Prayer

Week of October 19, 2025

Having Our Heart Established Blameless in Holiness

“Keep your heart with all vigilance, for from it are the issues of life.” (Prov. 4:23)

“So that He may establish your hearts blameless in holiness before our God and Father at the coming of our Lord Jesus with all His saints.” (1 Thes. 3:13)

We should guard our heart above all because from it are the issues of life…The heart is related to the sources of life, the springs of life, and the issues of life.

To be a living believer involves both our spirit and our heart. If our heart is dormant or asleep, exercising our spirit to call on the name of the Lord will not be effective…This is the reason we need to deal thoroughly with our heart. This dealing must include our mind, emotion, and will. Our mind must be the mind of Christ, our emotion must be saturated with the love of Christ, and our will must be one with His will. If this is the condition of our heart, our heart will be active and functioning. Then if we call on the Lord when our heart is active, this calling will be very effective.

We need to pray, “Lord, have mercy on me. I want to have my mind renewed. I want to have my emotion filled with Your love. I want to have a will that is truly one with Your will.” If we have such a heart, then the heart as our acting agent will be established blameless in holiness, blameless in the state of being made holy. (Life-study of 1 Thessalonians, pp. 181-182, 194-195)

SCYP Fall Conferences

The upcoming Southern California High School Conferences will be held October 24 to 26 with sisters in Cerritos and brothers in Irvine. The topic is “The Humanity of Jesus.” Please pray:

For the Lord to prepare the hearts of the high schoolers so that they will be soft and open toward the Lord, able to receive His speaking and shining.
For each attendee to be freed from all distractions so that they would thoroughly enjoy the conference.
For the continued blending and companionship among the young people.
For each attendee to see and partake of the humanity of Jesus to be the testimony of Jesus in the midst of a crooked generation.

Also pray for the junior highers’ continued digestion of all that they heard from their conferences earlier this month, that they would enter into what they heard in their daily life and in the church life.

LA Korean Festival Follow-up

Thank you for your prayers for our Bible distribution during last week’s LA Korean Festival. Saints from Hall 1, Hall 2, and some nearby localities distributed Recovery Versions plus invitations to a gospel seminar on Saturday. In total, we distributed approximately 400 NTs in Korean, English, and Spanish.

Ten guests attended the seminar, three of whom came directly from the Bible distribution. Everyone enjoyed the message about the Man-Savior described in Luke 10 as the Good Samaritan. Please pray:

That those who received NTs would read and enjoy them.
That the Lord would open a way for us to reach the younger generation in LA’s Koreatown with the gospel of the kingdom.
That the Lord would gain more remaining fruit this year through the more gospel seminars as well as personal shepherding.

Korean-speaking Blending Conference of the Americas

This weekend, October 25 to 26, the 2025 Korean-speaking Blending Conference of the Americas will be held in-person for the saints in Southern California and online via Zoom for saints in all other regions. Meetings are Saturday 4:00 to 7:30 pm and Lord’s Day 9:00 am to 12:30 pm. The fellowship will be on the subject of the recent ITERO on “Crucial Aspects of Matthew 5 through 7.” Conference information is at tinyurl.com/2025KoreanConf.

Pray that many Korean-speaking saints across the Americas will be able to attend this conference and that the Lord will use this conference for the blending of the Body of Christ in His up-to-date speaking.

Pasadena Meeting Hall

The church in Pasadena is in the process of purchasing a property for their meeting place; they expect to close escrow in mid-November. The city has already granted a conditional use permit for the property to be used as a meeting hall, and a public hearing with neighbors has been scheduled for November 5; such a hearing is standard practice for the city to grant full permission and access to the property.

The total funds needed for purchase and renovations is $2.2 million. The remaining amount still needed to close escrow by next month is $742,705. As the Lord leads, saints in LA may participate in giving through the Church in Los Angeles designated for “Pasadena Meeting Hall.” May the Lord bless all the churches and the saints through the oneness and one accord in His Body.

European Brothers Training and Blending Conference

From October 21 to 24, in Baarlo, Netherlands, the leading brothers in Europe will review the messages given at the September 2025 ITERO. This will be followed by an international blending conference from October 24 to 26.

Please pray that the Lord will take a significant step to build up His Body and prepare His bride through His speaking in these two important gatherings.

Germany – October Gospel Trips

The two weeks of gospel trips concluded on October 19. Please pray for all the contacts made during this time, that many would be shepherded into the church life and that the Lord would gain many young people from the university campuses and spread His testimony in Germany, Switzerland and Austria.

2026 Winter Olympics in Italy

The 2026 Winter Olympic Games will be held in Milan and Cortina d’Ampezzo, Italy. Gospel trips during the time of the Torch Relay and the Olympic Games will be conducted from December 3 through February 23. All gospel trip cycles have been closed, but information about potential follow-up shepherding trips will be announced once details have been arranged. Please pray:

That the Lord will use the next few months to prepare the hearts of many seeking people to receive Christ in His word and be added to the Lord’s testimony in Italy and other parts of Europe.
That the Lord will grace the serving saints to prepare the most effective ministry publications for distribution to the seeking ones.
That the Lord will blend the saints together for the spreading of the lampstands in Italy and will advance His move in His recovery.

Announcements

Morning Revival: Week 29 of Experiencing, Enjoying, and Expressing Christ (3), vol. 5.
Bibles for America’s recent blogpost “Do You Need Help Understanding the Bible?” is available to read and share at bfa.org/blog.
Wednesday Night Ministry Meeting: The weekly ministry series continues this Wednesday 7:25 pm, in-person at the MCC in Anaheim or online at lsmwebcast.com.
December 2025 Semiannual Training: December 22 to 27 in Anaheim. For LA saints, the firm registration deadlines are October 31 (live) and December 7 (video) at tinyurl.com/wintertrainingla. As a reminder, past issues of LSM’s newsletter contain helpful fellowship on the burden for semiannual trainings, the need for training and regulations, and the purpose of training donations.
Thanksgiving Conference: November 27 to 30 in Indianapolis. Saints from LA interested in attending can get more information and RSVP at tinyurl.com/thanksgivingconfla.
France Shepherding Trips: Information about migration as well as participation in ongoing short-term shepherding trips throughout France is posted at lme.org/reports.html.
Ways to Give: Information about the church’s online giving platform, Subsplash, and where to mail checks, are at www.churchinlosangeles.org/members/offerings.

by Ruiyu Wu

Week of October 12

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Christ, the Mystery of God

“That their hearts may be comforted, they being knit together in love and unto all the riches of the full assurance of understanding, unto the full knowledge of the mystery of God, Christ, in whom all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge are hidden.” (Col. 2:2-3)

The all-inclusive Christ is the mystery of God. As the mystery of God, the all-inclusive, extensive Christ is the definition, explanation, and expression of God—the Word of God. The all-inclusive, extensive Christ—the mystery of God, the mysterious story of God—is the history of God.

As believers in Christ, we are made full in Christ, in whom all the fullness of the Godhead dwells bodily. Because all the fullness dwells in Christ and because we have been put into Him, we have been made full, filled with the divine riches. Because we are one with Christ, we partake of all that He has accomplished, obtained, and attained; we inherit all that Christ has experienced and passed through, receiving all that He is and has. All that He has passed through is now our history, and all that He has obtained and attained is our inheritance. The result is that all that He is and all that He has belong to us, and all that He has experienced has become our history.

Because this fullness is all-inclusive, it accomplishes everything for us, it fully satisfies and supplies us, and it makes us full, perfect, and complete. We have the all-inclusive, inexhaustible fullness that dwells in Christ bodily, and in Him we are made full. (Experiencing, Enjoying, and Expressing Christ (3), msg. 4, V, C, 2, VII, B, 3-5, D-E)

Pray that all the saints would enter into the practical experience of being made full in Him day by day!

Bearing Fruit and Begetting Spiritual Children

To bear fruit is to beget children. Every fruit you bear is a child you have begotten. In 1 Corinthians 4:15 Paul says, “Though you have ten thousand guides in Christ, yet you do not have many fathers; for in Christ Jesus I have begotten you through the gospel.” Paul called Timothy his “genuine child in faith” (1 Tim. 1:2) and Titus his “genuine child according to the common faith” (Titus 1:4). The New Testament does not give the names of the children of the apostles, but the Holy Spirit purposely identifies two of Paul’s children in the faith. Paul had a family of at least two children, Timothy and Titus. God does not care as much for our physical children as He does for our spiritual children. (CWWL, 1975-1976, vol. 3, “Young People’s Training,” ch. 4, p. 354)

When the Lord returns, all the believers as His servants will have to give an account to Him. If we have not borne fruit, we will be condemned by the Lord as slothful and evil slaves and be cast into outer darkness for a thousand years. Since the Lord will return and ask us to give Him an account, we should not feel at peace to die without having brought forth spiritual children. (CWWL, 1993, vol. 1, “Southern California Elders’ and Co-workers’ Meetings,” ch. 19, p. 278)

We need to make a vow to the Lord to go out to preach the gospel to sinners in order to beget them as spiritual children so that we may care for them by feeding them with the riches of Christ week after week. If we do not contact people to preach the gospel, we will not have any spiritual children under our care. (CWWL, 1990, vol. 1, “Bearing Remaining Fruit for the Lord’s Pleasure,” ch. 2, p. 87)

Pray that the saints would become burdened to bear fruit and would rise up to preach the gospel in order to beget spiritual children.

LA Korean Festival

The 52nd LA Korean Festival will be held at Seoul International Park this week, October 16 to 19. The saints will be out in the streets of Koreatown from Thursday, October 16 to Saturday, October 18, setting up tables to preach the gospel and distribute Recovery Version NTs. On Saturday, we will host a Bible seminar.

Please pray:

For the most suitable location for distribution without any obstructions.
For our gospel table to be filled with joyful volunteers serving together in one accord.
For the Lord to call and meet the sons of peace He has prepared and who are seeking the church.
For the Lord to open the hearts of our contacts and acquaintances as we invite them to the seminar.

Bibles for America

In the month of September, we received over 22,000 Bible orders, a 59% increase over August. We are working to package and ship them out in a timely way—more days of labor have been added at our distribution center and a new labeling machine has helped to speed up our process and output capacity.

Please pray for an increased supply of grace and wisdom to carry out this labor. Pray also for the Bible recipients, that they would read, pray, and enjoy the Lord in His Word. An encouraging comment left on Facebook read, “I just ordered mine. I have never had a Bible and this is a new path for me, but in the wake of recent events I feel I am being pulled in a new direction.”

Pasadena Meeting Hall

Please pray that there will be no objections from the community to have a place of worship among them. May many neighbors even be added to the church!

Germany – October Gospel Trips

The gospel teams in Germany continue their outreach in various cities until the end of this week. Their main goal is to reach students, especially freshmen, at the beginning of the university year, and establish personal contacts. Since last week, hundreds of people have received NTs and some have given their contact information. Please continue to pray:

For more local saints to join the visiting saints to be blended together and be brought into the gospel atmosphere and burden.
For many Germans to receive, read, and be inwardly stirred by the Spirit through the word.
For many to receive the Lord as their Savior, and some gospel and Bible recipients to have continuing fellowship with the churches in Germany.

Announcements

Morning Revival: Week 28 of Experiencing, Enjoying, and Expressing Christ (3), vol. 5.
Wednesday Night Ministry Meeting: The weekly ministry series continues this Wednesday 7:25 pm on “The Crucial Points of the Truth in Paul’s Epistles—Philippians and Colossians.” Saints are invited to attend at the MCC in Anaheim; the meeting will also be live-streamed at lsmwebcast.com.
December 2025 Semiannual Training: December 22 to 27 in Anaheim. For LA saints, the firm registration deadlines are October 31 (live) and December 7 (video) at tinyurl.com/wintertrainingla. As a reminder, past issues of LSM’s newsletter contain helpful fellowship on the burden for semiannual trainings, the need for training and regulations, and the purpose of training donations.
Thanksgiving Conference: November 27 to 30 in Indianapolis. Saints from LA interested in attending can get more information and RSVP at tinyurl.com/thanksgivingconfla.
France Shepherding Trips: Information about migration as well as participation in ongoing short-term shepherding trips throughout France is posted at lme.org/reports.html.
Italy 2026 Winter Olympics: Important information and instructions on how to participate in gospel trips during the Olympics in Italy are posted at lme.org/reports.html.
Ways to Give: Information about the church’s online giving platform, Subsplash, and where to mail checks, are at www.churchinlosangeles.org/members/offerings.

by Ruiyu Wu

Week of October 5

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Enjoying the All-inclusive Christ as the Good Land

“As therefore you have received the Christ, Jesus the Lord, walk in Him, having been rooted and being built up in Him, and being established in the faith even as you were taught, abounding in thanksgiving.” (Col. 2:6-7)

“For in Him dwells all the fullness of the Godhead bodily, and you have been made full in Him, who is the Head of all rule and authority.” (Col. 2:9-10)

We can walk in Christ as our living land and absorb Christ as our rich soil, in which we have been rooted, so that we may grow with the elements that we absorb from the soil. Colossians 2:8-15 presents a full description and definition of Christ as the soil, in which we do not lack anything; as we take time to absorb Him as the all-inclusive land, the facts in these verses become our experience.

We must take time to enjoy the Lord as the all-inclusive land so that all the elements of Christ as the rich soil may be absorbed into us for us to be made full in Him in our experience. We need to forget our situation, our condition, our failures, and our weaknesses and simply take time to absorb the Lord; as we take time to absorb Him, we grow with the growth of God in us for the building up of the Body of Christ. (Experiencing, Enjoying, and Expressing Christ (3), msg. 3, III, A, B, 2)

SCYP Fall Conferences

The upcoming Junior High Conferences will be held October 10 to 12 with sisters in Diamond Bar and brothers in Huntington Beach. The topic is “The Church.”

High School Conferences will take place October 24 to 26 with sisters in Cerritos and brothers in Irvine. The topic is “The Humanity of Jesus.” The registration deadline is October 12.

Please pray:

For all the registered junior highers to be emptied out this week to receive a fresh word from the Lord.
For each attendee to be freed from all distractions so that they would thoroughly enjoy the conference.
For the continued blending and companionship among the young people.
For the release of the schedules of the high schoolers to register this week without delay.

UCLA – Week 2

This Saturday, October 11, UCLA Christian Students will host a fall mini-retreat in Malibu. Please pray for that the Lord would release many new students to attend and grant rich fellowship, blending, and personal connections throughout the day's activities.

Also pray for the serving ones as they continue establishing regular appointments with returning students, that they would have wisdom and discernment to meet each one's need with the proper cherishing and nourishing for growth and building.

FTTA

The current Fall 2025 term of the Full-time Training in Anaheim has a total of 221 trainees, including 19 incoming and 1 reentering. The Boston Extension has a total of 20 trainees, including 16 incoming and 4 returning.

Please pray:

For each trainee to be sustained and supplied by the Triune God, for the training atmosphere to remain high, and for the Lord to do His perfecting and equipping work in each trainee this term.
For the Lord's covering and strengthening of all the staff and serving saints as they cooperate with Him to care for all aspects of the training.

Germany – October Gospel Trips

The gospel teams in Germany fully began their two-weeks labor on Monday of this week. The main goal is to reach students, especially freshmen, at the beginning of the university year.

Please pray:

For many local saints whenever they are available to join the visiting saints and to be brought into the gospel atmosphere and burden.
For the blending of local and visiting saints in their morning pray-reading, ministry reading, and prayer, and in their midday and afternoon Bible distribution and gospel.
For many Germans to receive, read, and be inwardly stirred by the Spirit through the word.
For many to receive the Lord as their Savior, and some gospel and Bible recipients to have continuing fellowship with the churches in Germany.

France – Nanterre and Toulouse

On Lord's Day, November 2, the saints in the Paris region will celebrate the raising up of a new lampstand in Nanterre, a suburb to the west of Paris. The following weekend, November 9, there will be the first Lord's table meeting in the southern French city of Toulouse. Praise the Lord!

The saints are grateful for the prayers and participation in the Body for the Lord's move in these two places, especially in the past year. By the Lord's abundant mercy and grace, they would like to invite all the saints to stand with them in these long-awaited milestones.

Please pray for the beginning of the church life in these two cities. May the Lord richly bless this new beginning, and may He continue to raise up shining lampstands throughout France, across Europe, and all over the earth for the building up of the Body and the preparation of the Bride for His return.

Announcements

Morning Revival: Week 27 of Experiencing, Enjoying, and Expressing Christ (3), vol. 5.
Wednesday Night Ministry Meeting: The weekly ministry series continues this Wednesday 7:25 pm on “The Crucial Points of the Truth in Paul's Epistles—Philippians and Colossians.” Saints are invited to attend at the MCC in Anaheim; the meeting will also be live-streamed at lsmwebcast.com.
December 2025 Semiannual Training: December 22 to 27 in Anaheim. For LA saints, the firm registration deadlines are October 31 (live) and December 7 (video) at tinyurl.com/wintertrainingla. As a reminder, past issues of LSM's digital newsletter contain helpful fellowship on the burden for semiannual trainings, the need for training and regulations, and the purpose of training donations.
Thanksgiving Conference: November 27 to 30 in Indianapolis. Childcare for K–6 provided during the meetings. Saints from LA interested in attending can get more information on hotel group rates and RSVP at tinyurl.com/thanksgivingconfla.
France Shepherding Trips: An invitation letter to participate in ongoing short-term shepherding trips throughout France is posted at lme.org/reports.html.
Italy 2026 Winter Olympics: A letter of fellowship and a letter with instructions on how to apply and participate in gospel trips are posted at lme.org/reports.html.
Bibles for America has developed materials to help unbelievers receive the Lord, as well as to help believers understand the Bible and grow in their faith and the divine life. A recent blogpost “What Can the Story of the Magi Teach Us About Knowing Jesus?” is available to read and share at bfa.org/blog. Many insightful videos are at bfa.org/videos.
Ways to Give: Information about the church's online giving platform, Subsplash, and where to mail checks, are at www.churchinlosangeles.org/members/offerings.

by Ruiyu Wu

Week of September 28

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Taking Christ as Our Subjective Pattern for Our Daily Salvation

“Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus.” (Phil. 2:5)

“Even though He was a Son, learned obedience from the things which He suffered.” (Heb. 5:8)

“…Work out your own salvation with fear and trembling” (Phil. 2:12b)

In order to experience Christ and live Christ, we must know Him as our pattern and take Him as our pattern. The principle of this pattern is that someone with the highest life and position would be willing to live in a lowly way. (Experiencing, Enjoying, and Expressing Christ (3), msg. 2, I, C)

This pattern is the standard of our salvation. The salvation here in Philippians is salvation of another kind, or of a different degree…The salvation in 2:12 is actually a living person. This person is the very Christ whom we live, experience, and enjoy. A pattern that is only objective could not be our salvation in this way. The fact that salvation is a living person and that this person is our pattern indicates that the pattern is subjective as well as objective. (Life-study of Philippians, pp. 84, 86)

Christ is not only an outward pattern for us; He is also the life within us. As this inner life, He would have us experience Him and thereby live a crucified life. In this crucified life there is no room for rivalry, vainglory, or self-exaltation. On the contrary, there is self-emptying and self-humbling. Whenever we experience Christ and live Christ, we automatically live such a crucified life. This means that when we live Christ, we live the One who is the pattern of a crucified life. Then we also will empty ourselves and humble ourselves. (The Conclusion of the New Testament, p. 3492)

ITERO Follow-up

The September 2025 International Training for Elders and Responsible Ones was held September 25 to 27 in Malaysia. The general subject of the nine messages was “Crucial Aspects of Matthew 5 through 7.” Approximately 1,800 brothers attended live; many are now participating in various blending trips in the region while other brothers back home get into the messages by video training over the next month.

On Lord's Day, September 28 there was a blending conference meeting in the same venue attended by nearly 2,500 saints. Brothers James Lee and Minoru Chen spoke about “Life Is the Source, Love Is the Condition, and Fruit-bearing Is the Goal for the Multiplication and Propagation of Christ as the True Vine, the Organism of the Triune God.”

Please pray that the brothers receiving the ITERO training will digest the words spoken and enter into the reality of the kingdom of the heavens to be the kingdom people.

UCLA – Week 1

We thank the Lord for a fruitful Welcome Week at UCLA, with many new students joining our Bible study, large group fellowship, and campus worship meeting. The fellowship, testimonies, and messages were full of life and encouragement, and many first-time students connected with us through these gatherings. As we begin our small group Bible studies this week with many student sign-ups, please pray:

That each time would be filled with mutual speaking, participation, and the building of lasting connections and companionships.
For much grace in following up with all the new ones, that the Lord would release meaningful appointments and guide our conversations.
For our returning students to develop the heart to shepherd the younger ones, bear remaining fruit, and grow as living channels of life.

SCYP Fall Conferences

Registration is open for the Fall 2025 Southern California Young People's Conferences. The Junior High Conferences will be October 10 to 12 with sisters in Diamond Bar and brothers in Huntington Beach. The High School Conferences will be October 24 to 26 with sisters in Cerritos and brothers in Irvine. Please pray:

That the Lord will release many young people to register and attend these conferences.
For the Lord to prepare the hearts of all of the young people over the next few weeks.
That the young people in Los Angeles will continue to be built up together among the halls

Germany – Farsi-speaking Conference

All Farsi-speaking saints who have been in contact with us in recent years have been invited to a conference from October 3 to 5 at our blending center in Germany. The subject will be “The Restoration of God's House and God's City.” It is notable that this conference will be in-person, since many of the Farsi-speaking saints who came as refugees usually fellowship via Zoom since they are physically scattered around the country. Lord, bless this gathering with Your presence and fresh words!

Germany – October Gospel Trips

Gospels trips are set to take place October 5 to 19 in Germany, mainly to contact students at the start of the academic year. These trips will have visiting saints from around the earth combined with as many local saints as can be available. Please pray:

For the Lord to prepare many university students and community residents in the target cities as open vessels to be contacted by the saints.
For the participating saints to prepare for the trips by praying, dealing with the Lord, and being filled with the essential and economical Spirit.
For a joyful and impactful one accord among all the saints involved, so that they command the Lord's blessing and go out with His authority.

Middle East

Pray that the situation in Israel and the surrounding region will be under the ruling of God's throne so that He will work out the counsel of His will. Pray for the saints there to be strengthened into their inner man, so that they live a life that expresses God and cooperates with God's move.

Announcements

Morning Revival: Week 26 of Experiencing, Enjoying, and Expressing Christ (3), vol. 5.
Wednesday Night Ministry Meeting: The weekly ministry series resumes this Wednesday 7:25 pm on “The Crucial Points of the Truth in Paul's Epistles—Philippians and Colossians.” Saints are invited to attend at the MCC in Anaheim; the meeting will also be live-streamed at lsmwebcast.com.
December 2025 Semiannual Training: December 22 to 27 in Anaheim. For LA saints, the firm registration deadlines are October 31 (live) and December 7 (video) at tinyurl.com/wintertrainingla. As a reminder, past issues of LSM's digital newsletter contain helpful fellowship on the burden for semiannual trainings, the need for training and regulations, and the purpose of training donations.
Thanksgiving Conference: This year's conference will be held in Indianapolis, November 27 to 30. Childcare for K–6 will be provided during the meetings. Saints from LA interested in attending can get more information on hotel group rates and RSVP at tinyurl.com/thanksgivingconfla.
SCYP Fall Conferences: Junior High from October 10 to 12; registration due September 28. High School from October 24 to 26; registration due October 12. Contact serving ones for more info.
France Shepherding Trips: An invitation letter to participate in ongoing short-term shepherding trips throughout France is posted at lme.org/reports.html.
Italy 2026 Winter Olympics: A letter of fellowship and a letter with instructions on how to apply and participate in gospel trips are posted at lme.org/reports.html.
Bibles for America has developed materials to help unbelievers receive the Lord, as well as to help believers understand the Bible and grow in their faith and the divine life. A recent blogpost “What Can the Story of the Magi Teach Us About Knowing Jesus?” is available to read and share at bfa.org/blog. Many insightful videos are at bfa.org/videos.
Ways to Give: Information about the church's online giving platform, Subsplash, and where to mail checks, are at www.churchinlosangeles.org/members/offerings.

by Ruiyu Wu

Week of September 21

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The Secret to Living Christ

“In nothing be anxious, but in everything, by prayer and petition with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God; and the peace of God, which surpasses every man's understanding, will guard your hearts and your thoughts in Christ Jesus.” (Phil. 4:6-7)

The Lord's Word says, “In nothing be anxious, but in everything, by prayer and petition with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God” (Phil. 4:6). Hence, if you have some problem, you just need to tell Him. He is right within you, and He is with you face to face. The Triune God—the Father, the Son, and the Spirit—is in us not to trouble us but to be our Paraclete, Comforter, and Supporter. I always pray, “O Lord, now I am going to take a walk. Support me, sustain me, and strengthen me.” This is to drink the Lord. In this way I have no anxiety. When anxiety comes, you should say, “O Lord, this anxiety is Yours, not mine; I give it to You because You bear it for me.” Thus, you receive the Lord's element into you, and metabolism will work constantly in you. Consequently, what is expressed through you outwardly is Christ. This is to live Christ. Those who do not know this secret consider that to live Christ is a difficult thing. Actually, you just need to practice speaking with the Lord constantly; then spontaneously, you will live Christ.

We need to learn Christ as the secret of being transformed, that is, of being metabolically changed in our natural life, in any kind of environment, situation, or circumstance; this practical and simple secret is to practice speaking with the Lord constantly; then spontaneously, we will live Christ. (Experiencing, Enjoying, and Expressing Christ (3), msg. 1, III, Key Statement 1)

ITERO

The September 2025 International Training for Elders and Responsible Ones (ITERO) will be held in Klang, Malaysia this week from September 25 to 27, followed by a blending conference meeting on Lord's Day, September 28. Many brothers from around the world will be present for the live training, and many more will participate by video within the next month.

Please pray:

For the safe and timely travel of the saints, especially those whose flights may be affected by a super typhoon passing through the Philippines, Taiwan, Hong Kong, and other areas.
For the blending and perfecting of the brothers attending in-person, as well as those participating remotely in many churches around the globe, for the sake of the carrying out of God's eternal economy through the church.
For the Lord to cover all the speaking brothers and their families and to grant the speaking brothers adequate time to be with the Lord to be thoroughly under the Lord's shining and infusion and to receive a living word from Him to meet the present need.
For God's enemy to be fully restricted and rendered powerless to do anything to frustrate what the Lord wants to accomplish for His recovery through this training.

UCLA – Welcome Week

Thank you, saints, for your prayers for our times with the UCLA students last week. This past Lord's Day we had a very large number of brand new students attend our morning meeting on campus. We need much continued prayer for this week, which is UCLA's welcome week.

Please pray:

For the Spirit to continue to move in this freshman class to stir them up to seek God, know God, and allow Him to grow in their hearts.
For the continued warm contact throughout the week with many soft and open freshmen through personal visits, tabling, and attendance at our events.
For the word of God to strongly shine into the hearts of the students at our upcoming Bible study, Large Group Fellowship, and Lord's Day welcome meeting.

France

The world situation is quickly changing. The Lord is surely stirring up the governments of the major powers on the earth so that the situation will be prepared and all His promises will be fulfilled. The earth will be judged and His bride will be prepared. With this in view we must realize that our Lord needs to move to raise up His shining testimony in many places, especially in the places where Antichrist will be so active in the end times.

Today, the Lord is doing an intensified work in Europe. Since the start of this year, a number of saints have migrated to France and Luxembourg. We are praying and expecting that lampstands in Nanterre, Lille, and Toulouse will be raised up very shortly. The Lord is also advancing in Rouen and Esch (Luxembourg), and we believe that He will raise up lampstands in these two cities next.

Please pray:

For the Lord to raise up the churches in Nanterre, Toulouse, and Lille this year.
For more saints to see that the Lord is preparing everything He needs for His soon return and to hear His call to migrate.
For the Lord to strengthen His work in Paris, Rouen, and Esch (Luxembourg).

Germany

Saints from around the world are participating in gospel trips in Germany from October 5 to 19 for the purpose of contacting university students. Please pray for the coordination and fellowship of all the saints involved, including the local saints, and that the Lord will gain many young German-speaking students as remaining fruit and for the spread of the Lord's testimony in this part of Europe.

Announcements

Morning Revival: Week 25 of Experiencing, Enjoying, and Expressing Christ (3), vol. 5.
Bibles for America has developed materials to help unbelievers receive the Lord, as well as to help believers understand the Bible and grow in their faith and the divine life. A recent blogpost “What Can the Story of the Magi Teach Us About Knowing Jesus?” is available to read and share at bfa.org/blog. Many insightful videos are at bfa.org/videos.
Wednesday Night Ministry Meeting: There is NO ministry meeting this week, September 24, due to preparations for the ITERO in Malaysia. The meeting will resume next Wednesday, October 1.
SCYP Fall Conferences: Junior High from October 10 to 12; registration due September 28. High School from October 24 to 26; registration due October 12. Contact serving ones for more info.
Thanksgiving Conference: This year's conference will be held in Indianapolis, November 27 to 30. Childcare for K–6 will be provided during the meetings. Saints from LA interested in attending can get more information on hotel group rates and RSVP at tinyurl.com/thanksgivingconfla.
France Shepherding Trips: An invitation letter to participate in ongoing short-term shepherding trips throughout France is posted at lme.org/reports.html.
Italy 2026 Winter Olympics: A letter of fellowship and a letter with instructions on how to apply and participate in gospel trips are posted at lme.org/reports.html.
Ways to Give: Information about the church's online giving platform, Subsplash, and where to mail checks, are at www.churchinlosangeles.org/members/offerings.

by Ruiyu Wu

Week of September 14

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The Bride as the Corporate Warrior

“You are as beautiful, my love, as Tirzah; as lovely as Jerusalem, as terrible as an army with banners.” (S.S. 6:4)

“Put on the whole armor of God that you may be able to stand against the stratagems of the devil.” (Eph. 6:11)

“By means of all prayer and petition, praying at every time in spirit and watching unto this in all perseverance and petition concerning all the saints…” (Eph. 6:18)

Spiritual warfare is necessary because Satan's will is in conflict with God's will. Spiritual warfare is not an individual matter. It is a matter of Christ's bride being a corporate warrior. The church as the bride is actually the corporate man in God's intention, who will fulfill the twofold purpose of expressing God and dealing with God's enemy.

To fight the spiritual warfare, we need to put on the whole armor of God. The whole armor of God is for the Body, not for individuals. Only the corporate warrior can wear the whole armor of God. Prayer is the unique, crucial, and vital means by which we apply the whole armor of God, making every item of the armor available to us in a practical way. We all need to see that in the Lord's recovery today we are on a battlefield. We must cooperate with the Lord to fight against Satan's aerial forces so that we can gain more of Christ for the building up of the Body of Christ and the preparation of the bride of Christ, setting up and spreading the kingdom of God so that Christ can come back to inherit the earth. (The Preparation of the Bride, msg. 6, III, VI, I.B, VII, VI.C, VII.G, IX)

UCLA

We are entering a most critical phase of the campus work at UCLA. We ask for your prevailing prayers over the next few weeks, beginning with the following matters for this week:

Pray for the mutual fellowship and building in spirit among the existing students this week during the various workshops, fellowships, activities, and gatherings to prepare for the academic year.
We will begin to contact the several hundred freshmen who signed up with our club during the summer. Pray for warm interactions and face-to-face contacts within the first week after they move in.
This Lord's day we have our first welcome meeting on campus. Ask the Lord to bring many freshman who would be open to receive the living word of God and be connected with the saints.

LA High School Seniors

On Tuesday, September 16, the LAUSD Region West Annual College and Career Fair will be held at West LA College in Culver City. High school students from different schools will be bused to the campus for the day to speak to college representatives about their admissions process and attend workshops. Many of our own high school seniors will be in attendance. Additionally, community saints will have a Bibles for America (BfA) table at the event.

Please pray:

That our high school senior would consecrate their college years to the Lord as they consider and begin their college applications.
For all those who received a Bible to come to know the Lord through His word.

Community Gospel – San Fernando Valley

Hall 2 saints have BfA tables at California State University Northridge (CSUN) every Tuesday and Wednesday morning. In the past three weeks we have distributed at least 100 NTs, a similar number of ministry books, and about 3,000 Mystery of Human Life tracts. Since the beginning of August we have had BfA tables weekly outside DMV offices, where we have distributed over 250 NTs and at least 220 ministry books. However, we have very few personal contacts with recipients at either location.

Please ask the Lord:

To cause people “to be saved and to come to the full knowledge of the truth.” (1 Tim. 2:4)
To give these recipients a hunger for getting into continuing fellowship.
To train the saints to be skilled in establishing contact and making appointments for shepherding.

France – Nanterre

Nanterre is a suburb to the west of Paris. The city of Nanterre includes Paris Nanterre University, one of the largest and most prestigious universities in France. The saints who live in this area currently meet as a district of the church in Paris, but there is a burden to raise up a lampstand in Nanterre.

With the start of classes this week at the university, the full-time team in Paris and visiting shepherding saints are distributing Bibles, preaching the gospel, and contacting seeking believers around the campus. On Monday, over 50 Bibles were handed out and at least 10 personal contacts made.

Please pray:

For the Lord to capture some seeking French college students and bring them into a normal Christian church life.
That the Lord would release a meeting hall in Nanterre at the appointed time and establish a golden, shining lampstand in Nanterre this year..

Nepal

On September 8, massive youth-led protests broke out in Kathmandu and many other parts of Nepal over widespread allegations of government corruption and sparked by a social media ban, which has since been withdrawn. The police responded with force, protesters damaged buildings, and the prime minister resigned. It is estimated that at least 72 people died and over 2,000 suffered injuries. It is the deadliest outbreak of political violence in Nepal in decades.

All the saints are safe. Please pray that the Lord would make the situation in Nepal favorable to the spread of the gospel, and that the brothers and sisters may go on in peace under His protection and care.

Announcements

Morning Revival: Week 6 of The Preparation of the Bride. Next week, we begin Experiencing, Enjoying, and Expressing Christ (3), vol. 5.
SCYP Parents & YP Serving Ones Fellowship: September 20 in Fullerton, 9:30 am to noon. Translation will be provided into Chinese, Korean and Spanish (please bring a smartphone and headphones). Contact serving ones for registration and more details.
Wednesday Night Ministry Meeting: The ministry series continues this Wednesday 7:25 pm on “The Crucial Points of the Truth in Paul's Epistles—Philippians and Colossians.” Saints are invited to attend in person at the MCC in Anaheim. The meeting will also be live-streamed at lsmwebcast.com.
Thanksgiving Conference: This year's conference will be held in Indianapolis, November 27 to 30. Childcare for K–6 will be provided during the meetings. Saints from LA interested in attending can get more information on hotel group rates and RSVP at tinyurl.com/thanksgivingconfla.
Bibles for America's new blogpost “What Can the Story of the Magi Teach Us About Knowing Jesus?” is available to read and share at bfa.org/blog. Many insightful videos are at bfa.org/videos.
France Shepherding Trips: An invitation letter to participate in ongoing short-term shepherding trips throughout France is posted at lme.org/reports.html.
Italy 2026 Winter Olympics: A letter of fellowship and a letter with instructions on how to apply and participate in gospel trips are posted at lme.org/reports.html.
Ways to Give: Information about the church's online giving platform, Subsplash, and where to mail checks, are at www.churchinlosangeles.org/members/offerings.

by Ruiyu Wu

Week of September 7

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Producing Our Wedding Garment by Living a Life in the Spirit

“Righteousness and justice are the foundation of Your throne; lovingkindness and truth go before Your face.” (Psa. 89:14)

“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.” (Rev. 19:8)

God is righteous as well as holy. Whereas holiness is related to God's inward nature, righteousness is related to God's outward acts, ways, actions, and activities. Everything God does is righteous. The righteousness of God is what God is in His action with respect to justice and righteousness.

The righteousnesses of the bride here denote the subjective righteousness, Christ as the righteousness which has been constituted into our being. Those who compose the bride have been redeemed and regenerated. But they also need to have the subjective righteousness interwoven into their being in order to have the fine linen, bright and clean. (The Conclusion of the New Testament, pp. 87, 4328)

How can we produce such a garment of righteousness? We produce it by walking daily according to the Spirit of life and by having a life that is a life of the Spirit. If we prepare our wedding garment day by day, month by month, and year by year by living such a life in the Spirit, we will not be found naked when the Lord comes. Instead, at His coming, we will be wearing a bright, clean wedding garment. (Life-study of 2 Corinthians, p. 256)

SCYP Blending Meeting

This Saturday, September 13 there will be a Southern California Young People's blending meeting in Arcadia. The afternoon session, from 4:30 to 6:00 pm, will be conducted in four different age groups; after dinner, the evening session, from 7:00 to 8:30 pm, will be all together. Please pray:

That all the YP could attend this time and that the Lord would speak a specific word to each one.
That they would consecrate this new school year to the Lord, have companions and “pursue with those,” and be seeds of the gospel in their schools.
That there would be mutual encouragement and relatedness among the YP through this time of blending for the Lord to gain this generation as His corporate continuation for His move and return!

FTTA-MA

The new term of the middle-age Full-time Training in Anaheim begins this week on September 8. A total of 80 trainees are attending, including 36 from outside the United States.

May the Lord honor the desire of these saints to redeem the years that the locusts have eaten (Joel 2:25) and strengthen their tripartite beings to seize this opportunity to be trained. Pray for the Lord's blessing on this new term, a spirit of fresh consecration, and a renewed sense of the Lord's imminent return. Pray for the deepening of the sweet flow of life as the saints 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.

Pepperdine University

Pepperdine is a private Christian university in Malibu. During this fall semester, a brother is teaching two undergraduate courses that will include some ministry materials. Pray for a vision of God's economy to be released on this campus and for some meaningful connections with students to be established.

France – Paris Chinese-speaking Conference

A Chinese-speaking conference will be held in Paris from September 12 to 14. Translation is provided into French and English, since the conference is not only for Chinese-speaking saints.

Please pray for the Lord's timely speaking and the blending among the saints in this conference to advance His building work in Europe. May the Lord keep advancing rapidly in Europe according to His desire to obtain the reality of the one new man through the saints' deeper experience, enjoyment, and expression of Christ.

France – FTTL Gospel Trip to Rouen

Rouen, the capital of the Normandy region in northern France, was one of the target cities during the 2024 Olympics gospel trips. Greater Rouen is home to more than 40,000 students, 34,000 of whom are enrolled at the University of Rouen Normandy (URN). A handful of contacts from the OL trips are still being shepherded by the saints.

Earlier this year, a retired couple migrated from California to Rouen, providing a reliable base for local gatherings and visiting shepherding saints. This week, September 8 to 12, a team of 8 trainees from the FTTL are visiting Rouen to preach the gospel on the campus and in the city. They are being joined by 4 saints from the France full-time team. New contacts will be invited to a gathering on Friday evening.

Please pray for a sweet coordination among the visiting trainees, serving ones, and local saints. Pray for the Lord to capture some seeking French young people and bring them into a normal Christian church life. Pray also for more couples and students to migrate to Rouen to raise up the Lord's testimony.

Turkey (Türkiye)

The first Turkish ministry book was published in 2014, and around 40 titles are now available. Through the Rhema distribution, we have received many contacts throughout the whole country. Most recently, five new contacts have been joining some Bible studies with the saints. Please pray that these ones would be released and open, so that they may soon be baptized into the name of the Lord.

Announcements

Morning Revival: Week 5 of The Preparation of the Bride.
Bibles for America's new blogpost “What Can the Story of the Magi Teach Us About Knowing Jesus?” is available to read and share at bfa.org/blog. Many insightful videos are at bfa.org/videos.
Wednesday Night Ministry Meeting: The ministry series continues this Wednesday 7:25 pm on “The Crucial Points of the Truth in Paul's Epistles—Philippians and Colossians.” Saints are invited to attend in person at the MCC in Anaheim. The meeting will also be live-streamed at lsmwebcast.com.
SCYP Parents & YP Serving Ones Fellowship: September 20 in Fullerton, 9:30 am to noon. Translation will be provided into Chinese, Korean and Spanish (please bring a smartphone and headphones). Contact serving ones for registration and more details.
Thanksgiving Conference: This year's conference will be held in Indianapolis, November 27 to 30. Childcare for K–6 will be provided during the meetings. Saints from LA interested in attending can get more information on hotel group rates and RSVP at tinyurl.com/thanksgivingconfla.
France Shepherding Trips: An invitation letter to participate in ongoing short-term shepherding trips throughout France is posted at lme.org/reports.html.
Germany Gospel Trips: Saints are invited to participate in gospel trips October 5 to 19 in Germany. Registration deadline is September 15. More information is at tinyurl.com/Gospeltrips-2025.
Italy 2026 Winter Olympics: A letter of fellowship and a letter with instructions on how to apply and participate in gospel trips are posted at lme.org/reports.html.
Ways to Give: Information about the church's online giving platform, Subsplash, and where to mail checks, are at www.churchinlosangeles.org/members/offerings.

by Ruiyu Wu

Week of August 31

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Being Prepared as the Glorious Bride by the Lord's Speaking

“That He might sanctify her, cleansing her by the washing of the water in the word, That He might present the church to Himself glorious, not having spot or wrinkle or any such things, but that she would be holy and without blemish.” (Eph. 5:26-27)

“O you who dwell in the gardens, my companions listen for your voice; let me hear it. Make haste, my beloved, and be like a gazelle or a young hart upon the mountains of spices.” (S.S. 8:13-14)

The Lord's primary work in the recovery is His genuine work to prepare us to be His glorious bride; apart from the continual, dispositional sanctification spoken of in Ephesians 5:26, there is no way for the bride to be prepared and, hence, no way for Revelation 19:7-9 to be fulfilled. The church is being beautified through the process of sanctification by Christ as the life-giving Spirit cleansing us by the washing of the water in His word.

Ephesians 5:26-27 matches Song of Songs 8:13-14; both reveal that it is by the Lord's speaking to us that we are prepared to be His glorious bride with the desire for His second coming…In Song of Songs the loving seeker of Christ asks Him who dwells in the believers as His gardens to let her hear His voice while her companions listen for His voice. This indicates that in the work that we as the lovers of Christ do for Him as our Beloved, we need to maintain our fellowship with Him, always listening to Him. Our lives depend on the Lord's words, and our work depends on His commands (Rev. 2:7; 1 Sam. 3:9-10; cf. Isa. 50:4-5; Exo. 21:6)…The life of the believers hinges totally upon the Lord's speaking (Eph. 5:26-27). (The Preparation of the Bride, msg. 3, II, A; IV, A, 1-2)

May we all learn to fully depend on the Lord's speaking for the preparation of His glorious bride!

FTTA-MA

The Fall 2025 term of the middle-age Full-time Training in Anaheim begins Monday, September 8. A total of 80 trainees will be attending, including 36 from outside the United States. Those coming from large distances will arrive one day to several days early.

Please ask the Lord to cover and supply these saints during their travels. Also ask the Lord to give trainees coming from other nations smooth passage through U.S. immigration.

2026 Winter Olympics in Italy

Next year, the 2026 Winter Olympic Games will be held in Italy from February 6 to 22. The Torch Relay throughout the country will begin on December 6, 2025. Over the past few weeks, there has been much prayer, coordination, and visitation to seek the Lord's leading in His present move. Please pray:

That the Lord will be wisdom to His Body on how to take advantage of this opportunity to sow Christ as the seed of the kingdom into many who attend this event.
That the Lord will use the upcoming months to prepare the hearts of many seeking people to receive Christ in His word and be added to the Lord's testimony in Italy and other parts of Europe.
For the Lord to grace the serving saints to prepare the most effective ministry publications for distribution to the seeking ones.

A letter of fellowship and a letter with instructions on how to apply and participate in gospel trips are posted at lme.org/reports.html.

European University Training

The 2025 European University Training will take place from September 6 to 10 at Woodland Camp in London. The general subject will be “Abiding in Christ.”

Please pray that the Lord will speak a personal word to the university students in Europe and call them into a deeper experience and enjoyment of Him by abiding in Him.

West Africa Brothers Training and Conference

The West Africa Brothers Training will be held in Calavi, Benin from September 4 to 6. It is expected that 65 brothers from the countries of Benin, Ghana, Liberia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone and Togo will participate, as well as a handful of brothers traveling from France, UK, and the United States.

Following the brothers training there will be a mini-conference for all the saints and the first Lord's table meeting in Calavi on September 7. Praise the Lord! Please pray:

That the Lord would release His burden during this time and meet His own need through His speaking.
That the Lord would use these annual times of training to raise up many younger brothers who would be perfected and equipped to bear the Lord's testimony in a prevailing way throughout the subregion of West Africa.

Southern Africa Blending Conference

We praise the Lord for the upcoming blending conference that will be held September 6 to 7 for the saints and churches in Angola, Botswana, Eswatini, Lesotho, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Zambia and Zimbabwe. The conference venue is in Brits, South Africa, a town near Pretoria and just over an hour's drive from Johannesburg, on a former farming property that had been given to the church for the Lord's purpose. It will be the first time the property is used for this conference, so many preparations are being carried out.

May the Lord kindle in each saint a fresh excitement for this time of blending with the saints, as well as a prayerful anticipation of receiving His up-to-date speaking to the church. Please pray:

That this time would be fresh and new to everyone, and the saints would be released to attend.
For all the practical services and venue preparations, and a sweet and harmonious coordination among all those serving.
For the speaking brothers.
That the Lord's name would be exalted.

Announcements

Morning Revival: Week 4 of The Preparation of the Bride.
Wednesday Night Ministry Meeting: The ministry series continues this Wednesday 7:25 pm on “The Crucial Points of the Truth in Paul's Epistles—Philippians and Colossians.” Saints are invited to attend in person at the MCC in Anaheim. The meeting will also be live-streamed at lsmwebcast.com.
SCYP Blending Meeting: September 13 in Arcadia, conducted in two sessions (4:30 to 6:00 pm; 7:00 to 8:30 pm) with dinner in between. Contact serving ones for registration and more details.
SCYP Parents & YP Serving Ones Fellowship: September 20 in Fullerton, 9:30 am to noon. Translation will be provided into Chinese, Korean and Spanish (please bring a smartphone and headphones). Contact serving ones for registration and more details.
Thanksgiving Conference: This year's conference will be held in Indianapolis, November 27 to 30. Childcare for K–6 will be provided during the meetings. Saints from LA interested in attending can get more information on hotel group rates and RSVP at tinyurl.com/thanksgivingconfla.
France Shepherding Trips: An invitation letter to participate in ongoing short-term shepherding trips throughout France is posted at lme.org/reports.html.
Germany Gospel Trips: Saints are invited to participate in gospel trips October 5 to 19 in Germany. Registration deadline is September 15. More information is at tinyurl.com/Gospeltrips-2025.
Bibles for America's helpful blogpost “How to Spend Time with Jesus in the Morning” is available to read and share at bfa.org/blog. A number of insightful videos are available at bfa.org/videos.
Ways to Give: Information about the church's online giving platform, Subsplash, and where to mail checks, are at www.churchinlosangeles.org/members/offerings.

by Ruiyu Wu

Week of August 24

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The Maturity of the Bride

“…I pursue, if even I may lay hold of that for which I also have been laid hold of by Christ Jesus…One thing I do: Forgetting the things which are behind and stretching forward to the things which are before, I pursue toward the goal for the prize to which God in Christ Jesus has called me upward. Let us therefore, as many as are full-grown, have this mind…” (Phil. 3:12-15)

As used in the New Testament, the word mature refers to the believers' being full-grown and perfected in the life of Christ, which they received at the time of regeneration. We should never be content with ourselves but pursue growth and maturity in the life of Christ. We need to go on, to be brought on, to maturity by forgetting the things which are behind and stretching forward to the things which are before, pursuing toward the fullest enjoyment and gaining of Christ for the uttermost enjoyment of Christ in the millennial kingdom. The prerequisite for maturity in the spiritual life is to grow continually in the divine life. The ultimate issue of the believers' growth and maturity in the life of Christ is the full-grown man—the church as the Body of Christ growing into a mature man. (The Preparation of the Bride, msg. 3, II.A-D)

Touching and Following the Spirit of the Meeting

Every meeting has a spirit, just as every person has a spirit. Because the spirit of the meeting is a corporate spirit, we must learn to touch the spirit of the meeting and follow this spirit…If each of us learn to touch the spirit of the meeting and to follow the spirit of the meeting, the Holy Spirit would have more liberty in the meetings and would flow out of us more easily…

What kind of learning do we need before we can touch and follow the spirit in the meeting? First, we must learn to be before the Lord in our daily life by following the spirit, not our mind. In every matter, big or small, we must learn to touch our spirit. We must learn to bring our being into the spirit and to exercise our will strongly to turn to God from our emotions, preferences, goals, perspectives, and tendencies. If we practice this all the time, we will be accustomed to living in the spirit. Then when we go to the meetings, we will spontaneously touch the spirit of the meeting. If our spirit is clear, transparent, fresh, and sensitive, we will be able to touch the move of the Spirit in the meeting. (CWWL, 1950–1951, vol. 1, pp. 305-306)

May all the brothers and sisters, especially our young working saints, endeavor to live in the mingled spirit in their daily life, so that they may touch and follow the move of the Spirit during the meetings.

CSUN

The CSUN semester began this week on Monday, August 25. “Meet the Clubs,” one of the big events at the start of the semester where all the clubs introduce themselves and recruit new members, will be next week, September 2 and 3 from 10:00 am to 2:00 pm. On Thursday, September 4 we will have “Welcome Day,” which is the first occasion to invite those interested in the club to meet together. Please pray:

For our six key students at CSUN to grow in the Lord and become more living and energized so that they can be vibrant channels for the gospel.
That the Lord will send open and hungry students, especially freshman, to Welcome Day.
That our key students and serving ones will be well prepared to continue shepherding and caring for these new people who come to us.

USC

Classes began this week at the USC. We need the prevailing prayers of the saints:

For the Lord to empower our existing students to shine forth Christ and seize the opportunity to speak to others about Him from the start of the semester.
For the hearts of the freshmen to be open as we reach out to them, and for solid contact throughout the week with many of them.
For the new and returning students to be gathered at our first college meeting this Friday, August 29 and each find a a welcoming environment among us with rich spiritual supply.

France – Students Conference

This weekend, August 29 to 31, there will be a conference for college students and young working saints aged 18 to 35 in Semur-en-Auxois, a village in eastern France halfway between Paris and Lyon. The burden of the conference is to shepherd and perfect this age group and prepare the campus work in September. Around 70 saints have registered, including around 30 students. The topic of the conference is “Crucial Dealings for Our Experience of Life.” Please pray:

For any saints still considering their participation to still register by faith.
For the health, safety, and travel of all the saints.
For an uplifted atmosphere filled with the Lord's presence and timely speaking this weekend.

Germany – Blending Conference

There will be a Northern Germany Blending Conference the weekend of August 30 to 31 at Gut Elim, the blending center for the saints and churches in Germany. Pray that the Lord will bring the saints to this conference and bless the speaking and the blending in these two days.

Germany – October Gospel Trips

There will be gospel trips in multiple cities in Germany from October 5 to 19, mainly to contact students at the start of the semester. These trips will have visiting saints from around the earth combined with as many local saints as can be available. There are 45 spaces for visiting saints with September 15 the registration deadline. As of last Friday, 22 spaces were filled.

The Lord told us in Matthew 9:37-38, “The harvest is great, but the workers few; therefore beseech the Lord of the harvest that He would thrust out workers into His harvest.” Let us beseech the Lord to fill each of the 45 spaces. Let us also petition Him to release as many local saints as possible to participate in these gospel times.

Announcements

Morning Revival: Week 3 of The Preparation of the Bride.
Wednesday Night Ministry Meeting: This term's ministry series starting Wednesdays at 7:25 pm is on “The Crucial Points of the Truth in Paul's Epistles—Philippians and Colossians.” Saints are invited and encouraged to attend in person at the Ministry Conference Center in Anaheim. The meeting will also be live-streamed at lsmwebcast.com.
SCYP Blending Meeting: September 13 in Arcadia, conducted in two sessions (4:30 to 6:00 pm; 7:00 to 8:30 pm) with dinner in between. Contact serving ones for registration and more details.
SCYP Parents & YP Serving Ones Fellowship: September 20 in Fullerton, 9:30 am to noon. Translation will be provided into Chinese, Korean and Spanish (please bring a smartphone and headphones). Contact serving ones for registration and more details.
Thanksgiving Conference: This year's conference will be held in Indianapolis, November 27 to 30. Childcare for K–6 will be provided during the meetings. Saints from LA interested in attending can get more information on hotel group rates and RSVP at tinyurl.com/thanksgivingconfla.
France Shepherding Trips: An invitation letter to participate in ongoing short-term shepherding trips throughout France is posted at lme.org/reports.html.
Germany Gospel Trips: Saints are invited to participate in gospel trips October 5 to 19 in Germany for the purpose of contacting university students. Information is at tinyurl.com/Gospeltrips-2025.
Italy 2026 Winter Olympics: A letter of fellowship and a letter with instructions on how to apply and participate in gospel trips are posted at lme.org/reports.html.
Ways to Give: Information about the church's online giving platform, Subsplash, and where to mail checks, are at www.churchinlosangeles.org/members/offerings.

by Ruiyu Wu

Week of August 17

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The Building of the Bride

“And Jehovah God built the rib, which He had taken from the man, into a woman and brought her to the man. And the man said, This time this is bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh; this one shall be called Woman because out of Man this one was taken.” (Gen. 2:22-23)

“This mystery is great, but I speak with regard to Christ and the church.” (Eph. 5:32)

Genesis 2:22 does not say that Eve was created but that she was built; the building of Eve with the rib taken from Adam's side typifies the building of the church with the resurrection life released from Christ through His death on the cross and imparted into His believers in His resurrection (John 12:24; 1 Pet. 1:3).

The church as the real Eve is the totality of Christ in all His believers; the church is the reproduction of Christ; other than Christ's element, there should be no other element in the church (Gen. 5:2).

Only that which comes out of Christ with His resurrection life can be His complement as His bride (1 Cor. 12:12; Eph. 2:6; 5:28-30); the church is a pure product out of Christ; the church is “Christly,” “resurrectionly,” and heavenly. (The Preparation of the Bride, msg. 1, III.G.2-3, H.)

Wednesday Night Ministry Meetings

A new term of mid-week ministry meetings begins this Wednesday, August 20 at 7:25 pm at the LSM Ministry Conference Center in Anaheim. All the saints are warmly invited and encouraged to attend in person to support the release of the word. The meeting will also be live-streamed and archived at lsmwebcast.com (subscription or payment required).

Please pray for the ministry of the Lord's word week by week to His recovery. Pray for as many saints as possible to receive the speaking, whether in person or online. Pray for the Lord's continued blessing of the Full-time Training in Anaheim and covering of all trainees and serving ones.

FTTA Middle-Age

The fall term of the middle-age full-time training begins Monday, September 8. The application deadline is Tuesday, August 19. The training brings saints further into truth, life, service, gospel, and character. Ask the Lord to release more applications from across North America and from Europe. Also pray that He prepare more saints to join this training in the coming terms.

Bibles for America

While enrollment rates in colleges and universities dropped during and immediately after the pandemic, they have begun to increase again in the past couple of years. According to the Association of American Universities, around 16 million students enrolled as undergraduates in the fall of 2024.

As the beginning of the 2025-2026 school year draws near, please pray for the Lord to brood over all of the campuses in the United States, that His Word may go out in an unhindered way and that many young people would be captured for His purpose. Pray also for the saints going out to distribute copies of the NT Recovery Version and that every student who receives one would open it and find joy, strength, and peace in God's Word.

FTTL

The 2025 autumn semester of the Full-time Training in London began this week on August 18. The total number of trainees is 47, of which 14 are starting their first term. Please pray:

That the Lord will cover the training during the transition while the new facility is being constructed.
That many more European young people will be burdened by the Lord to come to the training full-time, and that the Lord will release them from any preoccupation to offer themselves willingly in the day of His warfare.
That the Lord will continue to raise up many shepherds to provide the needed care for the European young people, university students, and young adults as the tide of this age continues to darken.

2026 Winter Olympics in Italy

The 2026 Winter Olympic Games will be held in Italy from February 6 to 22. The Torch Relay throughout the country will begin on December 6, 2025. Please pray:

That the Lord will be wisdom to His Body on how to take advantage of this opportunity to sow Christ as the seed of the kingdom into many who attend this event.
That the Lord will use the upcoming months to prepare the hearts of many seeking people to receive Christ in His word and be added to the Lord's testimony in Italy and other parts of Europe.

The Entire World Situation

“…For His dominion is an eternal dominion, and His kingdom is from generation to generation; and all the inhabitants of earth are considered as nothing, but He does according to His will in the army of heaven and among the inhabitants of the earth; and there is no one who can resist His hand or say to Him, What are You doing?” (Dan. 4:34-35)

The entire world situation is under the rule of the heavens by the God of the heavens in order to give Christ the preeminence in all things, to cause Christ to have the first place in everything. (Experiencing, Enjoying, and Expressing Christ (3), msg. 9, IV.F, 1)

Announcements

Morning Revival: Week 2 of The Preparation of the Bride (Memorial Day Conference).
Wednesday Night Ministry Meeting: The new series begins this week on August 20 at 7:25 pm.
Thanksgiving Conference: This year's conference will be held in Indianapolis, November 27 to 30. Childcare for K–6 will be provided during the meetings. Saints from LA interested in attending can get more information on hotel group rates and RSVP at tinyurl.com/thanksgivingconfla.
Bibles for America's new blogpost “How to Spend Time with Jesus in the Morning” is available to read and share at bfa.org/blog. Helpful videos are available at bfa.org/videos.
Free e-Booklets: Living Stream Ministry offers free e-booklets to read and share. For example, sixty nuggets and gems have been extracted from the Life-study of Philippians with practical and relevant topics such as “The Way to Be Freed from Anxiety” and “The Need of Forbearance in Married Life and Family Life.” These e-booklets may be accessed for free at www.lsm.org/life-study-philippians.
France Shepherding Trips: An invitation letter to participate in ongoing short-term shepherding trips throughout France is posted at lme.org/reports.html.
Germany Gospel Trips: Saints are invited to participate in gospel trips October 5 to 19 in Germany for the purpose of contacting university students. Information is at tinyurl.com/Gospeltrips-2025.
Italy 2026 Winter Olympics: A letter of fellowship and a letter with instructions on how to apply and participate in gospel trips are posted at lme.org/reports.html.
The LA Years: This oral history project at www.layears.org documents the early years of the church life in Los Angeles from 1958–1974, including written history, photos, and first-hand testimonies.
Ways to Give: Information about the church's online giving platform, Subsplash, and where to mail checks, are at www.churchinlosangeles.org/members/offerings.

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