Being Faithful and Diligent to Minister Food at the Proper Time
“Who then is the faithful and prudent slave, whom the master has set over his household to give them food at the proper time?” (Matt. 24:45)
“If indeed you have heard of the stewardship of the grace of God which was given to me for you.” (Eph. 3:2)
The household spoken of in verse 45 refers to the believers (Eph. 2:19), who are the church (1 Tim. 3:15). To give them food is to minister the Word of God with Christ as the life supply to the believers in the church. We all must learn how to minister the life supply to the household of the Lord at the appointed time. (Life-study of Matthew, pp. 741-742)
Do not say that others have a gift of teaching to teach you the Word of God and minister spiritual food to you but that you do not have such a gift. There is not such a thought here. All of the Lord’s servants received the gift for their commission.
Every day is a proper time for us to minister the proper food to anyone…We all have to rise up and wake up to be diligent, to be faithful, to be prudent and not foolish, to minister the proper food to the needy ones at the proper time. (CWWL, 1985, vol. 5, “The Way to Practice the Lord’s Present Move,” pp. 515, 518)
LA Truth School
The LA Truth School begins this Friday evening, August 4 and concludes the following Saturday, August 12. The topic is “The Bible” and the burden is to impress on our young people that the Bible is God’s word for them to know and enjoy in their teenage years. Please pray for:
- The preparation of the hearts of every young person to be soft towards the Lord during Truth School.
- All of the young people to be full of joy and released during the singing times.
- The full participation in the Bible pursuit in small groups during the week.
LA College Student Internship
From July 26 until this Friday, August 4, eleven college students are joining our campus full-timers in Los Angeles for a summer internship, where they will learn to be properly supplied and equipped to serve the Lord Jesus for His purpose. The burden of this internship is for the students to increase their enjoyment of Christ as life, strengthen their daily life practices of being in the Word, and enrich their experience of the house-to-house church life in LA so that they all can be normal, coordinated, and fruit-bearing branches on their campus.
Please pray for the Lord to cover all the details of this week’s schedule and for each participant to fully open to the Lord in the midst of many activities. May the students be built up with one another, strongly connected with some saints, and burdened for their campus ahead of the upcoming school year.
European Young People’s Conference
The European Young People’s Conference is taking place this week, July 30 to August 5, in Małe Ciche, a small village near the Tatra Mountains in southern Poland. The European Family Conference is also happening concurrently in the same location. A total of 1290 saints, including 400 young people and 200 children, from 41 countries (31 European countries) are registered. Please pray for:
- The Lord’s speaking to the young people and their response. May the Lord meet the particular needs of the young people and open “The Significance, Preciousness and Enjoyment of the Birthright” to them.
- The Lord to raise up more families for the church life.
Germany – Gospel Trips
Registration is open to join the churches and the developing localities in Germany, Switzerland, and Austria in their gospel labor from October 8 to 22. For more information and blending opportunities, go to bit.ly/GermanyGospelTrips. Lord, release the saints—including some from LA—to participate!
Bibles for Europe – 2024 Paris Olympics
Bibles for Europe continues to distribute the NT Recovery Version to many countries throughout Europe. We are currently distributing the Recovery Version in English, French, German, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, and Spanish. Although the Recovery Version does not exist in every European language, the prevalence of the English language across Europe, especially among the European young people, makes the English NT Recovery Version accessible to nearly the whole continent.
The 2024 Summer Olympics will be hosted in Paris, and we would encourage all the saints to open to the Lord regarding this next milestone in the Lord’s move in Europe. Millions of people traveled to London during the 2012 Olympics, and it could be expected that as many will travel to Paris to visit this famous city. In addition, the UK torch relay had been designed to be within one hour of 95% of the UK population. This provided an unprecedented opportunity to reach the local people as they gathered to watch the torch, and we believe the same will happen in France.
The Paris Olympics is still a year away, and we do not know how many Bibles to expect to distribute during this international gathering. We are looking to the Lord as the brooding and life-giving Spirit to prepare this city and the many visitors that will come to receive the Word of life.
We would like to invite the saints in the Lord’s recovery to join us in Europe next year by praying, giving, and going. The distance by train between London and Paris is just a little over two hours, and the saints are welcome to stop by Bower House to blend with the saints in London before or after Paris. We had many experiences in London that will be very useful for the Paris distributions. May the Lord bless the coordination and one accord among all the saints that He may use this event to gain His seekers in France for the sake of His move in Europe.
Announcements
- Morning Revival: Week 4 of Making Ourselves Ready for the Lord’s Coming (ICSC). After next week, on August 14, we will begin Knowing, Experiencing, and Enjoying Christ as Revealed in Philippians (Memorial Day Conference).
- LSM Digital Resources: Living Stream Ministry has consolidated many of its helpful digital resources, including apps and free booklets, at lsm.org/daily. The July 2023 newsletter contains an interview with Brother Ron Kangas concerning the history of the Life-study publication work.
- FTTA: A video of the graduation meeting on July 1 is available for a limited time at ftta.org.
- A Timely Speaking of Supply: Enjoy a free weekly video from messages given by Brother Lee at lsm.org/timely-speaking.html.
- Bibles for America‘s recent post “What It Means to Have a Good Conscience and Why It’s So Important” is available to read and share at blog.biblesforamerica.org.
- Living to Him has a podcast series particularly helpful to working saints, available on all major podcasting services at livingtohim.com/the-living-to-him-podcast.
- GTCA: To learn more about the burden for migration within North America, please visit gtca.us.
- Ways to Give: Information about the church’s online giving platform, Subsplash, and where to mail checks, are at www.churchinlosangeles.org/members/offerings.