Prayer, Week of September 3
The Nature of the Church
"And what is the surpassing greatness of His power toward us who believe, according to the operation of the might of His strength, which He caused to operate in Christ in raising Him from the dead and seating Him at His right hand in the heavenlies, far above all rule and authority and power and lordship and every name that is named not only in this age but also in that which is to come." (Eph. 1:19-21)
"And raised us up together with Him and seated us together with Him in the heavenlies in Christ Jesus." (Eph. 2:6)
The church is divine, "Christly," "resurrectionly," and heavenly. The church is in Christ in His ascension. The church has been resurrected with Christ and is now seated in the heavenliness in Christ. The main significance of the church being heavenly is that it is under God's authority. The nature of the church is to submit to God's authority. The particular nature of heaven is that it submits to God's authority. Hence, to be heavenly is to have the nature of submitting to God's authority. (Knowing Life and the Church, msg. 4, I.D)
Middle-Age Training
The FTTA-MA began this week in Anaheim. Nearly 80 trainees are registered for the whole term. Please ask the Lord to infuse them with life, enlighten them with truth, save them from their natural being, and lead them into coordination for serving Him.
Bibles for America
On September 9, BfA staff members will join local brothers and sisters for a one-week Bible and book distribution tour throughout Northern California. Stops include Berkeley, where we had a good distribution last year, Albany, and both the Cal State campus and city of San Luis Obispo. We'd like to visit the UC Santa Cruz and Cal State Monterey Bay campuses but need to secure authorization to distribute there.
Please pray for the opening of the hearts in this region of California. Please also pray for the tour preparations, including obtaining permission to distribute at planned venues.
Texas
Houston and the surrounding areas are still recovering from the recent hurricane. Millions of people, whether rich or poor, are acutely aware that they are but frail, mortal men. In last week's prayer meetings, the saints in Houston offered much praise and thanks to the Lord, as well as petitions concerning all men. Saints who were not affected by the flooding have been seizing the opportunity to go out for the gospel and distribute free NT Recovery Versions and tracts.
In Houston, the meeting halls and bookstore of the church were not damaged. However, the number of saints' homes that completely flooded is 23, of which 13 have no flood insurance. Most of these families' vehicles were flooded as well. We are trying to arrange long-term living arrangements for some of these families. We thank the Lord that 21 saints' homes that were evacuated, either under mandatory or voluntary orders, had no flood damage; these saints have been permitted to return.
Please continue to pray for the bountiful supply of the Spirit of Jesus Christ to the saints in the region, that "this may turn out to salvation" (Phil. 1:19). May the massive disruption caused by the storm cause many unbelievers to invite Jesus into "their boat" (John 6:18-21). May the saints in this area seize the opportunity to let His word "run and be glorified" (2 Thes. 3:1)!
If the saints feel to give to the ones who are in need, practical instructions can be found at http://www.churchinhouston.org/offerings. Simply indicate 'Flood Gift'. Offerings may also be made to the church in L.A. and designated 'Houston'.
German Elections
Elections in Germany will be September 24, to elect all the members of the national parliament. The parliament will then elect a chancellor, the national leader.
God "gave Him [Christ] to be Head over all things to the church, which is His Body" (Eph. 1:20-23). Lord, exercise Your headship over this election and over the cultural atmosphere in all of Germany for the sake of Your Body!
South Africa
From September 8 to 10, the National Blending Conference will take place in Pretoria, South Africa. Twelve saints from Egypt are expected to attend; most of them are new to the church life. They will remain for the week after the conference to participate in the Full-time training short-term. Also expected to attend are 6 saints from Angola and potentially 10 from Zambia.
Please pray for the Lord's timely speaking during this conference and for the blending of the saints from so many nations. As travel can be sometimes difficult, pray for the Lord to cover the saints' transportation.
Armenia
The Recovery Version NT in Armenian, with footnotes and cross-references, has been published. Lord, bless the spread and reading of this NT in Armenia and elsewhere!
Asia
Here is a report on the blessing of the practice of the God-ordained way in various churches.
http://lmasia.org/temp/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/E-2017-08.pdf (English)
http://lmasia.org/temp/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Asia-2017-08.pdf (Chinese)
Announcements
- Morning revival: Week 4 in Knowing Life and the Church (Memorial Day Conference). After week 6 we will begin Crystallization-Study of Ezekiel, vol. 3 (week 13).
- The Thanksgiving Conference will be in Phoenix Thursday night, November 23 to Lord's Day noon, November 26. Information is at https://churchinlosangeles.org/prayer.
- Information about Germany and Europe: see August 13 prayer ("Older Entries" near bottom of https://churchinlosangeles.org/prayer).
Prayer, Week of August 27, 2017
The Need for All Our Service to Be Initiated by God
"Out from Him and through Him and to Him are all things. To Him be the glory forever. Amen." (Rom. 11:36) All our work and service in the church must be initiated by God and must be according to His desire.
"This is My Son, the Beloved, in whom I have found My delight. Hear Him!" (Matt. 17:5) We must learn deep within that God wants only our cooperation; He does not need us to do anything for Him; we must stop all our opinions, decisions, and ideas; we need to let Him speak, let Him come in, and let Him command.
Texas
Friday night a strong hurricane hit the Texas coast. There is severe damage from strong winds plus "catastrophic" floods from heavy rain. The rain will continue perhaps until Wednesday. The church in Houston and about ten smaller churches are in the most heavily damaged area; at least ten other churches in Texas and Louisiana are in areas expecting 6 to 15 inches of rain. Please pray for 1) the bountiful supply of the Spirit of Jesus Christ to the saints in the region, that "this may turn out to salvation" (Phil. 1:19), and 2) for the storm to cause many unbelievers to invite Jesus into "their boat" (John 6:18-21).
USC
The first week of the semester has passed with many opportunities to contact new students by going on the gospel, tabling, and having club meetings on campus. The Lord has blessed us with 103 names, 62 female and 41 male, for follow up. Please pray:
- for the proper coordination among the full-timers, students, and working saints to follow up with each name to find the sons of peace;
- that each student would have one new person to befriend and care for;
- that each student would be vitally connected with a companion to pray for and shepherd new students they contact.
West Los Angeles College
A table was setup on campus for the August18 orientation, with several saints attending. Although there were not many students, 15-20 BfA Bible cards and tracts were handed out to students and staff who passed by the table. School starts Monday, August 28. Please pray that the Lord would be our leading in deciding the best day to setup the weekly table, and that the sons-of-peace and lovers of His word would be drawn to the table.
Amharic-Speaking Conference
Over Labor Day weekend, Amharic-speaking brothers and sisters will hold a conference in Big Bear. (Amharic is the official working language in most of Ethiopia and there is a sizable Amharic-speaking community in Southern California.) Over the past several years, some have enjoyed fellowship with the churches in Anaheim, Las Vegas, and Los Angeles. The burden for this gathering will be to present the vision of the Lord's recovery, including the functioning of all the members, the apostles' teaching as seen in the ministry of Watchman Nee and Witness Lee, and the building of the one Body of Christ.
Please pray for a clear sky so that all attendees would hear the Spirit's speaking and see the vision of God's economy concerning Christ and the church. Pray for the brothers who care for this group to be strengthened and supplied as they take a stand for the Lord's recovery. Pray that many from this group would have a rich entrance into the church life.
Germany
Please pray for:
- The Lord's shepherding of all who attended the emigration training and especially for the first twenty who are migrating this month. Pray that they may be bountifully supplied and be guarded against the enemy's attacks. These saints will initially move to Düsseldorf to begin learning German for six months.
- The saints who are already busy coordinating for events in October after ITERO: a Lord's Table in Berlin (up to 500 expected to attend), two weeks of Bible distributions, and the Stuttgart conference. Ask the Lord to grace them, strengthen them, and cover them against stratagems of the enemy.
- The continued loosing and shepherding of college students so they can be gained as remaining fruit. During the current summer break, our activities on campus continue and some students are responding. May the Lord would bless and increase us "with young men like a flock."
- The Lord to send an adequate number of experienced brothers who can provide leadership to the work in Germany.
Romania
The national conference is September 1 to 3. Please pray for release of a timely word to meet the present need in Romania.
Polish Recovery Version
During the first of six weeks of proofreading 45 saints served. By the Lord's grace and mercy, this one-week phase finished a day and a half early. The atmosphere among the serving ones was sweet, harmonious, and jubilant. The second week, 38 saints served. The tasks for the current phase are more complex and the laborers fewer. Please pray for the Lord's continued blessing and for the timely completion of all the tasks for the best possible publication of the Polish NT Recovery Version.
Announcements
Morning revival: Week 3 in Knowing Life and the Church (Memorial Day Conference).
The Thanksgiving Conference will be in Phoenix Thursday night, November 23 to Lord's Day noon, November 26. Information is at https://churchinlosangeles.org/prayer/.
Used Ministry Books: Since 2004 LSM has sent containers of used books to Africa and India. These books have been a great blessing to seekers there. LSM continues to collect all used ministry books in English, except morning revivals, for these distributions. They suggest that you remove personal information from the books. Bring books to your meeting hall any time throughout this year.
Information about Germany and Europe: see August 13 prayer ("Older Entries" near bottom of https://churchinlosangeles.org/prayer/).
Prayer, Week of August 20, 2017
The Knowledge of Life
"In Him was life, and the life was the light of men. And the light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not overcome it." (John 1:4-5)
All the beauty, power, brightness, and ability of the church come from the fact that Christ as life is her inward content; the church is the result of life, and life is the content of the church.
What every church today needs most is the things of life. All our work and activity must come out of life… Unless it comes out of life, our work and service will neither last nor bear much weight. If we want our work to bear abundant and lasting fruit, we must have a foundation in life… Our work should just be the releasing of the life of the Lord, the imparting and supplying of the Lord's life to others. May the Lord have mercy upon us and open our eyes to see that the central work of God in this age is that man may gain His life and grow and mature in His life. Only the work which comes out of His life can reach His eternal standard and be accepted by Him. (Knowing Life and the Church, msg. 2, I.G, VI)
CSUN Fall Semester
The fall semester at CSUN begins this weekend. Please pray that our students would be filled and supplied with life, built up with their companions, and have a normal life of contacting their friends and classmates to gain them for the church life.
FTTA and FTTL
The Full-Time Training in Anaheim and London began last week on August 14. Please pray for a renewed consecration from all the trainees (both incoming and returning) that the Lord would have His way to do whatever He needs to do to further His economy—by growing in each trainee day by day, by blending them together, and by raising them up to be living and functioning members of His Body.
Lafayette, Indiana
Two weeks ago, saints in Indiana handed out free copies of the NT Recovery Version in Lafayette, where the ground had been prepared through radio broadcasts of the ministry. Local brothers and sisters spent two days at a park and gave away Bibles, gospel tracts, and flyers advertising the radio broadcast to those who were open to words of life and truth. Please pray:
- For the people in Lafayette who received God's Word during the distribution.
- For the follow-up of those interested in learning more about the Bible and the Christian life.
Polish Recovery Version
Proof-reading for the Polish Recovery Version began last week on August 14 in London. This project will take six weeks. Please pray that:
- All the participants will experience the Lord's abounding grace to labor diligently and with keen eyesight to find all the mistakes and correct them before printing.
- This project will be finished on time and that the NT Recovery Version in Polish will be printed and available at the end of 2017.
The Lord's Testimony in Europe
Please continue to pray for the raising up of the Lord's testimony in major European cities, including: Lisbon (Portugal); Krakow (Poland); Vienna (Austria); Sofia (Bulgaria); Thessaloniki (Greece); Zagreb (Croatia); Belgrade and Novi Sad (Serbia); Geneva and Zurich (Switzerland); Bilbao (Spain); Hamburg and Munich (Germany); and Tirana (Albania).
Continuing Burdens
Oak Glen: Lord, grace us (2 Cor. 8:1, 4, 6-7, 9) to give monthly for the payments on this property.
Kirchentag (Germany, May 24-28): contacting 4,795 NT recipients to bring at least 100 into church life.
Announcements
- Morning revival: Week 2 in Knowing Life and the Church (Memorial Day Conference).
- The Thanksgiving Conference will be in Phoenix Thursday night, November 23 to Lord's Day noon, November 26. Information is at https://churchinlosangeles.org/prayer/.
- Information about Germany and Europe: see August 13 prayer (''Older Entries'' near bottom of https://churchinlosangeles.org/prayer/).
Prayer, Week of of August 6, 2017
Always Care for the Spirit and the Body
In 1 Corinthians 12:12-14 we see two main things: the Spirit and the Body. The Body actually comes out of the Spirit. First Corinthians 12:13 says, "For also in one Spirit we were all baptized into one Body, whether Jews or Greeks, whether slaves or free, and were all given to drink one Spirit." We, as the many members, have all been baptized in one Spirit into one Body, and now we are all drinking of this one Spirit. The Body has come out of the one Spirit, and now the Body is drinking of this one Spirit.
We look to the Lord for His mercy and grace that we may always care for the Spirit and the Body.... The Lord's recovery is absolutely a matter in the Spirit and in the unique unity. May the Lord grant us His mercy and grace that we may be kept in His recovery....We all need to pray earnestly for the Lord's recovery; we need to pray earnestly that we would be kept in the Spirit and in the unique oneness. To be in the Spirit and in the unique oneness of the Body is to be kept in the Lord's recovery. (WL. The Spirit and the Body, ch. 1)
Contacting Freshmen at CSUN
CSUN freshmen orientations begin this week and will be going on the following two weeks. Thousands of incoming freshmen will come to campus and they are open and seeking for friends, community, and purpose. Please pray for our students as they enjoy the Lord and contact the freshmen during these crucial times, especially that they would meet the seeking ones who can be added to the church life this year. Lord, gain the freshmen for Christ and the church!
L.A. YP Back-to-School Night
On August 19th we will have a special time with the church in L.A. young people as they head into the new school year. We hope this gathering will be an encouragement to all and believe that it has potential for setting the tone of the whole school year to live a life of "looking away unto Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of their faith in order to run the Christian race in the realm of faith," based on Hebrews 12:1-2. Please pray that:
- all of our YP would be available to attend this special time;
- they would be helped both practically with their studies and spiritually to live a normal Christian life;
- they would have the realization that the whole church is standing with them.
Bibles for America on Facebook
BfA recently began to run ads on Facebook for free copies of a two-book set we're currently offering, The Knowledge of Life and The Gospel of Life. Currently 150,000 people follow BfA on Facebook, and in addition to these followers, the ads could potentially reach up to 8,500 new people each day.
Please pray for many to see the ads and order a free book set. Please also pray these books would enlighten all who read them and produce a hunger for more of the ministry of the age.
European University Training
This year the training is August 13 to 18, in London. The goal is to perfect God-loving and Christ-pursuing students in biblical truth, experience of life, gospel preaching, and character development, all with a view to molding them into useful vessels for the Lord's building up of His Body.
Germany
Here are several directions in which we can pray for the Lord's move in Germany.
- A rich supply to the saints in Düsseldorf as they prepare to receive and care for all the migrating saints.
- The video trainings in the churches in Germany begin August 12.
- Now that the gospel/perfecting trips have ended, pray for release of the function of the local saints to shepherd and perfect saints from the middle east and invite them to their homes and group meetings.
- Release of an apartment near the university in Tübingen to shepherd and contain the increase among the students.
The Church in Cairo
In January, Rhema held two conferences in Egypt attended by over 120 local saints and seekers. There is now a very sweet church life in Cairo. One young local brother completed two years at FTT Pretoria and a sister has finished two terms, with more saints desiring to attend. A group of local saints plan to attend a conference and training in South Africa this September. The Lord is moving on!
Turkey
The Turkish Facebook page for spreading the gospel, which we created last month, has more than 1800 "likes." Some visitors want to chat with us. May the Lord bless this channel and bring the seeking ones to this page.
Vietnam and India
Multiple reports about trainings in Vietnam and Recovery Version translation in India are here:
http://lmasia.org/temp/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/E-2017-07.pdf (English)
http://lmasia.org/temp/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Asia-2017-07.pdf (Chinese)
Continuing Burdens
Oak Glen: Lord, grace us (2 Cor. 8:1, 4, 6-7, 9) to give monthly for the payments on this property.
Kirchentag (Germany, May 24-28): contacting 4795 NT recipients to bring at least 100 into church life.
Polish Recovery Version NT: proofreading begins August 14; publication early next year.
Announcements
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Morning revival: Week 5 in Special Fellowship concerning the World Situation and the Lord's Move
Next week we will begin Knowing Life and the Church (Memorial Day Conference). - Information about Germany and Europe: see July 9 prayer ("Older Entries" near bottom of https://churchinlosangeles.org/prayer/)
Prayer, Week of of July 30, 2017
"For to Me to Live is Christ" (Phil. 1:21a)
"The perfecting of the saints unto the work of the ministry, unto the building up of the Body of Christ, until we all arrive…at the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ" (Eph. 4:12-13).
God's desire, His good pleasure, is for us to be saturated and permeated with Christ, to live Christ, to be a living witness to Christ in our daily life, and to have Christ as the reality, the real contents, of the church life, making every local church a golden lampstand to have the spontaneous preparation of the bride for the Lord's coming back. (Special Conference, msg. 4, I.A - I.A.3)
Lord, gain our cooperation so that You may fulfill this desire in each one of us and in every local church. "Come, Lord Jesus!" (Rev. 22:20)
Summer School of Truth (SSoT)
The SSoT this year was blessed by the Lord. With 106 saints signed up and 61 junior high and senior high students participating, we sensed that the Lord's presence was among us and His speaking was with us. The atmosphere was excellent and the response of the young people was encouraging and sweet. Now the real labor begins, and that is the labor of love to foster the growth in life of all the young people - both in their daily life and in their church life. Each young person has been encouraged to read the word daily with companions, to pursue Christ with those who call on the Lord, and to speak the Lord's living word to their friends.
Please pray protective prayers for the young people, that the evil one would not steal away the word from their hearts, but that the word heard would take root and start to grow. On the last day the young people from Huntington Beach joined us and there was a wonderful time of blending. Thank and praise the Lord for all He has done for us. Please pray for the Lord's continual work to cause the seed of life to grow in all the hearts of the young people.
Middle Age Training
The fall term of middle-age training begins September 4. This training includes truth, life, service, gospel, and touches our daily living. It is also a wonderful opportunity to blend with saints from the whole earth. Lord, increase the number of full-term trainees this fall to at least 100 (at least 50 in the English section, 30 in the Chinese section, 10 each in the Korean and Spanish sections).
Lord, bring English-speaking and Spanish-speaking saints from L.A. (many Korean-speaking and Chinese-speaking have already graduated), some for one or two weeks and some for the whole term.
Emigration Training
This is the last week of training. Ask the Lord to continue to permeate every trainee and to further reduce the self life, that these trainees may live Him and express Him in His Body in Germany.
Students to Germany
Student responses in the past year show that the Lord has opened the door to universities in Germany. The fellowship at the end of the summer training included a call for students (not heroes) go to learn the language and then to attend university there, make friends, and bring these friends to open homes near the campuses. The goal is 100 new students in Germany from North American, including high school graduates, college graduates, and recent training graduates. Lord, thrust out laborers into this harvest!
Information is at http://lordsmove.org/information.html and http://tinyurl.com/studentsforgermany.
Germany
Here are several directions in which we can pray for the Lord's move in Germany.
- The church in Stuttgart is still in need of a meeting place to rent.
- Tübingen, near Stuttgart, is a university town. Some students meet in Stuttgart. Please pray for the release of an apartment near the campus to shepherd and contain the increase among the students.
- The national elections in September have already caused a change in asylum approvals for migrants. Please ask the Lord to sustain the faith of these new believers and to allow them to remain in Germany.
- Recently some saints traveled to four cities in Germany and were put in contact with Arab-speaking believers that were seeking and open to the ministry and the fellowship. Please pray for the continued fellowship and for the Lord's revelation to and gaining of these believers.
Continuing Burdens
Oak Glen: Lord, grace us (2 Cor. 8:1, 4, 6-7, 9) to give monthly for the payments on this property.
Kirchentag (Germany, May 24-28): contacting 4795 NT recipients to bring at least 100 into church life.
Polish Recovery Version NT: proofreading begins August 14; publication early next year.
Announcements
- Morning revival: Week 4 in Special Fellowship concerning the World Situation and the Lord's Move
After week 5 we will begin Knowing Life and the Church (Memorial Day Conference). - Information about Germany and Europe: see July 9 prayer ("Older Entries" near bottom of https://churchinlosangeles.org/prayer/)
Prayer, Week of of July 23, 2017
The Lord's Ultimate Recovery
“For the perfecting of the saints unto the work of the ministry, unto the building up of the Body of Christ, until we all arrive at the oneness of the faith and of the full knowledge of the Son of God, at a full-grown man, at the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ.” (Eph. 4:12-13)
Even if our gospel preaching is adequate, our Bible teaching is accurate, and our meetings are scriptural, we need to ask ourselves this question: Do we have the ultimate move of God among us?
The Lord’s ultimate recovery, God’s ultimate move, is His gaining a good number of believers who know how wonderful Christ is, who have Him as their life and live Him, who are filled, permeated, and saturated with Him, who grow in life and are transformed by His flowing life within them, and who are built up with fellow believers to be the golden lampstand in their locality. (Special Fellowship, msg. 3, II.B.4-5.b)
Lord, gain Your ultimate move within and among us!
Summer School of Truth (SSoT)
Through the prayers of the saints, 61 young people and 44 serving ones, a total of 105 saints, have signed up for the SSoT. This has been the best Summer School of Truth yet and the Lord's presence has been with every meeting. The young people are learning not only how to speak to the Lord, but how to listen to the Lord and have mutual fellowship. Please pray that the Lord would continue to appear to each young person and train them how to live a life of loving the Lord with the first love.
A Time with the Parents
In this dark age, there is a need, more than ever, for parents to pray with one another for their young people. There will be a time of prayer Wednesday, July 26, at 8 pm at the Wise's home, 501 S. Bentley Ave., Los Angeles, 90049 (very close to hall 5). All parents of junior high and high school young people are encouraged to attend. Please pray that the Lord would fill this time with an atmosphere of prayer.
FTTA
There are 133 FTTA and 17 FTTA-XB spring term graduates. Please ask the Lord to make them all normal, functioning members in the churches that they go to.
The fall FTTA term begins August 14; application deadline is July 31. Our goal is at least 160 first term trainees (80 brothers, 80 sisters). By July 22 there were 123 applicants (43 brothers, 80 sisters). Please pray that more brothers would apply.
Southern California Radio Broadcasts
KBRT radio in Southern California did not renew our agreement, which ended July 15. Although we are saddened by KBRT's decision, we are not discouraged. This forces us to focus our resources on podcasting, which allows listeners to hear the program anywhere in the world at any time. Please pray for us to find the right person to help us in this new area.
We are holding a radio listeners’ dinner and live program at district 4 in Anaheim on August 5. We are inviting the KBRT listeners with special advertisements that began two weeks ago and will continue through August 4. Please pray for this time.
We will continue to broadcast on KKLA every Lord's Day, where we have a pre-recorded program at 8:30 pm and a live discussion 9 to 10 pm.
Emigration Training
The emigration training continues to August 4. About 100 are participating, among whom about 20, including Craig and Henna Hall from L.A., will migrate soon afterwards to Germany. Lord, abundantly supply these saints, bring them fully into coordinated serving, and be their wisdom and prudence with moving and all the changes they face.
Lyon, France
We pray that the Lord will show us a proper meeting place: near public transportation, good neighbors, size for 60-80 persons, and facilities for children and young people.
More sisters will come either to study or to do one semester exchange, thus a second sister’s house is needed for next semester. Please pray for the Lord's provision of the proper apartment.
European YP Conference
This annual conference is in Poland, Lord’s Day, 23rd July to Saturday, 29th July. There is also a simultaneous Parents' and Children’s Conference.
The purpose of this conference is to provide an atmosphere of truth, love, blending, and enjoyment that imparts light and life, and builds up and inspires the young people to consecrate their lives to the Lord and take positive directions in their Christian walk. Our hope is that we all would develop a sense of mutuality, and receive the spiritual energy, strength, and motivation to live for the Lord and His recovery.
Videos showing meetings, greetings from small groups, outdoor activities, young people walking in the town of Małe Ciche, and the local landscape are at https://ypconference.eu.
Chinese-Speaking Perfecting Training
The Chinese-Speaking Perfecting Training for students is July 24 to 28.
2017 International College Training in Asia
This training, with a capacity of 1000 students, is July 23 to 27 in Kuching, Malaysia. It is followed by blending trips July 28 to 30 in nearby regions.
Continuing Burdens
Oak Glen: Lord, grace us (2 Cor. 8:1, 4, 6-7, 9) to give monthly for the payments on this property.
Kirchentag (Germany, May 24-28): contacting 4795 NT recipients to bring at least 100 into church life.
Polish Recovery Version NT: proofreading begins August 14; publication early next year.
Announcements
- Morning revival: Week 3 in Special Fellowship concerning the World Situation and the Lord’s Move.
After week 5 we will begin Knowing Life and the Church (Memorial Day Conference). - Information about Germany and Europe: see July 9 prayer (“Older Entries” near bottom of https://churchinlosangeles.org/prayer/)
- Used Ministry Books: Since 2004 LSM has sent containers of used books to Africa and India. These books have been a great blessing to seekers there. LSM continues to collect all used ministry books in English, except morning revivals, for these distributions. They suggest that you remove personal information from the books. Bring books to your meeting hall any time throughout this year.
Prayer, Week of July 16, 2017
Lord, Spread and Increase Your Recovery
“This gospel of the kingdom will be preached in the whole inhabited earth for a testimony to all the nations, and then the end will come.” (Matt. 24:14)
If we keep up to date with what is happening today on earth, we will realize that God is controlling the entire world situation for the spreading of His recovery. We need to be more aware of God’s sovereign arrangement of the world situation, more concerned about the crucial time in which we live, and more burdened for God’s move in the present world situation. (Special Fellowship, msg. 2, III.G-H)
Lord, give us more concern for Your move to spread Your recovery around the earth and to increase here in Los Angeles. Raise up more twos and threes to pray for spreading and for specific increase locally.
Summer School of Truth Starts This Week
Please pray that the Lord would answer the promise in his word to give life to our young people. John 10:10b says that the Lord came that we may “have life and have it abundantly.” Pray that this Summer School of Truth would be a time where the Lord fills our young people with Life.
A Time with the Parents
During the Summer School of Truth, on Wednesday, July 26, we would like to invite as many parents as possible to come and have a time of mutual fellowship on the important role of a parent in God’s economy in caring for both the human and spiritual development of their children.
L.A. Korean-Speaking Family Retreat
The L.A. Korean-speaking saints will have a retreat at Oak Glen this weekend, July 21 to 23. Forty-eight adults and 30 children from halls 1 and 2 have registered. We will enjoy the messages on 'The home praying for carrying out and living out God's economy'. Please pray that all the saints realize the importance of the family in the economy of God and receive the burden to start vital living with family members.
Emigration Training
The emigration training in Anaheim continues to August 4. About 100 are participating, among whom about 20, including Craig and Henna Hall from L.A., will migrate soon afterwards to Germany. Lord, abundantly supply these saints, bring them fully into coordinated serving, and be their wisdom and prudence with moving and all the changes they face.
Chinese-Speaking Perfecting Training
There is a Chinese-speaking serving saints training July 21 to 23 in New York, followed by a students’ training July 24 to 28.
College Trainings
Four more one-week college trainings in other parts of the country began July 14, 15, or 16. The topic is very particular on “Knowing, Seeing, and Gaining God in an Age of Godlessness.” Ask the Lord to work in everyone to:
- willingly receive the Lord’s penetrating light to know God and be saved from the godlessness of this age;
- aspire to be constituted with the truth in God’s word through their college years;
- consecrate themselves fully to the Lord to satisfy Him and to bear fruit for His glory.
European Young People’s Conference
The annual conference for young people in Europe will be July 23 to 29 in Małe Ciche, Poland. There is also a simultaneous Parents’ and Children’s Conference. Please pray that the Lord will take a further step in Europe by speaking a timely word to all the European young people and their parents.
Thessaloniki, Greece
We have been endeavoring for three years to live a normal, vital church life in Thessaloniki, and we believe that the Lord is making slow but solid progress. We now have about ten adults and five children meeting regularly on Lord’s Day. Three adults are local Greeks. They are older saints but are enjoying a fresh new life with the Lord among us. A one-page report is at www.churchinlosangeles.org/prayer.
Please pray that:
- all 16 participants in the young people’s conference in Poland (July 23–29) will arrive safely and be open to receive all the speaking and enter into all the fellowship;
- the many practical details for the October 9–13 blending tours and October 14–15 regional conference here will be met for the full pouring out of the Lord’s blessing on every attendant.
Continuing Burdens
Oak Glen: Lord, grace us (2 Cor. 8:1, 4, 6-7, 9) to give monthly for the payments on this property.
Kirchentag (Germany, May 24-28): contacting 4795 NT recipients to bring at least 100 into church life.
Polish Recovery Version NT: proofreading begins August 14; publication early next year.
Announcements
- Morning revival: Week 2 in Special Fellowship concerning the World Situation and the Lord’s Move.
- Information about Germany and Europe: see July 9 prayer (“Older Entries” near bottom of https://churchinlosangeles.org/prayer/)
- Used Ministry Books: Since 2004 LSM has sent containers of used books to Africa and India. These books have been a great blessing to seekers there. LSM continues to collect all used ministry books in English, except morning revivals, for these distributions. They suggest that you remove personal information from the books. Bring books to your meeting hall any time throughout this year.