Prayer Requests, May 27, 2012
Memorial Day Conference
Lord, perfect us in Your glory to bring forth a full expression of the Father's life and nature (John 17:22-24). Lord, also grant us to be in one accord that we may with one mouth glorify our God and Father (Romans 15:5-6).
List, Pray, Visit
For Christ's increase, we should write a list of people we want to meet the Lord. Then we pray for them, preferably with a companion. We should continue to pray; some will respond quickly, some will take a long time. Then we go to visit them, to present a little of Christ to them.
We have many opportunities to speak. Therefore, it is best to have in our pockets a small Bible, some gospel tracts, or some simple spiritual booklets, so that whenever there is a need, they can be used. We should not simply say that the Lord Jesus is wonderful, and that believing in the Lord Jesus will give people peace. Rather, we must show people the truth. The truths in the Bible are the highest. We have to learn to dig out these treasures from the Bible. Then in our daily living when there are suitable opportunities we can speak to a person, and we can also open our Bible and read a portion to him. If he is receptive, we can give him a small booklet to read at home. We should not ask him about it the very next day; rather, we should wait for three or five days and then give him a Bible verse, again in a relaxed manner. If we work in this way persistently, people will believe in the Lord.
CSUN Blending Trip
The CSUN students' blending trip ends Thursday. They attended the Memorial Day Conference and now are blending with churches in Washington, Oregon, and northern California. Please pray that the students be established in the truth and see a vision of the Body of Christ. Also pray for the Lord to cover the travels and that the saints would experience Christ in being blended with the churches and one another.
College Training
Ask the Lord for many college students and high school seniors to attend this summer's college training, July 9-15 in northern California. We are covering "The Course of the Church" commemorating the Lord's recovery being in the United States for 50 years. The deadline to register is June 3. Sign-ups and all of the details are at: http://www.collegetraining.org. Thank you for your prayers!
New Zealand
The annual Korean-speaking conferences in two cities in New Zealand will be this weekend and next. The messages will come from the Memorial Day conference and the Southern California Korean-speaking conference on May 12-13. Brother Bang from Los Angeles will participate in the speaking. Please pray for the traveling, for the speaking, and for the Lord's present move to be realized more in New Zealand.
Recovery Version Distribution and Olympic Games in London
The 2012 Olympic Games in London commence 27 July. The Olympic Torch Relay is now in its 70-day journey through the UK. The saints throughout the United Kingdom, including 29 cities on the torch relay route, are going out to distribute the NT Recovery Version and literature during this time.
Please pray that:
- the high gospel and the ministry of the age will prevail throughout the United Kingdom;
- the Lord will prepare and gain many local British people;
- the Lord will burden and release many saints to participate in this distribution;
- tens of thousands of NT Recovery Versions will be distributed.
Recovery Version Distribution in Canada
We are invited to pray for, and if the Lord leads, to participate in two Bibles for Canada gospel sowing trips in late July and early August. Those who have conversational ability in French are greatly needed but those who only speak English are welcome too. Details are at https://churchinlosangeles.org/prayer/. If you are interested, read the information and register as soon as possible.
Democratic Republic of Congo
In April the Lord opened a gate of fellowship with the saints in the Kivu region of the Democratic Republic of Congo. By the Lord's sovereignty, the ministry reached this region in the early 1990's through the books, the Normal Christian Church Life and the Normal Christian Life. Over a decade ago, these saints began meeting according to the heavenly pattern set forth in these books. Since then, they have sought fellowship with believers in other localities that have seen the same vision. From 2010, they began to attend conferences in Kampala, Uganda.
April was the first time they were visited by the saints from churches outside the region. They are grateful to the Lord for opening up gates of fellowship with the rest of the Body. Saints are meeting in 18 localities in Kivu; the number in each varies from 1 household to 120 saints. Saints also meet in a city in Rwanda about 1 mile from the Congo-Rwanda border. Praise the Lord for His economy, His move, and His desire to gain the whole earth. Please pray for the Lord's move in Africa.
Lebanon
May you all be encouraged to continue to pray for the Lord's move in Lebanon and the Middle East. The response to the May 14 gospel presentation in the two philosophy classes was more than expected. All 60 students were very attentive the entire time. After the half hour presentation on the three parts of man and the meaning of the universe, the students asked seeking questions like: How can I talk to God? How do I know I am using my spirit? How can God live in me? It was obvious to us that the prayer prepared the hearts of these young people. Both classes requested another time together. Two other philosophy professors heard of the students' response and requested that the same presentation be given in their classes in a few weeks.
Please continue to pray:
- That the Lord will keep the door wide open for the gospel of the kingdom to be preached at this university and that no man will shut this door.
- That the Lord will arrange the appointed time to share the gospel with the classes of the other two professors.
- That the hearts of the students will be softened by the Lord to receive His word and be brought to Him in salvation.
- That the newly saved couple 1 hour north of Beirut will make progress through their pray-reading and reading His Word, and that the matter of baptism will become to them a wonderful revelation.
- That the saints in Beirut will realize and grow into the experience of shepherding others in life.
We thank and praise the Lord that through the prayer of the Body of Christ, the Lord delivered the Rhema book shipment to our distribution center in Beirut in spite of the many logistical frustrations. Praise the exalted and victorious Christ on the throne!
Your fellow enjoyers, The church in Beirut
Announcements
- Morning revival: week 3, days 1 to 3 of The Focus of the Lord's Recovery (Thanksgiving conference). We will cover days 4 to 6 starting Monday, June 4.
- We rejoice to announce to you the church in Fontana, in San Bernardino County. The church will have its first Lord's table on June 3. Please come to support us for His testimony. Information about location is posted at https://churchinlosangeles.org/prayer/. If you plan to attend, send your name and the number going with you to Los Angeles Service Office laserviceoffice@gmail.com.
- The annual international blending conference in Dublin Ireland will be August 25-26. Register by August 13. Information and registration is at http://www.amanatrust.org.uk/events/eventdetails.php?eventid=355.
Prayer Requests, May 20, 2012
Memorial Day Conference
The Memorial Day Conference will be Friday night, May 25 through Monday noon, May 28, in Bellevue, Washington. Lord, speak a new, living word to all the churches in this conference.
List, Pray, Visit
For Christ's increase, we should write a list of people we want to meet the Lord. Then we pray for them, preferably with a companion. We should continue to pray; some will respond quickly, some will take a long time. Then we go to visit them, to present a little of Christ to them. (from church in L.A. meeting, May 6)
We have to learn the truth so that we can speak God's word outside of meetings. This depends on whether or not we have the burden and the heart to do it. If we have the heart, then the more we do it, the more we will have the burden. The more burden we have, the more results we will have, and the more results we have, the more we will be encouraged. To preach the gospel and bring people to salvation is not too difficult a matter. This requires us to learn the truth and to learn to speak outside of the meetings to the unbelievers. (from WL, Speaking for God, ch. 7)
United States
Lord, we beseech You to turn the United States to righteousness and away from unrighteousness.
CSUN Blending Trip
The CSUN students will go on a one week blending trip May 24 to 31, driving up to Bellevue to attend the Memorial Day Conference and to blend with churches in Washington, Oregon, and northern California. Please pray that the students would be established in the truth and see a vision of the Body of Christ. Also pray for the Lord to cover all the travels and that the saints would experience Christ in being blended with the churches and one another.
Summer School of Truth
The summer school will be July 16th to July 29th. Pray that all who should be involved will keep these dates free.
Santa Monica and Santa Barbara
Acts 13:2, "as they were ministering to the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, Set apart for Me now Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them." Lord, through our prayers, set some apart to Yourself for Santa Monica and Santa Barbara.
Fontana
We rejoice to announce to you the establishment of the church in Fontana, in San Bernardino County. The church will have its first Lord's table on June 3. Praise the Lord, a new golden lampstand will be raised up. Please come to support us for His testimony. Information about location is posted at https://churchinlosangeles.org/prayer/. If you plan to attend, send your name and the number going with you to Los Angeles Service Office laserviceoffice@gmail.com.
Germany and Austria
The annual German language conference will be 26-28 May. The conference messages will be spoken entirely by German-speaking brothers. The general subject will be "The Focus of the Lord's Recovery." Please pray:
- That the speaking will fully release the burden and bring the German-speaking saints into the focus;
- For the testimony of Jesus to be established in Frankfurt;
- That a large group of new ones from Austria, who will come to the conference for the first time, will "taste and see that the Lord is good" and will see a vision of God's economy.
Recovery Version Distribution and London Olympic Games
The 2012 Olympic Games in London commence 27 July. The Olympic Torch Relay began its 70-day journey through the UK last Saturday. The saints throughout the United Kingdom are going out to distribute the NT Recovery Version and literature during this time.
The Olympic torch will pass through 30 cities where there are saints; this is a good opportunity to reach the local people. Please pray that:
- the high gospel and the ministry of the age will prevail throughout the United Kingdom;
- the Lord will prepare the hearts of many local British, and gain, for His testimony, many sons of peace and seeking ones in the cities covered by the distribution;
- the ministry will reach His seekers and be brought back to countries all over the earth;
- the Lord will burden and release many saints to participate in this distribution;
- tens of thousands of NT Recovery Versions will be distributed.
Announcements
- Morning revival: week 2 of The Focus of the Lord's Recovery (Thanksgiving conference). Prophesying on May 27 will be a combination of week 2 and what we received from Memorial Day conference videos.
- We rejoice to announce to you the establishment of the church in Fontana, in San Bernardino County. The church will have its first Lord's table on June 3. Praise the Lord, a new golden lampstand will be raised up. Please come to support us for His testimony. Information about location is posted at https://churchinlosangeles.org/prayer/. If you plan to attend, send your name and the number going with you to Los Angeles Service Office laserviceoffice@gmail.com.
Prayer Requests, May 13, 2012
Memorial Day Conference
The Memorial Day Conference will be Friday night, May 25 through Monday noon, May 28, in Bellevue, Washington. Lord, prepare the way for Your speaking in this conference.
List, Pray, Visit
For Christ's increase, we should write a list of people for whom we are burdened, people we want to meet the Lord. Then we should pray for them, preferably with a companion. We should continue to pray; some will respond quickly, some will take a long time. Then we should go to visit them, to present a little of Christ to them. Lord, gain 300 more infants in Los Angeles with praise in their mouths!
All who have been saved have a responsibility to speak the truths in the Bible to their relatives and friends. This is not merely to persuade them to believe in God, but to clearly present to them the treasures in the Bible. We all have to learn to speak God's word but not to argue, because the more we argue, the more people will be annoyed and will not listen to us. All we need to do is to present the truth to people. Moreover, do not expect to do a quick job, thinking that once you preach the gospel, your parents will be saved right away just like those who were saved on the day of Pentecost. Even if there is this kind of situation, it will not happen too frequently. We need to speak to them continually, little by little, just like water flowing out in a trickle. This week you speak a little, and then next week you again speak a little. In this way, little by little over an extended period of time, your people will be impressed and eventually will be saved. (from WL, Speaking for God, ch. 7)
List, Pray, Visit: Antelope Valley
Antelope Valley includes the cities of Palmdale and Lancaster plus several smaller places. Some who live in Antelope Valley meet with L.A. hall 2 Spanish-speaking; some CSUN students come from families who live there, and saints in Santa Clarita and Victorville have contact with others there. Santa Clarita has a list of 40 people in Antelope Valley, college students, single adults, families, young people; some have met with us over 20 years, others were saved in the past year. This year a few brothers have been praying for Antelope Valley and going to visit people there. Now we can join in this prayer. Lord, shepherd them into the church in Palmdale.
Los Angeles: Migrate Out and Stay Strong
The Lord needs a strong testimony in Los Angeles and also needs migrations out of Los Angeles to establish or strengthen the church life in other places such as Santa Monica, Santa Barbara, many states in the center of the U.S., and Europe. Only the Lord can keep the church strong while sending out experienced saints. What He needs is our cooperation in prayer.
Sixth Grade Baptism
Saturday May 19, at 4:00 pm (Hall 2) we will rejoice together as we baptize our newly saved sixth grade brothers and sisters from families all over Los Angeles. All are invited to memorialize and witness the transfer of these precious new ones into the Kingdom of God. We will have a love feast at 6:00 pm followed by a young people's meeting.
Summer School of Truth
The summer school will be July 16th to July 29th. Pray that all who should be involved will keep these dates free.
Christians in the United States
In the past decades mega-churches (more than 2000 members) have risen in the U.S. They offer firm structure, strong leadership, eloquent preaching, and professional music. However, in recent years several million Christians have moved wholly or partially from large and mega churches to house churches for mutuality and informality. These house churches, also called organic churches, try to some extent to copy the church practice recorded in the New Testament. However, many are short of detailed truths concerning Christ and short of experiences of Christ. Beseech the Lord to release more truth in ways that will reach, enlighten, nourish, and lead these believers.
Paris
On Saturday, May 19, we are holding an annual seminar with literature contacts who have been reading the ministry books in French but have never attended a meeting in the Lord's recovery. We are expecting 47 literature contacts whom we have never met. In addition, we are expecting other unregistered new ones to attend through personal invitations. Thus, based on our past experience, nearly 60 new contacts will attend this year's seminar.
Please pray for the Lord's blessing upon this seminar, so that through a strong release of the truth and the sweet flow of life in each meeting, the Lord will capture a good number of these new ones by stirring up their hunger to seek more fellowship with the saints in the churches.
Poland
Please pray that the Lord will raise up a new lampstand in a city in north Poland near Gdansk. A group of about 25 saints has come out of the Pentecostal church and is seeking the Lord's way for them. Several of their members have attended one or more of our conferences in Poland. They are becoming clear regarding the Lord's recovery, but they need much prayer and fellowship.
Greece
Greece is in considerable financial trouble and national elections in early May ended with no clear national leadership. Due to large European loans made to Greece, the turmoil there affects all of Europe. Pray for formation of a government that will be good for the Lord's move in Greece and in all of Europe.
Italy
Please pray for the Lord's continuing move Rome and the preparation for the conference and first Lord's table there June 16 - 17.
Announcements
- Morning revival: week 1 of The Focus of the Lord's Recovery (Thanksgiving conference).
- Here are some saints practicing to speak the gospel; you are encouraged to read their few paragraphs and watch their two short videos. Then follow their example and practice with your companions.
- We rejoice to announce to you the establishment of the church in Fontana, in San Bernardino County. The church will have its first Lord's table on June 3. Praise the Lord, a new golden lampstand will be raised up. Please come to support us for His testimony. Information about location is posted at https://churchinlosangeles.org/prayer/. If you plan to attend, send your name and the number going with you to Los Angeles Service Office laserviceoffice@gmail.com.
Prayer Requests, May 6, 2012
List, Pray, Visit
John 3:30 says "He must increase." The increase in this verse is the bride in verse 29, and the bride is a living composition of all the regenerated people. This means, in this chapter on regeneration, that regeneration not only brings the divine life into the believers and annuls the satanic nature in their flesh, but it also makes them the corporate bride for Christ's increase. (see note on John 3:30)
For Christ's increase, we should write a list of people for whom we are burdened, people we want to meet the Lord. Then we should pray for them, preferably with a companion. We should continue to pray; some will respond quickly, some will take a long time. Then we should go to visit them, to present a little of Christ to them. Do not overwhelm them; repeated visits with a little dispensing will bring forth results. To go to their home is very good, but we could also meet them at work or at a coffee shop, or contact them by phone, email, text, internet, Twitter, or Facebook. Lord, burden us for people.
The Grace of God
"We make known to you, brothers, the grace of God" (2 Cor. 8:1). The grace of the believers is the issue of God's motivating grace (see note 5 in 2 Cor. 8:7). As reported in the Lord's Day meeting, the financial situation of the church has strengthened considerably in the past six months. We believe that this is a manifestation of God's motivating grace in us. How we thank God for this grace experienced here! May we also beseech Him to keep us in this grace and even to increase it.
Sixth Grade Salvation
Praise the Lord! We now have about a dozen new brothers and sisters in Christ from Los Angeles! Your prayers and the prayers of all the saints in coordination bore fruit this weekend in the mountains. There were probably a hundred or more sixth graders who received the Lord this weekend in a prevailing Spirit-filled time of conviction and enjoyment. Many if not all desire to be baptized into the church as soon as possible. We hope to have a baptism meeting for all to enjoy our new family members Saturday May 19.
Pray these sixth graders can find a home connection and companions in their young Christian lives.
Training for Summer School of Truth
This Saturday, May 12th, we will have the training for the Summer School of Truth at Los Angeles Hall 2 from 9 am to 3 pm. This training, for churches in L.A. and Ventura counties, is open to all parents, those who serve with young people, those who will or might serve in Summer School, and those who have contact with young people. Saints can register by going to the SCYP website which is: http://www.scyp.com and clicking on Event Registration or contact those who serve with young people in your hall.
Please pray the that Lord would use this time to blend the saints who are gathering from various surrounding churches and would release a timely word for the training of the saints, in preparation for the Summer School of Truth.
Santa Monica
Please pray for the city of Santa Monica and for the Lord to strengthen His testimony there by raising up some saints for that city. Seventy percent of the city is English speaking and composed of typical Americans. Also Santa Monica College has a Bible study the meets weekly on the campus. Please pray for the Lord to have a shining expression in that city with His name being excellent in Santa Monica.
Santa Barbara
Please pray for 1) migration of young couples or families who have experience with college students and 2) gaining of local families with homes open to church life.
Southern California Korean-Speaking Conference
The Southern California Korean-Speaking conference will be Saturday night 7 to 9 pm and Lord's Day 9:30 am to 12:30 pm at the Ministry Conference Center in Anaheim.
Video Training Registration
Video registration is still open for all video trainings in Los Angeles. Beseech the Lord for more to participate, especially those who have never been in a video training.
Distribution of Rhema Literature in Brazil
Distribution of Rhema's free literature to the churches and to the seeking saints in Brazil includes Basic Elements of the Christian Life volumes 1 and 2, The Economy of God, and The All-inclusive Christ.Please pray for the saints to enter into the ministry and to receive much supply and light from these books.
Israel
The annual spring conference in Israel is May 10-12 at the Sea of Galilee. We gather together for a time set aside for blending with the Body, and seeking the Lord and the enjoyment of His word.
Europe
Another series of four one-week trainings at Bower House, London is happening 30 April to 26 May. The general subject for each week is "The Four Great Pillars in the Lord's Recovery: Truth, Life, the Church, and the Gospel." Please pray for the perfecting of many saints from all over Europe through these trainings.
Announcements
- Morning revival: REPEAT Psalms, week 24. Monday, May 14 we will begin week 1 of The Focus of the Lord's Recovery (Thanksgiving conference).
- A delightful video gospel tract (less than 3 minutes) by BfA is at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nlvOrTq4Bes.
- We rejoice to announce to you the establishment of the church in Fontana, in San Bernardino County. The church will have its first Lord's table on June 3. Praise the Lord, a new golden lampstand will be raised up. Please come to support us for His testimony. Information about location is posted at https://churchinlosangeles.org/prayer/. If you plan to attend, send your name and the number going with you to Los Angeles Service Office laserviceoffice@gmail.com.
Prayer Requests, April 29, 2012
Los Angeles
The joint meeting of the church in Los Angeles with the annual business meeting will be Lord's Day, May 6, at 10 a.m. at L.A. Mission College. Pray for the Lord to release all to attend and to exercise their spirit to enter into the reality of blending.
Speaking Outside the Church Meetings
Outside the church meetings, we can speak to new believers related to us, to unsaved relatives and friends, and to Christians not meeting with us. For this speaking we should learn the truths in the Bible, especially the truths about Christ. As we are learning, we should be speaking. We should not wait. Our practice will cause us to improve. If we are willing to speak, let us give ourselves to the Lord for a fresh beginning. Then each time we speak we will learn and be encouraged. Lord, take us on in this way!
We should also make a list of people and pray over the list with companions. Although the list may be long, in prayer the Lord will anoint us to speak first to certain people on the list. We can continue praying and speaking repeatedly, not seeking a quick response. Our responsibility is to release the truth and to minister life; only the Lord can give the growth.
Sixth Grade Conference
The Southern California Sixth Grade Conference is May 4–6. We will have 17 sixth graders and 13 serving ones going from Los Angeles and Thousand Oaks. There will be 124 sixth graders at the conference.
- Please pray that the Lord would be so real, so fresh to all these dear sixth graders.
- Pray that He would appear to each one of them so that they will fall in love with Him.
- Pray that they would confess their sins and touch the Lord with their spirit.
- Pray that they all would experience a dynamic salvation that they would never forget.
Korean-Speaking Gospel Report
We invited 80, who we were contacting in our prayer and preaching and shepherding this year, to our gospel feast on April 28th. Praise the Lord, 162 attended including 65 new ones; this is really the Lord's blessing for His Body. We all enjoyed the fattened calf that was prepared by our Father for lost lambs. And we felt the sweeping Spirit in our contacts when we met them in this feast. At the end of this meeting we had these new ones pray for their salvation and they followed us and gained the Lord's blessing. Now the Lord's intent is gaining them as remaining fruits. Our goal is at least 60 new remaining fruits in this year. Please pray for our next step, which is feeding our babies in each small group. We never forget this step "go and feed Lord's lambs."
Santa Monica
Lord, thrust out some couples or families to Santa Monica soon to begin an English-speaking group there (while also having fellowship with the Spanish-speaking groups).
Santa Barbara
Please pray for 1) migration of young couples or families who have experience with college students and 2) gaining of local families with homes open to church life.
Omaha, Nebraska
Omaha is one of the 2012 GTCA cities. On May 5 and 6, Nebraska saints plan to have a BfA table at the Cinco de Mayo celebration in Omaha to distribute free English and Spanish Recovery Versions and Basic Elements of the Christian Life. Over 55,000 people are expected to attend. Please pray that the Lord would bless the sowing of His Word during this event and that He would reach many with the printed materials. Also, please pray that the saints would enjoy a harmonious coordination and one accord in their going out to distribute the free materials and in the follow-up labor thereafter.
Europe
Another series of four one-week trainings at Bower House, London is being conducted 30 April to 26 May. The general subject will be "The Four Great Pillars in the Lord's Recovery: Truth, Life, the Church, and the Gospel." Please pray for the perfecting of many saints from all over Europe through these trainings.
Full Time Training in Caacupe, Paraguay
A group of full-timers from São Paulo, Brazil recently visited FTT Caacupe (http://www.etc-c.org). During this time of fellowship with the 16 trainees, the burden came out for the need of more saints in every South American country to give themselves to be trained. Please pray for the Lord to open the way for many young people to be released with the support of the local churches. Also, please pray for the current trainees to be supplied throughout the term and to be adequately trained.
Paris Conference Report
Over 200 saints and new ones filled the conference hall. The topic was "The Heart of the Divine Revelation" from the International Chinese-speaking Conference in Taipei. Many new ones being shepherded by the campus team and by the saints, and especially many college-age. Over 20 saints—most of them younger—testified at the end of the conference that they had seen a vision of Christ as the replacement of all our human culture so that He could gain the one new man.
The atmosphere was marvelous--full of exercise of the spirit. We also had a young people's meeting on Saturday night with over 20 young saints from the French-speaking world who are seeking the Lord. Currently two native French brothers are planning to attend the fall 2012 term of the full-time training, and more have expressed an interest in attending the FTTL in the coming year or two.
More is in a report at https://churchinlosangeles.org/prayer.
Budapest, Hungary
The saints in Budapest and Tata [55 miles form the center of Budapest] will begin to regularly meet on Lord's Day morning with the intention of eventually becoming a golden lampstand in Budapest. Please pray that the Lord will strengthen the saints to be His testimony and will give them a clear vision of the church life on the ground of oneness for the building up of the one Body of Christ in the universe.
Announcements
- Morning revival: Psalms, week 24. The following week (May 7–13) we will repeat Psalms, week 24. May 14 we will start The Focus of the Lord's Recovery (Thanksgiving conference).
- We rejoice to announce to you the establishment of the church in Fontana, in San Bernardino County. The church will have its first Lord's table on June 3. Praise the Lord, a new golden lampstand will be raised up. Please come to support us for His testimony. Information about location is posted at https://churchinlosangeles.org/prayer. If you plan to attend, send your name and the number going with you to Los Angeles Service Office laserviceoffice@gmail.com.
- A report about the Lord's move in Rome is posted at https://churchinlosangeles.org/prayer.
- A report about the Lord's move in Slovakia is posted at https://churchinlosangeles.org/prayer.
Prayer Requests, April 22, 2012
Los Angeles
The entire church in Los Angeles will have a joint meeting Lord's Day, May 6, starting at 10 am. We will have the Lord's Table together, ministry of the word, and testimonies of some things the Lord is doing among us. We will also have the annual business meeting of the church.
This meeting will NOT be at our Haskell hall. We have rented a larger facility at Los Angeles Mission College in Sylmar. There will also be rooms for children's meetings and a room for mothers with babies. We will have translation via FM radio. The room has handicapped access. Parking is free. Detailed directions with a map will be distributed by Wednesday of this week.
Ask the Lord to blend us more into the reality of His one Body, to impart more of His living word into each one of us, and to supply us to pursue Him in vitalization, companionization, and gospelizing.
Korean-Speaking Gospel
The Korean-speaking saints in Los Angeles will have a gospel feast Saturday, April 28, 6:30 pm in hall 1. We have 80 new ones invited to this feast. They are almost all our friends, relatives, work colleagues, and lost lambs. We will invite them to dinner followed by a gospel meeting. Please pray for 1) release of these 80 contacts to come to gospel feast, 2) for the atmosphere of Father's love and joy in dinner and meeting, 3) for salvation of new ones, 4) for continuing contact with them for feeding. Lord, gain one remaining fruit per two saints in this year.
South Africa
This week Dick Taylor is caring for the first week of a two-week perfecting training in South Africa. He is assisted by four local brothers. He will return to L.A. on April 30. James Lee, who came back to the U.S. from Ethiopia April 17, leaves again April 27 to return to Africa to take care of the second week, which will conclude May 5. (He will then go to Boston for a while, then Israel, back to Boston, then come back to Southern California).
Many saints have taken off from work to attend this 2 week perfecting training. Please pray that the Lord will enlighten and constitute them all.
Please pray for the Lord's strengthening to Dick, James, and the other traveling brothers.
East Africa
A number of coworkers are traveling in East Africa from mid-April to early May. In addition to the conferences last week in Kenya and Uganda, there will be a visitation to Tanzania (a nation in which the Lord has yet to establish His testimony) in order to meet with a positive contact. Please pray that:
- The Lord would raise up a lampstand in Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo (on the border of Congo and Rwanda). Pray for the brothers as they visit the saints in Goma.
- The Lord would use this visit to Tanzania, (April 27th to May 1st) to open a door for the ministry, and His testimony. Lord, begin moving toward the church in Dar es Salaam (capital city of Tanzania).
Ethiopia
A young married brother is open to serve the Lord full-time. Pray that the Lord would work out everything for him to serve and for many others to follow him to serve the Lord full-time to meet the need there in Ethiopia. There are 1000's of Christians who are open to the Lord's recovery but there are not enough workers to take care of this need.
San Marcos, California
It is very encouraging what the Lord is doing with college students who have been contacted at Cal State San Marcos and Mira Costa College. There are meetings on campus and in homes (small numbers Mondays and Wednesdays, larger on Fridays) and one-on-one appointments. We have encouraged the students themselves to pick up more responsibility for the Friday meeting. This seems to have really fostered some growth in the 10 to 20 that attend this meeting. A small number of students have also been involved helping cook food.
Last week eleven attended the college conference in Anaheim on the Priesthood and two students were baptized, one at the conference and the other after the prayer meeting in Vista with about twelve students attending and praying for their college classmate and sister. A parent and brother of one of the new students from Cal State attended the baptism and enjoyed the time very much, this being their first contact with the church.
At the current time, the community gospel in San Marcos is continuing through a monthly time of door knocking which involves saints from San Diego, Irvine and Vista.
Please pray for:
- Additional positive couples who would move to San Marcos to support and strengthen the campus and community work so the Lord's testimony can be more solidly established.
- That the Lord's table can be established in San Marcos this year.
- More homes in San Marcos to be opened and families to be gained as a basis for the church life.
Poland
The national conference in Poland is 28 April — May 1. Please pray for the gathering of the saints in Poland and for the advance of the Lord's move in that country through the rich ministry in His recovery. Please pray also for the co-workers' visitation to different cities in Poland following the conference.
Announcements
- The deadline to register for the July 2-7 summer training in Anaheim is April 24. Also, register now for video trainings.
- Morning revival: REPEAT Psalms, week 22. The following week (April 30-May 6) we will use Psalms, week 24.
- The Memorial Day Conference will be Friday night, May 25 through Monday noon, May 28, in Bellevue, Washington. Information is posted at https://churchinlosangeles.org/prayer/. If you will take children, register them with your district by April 27.
Prayer Requests, April 15, 2012
"The Bountiful Supply of the Spirit of Jesus Christ"
Philippians 1:19 contains the secret to experiencing Christ— the bountiful supply of the Spirit of Jesus Christ….Paul and Silas lived in this Spirit and received the supply from the Spirit. Therefore...even in suffering and in prison (Acts 16), they magnified Christ. To preach the gospel is to magnify Christ. As we have seen, it is a matter of the Body, but it also depends on the magnifying of the Lord in our life. Wherever we are, in school or at the store, among neighbors or among relatives, there must be the magnifying of Christ in our life. We cannot preach the gospel only by our word. We have to preach the gospel by magnifying Christ. We need to experience Christ within and learn the secret of how to experience Christ; then we will have an overflow of Christ. This overflowing is the real preaching. (from Preaching the Gospel in the Way of Life, by Witness Lee, ch. 8; it is available online; select the book in the alphabetical list, then select the chapter in the upper right)
Santa Monica
Lord, thrust out some couples or families to Santa Monica soon to begin an English-speaking group there (while also having fellowship with the Spanish-speaking groups).
Santa Barbara
Please pray for 1) migration of young couples or families who have experience with college students and 2) gaining of local families with homes open to church life.
Young People
Please pray for all the high school seniors to be one with the Lord in choosing where to go to college.
Africa - This Week
The past weekend through Tuesday Dick Taylor is in Ethiopia. Dick reports that they are having a wonderful time. Mid-week Dick and Paul Cooke from London are in Kenya for much fellowship packed around a short conference. Thursday through Saturday Dick and Paul will be in Uganda for more fellowship packed around another short conference. Dick will then go to South Africa.
- Pray for more vision of Christ Himself and much enjoyment of Him in the conferences and afterwards.
- Pray for much life imparted into the mortal bodies of the traveling brothers, and for a bountiful supply of life and light in all their times of fellowship with African saints.
- Pray that everything during these weeks turn out to salvation so that the Lord can gain Zion in Africa.
Africa - Last Week (a report from Dick Taylor and James Lee)
Since West Africa does not have any video trainings, the conferences in Ghana (James and others) and Nigeria (Dick and others) were on Psalms. The revelation of Christ in Psalms was very encouraging and uplifting to the saints and their response with the exercise of their spirit was the best ever - thank you saints for your prayers! On the Lord's day there were over 440 saints in the conference meeting in Ghana.
About 70 saints under 45 years of age met together with Paul Nii-Aryee (long ago was in church in L.A. as a young boy with his parents; migrated from U.S. to Ghana this month), hungry to be constituted with the ministry. They want to set up some kind of network to encourage one another to go on. Pray for these young adults to continue to rise up for the Lord's moving in West Africa, for life to flow freely.
The ITERO last week with the West African brothers was so rich and encouraging; we all felt we were just under the Lord's shepherding. Even in matters difficult to fellowship, the Lord paved the way. At the conclusion, we sensed the real oneness in the burden to build up His Body and sensed such joy in being with one another—it was truly "How good and How pleasant" because of the Lord's commanded blessing on the oneness. Please tell the saints that their prayers are being answered.
The saints and the people are quite open. However, it is not easy for them to go anywhere to blend—airfare is so expensive and roads are dangerous. Two brothers who tried to come to the conference from Central African Republic had to turn back because they were robbed of all and beaten. Pray for all the saints there to be comforted.
Internet
Ask the Lord to raise up a small internet team in Los Angeles to participate in propagating the ministry and shepherding seeking saints.
Idaho
The churches in Salt Lake City and Lyman, Wyoming invite you to Pocatello, Idaho on the weekend of April 20-22. Our burden this year is different—we encourage the saints to come together to be blended and built up through serving together, to give a weekend to serve the Lord together for His interest and for His move among us. We will go door-to-door in some neighborhoods, have BFA distributions, and distribute gospel tracts. Saturday evening we will have a Bible seminar and/or gospel meeting, depending upon the need. We will also try to have a table on the Idaho State University campus every day the week prior to this weekend for any who could come for all or part of that. Please pray for the manifestation of the Lord's victory here!
BfA Spanish-speaking Perfecting
On Saturday, April 21, over 100 saints from Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and New York will participate in the next section of their Spanish-speaking perfecting training. This will focus on the importance, purpose, and content of the home meetings as a crucial component for the practice of the God-ordained way.
These saints will also begin contacting Spanish-speaking BfA recipients. Because many of these recipients have already expressed an interest in being contacted by BfA volunteers, this is an excellent opportunity for the saints to practice cherishing and nourishing the new ones in the home meetings.
Please pray that:
- The saints participating in the training be ushered into the practicality of the God-ordained way.
- Many new meetings be established in the homes of local Bible and book recipients so that they would be shepherded into the practical church life.
France
The annual conference in Paris will be April 21-22.
Announcements
- The deadline to register for the July 2-7 summer training in Anaheim is April 24. Also, register now for video trainings.
- Morning revival: Psalms, week 23. After Psalms, weeks 23-24, we will use The Focus of the Lord's Recovery (Thanksgiving conference).
- The Memorial Day Conference will be Friday night, May 25 through Monday noon, May 28, in Bellevue, Washington. Information is posted at https://churchinlosangeles.org/prayer/. If you will take children, register them with your district by April 27.
Prayer Requests, April 8, 2012
"Christ Will Be Magnified...to Me, to Live is Christ"
Paul and Silas were put into prison in Philippi (Acts 16:23-25). The magistrates charged the jailer to keep them securely, so he put them into the inner prison and secured their feet in the stocks. At that time Paul and Silas did not preach. They were simply filled with Christ and filled with the Spirit, and at midnight they sang hymns of praise to the Lord. That was not merely preaching in word; that was the expression of Christ, the outward expression of the inner life. That was a strong example of the genuine preaching of the gospel, and the jailer, the keeper of the prison, was saved....The proper preaching of the gospel is the very expression of Christ. (from Preaching the Gospel in the Way of Life, by Witness Lee, chap. 8; it is available online; select the book in the alphabetical list, then select the chapter in the upper right)
College Conference
This weekend college students from across southern California will gather in Anaheim for a conference on the priesthood. Please pray that the Lord would gather many students to receive this word, that their time of taking hospitality in the homes of nearby saints would be blessed, and that through this conference the Lord would gain more of the reality of the New Testament priesthood among His believers.
Junior High Conferences
The junior high brothers' and sisters' conferences are this weekend. Please pray that the junior high brothers and sisters would receive a visitation from the Lord during these conferences. Pray that their hearts would be soft, that the spoken word would be clear and that the atmosphere would allow the Lord to speak to His people's heart.
Sixth Grade Conference Parents and Serving Ones' Training
The sixth grade conference is very important for our young people (many of which have perhaps just recently received the Lord, or will receive the Lord at this conference). Hence, there is an important need for those serving at this conference to come to a special training and preparation fellowship that will be held on Saturday, April 28, 9:30AM to 12:00PM at 1916 W. Ball Rd, Anaheim, 92804.
We ask at least one parent of each 6th grader going to the conference to attend this important time. Also, all the saints planning to go to the conference as serving ones for the 6th graders, as well as any college age saints who are burdened for the 6th graders should attend. To register for this time please go to http://scyp.com and click on "Event Registration."
Africa
Monday through Wednesday Dick Taylor, James Lee, and other traveling brothers will be in Ghana to repeat the eight messages from the recent ITERO in Anaheim. Thursday through next week Monday Dick Taylor and another brother will be in Ethiopia for a conference on Enjoying Christ as Revealed in the Book of Psalms followed by a condensed version of ITERO. Please pray
- for more vision of Christ Himself and much enjoyment of Him in the conferences and afterwards;
- that through the trainings many brothers get deeper into the first love for the Lord and living and working one with Him that they may be patterns for all in the churches to follow;
- for much life imparted into the mortal bodies of the traveling brothers, and for a rich supply of life and light in all their times of fellowship with African saints;
- that everything during these weeks of travel turn out to salvation so that the Lord can gain Zion in Africa.
Training Registration
The summer training in Anaheim will be July 2-7. The registration deadline is Tuesday, April 24. There will also be video trainings in L.A. Pray for more brothers and sisters, especially those who are younger or who have never been to a training, to be released from other things and stirred to register for Anaheim or video.
Portugal
Please pray for:
- the word spoken in the March conference to become constituted into the saints for the Lord's expression in Portugal and in the Iberian Peninsula;
- the gaining of the households that are being contacted in Lisbon and the beginning of a children's meeting so that the next generation can be gained;
- the Lord to open up a flat for the couple in Lisbon near where they live now, in view of their continuing to have daily contact with the neighboring households.
A one page report from Portugal is at https://churchinlosangeles.org/prayer/.
Announcements
- The deadline to register for the July 2-7 summer training in Anaheim is April 24. Also, register now for video trainings.
- Morning revival: Psalms, week 22. After Psalms, weeks 22-24, we will use The Focus of the Lord's Recovery (Thanksgiving conference).
- The Memorial Day Conference will be Friday night, May 25 through Monday noon, May 28, in Bellevue, Washington. Information is posted at https://churchinlosangeles.org/prayer/. If you will take children, register them with your district by April 27.
- Since 2004 LSM has sent five large containers of used books to Africa and India. These books have been a great blessing to seekers there. LSM continues to collect used ministry books in English for further distributions. They suggest that you remove any personal information before donating the books. Bring books to your meeting hall any time throughout this year.
Prayer Requests, April 1, 2012
"Christ Will Be Magnified...to Live is Christ"
"For I know that for me this will turn out to salvation through your petition and the bountiful supply of the Spirit of Jesus Christ, according to my earnest expectation and hope that in nothing I will be put to shame, but with all boldness, as always, even now Christ will be magnified in my body, whether through life or through death. For to me, to live is Christ…" (Phil. 1:19-21)
The book of Philippians is the unique book that tells us how to experience Christ. The experience of Christ is for the preaching of the gospel, and the preaching of the gospel is the very experience of Christ….When we express Christ, when we live out Christ, and when Christ is expressed through us, there is the preaching of the gospel….When the branches experience the life of the tree, the bearing of fruit eventually comes out. Bearing fruit is the outworking of the inner experience of life….The more the branches properly experience the life of the tree, the more fruit they will bear. In the same way, the preaching of the gospel is the outworking of Christ experienced by us. If we experience Christ, there is the outworking of this life, that is, the preaching of the gospel. (from Preaching the Gospel in the Way of Life, by Witness Lee, ch. 8; it is available online; select the book in the alphabetical list, then select the chapter in the upper right)
Training Registration
The summer training in Anaheim will be July 2-7. The registration deadline is Tuesday, April 24. There will also be several video trainings in L.A. Pray for more brothers and sisters, especially those who are younger and those who have never been to a training, to be released from other things and stirred to register for Anaheim or video.
Santa Monica
The church in L.A. has an on-going work at Santa Monica College, several saints from L.A. work in Santa Monica, and a few who live in Santa Monica meet in hall 5. Three groups of Spanish-speaking saints also meet in Santa Monica. Lord, raise up some English-speaking couples to continue the church life in Santa Monica with the Spanish-speakers and their English-speaking young people and children who are there.
Africa
Please pray for the Lord's move in Africa. From now through May 5 there will be conferences, trainings, and perfecting fellowship in many parts of Africa. The coming weekend Dick Taylor and Tim Knoppe from Michigan will be in Nigeria for a conference; James Lee and Paul Nii-Aryee will be in Ghana for a conference. Next week Monday through Wednesday all four brothers will be in Ghana to repeat the eight messages from last weekend's ITERO in Anaheim. Specific directions for prayer:
- The conferences will be on Enjoying Christ as Revealed in the Book of Psalms; pray for more vision of Christ Himself and much enjoyment of Him in the conferences and afterwards.
- Pray that through the trainings many brothers get deeper into the first love for the Lord and living and working one with Him that they may be patterns for all in the churches to follow.
- Paul and Pamela Nii-Aryee and their three children are migrating from the U.S. to Accra, Ghana for the campus work and to strengthen the church life there.
- Pray for much life imparted into the mortal bodies of the traveling brothers, and for a rich supply of life and light in all their times of fellowship with African saints.
- Pray that everything during these five weeks turn out to salvation so that the Lord can gain Zion in Africa.
Malaysia
The annual English-speaking conference in Kuching, East Malaysia is April 6-8. The subject is "The Will of God" as presented by Ron Kangas at the Southeast Blending Conference in Jacksonville, Florida.
- Please pray for brothers David Vinson and Ken Walker in their travel and in their care for this conference.
- Please pray for the saints to be filled with the full knowledge of His will. Also, pray that the saints would experience the fresh seeing of His will, the knowing of His will, and give themselves to the doing His will.
CSUN Spring Break
Some CSUN students are at FTTA Monday through Wednesday. Friday through Lord's Day some will visit Riverside for blending. Please pray that the students have a good taste of the FTTA and that many new ones can join them for the weekend in Riverside.
Young People
Please pray for all the high school seniors to be one with the Lord in choosing where to go to college.
Mexico
Two thousand saints will gather for the national conference in the Mexico City metro area April 6 to 8. Please pray for:
- the release of God's fresh speaking for the encouragement of the churches and the saints;
- more blending during the meetings and in the homes;
- the safety of the traveling saints.
European Training and Conference
ITERO messages from last weekend in Anaheim will be respoken in London Wednesday and Thursday of this week for responsible brothers of the churches in Europe. This will be followed by a six meeting European conference Friday through Lord's Day for everyone.
New Zealand
This week is the New Zealand National Conference in Auckland. Ask the Lord to take another step in His recovery in New Zealand.
Lyon, France
One sister from here is in FTT. Two others wish to begin FTT London this fall. How much we want to see this first generation of French young people answer the Lord's call! They will become a wonderful pattern to many other young French-speaking saints in college and high school who also have heard the Lord's call in their heart to go to the training one day. In a few years there could be a whole army of young people going forth into the French-speaking world. This is our "dream" from the Lord. We would ask you also to pray for this.
We are regularly contacting 17 native French speakers. A few have entered into the church life. Since the majority of the saints meeting regularly are not native French, there is the probability that most of this majority will one day leave France. Where then will the Lord's testimony be in France? Please join us in praying that many of these native French people will become living stones, even pillars, for His corporate expression in France.
A longer report from Lyon is at https://churchinlosangeles.org/prayer.
Announcements
- The deadline to register for the July 2-7 summer training in Anaheim is April 24.
- Morning revival: Psalms, week 21.
- Five to 10 minute video highlights of the Psalms are posted about once a week at https://churchinlosangeles.org/ministry/psalms.
- The Memorial Day Conference will be Friday night, May 25 through Monday noon, May 28, in Bellevue, Washington. Information is posted at https://churchinlosangeles.org/prayer. If you will take children, register them with your district by April 27.
- There will be a time for saints in the Lord's recovery to go to Israel for a summer tour and blending meetings with the saints. The tour begins July 15; it is in summer particularly so that college students, trainees, campus workers, and high school students could attend. Registration deadline is May 1 unless all spaces are filled earlier. Information is posted at https://churchinlosangeles.org/prayer.
Prayer Requests, March 25, 2012
ITERO
The International Training for Elders and Responsible Ones (ITERO) will be Friday to Lord's Day, March 30 to April 1. More than 1000 brothers from around the globe will participate so that the Spirit can speaking to the churches. In April ITERO messages will be respoken in other parts of the world for those who could not come to Anaheim. The burden for this time is that the Lord will make many brothers able ministers of the New Testament, effective building material for the universal building up of the Body of Christ, and good stewards and serving ones in the local churches.
"Fellowship unto the Furtherance of the Gospel" (Phil. 1:5)
In preaching the gospel, we have to learn the Body life. If we are burdened for a neighbor, we will ask some brothers to help us bring this neighbor to the Lord….We will work not just by ourselves, but we will invite the brothers to work together with us in a way of coordination. I say again, if we have the spirit of the Body life, people will sense it. If we have love among us, people around us will sense what we have, and that love and living will be a very strong factor to convince the unbelievers--our neighbors and friends--to open their spirits to the Lord. We need the Body life, and the best way to be built up together is for us to have the fellowship unto the furtherance of the gospel. (from Preaching the Gospel in the Way of Life, by Witness Lee, ch. 8; it is available online; select the book in the alphabetical list, then select the chapter in the upper right)
Santa Monica
The church in L.A. has an on-going work at Santa Monica College, several saints from L.A. work in Santa Monica, and a few who live in Santa Monica meet in hall 5. Three groups of Spanish-speaking saints also meet in Santa Monica. Lord, raise up an English-speaking nucleus to continue the church life in Santa Monica with the Spanish-speakers who are there.
High School
Please pray the Lord bring all the high school young people YP into the reality of the experiences of Isaac and knowing the God of Isaac as the God of provision for His purpose to produce them as burnt offerings who are prepared to be His bride for His satisfaction.
CSUN Spring Break Trips
The CSUN students will participate in two spring break trips next week. Some will attend the FTTA for a few days. At the end of the week, they will visit the saints in Riverside for blending and would like to invite some of their new contacts. Please pray that the students have a good experience and taste of the FTTA and that many new ones can join them for the weekend trip to Riverside.
UCLA (Hall 5) Spring Break Trips
UCLA students are in the midst of spring break trips. Twenty-six are in Florida and 24 are visiting Washington D.C., Philadelphia, and Virginia. Please pray that:
- The Lord will cover and supply all the saints on these trips.
- There would be a sweet blending and building among the students and with the saints visited.
- The new ones see the vision of the Body of Christ and taste the sweet church life.
European College-age Conference
The spring European college-age conference will be March 30 - April 2 in Wales. The subject is The Full Ministry of Christ in Three Stages.
Vienna, Austria
Please continue to pray that the Lord will bless the home meeting in the house of the sister and will gain the new ones and their contacts, for the raising up of a lampstand in this key European city.
Bulgaria
Some saints are laboring to translate ministry books into Bulgarian for free distribution. Please pray:
- For grace to the translators to complete the translation in a timely way;
- For the preparation of the seeking ones in Bulgaria to receive the rich truths of God's economy;
- That some of the Lord's seekers will be gained by Him to be His testimony in Bulgaria.
Conference in Italy and First Lord's Table in Rome
We warmly extend an invitation to all the saints to participate in the upcoming weekend conference and first Lord's Table in Rome, Italy on June 15th through 17th. We thank the Lord for the prayers of so many saints and churches throughout the earth. Now, we invite you to consider coming to blend with us that together, as one Body, we might testify of the victory of Christ by taking the ground as the church in Rome. Detailed information and registration for the conference is at http://www.amanatrust.org.uk. The due date is May 15th. Please contact us at italy@amanatrust.org.uk if you have any questions about the conference. We pray the Lord will bless this gathering for His further move in Italy, Europe, and the whole earth.
Announcements
- The deadline to register for the July 2-7 summer training in Anaheim is April 24.
- Morning revival: Psalms, week 20. After Psalms, week 24, we will use The Focus of the Lord's Recovery (Thanksgiving conference).
- Five to 10 minute video highlights of the Psalms are posted about once a week at https://churchinlosangeles.org/ministry/psalms/.
- The Memorial Day Conference will be Friday night, May 25 through Monday noon, May 28, in Bellevue, Washington. Information is posted at https://churchinlosangeles.org/prayer/. If you will take children, register them with your district by April 27.
- An invitation to the spring conference in Israel is at https://churchinlosangeles.org/prayer/. Registration deadline is April 1.
- There will be a time for saints in the Lord's recovery to go to Israel for a summer tour and blending meetings with the saints. The tour begins July 15; it is in summer particularly so that college students, trainees, campus workers, and high school students could attend. Registration deadline is May 1 unless all spaces are filled earlier. Information is posted at https://churchinlosangeles.org/prayer/.