fellowship of His sufferings. The power of Christ's resurrection is His resurrection life which raised Him from the dead (Eph. 1:19-20). The reality of the power of Christ's resurrection is the Spirit (Rom. 1:4). To know, to experience, this power requires identification with Christ's death and conformity to it. Death is the base of resurrection. To experience the power of Christ's resurrection, we need to live a crucified life according to the pattern of His life. Our conformity to His death affords a base for the power of His resurrection to rise up that His divine life may be expressed in us. (Life-study of Philippians, pp. 174-175)

The principle of resurrection is that the natural life is killed and that the divine life rises up in its place. That which passes through death and still remains is resurrection. Resurrection is something that has come out of death and that is beyond the natural realm. Resurrection means that no event or circumstance can cause us, who have the resurrection life of Christ, to be held down. To be in resurrection means that our natural life is crucified and that the God-created part of our being is uplifted in resurrection to be one with Christ in resurrection. When we do not live by our natural life but live by the divine life within us, we are in resurrection. (Knowing, Experiencing, and Enjoying Christ as Revealed in Philippians, msg. 4, II.E, 1-5)

Gospel in Hawaii

Our hearts go out to all those who have suffered the loss of their loved ones and homes in the devastating wildfires in Maui. Please pray that the Lord would meet their material needs and soften their hearts to receive the gospel.

In coordination with the brothers in Hawaii, Bibles for America sent over 2,400 gift packets containing pocket NTs, gospel tracts, and ministry books. So far, about 1,600 packets have been given to people who have been affected by the fire, community leaders, firefighters, volunteers involved in the relief effort, and other residents of Maui. May the word of the Lord run and be glorified in Maui!

The following are some specific prayer burdens:

That the Lord will continue to brood over Maui and prepare many open vessels to receive His gospel, that they may gain God in this time of loss.
For the Lord to direct all the NT gift packets that are being distributed, to get them into the hands of the seeking ones.
For the local contacts whom the saints in Hawaii have connected with so far, that the Lord who as Chief Shepherd would lead and guide the saints in their shepherding care to bring these new ones into the church life.
For all the saints who are laboring together, that the Lord would lead their coordination in the Body regarding the ongoing assembling and distribution of the gift packets as well as the follow-up effort.

Middle-age Full-time Training

The fall term of the Middle-age FTTA begins Monday, September 11. Sixty-six (two from LA) are registered for the full term and 16 (1 from LA) for one to four weeks. This is the largest number since the pandemic. Please ask the Lord:

To save each trainee from their self and to perfect each one for the building up of His Body.
For some short-term trainees to decide to stay for the whole term.
For a big increase in the number of Spanish-speaking trainees (only 4 are registered for the full term).

European University Training

The European University Training will take place in Glasgow, Scotland from September 8 to 13. The goal of this training is to supply university students with a vision, equip them with truth, help them in their experience of life, perfect them in the preaching of the gospel, and develop their character so they can become useful vessels for the building up of the Body of Christ. The general subject of this year's training is “The Kingdom.”

Please pray that the Lord will raise up many university students in Europe to pursue Him and gain Him for His Body.

Munich Meeting Hall

After several months, approval was granted by the city building and planning departments last week for the church to use the new property as a meeting place. During this application process, it was agreed that we could begin to use the lower level as a student center and this has already been a huge benefit. The students, new contacts, serving ones and supporting couples are thriving in this facility. Now that we have the approval, the Lord's table and prayer meetings will also take place in the upper meeting area.

We will now proceed to close the sale and the purchase price of €2.5 million ($2.7 million) will be due in October or November. As this building has been recently renovated, no significant additional funds should be necessary. We now prayerfully bring this urgent need to our all-sufficient Lord and open it to His Body in the furtherance and fellowship of the gospel. Please continue to stand with us in prayer for the support needed to complete this purchase for the Lord's interests in this key German city.

For more information, see the reports at lme.org/reports.html. Saints in LA who are burdened to contribute may give through the Church in Los Angeles designated for ‘Munich Meeting Hall'.

Germany Gospel Trips

In Matthew 9:37-38 the Lord “said to His disciples, The harvest is great, but the workers few; therefore beseech the Lord of the harvest that He would thrust out workers into His harvest.”

Let us continue to beseech the Lord of the harvest to thrust out at least 100 workers for the gospels trips in Germany, Switzerland, and Austria taking place October 8 to 22. Pray that an adequate number of saints from overseas would respond and be released for these trips. Also pray for all the local saints in these German-speaking countries to be willing and able to participate in one or more days of the gospel. Pray that the sanctifying Spirit will prepare many divine appointments with key university students, and that He will use these gospel trips to gain much remaining fruit!

For more information, go to bit.ly/GermanyGospelTrips. Registration is open until September 29.

Announcements

Morning Revival: Week 4 of Knowing, Experiencing, and Enjoying Christ as Revealed in Philippians.
Wednesday Night Ministry Meeting: Saints are invited to attend this week's ministry meeting in person at 7:25 pm at the Ministry Conference Center in Anaheim or online at www.lsmwebcast.com. The general subject is “The Crucial Points of the Truth in Paul's Epistles—First Corinthians.”
Thanksgiving Conference: November 23 to 26 in Dallas, TX. Saints from LA interested in possibly attending in Dallas should RSVP no later than October 31 at tinyurl.com/thanksgivingconfla. This site also has an information packet with hotel information and children's registration.
LSM Digital Resources: Living Stream Ministry has consolidated many of its helpful digital resources, including apps and free booklets, at lsm.org/daily. The August 2023 newsletter features the second part of an interview with Brother Ron Kangas concerning the history of the Life-study publication work along with reports on the Africa Ministry Depot and the Lord's move in the Balkans.
Ways to Give: Information about the church's online giving platform, Subsplash, and where to mail checks, are at www.churchinlosangeles.org/members/offerings.

by Ruiyu Wu

Week of August 20

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Practicing the Secret of Doing All Things in Christ

“I know also how to be abased, and I know how to abound; in everything and in all things I have learned the secret both to be filled and to hunger, both to abound and to lack. I am able to do all things in Him who empowers me.” (Phil 4:12-13)

“And be found in Him, not having my own righteousness which is out of the law, but that which is through faith in Christ, the righteousness which is out of God and based on faith.” (Phil. 3:9)

The phrase learned the secret indicates that Paul had come into a new situation, a new environment. Whenever we are put in a new environment, we need to learn the secret of living in that environment. What is the secret Paul learned? The secret is in Philippians 4:13: “I am able to do all things in Him who empowers me.” The secret is not that Christ is in us; it is that we are in Him. In order to practice this secret, we first need to realize that Christ lives in us.

Second, we must deny the flesh and the natural man. We should count all things as loss and not treasure or appreciate anything of our natural man, such as our humility or other virtues. All our good points, attributes, and virtues need to be counted as loss. We should not have any confidence in anything other than Christ.

Third, we should not do anything by ourselves, for we are not alone. Another person lives in us. Before we act, we should wait a while to see whether it is we or Christ who is acting. By doing this we allow the Christ who dwells in us to live for us. (CWWL, 1978, vol. 1, “The Experience of Christ,” pp. 399-401)

May we all aspire to have our whole being immersed in and saturated with Christ so that all who observe us might find us fully in Him, practicing this secret in everything and in all things!

An Unshakable Kingdom

“Therefore receiving an unshakable kingdom, let us have grace.” (Heb. 12:28)

May the shaking by the weekend storm and earthquake bring us all more into the Lord's grace and also open people around us to the gospel and the kingdom life in the churches.

Gospel in Hawaii

In response to the recent fire disaster in Hawaii, the churches there are planning gospel outreach with Bible distributions every day from August 23 to 30. This will be at three shelters for people who have lost their homes. Please ask the Lord to supply:

Access to the three locations (due to the disaster, access is restricted).
The serving saints with His compassion and peace to reach the suffering people.
Openness in these people to receive Him, experience Him, and be brought into fellowship with the saints and churches.
More of Himself for the strengthening of a shining testimony throughout Hawaii.

University of Southern California

This week is USC's first week of class. Please pray that:

Our students would magnify Christ to their friends and new classmates from the start of the semester.
We would meet open and soft freshmen at the club table on Tuesday and Thursday.
The Lord would draw many new students to come to our first club meeting on Friday and be refreshed in the Lord.

Wednesday Night Ministry Meetings

The weekly Wednesday Night Ministry Meeting will resume this week on August 23 at 7:25 pm at the LSM Ministry Conference Center in Anaheim. All the saints who are in good health are invited and encouraged to attend in person to support the release of the word. The meeting will also be live-streamed and archived at lsmwebcast.com. Those who do not have a paid subscription may pay $2.50 to watch.

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.

UK & Ireland Blending Conference

The 2023 UK & Ireland Blending Conference will take place August 26 to 27 in Leeds. Please pray for the Lord's rich speaking to the saints and for the saints' response in joining themselves to His speaking for the carrying out of His move in Europe. Pray that the saints and churches in the UK and Ireland would be blended together for the further building of Christ's Body and the preparation of His Bride.

Malaga Meeting Hall

The current financial need for purchasing the last available commercial block on the same floor as the meeting hall in Malaga, Spain is for 81,000 euros by the end of September to close the purchase and for an estimated 335,000 euros for remodeling.

Please pray for this need to be met for the furtherance of the Lord's move in Europe. A report concerning this property is available at lme.org/reports.html. Saints in LA who are burdened to contribute may give through the Church in Los Angeles designated for ‘Malaga Meeting Hall'.

Tajikistan

Please pray for the Lord's work among the gospel friends who have read the shepherding materials, that they may be enlightened and attracted to enter steadfastly into the Lord's word with the saints.

Announcements

Morning Revival: Week 2 of Knowing, Experiencing, and Enjoying Christ as Revealed in Philippians.
Wednesday Night Ministry Meeting: The weekly ministry meetings resume on August 23. Saints are invited to attend in person at 7:25 pm at the Ministry Conference Center in Anaheim or online at www.lsmwebcast.com.
Thanksgiving Conference: November 23 to 26 in Dallas, TX. Saints from LA who are interested in possibly attending the in-person sessions in Dallas should RSVP no later than October 31 at tinyurl.com/thanksgivingconfla. This site also has an information packet with hotel information and children's registration.
LSM Digital Resources: Living Stream Ministry has consolidated many of its helpful digital resources, including apps and free booklets, at lsm.org/daily. The August 2023 newsletter features the second part of an interview with Brother Ron Kangas concerning the history of the Life-study publication work along with reports on the Africa Ministry Depot and the Lord's move in the Balkans.
Bibles for America's recent posts “Author Spotlight: Who Is Witness Lee?” and “What It Means to Have a Good Conscience and Why It's So Important” are available at blog.bfa.org.
Germany Gospel Trips: October 8 to 22. For more information and blending opportunities, go to bit.ly/GermanyGospelTrips.
GTCA: To learn more about the burden for migration within North America, please visit gtca.us.
Living to Him has a podcast series particularly helpful to working saints, available on all major podcasting services at livingtohim.com/the-living-to-him-podcast.
A Timely Speaking of Supply: Enjoy a free weekly video from messages given by Brother Lee at lsm.org/timely-speaking.html.
Ways to Give: Information about the church's online giving platform, Subsplash, and where to mail checks, are at www.churchinlosangeles.org/members/offerings.

by Ruiyu Wu

Week of August 6

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Being Revived Every Morning

“Therefore we do not lose heart; but though our outer man is decaying, yet our inner man is being renewed day by day.” (2 Cor. 4:16)

“And the fire on the altar shall be kept burning on it; it must not go out. And the priest shall burn wood on it every morning…” (Lev. 6:12)

“It is Jehovah's lovingkindness that we are not consumed, for His compassions do not fail; they are new every morning; great is Your faithfulness.” (Lam. 3:22-23)

In order to make ourselves ready for the Lord's coming, we need to maintain our victory by having a revived living, a living of being renewed day by day. This renewal has to be refreshed every morning. We must enjoy the Lord early in the morning to have a new start of each day. We should rise up early in the morning to fellowship with the Lord, and we can pray, “Thank You, Lord, for a new beginning. May this day be a memorable day in my life.” This is what we call a morning-by-morning revival.

Every morning we should offer up Christ as our burnt offering and peace offering, based upon His being our sin offering, so that we may have a new beginning. Not only must we do this every day, but we must also do it with sweetness and depth. To take Christ as our burnt offering every morning is to take Him as the One who lived a life absolutely for God's satisfaction and as the life that enables us to have such a living.

While we are in the midst of suffering, we need to receive the Lord's new compassions every morning so that we may experience His renewing. Otherwise, we will remain the same, and the suffering we pass through will be in vain. (Making Ourselves Ready for the Lord's Coming, msg. 5, I, A, B.1-3, H)

LA Truth School

The LA Truth School began last Friday, August 4 and concludes this Saturday, August 12. The general subject is “The Bible” and the burden is to impress on our young people that the Bible is God's word for them to know and enjoy in their teenage years. Please continue to pray for:

The preparation of the hearts of every young person to be soft towards the Lord during Truth School.
All of the young people to be full of joy and released during the singing times.
The full participation as our YP gather in small groups for their truth pursuit this week. This week's topics are as follows: “The Bible as Our Light and Life” (Monday), “The Bible as Our Food and Drink” (Tuesday), “The Bible as Our Enjoyment” (Wednesday), “The Bible as Our Eternal Stand” (Thursday), and “The Bible as Our Sword” (Friday).

North America College Training

Please continue to pray for the response of the college students to the Lord's speaking in this year's NACT (July 16 to 22). Pray for the lasting impact on our college students' love for Christ and the church, their pursuit and defense of and constitution with the truth, and their splendorous consecration to the Lord to offer themselves to Him willingly in this day of His warfare for His soon return (Psa. 110:3).

FTTA-MA

The next term of the Middle-age Full-time Training in Anaheim goes from September 11 to December 23. The classes are given in English, Chinese, Korean and Spanish. It is hoped that many saints in the Lord's recovery will seize this opportunity to be perfected. All FTTA-MA applications must be received by August 22.

FTTA and FTTL

The fall term of the Full-time Training in Anaheim, as well as that in London, begins next week, August 14. Please pray for the safe arrival of all the trainees and they would all be fresh and new before the Lord as they start this term. Pray also for all the serving ones, that they themselves would enjoy the Lord's serving of them as their abounding grace.

Fiji

Bibles for America has a number of affiliates throughout the world, including Bibles for Korea, Bibles for Indonesia, Bibles for Europe, Bibles for Canada, Bibles for Australia, and Bibles for New Zealand. The most recent affiliate that has been established is Bibles for Fiji.

Fiji is a country with a population of nearly 1 million people in the South Pacific that comprises over 300 islands. There is a particular burden among the brothers in Fiji for the field of labor at the University of the South Pacific, located in the capital and largest city, Suva. Students from 12 other South Pacific island countries come to Suva for their higher education and many are open to the ministry publications.

BfA recently shipped a 20-foot container to Suva filled with copies of the NT Recovery Version in English and ministry books to arrive in early August. Please pray that the Lord would take care of all the practical items related to Bibles for Fiji that His Word could run unhindered in this part of the world. Pray also that the Lord would prepare the hearts of many students at the University of the South Pacific to receive His Word and come to the full knowledge of the truth.

Announcements

Morning Revival: Week 5 of Making Ourselves Ready for the Lord's Coming (ICSC). Next week, starting August 14, we begin Knowing, Experiencing, and Enjoying Christ as Revealed in Philippians (Memorial Day Conference).
LSM Digital Resources: Living Stream Ministry has consolidated many of its helpful digital resources, including apps and free booklets, at lsm.org/daily. The July 2023 newsletter contains an interview with Brother Ron Kangas concerning the history of the Life-study publication work.
Germany Gospel Trips: October 8 to 22. For more information and blending opportunities, go to bit.ly/GermanyGospelTrips.
A Timely Speaking of Supply: Enjoy a free weekly video from messages given by Brother Lee at lsm.org/timely-speaking.html.
Bibles for America's recent post “What It Means to Have a Good Conscience and Why It's So Important” is available to read and share at blog.biblesforamerica.org.
Living to Him has a podcast series particularly helpful to working saints, available on all major podcasting services at livingtohim.com/the-living-to-him-podcast.
GTCA: To learn more about the burden for migration within North America, please visit gtca.us.
Ways to Give: Information about the church's online giving platform, Subsplash, and where to mail checks, are at www.churchinlosangeles.org/members/offerings.

by Ruiyu Wu

Week of July 16

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Growing in Life unto Maturity

“Therefore leaving the word of the beginning of Christ, let us be brought on to maturity…” (Heb. 6:1)

“My children, with whom I travail again in birth until Christ is formed in you.” (Gal. 4:19)

“But we all with unveiled face, beholding and reflecting like a mirror the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory, even as from the Lord Spirit.” (2 Cor. 3:18)

If we pray, “Lord, come back quickly,” the Lord may say, “While you are awaiting My coming back, I am awaiting your maturity; only your maturity can hasten My coming back.” It is a great help for us to realize that if we are serious about awaiting the Lord's coming back, we need to grow in life unto maturity. (Making Ourselves Ready for the Lord's Coming, msg. 2, I.C-D)

We all know that the purpose of God's salvation is to work in us so that we may have His image (Rom. 8:29)…To be mature is to have the Lord fully formed in us. It also means that we, those who have been saved, have been fully transformed into the Lord's image. Originally, we were men who were merely natural—not having the life of the Lord, the nature of the Lord, or the image of the Lord within us. However, through the salvation of the Lord, the Lord has added Himself into us. Since the time of our regeneration and salvation, the Lord has been adding Himself into us, causing us to have His life and nature. In other words, from the time of our salvation, the Lord has been working in us so that we may have His image. When the Lord has fully worked His image into us and is fully expressed out from within us, then we will be mature in life. (CWWL, 1955, vol. 3, “The Way for a Christian to Mature in Life,” pp. 295-296).

North America College Training

The 2023 NACT with the topic “Love Prevails” is taking place this week, July 16 to 22, on the campus of the University of Illinois in Champaign-Urbana. Attendees represent at least 373 localities, 46 US states, and 39 countries on 5 continents.

The college training began Lord's Day evening with over 2600 saints in the first meeting. The speaking brother shared on love being the most excellent way, and that this love, which is Jesus Christ, prevails over all opposing forces. God is a lover, and He created man in the image of Himself as a lover, and because of this, our future is determined by what we love and do not love. The trainees were encouraged to allow the Lord's watering in this training to deal with many things in the hearts so that all could be attuned back to Christ as the unique object of our love.

Please pray for the trainees to quickly settle into the schedule of this training and would apply themselves to every aspect of this training that the Lord could gain so much in each one. Pray for the health and safety of all the saints. May the Lord prevail over each trainee and every aspect of this training that all would consecrate themselves and their future to Him!

LA Truth School

Registration is now open for our LA Truth School, which runs from August 4 to 12. The deadline to register is this coming Lord's Day, July 23. Late registrations are welcome at any time thereafter, but late registrants are not guaranteed a T-shirt or packet. Please pray for:

The continued watering, nourishing, and cherishing of all the young people in all the Bible reading groups currently taking place across Los Angeles.
Our young people and their serving ones to register without delay.
The Lord to remove any hindrances or barriers that would prevent any from registering.

All YP, serving ones, and interested saints should register at tinyurl.com/LATruthSchool2023.

Nordic-Baltic Conference

This weekend's Nordic-Baltic Conference will be held from July 21 to 24 in hybrid mode (in-person in Drammen near Oslo, Norway and online on Zoom), hosted by the Church in Oslo. Please pray for the Lord's rich blessing on this time of fellowship, and for many participants, not only from the Nordic countries and Baltic States but also from other Russian and English-speaking churches, to join the blending fellowship for the building up of the Body of Christ.

Leipzig, Germany

Thank the Lord for all that He has done in Leipzig over the past several years! Through much prayer, fellowship, and coordination, the saints there are planning to take the ground to be the testimony of Jesus and expression of His Body in that city. All the saints are invited to the first Lord's table meeting in Leipzig on November 5, 2023; register by September 3 at https://forms.gle/UuB3y4VmNJR199Pv9.

Please pray for this new beginning—that the Lord would have a bright, shining, golden lampstand in Leipzig for His satisfaction!

Germany – Gospel Trips

Registration is now open to join the churches and the developing localities in Germany, Switzerland, and Austria in their gospel labor from October 8 to 22, especially on the campuses at the beginning of the university year. To get more information, see additional opportunities for blending, and register for these trips, go to bit.ly/GermanyGospelTrips (note: the URL is case sensitive, so ‘G,' ‘G,' 'T' are capital letters).

Please continue to pray:

That the Lord will gain many young Germans, Swiss, and Austrians as remaining fruit.
For the spread of the Lord's testimony in many cities through these gospel trips.
For an increase in the gospel atmosphere and action in the sending and receiving cities.
For some from LA to receive the Lord's leading and go to participate in these trips.

Ukraine

Please continue to pray that:

The Lord will keep all the saints in the involved countries open to Him for His divine dispensing.
The Lord will meet the practical needs of the saints and preserve their tripartite being for His interests.
The brothers who are fighting in the war will be preserved in their tripartite being.
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.

Lord's Move to Europe

Both the video and written reports on the Lord's move in Europe given during the July Semiannual Training are available at www.lordsmove.org/reports.html.

Announcements

Morning Revival: Week 2 of Making Ourselves Ready for the Lord's Coming.
FTTA: A video of the graduation meeting on July 1 is available for a limited time at ftta.org.
LSM Digital Resources: Living Stream Ministry has consolidated many of its helpful digital resources, including apps and free booklets, at lsm.org/daily.
A Timely Speaking of Supply: Enjoy a free weekly video from messages given by Brother Lee at lsm.org/timely-speaking.html.
Bibles for America's recent post “What It Means to Have a Good Conscience and Why It's So Important” is available to read and share at blog.biblesforamerica.org.
Living to Him has a podcast series particularly helpful to working saints, available on all major podcasting services at livingtohim.com/the-living-to-him-podcast.
GTCA: To learn more about the burden for migration within North America, please visit gtca.us.
Ways to Give: Information about the church's online giving platform, Subsplash, and where to mail checks, are at www.churchinlosangeles.org/members/offerings.

by Ruiyu Wu

Week of July 9

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Overcoming by Loving His Appearing

“Henceforth there is laid up for me the crown of righteousness, with which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will recompense me in that day, and not only me but also all those who have loved His appearing.” (2 Tim. 4:8)

“…Yes, I come quickly. Amen. Come, Lord Jesus!” (Rev. 22:20)

Those who love the Lord, wait for His coming, and love His appearing will overcome. Loving the Lord's appearing is a proof that we love the Lord and live for Him today. Hence, it also becomes a condition for us to receive His reward. To love the Lord's appearing does not mean that we should not live a normal life; rather, the more we love His appearing, the more we need to live a normal life today. As those who love the Lord Jesus, take Him as our life, live Him, and magnify Him, we should await His coming and love His appearing. This should be our heart's desire and our living as those who hope to enter into His joy, be saved into the Lord's heavenly kingdom, and receive the crown of righteousness. (Making Ourselves Ready for the Lord's Coming, msg. 1, IV, A-C)

May we all pray to become those who love the Lord, wait for His coming, and love His appearing in our normal life today that we may enter into His joy at His coming.

The Central Burden and Present Truth of the Lord's Recovery

Please pray for the response of the saints to the Lord's speaking in last week's July Semiannual Training. The general subject was “An Overview of the Central Burden and Present Truth of the Lord's Recovery before His Appearing.” Here are the key statements:

The divine and mystical realm into which we may enter today and in which we may live is actually not simply the divine and mystical realm of the Triune God; it is the divine and mystical realm of the consummated Spirit and the pneumatic Christ.

To abide in Christ, taking Him as our dwelling place, and to allow Him to abide in us, taking us as His dwelling place, are to live in the reality of the universal incorporation of the processed and consummated Triune God with the redeemed and regenerated believers.

The New Jerusalem is a composition of divinity and humanity mingled, blended, and built up together as one entity; all the components have the same life, nature, and constitution and thus are a corporate person—the bride, the wife of the Lamb. (Key Statements of the 2023 July Semiannual Training)

LA Truth School

In preparation for the Truth School, which takes place August 4 to 12, our young people in Los Angeles gathered on June 17 and were encouraged to choose to “guard the deposit” (1 Tim. 6:20) this summer. A Bible reading schedule covering 1 and 2 Timothy with suggested footnotes and a Question of the Week was given to each young person to pursue corporately with one another and with their serving ones until the start of the Truth School.

Please pray for each young person to continue to participate in the Bible pursuit in their small groups and be open to the truth in God's Word.

NACT – 30 Days of Prayer

To prepare for the North America College Training, July 16 to 22, the coordinating brothers have prepared 30 days of prayer requests for saints all around the globe to enter into together.

Please pray that:

The students would use this week to be soaked and saturated with the holy Word, memorizing verses and picking up the habit of being in the Word daily, even building up a lifelong habit to be safeguarded against the decline (Matt. 4:4).
The students would consecrate their lives and futures to the Lord absolutely for His purpose and glory (Rom. 12:1).
The Lord would call many students to give their futures to the Lord and vow to attend FTTA to be made useful to Him (Psa. 110:3).
All the students and serving ones with their families would have the Lord's covering against any attacks from the evil one and no portion of the training, including the return time, would give any ground for his attacks (Matt. 6:13).
Satan would have no ground in the atmosphere on campus or in the beings of all those attending the college training (Matt. 12:29).

For a complete list of the 30 Days of Prayer for the NACT, click here.

Bibles for America

BfA's Spanish Blog at blog-es.bfa.org was recently updated to be more user friendly. With the addition of categories, people can now access topics like Consecration and The Human Spirit. A search function was also added so if someone is interested in a particular subject not listed in the categories, they can search for it in the Search bar. Finally, there is now a subscription box so that people can sign up to receive monthly blog posts on the Bible and the Christian life.

Please pray that this new design would enable more Spanish speakers to find, read, and share blog posts with others. Also pray that the content presented would encourage blog readers living in the US to order a free Spanish NT and explore more of the online resources Bibles for America offers.

Germany – Gospel Trips

Like last year, the churches and the developing localities in Germany, Switzerland, and Austria extend a warm invitation to all the saints in the recovery to join their gospel labor from October 8 to 22, especially on the campuses at the beginning of the university year. To get more information, see additional opportunities for blending, and register for these trips, please use bit.ly/GermanyGospelTrips (the URL is case sensitive, so ‘G,' ‘G,' 'T' are capital letters).

Please pray:

that the Lord will gain many young Germans, Swiss, and Austrians as remaining fruit;
for the spread of the Lord's testimony in many cities through these gospel trips;
for an increase in the gospel atmosphere and action in the sending and receiving cities;
for some from LA to receive the Lord's leading and go to participate in these trips.

Ukraine

Please continue to pray that the Lord will protect the saints in Russia, Ukraine, and Europe from :

The Lord will keep all the saints in the involved countries open to Him for His divine dispensing.
The Lord will meet the practical needs of the saints and preserve their tripartite being for His interests.
The brothers who are fighting in the war will be preserved in their tripartite being.
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.

Announcements

Morning Revival: Week 1 of Making Ourselves Ready for the Lord's Coming (ICSC).
FTTA: A video of the graduation meeting on July 1 is available for a limited time at ftta.org.
LSM Digital Resources: Living Stream Ministry has consolidated many of its helpful digital resources, including apps and free booklets, at lsm.org/daily.
Ways to Give: Information about the church's online giving platform, Subsplash, and where to mail checks, are at www.churchinlosangeles.org/members/offerings.

by Ruiyu Wu

Week of July 2

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July Semiannual Training

The July Semiannual Training is taking place this week, July 3 to 8, in Anaheim and by webcast in Los Angeles and around the world. The general subject is “An Overview of the Central Burden and Present Truth of the Lord's Recovery before His Appearing.” Pray for the saints to receive and respond to the Lord's burden in His up-to-date speaking, and to participate as much as possible in study times. Pray that through this training the Triune God will operate more in us to accomplish His will, fulfill His purpose, and satisfy the desire of His heart.

NACT – 30 Days of Prayer

To prepare for the North America College Training, July 16 to 22, the coordinating brothers have prepared 30 days of prayer requests for saints all around the globe to enter into together. Let us pray for:

Blending – Each trainee will be placed in a small group and cohort and this is a unique opportunity for students from all different cultures, nationalities, and backgrounds to be brought together to enjoy the Lord and His rich speaking and experience blending for the building up of His Body (Col. 3:10-11).
Constitution – Pray that the students would allow the word of God to dwell in them richly, being constituted with the word through memorizing many verses, redeeming the time (Col. 3:16).
Release – Pray that the Spirit would be fully released and flow in all of the singing in every session, and although the singing will mostly take place all together, the trainees would all touch the Lord personally as well as corporately through the release of their spirit (Eph. 5:18-19).
Response and Experience – Pray that each trainee would be open to and respond to the Lord's personal speaking during their time in the training. Pray that every trainee would experience dealing with the Lord, issuing in a memorial in their hidden life with the Lord (Rev. 2:29).
The Lord's Appearing – Pray that the Lord Jesus would appear to each one, His appearing would give them a vision, and they would enjoy the Spirit daily, increasing day by day (Acts 26:19).

For a complete list of the 30 Days of Prayer for the NACT, click here.

FTTA and FTTA-MA

Last weekend, trainees graduated from the FTTA, FTTA-XB, and FTTA-MA. Please continue to pray for all these ones to follow the Lamb wherever He may go. Pray also for many college graduates and young working saints to answer God's call to go to the FTTA next term. A video of the graduation meeting is available for a limited time at ftta.org.

This next term of the Middle-age Full-time Training in Anaheim goes from September 11 to December 23. The classes are given in English, Chinese, Korean and Spanish. It is hoped that many saints in the Lord's recovery, especially those between the ages of 35 and 65, will seize this opportunity to be perfected. All FTTA-MA applications must be received by August 22, 2023.

Bibles for America

We recently updated our Spanish Blog at blog-es.bfa.org to make it more user friendly. With the addition of categories, people can now access topics like Consecration and The Human Spirit. We've also added a search function so if someone is interested in a particular subject that's not listed in the categories, they can search for it in the Search bar.

We also implemented a subscription box so that people can sign up to receive monthly blog posts on the Bible and the Christian life.

GTCA

Let us continue to intercede for the Lord's move in this country. The burden to “gospelize, truthize, churchize” America has not diminished. Recent fellowships related to burden, meaning and purpose of migration are posted at gtca.us/updates.

Europe

Please continue to pray for the raising up of the Lord's testimony in major European cities and particularly the migration of burdened saints to six designated cities—Barcelona, Brussels, Dublin, Lisbon, Rome, and Zurich. More details on these cities can be found at lordsmove.org/reports.html.

Ukraine

Please continue to pray for the saints in Russia and Ukraine to be kept in the oneness of the Body and the reality of the new man, where Christ is all the members and in all the members, and for the preservation and shepherding of all the saints in their tripartite being.

Announcements

Morning Revival: REPEAT Week 12 of Crystallization-study of 1 and 2 Chronicles, Ezra, Nehemiah, Esther or enjoy Semiannual Training verses. Next week, starting July 10, we will get into Making Ourselves Ready for the Lord's Coming (ICSC).
No Prayer Meeting: To make way for the Semiannual Training, there will not be a church prayer meeting on Tuesday, July 4. It will resume on July 11.
LSM Newsletter: The June issue of "Having This Ministry…" includes a report on the ministry and the Lord's move in Ethiopia and mentions resources to prepare for the semiannual training. Go to newsletters.lsm.org/having-this-ministry.
LSM YouTube: To help the saints who would like to prepare for the upcoming semiannual training, videos of Brother Lee's speaking on The Divine and Mystical Realm are being made available at www.youtube.com/@LivingStreamMinistry.
Bibles for America's recent post, “2 Corinthians 3:18—Beholding and Reflecting the Lord with an Unveiled Face,” is available to read and share at blog.biblesforamerica.org.
500 Life-studies App: To learn more about the burden for the Life-studies, including the 500 Life-studies app, please visit 500lifestudies.org.
Ways to Give: Information about the church's online giving platform, Subsplash, and where to mail checks, are at www.churchinlosangeles.org/members/offerings.

by Ruiyu Wu

Week of June 25

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Praying Persistently to the Hidden God

“Surely You are a God who hides Himself, O God of Israel, the Savior.” (Isa. 45:15)

“He told them a parable to the end that they ought always to pray and not lose heart…there was a widow in that city, and she kept coming to him, saying, Avenge me of my opponent.” (Luke 18:1-3)

Today we need to realize that the omnipotent God whom we are serving is still hiding Himself, especially when He is helping us. We cannot see Him, and apparently He is not doing anything for us. Actually, He is with us all the time and, in a hidden way, He is doing many things for us.

The widow in [Luke 18:3] signifies the believers. In a sense, the believers in Christ are a widow in the present age because their Husband, Christ, is apparently absent from them. Like the widow in the parable, we believers in Christ have an opponent, Satan the devil, concerning whom we need God’s avenging.

While our opponent is persecuting us, it seems that God is not righteous, for He allows His children to be unrighteously persecuted. The widow in the parable kept coming to the unrighteous judge and asking him to avenge her of her opponent. We ought to pray persistently for this avenging and should not lose heart. Although He appears to be unrighteous, we still must appeal to Him, pray persistently, and bother Him again and again, for He will carry out quickly the avenging of His chosen ones, who “cry to Him day and night.”

What shall we do in a situation when we are persecuted and it seems that our God is not living, present, or just? From this parable we learn to be a bothering widow, one who prays to God persistently…We need to say to Him, “Lord, praying is up to me, not up to You. You never told me that I should not pray. On the contrary, You charged me to pray. Therefore, Lord, I am praying now for Your vindication.” (LS Esther, ch. 1; CS Chronicles, Nehemiah, and Esther, msg. 12, III.A, B, C, D, 2; LS Luke, ch. 40)

May we all know our God as He is revealed in this parable—a God who hides Himself—and learn to pray to Him persistently without losing heart.

July Semiannual Training

The 2023 July Semiannual Training will be held next week in Anaheim from July 3 to 8 and by webcast in Los Angeles and around the world. The general subject is “An Overview of the Central Burden and Present Truth of the Lord's Recovery before His Appearing.” Please pray for the release and receiving of the Lord's present speaking, that the Spirit will operate through the Lord's speaking to build up the Body and prepare the bride for His return.

FTTA Graduation

“Because out from Him and through Him and to Him are all things. To Him be the glory forever. Amen.” (Rom. 11:36)

This Saturday, July 1 at 9:30 am, the graduation meeting for the 2023 Spring Class of the FTTA, including a recognition of the FTTA-XB (Boston Extension) trainees, will be held at the Ministry Conference Center on the LSM campus. This meeting will also be streamed live at www.ftta.org.

Please pray for the Lord's leading of:

all graduating trainees—73 FTTA and 13 XB—to follow the Lamb wherever He may go;
some to join in His move in one of the GTCA cities and cities with new campus teams;
many saints to answer God's call to go to the training next term.

NACT – 30 Days of Prayer

The North America College Training, July 16 to 22, begins in less than a month. For this special training the coordinating brothers have prepared 30 days of prayer requests for saints all around the globe to enter into together. Let us pray for:

Safety and Security – Many brothers will serve as ushers for the entire week, as well as a number of privately hired security officers to make sure the training is secure and distraction-free. We need to pray for the safety and security of all of the trainees for the entire duration of the training (Deut 32:10b).
Hearts – Pray that the heart of each trainee would be prepared for the training. May each one's heart be the good earth to hear and understand the word and bear fruit (Matt 13:32).
Oneness and One Accord – 950 serving ones representing 320 churches from around the globe are registered. Pray that each one would enjoy the anointing of the Spirit and the supply of grace to be kept in absolute oneness and the one accord so that there would be a way for the Lord to command His blessing (Psa 133:1-3).
Speaking brothers – There will be many brothers, including some senior co-workers, who will be ministering the Word during the training week. Please pray for the rich anointing and outpoured Spirit of power upon each of the brothers (Acts 2:4).

For a complete list of the 30 Days of Prayer for the NACT, click here.

Poland – European Games

The European Games are currently taking place from June 21 to July 2 in Kraków and a number of other cities in southern Poland. For many of the sports represented, this competition will serve as the qualifications for the 2024 Olympics in Paris. Around 7,000 athletes from 48 European countries are participating. The churches in Kraków and nearby Sosnowiec are using this opportunity to preach the gospel to both visitors and the local people.

Please pray that the gospel of the kingdom will be preached to many and that the chosen ones will believe and enter into the kingdom of God. Pray for some remaining fruit and that, ultimately, our God the Father would be glorified and the incense of Christ would permeate the entire city of Kraków.

Meeting Halls in Munich, Stuttgart and Malaga

Saints are invited to remember these needs in prayer and give as the Lord leads. Saints in LA who are burdened to contribute may give through the Church in Los Angeles designated for ‘Munich Meeting Hall', 'Stuttgart Meeting Hall', and ‘Malaga Meeting Hall'. For more information, see the reports and presentations at lme.org/reports.html.

Ukraine

A reminder from the footnote on 1 Kings 8:48: “No matter for whom we are praying, our prayers should be aimed at the interests of God, i.e., at Christ and the church as God’s interests on earth, for the fulfilling of God’s economy.”

Announcements

Morning Revival: Week 12 of Crystallization-study of 1 and 2 Chronicles, Ezra, Nehemiah, Esther. Next week, REPEAT Week 12 or focus on semiannual training material. On July 10, we will begin Making Ourselves Ready for the Lord's Coming (ICSC).
Wednesday Night Ministry Meeting: The final ministry meeting for this semester on “The Crucial Points of the Truth in Paul's Epistles” will be held this Wednesday, June 28 at 7:25 pm.
LSM Newsletter: The June issue of "Having This Ministry…" includes a report on the ministry and the Lord's move in Ethiopia and mentions resources to prepare for the semiannual training. Go to newsletters.lsm.org/having-this-ministry.
LSM YouTube: To help the saints who would like to prepare for the upcoming semiannual training, videos of Brother Lee's speaking on The Divine and Mystical Realm are being made available at www.youtube.com/@LivingStreamMinistry.
Bibles for America's recent post, “2 Corinthians 3:18—Beholding and Reflecting the Lord with an Unveiled Face,” is available to read and share at blog.biblesforamerica.org.
500 Life-studies App: To learn more about the burden for the Life-studies, including the 500 Life-studies app, please visit 500lifestudies.org.
Ways to Give: Information about the church's online giving platform, Subsplash, and where to mail checks, are at www.churchinlosangeles.org/members/offerings.

by Ruiyu Wu

Week of June 18

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Living Out and Working Out the New Jerusalem

“And it had the glory of God. Her light was like a most precious stone, like a jasper stone, as clear as crystal; having a great and high wall…” (Rev. 21:11-12)

The intrinsic significance of Ezra's ministry is embodied in the words purification, education, and reconstitution. The intrinsic significance of Nehemiah's leadership is embodied in the words separation, protection, and expression. We need to cooperate with the Lord in His heavenly ministry to build up the church as the house of God and the kingdom of God by living out and working out the New Jerusalem according to this intrinsic significance.

To live and serve God according to the vision of the age in the ministry of the age is to live out and work out the New Jerusalem: “the building work of its wall was jasper; and the city was pure gold, like clear glass” (Rev. 21:18). The city being pure gold, like clear glass, signifies our need of purification with God in His holy nature and of enlightenment through education by applying the Bible teachings to our mind for the renewing and enlightenment of our mind to make us clear with the thoughts, considerations, and ways of God. “The building work” is God's unique work for our reconstitution with the Triune God so that we may be rebuilt with Him and minister Him into others for Him to build Himself into their being to make them beings in the New Jerusalem.

The city with its wall signifies the New Jerusalem as the eternal kingdom of God under the headship of God for the separation of God's people and the protection of God's interests. The wall of the city being jasper (God's life in its richness) and the city being gold (God's divine nature) reveal that God's eternal economy is to make us the same as He is in life and in nature but not in the Godhead for His unique expression. (CS 1 & 2 Chronicles, Ezra, Nehemiah, and Esther, msg. 11, I-II, A-D)

NACT – 30 Days of Prayer

Safe travel – This summer close to 2,900 college students and serving ones will gather in Champaign, Illinois. They will come from campuses and towns across the United States and from 39 countries around the globe. Please pray for their safe travel, including all flights, shuttle rides, and cross-country drives, and that the Lord will keep their going out and their coming in (Psa. 121:7-8).
Hospitality – Many students traveling to the NACT, especially those coming from great distances, choose to extend their trips prior to or following the training in Champaign. This creates a marvelous opportunity for blending with churches, especially through the practical provision of hospitality. Pray for multiplied grace to all the local saints for hosting students before and after the college training on their way to and from the NACT (Rom. 12:13).
Each one's health – The training schedule is rigorous, starting at 6:30 am every morning and ending at 11:00 pm every night. Please pray for the speaking brothers to be healthy as they prepare in the Lord, for the serving ones to be in good health as they coordinate and labor together, and that each attendee would be able to fully participate and would remain healthy for the entire time with no spread of sickness (1 Thes. 5:23).
Practical services – A gathering as large as the NACT requires a smooth coordination of various practical services including ushering, registration, and audio-visual. Please pray that there would be no interruption to the ministry of the word and that each service would be carried out in a smooth and harmonious way (Rom. 15:5-6).

For a complete list of the 30 Days of Prayer for the NACT, click here.

July Semiannual Training

The 2023 July Semiannual Training will be held in person in Anaheim from July 3–8 and by webcast in Los Angeles and around the world. The general subject is “An Overview of the Central Burden and Present Truth of the Lord's Recovery before His Appearing.” Please pray that the Spirit will operate through the Lord's present speaking to build up the Body and prepare the bride for His return.

UK Building Project

Construction is set to begin this December for a new training facility of the Full-time Training in London at Bower House with a capacity of holding at least 400 trainees as well as conferences for 1,000 saints. The total cost is estimated at approximately $6 million (dollars).

We now have full permission for the new FTTL classroom, dining and kitchen facilities at Bower House. Despite much opposition, the prayers of the Body have been crucial in gaining these very significant permissions.

What is needed next is to increase the accommodation of the training on the adjacent Bower Farm property, to create a campus environment that is conducive for the training, with an atmosphere and space to nurture fellowship, prayer and private times with the Lord. Following a difficult period of consultation with the city council, we have now submitted a full application to construct sleeping accommodation to house 100 trainees. As this is a conservation area, gaining permission is difficult. The next months are crucial as the council considers the application.

Please pray that the Lord would release this permission for the Lord's interest and the sake of training of the young people in Europe, and that the Lord would rule over the council planning officers for the sake of His move.

To give through the Church in LA for the new training center, please follow instructions at www.churchinlosangeles.org/members/offerings. Designate offerings for “UK Building Project.”

Ukraine

The Lord will keep all the saints in the involved countries open to Him for His divine dispensing.
The Lord will meet all the practical needs of the saints.
The brothers who are fighting in the war will be preserved by the Lord in their tripartite being.
The local saints, serving ones, and trainees in Europe will be blended with the refugees.
The enemy will be bound in his attack on the Lord's interests in Russia, Ukraine, and Europe.

Announcements

Morning Revival: Week 11 of Crystallization-study of 1 and 2 Chronicles, Ezra, Nehemiah, Esther.
Wednesday Night Ministry Meeting: The weekly ministry meeting on “The Crucial Points of the Truth in Paul's Epistles” continues this Wednesday starting 7:25 pm.
Free e-Booklets: Living Stream Ministry offers a series of free e-booklets to read and share at www.lsm.org/booklets, including “Life's Issue—the Church.”
LSM Newsletter: The May issue of "Having This Ministry…" provides principles on using the hymns in the Lord's table meeting, as well as a brief history of the Taiwan Gospel Book Room. Go to newsletters.lsm.org/having-this-ministry.
Bibles for America's recent post, “2 Corinthians 3:18—Beholding and Reflecting the Lord with an Unveiled Face,” is available to read and share at blog.biblesforamerica.org.
Living to Him has a podcast series particularly helpful to working saints, available on all major podcasting services at livingtohim.com/the-living-to-him-podcast.
GTCA: To learn more about the burden for migration within North America, please visit gtca.us.
500 Life-studies App: To learn more about the burden for the Life-studies, including the 500 Life-studies app, please visit 500lifestudies.org.
A Timely Speaking of Supply: Enjoy a free weekly video from messages given by Brother Lee at lsm.org/timely-speaking.html.
Ways to Give: Information about the church's online giving platform, Subsplash, and where to mail checks, are at www.churchinlosangeles.org/members/offerings.

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