Living and Active for the Spread of the Truth
“And we know that the Son of God has come and has given us an understanding that we might know Him who is true; and we are in Him who is true, in His Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God and eternal life.” (1 John 5:20)
“For I rejoiced greatly at the brothers’ coming and testifying to your steadfastness in the truth, even as you walk in truth.” (3 John 3)
“Fight the good fight of the faith.” (1 Tim. 6:12a)
To stand one with the victorious Christ in fighting against the devil, the father of lies (John 8:44), and for the consummation of the divine economy, we need to learn the divine truth, know the truth, love the truth, be constituted with the truth, apply the truth (firstly to ourselves), walk in the truth, testify the truth, fight for the truth, and be absolute for the way of the truth and for the propagation of the truth.
Lord, we are open to You and ready to pursue and absorb Your truth. Be merciful to us that our self would not hinder us. Impart more of Your truth into us, and be our boldness to speak Your truth and to be living and active for the spread of Your truth.
SSOT Teachers’ Training
The California-wide Summer School of Truth from June 12 to 26 is a crucial time for our young people to be educated in and to develop a taste for the rich truths that we have inherited in the Lord’s recovery. This Saturday, June 5, 10:00 to 11:30 am, we will have a corporate Teachers’ Training for all the participating parents, serving ones, and college students.
Please pray for all those who attend this time to be filled with a fresh burden for the young people they are shepherding and for this year’s SSOT.
National College Training
This year’s National College Training for the US and Canada will be held July 21 to 25 as a hybrid online and in-person training. The schedule is designed so that those interning, working, or taking summer classes can still fully participate. The registration deadline is June 7.
Please pray that the Lord would lead many students, including newly-graduated high school seniors, to consecrate their summer to Him. May this generation respond to the Lord’s call to rise up, bring wood, and build God’s house today!
FTTA Middle-Age Training
The FTTA Middle-Age Training is pleased to announce that the 2021 Fall semester will begin on August 30. After a long recess due to the pandemic, we are looking to the Lord for a new beginning in the spirit of a fresh consecration and a renewed sense of the Lord’s imminent return. We pray that the Lord will stir in the hearts of many saints to rise up to redeem the years that the locusts have eaten (Joel 2:25) and seize the opportunity to be trained. In the Middle-age Training, saints of different races, nationalities, and languages, come together to be perfected in an atmosphere of blending to usher in the reality of the Body of Christ for the one new man.
Please pray that many saints in the Lord’s recovery between the ages of 35 and 65 will seize this opportunity to be perfected. The application deadline is August 10. For more details, visit http://fttamidage.org.
Bibles for America
BfA has fulfilled over 50,000 Bible orders so far in 2021. This is the largest number of orders we’ve ever shipped out during the period of January to May. Despite the many restrictions resulting from the pandemic, by the Lord’s mercy we’ve been able to meet this growing demand for Bibles.
As we look to the Lord regarding reopening the distribution center to volunteers, please pray that He would cover all the packaging and shipping processes so that the orders would be fulfilled in a smooth and efficient way. Pray also that these Bibles would be read by God’s seekers all over this country.
GTCA Cities – Cincinnati
The second of four GTCA mini-conferences is this Saturday, June 5 at 9:00 am and 4:00 pm PDT (12:00 pm and 7:00 pm EDT). This conference will be with the church in Cincinnati, Ohio. It will cover the Lord’s present move in the United States. Zoom information will be posted at http://gtca.us.
Albania
The Rhema literature in Albanian is now available in both electronic format and as printed books. In Tirana, two small groups meet during the week to enjoy the books, which have enriched our fellowship and provided the necessary food to care for the new ones. We noticed the importance of having the proper atmosphere and relationships in the church life to lead the saints to waters of rest. Practically this means we need to love and consider the saints and care and pray for them. The ministry of the age is not a set of doctrines but a ministry of life that brings us into the genuine church life.
As the church life in Tirana is still quite young, we need much prayer and blending. We need patterns of those who enjoy the Lord through His word and follow the Lamb wherever He goes. We praise the Lord for what He is doing in this city and what He will do throughout Albania!
For more recent reports from Central and Eastern Europe, visit http://churchesceeb.org/2021-reports-en.
Announcements
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Morning Revival: Week 12 of Crystallization-study of Job, Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, Vol. 2.
Next week, on June 7, we will begin Vital Factors for the Recovery of the Church Life (ITERO). -
FTTA Information Session: Saturday, June 5, 2:00 to 3:00 pm. This webinar includes a word of fellowship, current exceptions for the Fall term, testimonies, and Q&A. Please register by June 3.
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Holy Bible Recovery Version App is the official app from Living Stream Ministry that contains the Recovery Version of the Holy Bible with its numerous study aids, including the subject and background of each book; detailed, interpretive outlines; enlightening footnotes, valuable cross-references, and a variety of useful charts and maps. Available in the App Store and Google Play.
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Living Stream Ministry has launched a digital newsletter called “Having This Ministry…” To learn more and subscribe, go to http://newsletters.lsm.org/having-this-ministry/index.html.
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July Semiannual Video Training Registration: LA’s video training begins July 5. See our church app or http://tinyurl.com/summertrainingla. Registration must be completed by June 15.
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Ways to Give: Information on setting up online giving through Subsplash, as well as where to mail checks, are at http://www.churchinlosangeles.org/members/offerings.