Week of February 19

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Having a Revived Living

"Therefore we do not lose heart; but though our outer man is decaying, yet our inner man is being renewed day by day." (2 Cor. 4:16)

The general subject of the 2023 International Chinese-speaking Conference was "Making Ourselves Ready for the Lord's Coming." Please pray that the Lord's speaking to His entire recovery will produce a people who will cooperate with Him to make themselves ready for His coming.

In order to make ourselves ready for the Lord's coming, we need to maintain our victory by having a revived living, a living of being renewed day by day; this renewal has to be refreshed every morning. We must enjoy the Lord early in the morning to have a new start each day. Every morning we should allow the Lord Jesus, our Sun, to rise up in us so that we can be renewed. We should rise up early in the morning to fellowship with the Lord, and we can pray, "Thank You, Lord, for a new beginning. May this day be a memorable day in my life." This is what we call a morning-by-morning revival.

Every morning we should offer up Christ as our burnt offering and peace offering, based upon His being our sin offering, so that we may have a new beginning; not only must we do this every day, but we must also do it with sweetness and depth. To take Christ as our burnt offering every morning is to take Him as the One who lived a life absolutely for God's satisfaction and as the life that enables us to have such a living. (ICSC, msg. 5, I, A, B.1-3)

Seeing and Enjoying the Divine Dispensing of the Divine Trinity

"Jehovah bless you and keep you; Jehovah make His face shine upon you and be gracious to you; Jehovah lift up His countenance upon you and give you peace." (Num. 6:24-26)

We must have the key, the governing principle, of the writings in the Bible. Just as the master key to a building gives us the ability to open the doors in that building, so we need the key to open every book of the Bible. This key also gives us the ability to discern every portion of the Scriptures. (CWWL, 1984, vol. 2, p. 232)

According to the entire revelation of the sixty-six books of the Bible, the Divine Trinity—the Father, the Son, and the Spirit—is for God's dispensing, that is, for the distribution of God into His chosen people. God's desire with His strong intention is to dispense Himself into His chosen people as their life, as their life supply, and as their everything. (CWWL, 1993, vol. 2, p. 53)

What a blessing it is to have His face, His presence, and to enjoy Him daily as grace! What a blessing it is to have His countenance smiling upon us, assuring us, and confirming us! And what a blessing it is to have peace in Him, by Him, and with Him! This is the Triune God as our blessing. (The Divine Dispensing of the Divine Trinity for the Divine Economy, msg. 1, VI)

FTTA

The spring 2023 term of the Full-time Training in Anaheim begins this week on February 19. The Boston Extension (XB) already started last week. Please pray for the perfecting of these young saints in truth, life, and service for the advancement of the Lord's move on the earth.

Turkey

Following the February 6 earthquakes in central and southern parts of Turkey, please pray for the saints who lost their relatives and friends to be comforted and for the saints who have taken refuge outside to be kept in good health, have rest in their souls, and receive supply in their spirits.

Pray for the saints in Istanbul and other cities to be strengthened by the Lord and be His living testimony, and pray for their contacting of Rhema book subscribers and the distribution of further books. May the Lord open the door of the gospel in Turkey!

Ukraine

Please continue to pray that:

  • The Lord will keep all the saints in the involved countries open to Him for their experience of the divine dispensing in all the situations of their daily living.
  • The Lord will meet all the practical needs of the saints as the cold weather of winter settles in.
  • The brothers who are fighting in the war will be preserved by the Lord 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 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 Lord will comfort and sustain those who have lost loved ones in the war.
  • The enemy will be bound in his attack on the Lord's interests in Russia, Ukraine, and Europe.

Nigeria

Nigeria is the most populous country in Africa with nearly 215 million inhabitants. There is a belief that as the political, economic and social challenges in Nigeria improve, so will the rest of the continent. The churches in Nigeria ask the Body to join them in prayer and petition to the Lord regarding the upcoming elections in country, beginning with the presidential election on February 25.

Please pray that:

  • The Lord would put in place the president of His choice who will serve His interests.
  • The Lord would use the president and other leaders He chooses to bring in a conducive environment for the spread of the gospel of the kingdom throughout Nigeria.
  • The Lord would curb the activities of His enemy during this election period and beyond, and that there would be peace and tranquility during the election and in the long term (1 Tim. 2:2).
  • The election of the proper leaders would bring about normal economic growth and reduce the harsh suffering all over the country. (Basic opportunities for employment and opportunity to earn a living wage will positively affect the spread of the gospel and the churches.)

Announcements

  1. Morning Revival: Week 1 of The Divine Dispensing of the Divine Trinity for the Divine Economy.
  2. Free e-Booklets: Living Stream Ministry offers a series of free e-booklets to read and share at http://www.lsm.org/booklets, including "Life's Setting Free—the Need of Those under the Bondage of Sin."
  3. Bibles for America's latest post is available to read and share at http://blog.biblesforamerica.org.
  4. Living to Him has a podcast series particularly helpful to working saints, available on all major podcasting services at http://livingtohim.com/the-living-to-him-podcast.
  5. A Timely Speaking of Supply: Enjoy a free weekly video from messages given by Brother Lee at http://lsm.org/timely-speaking.html.
  6. 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 Ruiyu Wu

Week of February 12

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Mary's Love Offering to the Lord

"A woman came to Him, having an alabaster flask of ointment of great value, and she poured it on His head as He reclined at table. But when the disciples saw it, they were indignant, saying, Why this waste?" (Matt. 26:7-8)

"Truly I say to you, Wherever this gospel is proclaimed in the whole world, what this woman has done shall also be told as a memorial of her." (Matt. 26:13)

The disciples considered Mary's love offering to the Lord a waste. Throughout the past twenty centuries, thousands of precious lives, heart treasures, high positions, and golden futures have been wasted upon the Lord Jesus. To such lovers He is altogether lovely and worthy of their offering. What they have poured upon Him is not a waste, but a fragrant testimony of His sweetness….This indicates that we must love the Lord and grasp the opportunity to express our love to Him….To love the Lord with our best requires a revelation concerning Him.

Along with Simon, Mary also probably thought that this was her last chance to do something over the Lord's body to anoint Him for burial. In a very real sense, Mary buried the Lord Jesus before He was crucified. What a contrast there is between the religionists who hated the Lord and wanted to kill Him and His lovers who took the opportunity to express their love for Him!…

The story of the gospel is that the Lord loved us, and the story of Mary is that she loved the Lord. We must preach both, the Lord loving us and us loving the Lord. One is for our salvation, and the other is for our consecration. The gospel tells us how the Lord loved us, but the loving story of Mary stirs us up to love the Lord. Thus, there needs to be a mutual love. This must accompany the preaching of the gospel. (Life-study of Matthew, msg. 68)

International Chinese-speaking Conference

The 2023 ICSC takes place this weekend, February 17 to 19. For saints who cannot attend in person at the Ministry Conference Center in Anaheim, the conference meetings will be streamed by live webcast (live.lsmwebcast.com) and delayed webcast (conf.lsmwebcast.com) across the whole earth according to the schedules displayed on the two websites. The live webcast schedule is as follows:

Meeting 1: Friday, February 17............7:25 PM
Meeting 2: Saturday, February 18.......8:55 AM
Meeting 3: Saturday, February 18.....10:55 AM
Meeting 4: Saturday, February 18.......7:25 PM
Meeting 5: Lord's Day, February 19....9:55 AM *in-person MCC table meeting 9:30 AM

The general subject of this conference is "Making Ourselves Ready for the Lord's Coming." Please pray for the preparation of the speaking brothers and the saints. Pray earnestly that the Lord will speak to His entire recovery and that all the saints will give Him their full cooperation to make themselves ready for His coming.

FTTA Gospel Trips – Morgan Hill and Palo Alto

Gospel teams from FTTA and FTTA-XB visited churches in Canada and the United States, as well as 20 countries in Europe, from January 26 to February 11. The trainees are now preparing for their upcoming spring term (XB starts this week; FTTA starts next week) or are seeking the Lord for His will concerning their post-graduation future. Please pray that the Lord will use the gospel trips to gain the trainees and burden many of them for His move to spread and build up His testimony in Europe and North America.

In California, one of the gospel teams visited Stanford University in Palo Alto and gave out 25 Bibles; 14 students gave them their contact information. At Gavilan College in Morgan Hill, 7 students signed up for further contact. Please pray that all those who received the Bible, booklet, and tract would read, be supplied, and nourished by the word. Pray for the follow up contact, that all these ones would remain open vessels.

FTTL

The spring 2023 term of the Full-time Training in London began this week on February 13. Please pray for the perfecting of the young European saints in truth, life, and service for the advancement of the Lord's move in Europe.

Ukraine

Please continue to pray that:

  • The Lord will keep all the saints in the involved countries open to Him for their experience of the divine dispensing in all the situations of their daily living.
  • The Lord will meet all the practical needs of the saints as the cold weather of winter settles in.
  • The brothers who are fighting in the war will be preserved by the Lord 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 the involved countries involved 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 Lord will comfort and sustain those who have lost loved ones in the war.
  • The enemy will be bound in his attack on the Lord's interests in Russia, Ukraine, and Europe.

Turkey

Pray for the saints who are taking shelter abroad and those whose relatives and friends are affected by the recent earthquake.

Announcements

  1. Morning Revival: Week 5 of our guided reading through the Gospel of Matthew. Next week, we start The Divine Dispensing of the Divine Trinity for the Divine Economy (Thanksgiving Conference).
  2. ICSC: The International Chinese-speaking Conference will be held February 17 to 19 in Anaheim. All saints welcome! Those needing translation into English, Korean or Spanish should bring their own FM radio headset or install the free Listen Everywhere app on their iPhone or Android phone.
  3. Free e-Booklets: Living Stream Ministry offers a series of free e-booklets to read and share at http://www.lsm.org/booklets, including "Life's Setting Free—the Need of Those under the Bondage of Sin."
  4. Bibles for America's latest post is available to read and share at http://blog.biblesforamerica.org.
  5. Living to Him has a podcast series particularly helpful to working saints, available on all major podcasting services at http://livingtohim.com/the-living-to-him-podcast.
  6. A Timely Speaking of Supply: Enjoy a free weekly video from messages given by Brother Lee at http://lsm.org/timely-speaking.html.
  7. 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 February 5

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Prayer According to God's Will

"And Jesus answered and said to them, Truly I say to you, If you have faith and do not doubt...even if you say to this mountain, Be taken up and cast into the sea, it will happen. And all that you ask in prayer, if you believe, you will receive." (Matt. 21:21-22)

The first God-man's teaching here was according to God's will for the accomplishment of His economy. Not many see that the Lord's teaching on prayer is related to God's economy, which is to be accomplished by His faithful people doing His will….This is God's will not in small matters, such as where we should move, but His great will for the accomplishment of God's economy. Many Christians today use the term the will of God in a very shallow and light way. We should be those who are carrying out God's will to accomplish God's economy.…What is the real will of God that we have to carry out? It is to take care of the producing and building up of God's organism, which is the Body of Christ that will consummate the New Jerusalem.

We must first be the right persons before God, persons who are one with God. Then we can have God as our faith and pray according to our knowledge of God's will for the fulfillment of His economy….This is the experience of having faith in God without doubting, and believing that we have received what we have asked for so that we receive it. We have to pray according to God's will for the fulfillment of His economy. Then we are one with God and the right persons in God's eyes. Then we have the assurance that we have received what we have prayed for. (The God-man Living, pp. 142-143, 146-145)

ICSC

The 2023 International Chinese-speaking Conference will be held at the Ministry Conference Center in Anaheim from Friday, February 17 through Lord's Day, February 19. All the saints are invited to attend in person at the MCC or by live webcast at http://live.lsmwebcast.com. More information about schedule and translation is posted at http://www.churchinlosangeles.org/prayer. Please pray for Lord to take more crucial steps in the advancement of His purpose during this gathering.

Bibles for America

In 2022, BfA gave away a record 184,000 copies of the NT Recovery Version—57,000 more than any year before. We are thankful to the Lord that so many people in this country are seeking and hungry for the Word of God.

This increase in orders means that a larger number of Bibles need to be packaged and shipped out each week. Please pray that the BfA staff and volunteers laboring at our distribution center would be supplied and strengthened to fulfill all of these orders. Pray also for the Lord to cover every step of the process so that the Bibles could go out in a timely way.

FTTA Gospel Trips – Hayward and Rohnert Park

Please continue to remember the FTTA gospel trips in prayer; they continue until February 11. Specific prayer burdens and updates are at http://ftta.org/gospeltrips.

In California, from January 27 to February 11, a gospel team is visiting several churches in the Bay Area—Hayward, Morgan Hill, Palo Alto, and Rohnert Park. The saints preached the gospel and passed out flyers, tracts, Bibles and booklets at Cal State East Bay in Hayward and Sonoma State University in Rohnert Park. Please pray:

  • For those who signed up to have follow-up contact and become remaining fruit on these two campuses.
  • That the Lord would establish a group of new core students for the Bible Club at Sonoma State University this year.
  • That the Lord would add young couples and families to the church in Rohnert Park.

Ukraine

Please continue to pray that:

  • The Lord will keep all the saints in the involved countries open to Him for their experience of the divine dispensing in all the situations of their daily living.
  • The Lord will meet all the practical needs of the saints as the cold weather of winter settles in.
  • The brothers who are fighting in the war will be preserved by the Lord 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 the involved countries involved 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 Lord will comfort and sustain those who have lost loved ones in the war.
  • The enemy will be bound in his attack on the Lord's interests in Russia, Ukraine, and Europe.

Timor-Leste

Timor-Leste, or East Timor, is a Southeast Asian nation with fewer than 1.5 million inhabitants, most of whom are Catholic. The two official languages are Portuguese and Tetum, with English and Indonesian designated as working languages. Currently there are 21 saints in the capital Dili; half are Tetum- or Indonesian-speaking, half are Chinese-speaking. Please pray:

  • For the saints in Dili to be healthy, rich, building, and functioning members to build up the Body of Christ for His increase.
  • For the completion of a newly constructed meeting hall.
  • For the language learning of recently migrated saints.

For a detailed report with photos, see the January 2023 issue of the Lord's Move to Asia newsletter:

Announcements

  1. Morning Revival: Week 4 of our guided reading through the Gospel of Matthew. On February 20, we will begin The Divine Dispensing of the Divine Trinity for the Divine Economy (Thanksgiving Conf).
  2. ICSC: The International Chinese-speaking Conference will be held February 17 to 19 in Anaheim. All saints welcome! Those needing translation into English, Korean or Spanish should bring their own FM radio headset or install the free Listen Everywhere app on their iPhone or Android phone.
  3. Free e-Booklets: Living Stream Ministry offers a series of free e-booklets to read and share at http://www.lsm.org/booklets, including "Life's Setting Free—the Need of Those under the Bondage of Sin."
  4. Bibles for America's latest post is available to read and share at http://blog.biblesforamerica.org.
  5. Living to Him has a podcast series particularly helpful to working saints, available on all major podcasting services at http://livingtohim.com/the-living-to-him-podcast.
  6. A Timely Speaking of Supply: Enjoy a free weekly video from messages given by Brother Lee at http://lsm.org/timely-speaking.html.
  7. 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 Ruiyu Wu

Week of January 29

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Cooperating with the Lord to Satisfy the Hungry

"And after commanding the crowds to recline on the grass, He took the five loaves and the two fish, and looking up to heaven, He blessed and broke the loaves and gave them to the disciples, and the disciples to the crowds. And they all ate and were satisfied. And they took up what was left over of the broken pieces, twelve handbaskets full." (Matt 14:19-20)

The Lord fed the people; He ministered the life supply to them. By having the crowds recline on the grass, He put the people into good order. This shows the Lord's wisdom and orderliness. By looking up to heaven the heavenly King indicated that His source was His Father in the heavens. Then He blessed the loaves and fishes and broke them. This indicates that whatever we bring to the Lord must be broken for it to become a blessing to others….

After the Lord broke the loaves, He gave them to the disciples. The loaves were from the disciples, and they brought them to the Lord. After being blessed and broken by the Lord, they were given back to the disciples for distribution to the crowds, to whom the loaves became a great satisfaction. This indicates that the disciples were not the source of blessing; they were only the channels used by the Lord, who was the source of the people's satisfaction. The broken bread was passed on to the disciples, and the disciples distributed it to the crowds. This broken bread became the satisfaction to all the hungry people, and there was great blessing. The principle is the same today….

Twelve baskets full of fragments indicate not only that the resurrected Christ is unlimited and inexhaustible, but also that the Lord's provision for us is abundant, more than sufficient to meet all our need….What we offer to the Lord may be very little; but the blessing will be great, and the overflow, the surplus, will be greater than what we offered. What we offer to the Lord cannot be exhausted. Rather, it will be used by the Lord to bless others abundantly, even with a surplus, to testify that this is the Lord's marvelous doing. (Life-study of Matthew, msg. 43, pp. 517-519)

FTTA Gospel Trips

Until February 11 gospel teams from FTTA and FTTA-XB are visiting 20 countries in Europe, as well as the US and Canada, for the preaching of the gospel of the kingdom. Approximately 240 trainees and serving ones on 36 teams are involved. Please pray that:

  • The Lord will blend and build the saints involved so that He will have the free way to fully bless the trips.
  • The sanctifying Spirit will go before the saints to prepare the hearts of those the Lord has chosen.
  • The preaching of the gospel of the kingdom will be prevailing and reach all those the Lord desires to save.
  • Fruit, even remaining fruit, will be borne in each place visited, and the Lord will add to the churches as His testimony in each of these nations.
  • The Lord will fully cover the travel, safety, security, and health of all those involved.

To receive more specific reports and prayer burdens, please visit http://ftta.org/gospeltrips.

2023 North America College Training

Registration for the 2023 North America College Training is open! The subject of this training is "Love Prevails," and it will be held July 16 to 22 in Champaign, Illinois. To encourage early registration, a substantial discount for those who register in the month of January is being offered. During this month, we desperately need the fighting prayers of all the saints:

  1. Pray for the stirring up of at least 1,400 throughout North America to register and pay in the month of January, boldly registering in faith and giving the Lord the first place in their summer plans!
  2. Pray that the serving and shepherding saints could render the proper fellowship to all those considering the NACT and that all impediments for those who would like to go would be completely removed.
  3. Pray that the Lord would stir up the students not only to register but also to pray for this time and encourage others around them to "Come forward!" to the NACT without delay!

May the Lord continue to raise up a generation of young people for His will and purpose to end this age!

Los Angeles Large Group Fellowship

This Friday, February 3 all college students in Los Angeles are invited to join us for a Large Group Fellowship at Hall 5. We will be covering Matthew 16:16-19. Please pray that:

  • Jesus would gather the students throughout the LA area together to this time.
  • All attending would be touch the living Spirit.
  • A vision of the Lord's hearts' desire would be imparted through the speaking.

Ukraine

Please continue to pray that:

  • The Lord will keep all the saints in the involved countries open to Him for their experience of the divine dispensing in all the situations of their daily living.
  • The Lord will meet all the practical needs of the saints as the cold weather of winter settles in.
  • The brothers who are fighting in the war will be preserved by the Lord 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 the involved countries involved 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 Lord will comfort and sustain those who have lost loved ones in the war.
  • The enemy will be bound in his attack on the Lord's interests in Russia, Ukraine, and Europe.

Tajikistan

Pray for the saints to establish regular home meetings with the locals or the foreign students.

Lord's Move to Asia

The January 2023 newsletter of the Lord's Move to Asia contains encouraging reports on last October's LMA Conference and the current situation in Timor-Leste. To download and read this issue, go to:

Announcements

  1. Morning Revival: Week 3 of our guided reading through the Gospel of Matthew. On February 20, we will begin The Divine Dispensing of the Divine Trinity for the Divine Economy (Thanksgiving Conf).
  2. ICSC: The International Chinese-speaking Conference will be held February 17 to 19 in Anaheim. All saints welcome! Those needing translation into English, Korean or Spanish should bring their own FM radio headset or install the free Listen Everywhere app on their iPhone or Android phone.
  3. Free e-Booklets: Living Stream Ministry offers a series of free e-booklets to read and share at http://www.lsm.org/booklets, including "Life's Setting Free—the Need of Those under the Bondage of Sin."
  4. Bibles for America's latest post is available to read and share at http://blog.biblesforamerica.org.
  5. Living to Him has a podcast series particularly helpful to working saints, available on all major podcasting services at http://livingtohim.com/the-living-to-him-podcast.
  6. A Timely Speaking of Supply: Enjoy a free weekly video from messages given by Brother Lee at http://lsm.org/timely-speaking.html.
  7. 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 January 22

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Building on the Rock According to the Lord's Words

"Everyone therefore who hears these words of Mine and does them shall be likened to a prudent man who built his house upon the rock. And the rain descended, and the rivers came, and the winds blew, and they beat against that house; and it did not fall, for it was founded on the rock." (Matt. 7:24-25)

"The work of each will become manifest for the day will declare it, because it is revealed by fire, and the fire itself will prove each one's work, of what sort it is." (1 Cor. 3:13)

The rock [in Matthew 7:24] does not refer to Christ, but to His wise word, the word that reveals the will of His Father who is in the heavens. The kingdom people's living and work must be founded on the word of the new King for the accomplishment of the will of the heavenly Father. This is to enter the narrow gate and walk the constricted way which leads to life.

[In verse 25] the rain is of God, descending from the heavens; the rivers are of man, coming from the earth; and the winds are of Satan, blowing from the air. All these will test the living and work of the kingdom people. Although the rain may descend, the rivers may come, and the winds may blow, the house built upon the rock will not fall because it is built according to the constricted way, the way of doing the will of the Father. The house built on the rock which does not fall is like the building work of gold, silver, and precious stones, which can stand the testing fire (1 Cor. 3:12-13).

Verse 26 says, "And every one who hears these words of Mine and does not do them shall be likened to a foolish man, who built his house on the sand." Sand here refers to human concepts and natural ways. If we live and work according to our human concepts and natural ways, our living and work will be founded on sinking sand. This is to enter the wide gate and walk on the broad way that leads to destruction. (Life-study of Matthew, msg. 24, pp. 306-307)

FTTA Gospel Trips

From January 6 to February 11, gospel trip teams are going out to 20 countries in Europe, as well as the US and Canada, to join with the local saints for the preaching of the gospel of the kingdom. The majority of these gospel trips begin this Thursday, January 26. Please pray that:

  • The Lord will blend and build the saints involved so that He will have the free way to fully bless the trips.
  • The sanctifying Spirit will go before the saints to prepare the hearts of those the Lord has chosen.
  • The preaching of the gospel of the kingdom will be prevailing and reach all those the Lord desires to save.
  • Fruit, even remaining fruit, will be borne in each place visited, and the Lord will add to the churches as His testimony in each of these nations.
  • The Lord will fully cover the travel, safety, security, and health of all those involved.

To receive more specific reports and prayer burdens, please visit http://ftta.org/gospeltrips.

2023 North America College Training

Registration for the 2023 North America College Training is open! The subject of this training is "Love Prevails," and it will be held July 16 to 22 in Champaign, Illinois. To encourage early registration, a substantial discount for those who register in the month of January is being offered. During this month, we desperately need the fighting prayers of all the saints:

  1. Pray for the stirring up of at least 1,400 throughout North America to register and pay in the month of January, boldly registering in faith and giving the Lord the first place in their summer plans!
  2. Pray that the serving and shepherding saints could render the proper fellowship to all those considering the NACT and that all impediments for those who would like to go would be completely removed.
  3. Pray that the Lord would stir up the students not only to register but also to pray for this time and encourage others around them to "Come forward!" to the NACT without delay!

May the Lord continue to raise up a generation of young people for His will and purpose to end this age!

Baltic-Nordic Conference

This weekend, January 27 to 29, a conference for the saints in the Baltic and Nordic countries will be hosted by the church in Riga, Latvia. It is a wonderful opportunity not only to be constituted with the truth, but also for saints from different backgrounds to be blended for the building up of the Body of Christ. Please pray for the Lord's rich blessing on this time of fellowship, and pray that many saints will be able to participate in this online conference.

Ukraine

Please continue to pray that:

  • The Lord will keep all the saints in the involved countries open to Him for their experience of the divine dispensing in all the situations of their daily living.
  • The Lord will meet all the practical needs of the saints as the cold weather of winter settles in.
  • The brothers who are fighting in the war will be preserved by the Lord 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 the involved countries involved 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 Lord will comfort and sustain those who have lost loved ones in the war.
  • The enemy will be bound in his attack on the Lord's interests in Russia, Ukraine, and Europe.

Vietnam

Pray for the plan of printing 10,000 copies of the Vietnamese Recovery Version for free distribution.

Announcements

  1. Morning Revival: Week 2 of our guided reading through the Gospel of Matthew.
  2. Free e-Booklets: Living Stream Ministry offers a series of free e-booklets to read and share at http://www.lsm.org/booklets, including "Life's Setting Free—the Need of Those under the Bondage of Sin."
  3. SAVE THE DATE: The 2023 International Chinese-speaking Blending Conference will be held February 17 to 19 in Anaheim, with translation into English, Korean and Spanish. All saints welcome!
  4. Bibles for America's latest post is available to read and share at http://blog.biblesforamerica.org.
  5. Living to Him has a podcast series particularly helpful to working saints, available on all major podcasting services at http://livingtohim.com/the-living-to-him-podcast.
  6. A Timely Speaking of Supply: Enjoy a free weekly video from messages given by Brother Lee at http://lsm.org/timely-speaking.html.
  7. 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 January 15

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The Pattern of Prayer in Matthew 6

"You then pray in this way: Our Father who is in the heavens, Your name be sanctified; Your kingdom come; Your will be done, as in heaven, so also on earth. Give us today our daily bread. And forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors. And do not bring us into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one. For Yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen." (Matt. 6:9-13)

After the rebellion of Satan, the earth fell into his usurping hand. Thus, the will of God could not be done on earth as in heaven. Hence, God created man with the intention of recovering the earth for Himself. After the fall of man, Christ came to bring the heavenly rule to earth so that the earth could be recovered for God's interest, so that the will of God could be done on earth as in heaven. This is why the new King established the kingdom of the heavens with His followers. The kingdom people must pray for this until the earth is fully recovered for God's will in the coming kingdom age.

[The prayer in Matthew 6], as a pattern, cares first for God's name, God's kingdom, and God's will, and second, for our need. This prayer, as a pattern, cares, third, for the kingdom people's failures before God and for their relationship with others. The kingdom people should ask the Father to forgive their debts, their failures, their trespasses, as they forgive their debtors to maintain peace. This prayer, as a pattern, cares, fourth, for the kingdom people's deliverance from the evil one and from evil things. The kingdom people should ask the Father not to bring them into temptation but to deliver them from the evil one, the devil, and from the evil that is out of him. (Footnotes 101, 111, 121, 132 in Matt. 6)

2023 North America College Training

Registration for the 2023 North America College Training is now open! The subject is "Love Prevails," and it will be held July 16 to 22 in Champaign, Illinois. Thousands of college saints who have participated in previous college trainings received extensive and lasting spiritual benefits, especially the graduating high school seniors. Our expectation is that the Lord would use this special time to freshly gain this generation, to constitute them with the vision of the age and equip them with the truth for His eternal purpose.

Our hope for this time is that the Lord could gather at least 3,500 saints to attend, and to reach that number many college students need to decide early on to set this week apart unto the Lord, regardless of their summer plans. To encourage such a momentous registration, a substantial discount for those who register in the month of January is being offered. However, the real benefit of early registration is that those who commit early can testify to their peers and those in the churches around them of their decision. In so doing, they can be factors to encourage hundreds more to follow them to the NACT this summer!

We need to pray for many to be patterns among this generation who, like Nehemiah, do not seek their own interests but seek the Lord with a pure heart and do not leave the things of God's move to others but participate in them themselves. In the same way as the writer of Hebrews encouraged the readers of his epistle to "come forward" to the place where he was, we pray for many who will take the lead to come forward and register early, during January! Therefore, during this month, we desperately need the fighting prayers of all the saints:

  1. Pray for the stirring up of at least 1,400 throughout North America to register and pay in the month of January, boldly registering in faith and giving the Lord the first place in their summer plans!
  2. Pray that the serving and shepherding saints could render the proper fellowship to all those considering the NACT and that all impediments for those who would like to go would be completely removed.
  3. Pray that the Lord stir up the students not only to register but also to pray for this time and encourage others around them to "Come forward!" to the NACT without delay!

May the Lord continue to raise up a generation of young people for His will and purpose to end this age!

Hall 4 Retreat

This weekend, January 20 to 22, about 85 saints, students, young people, and children from Hall 4 will gather at Oak Glen to begin 2023 together. Please pray for:

  1. All the saints to be washed in the water of the Lord's fresh speaking!
  2. Saints of all ages and stages to be strengthened and encouraged to consecrate themselves to pursue the Lord in an atmosphere of love this year!
  3. Our love for one another to increase so that we can be a testimony of oneness to all those around us!

FTTA Gospel Trips

From January 6 to February 11, gospel trip teams are going out to 20 countries in Europe, as well as the US and Canada, to join with the local saints for the preaching of the gospel of the kingdom. Please pray that:

  • The Lord will blend and build the saints involved so that He will have the free way to fully bless the trips.
  • The sanctifying Spirit will go before the saints to prepare the hearts of those the Lord has chosen.
  • The preaching of the gospel of the kingdom will be prevailing and reach all those the Lord desires to save.
  • Fruit, even remaining fruit, will be borne in each place visited, and the Lord will add to the churches as His testimony in each of these nations.
  • The Lord will fully cover the travel, safety, security, and health of all those involved.

Central & Eastern Europe and the Balkans

A video report is available from the countries encompassed in the geographical area of Central and Eastern Europe and the Balkans. It also introduces and speaks concerning the dear saints from Ukraine who are scattered in many of the localities in these countries. Go to https://churchesceeb.org/2022-reports-en.

May the Lord continue to bless His recovery of this part of the earth!

Ukraine

Please continue to pray that:

  • The Lord will keep all the saints in the involved countries open to Him for their experience of the divine dispensing in all the situations of their daily living.
  • The Lord will meet all the practical needs of the saints as the cold weather of winter settles in.
  • The brothers who are fighting in the war will be preserved by the Lord 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 the involved countries involved 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 Lord will comfort and sustain those who have lost loved ones in the war.
  • The enemy will be bound in his attack on the Lord's interests in Russia, Ukraine, and Europe.

Announcements

  1. Morning Revival: Week 1 of our guided reading through the Gospel of Matthew.
  2. SAVE THE DATE: The 2023 International Chinese-speaking Blending Conference will be held February 17 to 19 in Anaheim, with translation into English, Korean and Spanish. All saints welcome!
  3. Bibles for America's latest post is available to read and share at https://blog.biblesforamerica.org.
  4. FTTA and FTTA-XB graduation videos may be viewed for a limited time at https://www.ftta.org.
  5. Living to Him has a podcast series particularly helpful to working saints, available on all major podcasting services at https://livingtohim.com/the-living-to-him-podcast.
  6. A Timely Speaking of Supply: Enjoy a free weekly video from messages given by Brother Lee at https://lsm.org/timely-speaking.html.
  7. Ways to Give: Information about the church's online giving platform, Subsplash, and where to mail checks, are at https://www.churchinlosangeles.org/members/offerings.

 
 
 

by Ruiyu Wu

Week of January 8

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The Word of Christ Dwelling Richly in Us

"Then He opened their mind to understand the Scriptures." (Luke 24:45)

"Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom, teaching and admonishing one another with psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to God." (Col. 3:16)

To reconstitute the people of God is to educate them by putting them into the word of God so that they may be saturated with the word. As the word of God works within us, the Spirit of God, who is God Himself, through the word spontaneously dispenses God's nature with God's element into our being; in this way we are reconstituted. (December Semiannual Training, msg. 5, II.F.1-2)

The greatest need that must be met is to bring the saints in the Lord's recovery into the truth to carry the recovery on. The intrinsic element of the divine revelation must be wrought into and constituted into our being. After the truth gets into our memory, it becomes a constant and long-term nourishment; then we have an accumulation of the truth, and we are under the constant nourishment. (Msg. 11, III.C.1, D.1,3)

It is crucial to let the word of Christ enter into us, dwell in us, and replace our concepts, opinions, and philosophies. If the word of Christ is to make its home in us, we must give it the full liberty, freedom, and right. (LS of Colossians, pp. 247, 576)

May we continually seek the Lord's opening of our mind so that His word may dwell in us richly, causing the recovery to move onward. May all the truths which we have outwardly in the books be constituted into us inwardly for our nourishment, for our ministering to one another, and for more singing with grace in our hearts to God.

SoCal Spanish-speaking and YP Blending Conferences

The Southern California Spanish-speaking conference is this weekend, January 13 to 15 at the Ministry Conference Center (1200 N Hubbell Way, Anaheim). Simultaneously, there will be the Southern California Young People's Blending Conference.

Meetings are Friday 7:30 pm, Saturday 4:00 and 7:00 pm, and Lord's Day 10:00 am. Child care for K–6 will be provided only at the Church in Anaheim District 2 meeting hall; no child care will be provided at the MCC. English-speaking and Spanish-speaking saints are invited to attend all the meetings at the MCC; Chinese and Korean translation at the MCC will be provided only on Lord's Day.

May the Lord super abundantly pour out His rich blessing on these special conferences!

UCLA

UCLA resumed instruction this week. Please pray for a good beginning to this quarter with everyone reconnecting and entering into the fellowship right away!

This week, January 9 to 15, six trainees from the FTTA will take part in a trainee internship with the full-time LA campus team. The primary burden of this week is to give all participants a taste of serving the Lord full-time, not only in the outward matters but also the inward reality. Please pray for the Lord to bless this whole week, and pray that they would be open to the Lord's special training and speaking.

Hall 5 Mini Retreat

This weekend, January 13 to 15, the saints in Hall 5 are having a local mini retreat with a series of gatherings at the meeting hall and nearby venues on the Westside. Please pray for an encouraging time of blending outside the typical church meeting schedule and a good release and reception of the church-wide burden of Bible and Life-study reading. Also pray for the college students to attend and for the further merging of many newer ones into the church life with all the community saints.

BfA Distribution – Northridge

Saturday to Monday, January 14 to 16, saints from Hall 2, along with others, will have a Bibles for America table inside the Northridge Fashion Center shopping mall. More than 35 saints will participate. We will be there 8 hours each day to distribute tracts, NTs, and books. Please pray for this time, that all who serve will enjoy and express the Lord, and that the Lord will bring many sons of peace to us to receive His gospel and His truth.

FTTA Gospel Trips

From January 26 to February 9, 16 FTTA gospel trip teams will go out to 21 countries in Europe to join with the local saints for the preaching of the gospel of the kingdom. Please pray that:

  • The Lord will blend and build the saints involved so that He will have the free way to fully bless the trips.
  • The sanctifying Spirit will go before the saints to prepare the hearts of those the Lord has chosen.
  • The preaching of the gospel of the kingdom will be prevailing and reach all those the Lord desires to save.
  • Fruit, even remaining fruit, will be borne in each place visited, and the Lord will add to the churches as His testimony in each of these nations.
  • The Lord will fully cover the travel, safety, security, and health of all those involved.

Ukraine

Please continue to pray that:

  • The Lord will keep all the saints in the involved countries open to Him for their experience of the divine dispensing in all the situations of their daily living.
  • The Lord will meet all the practical needs of the saints as the cold weather of winter settles in.
  • The brothers who are fighting in the war will be preserved by the Lord 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 the involved countries involved 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 Lord will comfort and sustain those who have lost loved ones in the war.
  • The enemy will be bound in his attack on the Lord's interests in Russia, Ukraine, and Europe.

Bangladesh

Pray for the ministry distribution to be strengthened that more young people who are seeking and yearning for the truth can be found.

Announcements

  1. Morning Revival: Week 2 of our morning revival topic on "Eating the Word of God." Next week, we will begin a guided reading of the Gospel of Matthew.
  2. 2023 North America College Training: July 16 to 22 in Champaign, IL. Registration is now open with a discounted rate for those who sign up in January. Current high school seniors invited to join. More details at http://collegetraining.org.
  3. FTTA and FTTA-XB graduation videos may be viewed for a limited time at http://www.ftta.org.
  4. Bibles for America's latest post is available to read and share at http://blog.biblesforamerica.org.
  5. Living to Him has a podcast series particularly helpful to working saints, available on all major podcasting services at http://livingtohim.com/the-living-to-him-podcast.
  6. A Timely Speaking of Supply: Enjoy a free weekly video from messages given by Brother Lee at http://lsm.org/timely-speaking.html.
  7. 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 Ruiyu Wu

Week of January 1

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Being Reconstituted with God's Word to Be God's Testimony

"Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly…" (Col. 3:16)

"That He might sanctify her, cleansing her by the washing of the water in the word, that He might present the church to Himself glorious, not having spot or wrinkle or any such things, but that she would be holy and without blemish." (Eph. 5:26-27)

God's intention with Israel was to have on earth a divinely constituted people to be His testimony—a people reconstituted with the word of God. After the return from captivity, the people of Israel were still unruly, for they had been born and raised in Babylon and had become Babylonian in their constitution. There was the need of teaching and reconstitution to bring the people of God into a culture that was according to God, a culture that expressed God; this kind of culture requires a great deal of education.

Ezra brought the people back to the Word of God so that they might be re-educated and reconstituted with the heavenly truths in the divine Word. As a result of being reconstituted through the ministry of Ezra, Israel (in type) became a particular nation, a nation sanctified and separated unto God, expressing God. (December Semiannual Training, msg. 5, II.A,B,C,E,G)

As we pray for the Lord's word and burden released in the December Semiannual Training to operate prevailingly in all the saints and churches, let us pray specifically that we would begin this year with a renewed appetite for the Word of God. May the Lord gain us as Ezras—priestly teachers who contact God, who are saturated with God, who are one with God, who are mingled with God, who are filled with God, and who are skillful in the Word of God—for His testimony and glory.

2023 North America College Training

We joyfully announce that registration is now open for this summer's North America College Training! This training occurs once every four years. In 2023 we are gathering July 16 to 22 in Champaign, Illinois. The topic will be "Love Prevails." Registration opened January 1, and anyone who registers during the month of January will receive a discount. Go to http://collegetraining.org

Please pray that the Lord would move in a special way to call all of our high school seniors, current college students, and recent college graduates to set this time aside and register right away!

FTTA Gospel Trips

From January 26 to February 9, 16 FTTA gospel trip teams will go out to 21 countries in Europe to join with the local saints for the preaching of the gospel of the kingdom. Please pray that:

  • The Lord will blend and build the saints involved so that He will have the free way to fully bless the trips.
  • The sanctifying Spirit will go before the saints to prepare the hearts of those the Lord has chosen.
  • The preaching of the gospel of the kingdom will be prevailing and reach all those the Lord desires to save.
  • Fruit, even remaining fruit, will be borne in each place visited, and the Lord will add to the churches as His testimony in each of these nations.
  • The Lord will fully cover the travel, safety, security, and health of all those involved.

Ukraine

Please continue to pray that:

  • The Lord will keep all the saints in the involved countries open to Him for their experience of the divine dispensing in all the situations of their daily living.
  • The Lord will meet all the practical needs of the saints as the cold weather of winter settles in.
  • The brothers who are fighting in the war will be preserved by the Lord 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 the involved countries involved 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 Lord will comfort and sustain those who have lost loved ones in the war.
  • The enemy will be bound in his attack on the Lord's interests in Russia, Ukraine, and Europe.

Stuttgart Meeting Hall

Please continue to pray for the release of funding needed for Phase I renovations and for the planning, design, and permits needed. Saints in LA who are burdened to contribute may give through the Church in Los Angeles designated for 'Stuttgart Meeting Hall'.

Azerbaijan

Pray for the saints to be in one accord to gain some stable Russian speakers for His testimony.

Announcements

  1. Morning Revival: Week 1 of our morning revival topic on "Eating the Word of God."
  2. FTTA and FTTA-XB graduation videos may be viewed for a limited time at http://www.ftta.org.
  3. SoCal Spanish-speaking Conference: January 13 to 15 at the Ministry Conference Center, Anaheim.
  4. SoCal YP Blending Conference: January 13 to 15 in Anaheim. Registration at http://scyp.com/blending.
  5. Bibles for America's latest post is available to read and share at http://blog.biblesforamerica.org.
  6. Living to Him has a podcast series particularly helpful to working saints, available on all major podcasting services at http://livingtohim.com/the-living-to-him-podcast.
  7. A Timely Speaking of Supply: Enjoy a free weekly video from messages given by Brother Lee at http://lsm.org/timely-speaking.html.
  8. 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 December 25

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December Semiannual Training

"And Jabez called on the God of Israel saying, Oh that You would richly bless me and enlarge my border, and that Your hand would be with me, and that You would so keep me from evil that it would not grieve me! And God caused what he had requested to come to pass." (1 Chron. 4:10)

This week's Semiannual Training is being held in-person in Anaheim and by webcast in Los Angeles and around the world. This training on Chronicles, Ezra, Nehemiah, and Esther will be the completion of the crystallization-study of the Bible.

Please pray for the release of the Lord's timely word and burden in this training. Pray for the Lord to 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 return.

FTTA Gospel Trips

Pray for all the planning and preparation for upcoming FTTA and FTTA-XB gospel trips in January and early February.

Bibles for America

Our hearts are full of thanks to the Lord for all He has done through BfA this year. By the Lord's mercy, we've been able to give away more Bibles this year than ever before. With the generous support of our donors, we reached a wonderful milestone: in August, we gave away our 2 millionth Bible! Furthermore, since April of this year, we've been giving away the Basic Elements of the Christian Life to US residents. Lastly, in 2022, 1.4 million people visited the BfA Blog from all over the world.

Please pray that every person who has received a Bible over the past 22 years would be fed and nourished by the Word of God. Also pray that all the blog visitors would find answers to their questions, be nourished with God's Word, and continue to grow in the divine life of God.

To read the full year-in-review report, go to http://biblesforamerica.org/2022.

Europe

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

European Winter School of Truth

This year's Winter School of Truth is on "The Triune God and the Person and Work of Christ" and held in five locations between December 26 and January 2: The Netherlands (December 25 to 30); Spain (December 26 to 31); London, UK (December 30 to January 2); Leeds, UK (December 27 to 30); and Ireland (December 28 to 30).

Pray for every young person to learn and grow in their spiritual life as well as experience and appreciate the Bible like never before. May the Lord constitute our next generation with the truth for His move and testimony in Europe.

Stuttgart Meeting Hall

Pray for the closing of the purchase of a meeting hall in Stuttgart, Germany, and for the release of funding (€500,000) needed for Phase I renovations. Pray also for the planning, design, and permits needed for these renovations. A report that includes details, photographs, and instructions on how to give for this need can be downloaded from http://lordsmove.org/reports.html.

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:

  • The Lord will keep all the saints in the involved countries open to Him for their experience of the divine dispensing in all the situations of their daily living.
  • The brothers who are fighting in the war will be preserved by the Lord 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.
  • Saints in all countries involved 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 Lord will comfort and sustain those who have lost loved ones in the war.
  • The enemy will be bound in his attack on the Lord's interests in Russia, Ukraine, and Europe.

Announcements

  1. Morning Revival: Enjoy training verses or repeat a week. Next week, starting January 2, we will get into some material on "Eating the Word of God."
  2. FTTA and FTTA-XB graduation videos may be viewed for a limited time at http://www.ftta.org.
  3. 2023 North America College Training: July 16 to 22, 2023 in Champaign, IL. Registration opens on January 1. Current high school seniors warmly invited to join. More details at http://collegetraining.org.
  4. SoCal YP Blending Conference: January 13 to 15 in Anaheim. Registration at http://scyp.com/blending.
  5. Bibles for America's latest post is available to read and share at http://blog.biblesforamerica.org.
  6. Living to Him has a podcast series particularly helpful to working saints, available on all major podcasting services at http://livingtohim.com/the-living-to-him-podcast.
  7. 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 Ruiyu Wu

Week of December 18

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Living an Overcoming Life by Reigning in Life

"And made us a kingdom, priests to His God and Father, to Him be the glory and the might forever and ever. Amen." (Rev. 1:6)

"For if, by the offense of the one, death reigned through the one, 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. 5:17)

The genuine Christian life is the life of an overcomer, and all the overcomers in the New Testament should be kings who have received the abundance of grace [God Himself as our all-sufficient supply for our organic salvation] and the gift of righteousness [God's judicial redemption applied to us in a practical way] to reign in life.

If we have not yet 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? Our enjoyment of Christ may be only "one-inch high," but Christ is unlimited. Our enjoyment of Christ should come up to the kingship level. We need to receive grace upon grace to such an extent that grace reigns in us so that we can be good stewards of the varied grace of God. (Crystallization-study of 1 and 2 Kings, msg. 12, I, B, C)

May we continue to upgrade our enjoyment of Christ so that it would be up to the proper standard—the kingship level—and He would have a way to come back!

December Semiannual Training

Next week's Semiannual Training will be held in-person in Anaheim from December 26 to 31 and by webcast in Los Angeles and around the world. This training on Chronicles, Ezra, Nehemiah, and Esther will be the completion of the crystallization-study of the Bible.

It is only by having the divine truth in the Word thoroughly wrought into us that we can live and magnify Christ in our daily life, preach the gospel to the unbelievers, and present the truth and minister life to the seeking believers, thereby becoming the prevailing testimony of Jesus, the living Body of Christ. (From June 2022 issue of LSM's digital newsletter, "Having This Ministry…")

Please pray for the release of the Lord's timely word and burden in this training. Pray for the Lord to 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 return.

FTTA and FTTA-MA Graduations

This Saturday, December 24 at 9:30 am, the graduation meeting for the 2022 Fall Class of the FTTA, including a recognition of the FTTA-XB (Boston Extension) trainees, will be held at the Ministry Conference Center on the LSM campus. This meeting will also be streamed live at http://www.ftta.org.
In the afternoon, beginning at 3:00 pm, the graduation meeting for the FTTA-MA (Middle-age) will be held at 1853 W Ball Rd in Anaheim. This meeting will also be streamed live on Zoom.
Please pray for the Lord's leading of:

  • all these trainees—23 FTTA, 4 XB, and 25 MA—to follow the Lamb wherever He may go;
  • some to join in His move in one of the GTCA cities and cities with new campus teams;
  • many college graduates, young working saints, and middle aged saints to answer God's call to go to the training next term.

Bibles for America

Our hearts are full of thanks to the Lord for all He has done through BfA this year. By the Lord's mercy, we've been able to give away more Bibles this year than ever before. With the generous support of our donors, we reached a wonderful milestone: in August, we gave away our 2 millionth Bible! Furthermore, since April of this year, we've been giving away the Basic Elements of the Christian Life to US residents. Lastly, in 2022, 1.4 million people visited the BfA Blog from all over the world.

Please pray that every person who has received a Bible over the past 22 years would be fed and nourished by the Word of God. Also pray that all the blog visitors would find answers to their questions, be nourished with God's Word, and continue to grow in the divine life of God.

To read the full year-in-review report, go to http://biblesforamerica.org/2022.

European Winter School of Truth

This year's Winter School of Truth will be on "The Triune God and the Person and Work of Christ" and held in five locations between December 26 and January 2: The Netherlands (December 25 to 30); Spain (December 26 to 31); London, UK (December 30 to January 2); Leeds, UK (December 27 to 30); and Ireland (December 28 to 30).

Please pray for every young person to learn and grow in their spiritual life as well as experience and appreciate the Bible like never before. May the Lord constitute our next generation with the truth for His move and testimony in Europe.

Stuttgart Meeting Hall

Please pray for the closing of the purchase of a meeting hall in Stuttgart, Germany, and for the release of funding (€500,000) needed for Phase I renovations. Pray also for the planning, design, and permits needed for these renovations. A report that includes details, photographs, and instructions on how to give for this need can be downloaded from http://lordsmove.org/reports.html.

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:

  • The Lord will keep all the saints in the involved countries open to Him for their experience of the divine dispensing in all the situations of their daily living.
  • The brothers who are fighting in the war will be preserved by the Lord 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.
  • Saints in all countries involved 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 Lord will comfort and sustain those who have lost loved ones in the war.
  • The enemy will be bound in his attack on the Lord's interests in Russia, Ukraine, and Europe.

Tajikistan

Pray for the saints to establish regular home meetings with their contacts. Pray for the saints to receive grace and progress in language learning daily that they can present the truth and minister life to others. Pray for the saints to abide in the vine, absorb His riches, and become fruitful branches; may the Lord bless them with two fruits in the coming six months.

Announcements

  1. Morning Revival: Week 12 of Crystallization-study of 1 and 2 Kings, vol. 2.
  2. Wednesday Night Ministry Meeting: This Wednesday will be the final ministry meeting of the term. The live broadcast starts at 7:25 pm at http://lsm.org/live.
  3. 2023 North America College Training: July 16 to 22, 2023 in Champaign, IL. Registration opens on January 1. Current high school seniors warmly invited to join. More details at http://collegetraining.org.
  4. SoCal YP Blending Conference: January 13 to 15, 2023 in Anaheim. Registration at http://scyp.com/blending.
  5. LSM Newsletter: The November issue includes a list of resources to help saints prepare themselves for the upcoming training. Visit http://newsletters.lsm.org/having-this-ministry.
  6. Living to Him has a podcast series particularly helpful to working saints, available on all major podcasting services at http://livingtohim.com/the-living-to-him-podcast.
  7. A Timely Speaking of Supply: Enjoy a free weekly video from messages given by Brother Lee at http://lsm.org/timely-speaking.html.
  8. 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 Ruiyu Wu