Week of October 2

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Seeing God's Economy in 1 and 2 Kings

"And to enlighten all that they may see what the economy of the mystery is, which throughout the ages has been hidden in God, who created all things." (Eph. 3:9)

The Bible is a book of God's economy. God's economy, the key to the Bible, is the Triune God with His plan and arrangement to dispense Himself in His Divine Trinity into His chosen, redeemed, and regenerated people as their life, their life supply, and their everything to make them His corporate expression, initially as the Body of Christ and ultimately as the New Jerusalem. If we see that God's economy is the key to the Bible, we will use this key in our study of every book of the Bible. If we see this key and use it, the Bible will become to us what it is to God—the revelation of the divine economy.

Apparently, the books of 1 and 2 Kings are the history of the kings of Israel. Actually, 1 and 2 Kings were written in the inspiration of the Holy Spirit in the way of being related to God's eternal economy, which is unveiled and conveyed through typology and carried out by His elect on the earth. (Crystallization-study of 1 and 2 Kings, msg. 1, I, C-C.2; Key Statement 1)

Let us pray that all the saints would see a fresh vision of God's economy as the key to study every book of the Bible, particularly 1 and 2 Kings.

International Training for Elders and Responsible Ones

The International Training for Elders and Responsible Ones will take place this weekend, October 7 to 9, both in-person in Anaheim and by video around the globe. The general subject is "Loving the Lord and Loving One Another for the Organic Building Up of the Church as the Body of Christ."

Please pray for the release of the Lord's word and burden this weekend. Pray that all the elders and responsible brothers throughout the Lord's recovery will receive and enter into the burden of this training and cooperate with the Lord for His will to be done on earth and for His eternal purpose to be fulfilled.

UCLA

Thank you for all your prayers for UCLA over these last three weeks. We have clearly sensed the Lord's blessing because of the prayer of all the saints! So far, more than 25 new ones have joined us for further welcome events, including some who are very new to the Lord. We enjoyed a word from Colossians 1:23 that this quarter the students would "continue in the faith, grounded and steadfast and not being moved away from the hope of the gospel."

As the UCLA students begin their second full week of classes, please continue to pray for the Lord to shepherd each of these sheep in the coming weeks and connect them fully with His flock! Pray especially that these ones would have a way to be connected with more saints in the church through small groups and visitation to be gained for His testimony!

Bibles for America

At the end of September, we received a shipment of 118,000 copies of the NT Recovery Version in English at our distribution center in Anaheim. An additional 100,000 Bibles are scheduled to be delivered in January of 2023. We thank the Lord for the 2 million Bibles that we've been able to give away thus far, and we look to Him that we'll be able to give away another 3 million Bibles in the next 10 years.

Please pray that the Lord would be our wisdom to reach more people with the free offer of a NT Recovery Version through various types of advertising and promotion. Pray also that all those who receive these Bibles would be enlightened and nourished by the interpreted Word of God.

India

Pray for the distribution of the NT Recovery Version in the Indian languages of Malayalam, Mizo, Tamil and Telugu, and for the readers of these Bibles to be brought into the full knowledge of the truth.

Democratic Republic of the Congo

The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is the second largest country by area in Africa (after Algeria). With close to 90 million people, it is the fourth most populous country in Africa (after Nigeria, Ethiopia and Egypt) and the most populous French-speaking country in the world.

Over 600 saints are enjoying the Lord in 12 localities. There has been increased fellowship among the saints in major cities, including the capital of Kinshasa. The Lord has accomplished this through contacts by a Congolese brother living in Brazil. Praise the Lord for the joints of rich supply in the Body! We pray that there can be more such fellowship with saints in the Body.

To read more about the church life in Central Africa, including Cameroon, see the September issue of the Lord's Move to Africa newsletter:

http://www.lmafrica.org/images/LMAfrica_Newsletter_September_2022_English.pdf (English)
http://www.lmafrica.org/images/LMAfrica_Newsletter_September_2022_Chin_Simplified.pdf (Chinese)

Announcements

  1. Morning Revival: Week 1 of Crystallization-study of 1 and 2 Kings.
  2. Wednesday Night Ministry Meeting: NO MEETING this Wednesday, October 5. The live broadcast will resume at 7:25 pm on October 12. Past messages may be found at http://www.lsmwebcast.com.
  3. Benson Phillips Memorial Meeting: A memorial meeting will be held this Lord's Day, October 9 at 2:30 pm at the MCC in Anaheim. It will also be live-streamed at http://www.memorial-meeting.org.
  4. LA Joint Meeting: Lord's Day morning, October 23 at the Los Angeles Convention Center.
  5. North American Korean-speaking Conference: October 29 to 30 on Zoom.
  6. 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.
  7. December Semiannual Training: December 26 to 31, conducted live in Anaheim and by video via Zoom. Registration for LA saints starts this Lord's Day and will remain open until October 30 (live) and December 11 (video). To read the September issue of LSM's newsletter, which 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.
  8. SoCal Labor Day Conference: Recordings are available at http://churchinanaheim.org/laborday.
  9. 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 September 18

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Having a Thoroughfare in our Being

"And He said to me, Son of man, feed your stomach and fill your inward parts with this scroll that I am giving you. And I ate it, and it was like honey in my mouth in its sweetness." (Ezek. 3:3)

"But the word heard did not profit them, not being mixed together with faith in those who heard." (Heb. 4:2b)

As we eat the Lord Jesus by eating His words, we need to have proper spiritual digestion. If we have good digestion, there will be a thoroughfare for the food to get into every part of our inward being. Indigestion means that there is no way for the Lord as the spiritual food to get through into our inward parts. We need to keep our whole being, with all our inward parts, open to the Lord so that the spiritual food will have a thoroughfare within us. If we do this, we will have proper digestion and assimilation, we will absorb Christ as spiritual nourishment, and Christ will become our constituent for the expression of God. (Taking the Way of Enjoying Christ as the Tree of Life, msg. 5, II, B, 1-3).

Southern California Special Training on the Eldership

A new term of the special training on the eldership for elders and responsible brothers in Southern California began last Saturday, September 17 on Zoom. Through regular corporate gatherings, group times, and personal study, the ongoing burden is to strengthen the present eldership and responsible brothers in the churches, to perfect and raise up the next generation of leading brothers, and to gradually bring more younger brothers into a functioning role in an organic way. Please pray:

  1. For the Lord to abundantly grace and strengthen all the participants—both new and returning ones—and become their perseverance and faithfulness to present themselves absolutely to this training.
  2. That an unprecedented one accord among the churches in Southern California will be ushered in as all the brothers are attuned in the same mind and in the same opinion.
  3. That the Lord will bless this ongoing training so that all participants will be perfected further for the Lord's testimony in Southern California and for the building up of the church, the Body of Christ.

UCLA

This week is UCLA's welcome week. Please fight the battle with us in prayer for:

  • Multiple occasions to see many new freshmen face to face through this first week on campus.
  • Solid connections and companionships to be formed with seeking and open students.
  • The Lord's shepherding and feeding of new students at our first Bible study and large group fellowship.
  • All those participating in the gospel outreach this week to be kept from the evil one and for Satan to be bound so that his house can be plundered.

Central and Eastern European and Balkans Blending Conference

This year's CEEB Conference will be held in Bucharest, Romania from September 23 to 25. The four sessions of speaking will be from the recent Memorial Day Conference on "Taking the Way of Enjoying Christ as the Tree of Life." Countries represented include Poland, Czechia, Slovakia, Hungary, Romania, Croatia, Serbia, Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, and Turkey.

We look to the Lord for an encouraging, supplying and comforting word to the churches and saints in these regions that are being directly affected by the current world situation. Please pray for the Lord's timely speaking to lead all the saints to take the unique way of enjoying Christ as the tree of life.

Ukraine

Please continue to pray that:

  • The Lord will continue to use the fourth cycle of gospel and shepherding trips (September 8 to 25) to care for the Ukrainian refugees in Poland in Warsaw, Krakow, and Wrocław (pronounced Vroh-tswaf).
  • 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 saints in Russia and Ukraine will 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.
  • The tripartite being of the saints in the besieged cities will be protected and preserved for the Lord's interests.

India

In answer to the Body's prayer and the supply from the Lord through the Body, the printed copies of the NT Recovery Version in the Indian languages of Malayalam, Mizo, Tamil and Telugu are now available! We praise and thank the Lord for His sovereignty and blessing over the entire project. Distribution is now being carried out: initially, since July, to the saints in the Lord's recovery speaking these languages, then to those in various Christian groups. With the burden to help our readers get the maximum benefit, we have started a weekly presentation for each language group, highlighting certain changes with a view to preparing the readers to receive the Recovery Version with an open heart.

We trust the Lord that the availability of the interpreted Word will uplift the level of truth in India and pave the way for the Lord to move further and faster in a fuller way. Please pray for the Lord to bless the ongoing distribution of the NT Recovery Version in India and for the readers of these Bibles to be brought into the full knowledge of the truth (1 Tim. 2:4).

To read encouraging testimonies from readers, see the September issue of LSM's newsletter at http://newsletters.lsm.org/having-this-ministry.

North Africa

North Africa consists of Egypt, Libya, Tunisia, Algeria, Morocco, Mauritania, and Western Sahara. Cairo, Egypt remains the only lampstand in the region. While the church there is still small, there is something solid for the Lord: three local saints have gone through FTT Pretoria and a fourth started his first term last month. May the Lord cause the local saints to send their roots downward so that they can bear fruit upwards (2 Kings 19:30) this coming year!

To read more about the church life in Cairo and the Arabic publication work, see the August issue of the Lord's Move to Africa newsletter in English or Chinese at http://www.lmafrica.org.

Announcements

  1. Morning Revival: Week 5 of Taking the Way of Enjoying Christ as the Tree of Life.
  2. Wednesday Night Ministry Meeting: Live broadcast this Wednesday 7:25 pm at http://lsm.org/live.
  3. Benson Phillips Memorial Meetings: The video recording of Brother Benson's memorial meeting in Irving, TX on September 11 is available at http://www.memorial-meeting.org, along with an earlier video of his personal testimony. A second memorial meeting will be held on October 9 in Anaheim.
  4. SoCal Labor Day Conference: Recordings are available at http://churchinanaheim.org/laborday.
  5. LSM Newsletter: The September issue of "Having This Ministry…" also 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.
  6. 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.
  7. Bibles for America's latest post is available to read and share at http://blog.biblesforamerica.org.
  8. A Timely Speaking of Supply: Enjoy a free weekly video from messages given by Brother Lee at http://lsm.org/timely-speaking.html.
  9. 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 September 11

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Grafted into Christ to Become Part of the Tree of Life

"Abide in Me and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself unless it abides in the vine, so neither can you unless you abide in Me. I am the vine; you are the branches. He who abides in Me and I in him, he bears much fruit; for apart from Me you can do nothing." (John 15:4-5)

In order to understand the Bible, we must exercise one principle. This principle is that God planned in His economy to make Himself one with man. The basic principle, the main principle, of Christ's birth is that God came to join Himself to man, to be a man, and to be one with man.

We should keep the principle that the Word of God as the divine revelation shows us that God's main purpose is to make Himself one with man and to make man one with Him. In John 15 the Lord said, "I am the vine; you are the branches… Abide in Me and I in you" (vv. 5, 4). This shows us that God and the believers in Christ are one. We and God were once separate, but one day we, the wild branches, were grafted into Him in Christ (Rom. 11:24). We have been grafted into Christ as the tree, and this grafting has made us one with Him. What is needed now is for us to abide in Him that He may abide in us. Then He and we will be one, having one life, one nature, and one living. (Life-study of the Psalms, pp. 200-201)

UCLA

This week the students in our brothers' and sisters' houses return to Los Angeles for a week of fellowship, blending, and enjoying the Lord before classes begin. Please pray for:

  • An atmosphere of loving the Lord and loving one another to be built up among our returning students.
  • The students to have a solid beginning in pursuing the Lord for this quarter.
  • A fresh burden to shine the Lord to others, including classmates and incoming freshmen.

YP Blending Meeting

There will be a Southern California young people's blending meeting in Arcadia this Saturday, September 17. Lord, gain this generation for Your move to bring You back!

FTTA-MA

The fall term of the Middle-age Training in Anaheim began this week on September 12. The goal of the training is to foster living, functioning, overcoming members of the Body of Christ for the fulfillment of God's eternal purpose!

Pray for the Lord's covering and blessing of all the trainees, serving ones, and their families. Pray for the rich infusion of the truth into each trainee and for the Lord's maturing them through His moving within each one and His using the outward environment.

GTCA Cities – St. Louis

Please continue to pray for the migration of burdened saints and the strengthening of the Lord's testimony in our target cities (Cincinnati and Columbus, OH; Memphis and Nashville, TN; Normal, IL; Omaha, NE; St. Louis, MO; Tampa, FL; and Virginia Beach, VA) and campus teams (Cincinnati and Columbus, OH; Lexington, KY; Pittsburgh, PA; Columbia SC; St. Louis, MO; and Tampa, FL).

This Saturday, September 17 there will be a virtual tour of St. Louis at 2:00 pm PT). Information and links will be posted at http://gtca.us.

European University Training

The European University Training continues this week in the UK and Ireland (September 11 to 16) and next week in Germany (September 20 to 24). The general subject is "God's Economy, Which Is in Faith" and also covers the preaching of the gospel for the new academic semester.

Please pray for the shepherding and perfecting of all the students attending these regional trainings so that their faith will grow, and for the preaching of the gospel by the spirit of faith so that many Europeans will be added to the household of faith.

Germany and Switzerland

The churches in Germany and Switzerland extend a warm invitation to all the saints in the recovery to join their campus labor at the beginning of the university year in October.

Please pray that the Lord will gain many young Germans and Swiss as remaining fruit and for the spread of the Lord's testimony in all the cities through these gospel trips. Pray also that the local saints will open at least one day to participate with the visiting saints and be brought more into gospel fellowship. For more information, go to http://tinyurl.com/2022GermanyGospelTrips.

Ukraine

Please continue to pray that:

  • The Warsaw extension of FTT Moscow will be under the Lord's blessing as the new semester begins.
  • The Lord will use the fourth cycle of the gospel and shepherding trips, from 8-25 September, to care for the Ukrainian refugees in Poland in Warsaw, Krakow, and Wrocław (pronounced Vroh-tswaf).
  • The local saints and serving ones will be blended with the Ukrainian refugees for the strengthening and building up of the Lord's testimony in key European cities.
  • The saints in Russia and Ukraine will 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.
  • The tripartite being of the saints in the besieged cities will be protected and preserved for the Lord's interests.

Announcement

  1. Morning Revival: Week 4 of Taking the Way of Enjoying Christ as the Tree of Life.
  2. SoCal Labor Day Conference: Recordings are now available at http://churchinanaheim.org/laborday.
  3. Wednesday Night Ministry Meeting: Live broadcast this Wednesday 7:25 pm at http://lsm.org/live.
  4. Bibles for America's latest post is available to read and share at http://blog.biblesforamerica.org.
  5. 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.
  6. A Timely Speaking of Supply: Enjoy a free weekly video from messages given by Brother Lee at http://lsm.org/timely-speaking.html.
  7. Ways to Give: Information about the church's online giving platform, Subsplash, and where to mail checks, are at http://www.churchinlosangeles.org/members/offerings.
     
     
     

by Ruiyu Wu

Week of August 21

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Seeing a Vision of Enjoying Christ as the Tree of Life

"There He put the man whom He had formed. And out of the ground Jehovah God caused to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight and good for food, as well as the tree of life in the middle of the garden and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil." (Gen. 2:8b-9)

"To him who overcomes, to him I will give to eat of the tree of life, which is in the Paradise of God." (Rev. 2:7b)

The tree of life typifies Christ who imparts life to man and who pleases and satisfies man. Eating the tree of life, that is, enjoying Christ as our life supply, should be the primary matter in the church life. (Life-study of Genesis, p. 141; Rev. 2:7, footnote 6)

To see that God wants us to enjoy Him and that He does not want us to do anything for Him is to see that the Christian life is a matter of enjoyment… If our concept is changed so that we see these two points, it will be easy for us to live a life of enjoying God. If we want to take the way of enjoying God, we must have a change of concept… If we want to enter into the reality of the enjoyment of God, we must see a controlling vision. (The Vision of the Tree of Life and the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil, pp. 60, 51)

May all the saints be desperate to see a vision of the tree of life and live a life of enjoying God!

USC

The University of Southern California begins classes this week. Please pray:

  • For our existing students to have a new, fresh beginning in the Lord!
  • For our students to be freshly burdened and coordinated together for the outreach and gospel at USC.
  • For the Lord to prepare many new students' hearts to be open to Him and to connect with us in the first two weeks of the semester via our club tabling and events. We have many students who are graduating this year and need the Lord to add in some freshmen and sophomores for His testimony!

Wednesday Night Ministry Meetings

The Wednesday Night Ministry Meeting resumes this week on August 24. Only FTTA trainees and staff are allowed to attend the live meetings in person; therefore, the saints and churches in Southern California are invited to watch the meeting free of charge via webcast starting at 7:25 pm at http://lsm.org/live. The meeting will be broadcast in English, Spanish, Portuguese, Chinese, and Korean.

Please pray for the ministry of the Lord's word week by week and for as many saints as possible to take advantage of the live broadcast format to be nourished and edified. Pray for the Lord's continued blessing of the Full-time Training in Anaheim and covering of all trainees and serving ones.

GTCA Cities – Cincinnati and Nashville

Please continue to pray for the migration of burdened saints and the strengthening of the Lord's testimony in our target cities (Cincinnati and Columbus, OH; Memphis and Nashville, TN; Normal, IL; Omaha, NE; St. Louis, MO; Tampa, FL; and Virginia Beach, VA) and campus teams (Cincinnati and Columbus, OH; Lexington, KY; Pittsburgh, PA; Columbia SC; St. Louis, MO; and Tampa, FL).

This weekend there will be virtual tours of Cincinnati (Saturday, August 27, 2:00 pm PT) and Nashville (Lord's Day, August 28, 3:00 pm PT). More information and links will be posted at http://gtca.us.

UK & Ireland Blending Conference

Blending is the reality of the Body of Christ. The subject of this year's UK and Ireland blending conference, which takes place August 27 to 28 in Leeds, is "God's Economy in Faith."

Please pray for the Lord's speaking and 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 strengthened in their experience and enjoyment of the Triune God as their faith, and that they would be blended together for the further building of Christ's Body and the preparation of His Bride.

Ukraine

Please continue to pray that:

  • The 32 Ukrainian young people who attended the European Young People's Conference will remain in the Lord's word and be prepared as God's overcomers.
  • The Warsaw extension of FTT Moscow will be under the Lord's blessing as the new semester begins.
  • The Lord will use the fourth cycle of the gospel and shepherding trips, from September 8 to 25, to care for the Ukrainian refugees in Poland in Warsaw, Krakow, and Wrocław.
  • The local saints and serving ones will be blended with the Ukrainian refugees for the strengthening and building up of the Lord's testimony in key European cities.
  • The saints in Russia and Ukraine will 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.

Germany – Stuttgart Meeting Hall

The church in Stuttgart has identified a suitable meeting facility 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. The total project costs, including extensive renovation, are estimated to be 2,775,000 euros.

Please pray for timely approval from the city and for adequate giving. Saints in LA who are burdened to contribute may give through the Church in Los Angeles designated for 'Stuttgart Meeting Hall'.

Togo

Togo is a West African, French-speaking country with over 8.5 million people, situated between Ghana and Benin. There are currently churches in six localities, including the capital Lomé, and they practice maintaining fellowship with one another; every two months all the saints in the country gather together for blending. For the spreading of the gospel, the saints distribute literature and conduct door-knocking. May the Lord continue to recover other localities in order to win all of Togo for His testimony!

To read more, as well as reports on Ghana and Côte d'Ivoire, see the July issue of the Lord's Move to Africa newsletter in English or Chinese at http://www.lmafrica.org.

Sri Lanka

Pray for all the suffering saints during the current economic crisis, that they can receive God's abounding grace through His secret care. Pray that the Lord would use the new government to recover the economic situation and that all the church activities would be intensified without any hindrance.

Announcements

  1. Morning Revival: Week 1 of Taking the Way of Enjoying Christ as the Tree of Life.
  2. Wednesday Night Ministry Meeting: Live broadcast this Wednesday 7:25 pm at http://lsm.org/live.
  3. Labor Day Conference: An online conference for the saints and churches in Southern California will be held from September 2 to 4 on "The Lord's Coming." More information to come.
  4. Thanksgiving Conference: All the churches and individuals are invited from November 24 to 27. Saints from LA planning to attend the in-person sessions in Washington, DC should RSVP no later than October 31 at http://tinyurl.com/thanksgivingconfla (adults) and http://tinyurl.com/thanksgivingchildrenla (children). More conference and hotel information is posted at http://www.churchinlosangeles.org/prayer.
  5. A Timely Speaking of Supply: Enjoy a free weekly video from messages given by Brother Lee at http://lsm.org/timely-speaking.html. The current series is The Secret of God's Organic Salvation—"the Spirit Himself with Our Spirit".
  6. 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 August 7

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Coming to the Lord and Drinking Him by Calling on His Name

"Now on the last day, the great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried out, saying, If anyone thirsts, let him come to Me and drink." (John 7:37)

"For there is no distinction between Jew and Greek, for the same Lord is Lord of all and rich to all who call upon Him; For 'whoever calls upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.'" (Rom. 10:12-13)

In order to receive the living water of life, man must first sense his thirst. This inward thirst compels man to come to the Lord Jesus. When you feel thirsty, you need to come to the Lord Jesus in a simple way. You should come without hesitation or reservation. (CWWL 1950-1951, vol. 3, "Changing Death into Life," ch. 6, pp. 143-144)

God has poured out His Spirit, and we receive the outpoured Spirit by calling on the name of the Lord. By calling "O Lord Jesus!" we receive the outpoured Spirit. By calling on the name of the Lord, we participate in all His riches, and these riches are in the all-inclusive Spirit. In order to drink the all-inclusive Spirit by calling on the name of the Lord, we must exercise our entire being, and especially our spirit, when we call. As we call "O Lord Jesus" by exercising our entire being, the all-inclusive Spirit has a way to be released from within us, and then He has a way to get into us more. (CWWL 1970, vol. 2, "Drinking the All-inclusive Spirit for the Practice of the Church Life and the Central Work of God," ch. 1, pp. 312-313)

Our Young People

Please continue to pray for our young people to go on in the way of life—especially as they start the next school year. Pray for our junior high and high schoolers to enter into a normal, age-appropriate Christian living by freshly turning to the Lord every morning, learning to converse with Him, reading His word daily, and flowing out to magnify Christ!

FTTA and FTTA-XB

The fall term of the Full-time Training in Anaheim and Extension in Boston begins next week. Please pray for all of those serving the trainees, that they themselves would enjoy the Lord's serving of them as their abounding grace. Also, pray for a safe return for all the trainees and a healthy, strong beginning in the Lord together.

GTCA Cities and Virtual Tours

Please continue to pray for the migration of burdened saints and the strengthening of the Lord's testimony in our 2022-2023 target cities (Columbus, OH; Nashville, TN; Normal, IL; Omaha, NE; Tampa, FL; and Virginia Beach, VA) and campus teams (Cincinnati and Columbus, OH; Lexington, KY; Pittsburgh, PA; Columbia SC; St. Louis, MO; and Tampa, FL).

This Saturday, August 13 there will be virtual tours featuring Virginia Beach (1:00 pm PT) and Omaha (3:00 pm PT). More information and links will be posted at http://gtca.us.

Bibles for America

At the recent World Athletics Championships in Eugene, Oregon, saints from four localities gave away Bibles, ministry books, and gospel tracts to people from at least 42 nations. The saints enjoyed the prayer, fellowship, and mutual encouragement each morning before they went out to distribute materials.

In total, 951 copies of the NT Recovery Version were given away, in addition to a number of books and tracts. Please pray that all the recipients would have an open heart as they read what they received. Pray that the Word of God would operate in them, causing them to grow and to come to the full knowledge of the truth.

Germany — Stuttgart Meeting Hall

The church in Stuttgart has not had a permanent meeting location since the Plieningen meeting hall, the former meeting hall that brother Witness Lee designed, was taken over by the opposers in the late 1980s. The church has been meeting in rented venues since then. Currently, there are around 65 saints and 15 children and young people in the church.

A suitable facility has been identified and its location is ideal. It is close to many saints 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.

Due to its age and condition, the property will require extensive renovation. Immediate needs include better soundproofing and some cosmetic repairs. For longer term use, after approval from the city in 6 to 12 months, more extensive restorations and installations will be necessary to meet current building codes. The total project costs are estimated to be 2,775,000 euros.

Please pray for timely approval from the city and for adequate giving. 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:

  • Adequate housing will be found for the Ukrainian saints who expect to remain in Europe.
  • The Lord will continue to shepherd the Ukrainian refugees in Europe and bring the chosen ones to believe into Christ and enter the church life.
  • The local saints and serving ones will be blended with the Ukrainian refugees for the strengthening and building up of the Lord's testimony in key European cities.
  • The saints in Russia and Ukraine will 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.
  • The Lord will open a way for several thousand Russian NT Recovery Versions to enter into Europe and be distributed among the refugees.

Announcements

  1. Morning Revival: Week 4 of our morning revival topic on "Life in the Gospel of John." On August 22, we begin Taking the Way of Enjoying Christ as the Tree of Life (Memorial Day Conference).
  2. Labor Day Conference: A conference for the saints and churches in Southern California will be held from September 2 to 4, Friday evening to Lord's Day noon. The general subject will be "The Lord's Coming." Because of a concern for the saints' health, the conference will be held completely online. Information will be sent later regarding ways to participate in the meetings.
  3. Bibles for America's latest posts at http://blog.biblesforamerica.org include "What Does It Mean to Be Spiritual?" and "Our Spiritual Remedy: The Spirit as an All-Inclusive Dose."
  4. Ministry Books Website: Living Stream Ministry has recently updated http://ministrybooks.org with greater functionality. Some publications can be read for free, including all the Life-studies. Access to The Collected Works of Watchman Nee, The Collected Works Witness Lee, and The Conclusion of the New Testament and more is available through a monthly or yearly subscription.
  5. A Timely Speaking of Supply: Enjoy a free weekly video from messages given by Brother Lee at http://lsm.org/timely-speaking.html. The current series is Incarnation, Inclusion, and Intensification.
  6. 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 July 24

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The Immoral Needing Life's Satisfying

"Jesus answered and said to her, If you knew the gift of God and who it is who says to you, Give Me a drink, you would have asked Him, and He would have given you living water." (John 4:10)

"But whoever drinks of the water that I will give him shall by no means thirst forever; but the water that I will give him will become in him a fountain of water springing up into eternal life." (John 4:14)

In [John 4:9-14] we see the contrast between the emptiness of religion's tradition and the fullness of life's living water… Although religion considers its way to be the most prevailing, yet religion's "water" never quenches the thirst of religious people… To "ask" is more prevailing than religion's way. The living water of God quenches our thirst and becomes a spring of water welling up into eternal life. Death's thirst is quenched by life. In principle, this also is to change death into life.

May the Lord impress us with what is proper worship. The proper worship is continually to drink the living water. God the Spirit is the living water, and our organ for drinking the living water is our human spirit. Whenever we exercise our human spirit to contact God, the living Spirit, we drink of Him as the living water in His Son, Jesus Christ. (Life-study of John, pp. 138-140, 150)

LA Truth School

Last Friday we began our Truth School. As each session progressed, so did the flow of the river of life, gushing up and springing up within all of our precious junior high and high school saints. Their hearts were opened up to see that our Lord Jesus came as life (John 1), that He quenches our thirst as living water (John 3 and 4), that He satisfies our hunger as the bread of life (John 6), and that He even meets the need of the dead as the One who is the resurrection and the life (John 11).

Please pray for a glorious continuation this week as our young people and serving ones endeavor in smaller groups to read the accompanying portions in John and be further impressed that their real need is Christ as life. Also pray that in their teenage years, our young people would lay the groundwork for a healthy diet in God's word, a solid foundation they could draw from all the days of their lives.

The 2022 Truth School concludes this Saturday, July 30.

UCLA Summer Freshmen Outreach

This summer, UCLA is hosting ten weekly orientations for incoming freshmen. The third three-day session starts on Tuesday, July 26 with an afternoon club fair. This is a wonderful opportunity for us to meet and connect with incoming students. So far we have 25 sign-ups from the two previous orientations. At the same time, we are also reaching out to incoming freshmen online through social media platforms such as Instagram. A good number are looking for fellowship and eager to meet up with us.

Please pray that we could meet many seekers and sons of peace on campus and online during this summer. May the Lord find these students and gain them to be remaining fruit for the church!

North America Chinese-speaking Perfecting Training

The 2022 North America Chinese-speaking Perfecting Training will be held online from July 27 to 31. This training is for Chinese-speaking saints who would like to be perfected in the areas of truth, life and service. The subject will be "The New Testament Priesthood." Over 3,200 saints from 172 churches have registered, including 30 saints from Los Angeles, and even many from Europe, Africa, and Asia.

Please pray that the saints attending the training would:

  • Prepare themselves as trainees, open their hearts, and have the spirit of an instructed one.
  • Be encouraged by all the speaking and fellowship, and touch the burden of the training.
  • Consecrate themselves for the New Testament priesthood, and enter into daily exercise for the priesthood after the training.

Bibles for America

As of mid-July BfA has sent out over 95,000 free NT Recovery Versions this year. Pray "that the word of the Lord may run and be glorified" (2 Thes. 3:1) and that all the recipients will experience "the word of God, which also operates in you who believe" (1 Thes. 2:13).

European Young People's Conference

This year's EYPC will be held in-person from July 31 to August 6 in Małe Ciche, Poland for the first time since the pandemic. Please pray for the Lord's speaking to the European young people and their response by loving and enjoying the Lord Jesus as the tree of life.

Ukraine

Please continue to pray that:

  • Adequate housing will be found for the Ukrainian saints who expect to remain in Europe.
  • The Lord will use the shepherding gospel trips in key cities in Europe to bring the chosen ones among the Ukrainian refugees to believe into Christ and enter into the church life.
  • The local saints and serving ones will be blended with the Ukrainian refugees for the strengthening and building up of the Lord's testimony in key European cities.
  • The saints in Russia and Ukraine will 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.

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

The Lord's Move to Africa

The July 2022 issue of the Lord's Move to Africa newsletter presents an update regarding the Lord's move in three countries in West Africa: Ghana, Togo and Côte d'Ivoire. Read more in English or Chinese at http://www.lmafrica.org.

Announcements

  1. Morning Revival: Week 2 of our special morning revival topic on "Life in the Gospel of John."
  2. Free e-Booklets: Living Stream Ministry offers a series of free e-booklets to read and share at http://www.lsm.org/booklets, including "Life's Satisfying – the Need of the Immoral."
  3. LSM Newsletter: The July issue contains helpful articles including an introduction to a set of free e-booklets on "Life's Meeting Every Person's Need."
  4. GTCA: A virtual tour of Columbus, OH will take place July 30, 1:00 pm PST at http://gtca.us.
  5. Lord's Move to Europe: Both video and written reports on the Lord's present move in Europe can be found at http://amanatrust.org.uk/page/reports. Please stream but do not download any videos from this page. These reports will help to direct your prayer toward different aspects of the spreading and building up of the Lord's testimony in Europe.
  6. Bibles for America's latest blogpost asks, "What Does It Mean to Be Spiritual?" To read the answer, visit http://blog.biblesforamerica.org.
  7. Ministry Books Website: Living Stream Ministry has recently updated ministrybooks.org with greater functionality. Some publications can be read for free, including all the Life-studies. Access to The Collected Works of Watchman Nee, The Collected Works Witness Lee, and The Conclusion of the New Testament and more is available through a monthly or yearly subscription.
  8. A Timely Speaking of Supply: Each week LSM posts a free video from messages given by Brother Lee at http://lsm.org/timely-speaking.html. This week's is on Incarnation, Inclusion, and Intensification.
  9. 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