Week of May 11

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The All-inclusive Christ as Grace, Our Spiritual Pulse

“The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ and the love of God and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all.” (2 Cor. 13:14)

“The Lord be with your spirit. Grace be with you.” (2 Tim. 4:22)

We have two circulations within us. One circulation is the circulation of blood within our physical body, and the other circulation is the circulation of the Divine Trinity in our spirit. Without either of these circulations we would die either physically or spiritually. Second Corinthians 13:14 gives us a detailed description of this inner, spiritual circulation. This circulation is the supply in our Christian life and church life…We must see that the entire church life depends upon 2 Corinthians 13:14. It depends upon the love of the Father, the grace of the Son, and the fellowship of the Spirit to flow as a current within our spirit.

If we miss the Spirit in our speaking, our speaking is empty. Furthermore, if the current within us is cut off while we are listening to the ministry of the word, our listening is empty. We need to speak in the flow and listen in the flow. The flow is the transmission of the Holy Spirit, and this transmission is the fellowship that conveys the grace of Christ the Son as the outflow of the love of the Triune God. The current of the Divine Trinity within us as revealed in 2 Corinthians 13:14 is our spiritual pulse. (CWWL, 1988, vol. 1, “Living in and with the Divine Trinity,” pp. 383-384)

Knowing the Lord as the Truth to Experience Him as Life

“Jesus said to him, I am the way and the reality [the truth] and the life; no one comes to the Father except through Me.” (John 14:6)

“You search the Scriptures, because you think that in them you have eternal life; and it is these that testify concerning Me. Yet you are not willing to come to Me that you may have life.” (John 5:39-40)

Both the truth and the life are the Lord Himself, but they are two different aspects of what He is. The difference is that the truth is an outward definition and explanation, and life is the inward and intrinsic content. The Lord is in us as our life, but the experience of life needs an explanation. This explanation is the truth. If we receive the Lord according to this explanation, we have life. Hence, in order to experience and enjoy the Lord as life, we must know the truth. The experience of the Lord as life is contained in the Lord as the truth. If we are not clear about the truth and do not understand or know the truth, we will have no way to enjoy the Lord as our life. For this reason we must spend an adequate amount of time to learn the truth…

The Bible is not merely a book of knowledge. All the knowledge contained in the Bible is in fact truth, and in this truth, life is concealed. When we read the Bible, if we study only the letter but not the intrinsic truth within, we will not receive life. Hence, every Bible reader has to see the truth that is conveyed through the letter of the Word. Once we see the truth, we will spontaneously touch life. The Life-studies have been published to help us enter into the depths of the letter of the Word. Therefore, all those who carefully study the Life-studies will surely gain a certain amount of experience. The Life-studies bring us into the biblical truths, from which we may receive the genuine life supply. (CWWL, 1984, vol. 5, “Truth, Life, the Church, and the Gospel—the Four Great Pillars in the Lord's Recovery,” ch. 6, pp. 415-16)

Please pray that the saints would make progress in their knowing of the Lord as the truth so that they may experience Him as life. Pray that the saints would be diligent to receive help from the Life-studies to enter into the biblical truths, from which they may receive the genuine life supply.

Memorial Day Blending Conference

The International Memorial Day Blending Conference will be in Phoenix, Arizona from May 23 to 26. The general subject of the six messages is “The Preparation of the Bride.” While Daylight Savings Time is in effect, the time in Los Angeles and Phoenix is the same; therefore, all the saints not attending in person are encouraged to watch the free livestream at lsmwebcast.com. The outlines in both standard form and expanded form (with verses) will be available for download at this website starting Friday, May 16.

Please pray for the release of the Lord's up-to-date speaking and for the operation of the intensified Spirit in all the saints to prepare the bride for the Lord's coming. Pray for the transmission of grace to all the saints traveling from all over the world to attend and to the many saints who have volunteered to serve in some capacity at the conference.

France – XB Gospel Trips

FTTA-XB trainees are currently on gospel trips in France until May 19. Cities they are visiting include Lille, Rouen, Strasbourg, Toulouse, and the Paris region; some will also visit Luxembourg. May the Lord bless all the trainee teams and their blending with the local saints for the raising up of churches as His golden lampstands and the advancement of His move in France and in French-speaking Europe.

Please continue to pray:

• For the Lord to fully cover the travel, safety, security, and health of all those involved.
• For the fresh and detailed consecrations of the trainees and for their enlarged view and burden for the Lord's move in Europe.
• That many divine appointments would take place for the Lord to encourage existing saints and gain local French speakers and their families.
• That the Lord's prevailing testimony could be raised up in more French-speaking cities.

United Kingdom

On May 19 there will be an important political summit regarding post-Brexit relations between the UK and the European Union. One major area of negotiation is a Europe-wide youth mobility scheme whereby anyone in the EU could go to the UK on a short-term visa to work or study and vice versa. The Europeans want the visa as flexible and as long as possible (for example, up to four years) while the UK government is under pressure to not open the door too widely.

Such a youth visa program would have significant implications for our young people in Europe to access the Full-time Training in London and for the blending of the saints throughout Europe. Please pray for the Lord's ruling over these negotiations.

Central and Eastern Europe and the Balkans

The Central and Eastern Europe and the Balkans (CEEB) geographical region encompasses the northern part of Central Europe, including Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, and Hungary. It also touches Romania in the east before turning south to the Balkan countries, including Croatia, Serbia, Bulgaria, Albania, Greece, and Turkey.

A blending conference for the churches and the saints in the CEEB region will be held this weekend, May 16 to 18, in Budapest, Hungary. Please pray for the blending of the saints and the building up of the Body through the Lord's speaking and the saints' fellowship during this time.

Announcements

1. Morning Revival: Week 18 of Experiencing, Enjoying, and Expressing Christ (2), vol. 3.
2. Wednesday Night Ministry Meeting: The series on “The Crucial Points of the Truth in Paul's Epistles—Ephesians” continues this week starting at 7:25 pm in Anaheim and at lsmwebcast.com.
3. Memorial Day Conference: May 23 to 26 in Phoenix, AZ. The general subject is “The Preparation of the Bride.” For LA saints attending in person, please RSVP at tinyurl.com/memdayla.
4. Semiannual Training: June 30 to July 5 in Anaheim. For LA saints, registration for the live training in Anaheim is now closed; however, registration for our local video training is open until June 15 ($130) at tinyurl.com/summertrainingla.
5. LSM Newsletter: The April 2025 issue of "Having This Ministry…" includes an explanation on the deeper and intrinsic significance of the term blending. Go to newsletters.lsm.org/having-this-ministry.
6. Bibles for America's recent blogpost “What Does It Mean to Be Saved ‘Much More' in Romans 5:10?” is available to read and share at blog.bfa.org. Helpful videos are available at bfa.org/videos.
7. Ways to Give: Information about the church's online giving platform, Subsplash, and where to mail checks, are at www.churchinlosangeles.org/members/offerings.