Prayer

Week of February 8, 2026

Carrying out God’s New Testament Economy

“But I confess this to you, that according to the Way, which they call a sect, so I serve the God of our fathers.” (Acts 24:14a)

“Of which I became a minister according to the stewardship of God, which was given to me for you, to complete the word of God.” (Col. 1:25)

Paul was heavily burdened concerning God’s New Testament economy. Although he was not able to continue to work this out personally, he was given the opportunity to write the divine revelation. In Colossians 1:25 he says, “I became a minister according to the stewardship of God, which was given to me for you, to complete the word of God.”

Today we are burdened for the carrying out of God’s New Testament economy. This is the reason I have often pointed out that in the Lord’s recovery we are not doing an ordinary Christian work. On the contrary, by the Lord’s mercy and grace, we are here to carry out God’s New Testament economy.

The crucial focus of God’s New Testament economy is the all-inclusive Christ as our life, our person, and our everything. The divine economy is not focused on any law, regulation, teaching, philosophy, or practice. God’s economy is focused on one all-inclusive, wonderful person. This person is the embodiment of the processed Triune God, and He is realized as the all-inclusive life-giving Spirit, who is within us and upon us. This Spirit is working in us so that we may be brought back directly to Christ to enjoy Him as everything. I hope that we will all have a clear view concerning this. (Life-study of Acts, 2nd ed., msg. 64, pp. 544-546)

International Chinese-speaking Blending Conference (ICSC)

The 2026 ICSC takes place this weekend at the Ministry Conference Center in Anaheim from Friday evening, February 13 through Lord’s Day noon, February 15. The general subject is “Noah, Daniel, and Job—Patterns of Living an Overcoming Life on the Line of Life to Fulfill the Economy of God.”

The saints of all languages are invited and encouraged to attend all sessions; no registration required. Although most messages will be spoken in Chinese, this is not a conference for Chinese speakers only, but is one of the seven annual feasts among us in the Lord’s recovery. Translation into English, Korean, and Spanish will be provided via FM radio, ListenWIFI app, and Auracast-enabled headphones/receivers. Go to www.lsm.org/translation for more information about these translation options, including links to purchase recommended Auracast-enabled equipment.

For saints who cannot participate in person at the MCC in Anaheim, the conference meetings will be streamed by live webcast at www.lsmwebcast.com according to the schedule below. Afterwards, the archived recordings will be available for free without subscription for one month. Message outlines and expanded outlines with verses are already available on this site for the saints to download.

More details are also posted at icsc2026.org.

Meeting 1: Friday, February 13............	7:30 PM
Meeting 2: Saturday, February 14.......	9:00 AM
Meeting 3: Saturday, February 14.......	11:00 AM
Meeting 4: Saturday, February 14.......	7:30 PM
Lord's Table: Lord’s Day, February 15..	9:30 AM
Meeting 5: Lord’s Day, February 15.....	10:00 AM

Please pray for many saints, regardless of language, to attend in person or virtually, with their spirits poor and unloaded in order to be the best receivers. Pray earnestly for the release of the Lord’s rich and timely speaking for His entire recovery.

FTTA

The spring term of the Full-time Training in Anaheim begins on February 15, after the ICSC. Please pray for the safe arrival and return of all the trainees. May the Lord raise up many consecrated and trained young brothers and sisters who will cooperate fully with His present move to spread and build up His testimony in all over the earth.

Italy – Gospel Trips

The 2026 Winter Olympic Games in Italy began on February 6. Gospel trips are now taking place until February 23 around Milan. A report from Milan, Padua, Rome and Turin is available at tinyurl.com/mprt26.

Please pray that the Lord would open the way for the saints to stay in touch with new contacts met on previous trips. May He operate through all the tracts and literature distributed during the past week to turn the hearts of many local Italians. And may He continue to prepare the hearts of many seeking people to receive Christ in His word and be added to the Lord’s testimony in Europe.

Saints in LA may give through the Church in Los Angeles designated for “Italy Olympics.”

Germany – Stuttgart Meeting Hall

In 2023 the church in Stuttgart purchased a building near public transportation and a university, next to a large public park. The church has been strengthened, encouraged, and covered by the prayers offered by the saints all over the globe. Last year, they were finally able to advance to the next phase, completed most of the detailed planning, and anticipated the beginning of the actual renovation work this year. Following a thorough reassessment, the funds needed to complete this project total €1.97 million. Please pray:

That the renovation process would continue in a timely and safe manner.
That the saints in Stuttgart would continue to increase in the enjoyment of the Lord, grow in life and in numbers, and be equipped and perfected to be functioning members for the building up of His Body.
That the necessary funds can be released for the sake of the Lord’s move in this region.

Donations designated for ‘Stuttgart Meeting Hall’ can be made through the Church in Los Angeles.

Czech and Slovak Translation Work

The labor continues to translate the NT Recovery Version into the Czech and Slovak languages. Our work on the Gospel of Matthew officially commenced on December 1, 2025. We anticipate that the translation of this first book will continue through June 2026. At that time, we look forward to providing the saints in Czechia and Slovakia with a foretaste of the NT Recovery Version—the complete Gospel of Matthew in both Czech and Slovak, including footnotes.

These initial two months have represented a vital period for our team as we transition from theory to practice. We have, for the most part, established our working procedures, are mostly on schedule, and are now refining our corporate and individual workflows.

As we move forward, we ask for your continued prayer:

That the entire team would be preserved from any unnecessary distractions, remaining steadfast in our focus on the translation so that we may keep to the schedule as much as possible.
That the Lord would increasingly become and remain the sole goal and true center of every team member in both their service and their daily lives.
That the Lord would be our wisdom to understand and interpret the meaning of both the original Greek text and the footnotes, so that we may faithfully transfer the burden of the NT to all future readers.

Announcements

Morning Revival: Week 6 of our guided reading through the Book of Acts. Next week will be our final week in Acts, after which we will get into the morning revival book entitled The All-inclusive Christ as Revealed in Matthew (Thanksgiving Conference).
Bibles for America’s new blogpost “Experiencing Jesus as Peace in a World Full of Affliction” is available to read and share at bfa.org/blog.
SoCal Spanish-speaking Conference: Audio recordings and outlines in English and Spanish from the recent conference on “Being Constituted in Life to Minister Life for the Building up of the Church as a Living Organism” are available at audio.socalspanish.org.
GTCA: To learn more about the burden for migration and 2026 target cities, visit gtca.us.
LSM Digital Resources: Living Stream Ministry’s many digital resources, including recorded hymns and free booklets, may be enjoyed at lsm.org/daily.
Ways to Give: Information may be found at www.churchinlosangeles.org/members/offerings.

by Ruiyu Wu

Week of February 1, 2026

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True Power and Impact

“And when both Silas and Timothy came down from Macedonia, Paul was constrained by the word, solemnly testifying to the Jews that Jesus was the Christ.” (Acts 18:5)

“But he who is joined to the Lord is one spirit.” (1 Cor. 6:17)

If we would have power and impact in our gospel preaching, we need to pray…[Many years ago,] instead of celebrating the Chinese new year, the saints in the church in Chefoo made preparations to preach the gospel to their relatives, neighbors, and friends. The last night of the year, which was a time of feasting according to Chinese custom, was for us a time of fasting and prayer. Then the next day, the first day of the year, we came together with our relatives, friends, and neighbors for the preaching of the gospel. That gospel preaching was carried on with much prayer. As I was preaching in the meeting hall, many saints were in different rooms praying until the message was over. The power we experienced in our gospel preaching came from such prayer…

[Our] power is not only through prayer but also in the Word. We do not preach any strange or peculiar things. On the contrary, our preaching is according to the word in the Bible. This word is the truth, and the truth is prevailing. There is power in every word of God…

As we seek to have power and impact in our gospel preaching, we should not follow any strange or peculiar way. Let us take the way of prayer, the way of the Word, and the way of the Spirit.

We believe that today the Lord is the processed Spirit who dwells in us and also upon us. It does not matter whether this Spirit is sensed by us. We believe that while we are serving Him and speaking for Him, especially as we are speaking Him forth, He is with us. We have the Lord’s presence within us as the anointing. Through prayer, the Word, and the Spirit, we can have true power and impact. (Life-study of Acts, 2nd ed., msg. 49, pp. 426-429)

LA College Students

This Friday evening, February 6, we will have a meeting for all college students in Los Angeles at UCLA. Please pray:

For many to come and taste the sweet fellowship and blending across the different halls and campuses.
For the students to sing with grace in their hearts to God.
For the Lord to speak an anointed and practical word to everyone.

Pepperdine University

Pepperdine is a private Christian university in Malibu. A brother currently teaches two undergraduate courses there, and several students have existing connections to the churches in LA and Thousand Oaks. This Saturday, February 7, saints from Thousand Oaks will be distributing Bibles on the campus.

Please pray for many students to visit the BfA table to receive the Word and for many meaningful connections to be established.

International Chinese-speaking Blending Conference (ICSC)

The 2026 International Chinese-speaking Blending Conference will be held at the Ministry Conference Center in Anaheim from Friday evening, February 13 through Lord’s Day noon, February 15. The general subject will be “Noah, Daniel, and Job—Patterns of Living an Overcoming Life on the Line of Life to Fulfill the Economy of God.” For schedule and details, visit icsc2026.org.

Messages will be given in Chinese, but this feast is open to and intended for all the saints to participate in person at the MCC or online at lsmwebcast.com; no registration required. Translation into English, Korean, and Spanish will be provided via FM radio, ListenWIFI app, and Auracast-enabled headphones/receivers. Go to www.lsm.org/translation for more information about these options, including links to purchase recommended Auracast-enabled equipment.

Please pray for the Lord’s timely speaking and for Him to take more crucial steps in the advancement of His purpose during this gathering.

Switzerland

Lugano is the largest city in the Italian-speaking part of Switzerland and is at the border with Italy. As the burden for Italy arose last year there was a feeling among the brothers in Switzerland and the co-workers in Europe to include this part of the country. In coordination with the saints in Milan there will be a three-day gospel trip to Lugano from February 5 to 7, followed by a blending meeting there with all the saints from Switzerland on February 8. About 40 saints have registered for this gospel time. Some saints from the Olympics-related gospel trip in Milan will join these four days in Lugano.

Please pray:

For the Lord to establish the church in Lugano, a shining lampstand for His testimony and the preparation of the Bride.
For the saints coming as sowers of the seed of life and workers to reap the harvest.
For the good heart of people who will receive the Word and grow to bear much fruit.
For God’s sovereign arrangement of the environment and a peaceful situation to advance His move in the Italian-speaking part of Switzerland.
For the coordination and fellowship among all the participating saints, that they would be in one accord and fully supplied with prayer, the Word, and the Spirit.

Italy – Gospel Trips

The current cycle, which will be the final TR trip before the Olympic Games begin, is taking place January 30 to February 9 in Milan. Teams of FTTA trainees are currently visiting Italy and other countries in Europe.

Please pray that the Lord would operate through all the tracts and literature distributed during the past week to turn the hearts of many local Italians. May the Lord continue to prepare the hearts of many seeking people to receive Christ in His word and be added to the Lord’s testimony in Europe.

Saints in LA may give through the Church in Los Angeles designated for “Italy Olympics.”

Announcements

Morning Revival: Week 5 of our guided reading through the Book of Acts.
SoCal Spanish-speaking Conference: Audio recordings and outlines in English and Spanish from the recent conference on “Being Constituted in Life to Minister Life for the Building up of the Church as a Living Organism” are available at audio.socalspanish.org.
Bibles for America’s recent blogpost “Two Important Greek Words in the Bible: Logos and Rhema” is available to read and share at bfa.org/blog.
GTCA: To learn more about the burden for migration and 2026 target cities, visit gtca.us.
Lord’s Move to Europe: A presentation given at the 2025 December Semiannual Training on the Lord’s present move in Europe is available at lme.org/reports.html.
LSM Digital Resources: Living Stream Ministry’s many digital resources, including recorded hymns and free booklets, may be enjoyed at lsm.org/daily.
Ways to Give: Information may be found at www.churchinlosangeles.org/members/offerings.

by Ruiyu Wu

Week of January 25, 2026

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The Organic Way of the Body

“Now there were in Antioch, in the local church, prophets and teachers: Barnabas and Simeon, who was called Niger, and Lucius the Cyrenian, and Manaen, the foster brother of Herod the tetrarch, and Saul. And as they were ministering to the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, Set apart for Me now Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them. Then, when they had fasted and prayed and laid their hands on them, they sent them away.” (Acts 13:1-3)

In Acts 13:2 the Holy Spirit…told the five to set apart Barnabas and Saul for the work to which He had called them. This was a great step taken by the Lord for the spread of the gospel of His kingdom to the Gentile world. It was begun from Antioch, a Gentile center in Syria, without the organizing of a mission, without the raising of funds, without human ordination, and without any human plan or method. It was initiated by five faithful and seeking members of the Body of Christ, who gave the Head of the Body an opportunity through their ministering and fasting, that He, as the Spirit, might set two of them apart to carry out His great commission to spread His kingdom for the establishing of His church in the Gentile world through the preaching of His gospel.

This major step had nothing to do with the church in Jerusalem organizationally, and it was not under the authority and direction of Peter and the other eleven apostles in Jerusalem. It was begun solely and purely from a Gentile center, far away from the atmosphere and influence of any Judaic background and practice and even from the practice and influence of the church in Jerusalem. It was absolutely a move by the Spirit, in the Spirit, and with the Spirit through the coordination of the faithful and seeking members of the Body of Christ on earth with the Head in the heavens.

May we pray for all the saints to follow the pattern in Acts 13, not to take the way of human selection or organization, but to look to the Lord that he would produce something out from His Body. (Life-study of Acts, 2nd ed., msgs. 35-36, pp. 293-294, 300-301)

“Jesus Christ…the Ruler of the Kings of the Earth” (Rev. 1:5)

Today there are wars in various places and protests by large numbers of people in other places, plus many contentions among leaders of nations. We might not understand why these events occur and perhaps disagree with them, but as Colossians 3:2 instructs us, “Set your mind on the things which are above, not on the things which are on the earth.”

Let us hold onto Revelation 1:5 and ask the Lord to exercise His rule over every nation and situation to end this age and prepare the earth for His return.

The Truth Sets US Free

“Indeed days are coming, declares the Lord Jehovah, when I will send a hunger into the land, not a hunger for bread nor a thirst for water, but for hearing the words of Jehovah.” (Amos 8:11)

A new website, tsuf.us/participate, has been created specifically for the saints in the Lord’s recovery who are burdened to participate in preaching the gospel and spreading the high truths throughout the US. There will be many opportunities for the saints to rise up and proclaim God’s Word, personally and in small groups in their daily life as well as joining larger distribution events across the country. This site has videos about the burden for TSUF and announcements about future livestream fellowships. There is also information on how to order Bibles and books to give away, as well as TSUF apparel and other items.

In these days of widespread and intensified spiritual hunger, please pray for all the saints to gain a taste for sharing the gospel of Jesus Christ and help many people know Christ and be set free by the truth.

FTTA Gospel Trips

From January 2 to February 10, FTTA gospel trip teams are going out to 12 countries in Europe and North America to join with local saints for the preaching of the gospel of the kingdom. Please pray:

For the Lord to cover all the gospel trips and the saints’ travel, especially in light of severe winter weather in some parts of the United States.
That the sanctifying Spirit will go before the saints to prepare the hearts of those the Lord has chosen.
For many contacts to be released to attend follow-up appointments, welcome dinners, Bible seminars, and gospel meetings with the saints.

For regular reports and updated prayer lists, go to ftta.org/gospeltrips.

Italy – Gospel Trips

Torch Relay gospel trips have just wrapped up in Vicenza and Turin. The next cycle, which will be the final TR trip before the Olympic Games begin, will be January 30 to February 9 in Milan.

Saints in LA may give through the Church in Los Angeles designated for “Italy Olympics.”

France – Lille

Last weekend, January 24 to 25, a new lampstand was raised up in Lille. Praise the Lord! Over 200 saints from 15 different countries attended in person. Please continue to pray:

For a clear and strong beginning for the church in Lille, that the Lord’s testimony would be firmly established there.
For the consecration of the saints who will be standing in Lille, that Christ may be all and in all.
For more blending with visiting saints, that Lille would remain in fellowship with all the churches.
That the Lord would continue to build up His testimony in Lille and in other cities in France.

UK Building Project

Construction of the new Meeting and Training Facility, with a potential seating capacity of 900, resumed in March last year. Around 40% of the total funds needed to complete the construction have been received, with estimates that an additional £7.5 million is needed to complete the entire project (expected to be ready 2028).

Please continue to pray that the Lord will provide the necessary funds and serving ones to carry out the construction to completion.

Saints who are burdened to give can designate offerings “UK Building Project.”

Announcements

Morning Revival: Week 4 of our guided reading through the Book of Acts.
SoCal Spanish-speaking Conference: Audio recordings and outlines in English and Spanish from the recent conference on “Being Constituted in Life to Minister Life for the Building up of the Church as a Living Organism” are now available at audio.socalspanish.org.
International Chinese-speaking Blending Conference (ICSC): February 13 to 15 in Anaheim. The general subject will be “Noah, Daniel, and Job—Patterns of Living an Overcoming Life on the Line of Life to Fulfill the Economy of God.” All the saints are warmly invited; no registration required. Translation into English, Korean, and Spanish will be provided via FM radio, ListenWIFI app, and Auracast-enabled headphones/receivers; go to www.lsm.org/translation for more details.
Bibles for America’s recent blogpost “Two Important Greek Words in the Bible: Logos and Rhema” is available to read and share at bfa.org/blog.
GTCA: To learn more about the burden for migration and 2026 target cities, visit gtca.us.
Lord’s Move to Europe: A presentation given at the 2025 December Semiannual Training on the Lord’s present move in Europe is available at lme.org/reports.html.
LSM Digital Resources: Living Stream Ministry’s many digital resources, including recorded hymns and free booklets, may be enjoyed at lsm.org/daily.
Ways to Give: Information may be found at www.churchinlosangeles.org/members/offerings.

by Ruiyu Wu

Week of January 18, 2026

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The Importance of Prayer

“…Peter went up on the housetop to pray around the sixth hour…And he beheld heaven opened, and a certain vessel like a great sheet descending, being let down by four corners onto the earth, in which were all the four-footed animals and reptiles of the earth and birds of heaven. And a voice came to him: Rise up, Peter; slay and eat!” (Acts 10:9-13)

In chapter 10 of Acts there is a strong emphasis on the importance of prayer. First, we have Cornelius’s prayer and then Peter’s prayer. The prayers of these two men became the means for the Lord to come in to open the door for the Gentiles. While Cornelius, a devout man, was praying, a vision came to him. Likewise, it was while Peter was praying that the vision recorded in this chapter came to him. From this we see that we all need to learn to have a prayer life, for a prayer life always prepares the way for the Lord’s move and opens the gate for Him to spread. As those who are here for the Lord’s recovery, we must learn that the Lord can use only those who have a prayer life, a life of contacting Him in prayer.

We are not told for what Cornelius and Peter were praying. The record does indicate, however, that they set aside certain times for prayer, that they prayed according to a schedule. Acts 10:3 says that Cornelius was praying at the ninth hour, at three o’clock in the afternoon, and 10:9 says that Peter was praying at the sixth hour, at twelve noon. From this we see that they had a prayer life and even prayed at scheduled times. If we in the Lord’s recovery have such a prayer life according to set times, we will be used by Him in opening the way for the spread of His recovery. (Life-study of Acts, 2nd ed., msg. 29, pp. 233-234)

LA Hall 4 Retreat

More than 80 saints in the Hall 4 area are registered for our upcoming retreat this weekend, January 23 to 25, at Oak Glen. We expect a good number of very new ones to participate. Please stand with us to pray:

For sweet fellowship among all the saints, including those of different ages, backgrounds, and various levels of maturity in the Lord.
For a tender shepherding of the newer and younger ones who are coming.
For the Lord to personally and directly speak to each saint from John 15 so that we can be normal, fruit-bearing branches abiding in the vine to bear fruit for God’s glory!

SoCal Spanish-speaking Conference Follow-up

Around 600 Spanish-speaking saints from Southern California gathered last weekend in Anaheim to hear the Spirit’s speaking to the churches. On the Lord’s Day, the whole church in Anaheim also joined.

The subject was “Being Constituted in Life in Order to Minister Life for the Building up of the Church as a Living Organism.” Today, we need to be constituted with life to become living members of the Body of Christ to be witnesses, priests of the gospel, those who bear fruit and shepherd, and perfected in order to perfect others. If we are not constituted with Christ as our life, we have nothing to impart to others; to be constituted in life is to cooperate with the Lord for the building up of the church. Please pray:

For all the saints who attended the conference to cooperate with the Lord to be constituted in life.
That more vital members would be produced to be living and active for the propagation of the high gospel.
For more shepherding to be manifested among us in all the churches in Southern California.

FTTA Gospel Trips

From January 2 to February 10, FTTA gospel trip teams are going out to 12 countries in Europe and North America to join with local saints for the preaching of the gospel of the kingdom. Please pray:

That the Lord will fully cover the travel, safety, security, border crossing, and health of all those involved as they make their way to each destination.
That the Lord will blend and build all the saints involved so that He can fully bless these trips.
That the sanctifying Spirit will go before the saints to prepare the hearts of those the Lord has chosen.
That the gospel of the kingdom will be prevailing and reach all those the Lord desires to save.
That the Lord will add remaining fruit to the churches as His testimony in each of these nations.

For regular reports and updated prayer lists, go to ftta.org/gospeltrips.

Switzerland

For decades, Switzerland has been regarded as a very safe and secure country. However, in the past couple of years, this image has been seriously shaken by a series of tragic and destabilizing events. The collapse of the Credit Suisse bank, the total destruction of the village Blatten by a glacial landslide in the mountains, the economic pressure through US tariffs, and most recently the deadly fire in a bar in Crans-Montana are some major incidents once thought unimaginable in this country.

Although we mourn the loss of so many young people in the tragic fire, we believe that the Lord is causing the Swiss people to lose their trust in their own country and creating in them a sense of uncertainty that He wants to use for the spreading of the gospel of the kingdom. Please pray:

For the Lord to expose to the Swiss people the vanity of human achievement.
That the Lord would turn them from darkness to light.
For many young people to thirst for reality and the truth.
For the saints to rise up and cooperate with the Lord to preach the gospel of the kingdom all over Switzerland.

France – Lille

This weekend, January 24 to 25, a new lampstand will be raised up in Lille, the fourth-most populated metropolitan area in France. This will be the third new local church raised up in France since the gospel trips related to the Paris Olympics in 2024. How we praise and worship the Lord for His doing: “Unless Jehovah builds the house, those who build it labor in vain” (Psa. 127:1a). Please continue to pray:

For a clear and strong beginning for the church in Lille.
For the consecration of the saints who will be standing in Lille, that Christ may be all and in all.
For more blending with visiting saints, that Lille would remain in fellowship with all the churches.

Italy – Gospel Trips

Torch Relay gospel trips are taking place from January 16 to 26 in Vicenza (including Padua) and Turin. May Satan be put to shame to the uttermost, and the Lord raise up many lampstands in Italy! Please pray for the Lord 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.

Saints in LA may give through the Church in Los Angeles designated for “Italy Olympics.”

Sri Lanka

Please pray for the Sinhala NT Recovery Version proof-reading currently taking place from January 5 to February 7, that all the coordinating saints would be strengthened into the inner man. Around 20 million people speak Sinhala, making it the most spoken language in Sri Lanka (in comparison with the other official language, Tamil, which is spoken by around 5 million people).

Announcements

Morning Revival: Week 3 of our guided reading through the Book of Acts.
Bibles for America’s recent blogpost “Two Important Greek Words in the Bible: Logos and Rhema” is available to read and share at bfa.org/blog.
Upcoming Feasts: A schedule of LSM conferences and trainings in 2026 is posted at lsm.org/events. The International Chinese-speaking Blending Conference will be February 13 to 15 in Anaheim.
GTCA: To learn more about the burden for migration and 2026 target cities, visit gtca.us.
Lord’s Move to Europe: A presentation given at the 2025 December Semiannual Training on the Lord’s present move in Europe is available at lme.org/reports.html.
FTTA Graduation: A video of the recent graduation is available for a limited time at ftta.org.
LSM Digital Resources: Living Stream Ministry’s many digital resources, including recorded hymns and free booklets, may be enjoyed at lsm.org/daily.
Ways to Give: Information may be found at www.churchinlosangeles.org/members/offerings.

by Ruiyu Wu

Week of January 11, 2026

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The Words of Our Testimony Being Our Living

“Go and stand in the temple and speak to the people all the words of this life.” (Acts 5:20)

“And we are witnesses of these things, and so is the Holy Spirit, whom God has given to those who obey Him.” (Acts 5:32)

When the angel of the Lord rescued the apostles from prison, he said to them, “Go and stand in the temple and speak to the people all the words of this life” (v. 20). We need to pay attention to the word this, for it indicates a particular life. The Greek word rendered “words” here is rhema, denoting the present spoken word, not the constant written word. Therefore, the angel was saying to the apostles, “Go and speak the present words of this life.”

What life is indicated by this life? It is the divine life preached, ministered, and lived by Peter that overcame the Jewish leaders’ persecution, threatening, and imprisonment. This word indicates that Peter’s life and work made the divine life so real and present in his situation that even the angel saw it and pointed it out.

The apostles were not told to speak of the divine life in a doctrinal way. Today certain Christians may talk about life, but their talk is altogether doctrinal. We need to seek mercy and grace from the Lord so that whenever we speak concerning the divine life, we speak the words of the very life we live. This means that the divine life becomes our daily life. It is this life that we should minister to others. (Life-study of Acts, 2nd ed., msg. 18, p. 140)

SCYP Winter Blending Conference

The 2026 SCYP Winter Blending Conference was held January 10 to 11 in Anaheim. Many young people from Northern California also joined. In total, approximately 900 young people and serving ones participated. From LA, around 60 saints (35 YP, 25 parents and serving ones) attended.

The topic was “Nuggets and Gems to Strengthen Our Life of Pursuing Christ” and the four messages focused on developing a personal life with the Lord and becoming those who actively pursue Him in this age. During these meeting times, multiple sessions were also held specifically for parents. The serving ones had a deep sense that something precious was deposited into all our young people. Please pray:

That every young person would come to treasure the “gems” they received from the Word this weekend and be encouraged in their daily walk with the Lord.
That the YP across LA would be blended together and companionized with at least one or two others.
For every young person to enjoy the experience of overflowing to the saints from the conference this Lord’s Day and have a sweet taste of sharing in the meetings.

SoCal Spanish-speaking Conference

The Southern California Spanish-speaking Conference is this weekend, January 16 to 18, at the Ministry Conference Center in Anaheim. The sessions are open to all the saints. Messages will be spoken in English and Spanish with side-by-side translation. Meeting times are Friday 7:30 pm, Saturday 3:00 and 7:00 pm, and Lord’s Day 9:30 am. Child care for K–6 will be provided only at the Church in Anaheim District 3 hall. Please see more details at conf.socalspanish.org.

Please pray for the Lord to bless all the practical services and release the saints to attend with open hearts to hear what the Spirit is speaking to the churches. Pray for the Lord to bless this special time with His presence, His smile, and His fresh speaking full of life and light.

FTTA Middle-age

The Middle-age Training (FTTA-MA) is to help the saints grow in the divine life; be constituted with the truths; develop capacities in the gospel, shepherding, and prophesying; and build up a proper character. The training is intended primarily for ages 35 to 65 but is open to all ages with fellowship.

February 24 is the application deadline for the spring term. Please ask the Lord to release many from across North America and burden them for the FTTA-MA that they may be prepared for His further move.

Poland – Gdańsk

Gdańsk is a city in northern Poland on the Baltic coast, just under an hour by car from the nearest local church and four hours by car from Warsaw. Recently, a couple in Poland moved to Gdańsk to labor there at the main university. In November, when some from the Warsaw campus team visited, they contacted several students and met a teacher of Chinese language who had been in the church life in Asia for a number of years. This teacher has become very useful in obtaining rooms on the campus for the saints to meet in, and she has a heart to care for the students. At the end of this month, a gospel team from the FTTA will spend time in Gdańsk. Please pray:

That the Lord will reach more seeking ones in this city through the FTTA gospel trip and that two more families will migrate and live near the university.
That the Lord will raise up a lampstand in Gdańsk to spread His testimony in Poland.

Italy – Gospel Trips

The third round of Torch Relay gospel trips to Turin and Bologna have concluded. May Satan be put to shame to the uttermost, and the Lord raise up many lampstands in Italy!

For Bologna, please pray:

That the Lord would use the many new ones contacted to raise up a testimony in Bologna and that there would be a way to shepherd these ones regularly, one-on-one, so that none would be lost.
For the nearby cities of Ferrara and Rimini. May the Lord strengthen the family in Ferrara and connect them with the new ones. May the Lord gain a seeking group of believers in Rimini.
That the Lord would burden some saints to migrate to Bologna to strengthen and continue the labor for His move in Italy.

For Turin, please pray:

For the saints to be strengthened to live Christ daily and experience the church life from house to house.
For the more than 30 new ones contacted during this first gospel trip to have regular feeding appointments and be connected to those who will come on subsequent gospel trips and the local saints.
For the Lord to raise up a lampstand in Turin.

The next Torch Relay trips will be from January 16 to 26 in Vicenza (including Padua) and Turin. Saints in LA may participate by giving via The Church in Los Angeles designated for “Italy Olympics.”

Cambodia

Last month, border clashes between Cambodia and Thailand displaced more than half a million civilians in both countries. Thirty-eight saints in northern Cambodia have fled to safer areas. A ceasefire agreement signed on December 27 appears to be holding, but many are nervous about returning home.

Pray for the safety of the saints on both sides of the border who have been affected, and that the Lord would shepherd them and supply all their needs. Pray for the white horse to run in the midst of this uncertainty and upheaval.

Announcements

Morning Revival: Week 2 of our guided reading through the Book of Acts.
Bibles for America’s new blogpost “Two Important Greek Words in the Bible: Logos and Rhema” is available to read and share at bfa.org/blog.
Upcoming Feasts: A schedule of LSM conferences and trainings in 2026 is posted at lsm.org/events. The International Chinese-speaking Blending Conference will be February 13 to 15 in Anaheim.
Lord’s Move to Europe: A presentation given at the 2025 December Semiannual Training on the Lord’s present move in Europe is available at lme.org/reports.html.
FTTA Graduation: A video of the recent graduation is available for a limited time at ftta.org.
LSM Digital Resources: Living Stream Ministry’s many digital resources, including recorded hymns and free booklets, may be enjoyed at lsm.org/daily.
GTCA: To learn more about the burden for migration and 2026 target cities, visit gtca.us.
Ways to Give: Information may be found at www.churchinlosangeles.org/members/offerings.

by Ruiyu Wu

Week of January 4, 2026

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Praying to Cooperate with God for His Plan

“These all continued steadfastly with one accord in prayer, together with the women and Mary the mother of Jesus, and with His brothers.” (Acts 1:14)

“Again, 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)

Before the Lord’s death, the disciples had no interest in prayer for spiritual things (Luke 22:40, 45-46). Rather, they contended among themselves as to which was considered to be greater (Luke 22:24). But now, after the Lord’s resurrection and ascension, their spiritual condition radically changed. They did not contend among themselves, but were burdened to pray perseveringly with one accord, even before the day of Pentecost, when they would receive the outpoured Spirit of power economically (Acts 2)... We are told in 1:14 that the disciples, together with the women, Mary, and the Lord’s brothers, persevered with one accord in prayer. The Greek words rendered “with one accord” may also be translated “with one mind.”

God wanted to pour out His Spirit for the carrying out of His New Testament economy, and He had promised to do this. Yet He needed His chosen people to pray for it. As God in heaven, He needs men on earth to cooperate with Him for the carrying out of His plan. The one hundred twenty disciples praying for ten days met this need of God… It was a great matter for the one hundred and twenty to pray in one accord for ten days. They were able to pray in one accord for such a long time because they had Christ within them as their life and person. (Life-study of Acts, 2nd ed., msg. 5, pp. 37-39)

A New Spiritual Year Before God

At the turning of this calendar year, let us seek the Lord’s shining, open ourselves to Him, and cooperate with the searching, judging, enlightening, and infusing of the seven eyes so that God can gain each of us in an unprecedented way for His move and His purpose.

May we all experience a new spiritual year before God by spending time personally to meet God so that under His shining we will have a clearance of everything past and receive fresh grace, fresh enlightenment, fresh power and fresh promises from God.

2026 Winter YP Blending Conference

This weekend, January 10 to 11, there will be a young people’s blending conference in Anaheim. The subject is “Nuggets and Gems to Strengthen Our Life of Pursuing Christ.” From across all the halls in Los Angeles, 35 YP are registered to attend.

This year, cellphone lockers will be made available to store phones until the end of each day. In addition, there will also be the opportunity to blend with a group of young people from the churches in Northern California who will also be attending.

Please pray:

That our YP would be fully released to attend both sessions of the conference, and each would personally receive a fresh speaking from the Lord to be strengthened in their pursuing Christ this year.
For the conference atmosphere to be sanctified, uplifted, and free of the enemy’s distractions.
That the Lord would gain the blending and building He desires among all the young people.

GTCA

Pray for the Lord’s move this year in the newly designated target cities of Lafayette, Indiana, Charleston, South Carolina, and Pensacola, Florida, particularly for the strengthening of the church in Lafayette, the re-establishment of the Lord’s testimony in Charleston, and the raising up of a new local church in Pensacola.

Pray that the Lord will send the right ones to migrate to each of these cities, and pray that all the saints will rise up to participate in what the Lord is doing in these cities, by praying, giving, or going.

Recent fellowship and information regarding the target cities for 2026 can be found at gtca.us.

France – Lille

On the weekend of January 24 to 25, a new lampstand will be raised up in Lille, France. Hallelujah! This will be the third new local church raised up in France since the gospel trips related to the Paris Olympics in 2024. How we praise and worship the Lord for His doing: “Unless Jehovah builds the house, those who build it labor in vain” (Psa. 127:1a). We sense that this step is not merely local but is for the Lord’s testimony in Europe and for His recovery on the earth.

Lille is located in the northern part of France near the border with Belgium. Its greater metropolitan area has over 1.5 million inhabitants, the fourth-most populated in France after Paris, Lyon, and Marseille. With a student population of over 110,000 students within its metropolitan area, Lille is one of the major French student cities.

Please pray:

For a clear and strong beginning for the church in Lille.
For the consecration of the saints who will be standing in Lille, that Christ may be all and in all.
For the blending with visiting saints, that Lille would not stand alone, but in fellowship with all the churches.

Italy – Gospel Trips

The current round of Torch Relay gospel trips are taking place from January 2 to 12 in Turin and Bologna. May Satan be put to shame to the uttermost, and the Lord raise up many lampstands in Italy! Please pray for the Lord 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.

Saints in LA may give through the Church in Los Angeles designated for “Italy Olympics.”

Mexico – College Training

From January 7 to 11, more than 130 college students from around Mexico will gather outside the city of Monterey for a five-day college training. The topic of the training will be “The Humanity of Jesus.” A local brother from Los Angeles will be participating in this training. Please pray:

For the blending and fellowship among the students and serving ones from all over Mexico.
For the students to see the need for a proper humanity and to see how they can eat the humanity of Jesus to be one who can fulfill God’s purpose.

Announcements

Morning Revival: Week 1 of our guided reading through the Book of Acts.
Upcoming Feasts: A schedule of LSM conferences and trainings in 2026 is posted at lsm.org/events. The International Chinese-speaking Blending Conference will be February 13 to 15 in Anaheim.
Lord’s Move to Europe: A presentation given at the 2025 December Semiannual Training on the Lord’s present move in Europe is available at lme.org/reports.html.
Bibles for America’s blogpost “A Time for Prayerful Reflection at the End of the Year” is available to read and share at bfa.org/blog.
FTTA Graduation: A video of the recent graduation is available for a limited time at ftta.org.
LSM Digital Resources: Living Stream Ministry’s many digital resources, including recorded hymns and free booklets, may be enjoyed at lsm.org/daily.
GTCA: To learn more about the burden for migration and 2026 target cities, visit gtca.us.
Ways to Give: Information may be found at www.churchinlosangeles.org/members/offerings.

by Ruiyu Wu

Week of December 28, 2025

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Having Fellowship unto the Gospel

“And my God will fill your every need according to His riches, in glory, in Christ Jesus.” (Phil. 4:19)

“…‘He who gathered much had no excess, and he who gathered little had no lack.’” (2 Cor. 8:15)

When the Israelites left Egypt, they plundered it of its gold. The material gold mine is in Egypt. We need some full-timers to remain there to dig the gold mine to get the gold. The other full-timers will drop their job, profession, or business for the preaching and teaching of the gospel truth, but they will need something to live on. We would not like to see that they would be forced to make tents as Paul was in Acts 18:1-3. That would be a shame to us…We are all full-timers in different functions. Some have the function to preach the gospel, teach the truth, and minister life to all the seekers. However, these dear ones could not have any time to make a living. They need others to support them. Therefore, a great number of us full-timers should remain in our jobs, professions, or businesses to make money.

Do not merely enjoy the physical gains you have received under God’s sovereignty. This may offend the Lord. In this case the Lord will take back His blessing…If we are faithful to Him, He will bless us. If we spend every ounce of our gold for His purpose, He will return to us not only by ounces, but by pounds. This is to carry out the fellowship unto the gospel, the fellowship for the furtherance of the gospel. The key point of this way is that every believer is a full-timer. Some drop their job to preach and teach, while some remain on their job to make money. We must encourage some to drop their jobs. We must also encourage some to make money and separate five percent monthly, purposely for the account of the fellowship unto the gospel. (Elders’ Training, Book 8: The Life-pulse of the Lord’s Present Move, pp. 129-132, 137)

Meeting God in the Light to Have a New Spiritual Year

In order to have a new spiritual year, we need to specifically seek God’s face and meet Him. We should bring our condition, past and present, to Him and place it before Him in the light of His face in order to receive His shining. He is facing us, waiting for us, and open to us. We should not think that we are the ones who are seeking God; actually, He is seeking us and waiting for us. Rather than being closed, we should open ourselves to Him. We should not treat our days in a loose manner. When we approach a new calendar year, we should come to God and open ourselves to His light concerning not only the state of our earthly affairs but also the condition of our spiritual life. We need to spend some time in the presence of God, presenting our past and present condition to Him and allowing Him to shine on us. As the Spirit, He will come to us, and with His Spirit there will be light shining on the items that we place before Him. When we encounter God in Christ as the Spirit coming to us as light, we will have a new beginning. When we encounter light, we will also encounter God as the light-bearer. These encounters bring in changes that are like the changes associated with days, months, and years. If we want to have changes, from small changes to great changes, we must meet God. (CWWL, 1957, vol. 1, “God’s Need and God’s Goal,” ch. 4, p. 125)

At the turning of this calendar year, pray for the saints to seek the Lord’s shining, open themselves to Him, and cooperate with the searching, judging, enlightening, and infusing of the seven eyes so that God can gain each one in an unprecedented way in 2026 for His move and His purpose.

“The Revelation of Jesus Christ…” (Rev. 1:1)

The whole Bible reveals Christ; the book of Revelation especially, as the conclusion, completion, and consummation of the whole Bible, is “the revelation of Jesus Christ.” Although this book also reveals many other things, the focus of its revelation is Christ. (See Rev. 1:1, footnote 1)

In last week’s Semiannual Training, we saw and tasted Jesus Christ as the faithful Witness (1:5), the First and the Last and the living One (1:17b-18a), the One who has the keys of death and of Hades (1:18b), the Son of Man in the midst of the golden lampstands (1:13), the High Priest (1:13), the Holder of the messengers of the churches (1:16, 20), the Lion-Lamb (5:5-6), the eternal King (11:15), the Spirit speaking to the churches (chs. 2, 3), the Word of God and the King of Kings and Lord of Lords (11:13, 16), the Lamb-God on the throne (22:1), the One coming with His reward (22:12), and the bright Morning Star (22:16).

We continually need more dispensing from this Christ that we may grow to maturity. In the prayer meeting and in private, let us ask the Lord to increase the following experiences in our daily life and church life:

To open every part of our being to the Lord’s shining and dispensing.
To give Him the first place in all things (Col. 1:18), which is to love Him with the first love (Rev. 2:4).
To take Him as everything in us, behold His beauty, be dominated and moved by our mingled spirit.
To have nothing between us and the Lord.
To pray over His word and muse on it, tasting and enjoying it through careful consideration.
To read, study, behold, contemplate, and gaze on Christ as the Word of God.

May the sevenfold intensified life-giving Spirit operate in all the saints through the word spoken in the Semiannual Training to produce them as overcomers for the Lord’s return!

Bibles for America

Throughout the last several months, BfA has seen a remarkable number of orders for Bibles flooding in. The hunger for the riches in the NT Recovery Version continues to steadily increase. There has also been a remarkable surge in e-book downloads from seekers all over the world. As we look ahead to next year, 550,000 Bibles have been ordered to support this growing momentum we are witnessing. We expect to see another year full of the spreading of the Word of God across the United States.

Praise the Lord that Christ became the living Word, the Spirit, and that He is near and available. May we be those who cooperate with the Lord to proclaim Christ as the word of faith so that many would “be saved and come to the full knowledge of the truth” (1 Tim. 2:3-4).

Italy – Gospel Trips

The next round of Torch Relay gospel trips will be from January 2 to 12 in Turin and Bologna. May Satan be put to shame to the uttermost, and the Lord raise up many lampstands in Italy! Please pray for the Lord 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.

Saints in LA may give through the Church in Los Angeles designated for “Italy Olympics.”

UK Building Project

Construction of the new FTTL training and blending center began over two years ago; work was temporarily halted for 15 months due to a lack of funds, but it was resumed in March of this year. As of last week, around 40% of the total funds needed to complete the construction has been received. An additional $10 million will be needed to complete the entire project by Fall 2028.

How we worship the Lord for His blessing upon the praying, toiling, and giving of so many dear saints in the recovery on behalf of Europe in recent decades! May this new meeting and training facility contribute to the further spread of His testimony in the UK and even all of Europe.

Please continue beseech the Lord for the release of funds and workers, including from LA, for the construction of the new facility. To give through the Church in Los Angeles for the new training center, designate offerings for “UK Building Project.”

Announcements

Morning Revival: Week 4 of Material Offerings and the Lord’s Move Today. Next week, we begin a seven-week truth pursuit of the Book of Acts.
Bibles for America’s blogpost “A Time for Prayerful Reflection at the End of the Year” is available to read and share at bfa.org/blog.
FTTA Graduation: A video of the recent graduation meeting is available for a limited time at ftta.org.
Upcoming Feasts: A schedule of LSM conferences and trainings in 2026 is posted at lsm.org/events.
LSM Digital Resources: Living Stream Ministry’s many digital resources, including recorded hymns and free booklets, may be enjoyed at lsm.org/daily.
GTCA: To learn more about the burden for migration and 2026 target cities, visit gtca.us.
Ways to Give: Information may be found at www.churchinlosangeles.org/members/offerings.

by Ruiyu Wu

Week of December 21, 2025

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December Semiannual Training

The Semiannual Training taking place this week in Anaheim (in-person) and LA (webcast) will cover the general subject of “Experiencing, Enjoying, and Expressing Christ (4).” Please pray that the Lord will richly anoint the release and receiving of His word and take a further step in His move on earth to build up His Body and prepare His bride for His coming back.

May we all enter into the divine truths in the Word that the Lord has released through His ministry by means of this training until we are constituted with these truths, enjoy the Lord as life according to these truths, and minister Him to others for the fulfillment of God’s eternal purpose.

FTTA

Last weekend, 38 trainees graduated from the FTTA and 4 trainees graduated from FTTA-XB. Please continue to pray for all these ones to follow the Lamb wherever He may go. Pray also for many college graduates and young working saints to answer God’s call to go to the FTTA next term.

A video of the graduation meeting is available for a limited time at ftta.org.

GTCA

God wanted to pour out His Spirit for the carrying out of His New Testament economy and had promised to do it, yet He still needed His chosen people to pray for this. As God in heaven, He needs men on earth to cooperate with Him for the carrying out of His plan (Acts 1:14, footnote 3). Let us beseech the Lord for His spread in Los Angeles, around Los Angeles, and in more cities across the United States. Let us also ask the Lord to impart a burden for these migrations into all of us.

A recording of the GTCA Update Webinar from December 14 is available at gtca.us. The three new target cities announced are Lafayette, Indiana; Charleston, South Carolina; and Pensacola, Florida.

2026 Winter SCYP Blending Conference

Praise the Lord for all that He has gained in our young people this year! Our hearts are full of gratitude for the fellowship, prayers, gatherings and growth that God granted to them. As this calendar year draws to a close, we have much to pray for concerning our dear young people:

That they would learn to touch the Lord in a normal, genuine way during their final exams this week.
That they would redeem their winter breaks by spending time in the Word with companions, serving ones and family members to “guard the good deposit” (2 Tim. 1:14) they received this year.
That the Lord would release many to register for the Winter YP Blending Conference taking place in Anaheim, January 10 to 11, so they could be encouraged and blended with others from across SoCal.

Bibles for America

Throughout the last several months, we at BfA have seen a remarkable number of orders for Bibles flooding in. The hunger for the riches in the NT Recovery Version continues to steadily increase. We are also pleased to report that there has been a remarkable surge in e-book downloads from seekers all over the world. As we look ahead to next year, we have ordered 550,000 Bibles to support this growing momentum we are witnessing. We expect to see another year full of the spreading of the Word of God across the United States.

Italy – Gospel Trips

Gospel trips during the time of the Torch Relay and Olympic Games continue through February 23. The second TR trip has just finished distributing in Palermo and Catania in Sicily, as well as Naples. May Satan be put to shame to the uttermost, and the Lord raise up many lampstands in Italy from north to south!

Please pray:

For the Lord 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 new local churches to be raised up and existing churches in a number of cities in Italy strengthened.
For the Lord to blend the saints together and advance His move in His recovery.

Saints may register for follow-up shepherding trips at amanatrust.org.uk/page/2026italy. As the Lord leads, saints in LA may give through the Church in Los Angeles designated for “Italy Olympics.”

New Meeting Halls – Riga, Latvia and Stuttgart, Germany

Pray that the Lord will give the brothers wisdom for the best way to carry out the renovations of the properties that the churches recently acquired, to provide suitable meeting halls for the churches in these two key European cities. Pray that the Lord will release the necessary funds to complete these two renovations.

As the Lord leads, donations designated for ‘Riga Meeting Hall’ and ‘Stuttgart Meeting Hall’ can be made through the Church in Los Angeles.

UK Building Project

Please continue beseech the Lord for the release of funds and workers, including from LA, for the construction of the new FTTL training facility. Pray for the workers to be supplied and safe as they labor and for the weather to be suitable so the building work may proceed. To give through the Church in Los Angeles for the new training center, designate offerings for “UK Building Project.”

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: Training verses or repeat Week 36 of Experiencing, Enjoying, and Expressing Christ (3). Monday, December 29, start Week 4 of Material Offerings and the Lord’s Move Today.
No Prayer Meeting: To make way for the semiannual video training, there will not be a church prayer meeting on Tuesday, December 23. It will resume on December 30.
Thanksgiving Conference: Videos are available for free until Dec. 30 at www.lsmwebcast.com.
Bibles for America’s blogpost “A Time for Prayerful Reflection at the End of the Year” is available to read and share at bfa.org/blog.
Ways to Give: Information may be found at www.churchinlosangeles.org/members/offerings.

by Ruiyu Wu

Week of December 14, 2025

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Knowing the True God and Eternal Life

“And this is the testimony, that God gave to us eternal life and this life is in His Son.” (1 John 5:11)

“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)

Eternal life is divine life with a special function—to know God. Because as believers we have been born of the divine life, we are able to know God. First John 5:20 speaks of knowing the true One. Here the word know actually means “experience, enjoy, and possess.”…In this universe only God Himself is the true One. We need God’s life in order to experience, enjoy, and possess Him.

The word this refers to the very God who has become experiential to us through our being in Him. No longer are we outside of this God. Rather, we are in this God, and we are in the true One, in His Son Jesus Christ. Because we are in Them, God and Jesus Christ are no longer objective to us, and in our experience They are no longer two. When we are in Them, They become one to us.

The word this includes this fact of our being in the true God and eternal life. Hallelujah, this is the true God and eternal life, and we are in this God and in this life! We know that we are in the true God and in eternal life because we are in the true One and in His Son Jesus Christ. (LS 1 John, pp. 345, 350-351)

Gospelize, Truthize, and Churchize America (GTCA)

We should all be migrants, following the footsteps of our forefather Abraham who migrated throughout his life. After migrating to a certain place, we should not stay there for too long. Instead of being settled there, we should always be ready to migrate to another place. We should not be permanently settled in any place, for we all are journeying toward the New Jerusalem. The place where we are is not our destination but only a station from which to migrate to another place. We all are on our way to our ultimate destination, the New Jerusalem. Migration is the way of the Christian life. (CWWL, 1971, vol. 2, pp. 483-484)

The subject of Acts is “The Propagation of the Resurrected Christ in His Ascension, by the Spirit, through the Disciples, for the Producing of the Churches—The Kingdom of God.” This is what we should do—live a life of the altar and the tent as sojourners looking for that better country.

The Lord brought His recovery to the United States because this country is strategic for His move in the final days. Today we are still very small. Locally we should be preaching the gospel and spreading the truth; at the same time, we are burdened for the whole country, especially for more cities in the Bible belt where there must be many seekers. Do not have the thought that this country has been fully taken by the Lord; there are still many cities which need shining lampstands. This is the burden of GTCA. While the focus of GTCA is the United States, there will be an overflow to other nations, especially Europe.

A recording of the GTCA Update Webinar from December 14 is available at gtca.us. The three new target cities announced are Lafayette, Indiana; Charleston, South Carolina; and Pensacola, Florida.

2025 December Semiannual Training

The December semiannual training will take place in Anaheim next week, December 22 to 27. The general subject is “Experiencing, Enjoying, and Expressing Christ (4).” In addition to the saints attending in person in Anaheim, many saints all over the earth will participate by video.

Please pray for the release of the Lord’s present speaking to His recovery and for the saints’ response to the operation of the seven Spirits to intensify God’s organic salvation and produce the overcomers to meet the Lord’s need today. May this training result in the deeper experience, enjoyment, and expression of Christ in all the saints for the furtherance of God’s economy.

FTTA Graduations

This Saturday, December 20, the graduation meeting for the 2025 Fall Class of the Full-time Training in Anaheim starts at 9:30 am at the Ministry Conference Center. Saints are warmly invited to attend in person or online at ftta.org/graduation.php. In the afternoon, the Middle-age Training (FTTA-MA) graduation starts at 2:00 pm, also at the MCC, and will be live-streamed at ftta.org/ma.

Please pray for the 38 FTTA, 4 FTTA-XB, and 27 FTTA-MA graduates, for their presentations this Saturday, and for them to “follow the Lamb wherever He may go” (Rev. 14:4). May these dear ones continue to pursue Christ, gain Him, live Him, and minister Him for the building up of the Body.

2026 Winter YP Blending Conference

That they would learn to touch the Lord in a normal, genuine way during their final exams this week.
That they would redeem their winter breaks by spending time in the Word with companions, serving ones and family members to “guard the good deposit” (2 Tim. 1:14) they received this year.
That the Lord would release many to register for the Winter YP Blending Conference taking place in Anaheim, January 10 to 11, so they could be encouraged and blended with others from across SoCal.

Italy – Gospel Trips

For a number of years there have been three small churches in Italy. But the Lord’s recovery needs to be firmly rooted and growing in these localities, and the Lord’s interest needs to spread to new cities. The Lord is using the time of the Torch Relay and Winter Olympics in Italy to accomplish this. Accordingly, over 300 saints from around the world, along with local saints, are participating in gospel trips.

Please pray for the gospel teams that are currently in Sicily from December 12 to 21 and Naples from December 15 to 23. Pray for the Lord to find the sons of peace as the teams go out on the gospel. Also pray for the follow-up of all the contacts made over the past week and a half in Rome and the Florence area, and for the Lord to continue to reach open vessels in these places.

Australia

Each December the churches in Australia gather for their summer national blending conference. The conference will take place in Sydney from December 19 to 23 with a brothers’ training preceding it from December 18 to 19. At least 15 churches from Australia will be represented with over 1,000 saints registered. There will also be a concurrent Summer School of Truth for the young people. Two brothers from Southern California, including one from LA, will be there to minister to the saints during this time. The general subject will be based on John 15 about living a life of mutual abiding in Christ for fruit-bearing.

Please pray for the churches in Australia, the traveling saints, the ministering brothers, and all the arrangements so that the universal vine in Australasia, with all its branches, will be a healthy, loving, and joyful vine that bears fruit for the glorification of the Father.

Announcements

Morning Revival: Week 36 of Experiencing, Enjoying, and Expressing Christ (3), vol. 6. Next week, repeat Week 36 or digest verses and content from the Semiannual Training. Starting December 29, we will get into Week 4 of Material Offerings and the Lord’s Move Today.
Next week: No corporate prayer meeting on December 23 due to the Semiannual Training.
Wednesday Night Ministry Meeting: The weekly ministry series concludes this Wednesday, December 17, starting 7:25 pm, in-person at the MCC in Anaheim or online at lsmwebcast.com.
Thanksgiving Conference: Videos are available for free until Dec. 30 at www.lsmwebcast.com.
Bibles for America’s special blogpost “A Time for Prayerful Reflection at the End of the Year” is available to read and share at bfa.org/blog.
Ways to Give: Information may be found at www.churchinlosangeles.org/members/offerings.

by Ruiyu Wu

Week of December 7, 2025

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The Fellowship of the Eternal Life

“The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ and the love of God and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all.” (2 Cor. 13:14)

“And he showed me a river of water of life, bright as crystal, proceeding out of the throne of God and of the Lamb in the middle of its street.” (Rev. 22:1)

The fellowship of the eternal life is the reality of living in the Body of Christ in the oneness of the Spirit. We enter into the vertical aspect of the divine fellowship by the divine Spirit, the Holy Spirit; this aspect of fellowship refers to our fellowship with the Triune God in our loving Him. We enter into the horizontal aspect of the divine fellowship by the human spirit; this aspect of fellowship refers to our fellowship with one another by the exercise of our spirit in our loving one another. The one divine fellowship is an interwoven fellowship—the horizontal fellowship is interwoven with the vertical fellowship.

The divine fellowship is everything in the Christian life. When fellowship disappears, God also disappears; God comes as the fellowship. In this divine fellowship God is interwoven with us; this interweaving is the mingling of God and man to bring the divine constituent into our spiritual being for our growth and transformation in life. (Experiencing, Enjoying, and Expressing Christ (3), msg. 11, II, A-D, 1-2)

May we all pray to enter into the interwoven fellowship for the reality of living in the Body of Christ!

Pursuing Hospitality and the Normal Growth in Life

Romans and Ephesians speak of normal gifts. Romans 12:13 says, “Pursue hospitality.” To take a guest into our home is normal, but it is more difficult than exercising a miraculous gift such as speaking in tongues. Miraculous gifts do not enable the saints to care for guests in their homes without offending or being offended. To give proper hospitality requires normal growth in life. Romans and Ephesians reveal that it is not miracles but growth in life that builds up the church as the Body of Christ. (CWWL, 1970, vol. 2, “The Human Spirit and the Church,” ch. 4: Worshipping in Spirit and Truthfulness, pp. 551-552)

The last mention of the church in the book of Romans regards hospitality: “Gaius, my host and host of the whole church, greets you” (16:23). Without hospitality there is something lacking in the practical church life. If there is no hospitality in a certain church, that church must be poor. However, the more hospitality you have, the richer your church life will be. Gaius was not only the host of one apostle but the host of the entire church…His home was open and available to all the saints. The genuine church life depends upon this kind of hospitality. When a home is open to hospitality, it will be filled with the blessing of Christ. We praise the Lord that the more hospitality we render, the greater will be our experience of the church life. This is practical. (Life-study of Romans, 2nd ed., msg. 30, p. 354)

As many saints give and receive hospitality in the coming weeks, pray for every home and every heart to be filled with God and His attributes of love, light, righteousness, and holiness. Pray for many normal experiences of Christ for the practical church life and the building up of the church as the Body of Christ.

Our Young Working Saints

“Not that I have already obtained or am already perfected, but I pursue, if even I may lay hold of that for which I also have been laid hold of by Christ Jesus.” (Phil. 3:12)

When we grow into the Head, Christ, we are allowing Christ to increase and grow in all the inward parts of the members. Today our common problem is that we reserve a big part within us for ourselves and give the Lord only a little place. Therefore, it is impossible for Him to increase and grow within us. When He cannot grow, we cannot grow…We must allow the Lord to have the proper place in us. We must allow Him to increase, grow, and occupy our whole being, part by part. In this way when you grow in the Lord and I grow in the Lord, the sum total will be the growth of the Body of Christ. In other words, when Christ grows in you and me, the Body of Christ will grow. Hence, the growth of the Body of Christ is the growth of Christ in His members. (CWWL, 1988, vol. 4, “The Perfecting of the Saints and the Building Up of the Body of Christ,” pp. 104-105)

Please pray for the young working saints among us to allow the Lord to have the proper place in them and aspire to be perfected for the building up of the Body.

Italy – Gospel Trips

Thank you for your prayers for the Lord’s move in Italy this winter. In total, 300 saints from 25 countries and 6 continents have signed up to participate in gospel trips from December 4 to February 23. There will be five trips during the Torch Relay (TR) and two trips during the Olympic Games (OL).

The first TR trips to Rome and the Florence area (including the cities of Prato and Fucecchio) run from December 4 to 15. The second TR trips to Sicily and Naples begin this weekend. Please pray:

For many personal contacts to be made and follow-up appointments to be established with those whom the Lord has marked out in Italy.
For new ones to be gained and saints to migrate under the Head and in the Body to strengthen the Lord’s testimony in Italy.
That the Lord will blend the saints together and will advance His move in His recovery.

Saints who would like to participate in follow-up shepherding trips can register using the form at amanatrust.org.uk/page/2026italy. Those who register will be contacted after details have been arranged concerning the shepherding trips.

FTTL Graduation

This Saturday, December 13, the Full-time Training in London will hold a graduation meeting for the 2025 autumn semester at Woodland Camp, London. Pray that the 8 graduating trainees will continue to love the Lord and to pursue the growth in life and the constitution with the truth to become useful vessels for the building up of the Lord’s testimony in Europe.

Iberian Peninsula Conference

This year’s Iberian Peninsula Conference will take place December 13 to 15 in Torremolinos (Málaga), Spain. Please pray for the blending of the saints and Lord’s timely speaking for the advance of the Lord’s move on the Iberian Peninsula.

Germany – Stuttgart Meeting Hall

In 2023 the church in Stuttgart purchased a building near public transportation and a university, next to a large public park. Then it took more than two years to obtain the change of use and renovation permits. The architect has prepared the renovation plans and is working on detailed structural computations. Renovation is set to begin in December but have only €1 million (about $1.15 million) of the €3 million needed.

Please pray together with us that the funds needed to complete this project can be released for the Lord’s move in this region of Germany. Donations designated for ‘Stuttgart Meeting Hall’ can be made through the Church in Los Angeles or lordsmove.org.

Announcements

Morning Revival: Week 35 of Experiencing, Enjoying, and Expressing Christ (3), vol. 6.
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: For saints in LA and Santa Clarita, registration for the upcoming semiannual training (December 22 to 27) is now closed.
Thanksgiving Conference: Videos and outlines from the recent Thanksgiving Conference on “The All-Inclusive Christ as Revealed in Matthew” are available for free until Dec. 30 at www.lsmwebcast.com.
Bibles for America’s blogpost “What is faith, where does it come from, and how do I get it?” is available to read and share at bfa.org/blog.
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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