Love God for the Preparation of the Bride
Revelation 19:7-8 says, “Let us rejoice and exult, and let us give the glory to Him, for the marriage of the Lamb has come, and His wife has made herself ready. And it was given to her that she should be clothed in fine linen, bright and clean; for the fine linen is the righteousnesses of the saints.”
The entire Bible is a divine romance, a record of how God courts His chosen people and eventually marries them. The Lord’s recovery is for the fulfillment of Matthew 16:18 and Revelation 19:7-8—the building up of Christ’s church and the preparation of Christ’s bride. As God’s people love God and spend time to fellowship with Him in His word, God infuses them with His divine element, making them one with Him as His spouse, the same as He is in life, nature, and expression. (Thanksgiving Conference, Message 4, I, I.A,H)
Winter Training
The winter training will take place in next week, December 26–31, in Anaheim. The subject is the Crystallization-study of Ezekiel. Please pray that the Lord would infuse all the saints with His up-to-date burden through the live training messages and the webcast and video training in many localities, including Los Angeles. May the Lord advance in His recovery during this time!
FTTA Graduation
Forty-six trainees will graduate from FTTA on Saturday, December 24. Let us petition the Lord:
1) That the truth imparted into them in the past 2 years would become their constitution and experience;
2) For a rich supply in their transition from training life to church life; and
3) For their full participation in the recovery whether they serve or work or go to school.
Europe
In September 2015 some brothers realized that the large influx of refugees to Europe indicated that the Lord was moving. Throughout 2016 many saints visited or migrated to Germany to join with saints there in proclaiming the gospel and in shepherding new believers. The main shepherding effort concluded at the end of November but a few saints continue to labor with local saints in Germany.
The co-workers in Europe have been and are in fellowship about how to continue through the first half of 2017. Please beseech the Lord to lead them throughout this move.
At the winter training next week there will be fellowship about the Lord’s move in Europe. Please ask the Lord to anoint the fellowship and to open our ears to hear what the Spirit is speaking to us.
Europe: Winter School of Truth
The Winter School of Truth will be December 26–31. This is a full-time, six-day, residential event for young people. The general subject is “The Triune God and the Person and Work of Christ.” This truth school will be held simultaneously in the United Kingdom (for those from the UK, Ireland, Greece, Romania), in Spain (for Spain and Portugal), and the Netherlands (for all other nations in western and central Europe). The goal is to produce a group of young people in Europe who are constituted with the divine truths in the Word of God.
The long-term burden is to raise up truth schools one by one across Europe. Please pray that the Lord will give the European young people a hunger for the truth and will make the truth their inward constitution year by year.
Announcements
- Morning revival: Returning to the Orthodoxy of the Church, week 2.
Keep your copy of Material Offerings and the Lord’s Move Today; we will use it again next year. - Oak Glen has been very beneficial to the Southern California churches this year. Another payment for its purchase is due this month. As the Lord leads, please put an offering designated for ‘Oak Glen’ in the church offering box.
- Winter Training: Due to the large number of registrants, there will be no open meetings in Anaheim during the 2016 Winter Training.
- The annual Southern California Spanish-speaking Conference will be held in Anaheim from January 13–15, 2017 at the Ministry Conference Center in Anaheim. Details in English y español are at https://churchinlosangeles.org/prayer/.
- The Lord’s Move in Europe:
Giving for the Gospel Work in Europe instructions are at http://www.lordsmove.org/information.html. Giving for the UK Building Fund instructions are at http://www.lordsmove.org/ukbuildingfund or you may give to the church in LA, designated for UK Building Fund.