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The Kingdom and the Church

“Jesus went about in all of Galilee, teaching in their synagogues and proclaiming the gospel of the kingdom.” (Matt. 4:23)

“The kingdom of God is not eating and drinking, but righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit.” (Rom. 14:17)

“I John, your brother and fellow partaker in the tribulation and kingdom and endurance in Jesus.” (Rev. 1:9)

The Bible first presents the kingdom and thereafter presents the church; the presence of the kingdom produces the church. The genuine church is the kingdom of God in this age; today the believers live the kingdom life in the church. We are in the kingdom in reality only when we live, walk, and have our being in the spirit, not in our natural man. The purpose of the vital groups in the church life is to live the kingdom life—the God-man life. (The Development of the Kingdom of God, msg. 3, I, II, II.E, I.D)

Lord, lift up our daily life for our church life. Save us from any kind of emptiness or passivity.

Los Angeles Parents’ Fellowship

Please pray for a crucial time of fellowship with the parents and serving ones of all the young people entering 6th to 12th grades on how we can work together to care for all of them in Los Angeles as well as coordinating for the 2019 Summer School of Truth.

Thursday, June 20, 7:30-9:30 pm at Hall 5 (522 S Sepulveda, #203; Los Angeles 90049)

Translation provided for Korean and Spanish

This meeting is on a weeknight, but we pray that as many as possible will be able to come and will make the effort to come.

Daily Prayer for North America College Training

We believe that forty days of persevering prayer in one accord will result in an unprecedented move of the Holy Spirit in this generation of college saints during the upcoming NACT. We ask that you join us in earnest and persistent intercession on behalf of the NACT this year. Specifically, we are having forty days (June 11—July 20, the last day of the training) of dedicated prayer.

Midage Training

The FTTA Middle-Age graduation will be Saturday, June 22 in Anaheim. Twenty-five are graduating. Pray for the Lord’s blessing to them and His leading of them in their living and service after the training. Also pray for many more than 25 to begin the training on September 2, especially an increase in the number from North America.

Southern California Chinese-speaking Gospel Meeting

Please pray for the Southern California churches’ Chinese-speaking gospel meeting, on Saturday, June 22 at the church in Arcadia meeting hall. Please pray that many will come forward to receive the salvation of God and to be released from the authority of darkness into the kingdom of God.

Germany

The German Protestant Church Festival is held every two years. This year it is June 19 to 23 in Dortmund. Over 100,000 participants are expected, many under age 30. We will have a stand June 20 to 22 to distribute the Recovery Version NT. We will also have three teams outside the fairground to distribute NTs as people arrive. We have prepared 6000 NTs and our goal is to distribute all of them to seeking believers.

Bulgaria

There will be a conference in Sofia, Bulgaria, June 22 to 23. Pray for the strengthening of the church in Sofia and for the spread of the Lord’s move in this part of Europe.

Announcements

  1. Morning Revival: Week 3 of The Development of the Kingdom of God in the Christian Life and the Church Life (April ITERO).

  2. Audio of the May 12 joint meeting of the church in LA is available at http://tinyurl.com/LAnextgen.

  3. Prayer for North America College Training: at http://collegetraining.org/2019/pray.php sign up to pray 15 minutes one day or multiple days; at http://www.40daysprayer.com subscribe to receive prayer burdens and updates.

  4. Audio/video of SoCal Blending messages will be posted at http://www.socalblending.org.

  5. Summer School of Truth: Please reserve August 9 to 17.