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Being Renewed to Become as New as the New Jerusalem

“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)

“We have been buried therefore with Him through baptism into His death, in order that just as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, so also we might walk in newness of life.” (Rom. 6:4)

We need to be those who are being renewed day by day with the fresh supply of the resurrection life to replace our culture and to become the one new man in reality by becoming as new as the New Jerusalem. In order to be renewed day by day, we need to be revived every morning. We are renewed day by day through four items: the cross; the Holy Spirit by which we are reconditioned, remade, and remodeled with the divine life; our mingled spirit; and the holy word of God. (The All-inclusive, Extensive Christ Replacing Culture for the One New Man, msg. 4, IV, E-F)

Pray that all of the saints would open to the Lord so that He can renew them to be as new as He is, and become the New Jerusalem.

Freshly Attracted for a Fresh Pursuit

“Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth! For your love is better than wine. Your anointing oils have a pleasant fragrance; your name is like ointment poured forth; therefore the virgins love you. Draw me; we will run after you.” (S.S. 1:2-4a)

“Your eyes will see the King in His beauty.” (Isa. 33:17a)

Pray that the saints would be freshly attracted by Christ’s love, charmed by His name, and captivated by His person in order to have a fresh pursuit of Him. (Beseeching.org, Day 213)

International Chinese-speaking Conference

The 2021 ICSC will be held online this weekend, February 13 to 14. The general subject is “The Intrinsic and Organic Building Up of the Church as the Body of Christ.” All saints are encouraged to join all five sessions. No registration needed. In LA, we will have separate Zoom arrangements for English, Chinese, Korean and Spanish. Details about the way to join will be provided in hall announcements.

The meeting schedule for English-speaking saints is Saturday 9:00 am, 11:00 am, 7:30 pm; and Lord’s Day 11:00 am, 4:00 pm.

Please pray for the blending of all the saints and the building up of the Body through the Lord’s up-to-date speaking to His recovery!

Bibles for America

As mentioned during the webinar on January 31, the BfA Blog is a wonderful resource for shepherding people. Over the past year we have seen a tremendous increase in traffic to the BfA Blog over the past year—specifically, a 147% increase in pageviews year over year (1.9 million pageviews in 2019 to 4.7 million in 2020).

Please pray that the saints would use the blog posts as a resource to shepherd others and help them progress in their Christian experience. Pray also that this would be a useful tool to introduce people to the ministry of the age.

European Winter School of Truth Continuation

Every year there is a Winter School of Truth during the last week of December for young people in Europe. This year there is a continuation which began last Saturday and goes through April 3. The subject is “The Bible, the Word of God.” Each Saturday has a large online meeting followed by local online groups. March 6 is a gospel meeting for all of Europe. More information is at https://truthschool.eu/new-schedule-for-2021. Ask the Lord to gain many in this young generation for His move in Europe!

Lord’s Move to Africa

The February 2021 online newsletter continues to present the Lord’s move in West Africa (Togo and Benin) and introduces the Lord’s move in North Africa (Egypt). The church in Cairo, Egypt is currently the only lampstand in the predominantly Arabic-speaking region with about 30 saints enjoying the church life. We need to pray for the spread of the Lord’s testimony in the seven countries of North Africa!

Announcements

  1. Morning Revival: Week 4 of The All-inclusive, Extensive Christ Replacing Culture for the One New Man. Next week, starting February 15, we will REPEAT Week 4.

  2. Words of Fellowship to the Church in LA: The first video in our new series, Rekindling Our Love for the Lord, is now also available in Chinese (subtitles only), Korean and Spanish. We hope the saints will be encouraged and supplied by these words of fellowship in the midst of these days.

  3. Spring California College Conference: Registration is now open for the second all-California online college conference, February 26 to 28. More details at college-conference.com.

  4. Living to Him has a new podcast series particularly helpful to working saints, available on all major podcasting services at http://anchor.fm/livingtohim.

  5. Ways to Give: Information on setting up online giving through Subsplash, as well as where to mail checks while our meeting halls are closed, are at http://www.churchinlosangeles.org/members/offerings.