Ruiyu Wu

Week of February 19

Having a Revived Living

"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)

The general subject of the 2023 International Chinese-speaking Conference was "Making Ourselves Ready for the Lord's Coming." Please pray that the Lord's speaking to His entire recovery will produce a people who will cooperate with Him to make themselves ready for His coming.

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 each day. Every morning we should allow the Lord Jesus, our Sun, to rise up in us so that we can be renewed. 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. (ICSC, msg. 5, I, A, B.1-3)

Seeing and Enjoying the Divine Dispensing of the Divine Trinity

"Jehovah bless you and keep you; Jehovah make His face shine upon you and be gracious to you; Jehovah lift up His countenance upon you and give you peace." (Num. 6:24-26)

We must have the key, the governing principle, of the writings in the Bible. Just as the master key to a building gives us the ability to open the doors in that building, so we need the key to open every book of the Bible. This key also gives us the ability to discern every portion of the Scriptures. (CWWL, 1984, vol. 2, p. 232)

According to the entire revelation of the sixty-six books of the Bible, the Divine Trinity—the Father, the Son, and the Spirit—is for God's dispensing, that is, for the distribution of God into His chosen people. God's desire with His strong intention is to dispense Himself into His chosen people as their life, as their life supply, and as their everything. (CWWL, 1993, vol. 2, p. 53)

What a blessing it is to have His face, His presence, and to enjoy Him daily as grace! What a blessing it is to have His countenance smiling upon us, assuring us, and confirming us! And what a blessing it is to have peace in Him, by Him, and with Him! This is the Triune God as our blessing. (The Divine Dispensing of the Divine Trinity for the Divine Economy, msg. 1, VI)

FTTA

The spring 2023 term of the Full-time Training in Anaheim begins this week on February 19. The Boston Extension (XB) already started last week. Please pray for the perfecting of these young saints in truth, life, and service for the advancement of the Lord's move on the earth.

Turkey

Following the February 6 earthquakes in central and southern parts of Turkey, please pray for the saints who lost their relatives and friends to be comforted and for the saints who have taken refuge outside to be kept in good health, have rest in their souls, and receive supply in their spirits.

Pray for the saints in Istanbul and other cities to be strengthened by the Lord and be His living testimony, and pray for their contacting of Rhema book subscribers and the distribution of further books. May the Lord open the door of the gospel in Turkey!

Ukraine

Please continue to pray that:

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

Nigeria

Nigeria is the most populous country in Africa with nearly 215 million inhabitants. There is a belief that as the political, economic and social challenges in Nigeria improve, so will the rest of the continent. The churches in Nigeria ask the Body to join them in prayer and petition to the Lord regarding the upcoming elections in country, beginning with the presidential election on February 25.

Please pray that:

The Lord would put in place the president of His choice who will serve His interests.
The Lord would use the president and other leaders He chooses to bring in a conducive environment for the spread of the gospel of the kingdom throughout Nigeria.
The Lord would curb the activities of His enemy during this election period and beyond, and that there would be peace and tranquility during the election and in the long term (1 Tim. 2:2).
The election of the proper leaders would bring about normal economic growth and reduce the harsh suffering all over the country. (Basic opportunities for employment and opportunity to earn a living wage will positively affect the spread of the gospel and the churches.)

Announcements

Morning Revival: Week 1 of The Divine Dispensing of the Divine Trinity for the Divine Economy.
Free e-Booklets: Living Stream Ministry offers a series of free e-booklets to read and share at http://www.lsm.org/booklets, including "Life's Setting Free—the Need of Those under the Bondage of Sin."
Bibles for America's latest post is available to read and share at http://blog.biblesforamerica.org.
Living to Him has a podcast series particularly helpful to working saints, available on all major podcasting services at http://livingtohim.com/the-living-to-him-podcast.
A Timely Speaking of Supply: Enjoy a free weekly video from messages given by Brother Lee at http://lsm.org/timely-speaking.html.
Ways to Give: Information about the church's online giving platform, Subsplash, and where to mail checks, are at http://www.churchinlosangeles.org/members/offerings.

by Ruiyu Wu

Week of February 5

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Prayer According to God's Will

"And Jesus answered and said to them, Truly I say to you, If you have faith and do not doubt...even if you say to this mountain, Be taken up and cast into the sea, it will happen. And all that you ask in prayer, if you believe, you will receive." (Matt. 21:21-22)

The first God-man's teaching here was according to God's will for the accomplishment of His economy. Not many see that the Lord's teaching on prayer is related to God's economy, which is to be accomplished by His faithful people doing His will….This is God's will not in small matters, such as where we should move, but His great will for the accomplishment of God's economy. Many Christians today use the term the will of God in a very shallow and light way. We should be those who are carrying out God's will to accomplish God's economy.…What is the real will of God that we have to carry out? It is to take care of the producing and building up of God's organism, which is the Body of Christ that will consummate the New Jerusalem.

We must first be the right persons before God, persons who are one with God. Then we can have God as our faith and pray according to our knowledge of God's will for the fulfillment of His economy….This is the experience of having faith in God without doubting, and believing that we have received what we have asked for so that we receive it. We have to pray according to God's will for the fulfillment of His economy. Then we are one with God and the right persons in God's eyes. Then we have the assurance that we have received what we have prayed for. (The God-man Living, pp. 142-143, 146-145)

ICSC

The 2023 International Chinese-speaking Conference will be held at the Ministry Conference Center in Anaheim from Friday, February 17 through Lord's Day, February 19. All the saints are invited to attend in person at the MCC or by live webcast at http://live.lsmwebcast.com. More information about schedule and translation is posted at http://www.churchinlosangeles.org/prayer. Please pray for Lord to take more crucial steps in the advancement of His purpose during this gathering.

Bibles for America

In 2022, BfA gave away a record 184,000 copies of the NT Recovery Version—57,000 more than any year before. We are thankful to the Lord that so many people in this country are seeking and hungry for the Word of God.

This increase in orders means that a larger number of Bibles need to be packaged and shipped out each week. Please pray that the BfA staff and volunteers laboring at our distribution center would be supplied and strengthened to fulfill all of these orders. Pray also for the Lord to cover every step of the process so that the Bibles could go out in a timely way.

FTTA Gospel Trips – Hayward and Rohnert Park

Please continue to remember the FTTA gospel trips in prayer; they continue until February 11. Specific prayer burdens and updates are at http://ftta.org/gospeltrips.

In California, from January 27 to February 11, a gospel team is visiting several churches in the Bay Area—Hayward, Morgan Hill, Palo Alto, and Rohnert Park. The saints preached the gospel and passed out flyers, tracts, Bibles and booklets at Cal State East Bay in Hayward and Sonoma State University in Rohnert Park. Please pray:

For those who signed up to have follow-up contact and become remaining fruit on these two campuses.
That the Lord would establish a group of new core students for the Bible Club at Sonoma State University this year.
That the Lord would add young couples and families to the church in Rohnert Park.

Ukraine

Please continue to pray that:

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

Timor-Leste

Timor-Leste, or East Timor, is a Southeast Asian nation with fewer than 1.5 million inhabitants, most of whom are Catholic. The two official languages are Portuguese and Tetum, with English and Indonesian designated as working languages. Currently there are 21 saints in the capital Dili; half are Tetum- or Indonesian-speaking, half are Chinese-speaking. Please pray:

For the saints in Dili to be healthy, rich, building, and functioning members to build up the Body of Christ for His increase.
For the completion of a newly constructed meeting hall.
For the language learning of recently migrated saints.

For a detailed report with photos, see the January 2023 issue of the Lord's Move to Asia newsletter:

http://reurl.cc/OEZgD3 (English)
http://reurl.cc/6LoMkd (Chinese)

Announcements

Morning Revival: Week 4 of our guided reading through the Gospel of Matthew. On February 20, we will begin The Divine Dispensing of the Divine Trinity for the Divine Economy (Thanksgiving Conf).
ICSC: The International Chinese-speaking Conference will be held February 17 to 19 in Anaheim. All saints welcome! Those needing translation into English, Korean or Spanish should bring their own FM radio headset or install the free Listen Everywhere app on their iPhone or Android phone.
Free e-Booklets: Living Stream Ministry offers a series of free e-booklets to read and share at http://www.lsm.org/booklets, including "Life's Setting Free—the Need of Those under the Bondage of Sin."
Bibles for America's latest post is available to read and share at http://blog.biblesforamerica.org.
Living to Him has a podcast series particularly helpful to working saints, available on all major podcasting services at http://livingtohim.com/the-living-to-him-podcast.
A Timely Speaking of Supply: Enjoy a free weekly video from messages given by Brother Lee at http://lsm.org/timely-speaking.html.
Ways to Give: Information about the church's online giving platform, Subsplash, and where to mail checks, are at http://www.churchinlosangeles.org/members/offerings.

by Ruiyu Wu

Week of January 15

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The Pattern of Prayer in Matthew 6

"You then pray in this way: Our Father who is in the heavens, Your name be sanctified; Your kingdom come; Your will be done, as in heaven, so also on earth. Give us today our daily bread. And forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors. And do not bring us into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one. For Yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen." (Matt. 6:9-13)

After the rebellion of Satan, the earth fell into his usurping hand. Thus, the will of God could not be done on earth as in heaven. Hence, God created man with the intention of recovering the earth for Himself. After the fall of man, Christ came to bring the heavenly rule to earth so that the earth could be recovered for God's interest, so that the will of God could be done on earth as in heaven. This is why the new King established the kingdom of the heavens with His followers. The kingdom people must pray for this until the earth is fully recovered for God's will in the coming kingdom age.

[The prayer in Matthew 6], as a pattern, cares first for God's name, God's kingdom, and God's will, and second, for our need. This prayer, as a pattern, cares, third, for the kingdom people's failures before God and for their relationship with others. The kingdom people should ask the Father to forgive their debts, their failures, their trespasses, as they forgive their debtors to maintain peace. This prayer, as a pattern, cares, fourth, for the kingdom people's deliverance from the evil one and from evil things. The kingdom people should ask the Father not to bring them into temptation but to deliver them from the evil one, the devil, and from the evil that is out of him. (Footnotes 10¹, 11¹, 12¹, 13² in Matt. 6)

2023 North America College Training

Registration for the 2023 North America College Training is now open! The subject is "Love Prevails," and it will be held July 16 to 22 in Champaign, Illinois. Thousands of college saints who have participated in previous college trainings received extensive and lasting spiritual benefits, especially the graduating high school seniors. Our expectation is that the Lord would use this special time to freshly gain this generation, to constitute them with the vision of the age and equip them with the truth for His eternal purpose.

Our hope for this time is that the Lord could gather at least 3,500 saints to attend, and to reach that number many college students need to decide early on to set this week apart unto the Lord, regardless of their summer plans. To encourage such a momentous registration, a substantial discount for those who register in the month of January is being offered. However, the real benefit of early registration is that those who commit early can testify to their peers and those in the churches around them of their decision. In so doing, they can be factors to encourage hundreds more to follow them to the NACT this summer!

We need to pray for many to be patterns among this generation who, like Nehemiah, do not seek their own interests but seek the Lord with a pure heart and do not leave the things of God's move to others but participate in them themselves. In the same way as the writer of Hebrews encouraged the readers of his epistle to "come forward" to the place where he was, we pray for many who will take the lead to come forward and register early, during January! Therefore, during this month, we desperately need the fighting prayers of all the saints:

Pray for the stirring up of at least 1,400 throughout North America to register and pay in the month of January, boldly registering in faith and giving the Lord the first place in their summer plans!
Pray that the serving and shepherding saints could render the proper fellowship to all those considering the NACT and that all impediments for those who would like to go would be completely removed.
Pray that the Lord stir up the students not only to register but also to pray for this time and encourage others around them to "Come forward!" to the NACT without delay!

May the Lord continue to raise up a generation of young people for His will and purpose to end this age!

Hall 4 Retreat

This weekend, January 20 to 22, about 85 saints, students, young people, and children from Hall 4 will gather at Oak Glen to begin 2023 together. Please pray for:

All the saints to be washed in the water of the Lord's fresh speaking!
Saints of all ages and stages to be strengthened and encouraged to consecrate themselves to pursue the Lord in an atmosphere of love this year!
Our love for one another to increase so that we can be a testimony of oneness to all those around us!

FTTA Gospel Trips

From January 6 to February 11, gospel trip teams are going out to 20 countries in Europe, as well as the US and Canada, to join with the local saints for the preaching of the gospel of the kingdom. Please pray that:

The Lord will blend and build the saints involved so that He will have the free way to fully bless the trips.
The sanctifying Spirit will go before the saints to prepare the hearts of those the Lord has chosen.
The preaching of the gospel of the kingdom will be prevailing and reach all those the Lord desires to save.
Fruit, even remaining fruit, will be borne in each place visited, and the Lord will add to the churches as His testimony in each of these nations.
The Lord will fully cover the travel, safety, security, and health of all those involved.

Central & Eastern Europe and the Balkans

A video report is available from the countries encompassed in the geographical area of Central and Eastern Europe and the Balkans. It also introduces and speaks concerning the dear saints from Ukraine who are scattered in many of the localities in these countries. Go to https://churchesceeb.org/2022-reports-en.

May the Lord continue to bless His recovery of this part of the earth!

Ukraine

Please continue to pray that:

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

Announcements

Morning Revival: Week 1 of our guided reading through the Gospel of Matthew.
SAVE THE DATE: The 2023 International Chinese-speaking Blending Conference will be held February 17 to 19 in Anaheim, with translation into English, Korean and Spanish. All saints welcome!
Bibles for America's latest post is available to read and share at https://blog.biblesforamerica.org.
FTTA and FTTA-XB graduation videos may be viewed for a limited time at https://www.ftta.org.
Living to Him has a podcast series particularly helpful to working saints, available on all major podcasting services at https://livingtohim.com/the-living-to-him-podcast.
A Timely Speaking of Supply: Enjoy a free weekly video from messages given by Brother Lee at https://lsm.org/timely-speaking.html.
Ways to Give: Information about the church's online giving platform, Subsplash, and where to mail checks, are at https://www.churchinlosangeles.org/members/offerings.

by Ruiyu Wu

Week of January 8

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The Word of Christ Dwelling Richly in Us

"Then He opened their mind to understand the Scriptures." (Luke 24:45)

"Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom, teaching and admonishing one another with psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to God." (Col. 3:16)

To reconstitute the people of God is to educate them by putting them into the word of God so that they may be saturated with the word. As the word of God works within us, the Spirit of God, who is God Himself, through the word spontaneously dispenses God's nature with God's element into our being; in this way we are reconstituted. (December Semiannual Training, msg. 5, II.F.1-2)

The greatest need that must be met is to bring the saints in the Lord's recovery into the truth to carry the recovery on. The intrinsic element of the divine revelation must be wrought into and constituted into our being. After the truth gets into our memory, it becomes a constant and long-term nourishment; then we have an accumulation of the truth, and we are under the constant nourishment. (Msg. 11, III.C.1, D.1,3)

It is crucial to let the word of Christ enter into us, dwell in us, and replace our concepts, opinions, and philosophies. If the word of Christ is to make its home in us, we must give it the full liberty, freedom, and right. (LS of Colossians, pp. 247, 576)

May we continually seek the Lord's opening of our mind so that His word may dwell in us richly, causing the recovery to move onward. May all the truths which we have outwardly in the books be constituted into us inwardly for our nourishment, for our ministering to one another, and for more singing with grace in our hearts to God.

SoCal Spanish-speaking and YP Blending Conferences

The Southern California Spanish-speaking conference is this weekend, January 13 to 15 at the Ministry Conference Center (1200 N Hubbell Way, Anaheim). Simultaneously, there will be the Southern California Young People's Blending Conference.

Meetings are Friday 7:30 pm, Saturday 4:00 and 7:00 pm, and Lord's Day 10:00 am. Child care for K–6 will be provided only at the Church in Anaheim District 2 meeting hall; no child care will be provided at the MCC. English-speaking and Spanish-speaking saints are invited to attend all the meetings at the MCC; Chinese and Korean translation at the MCC will be provided only on Lord's Day.

May the Lord super abundantly pour out His rich blessing on these special conferences!

UCLA

UCLA resumed instruction this week. Please pray for a good beginning to this quarter with everyone reconnecting and entering into the fellowship right away!

This week, January 9 to 15, six trainees from the FTTA will take part in a trainee internship with the full-time LA campus team. The primary burden of this week is to give all participants a taste of serving the Lord full-time, not only in the outward matters but also the inward reality. Please pray for the Lord to bless this whole week, and pray that they would be open to the Lord's special training and speaking.

Hall 5 Mini Retreat

This weekend, January 13 to 15, the saints in Hall 5 are having a local mini retreat with a series of gatherings at the meeting hall and nearby venues on the Westside. Please pray for an encouraging time of blending outside the typical church meeting schedule and a good release and reception of the church-wide burden of Bible and Life-study reading. Also pray for the college students to attend and for the further merging of many newer ones into the church life with all the community saints.

BfA Distribution – Northridge

Saturday to Monday, January 14 to 16, saints from Hall 2, along with others, will have a Bibles for America table inside the Northridge Fashion Center shopping mall. More than 35 saints will participate. We will be there 8 hours each day to distribute tracts, NTs, and books. Please pray for this time, that all who serve will enjoy and express the Lord, and that the Lord will bring many sons of peace to us to receive His gospel and His truth.

FTTA Gospel Trips

From January 26 to February 9, 16 FTTA gospel trip teams will go out to 21 countries in Europe to join with the local saints for the preaching of the gospel of the kingdom. Please pray that:

The Lord will blend and build the saints involved so that He will have the free way to fully bless the trips.
The sanctifying Spirit will go before the saints to prepare the hearts of those the Lord has chosen.
The preaching of the gospel of the kingdom will be prevailing and reach all those the Lord desires to save.
Fruit, even remaining fruit, will be borne in each place visited, and the Lord will add to the churches as His testimony in each of these nations.
The Lord will fully cover the travel, safety, security, and health of all those involved.

Ukraine

Please continue to pray that:

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

Bangladesh

Pray for the ministry distribution to be strengthened that more young people who are seeking and yearning for the truth can be found.

Announcements

Morning Revival: Week 2 of our morning revival topic on "Eating the Word of God." Next week, we will begin a guided reading of the Gospel of Matthew.
2023 North America College Training: July 16 to 22 in Champaign, IL. Registration is now open with a discounted rate for those who sign up in January. Current high school seniors invited to join. More details at http://collegetraining.org.
FTTA and FTTA-XB graduation videos may be viewed for a limited time at http://www.ftta.org.
Bibles for America's latest post is available to read and share at http://blog.biblesforamerica.org.
Living to Him has a podcast series particularly helpful to working saints, available on all major podcasting services at http://livingtohim.com/the-living-to-him-podcast.
A Timely Speaking of Supply: Enjoy a free weekly video from messages given by Brother Lee at http://lsm.org/timely-speaking.html.
Ways to Give: Information about the church's online giving platform, Subsplash, and where to mail checks, are at http://www.churchinlosangeles.org/members/offerings.

by Ruiyu Wu

Week of December 25

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December Semiannual Training

"And Jabez called on the God of Israel saying, Oh that You would richly bless me and enlarge my border, and that Your hand would be with me, and that You would so keep me from evil that it would not grieve me! And God caused what he had requested to come to pass." (1 Chron. 4:10)

This week's Semiannual Training is being held in-person in Anaheim and by webcast in Los Angeles and around the world. This training on Chronicles, Ezra, Nehemiah, and Esther will be the completion of the crystallization-study of the Bible.

Please pray for the release of the Lord's timely word and burden in this training. Pray for the Lord to richly anoint the release and receiving of His word and take a further step in His move on earth to build up His Body and prepare His bride for His return.

FTTA Gospel Trips

Pray for all the planning and preparation for upcoming FTTA and FTTA-XB gospel trips in January and early February.

Bibles for America

Our hearts are full of thanks to the Lord for all He has done through BfA this year. By the Lord's mercy, we've been able to give away more Bibles this year than ever before. With the generous support of our donors, we reached a wonderful milestone: in August, we gave away our 2 millionth Bible! Furthermore, since April of this year, we've been giving away the Basic Elements of the Christian Life to US residents. Lastly, in 2022, 1.4 million people visited the BfA Blog from all over the world.

Please pray that every person who has received a Bible over the past 22 years would be fed and nourished by the Word of God. Also pray that all the blog visitors would find answers to their questions, be nourished with God's Word, and continue to grow in the divine life of God.

To read the full year-in-review report, go to http://biblesforamerica.org/2022.

Europe

Please pray for the migration of burdened saints to six designated European cities—Barcelona, Brussels, Dublin, Lisbon, Rome, and Zurich. Also pray for the strengthening of the new lampstand in Lisbon and the recovered lampstand in Zurich. More details on these cities can be found at http://amanatrust.org.uk/page/reports.

European Winter School of Truth

This year's Winter School of Truth is on "The Triune God and the Person and Work of Christ" and held in five locations between December 26 and January 2: The Netherlands (December 25 to 30); Spain (December 26 to 31); London, UK (December 30 to January 2); Leeds, UK (December 27 to 30); and Ireland (December 28 to 30).

Pray for every young person to learn and grow in their spiritual life as well as experience and appreciate the Bible like never before. May the Lord constitute our next generation with the truth for His move and testimony in Europe.

Stuttgart Meeting Hall

Pray for the closing of the purchase of a meeting hall in Stuttgart, Germany, and for the release of funding (€500,000) needed for Phase I renovations. Pray also for the planning, design, and permits needed for these renovations. A report that includes details, photographs, and instructions on how to give for this need can be downloaded from http://lordsmove.org/reports.html.

Saints in LA who are burdened to contribute may give through the Church in Los Angeles designated for 'Stuttgart Meeting Hall'.

Ukraine

Please continue to pray that:

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

Announcements

Morning Revival: Enjoy training verses or repeat a week. Next week, starting January 2, we will get into some material on "Eating the Word of God."
FTTA and FTTA-XB graduation videos may be viewed for a limited time at http://www.ftta.org.
2023 North America College Training: July 16 to 22, 2023 in Champaign, IL. Registration opens on January 1. Current high school seniors warmly invited to join. More details at http://collegetraining.org.
SoCal YP Blending Conference: January 13 to 15 in Anaheim. Registration at http://scyp.com/blending.
Bibles for America's latest post is available to read and share at http://blog.biblesforamerica.org.
Living to Him has a podcast series particularly helpful to working saints, available on all major podcasting services at http://livingtohim.com/the-living-to-him-podcast.
Ways to Give: Information about the church's online giving platform, Subsplash, and where to mail checks, are at http://www.churchinlosangeles.org/members/offerings.

by Ruiyu Wu

Week of December 18

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Living an Overcoming Life by Reigning in Life

"And made us a kingdom, priests to His God and Father, to Him be the glory and the might forever and ever. Amen." (Rev. 1:6)

"For if, by the offense of the one, death reigned through the one, much more those who receive the abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness will reign in life through the One, Jesus Christ." (Rom. 5:17)

The genuine Christian life is the life of an overcomer, and all the overcomers in the New Testament should be kings who have received the abundance of grace [God Himself as our all-sufficient supply for our organic salvation] and the gift of righteousness [God's judicial redemption applied to us in a practical way] to reign in life.

If we have not yet reached the level of a king in our Christian life, we are still below the proper standard. We may say that we enjoy Christ, but to what degree, to what extent, do we enjoy Christ? Our enjoyment of Christ may be only "one-inch high," but Christ is unlimited. Our enjoyment of Christ should come up to the kingship level. We need to receive grace upon grace to such an extent that grace reigns in us so that we can be good stewards of the varied grace of God. (Crystallization-study of 1 and 2 Kings, msg. 12, I, B, C)

May we continue to upgrade our enjoyment of Christ so that it would be up to the proper standard—the kingship level—and He would have a way to come back!

December Semiannual Training

Next week's Semiannual Training will be held in-person in Anaheim from December 26 to 31 and by webcast in Los Angeles and around the world. This training on Chronicles, Ezra, Nehemiah, and Esther will be the completion of the crystallization-study of the Bible.

It is only by having the divine truth in the Word thoroughly wrought into us that we can live and magnify Christ in our daily life, preach the gospel to the unbelievers, and present the truth and minister life to the seeking believers, thereby becoming the prevailing testimony of Jesus, the living Body of Christ. (From June 2022 issue of LSM's digital newsletter, "Having This Ministry…")

FTTA and FTTA-MA Graduations

This Saturday, December 24 at 9:30 am, the graduation meeting for the 2022 Fall 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 http://www.ftta.org.
In the afternoon, beginning at 3:00 pm, the graduation meeting for the FTTA-MA (Middle-age) will be held at 1853 W Ball Rd in Anaheim. This meeting will also be streamed live on Zoom.
Please pray for the Lord's leading of:

all these trainees—23 FTTA, 4 XB, and 25 MA—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 college graduates, young working saints, and middle aged saints to answer God's call to go to the training next term.

Bibles for America

To read the full year-in-review report, go to http://biblesforamerica.org/2022.

European Winter School of Truth

This year's Winter School of Truth will be on "The Triune God and the Person and Work of Christ" and held in five locations between December 26 and January 2: The Netherlands (December 25 to 30); Spain (December 26 to 31); London, UK (December 30 to January 2); Leeds, UK (December 27 to 30); and Ireland (December 28 to 30).

Please pray for every young person to learn and grow in their spiritual life as well as experience and appreciate the Bible like never before. May the Lord constitute our next generation with the truth for His move and testimony in Europe.

Stuttgart Meeting Hall

Please pray for the closing of the purchase of a meeting hall in Stuttgart, Germany, and for the release of funding (€500,000) needed for Phase I renovations. Pray also for the planning, design, and permits needed for these renovations. A report that includes details, photographs, and instructions on how to give for this need can be downloaded from http://lordsmove.org/reports.html.

Saints in LA who are burdened to contribute may give through the Church in Los Angeles designated for 'Stuttgart Meeting Hall'.

Ukraine

Please continue to pray that:

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

Tajikistan

Pray for the saints to establish regular home meetings with their contacts. Pray for the saints to receive grace and progress in language learning daily that they can present the truth and minister life to others. Pray for the saints to abide in the vine, absorb His riches, and become fruitful branches; may the Lord bless them with two fruits in the coming six months.

Announcements

Morning Revival: Week 12 of Crystallization-study of 1 and 2 Kings, vol. 2.
Wednesday Night Ministry Meeting: This Wednesday will be the final ministry meeting of the term. The live broadcast starts at 7:25 pm at http://lsm.org/live.
2023 North America College Training: July 16 to 22, 2023 in Champaign, IL. Registration opens on January 1. Current high school seniors warmly invited to join. More details at http://collegetraining.org.
SoCal YP Blending Conference: January 13 to 15, 2023 in Anaheim. Registration at http://scyp.com/blending.
LSM Newsletter: The November issue includes a list of resources to help saints prepare themselves for the upcoming training. Visit http://newsletters.lsm.org/having-this-ministry.
Living to Him has a podcast series particularly helpful to working saints, available on all major podcasting services at http://livingtohim.com/the-living-to-him-podcast.
A Timely Speaking of Supply: Enjoy a free weekly video from messages given by Brother Lee at http://lsm.org/timely-speaking.html.
Ways to Give: Information about the church's online giving platform, Subsplash, and where to mail checks, are at http://www.churchinlosangeles.org/members/offerings.

by Ruiyu Wu

Week of November 27

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Experiencing the Divine Dispensing of the Divine Trinity

"The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ and the love of God and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all." (2 Cor. 13:14)

"Blessed be the Lord, who day by day loads us with good; God is our salvation." (Psa. 68:19)

According to the entire revelation of the sixty-six books of the Bible, the Divine Trinity—the Father, the Son, and the Spirit—is for God's dispensing, that is, for the distribution of God into His chosen people. God is triune so that He can dispense Himself into us, work Himself into us, for us to enjoy so that we can be built up to be the Body of Christ and prepared to be the bride of Christ for His second coming when the kingdom of the world becomes the kingdom of our Lord and of His Christ to reign forever and ever.

As believers in Christ, we simply need to love he Lord and keep ourselves open to Him, giving Him every opportunity to do everything He wants to do, and we need to be satisfied with a life of ordinary days in the regular and normal experiences in the divine dispensing of the Divine Trinity according to the miraculous normality of the divine economy. (2022 Thanksgiving Conference, Key Statements 4, 3)

Please pray that the Lord's up-to-date speaking in the Thanksgiving Conference will result in the saints' uplifted and intensified experience of the divine dispensing of the Divine Trinity for the divine economy in the building up of the Body and the preparation of the bride for the Lord's coming.

The Glory of God and Economy of God

"And the glory which You have given Me I have given to them, that they may be one, even as We are one." (John 17:22)

"When Christ our life is manifested, then you also will be manifested with Him in glory." (Col. 3:4)

The glory of God is intrinsically related to the economy of God. God's eternal goal is to bring His many sons into glory for the eternal corporate expression—the New Jerusalem. God has predestinated us to obtain His glory so that we may express Him; thus, the goal of God's predestination is our glorification. Through the gospel of the glory of God, God has called us by and into His eternal glory.

As we behold and reflect the glory of the Lord, we are being transformed into the Lord's image from glory to glory. God the Father is moving within us as the God of all grace so that we may participate in His eternal glory and even become the glory of God. The glory of God in the economy of God involves the high peak of the divine revelation—God becoming man so that man may become God in life, nature, and function but not in the Godhead. (CS 1 & 2 Kings, msg. 9, IV, A-B, E, G-I)

FTTA

The application deadline for the Spring 2023 term of the Full-time Training in Anaheim is Wednesday, November 30. Please pray for many college graduates, young working saints, and middle aged saints to answer God's call to go to the training next term.

Ukraine

Please continue to pray that:

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

Botswana

The church life in Botswana began in 2014. Currently, there are 20 saints enjoying the church life. Five of them have completed two years of the Full-time Training in Pretoria, South Africa. The saints in the capital, Gaborone, have been endeavoring to practice the God-ordained way, and about 15 new ones are being shepherded regularly. At the end of August, 50 locals returned from Israel, where they had some contact with the saints; 10 of them are now receiving ministry portions and open to further contact.

The Lord has also blessed the translation work of the ministry into the local language, Setswana. Two booklets have been completed (The Basic Elements of the Christian Life, Vol. 1 & 2), and The All-Inclusive Christ is being translated. Please pray that the Lord will establish a strong, bright and shining lampstand in the city of Gaborone and bring all the new ones into the church life.

To read more about the church life in Southern Africa, including Eswatini and Zambia, see the November issue of the Lord's Move to Africa newsletter:

Announcements

Morning Revival: Week 9 of Crystallization-study of 1 and 2 Kings, vol. 2.
Wednesday Night Ministry Meeting: Live broadcast this Wednesday 7:25 pm at http://lsm.org/live.
Thanksgiving Conference: All messages are now available for purchase at http://www.lsmwebcast.com.
December Semiannual Training: Saints in LA may register for the video training until December 11 at http://tinyurl.com/wintertrainingla. This training will be a crystallization-study of Chronicles, Ezra, Nehemiah, and Esther.
LSM Newsletter: The November issue includes a list of resources to help saints prepare themselves for the upcoming training. Visit http://newsletters.lsm.org/having-this-ministry.
LSM Christian Radio broadcasts hymns and messages 24 hours each day at http://lsmchristianradio.com.
A Timely Speaking of Supply: Enjoy a free weekly video from messages given by Brother Lee at http://lsm.org/timely-speaking.html.
Living to Him has a podcast series particularly helpful to working saints, available on all major podcasting services at http://anchor.fm/livingtohim.
Ways to Give: Information about the church's online giving platform, Subsplash, and where to mail checks, are at http://www.churchinlosangeles.org/members/offerings.

by Ruiyu Wu

Week of November 13

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Experiencing Christ as the Materials for God's Building

"For we are God's fellow workers; you are God's cultivated land, God's building." (2 Cor. 3:9)

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

In order to become materials for God's building, we need to experience Christ in His death (signified by cypress), Christ in His resurrection (signified by cedar), and Christ as the Spirit (signified by olive wood). The crucified and resurrected Christ, who is the all-inclusive Spirit of Jesus Christ and the presence of the processed Triune God, is the reality of the materials for the building up of the church as the temple of God, the enlargement and expansion of Christ.

We need to allow the crucified and resurrected Christ as the Spirit to build Himself into our being so that we can have the fullest enjoyment of Christ in order to be good stewards of the varied grace of God (the rich supply of life) for the building up of the church as the temple of God.

The real Christian life for the building up of the church as the temple of God is a life of the crucified and resurrected Christ as the life-giving Spirit being built into our being so that we are being conformed to His death by the power of His resurrection to be renewed day by day and transformed from glory to glory for His glory in the church. (Crystallization-study of 1 and 2 Kings, msg. 7, I, A-B, VII)

Southern California College Conference

Around 200 saints are gathering at Oak Glen from November 18 to 20 for the second of two college conferences. This weekend's conference is composed mostly of UC students in Southern California. The messages on "Walking by Faith" will reveal the way to walk in the steps of that faith of our father Abraham. Approximately 75 saints from UCLA and CSUN have signed up.

Please pray that the Lord would grant each one a personal appearing from the God of glory to be infused with Him as faith so that they can live a life of faith, trusting in God and being one with God to carry out His purpose on the earth. Also pray that the Lord would particularly shepherd all the students attending the conference for the first time. May they enjoy touching the Lord in their spirit and blending with students across Southern California.

SCYP Children's Work Conference

The Children's Work Conference this Saturday, November 19 from 9:30 am to 12:30 pm is for parents with children under 12 years of age and for the saints who are serving with the children's service. This year's conference will be conducted in a hybrid format with an in-person location in Anaheim. Translation will be provided into Chinese, Korean, and Spanish. Matters related to the burden and vision for the children will be covered along with practical fellowship related to raising up the next generation for the church life. Please coordinate with the children's serving ones in your hall if you have any questions.

Thanksgiving Conference

Please pray for the advance of the Lord's recovery through the release of His up-to-date speaking and the blending of the saints in the Thanksgiving Blending Conference to be held in person in Washington, DC, from November 24 to 27. The messages will also be available to watch online.

European University Conference

This weekend, November 18 to 20, the university students in Europe will gather for a conference on "The Faith of the Son of God." This conference will be held concurrently in the UK and in Germany. Please pray for:

All those who have registered to be released inwardly and outwardly to attend.
All those serving to be richly supplied and sweetly and harmoniously coordinated for the advance of the Lord's move during this crucial weekend.
The hearts of all those attending to be softened and prepared for the Lord's speaking, shining, and infusing, that each one will meet the Lord personally and corporately.
The weather to be the very best for the saints' travel and experience during the conference
The enemy to be bound in every way and to be put to an open shame in every aspect of the conference and in the lives of our next generation

Germany – Stuttgart Meeting Hall

We thank the Lord that the purchase contract for the meeting hall in Stuttgart has been signed! The location is excellent: close to where many saints live and to the university, with easy access to public transport; next to the property is a public park with playgrounds and spacious green areas for picnics, recreation, and gospel outreach. Renovation will be extensive due to the age of the building.

Please continue to pray for the release of the finances needed for the acquisition and renovation of this meeting hall. Saints in LA who are burdened to contribute may give through the Church in Los Angeles designated for 'Stuttgart Meeting Hall'.

Ukraine

Please continue to pray that:

The Russian and Ukrainian brothers fighting in the war will be preserved in their tripartite being.
The Lord will shepherd the refugees and establish them in the church life.
The local saints, serving ones, and trainees will be blended with the refugees by being through the cross and by the Spirit to minister Christ to one another for the building up of the Body.
The saints in Russia and Ukraine will be kept in the oneness of the Body and the reality of the new man.
The tripartite being of saints in besieged cities will be protected and preserved for the Lord's interests.
The enemy will be bound in his attack on the Lord's interests in Russia, Ukraine, and Europe.

As the Lord leads, saints may give through the Church in Los Angeles designated for 'Ukraine'.

Announcements

Morning Revival: Week 7 of Crystallization-study of 1 and 2 Kings, vol. 2.
Wednesday Night Ministry Meeting: Live broadcast this Wednesday 7:25 pm at http://lsm.org/live.
Thanksgiving Conference: Saints in LA who may attend in-person sessions November 24 to 27 in DC are asked to RSVP at http://tinyurl.com/thanksgivingconfla in order to receive any pertinent updates.
December Semiannual Training: Saints in LA may register for the video training until December 11 at http://tinyurl.com/wintertrainingla. This training will be a crystallization-study of Chronicles, Ezra, Nehemiah, and Esther.
LSM Christian Radio broadcasts hymns and messages 24 hours each day at http://lsmchristianradio.com.
Ways to Give: Information about the church's online giving platform, Subsplash, and where to mail checks, are at http://www.churchinlosangeles.org/members/offerings.

by Ruiyu Wu

Week of October 23

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Life's Washing in Love to Maintain Fellowship

"…Jesus knowing that His hour had come for Him to depart out of this world unto the Father, having loved His own who were in the world, He loved them to the uttermost….Then He poured water into the basin and began to wash the disciples' feet and to wipe them with the towel with which He was girded." (John 13:1, 5)

"If I then, the Lord and the Teacher, have washed your feet, you also ought to wash one another's feet." (John 13:14)

In our experience the washing water in John 13 signifies the Holy Spirit, the word, and life. The Lord washes our feet by the work of the Holy Spirit, by the enlightenment of the living word, and by the operation of the inner law of life.

This is not the washing away of our sins by the blood. Spiritual foot-washing saves us from staleness in our fellowship with the Lord. The world is dirty, and we, the saints, are easily contaminated. For us to maintain pleasant fellowship with the Lord and with one another, we need spiritual foot-washing carried out both by the Lord in His love and by one another in love. (October ITERO, msg. 5, III.A-C)

Pray for the adequate supply of the Spirit, word, and life to all the saints so that they can be washed and with which they can wash others. May the church life in Los Angeles be kept fresh and new by our mutual foot-washing with the living water of life.

Solomon's Splendid Kingdom Typifying Christ's Kingdom

"Lift up your heads, O gates; and be lifted up, O long enduring doors; and the King of glory will come in. Who is the King of glory? Jehovah strong and mighty! Jehovah mighty in battle!" (Psa. 24:7-8)

Solomon's splendid kingdom, with his prosperity under the rich blessing of God, is a type of Christ's kingdom in the millennium… Solomon was glorified in the kingdom of Israel with the splendor of his kingdom; this is a prefigure of Christ in the millennium. At His second coming Christ will take possession of the earth, which has been given to Him as His possession, and will establish God's kingdom on the whole earth, thus recovering God's right over the earth. (CS 1 & 2 Kings, msg. 4, I.B, II)

We, the believers in Christ… have received God into us, and He is continuously working Himself into our constitution to make us God in life and in nature (but not in the Godhead). According to Romans 5:17, we reign in the life which we have received. To be today's overcomers we must reign as kings in life… If we mature in this age, we will reign as kings in life in this age and will be the co-kings with Christ in the next age to rule over the nations. (LS 1 & 2 Kings, p. 43)

Semiannual Training Registrations

This Lord's Day, October 30 is the firm deadline for saints in LA and Santa Clarita to register for the upcoming in-person December Semiannual Training in Anaheim ($205). Video training registrations will be due December 11 ($130). To register, go to https://tinyurl.com/wintertrainingla.

May the Lord grant us to highly value the semiannual trainings and encourage others to have a heart for these trainings, and may the Lord grace us to bear the burden to pray for the semiannual trainings so that He as the seven Spirits of God may have an unhindered way to continue to speak the present truth to the churches. (From the September issue of "Having This Ministry…")

North American Korean-speaking Conference

This weekend, October 29 to 30, there will be an online conference for all the Korean-speaking saints in North America. Meetings are Saturday 3:00 to 6:00 pm and Lord's Day 9:30 am to 12:30 pm. The fellowship will be on the subject of the recent October ITERO—"Loving the Lord and Loving One Another for the Organic Building Up of the Church as the Body of Christ."

Pray for as many Korean-speaking saints as possible to attend for the blending of the Body and the up-to-date word of the New Testament ministry.

European Brothers Training and Blending Conference

The European Brothers Training and International Blending Conference will be in Baarlo, The Netherlands, October 25 to 30. Please pray for the Lord's rich speaking to the leading brothers and the saints for the advancement of His move in Europe.

Over 800 adults and 200 children are registered for the blending conference. The saints are joyful that the Lord has made it possible for the churches in Europe to gather in this way for the first time since 2019, and pray that His testimony will continue to spread city by city in all of Europe! Please pray for:

The ministering brothers to be strengthened body, soul and spirit for the release of the Lord's word.
The blending of the churches and the saints.
The advance of the Lord's recovery in Europe through the word of the ministry and the fellowship released in this time.

Germany and Switzerland

The gospel trips concluded on October 23. Please continue to pray that the Lord will gain many Germans and Swiss as remaining fruit through the preaching of the gospel and the shepherding of the new contacts. Pray also for the spread of the Lord's testimony in all the cities through the gospel trips.

Ukraine

Please continue to pray that:

The Russian and Ukrainian brothers fighting in the war will be preserved in their tripartite being.
The Lord will shepherd the refugees and establish them in the church life.
The local saints, serving ones, and trainees will be blended with the refugees by being through the cross and by the Spirit to minister Christ to one another for the building up of the Body.
The saints in Russia and Ukraine will be kept in the oneness of the Body and the reality of the new man.
The tripartite being of saints in besieged cities will be protected and preserved for the Lord's interests.
The enemy will be bound in his attack on the Lord's interests in Russia, Ukraine, and Europe.

Timor-Leste

Timor-Leste, or East Timor, is a Southeast Asian nation with less than 1.5 million inhabitants, most of whom are Catholic. The two official languages are Portuguese and Tetum, with English and Indonesian designated as working languages. Pray for the church life in Dili, the capital and largest city. May the Indonesian-speaking, Tetum-speaking, and Chinese-speaking saints participate in the church life and be blended for the building up the Body of Christ.

Announcements

Morning Revival: Week 4 of Crystallization-study of 1 and 2 Kings.
December Semiannual Training: Register by October 30 ($205, live) or December 11 ($130, video) at https://tinyurl.com/wintertrainingla.
Thanksgiving Conference: Saints from LA who may attend the in-person sessions November 24 to 27 in Washington, DC are asked to RSVP by October 31 at https://tinyurl.com/thanksgivingconfla.
Wednesday Night Ministry Meeting: Live broadcast this Wednesday 7:25 pm at https://lsm.org/live.
Benson Phillips Memorial Meetings: Recordings of memorial meetings for Brother Benson may be viewed at https://www.memorial-meeting.org.
LSM Newsletter: The September issue contains helpful fellowship on the purpose of training donations, maintaining the standard of video trainings, and praying for the semiannual trainings. Go to https://newsletters.lsm.org/having-this-ministry.
Living to Him has a podcast series particularly helpful to working saints, available on all major podcasting services at https://anchor.fm/livingtohim.
Ways to Give: Information about the church's online giving platform, Subsplash, and where to mail checks, are at https://www.churchinlosangeles.org/members/offerings.

by Ruiyu Wu

Week of October 16

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The Ministry of Grace in Life

"And he [Elisha] went out to the source of the water and threw salt there; and he said, Thus says Jehovah, I have healed this water; there will not be any more death or barrenness from there." (2 Kings 2:21)

Elisha was a type of Christ in doing miracles of grace in life. Elijah did some great miracles, such as closing up the heavens so that it might not rain and calling down fire from heaven to consume the burnt offering and the water that had been poured upon it. However, when Elisha came in to replace him, he did not perform wonders. Instead, Elisha did miracles of grace in life.

Grace is God doing everything for us by giving Himself to us as our enjoyment. This grace issues in the divine life, which is rich and high, even unto making us co-kings with Christ… More than any other prophet, Elisha did things that, in type, were the same as what the Lord Jesus did in reality. In principle, Elisha and the Lord Jesus did the same thing, performing miracles of grace in life. (Life-study of 1 & 2 Kings, pp. 85-86)

In the decline of the church and in suffering for the church, the gift of power is not as much needed as the grace in life. According to the New Testament, miraculous gifts may have a place when the church is first raised up. But for the church to withstand decline or persecution, miraculous gifts or powers are not very helpful. Only the eternal life on which we are to lay hold is prevailing. By this life we can withstand decline and persecution. (Life-study of 2 Timothy, pp. 71-72)

Let us pray for the prevailing ministry of grace in life to be raised up that can withstand all decline and persecution in the suffering of this age.

The Church in Los Angeles

The whole church in Los Angeles—all halls, districts, and languages—will meet together at 10:00 am this Lord's Day, October 23 at the LA Convention Center. Further details will be announced by hall.

Please pray for the timely speaking of the Lord to shepherd all the saints in the church to be brought on for the sake of His testimony in Los Angeles. Pray that through this blending meeting all the saints would be encouraged to love the Lord and love one another for the organic building up of the church as the Body of Christ.

Southern California High School Conferences

The Spring 2022 High School Conferences will be held October 21 to 23 with sisters in Cerritos and brothers in Huntington Beach. The topic is "The Tree of Life." Please pray for our high schoolers to enjoy Christ as life (John 6:57) and learn to live according to this life (Rom. 8:6). Pray also that they would be encouraged by and blended with other young people across Southern California.

Germany and Switzerland

In this second week of gospel trips from October 17 to 23, the visiting saints will be divided into smaller teams and join the local saints in target cities, where the saints have been laboring faithfully with the view of raising up new lampstands. Please pray that the Lord will gain many young Germans and Swiss as remaining fruit through the campus labor at the beginning of the university year. Pray also for the spread of the Lord's testimony in all the cities through these gospel trips.

Frankfurt, Germany

The church in Frankfurt will do some outdoor literature distribution this weekend to coincide with the Frankfurt Book Fair, which will be October 19 to 23. Pray for the one accord and harmony in the saints' service as the master key to every blessing in the NT and "that the word of the Lord may run and be glorified" (2 Thes. 3:1)!

Ukraine

Please continue to pray that:

The Russian and Ukrainian brothers fighting in the war will be preserved in their tripartite being.
The Lord will shepherd the Ukrainian refugees in Europe and establish them in the church life.
The local saints, serving ones, and trainees will be blended with the Ukrainian refugees for the strengthening and building up of the Lord's testimony in key European cities.
The enemy will be bound in his attack on the Lord's interests in Russia, Ukraine, and Europe.

Tajikistan

Tajikistan is a secular Muslim country in Central Asia with a population of 9 million. The main language is Tajik, but most people are also fluent in Russian. The largest city is the capital, Dushanbe.

At present, there is no testimony of the Lord's recovery in Tajikistan, but several saints have received the burden to migrate. May the Lord open the door for the preaching of the gospel of the kingdom. May He protect and bless the saints' going, and enable them to spread the gospel wisely and gain vessels prepared by Him. Also pray for more saints to receive the burden and go for propagation in coordination.

To read a report from some brothers who visited Tajikistan over the summer, see the October 2022 issue of the Lord's Move to Asia newsletter:

http://lmasia.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/E-2022-10.pdf (English)
http://lmasia.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Asia-2022-10.pdf (Chinese)

Announcements

Morning Revival: Week 3 of Crystallization-study of 1 and 2 Kings. Next week, after our LA Joint Meeting, we will proceed to Week 4.
December Semiannual Training: December 26 to 31, conducted live in Anaheim and by video via Zoom. Registration for LA saints will remain open until October 30 (live) and December 11 (video). Go to http://tinyurl.com/wintertrainingla.
LSM Newsletter: The September issue contains helpful fellowship on the purpose of training donations, maintaining the standard of video trainings, and praying for the semiannual trainings. Go to http://newsletters.lsm.org/having-this-ministry.
Wednesday Night Ministry Meeting: Live broadcast this Wednesday 7:25 pm at http://lsm.org/live.
Benson Phillips Memorial Meetings: Recordings of memorial meetings for Brother Benson may be viewed at http://www.memorial-meeting.org.
Living to Him has a podcast series particularly helpful to working saints, available on all major podcasting services at http://anchor.fm/livingtohim.
North American Korean-speaking Conference: October 29 to 30 on Zoom.
Thanksgiving Conference: Saints from LA planning to attend the in-person sessions November 24 to 27 in Washington, DC are asked to RSVP by October 31 at http://tinyurl.com/thanksgivingconfla (adults) and http://tinyurl.com/thanksgivingchildrenla (children). All conference and hotel information is posted at http://www.churchinlosangeles.org/prayer.
Ways to Give: Information about the church's online giving platform, Subsplash, and where to mail checks, are at http://www.churchinlosangeles.org/members/offerings.

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