Showers of Blessing
“And I will make them…a blessing, and I will cause the showers to come down in their season; there will be showers of blessing.” (Ezek. 34:26)
Through His shepherding in His recovery by life, the Lord brings us into the enjoyment of His blessing and causes us to become a source of blessing under the showers of blessing. May we all continue to enjoy the Lord’s blessing, and then He will cause us to become a source of blessing to others so that they may be supplied. (Crystallization-study of Deuteronomy, msg. 12, III.E, E.1)
Memorial Day Conference
Prayer Burden
The general subject is “A Timely Word concerning the World Situation and the Lord’s Recovery.” We are looking to the Lord and expecting Him to use this pandemic to do something extraordinary among us during this time. We are praying that He will help us to open this channel for the release of His Word through this ministry. To that end, we hope that all the churches and all the saints will prepare for this upcoming time of ministry and sanctify these days for the hearing of faith among us everywhere. Please pray for His blessing upon this conference. May it turn out to be a real memorial among us to the shame of God’s enemy and to the glory of God’s grace! (from LSM letter posted at https://churchinlosangeles.org/prayer)
Conference messages
LSM will host this conference online at http://conf.lsmwebcast.com. Outlines are already available here. This site is open to all the saints and churches from 6:55 p.m., Friday, May 22 to midnight, Monday, May 25. The site will guide each saint to the correct language. The schedule is:
- Friday, May 22, 7 pm
- Saturday, May 23, 10 am and 7 pm
- Lord’s Day, May 24, 10 am and 7 pm
- Monday, May 25, 10 am
The videos will also be available two hours after each streamed meeting ends, on the “Archives” page of the conference site.
Prophesying after messages
After each message LA will host prophesying on Zoom. Details will be sent by each hall or district.
The Organic Function of Every Saint
“Day by day…house to house, they partook of their food with exultation and simplicity of heart, praising God and having grace with all the people. And the Lord added together day by day those who were being saved.” (Acts 2:46-47)
“Truly I say to you that if two of you are in harmony on earth concerning any matter for which they ask, it will be done for them from My Father who is in the heavens.” (Matt. 18:19)
“To each one is given the manifestation of the Spirit for what is profitable.” (1 Cor. 12:7)
“Each one, as he has received a gift, ministering it among yourselves as good stewards of the varied grace of God.” (1 Peter 4:10)
Pray for the saints to use the present circumstances to cultivate a church life that is more vital, more prevailing, more fruitful, and more according to the God-ordained way through the release of the organic function of every saint. (Unceasingly Pray, day 16)
LA Gospel
The spread of the gospel
“The word of the Lord was carried through the whole region.” (Acts 13:49)
“From you the word of the Lord has sounded out.” (1 Thes. 1:8)
Lord, in these days repeat in Los Angeles what you did in those two regions!
Prayer for specific meetings
- Follow up to the hall 3 gospel meeting last Friday night, and the LA sixth grade meeting last Saturday.
- Preparation for and invitations to gospel meetings: LA Korean-speaking May 29, LA Spanish-speaking May 30, and Thousand Oaks Chinese-speaking May 30.
Summer School of Truth
This year the SSoT will be online for all Southern California together plus local group times. Dates are June 6 to 27. Registration deadline is May 31. Contact the serving saints in your hall for details.
Lord, bring all our young people into the reality of what You will release next month.
Announcements
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Morning Revival: REPEAT Crystallization-study of Deuteronomy, week 12.
May 25 we begin The Will of God (March 2020 ITERO). -
The joint meeting of the whole church, on Zoom, will be Lord’s Day, May 31.
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A 22-minute video preview of the Memorial Day conference is at http://www.churchinanaheim.org/2020-memorial-day-conference-preview.html.
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Giving to the church at this time, see https://churchinlosangeles.org/members/offerings.
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Information about our 6th Grade students is at https://churchinlosangeles.org/prayer.
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The European Young People’s Conference is online, Saturdays, May 16 and June 20, Friday July 31 to Monday, August 3, and Saturday, August 29. The Parents Conference will be June 5 to 7 (registration open until May 31, see http://ypconference.eu/epcc) and the Family Conference will be June 26 to 28 (registration opens soon). Details are at http://ypconference.eu.
Online Resources
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The Church in Los Angeles has a new YouTube channel to show videos from recent gatherings, such as gospel meetings and midweek perfecting fellowships. http://youtube.com/churchinlosangeles
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The Bible Tells Me So is posting daily videos on weekdays to help foster a “Family Time” in each household. http://www.thebibletellsmeso.com/familytime
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LSM Webcast is offering access at a reduced subscription rate until June 30. http://www.lsmwebcast.com
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LSM Christian Radio broadcasts hymns and messages 24 hours each day. http://lsmchristianradio.com
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Bibles for America has a new webpage with an introductory video and easy-to-use resources for telling people about God’s salvation. http://gospel.biblesforamerica.org
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GTCA updates ongoing burdens about the ten target cities for migration this year. http://gtca.us
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Living to Him provides a forum for helping young working saints to practically enter into a vital living for the building up of the Body of Christ. http://livingtohim.com