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Living a Life of Enjoying Christ

“Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom, teaching and admonishing one another with psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to God.” (Col. 3:16)

“In whom all the building, being fitted together, is growing into a holy temple in the Lord; in whom you also are being built together into a dwelling place of God in spirit.” (Eph. 2:21-22)

God’s will is for us to enjoy Christ. We need to seek to enjoy Christ and experience Him in every situation. In order to experience the riches of Christ as the good land, we must be dominated, governed, directed, moved, and led by our spirit.

When we enjoy Christ personally in our daily life for our collective enjoyment of Him in our meeting life, God is among us, and we are His dwelling place and His kingdom. When we enjoy Christ to such an extent, the church meeting will be filled with God, and all its activities will convey and transmit God to people that they may be infused with God. The true worship of God by His people is when everyone is full of Christ, radiant with Christ, and exhibiting the Christ upon whom they have labored. (Laboring on the All-inclusive Christ Typified by the Good Land…, msg. 12, II.B, E.8, III.A-C)

July Semiannual Training

The 2024 July Semiannual Training will be held next week at the Ministry Conference Center in Anaheim from July 1 to 6 and by webcast in Los Angeles and around the world. The general subject is “Experiencing, Enjoying, and Expressing Christ (1).”

Please pray for the Lord to bless all the preparations for the upcoming training and cover the travel of all the saints. Pray for the Lord to strengthen and protect all the speaking brothers in their tripartite being as they seek Him and labor diligently in cutting straight the word of the truth. Pray for the release and receiving of the Lord’s up-to-date burden, that the Spirit will operate through the speaking to build up the Body and prepare the bride for His return.

FTTA Graduation

This Saturday, June 29, the graduation meeting for the 2024 Spring Class of the Full-time Training in Anaheim, including a recognition of the Boston Extension (FTTA-XB) trainees, starts at 9:30 am at the Ministry Conference Center. This meeting can also be seen online at www.ftta.org/graduation.php. In the afternoon, the Middle-age Training (FTTA-MA) graduation starts at 3:00 pm at 1853 W. Ball Rd.

Please pray for the graduates of the FTTA and the FTTA-MA trainings, that they will continue to pursue Christ, gain Him, live Him, and minister Him for the building up of the Body.

2024 Olympics Torch Relay Gospel Trips

This week, the seventh and eighth gospel trips are taking place, respectively, June 24 to July 1 in Strasbourg and June 27 to July 8 in Lille and Brussels. May the Lord gain many seeking ones, particularly among the younger generation, for His testimony in these cities!

Please continue to pray for:

  • The whole situation in France—from the legislative election on June 30 and July 7 to safety concerns—that the Lord would have a way to move in the hearts of the people during this time.
  • The Lord’s blessing and protection on the saints from different countries going to serve, and for their blending together to serve as in a heavenly team in one accord without opinions.
  • The Lord’s covering and ruling over any disturbances from the enemy that will hinder the distribution.
  • The follow-up shepherding of contacts from Lille and TR1–6 (Marseille, Montpellier, Toulouse, Bordeaux, Caen, Rennes, and Nantes), including a weekly Zoom seminar, through the coordination of both local and overseas saints.
  • More saints to apply for OL3–5 trips (starting August 10, 20, and 31, respectively).

Reports and testimonies are compiled for the saints’ awareness and prayer. To receive these directly, subscribe at courantdevie.myflodesk.com. All archived reports are at tinyurl.com/2024gospeltrips.

Application information is at www.amanatrust.org.uk/page/2024Paris. Saints in LA burdened to give for the distribution can do so through the Church in Los Angeles designated for “Paris Olympics.”

Israel

Please continue to pray for the situation in Israel and the Middle East, that through the prayers of the saints the evil rulers and authorities in the air, and the human agents used by them, will be bound, and God’s interests will be furthered and His chosen ones preserved.

Pray that God will use the situation to cause the gospel of the kingdom to be proclaimed, and that many people, regardless of ethnicity, religion or background, will be unveiled to see Christ as the Savior and the only way to God.

Announcements

  1. Morning Revival: Week 12 of Laboring on the All-inclusive Christ Typified by the Good Land… Next week, repeat Week 12 or enjoy verses and related material from the Semiannual Training.
    Starting July 8, we will get into Fighting the Good Fight, Finishing the Course, Keeping the Faith, and Loving the Lord’s Appearing in Order to Receive the Reward of Christ as the Crown of Righteousness (from the ICSC earlier this year).
  2. Wednesday Night Ministry Meeting: This Wednesday, June 26 at 7:25 pm will be the last ministry meeting of the Spring term on “The Crucial Points of the Truth in Paul’s Epistles—2 Corinthians.”
  3. Memorial Day Conference: As a reminder, saints are encouraged to watch or listen to the archived messages, available at no charge only until Wednesday, June 26 at www.lsmwebcast.com.
  4. The LA Years: Chapter 6: Visiting Seekers Throughout America is now available at www.layears.org, an oral history project documenting the early years of the church life in Los Angeles from 1958–1974, including written history, photos, and first-hand accounts.
  5. Bibles for America‘s recent blog post, “Jesus the Lamb of God,” is available at blog.bfa.org.
  6. Free e-Booklets: Living Stream Ministry offers free e-booklets to read and share. The latest release is “Paul’s Secret of Sufficiency in Christ” at www.lsm.org/life-study-philippians.
  7. Living to Him: A recording of the working saints gathering at the recent Memorial Day Conference in Bellevue is available at youtu.be/u5fRTZ5LrrQ. The fellowship focused on the actual carrying out of the God-ordained way, especially in the practice of the vital groups and shepherding.
  8. Ways to Give: Information about the church’s online giving platform, Subsplash, and where to mail checks, are at www.churchinlosangeles.org/members/offerings.