Entering into God’s Rest
“And on the seventh day God finished His work which He had done, and He rested on the seventh day from all His work which He had done.” (Gen. 2:2)
“Come to Me all who toil and are burdened, and I will give you rest.” (Matt. 11:28)
God rested on the seventh day because He had finished His work and was satisfied; God’s glory was manifested because man had His image, and His authority with His dominion was about to be exercised for the subduing of His enemy. When there is a situation on earth in which man expresses God and represents God, that situation is a Sabbath rest to God…
God’s seventh day was man’s first day; after man was created, he did not join in God’s work, but he entered into God’s rest; man was created not to work but to be satisfied with God and rest with God. The Sabbath signifies that God has done everything, completed everything, and prepared everything and that man must stop all his work; to keep the Sabbath is to stop our work and to take God and all that He has accomplished for us as our enjoyment, rest, and satisfaction…
As God’s people, we should bear a sign that we rest with God, enjoy God, are refreshed with God, and are filled up with God first; then we work together with the very One who fills us in oneness with Him; this is an eternal covenant, and eternal contract, with God. (Laboring on the All-inclusive Christ Typified by the Good Land…, msg. 6, I.A, B, C, D, IV.F, G)
Let us pray for all the saints to first come to the Lord to rest with Him, enjoy Him, and be refreshed by Him in order to labor with Him to carry out His heart’s desire!
University Campuses
Please pray for the God of peace to rule on the university campuses to make the situation and atmosphere conducive to the preaching of the gospel and to cause the students’ hearts to be open to God and to His truth.
2024 Olympics Torch Relay Gospel Trips
During the Olympic Torch Relay we are preparing to till the ground in many major cities along the route of the relay. We pray that during this time, Christ’s triumphal procession will move from city to city all over France (2 Cor. 2:14). The first Torch Relay Gospel Trip was last week in Marseille; this week, the second and third trips are taking place, respectively, May 11 to 15 in Montpellier and May 15 to 20 in Toulouse. The teams on these three trips consist of FTTA-XB trainees and serving ones in coordination with saints from other French-speaking localities.
Please pray for:
- The fresh and detailed consecrations of all the saints going out.
- The Lord’s casting “fire” on French-speaking Europe—France, Belgium, Luxembourg, and Switzerland.
- Many divine appointments to take place for the Lord to gain local French speakers and their families.
- The Lord’s testimony in Marseille, Montpellier, and Toulouse to be raised up.
The April 2024 issue of LSM’s newsletter explains the current burden in the Lord’s move in French-speaking Europe at newsletters.lsm.org/having-this-ministry. Application for gospel trips is at www.amanatrust.org.uk/page/2024Paris. Saints in LA burdened to give for the distribution and associated expenses can do so through the Church in Los Angeles designated for “Paris Olympics.”
Central and Eastern Europe and Balkans Blending Conference
The spring conference for the countries in Central Europe, Eastern Europe, and the Balkans will take place this weekend, May 17 to 19, in Bratislava, Slovakia. The five sessions will be a respeaking of the messages from the 2024 International Chinese-Speaking Conference. May the Lord speak a timely word and pour out His blessing on the gathering of the saints and the churches in this region of Europe!
Ukraine
Pray that the Lord will protect the tripartite being of all the saints and will rule in the heavens over every aspect of this conflict so that the result will advance His economy on earth.
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
- Morning Revival: Week 6 of Laboring on the All-inclusive Christ Typified by the Good Land…
- Wednesday Night Ministry Meeting: The ministry meeting continues this week starting at 7:25 pm.
- Free e-Booklets: Living Stream Ministry offers free e-booklets to read and share. The latest release is “A Life That Lives Christ” at www.lsm.org/life-study-philippians.
- Bibles for America‘s most recent blog post, The Crucial Role of Our Mind in Our Christian Life, is available to read and share at blog.bfa.org.
- Semiannual Training: July 1 to 6 in Anaheim. For LA saints, registration for participation by video is still open until June 16 ($130) at tinyurl.com/summertrainingla.
- Ways to Give: Information about the church’s online giving platform, Subsplash, and where to mail checks, are at www.churchinlosangeles.org/members/offerings.