Week of March 29, 2026

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Praying with Authority

“And He subjected all things under His feet and gave Him to be Head over all things to the church, which is His Body, the fullness of the One who fills all in all.” (Eph. 1:22-23)

“And raised us up together with Him and seated us together with Him in the heavenlies in Christ Jesus.” (Eph. 2:6)

The Bible contains a most lofty and spiritual prayer. It is the “prayer of authority.” A prayer of authority is a commanding prayer. This is the most crucial and most spiritual prayer in the Bible.

We must submit ourselves to God’s authority. If we do not submit to God’s authority, we cannot pray with authority. Not only must we submit to God’s authority with respect to His position, but we also must submit to His authority in our daily living and in all practical matters.

Ordinary prayer is directed from earth to heaven...A prayer with authority has heaven as its starting point and the earth as its destination. In the spiritual warfare, the kind of prayer that prays downward is very important...It is to stand in the position that Christ has given us in the heavenlies, to command Satan with authority and reject all his works, and to proclaim with authority that all God’s commands should be accomplished. If we pray for a realization of God’s will and a decision concerning it,...we should say, “God, You have to do this. You have to accomplish this. No matter what happens, You must fulfill this work.” (CWWN, vol. 22, “The Prayer Ministry of the Church,” pp. 191, 203, 194)

Our Center, Our Reality, and Our Content

The subject of John’s writings is the Triune God dispensing Himself into His chosen people as the life and life supply to make them all divine to express Him in full for eternity. This is the central message of all the writings of John. The divine reality in the whole universe is revealed in John’s writings. The reality, the center, and the content of the entire universe is that the Triune God—the Father, the Son, and the Spirit—wants to dispense Himself into His chosen people as their life and life supply to make them divine to express Him in full and for eternity. This should also be our center, our reality, and our content. (CWWL, 1983, vol. 2, “The Divine Dispensing of the Divine Trinity,” p. 237)

2026 Spring Junior High Conferences

Our junior high brothers enjoyed their spring conference last weekend, March 27 to 29, at Oak Glen. This weekend, April 3 to 5, our junior high sisters will have theirs. The topic is “The Precious Blood of Christ.” In all, we have 10 young people across LA participating in these conferences.

Please pray:

• That our dear YP see the complete effectiveness of the blood of Christ in dealing with their history of sin, and that such a word release them from any accusation or lingering guilt in their conscience, that they may pursue the Lord in an unhindered way.
• That they enjoy a healthy digestion of the words received, learning early on in their Christian life the importance of confession and applying the blood throughout their daily walk at school, at home, and with the saints.
• That the Lord use these conferences to blend and companionize all the YP at this crucial time before they enter high school; may each YP find companions that would be a “keeping factor” in their church life going forward.

LA Chinese-speaking Blending Retreat

This weekend, April 3 to 5, Chinese-speaking saints from LA, Santa Barbara and Thousand Oaks, will be at Oak Glen for a twice-yearly blending retreat. May the bountiful supply of the Body of Christ shepherd and encourage all the saints!

Please pray:

• That the saints prepare and empty themselves so that the Lord could have His way in their hearts, and that His Word as light would shine upon their steps.
• For the blending of the saints from different localities.

European Brothers Training and London Blending Conference

The Spring European Brothers Training, a review of the recent ITERO messages by the leading ones in Europe on “The Ministry of the Word and God’s Dispensing for God’s Economy,” is taking place this week, April 1 to 3, near Bower House at Woodland Camp. This training will be followed by the International Blending Conference in London from April 4 to 5.

Please pray for the release and receiving of the Lord’s word and for His hand to follow His word to accomplish whatever is in His heart.

Spring European University Conference Follow-up

The topic of last weekend’s European University Conference in The Netherlands was “…His Wife Has Made Herself Ready.” In total, 507 saints attended with 34 countries represented; 5 were baptized, including one new sister from Italy. Praise the Lord! May the Lord continue draw this generation of students to love Him with the first love and pursue Him to gain Him as their goal and prize.

Please pray for the word to operate in each one’s heart and to be applied in their daily living, that they would be washed in the water of the Word and cooperate with the Lord to stitch their wedding garment each day to be prepared as His bride!

Italy – Translation Work

We are pleased to announce the beginning of the translation of the New Testament Recovery Version into Italian, which is the last major European language without this invaluable resource. We expect to begin the project this spring.

Please pray for the Lord’s covering of the serving ones and His blessing on every aspect of this project. May the Lord’s interests in Italy continue to advance this coming year as the saints all over the earth participate through intercessory prayer.

Africa

A few blending conferences are happening in Africa this weekend, April 2 to 5, to review the messages from the recent International Chinese-speaking Conference on “Noah, Daniel, and Job—Patterns of Living an Overcoming Life on the Line of Life to Fulfill the Economy of God.” These conferences will take place in Ghana (joined by saints from Togo), Nigeria (joined by saints from Benin), and Kenya (joined by saints from Uganda, Rwanda, Democratic Republic of the Congo, and South Sudan).

Through these blending conferences with the ministry of the word, may the Lord gain in Africa the reality and testimony of a corporate God-man living to fulfill His divine economy and change the age.

Announcements

1. Morning Revival: Week 6 of The All-inclusive Christ as Revealed in Matthew. Next week, starting April 6, we begin Experiencing, Enjoying, and Expressing Christ (4), vol. 7.
2. Wednesday Night Ministry Meeting: The ministry meeting on 1 & 2 Thessalonians continues this Wednesday at 7:25 pm at the Ministry Conference Center and online at www.lsmwebcast.com.
3. 2026 North America West Coast Korean-speaking Conference: April 18 and 19 (Saturday 6:30 pm and Lord’s Day 9:00 am) in Cerritos and online. All saints welcome! Korean-to-English translation will be provided throughout. For more information, go to tinyurl.com/2026westcoast.
4. LSM Newsletter: The March 2026 issue features an explanation of the terms God-man, God-men as well as a history of the Nuggets and Gems booklets. Go to newsletters.lsm.org/having-this-ministry.
5. Bibles for America’s blogpost “Walking by Faith: What We Can Learn from Matthew 14” is available to read and share at bfa.org/blog.
6. Memorial Day Conference: May 22 to 25 in Dallas, TX. For LA saints attending in person, please RSVP by May 1 at tinyurl.com/memdayla. More information is linked at that site.
7. Ways to Give: Information may be found at www.churchinlosangeles.org/members/offerings.