Week of April 12, 2026

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The Testimony of the Living Jesus

“And when this corruptible will put on incorruption and this mortal will put on immortality, then the word which is written will come to pass, ‘Death has been swallowed up unto victory.’ Where, O death, is your victory? Where, O death, is your sting?” (1 Cor. 15:54-55)

“He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. He who overcomes shall by no means be hurt of the second death.” (Rev. 2:11)

The living One within us can never be dead. His church should be neither dead nor deadened; instead, His church must be living all the time. We must learn to enjoy Christ as the living One. His living forever is His testimony, for the testimony of Jesus is always related to the matter of being living. If a local church is not living, it will not have the testimony of Jesus. The more living we are, the more we are the testimony of the living Jesus.

The Christ who walks in the midst of the churches, who is the Head of the churches and to whom the churches belong, is the living One—full of life. Hence, the churches as His Body should also be living, fresh, and strong. We have a living Christ who has overcome death. Our Christ, who is the resurrected One, is living in us and among us. He is living forever and ever...In the recovery all the churches should be as living as Christ, full of life and overcoming death. (The Conclusion of the New Testament, pp. 4153-4154)

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, April 26 on the CSUN campus at the Northridge Center Building. We will be joined by saints from Santa Clarita, Thousand Oaks, and San Jose. There will be translation via FM radio into Chinese, Korean, and Spanish, and saints are encouraged to arrive early, full of spirit and enjoyment!

Lunch will be providing after the meeting, and for our young working saints there will be a special time of blending and fellowship immediately following lunch.

Please pray for a healthy attendance and blending, as well as for the preparation and coordination among all the saints. Lord, release Your timely speaking and burden to all the saints!

LA Bible Distribution Webinar

With the ongoing burden of The Truth Sets US Free (TSUF), the Lord is calling all the saints to enter into a living, personal gospel life—not just outward activity, but an inward burden to contact people and share Christ daily. Our hope is that through such a calling, all the saints would be enlivened and participate together for the gospel of the kingdom to spread throughout the United States, including Los Angeles.

Our second local preparation webinar will be on how to go out on the gospel with a Bibles for America table. The webinar will be held on Zoom from 10:00 to 11:00 am this Saturday, April 18, with translation into Chinese, Korean, and Spanish. Please see hall announcements for details.

Please pray:

• That all the saints develop a personal, daily gospel living before the Lord.
• That many rise up to enter into the burden and participate in gospel outreach with the BfA tables.
• That the Lord bless the saints’ going out and bringing seeking ones to receive His word.

Bishop, California

Bishop is a town at the Eastern Sierra Mountains, approximately 250 miles north of Los Angeles. One sister in LA Hall 2 works in Bishop and some Hall 2 saints have felt for several months that we should set up a BfA table there. The opportunity has opened up at an Earth Day and Spring Market this Lord’s Day, April 19, 8:00 am to 3:00 pm. We obtained approval to set up a BfA table at this one-day event. Saints are welcome to join us for this time.

Monday morning will be tract distribution at Bishop high school.

We ask the Lord to lead us in every step and that He might have His way through this time of distribution and contacting people. Please pray with us:

• That the Lord arrange and work out all the details.
• That the Lord prepare people who will receive the literature, read it, and desire further contact.
• That the Lord use this weekend as a step toward raising up the church in Bishop.

West Coast Korean-speaking Conference

The 2026 North America West Coast Korean-speaking Conference is April 18 and 19 in Cerritos for SoCal saints and on Zoom for all other regions. The two sessions on “The Ministry of the Word and God’s Dispensing for God’s Economy” are this Saturday, April 18, 6:30 to 9:30 pm and Lord’s Day, April 19, 9:00 am to 12:30 pm. There will be translation from Korean to English. Info is at tinyurl.com/2026westcoast.

Please pray for the Lord to fully release His burden from the recent ITERO during this conference, and for the blending of the saints for the building up of the Body of Christ.

SoCal Spring College Conference Follow-up

Thank you, saints, for your prayers for the college conference this past weekend! More than 80 students from LA attended at least one meeting. A solid word was released concerning the golden lampstands as the testimony of Jesus. We now need much follow-up prayer:

• For our students to behold the Lord Jesus face to face and morning by morning so that they can reflect His glory to others.
• That they allow the Lord to trim away any negative factors in them so that they may shine brighter and brighter in the midst of the darkness of this age.
• That they give themselves to live in the daily church life in their localities.

European Young People’s Conference & Family Conference

The annual European Young People’s Conference (EYPC) and European Family Conference (EFC) are taking place from July 26 to August 1 in Małe Ciche, Poland. The burden of the EYPC is to constitute the young people in Europe with the truth in the Bible so that they are encouraged to love the Lord and the Word of God, to pursue Him with one another, and to be built up together in His Body that they may become pillars for the Lord’s move in Europe and for His coming back. The burden of the EFC is to raise up families for the church life.

For this summer, a total of 18 from Los Angeles (10 YP, 3 serving ones, and a family of 5) have preregistered for the conference. Please pray:

• For the Lord to prepare the vessels of each attendee leading up to the conference, that each one would be poor in spirit and pure in heart, empty and unloaded to receive a fresh revelation of the Lord.
• For the coordination and fellowship among all the participating saints, that there would be the sweet oneness and one accord upon which the Lord can pour out His blessing.
• For the Lord to cover all the practical arrangements and travel.

Announcements

1. Morning Revival: Week 38 of Experiencing, Enjoying, and Expressing Christ (4), vol. 7.
2. The Truth Sets US Free: Lord’s Day, April 26 at 2:00 pm PT is the next webinar regarding the burden to spread God’s interpreted Word to hungry seekers throughout the US this year. To watch, catch up on archived videos, and learn more about spreading the truth of the gospel, visit tsuf.us/participate.
3. Semiannual Training: Registration is now open for the June 2026 Semiannual Training, June 29 to July 4 in Anaheim and by webcast. For LA saints, registration is due April 30 (live) and June 14 (video) at tinyurl.com/summertrainingla.
4. 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.
5. 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.
6. 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.
7. A Timely Speaking of Supply: Enjoy a free weekly video from messages given by Brother Lee at lsm.org/timely-speaking.html.
8. LSM Digital Resources: Living Stream Ministry’s many digital resources, including newsletters and free booklets, may be enjoyed at lsm.org/daily.
9. Ways to Give: Information may be found at www.churchinlosangeles.org/members/offerings.