July Semiannual Training
The July Semiannual Training is taking place this week, July 3 to 8, in Anaheim and by webcast in Los Angeles and around the world. The general subject is “An Overview of the Central Burden and Present Truth of the Lord’s Recovery before His Appearing.” Pray for the saints to receive and respond to the Lord’s burden in His up-to-date speaking, and to participate as much as possible in study times. Pray that through this training the Triune God will operate more in us to accomplish His will, fulfill His purpose, and satisfy the desire of His heart.
NACT – 30 Days of Prayer
To prepare for the North America College Training, July 16 to 22, the coordinating brothers have prepared 30 days of prayer requests for saints all around the globe to enter into together. Let us pray for:
- Blending – Each trainee will be placed in a small group and cohort and this is a unique opportunity for students from all different cultures, nationalities, and backgrounds to be brought together to enjoy the Lord and His rich speaking and experience blending for the building up of His Body (Col. 3:10-11).
- Constitution – Pray that the students would allow the word of God to dwell in them richly, being constituted with the word through memorizing many verses, redeeming the time (Col. 3:16).
- Release – Pray that the Spirit would be fully released and flow in all of the singing in every session, and although the singing will mostly take place all together, the trainees would all touch the Lord personally as well as corporately through the release of their spirit (Eph. 5:18-19).
- Response and Experience – Pray that each trainee would be open to and respond to the Lord’s personal speaking during their time in the training. Pray that every trainee would experience dealing with the Lord, issuing in a memorial in their hidden life with the Lord (Rev. 2:29).
- The Lord’s Appearing – Pray that the Lord Jesus would appear to each one, His appearing would give them a vision, and they would enjoy the Spirit daily, increasing day by day (Acts 26:19).
For a complete list of the 30 Days of Prayer for the NACT, click here.
FTTA and FTTA-MA
Last weekend, trainees graduated from the FTTA, FTTA-XB, and FTTA-MA. 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.
This next term of the Middle-age Full-time Training in Anaheim goes from September 11 to December 23. The classes are given in English, Chinese, Korean and Spanish. It is hoped that many saints in the Lord’s recovery, especially those between the ages of 35 and 65, will seize this opportunity to be perfected. All FTTA-MA applications must be received by August 22, 2023.
Bibles for America
We recently updated our Spanish Blog at blog-es.bfa.org to make it more user friendly. With the addition of categories, people can now access topics like Consecration and The Human Spirit. We’ve also added a search function so if someone is interested in a particular subject that’s not listed in the categories, they can search for it in the Search bar.
We also implemented a subscription box so that people can sign up to receive monthly blog posts on the Bible and the Christian life.
Please pray that this new design would enable more Spanish speakers to find, read, and share blog posts with others. Also pray that the content presented would encourage blog readers living in the US to order a free Spanish NT and explore more of the online resources Bibles for America offers.
GTCA
Let us continue to intercede for the Lord’s move in this country. The burden to “gospelize, truthize, churchize” America has not diminished. Recent fellowships related to burden, meaning and purpose of migration are posted at gtca.us/updates.
Europe
Please continue to pray for the raising up of the Lord’s testimony in major European cities and particularly the migration of burdened saints to six designated cities—Barcelona, Brussels, Dublin, Lisbon, Rome, and Zurich. More details on these cities can be found at lordsmove.org/reports.html.
Ukraine
Please continue to pray for the saints in Russia and Ukraine to be kept in the oneness of the Body and the reality of the new man, where Christ is all the members and in all the members, and for the preservation and shepherding of all the saints in their tripartite being.
A reminder from the footnote on 1 Kings 8:48: “No matter for whom we are praying, our prayers should be aimed at the interests of God, i.e., at Christ and the church as God’s interests on earth, for the fulfilling of God’s economy.”
Announcements
- Morning Revival: REPEAT Week 12 of Crystallization-study of 1 and 2 Chronicles, Ezra, Nehemiah, Esther or enjoy Semiannual Training verses. Next week, starting July 10, we will get into Making Ourselves Ready for the Lord’s Coming (ICSC).
- No Prayer Meeting: To make way for the Semiannual Training, there will not be a church prayer meeting on Tuesday, July 4. It will resume on July 11.
- LSM Newsletter: The June issue of “Having This Ministry…” includes a report on the ministry and the Lord’s move in Ethiopia and mentions resources to prepare for the semiannual training. Go to newsletters.lsm.org/having-this-ministry.
- LSM YouTube: To help the saints who would like to prepare for the upcoming semiannual training, videos of Brother Lee’s speaking on The Divine and Mystical Realm are being made available at www.youtube.com/@LivingStreamMinistry.
- Bibles for America‘s recent post, “2 Corinthians 3:18—Beholding and Reflecting the Lord with an Unveiled Face,” is available to read and share at blog.biblesforamerica.org.
- 500 Life-studies App: To learn more about the burden for the Life-studies, including the 500 Life-studies app, please visit 500lifestudies.org.
- Ways to Give: Information about the church’s online giving platform, Subsplash, and where to mail checks, are at www.churchinlosangeles.org/members/offerings.