Ryan Li

Week of October 30

Rejecting Our Natural Being and Exercising Our Mingled Spirit

"For we are the circumcision, the ones who serve by the Spirit of God and boast in Christ Jesus and have no confidence in the flesh." (Phil. 3:3)

"Then Jesus said to His disciples, If anyone wants to come after Me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow Me." (Matt. 16:24)

We need to see the difference between our natural ability and the ability that has passed through death and resurrection. We need to realize the impotence, the insufficiency, of our natural being and natural ability in the things of God. We should not have any trust in our natural being in the things of God; rather, we must learn to reject our natural being and exercise our spirit in everything for the organic building up of the Body of Christ.

In the Lord's recovery today, we should pay our full attention to the mingled spirit, the Spirit mingled with our spirit, and should live, walk, and have our being in and according to this mingled spirit so that we can truly reign in life (Rom. 8:4; 5:10, 17). (CS 1 & 2 Kings, msg. 5, III.A, B, IV.E)

Life's Washing in Love to Maintain Fellowship

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

Who are the ones who need washing, and who are the ones who have to wash others' feet? The Lord said, "You also ought to wash one another's feet" (John 13:14). This tells us that we all need the washing. Those who were spiritually fresh but who have lost their freshness need the washing. Every one of us needs our feet washed, and every one of us needs to be prepared to wash others' feet… Among all the services that Christians minister to one another, nothing is more crucial or more precious than foot-washing. "If you know these things, blessed are you if you do them" (v. 17).

In order to wash others' feet, we must have the water; that is, we must be filled with the Holy Spirit and be in constant fellowship with the Lord. For this cause we must live in the Holy Spirit daily. Only then will we have the living water to wash others' feet. Every time we come to the meeting, we must have the living water to wash others' feet. (CWWN, vol. 42, pp. 240, 282)

Southern California College Conference

About 275 saints will gather at Oak Glen from November 6 to 8 for the first of two college conferences. This weekend's conference is intended primarily for semester system schools. The messages on "Walking by Faith" will reveal the way to "walk in the steps of that faith of our father Abraham" (Rom. 4:12). From Los Angeles, approximately 20 saints from USC plan to attend.

Please pray that the Lord would grant each saint 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 for whom this will be their first college conference. May they enjoy touching the Lord in their spirit and blending with students across Southern California.

Furthermore, this Lord's Day, November 6 is the first deadline for UCLA and CSUN students to sign up for the second conference. Please pray for many to consecrate that weekend (November 18 to 20) to the Lord and pay the price to come and fellowship with Him in spirit on the mountain.

Germany and Switzerland

The two weeks of gospel trips, which concluded on October 23, had 90 local saints and 62 visitors participate in distributing 2627 NT Recovery Versions and nearly 18,000 tracts in at least 16 cities. Please continue to pray for:

Personal follow-up with the hundreds of people who gave their contact information.
The Lord to enlighten all who received a Bible or tract.
The saints in the churches to be brought into a regular gospel living.

Zürich, Switzerland

The resumption of the Lord's table in Zürich, together with a mini-conference, will be held this weekend, November 5 to 6. Praise the Lord! Please pray that the Lord will advance His move in Europe through the blending of the saints, that the saints would gain a fresh vision of the Lord's recovery, and that the Lord would have a wonderful new beginning of His testimony in the city of Zürich.

Rome, Italy

This week, from October 31 to November 4, there is a blending and gospel trip taking place in Rome. Please pray for the blending of the saints and the bearing of remaining fruit through the gospel for the strengthening of the Lord's testimony in this city.

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.

Bangladesh

Last May, the church in Dhaka felt that the number of baptisms was very measly, so they desperately went before the Lord to ask for fruit. The Lord was faithful and the saints soon came in contact with a student who readily accepted to be baptized. This was a comfort and encouragement to the saints that nothing is impossible in the matter of propagation; we just need to persevere and be desperate before the Lord, to go before men, and to lead them to salvation through prayer, the Spirit, and the word. By the end of May, a total of 6 brothers and sisters had gotten saved and baptized. Hallelujah!

To read about the perfecting trainings and literature distribution in Bangladesh, 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 5 of Crystallization-study of 1 and 2 Kings, vol. 1.
Wednesday Night Ministry Meeting: Live broadcast this Wednesday 7:25 pm at http://lsm.org/live.
End of Daylight Savings Time: DST will end in the early morning this Lord's Day, November 6. Remember to move your clocks back one hour before you sleep on Saturday night.
SCYP Children's Work Conference: This year's conference will be Saturday, November 19, conducted in a hybrid format, with an in-person location in Anaheim. Translation will be provided into Chinese, Korean, and Spanish. Register by November 13 at http://scyp.com/children.
December Semiannual Training: Registration is now closed for the in-person training in Anaheim. Saints in LA may register for video training until December 11 at http://tinyurl.com/wintertrainingla.
Thanksgiving Conference: Saints from 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.
Benson Phillips Memorial Meetings: Recordings of memorial meetings for Brother Benson may be viewed at http://www.memorial-meeting.org.
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 Ryan Li

Week of October 9

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Four Crucial Journeys to Enter into the Ministry of the Age

"And Elijah said to Elisha, Stay here, for Jehovah has sent me as far as Bethel. And Elisha said, As Jehovah lives and as your soul lives, I will not leave you. So they went down to Bethel." (2 Kings 2:2)

"But moreover I also count all things to be loss on account of the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord… that I may gain Christ." (Phil. 3:8)

Elisha's following of Elijah from Gilgal to Bethel, from Bethel to Jericho, and from Jericho to the river Jordan shows that in order to enter into the ministry of the New Testament age, we should intrinsically follow the minister of the age according to the vision of the age. To do this we must follow the Lord through four crucial places:

Gilgal, the place where God's people were circumcised to deal with their flesh; it is the place where the flesh is judged and the place where God gives us the light to judge the flesh.
Bethel, which is the place to give up the world and turn to God absolutely, taking God as everything; Bethel refers to victory over the world.
Jericho; it was the first city that Joshua and the people of Israel had to defeat when they entered into the good land, and it signifies God's enemy, Satan.
The river Jordan; this river, where the New Testament baptism began, signifies death; crossing the river Jordan is overcoming death in order to live and minister in resurrection.

If we want to receive the rapture of Elijah and a double portion of the spirit with the power of the Holy Spirit, we must pass through Gilgal, Bethel, Jericho, and the river Jordan. In order for the age to be changed from the Old Testament to the New Testament in our experience, we must deal with our flesh, give up the world and turn to God, defeat Satan, and pass through death into a living that is in resurrection. (Crystallization-Study of 1 and 2 Kings, msg. 2, III.B, C, D, E, F)

Church in Los Angeles Joint Meeting

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

Please pray for a healthy attendance and blending, and 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 and for the building up of the reality of the Body of Christ, the preparation of the bride of Christ, and the manifestation of the kingdom of Christ.

All-LA Campus Fellowship

This Friday, October 14 there will be a gathering in Westwood with dinner and fellowship for our college students across Los Angeles. There will also be some students from Santa Clarita and Santa Barbara. Please pray for exercised and released singing, a solid speaking from the word, and a good blending across these different campuses and localities.

Southern California Junior High Conferences

The Spring 2022 Junior High Conferences will be held October 14 to 16 with sisters in Diamond Bar and brothers in Irvine. The topic is "The Word of God." Please pray for much washing of the water in the word (Eph. 5:26) and for our young people to have their appreciation of the word uplifted and their appetite for the word expanded. Pray also that they would be encouraged by and blended with other young people across Southern California.

Germany and Switzerland

Gospel trips are taking place in Germany and Switzerland from October 10 to 23. During this first week, all the visiting saints will be in six major cities. The plan is to contact new students at the beginning of their academic semester as well as gain contacts in the community through Bible distribution. Every year, over thousands of students enrolled at the universities, so there is a great need to contact and shepherd the new students. We pray that the Lord will use this trip to gain new contacts and open other seeking students to become remaining fruit!

Ukraine

Please continue to pray that:

The Russian and Ukrainian brothers fighting in the war will be preserved in their tripartite being.
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 the saints in the besieged cities will be protected and preserved for the Lord's interests.

Tajikistan

Pray for the Lord's working within some gospel contacts to remove all obstacles of cultural and religious backgrounds and enable them to know the true God.

Announcements

Morning Revival: Week 2 of Crystallization-study of 1 and 2 Kings.
Wednesday Night Ministry Meeting: Broadcast resumes this Wednesday 7:25 pm at http://lsm.org/live.
Benson Phillips Memorial Meetings: Recordings of both memorial meetings for Brother Benson may be viewed at http://www.memorial-meeting.org.
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.
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.
North American Korean-speaking Conference: October 29 to 30 on Zoom.
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 Ryan Li

Week of September 25

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Becoming a Reproduction of Christ as the Tree of Life

"And this is the testimony, that God gave to us eternal life and this life is in His Son. He who has the Son has the life; he who does not have the Son of God does not have the life." (1 John 5:11-12)

"If anyone sees his brother sinning a sin not unto death, he shall ask and he will give life to him…" (1 John 5:16)

As a reproduction of Christ as the tree of life, we have the ministry of life. Because we are believers in Christ and children of God, we not only have eternal life and may experience eternal life, but we also can minister this life to other members of the Body of Christ.

To minister life is to impart life. When we have a surplus of life, we can minister from this supply to others. (Taking the Way of Enjoying Christ as the Tree of Life, msg. 6, II, A, B)

UCLA

This is the first full week of classes at UCLA. So far, more than 60 new freshmen have attended at least one of our welcome events, with some new transfer students also visiting us. We have met many of these students multiple times throughout the week. The Lord's blessing has definitely been with us due to the prayers of the saints. We need your continued prayers for:

Continued face-to-face contact with freshmen both informally and at our events.
The grouping of students into smaller Bible study groups and the spiritual nourishment as they gather this week.
Excellent attendance and rich enjoyment of the Lord at our half-day outing and fellowship this Saturday, October 1.
Abundant grace and continued one accord among all the laboring saints.

Germany and Switzerland

More openings are available to those who are burdened by the Lord to participate in gospel trips in Germany and Switzerland from October 10 to 23. Registration has been extended until September 30.

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 the gospel trips. For more information, go to http://tinyurl.com/2022GermanyGospelTrips.

Tübingen, Germany

The resumption of the Lord's table in Tübingen was held last Lord's Day, September 25. Located 18 miles from Stuttgart, Tübingen is a university city where the 28,000 students form one-third of the population. The healthy church life begun there in the 1970s was wiped out by the rebellion and turmoil that affected many of the churches in Germany in the late 1980s. We rejoice that the Lord will have a bright and shining testimony there again. Please pray for a glorious new beginning in the coordination and fellowship in the Body.

Lisbon, Portugal

This weekend, October 1 to 2, there will be a mini-conference and the first Lord's table meeting in Lisbon, Portugal. Please pray that the Lord would bless the blending of approximately 200 saints from 25 nations. Pray also that the large number of new saints coming to this conference would gain a fresh vision of the Lord's recovery and that the Lord would have a wonderful beginning of His testimony in this city.

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 continue to shepherd the Ukrainian refugees 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 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 the saints in the besieged cities will be protected and preserved for the Lord's interests.

Sri Lanka

Please continue to pray for all the suffering saints during the current economic crisis, that they can receive God's abounding grace through His secret care.

Announcements

Morning Revival: Week 6 of Taking the Way of Enjoying Christ as the Tree of Life. Next week, we begin Crystallization-study of 1 and 2 Kings.
Wednesday Night Ministry Meeting: Live broadcast this Wednesday 7:25 pm at http://lsm.org/live.
SAVE THE DATE: Lord's Day morning, October 23, we will have a meeting of the whole church in Los Angeles at the LA Convention Center.
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.
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.
LSM Newsletter: The September issue of "Having This Ministry…" 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.
SoCal Labor Day Conference: Recordings are available at http://churchinanaheim.org/laborday.
Bibles for America's latest post is available to read and share at http://blog.biblesforamerica.org.
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 Ryan Li

Week of September 4

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Praying for the Lord's Coming

"He who testifies these things says, Yes, I come quickly. Amen. Come, Lord Jesus!" (Rev. 22:20)

The first part of this verse is the Lord's third warning in chapter twenty-two of Revelation regarding His soon coming. The last part is the apostle John's prayer and response to the Lord's warning. It is also the last prayer in the Bible. After reading the book of Revelation, we also should have such a prayer and response—"Come, Lord Jesus!" This was John's desire expressed as a prayer. Therefore, the whole Bible concludes with a desire for the Lord's coming expressed as a prayer. (The Conclusion of the New Testament: The Believers, vol. 2, p. 1946)

"When He comes, faith will be turned to facts, and praise will replace prayer. Love will consummate in a shadowless perfection, and we will serve Him in the sinless domain. What a day that will be! Lord Jesus, come quickly!" (Watchman Nee, The Song of Songs, p. 126).

Pray that the word released in the Southern California Labor Day Conference would operate in all the saints. May we follow the pattern of the Apostle John and Brother Nee to hasten the day of the Lord's return by praying, "Lord Jesus, come quickly!"

Loving the Lord with the First Love

The Lord's recovery is a recovery of loving the Lord with the first love, the best love, and of eating the Lord Jesus as the tree of life for the building up of the organic Body of Christ, which is the building up of the New Jerusalem as the goal of God's eternal economy.

To enjoy the Lord as the tree of life, we must tell Him all the time, "Lord Jesus, I love You." If we have a burning love toward the Lord Jesus, giving Him the first place in all things, we will enjoy all that He is.

When we love Him, He will manifest Himself to us, and He and the Father will come to us and make Their abode with us. Thus, we need to pray prayers such as, "Lord, show me Your love, and constrain me with Your love that I may love You and live to You"; "Lord, keep me loving You all the time." We must continually tell the Lord, "Lord Jesus, I love You; Lord, keep me in Your love! Attract me with Yourself! Keep me all the time in Your loving and present presence." (Taking the Way of Enjoying Christ as the Tree of Life, msg. 3, III, A, E)

GTCA Cities – Memphis

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 10 there will be a virtual tour of Memphis at 3:00 pm PT). Information and links will be posted at http://gtca.us.

European University Training

The upcoming European University Training will take place in France (September 9 to 11), UK and Ireland (September 11 to 16), and 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 the European university students at the three 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. 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.

Announcement

Morning Revival: Week 3 of Taking the Way of Enjoying Christ as the Tree of Life.
Wednesday Night Ministry Meeting: Live broadcast this Wednesday 7:25 pm at http://lsm.org/live.
Benson Phillips Memorial Meeting: A memorial meeting for Brother Benson Phillips will take place in Irving, TX this Lord's Day, September 11 at 12:30 p.m. PDT. The meeting will be streamed live at memorial-meeting.org.
Young People's Blending Meeting: Saturday, September 17 in Arcadia; details at http://scyp.com/blending.
Bibles for America's latest post at http://blog.biblesforamerica.org is entitled "What Is Spiritual Growth?"
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.
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".
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 Ryan Li

Week of August 28

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Living According to the Principle of Life

"That the righteous requirement of the law might be fulfilled in us, who do not walk according to the flesh but according to the spirit." (Rom. 8:4)

"For the mind set on the flesh is death, but the mind set on the spirit is life and peace." (Rom. 8:6)

The two trees in Genesis 2:9—the tree of life and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil—represent two principles of living. The two trees show that a Christian can live according to two different principles—the principle of right and wrong or the principle of life. When we received the Lord Jesus and gained a new life, we obtained another principle of living—the principle of life. If we do not know this principle, we will set the principle of life aside and follow the principle of right and wrong. Being a Christian is not a matter of asking whether something is right or wrong. It is a matter of checking with the life inside of us whenever we do something.

In order to live according to the principle of life, we need to follow the inner sense of life. The sense of life is subjective, personal, and practical. The sense of life on the negative side is the feeling of death. The sense of life on the positive side is the feeling of life and peace, with a consciousness of strength, satisfaction, rest, brightness, and comfort. We need to pray ourselves into the sense of life and live under its controlling, guiding, and directing element day by day. The more we walk according to the spirit and follow the sense of life, the more we will live according to the principle of life. (Taking the Way of Enjoying Christ as the Tree of Life, msg. 2, I, B-D; IV, A, 1-2, E-F)

Southern California Labor Day Conference

From September 2 to 4, the churches in Southern California will participate by clusters in an online conference. The general subject will be "The Lord's Coming." Outlines and Zoom meeting information will be communicated by halls and languages. The meeting schedule is as follows:

Meeting 1: Friday, Sep 2.............. 7:30 PM
Meeting 2: Saturday, Sep 3....... 10:30 AM
Meeting 3: Saturday, Sep 3......... 7:30 PM
Meeting 4: Lord's Day, Sep 4.... 10:30 AM

Please pray for as many saints as possible to participate. Let us sanctify this weekend by setting aside our time and presenting our tripartite beings to hear what the Spirit would speak to the churches.

CSUN

Cal State Northridge begins classes this week. During the pandemic, we have not had much presence on the campus and our club is an unofficial one. And yet seeking students continue to contact us through our club website and email. In this new academic year, although we only have a handful of students and a few gospel friends, there is a renewed desire to establish something more regular and solid into which we can bring contacts in cooperation with the Lord to gain remaining fruit for His building. Please pray:

For the Lord to continue to blend our own students together.
For the gospel friends to be connected and find a home with the saints.
For the resumption of the campus club and the weekly Bible study.

FTTL – Bower House

The need for enlarged facilities for the training center in Europe is now growing as the Lord's move in Europe advances. Country by country and city by city, the Lord is gaining this continent and raising up young people from among the children of the saints and from the college campuses. The fields are white, and the need is greater than ever for a group of trained saints, constituted with the riches in the Word and in the ministry to be raised up and thrust out.

At present, our heart is simply to present this burden and to open it in a fresh way to the Lord's recovery for your prayer and fellowship. May the Lord bless and strengthen the Full-time Training in London and continue to raise up an army for His move in Europe.

Zürich, Switzerland

It is with great joy that the saints in Zürich are anticipating the resumption of the Lord's table in that city. They are thankful for the prayers of the saints and churches throughout the years. The meeting will be on Lord's Day, November 6 with a mini-conference that weekend. For saints who wish to attend, conference and hotel information are posted at http://en.zurich2022.info and registration is due September 25.

Pray for the Lord's blessing in establishing more of His shining lampstands in many other cities in Switzerland, Europe, and all over the earth for the building up of the Body and the preparation of the Bride for His return.

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.

Turkey

Please pray for the church life in Istanbul; may the English-speaking, Turkish-speaking and Chinese-speaking saints remain in the enjoyment of the word of God with their time and whole being released to participate the church life and be strengthened, grounded and perfected for the building up of the Body.

Announcements

Morning Revival: Week 2 of Taking the Way of Enjoying Christ as the Tree of Life.
Wednesday Night Ministry Meeting: Live broadcast this Wednesday 7:25 pm at http://lsm.org/live.
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.
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".
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 Ryan Li

Week of August 14

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The Need of the Dead – Life's Resurrecting

"Jesus said to her, I am the resurrection and the life; he who believes into Me, even if he should die, shall live; and everyone who lives and believes into Me shall by no means die forever. Do you believe this?" (John 11:25-26)

In the Lord's salvation He does not merely heal the sick; He also gives life to the dead. Hence, He remained two days until the sick one had died. The Lord does not reform or regulate people—He regenerates people and raises them out of death. Hence, the first of the nine cases in chapters 3 through 11 was a case of regeneration, and the last was a case of resurrection, revealing that all the aspects of Christ as life to us, as unveiled in the other seven cases, are in the principle of regeneration and resurrection. This last case was the actual changing of death into life. (John 11:14, footnote 1)

The Lord said to Martha, "I am the resurrection and the life," and asked her, "Do you believe this?" She answered, "Yes, Lord; I have believed that You are the Christ, the Son of God." Her reply did not answer the Lord's question. Her old, preoccupying knowledge covered her, preventing her from understanding the Lord's new word. Man's old knowledge and old opinions are coverings that keep him from knowing clearly the Lord's new revelation. (John 11:27, footnote 1)

In the church in LA, may human opinions be subdued that resurrection life could be manifested!

FTTA

The fall term of the Full-time Training in Anaheim begins this week. Please pray that all the trainees and serving ones would be fresh and new as they start this term. Pray also for all trainees to arrive—some are still in the process. May the Lord cover each one's tripartite being and gain the full glory and benefit for His interests and move on the earth.

UCLA

Several of our UCLA students have given two weeks of their summer to serve the Lord, spending time to be built together and perfected in their function to build up the Body of Christ. They will also participate in outreach to incoming UCLA freshmen who are attending orientations and other summer programs throughout this next month. Please pray that:

Our serving students would learn much and be supplied to function organically in their measure.
The Lord would operate in the freshman class to stir up many to seek God and seek genuine fellowship.
In one accord, all the ones laboring at UCLA could have adequate prayer and warm, face-to-face contact with many freshmen during the summer.

Our Young People

The LAUSD 2022-23 academic year started on Monday, August 15 with other schools having already begun, or beginning soon. Please pray for all our young people to be encouraged by the God of peace (Rom. 16:20) and strengthened to be factors of life in their schools (John 7:38).

GTCA Cities – Normal and Tampa

This weekend there will be virtual tours of Normal (Saturday, August 20, 2:00 pm PT) and Tampa (Lord's Day, August 21, 2:00 pm PT). More information and links will be posted at http://gtca.us.

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.

Immediate renovation 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.

Pakistan

Since the beginning of the Lord's move in Pakistan in 2012, many ministry books have been translated into the Urdu language. So far, 58 ministry titles have been translated, along with the Life-study of Genesis, the Holy Word for Morning Revival from 36 conferences and trainings, and some home meeting materials. Seven Rhema books have been translated and are ready for typesetting, and 501 hymns have been translated and recorded. The saints have also done a preliminary translation of the verses of the NT Recovery Version to meet the needs of shepherding and the day-to-day church life.

To read an encouraging testimony from one of the brothers serving in translation, see the August 2022 issue of the Lord's Move to Asia newsletter:

http://lmasia.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/E-2022-08.pdf (English)
http://lmasia.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Asia-2022-08.pdf (Chinese)

Announcements

Morning Revival: Week 5 of our morning revival topic on "Life in the Gospel of John." Next week, we begin Taking the Way of Enjoying Christ as the Tree of Life (Memorial Day Conference).
Wednesday Night Ministry Meeting: The weekly online broadcast of the ministry meeting will resume next Wednesday, August 24 at 7:25 pm.
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.
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.
Bibles for America's latest post at http://blog.biblesforamerica.org is entitled "4 Key Verses About the Blood of Jesus Christ."
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".
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 Ryan Li

Week of July 31

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The Need of the Hungry – Life's Feeding

"Jesus answered them and said… Work not for the food which perishes, but for the food which abides unto eternal life, which the Son of Man will give you; for Him has the Father, even God, sealed. Then they said to Him, What shall we do that we may work the works of God? Jesus answered and said to them, This is the work of God, that you believe into Him whom He has sent." (John 6:26-29)

In verses 22 through 31 we find the seekers after the perishing food. They were seeking satisfaction. Regardless of the kind of food people are seeking, they all are seeking satisfaction. These people were trying to do something and to work for God... The concept of fallen man toward God is always that he must do something for God and work for God. This is the principle of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil in Genesis 2.

The Lord's concept concerning man toward God is that he believe in Him, that is, receive Him as the life and life supply. This is the principle of the tree of life in Genesis 2. The answer to the seeking after the perishing food is to receive the Lord by believing in Him... When we receive the Lord Jesus, we get the Spirit who gives life. (Life-study of John, pp. 192-193, 199)

LA Truth School Follow-up

Our 2022 Truth School concluded this past Saturday with a glorious overflow from the young people as they shared their enjoyment from the week on "Life in Gospel of John." This is just the beginning: we have to continue to pray for the YP to go on in the way of life—especially as they start the next school year. Please pray that our YP would 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!

European Young People's Conference

The EYPC is happening in-person this week from July 31 to August 6 in Małe Ciche, Poland. Please pray for the Lord's speaking to the European young people and their response by loving and being one with the Lord Jesus to turn the age. Pray also for the health of the YP and serving ones.

Brazil – São Paulo Meeting Hall

Recently, there was fellowship concerning the acquisition of a suitable property that could serve the church in São Paulo as well as the work of the Lord in Brazil and even all of South America. The price including repairs is US$1,563,600; $800,000 is still needed. The full payment is due by mid-August.

Please pray for the financial need to be met and for all repairs to be completed in a timely manner. As the Lord leads, saints may give through the Church in Los Angeles designated for 'Sao Paulo'.

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'.

Bangladesh

In recent years, the three volumes of the Basic Elements of the Christian Life booklets have been translated into Bengali and 10,000 copies of each volume were printed; The Economy of God was also translated and 500 copies were printed. Up until the end of 2021, seventy percent of these books had been given to the saints for their enjoyment in various meetings; the remaining copies are being distributed this year. As most of the new believers are from a Hindu background and do not own any Bible, 2,000 copies of the William Kelly version in Bengali were distributed and saints were encouraged to read it together.

For the practical need of shepherding, please pray that the Recovery Version can be translated soon to meet the great need in this country. Pray also for the ministry distribution so that the word of God can spread and increase and more seeking ones can be gained.

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

Morning Revival: Week 3 of our special morning revival topic on "Life in the Gospel of John."
SAVE THE DATE: A conference for the saints and churches in Southern California will be held on the Labor Day weekend, September 2 to 4, from 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.
Bibles for America's latest post at http://blog.biblesforamerica.org is entitled "Our Spiritual Remedy: The Spirit as an All-Inclusive Dose."
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.
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.
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 Ryan Li

Week of July 17

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Man's Needing Regeneration

"Jesus answered and said to him, Truly, truly, I say to you, Unless one is born anew, he cannot see the kingdom of God." (John 3:3)

"For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that every one who believes into Him would not perish, but would have eternal life." (John 3:16)

When Nicodemus came to the Lord Jesus, the Lord took the opportunity to reveal the true need of mankind. In His conversation with Nicodemus, the Lord revealed that regardless of how good we are, we still need regeneration… Moral people, as well as immoral people, need regeneration.

[Nicodemus] might have thought that he needed better teachings to improve himself. But the Lord's answer in [John 3:3] unveiled to him that his need was to be born anew. To be born anew is to be regenerated with the divine life, a life other than the human life received by natural birth. Hence, his real need was not better teachings, but the divine life. Nicodemus was seeking for teachings which belong to the tree of knowledge, but the Lord's answer turned him to the need of life, which belongs to the tree of life… All of us must realize that what we need is not religion or teaching to regulate and correct us, but another life, the life of God, to regenerate us. Man needs regeneration because he needs the divine life. Regardless of how good you are, you still do not have the life of God. You need another birth in order to receive the life of God with His divine nature. (Life's Regenerating—The Need of the Moral, pp. 9, 11-12)

LA Truth School

"In Him was life, and the life was the light of men." (John 1:4)

This weekend the church in LA will begin its 2022 Truth School for our junior high and high school young people (July 22 to 30). The topic is "Life in the Gospel of John." Please pray for the Lord to prepare the hearts of the YP to be open to His word and appearing during this time. Also, pray for the Lord to bless the atmosphere and coordination among those serving.

College Trainings

Last week's Southwest College Training at Oak Glen was blessed by the Lord in a special way through all of the prayers of the saints! 306 saints attended mainly from California, Nevada, Arizona, and Texas, including 220 college students. This includes 37 students and 12 serving ones from LA. The atmosphere in the training ascended day by day, reaching a peak with some sobering words concerning being saved from this crooked generation by positively giving ourselves to build the ark today by fully entering into the church life! Not only did the Lord gain ground in the hearts of the students, He also greatly encouraged many through this precious, in-person blending that they had not experienced for the last two years. We also thank the Lord for keeping everyone healthy to participate in the meetings—only one person in the entire training tested positive for Covid in the very last meeting.

Please pray that the students would immediately apply what they heard and take practical steps to enter into the corporate church life this week! Pray that they would continue to encourage one another to continue steadfastly in the word, prayer, meetings of the church, and day-by-day and house-to-house church life! May they be preserved from Satan's hand to meet God's need today!

Meanwhile, the remaining regional trainings will take place this week from July 20 to 24 in Athens, Georgia; Champaign, Illinois; and Seattle, Washington. Around 650 saints are expected. May the Lord flow out in a mighty way to all of the attendees and that they would be inspired to be today's Noahs, building the ark to fulfill God's purpose and turn this age. In particular, pray for the students and serving ones in the midwest as the Lord is multiplying in a particular way in this area and the training there has almost 100 more saints attending than they were originally expecting!

Being Brought on to Maturity

Continue to pray for the word released during the July Semiannual Training on 1 and 2 Kings to enlighten, nourish, and motivate the saints to go on from the tabernacle church life to the temple church life for the building up of Zion, the overcomers.

Nordic-Baltic Conference

This summer's Nordic-Baltic Conference from July 22 to 25 will be held in a hybrid format and hosted by the churches in Stockholm and Uppsala, Sweden. Please pray for the Lord's timely speaking and for the blending of the saints in the Nordic countries, the Baltic States, and other Russian and English-speaking churches for the building up of the Body of Christ.

Ukraine

Please continue to pray that 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. Also pray for the saints in Russia and Ukraine to be kept in the oneness of the Body and the reality of the new man, where Christ is all the members and in all the members, and for the shipment of Russian NT Recovery Versions held up in customs to be released and distributed among the refugees in Europe

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

Brazil – São Paolo Meeting Hall

Recently, there was fellowship concerning the acquisition of a suitable property that could serve the church in São Paolo as well as the work of the Lord in Brazil and even all of South America. The price including repairs is US$1,563,600; $800,000 is still needed. The full payment is due by mid-August.

Please pray for the financial need to be met and for all necessary repairs to be completed in a timely manner. As the Lord leads, saints may give through the church in LA designated for 'Sao Paolo'.

India

Please pray for the new term of FTT New Delhi, which starts on July 18, that the Lord will release at least 20 new trainees this coming term.

Lord's Move to Asia

The June 2022 newsletter of the Lord's Move to Asia contains reports on Sri Lanka and Turkey:
http://lmasia.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/E-2022-06.pdf (English)
http://lmasia.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Asia-2022-06.pdf (Chinese)

Announcements

Morning Revival: Week 1 of our special morning revival topic on "Life in the Gospel of John."
GTCA: The virtual tour of Columbus, OH has been rescheduled to July 30, 1:00 pm PST at http://gtca.us.
Bibles for America's latest blogpost asks, "What Does It Mean to Be Spiritual?" To read the answer, visit http://blog.biblesforamerica.org.
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 of Witness Lee, and The Conclusion of the New Testament and more is available through a monthly or yearly subscription.
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. The current series is on The Divine and Mystical Realm.
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 Ryan Li

Week of July 10

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Being Brought on to Maturity

"Not that I have already obtained or am already perfected, but I pursue." (Phil. 3:12a)

"…Let us be brought on to maturity." (Heb. 6:1a)

"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. 5:17b)

Solomon was a man full of natural ability but not a man of life, a man whose wisdom was a gift, not a measure of life. We should not have any trust in our natural being in the things of God; rather, we must learn to reject our natural being and exercise our spirit in everything for the organic building up of the Body of Christ. (Crystallization-study of 1 and 2 Kings, msg. 5, III, B)

The Lord within us is aspiring to go on. (Msg. 6, I)

The genuine Christian life is the life of an overcomer. If we have not 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? God's complete salvation is for us to be saved in the life of Christ to reign in this life by the abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness. (Msg. 12, I, B, D)

Lord, train us to receive Your abundance daily that we may have a rich supply to minister to others for the organic building of Your Body!

Entering into the Ministry of the Age

"Now David, having served his own generation by the counsel of God..." (Acts 13:36)

"For the perfecting of the saints unto the work of the ministry, unto the building up of the Body of Christ." (Eph. 4:12)

In every age the Lord has special things that He wants to accomplish. The particular recovery and work that He does in one age is the ministry of that age. In the Old Testament, Noah had the ministry of that age to build the ark, Moses had the ministry of that age to build the tabernacle, and David and Solomon had the ministry of that age to build the temple.

Jonathan stood between Saul and David. He was one man standing between two ministries. He should have followed the second ministry, but because his relationship with the first ministry was too deep, he could not disentangle himself. It is God's mercy that a person can see and come into contact with the ministry of the age, yet it is altogether a different thing for a person to take up the courage to forsake past ministries and enter into God's present ministry.

May the Lord open our eyes to see that as long as we are human beings, we should be Christians; as long as we are Christians, we should enter into the Lord's ministry in this age. (Crystallization-study of 1 & 2 Samuel, msg. 12, III.D.1-2, D, D.6, 5)

Southwest College Training

This summer, five regional college trainings are being held around the US with a total expected attendance of over 1100 saints. Each college training is five days in length and has high potential for greatly deepening the Lord's work in the attending college students, especially the incoming freshmen. The title for the college training is "As in the Days of Noah."

The Southwest College Training, which includes Southern California, takes place this week from July 13 to 17 at Oak Glen. Around 300 saints are expected, including 39 students and 12 serving ones from LA. Please pray that the Lord would flow out in a mighty way to all of the attendees and that they would:

freshly touch the Lord personally in the morning;
be ready and willing to exercise their spirit;
remain healthy and safe, including while traveling;
endeavor to contribute to the fellowship in small group sessions; and
be inspired to be today's Noahs, building the ark to fulfill God's purpose and turn this age!

Bibles for America

We're so thankful to the Lord for all His provision in caring for the staff at BfA. As they labor in oneness with our Savior God's desire to sound out the word of the Lord, your intercession before the throne to cover and sustain their being and their work is treasured more than ever. Pray that they would continue to enjoy the Lord as their source, way, and goal and as the rich supply for their service, and remember their "work of faith, labor of love, and endurance of hope" in Christ on behalf of His interest.

Brazil – São Paolo Meeting Hall

For many years the brothers serving in the work in Brazil have been praying to the Lord with a view of acquiring a property that could serve the church in São Paolo as well as the work of the Lord in Brazil and even all of South America. Recently, a suitable property was found. This four-story building, which has 18,836 square feet of usable space, could serve as a meeting hall for 500 people with upper floors used for children's meetings, publication work, and more. The basement also has a parking garage.

The price of the property including needed repairs is US$1,563,600; approximately $800,000 is still needed. A deposit of $60,000 has been made; the rest of the payment will be due in mid-August. In addition to the churches and saints in Brazil, this need is being opened to the fellowship in the Body.

Please pray for the financial need to be met and for all necessary repairs to be completed in a timely manner. As the Lord leads, saints may give through the church in LA designated for 'Sao Paolo'.

Ukraine

Please continue to pray for the ruling of the heavens over the entire situation and for the Lord to use the shepherding gospel trips to Warsaw, Kraków, and Wrocław, Poland, in June and July to bring many to believe into Christ and lead many newly saved ones into the church life, where they can be perfected to be living and functioning members for the building up of the Body

Sri Lanka

Pray for the economic situation to be recovered that the saints would receive the Lord's abounding grace without shortage and that all the church activities would be intensified without hindrance.

Announcements

Morning Revival: Week 12 of Crystallization-study of 1 & 2 Samuel, vol. 2. Next week, we will begin a modified morning revival plan based on material related to our upcoming LA Truth School.
LA Truth School: July 22 to 30. Registration is now open to all YP, serving ones, and parents.
GTCA: The next virtual tour is July 16, 1:00 pm PST at http://gtca.us and introduces Columbus, OH.
No Wednesday Night Ministry Meeting: Resumes in late August after the FTTA's summer break.
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 message is on "The Spirit Himself with Our Spirit."
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 Ryan Li

Week of July 3

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July Semiannual Training

The July Semiannual Training taking place this week in Anaheim (in-person) and LA (webcast) will cover the crystals in 1 and 2 Kings. Please pray that the Lord will 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 coming back.

May we all enter into the divine truths in the Word that the Lord has released through His ministry by means of this training until we are constituted with these truths, enjoy the Lord as life according to these truths, and minister Him to others for the fulfillment of God's eternal purpose.

The Warring Christ and the Warring Church

"Let us rejoice and exult, and let us give the glory to Him, for the marriage of the Lamb has come, and His wife has made herself ready. And it was given to her that she should be clothed in fine linen, bright and clean." (Rev 19:7-8a)

"His name is called the Word of God. And the armies which are in heaven followed Him on white horses, dressed in fine linen, white and clean." (Rev. 19:13b-14)

The church is both the bride who is presented to Christ and the warrior who fights with Him against God's enemy. At His coming again, the Lord Jesus firstly will meet His bride. After receiving the bride, Christ and the overcomers will enter into battle against the enemy.

In Revelation 19:7 and 8 we see that the bride is clothed in "fine linen, bright and clean." Then in verse 14 we see that the armies which follow the Lord into battle are "dressed in fine linen, white and clean." These verses indicate that the bride's wedding garment will also be the uniform she wears as God's army to fight against His enemy.

In Ephesians 5 and 6 we see the church as the bride and as the warrior. In Revelation 19 we also have these two aspects of the church… As the bride, we must be beautiful, without spot or wrinkle, and be clothed in fine linen. As the warrior, we must be equipped to fight against God's enemy. (Life-study of Ephesians, pp. 814-815)

FTTA

Last weekend, 89 trainees graduated from the FTTA, 15 from FTTA-XB, and 45 from FTTA-MA. Please continue to pray for all these ones to follow the Lamb wherever He may go, including the newly announced GTCA target cities and campus teams (see below). Pray also for many college graduates, young working saints, and middle aged saints to answer God's call to go to the training next term.

GTCA Cities

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).

Ukraine

Europe

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

Updated information, reports, and prayer burdens related to the Lord's move in Germany are available at http://germanyreports.info.

Announcements

Morning Revival: Week 11 of Crystallization-study of 1 & 2 Samuel, vol. 2.
No Tuesday Prayer Meeting: The church prayer meeting on July 5 is canceled to make way for the semiannual training.
No Wednesday Night Ministry Meeting: The series will resume in late August after the FTTA's summer break.
LA Truth School: July 22 to 30. Registration is now open to all YP, serving ones, and parents.
Free e-Booklets: Living Stream Ministry offers a series of free e-booklets to read and share at http://www.lsm.org/booklets. The newest release is "Life's Satisfying – the Need of the Immoral."
LSM Newsletter: The June issue of "Having This Ministry…" contains edifying and enlightening articles such as "Brother Witness Lee's Intrinsic Burden for Conducting the Semiannual Trainings."
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 message is on "The Spirit Himself with Our Spirit."
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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