Memorial Day Conference

The Memorial Day Conference will be Friday night, May 25 through Monday noon, May 28, in Bellevue, Washington. Lord, prepare the way for Your speaking in this conference.

List, Pray, Visit

For Christ’s increase, we should write a list of people for whom we are burdened, people we want to meet the Lord. Then we should pray for them, preferably with a companion. We should continue to pray; some will respond quickly, some will take a long time. Then we should go to visit them, to present a little of Christ to them. Lord, gain 300 more infants in Los Angeles with praise in their mouths!

All who have been saved have a responsibility to speak the truths in the Bible to their relatives and friends. This is not merely to persuade them to believe in God, but to clearly present to them the treasures in the Bible. We all have to learn to speak God’s word but not to argue, because the more we argue, the more people will be annoyed and will not listen to us. All we need to do is to present the truth to people. Moreover, do not expect to do a quick job, thinking that once you preach the gospel, your parents will be saved right away just like those who were saved on the day of Pentecost. Even if there is this kind of situation, it will not happen too frequently. We need to speak to them continually, little by little, just like water flowing out in a trickle. This week you speak a little, and then next week you again speak a little. In this way, little by little over an extended period of time, your people will be impressed and eventually will be saved. (from WL, Speaking for God, ch. 7)

List, Pray, Visit: Antelope Valley

Antelope Valley includes the cities of Palmdale and Lancaster plus several smaller places. Some who live in Antelope Valley meet with L.A. hall 2 Spanish-speaking; some CSUN students come from families who live there, and saints in Santa Clarita and Victorville have contact with others there. Santa Clarita has a list of 40 people in Antelope Valley, college students, single adults, families, young people; some have met with us over 20 years, others were saved in the past year. This year a few brothers have been praying for Antelope Valley and going to visit people there. Now we can join in this prayer. Lord, shepherd them into the church in Palmdale.

Los Angeles: Migrate Out and Stay Strong

The Lord needs a strong testimony in Los Angeles and also needs migrations out of Los Angeles to establish or strengthen the church life in other places such as Santa Monica, Santa Barbara, many states in the center of the U.S., and Europe. Only the Lord can keep the church strong while sending out experienced saints. What He needs is our cooperation in prayer.

Sixth Grade Baptism

Saturday May 19, at 4:00 pm (Hall 2) we will rejoice together as we baptize our newly saved sixth grade brothers and sisters from families all over Los Angeles. All are invited to memorialize and witness the transfer of these precious new ones into the Kingdom of God. We will have a love feast at 6:00 pm followed by a young people’s meeting.

Summer School of Truth

The summer school will be July 16th to July 29th. Pray that all who should be involved will keep these dates free.

Christians in the United States

In the past decades mega-churches (more than 2000 members) have risen in the U.S. They offer firm structure, strong leadership, eloquent preaching, and professional music. However, in recent years several million Christians have moved wholly or partially from large and mega churches to house churches for mutuality and informality. These house churches, also called organic churches, try to some extent to copy the church practice recorded in the New Testament. However, many are short of detailed truths concerning Christ and short of experiences of Christ. Beseech the Lord to release more truth in ways that will reach, enlighten, nourish, and lead these believers.

Paris

On Saturday, May 19, we are holding an annual seminar with literature contacts who have been reading the ministry books in French but have never attended a meeting in the Lord’s recovery. We are expecting 47 literature contacts whom we have never met. In addition, we are expecting other unregistered new ones to attend through personal invitations. Thus, based on our past experience, nearly 60 new contacts will attend this year’s seminar.

Please pray for the Lord’s blessing upon this seminar, so that through a strong release of the truth and the sweet flow of life in each meeting, the Lord will capture a good number of these new ones by stirring up their hunger to seek more fellowship with the saints in the churches.

Poland

Please pray that the Lord will raise up a new lampstand in a city in north Poland near Gdansk. A group of about 25 saints has come out of the Pentecostal church and is seeking the Lord’s way for them. Several of their members have attended one or more of our conferences in Poland. They are becoming clear regarding the Lord’s recovery, but they need much prayer and fellowship.

Greece

Greece is in considerable financial trouble and national elections in early May ended with no clear national leadership. Due to large European loans made to Greece, the turmoil there affects all of Europe. Pray for formation of a government that will be good for the Lord’s move in Greece and in all of Europe.

Italy

Please pray for the Lord’s continuing move Rome and the preparation for the conference and first Lord’s table there June 16 – 17.

Announcements

1. Morning revival: week 1 of The Focus of the Lord’s Recovery (Thanksgiving conference).
2. Here are some saints practicing to speak the gospel; you are encouraged to read their few paragraphs and watch their two short videos. Then follow their example and practice with your companions.
3. We rejoice to announce to you the establishment of the church in Fontana, in San Bernardino County. The church will have its first Lord’s table on June 3. Praise the Lord, a new golden lampstand will be raised up. Please come to support us for His testimony. Information about location is posted at http://www.churchinlosangeles.org/prayer/. If you plan to attend, send your name and the number going with you to Los Angeles Service Office laserviceoffice@gmail.com.

“Let everything that has breath praise Jehovah. Hallelujah!” (Psalm 150:6)
“After these things I heard as it were a loud voice of a great multitude in heaven, saying, Hallelujah! The salvation and the glory and the power are of our God.” (Revelation 19:1)

The book of Psalms is a book of praise; in the Psalms we find the greatest and highest praise. Actually, praise is the highest work carried out by God’s children and Psalms 146-150 show us the highest and consummate praise to God in the Bible. Taking these Psalms as our pattern, in the church life and in our personal life, we need to be those who offer the consummate praise to God!

List, Pray, Visit

John 3:30 says “He must increase.” The increase in this verse is the bride in verse 29, and the bride is a living composition of all the regenerated people. This means, in this chapter on regeneration, that regeneration not only brings the divine life into the believers and annuls the satanic nature in their flesh, but it also makes them the corporate bride for Christ’s increase. (see note on John 3:30)

For Christ’s increase, we should write a list of people for whom we are burdened, people we want to meet the Lord. Then we should pray for them, preferably with a companion. We should continue to pray; some will respond quickly, some will take a long time. Then we should go to visit them, to present a little of Christ to them. Do not overwhelm them; repeated visits with a little dispensing will bring forth results. To go to their home is very good, but we could also meet them at work or at a coffee shop, or contact them by phone, email, text, internet, Twitter, or Facebook. Lord, burden us for people.

The Grace of God

“We make known to you, brothers, the grace of God” (2 Cor. 8:1). The grace of the believers is the issue of God’s motivating grace (see note 5 in 2 Cor. 8:7). As reported in the Lord’s Day meeting, the financial situation of the church has strengthened considerably in the past six months. We believe that this is a manifestation of God’s motivating grace in us. How we thank God for this grace experienced here! May we also beseech Him to keep us in this grace and even to increase it.

Sixth Grade Salvation

Praise the Lord! We now have about a dozen new brothers and sisters in Christ from Los Angeles! Your prayers and the prayers of all the saints in coordination bore fruit this weekend in the mountains. There were probably a hundred or more sixth graders who received the Lord this weekend in a prevailing Spirit-filled time of conviction and enjoyment. Many if not all desire to be baptized into the church as soon as possible. We hope to have a baptism meeting for all to enjoy our new family members Saturday May 19.

Pray these sixth graders can find a home connection and companions in their young Christian lives.

Training for Summer School of Truth

This Saturday, May 12th, we will have the training for the Summer School of Truth at Los Angeles Hall 2 from 9 am to 3 pm. This training, for churches in L.A. and Ventura counties, is open to all parents, those who serve with young people, those who will or might serve in Summer School, and those who have contact with young people. Saints can register by going to the SCYP website which is: http://www.scyp.com and clicking on Event Registration or contact those who serve with young people in your hall.

Please pray the that Lord would use this time to blend the saints who are gathering from various surrounding churches and would release a timely word for the training of the saints, in preparation for the Summer School of Truth.

Santa Monica

Please pray for the city of Santa Monica and for the Lord to strengthen His testimony there by raising up some saints for that city. Seventy percent of the city is English speaking and composed of typical Americans. Also Santa Monica College has a Bible study the meets weekly on the campus. Please pray for the Lord to have a shining expression in that city with His name being excellent in Santa Monica.

Santa Barbara

Please pray for 1) migration of young couples or families who have experience with college students and 2) gaining of local families with homes open to church life.

Southern California Korean-Speaking Conference

The Southern California Korean-Speaking conference will be Saturday night 7 to 9 pm and Lord’s Day 9:30 am to 12:30 pm at the Ministry Conference Center in Anaheim.

Video Training Registration

Video registration is still open for all video trainings in Los Angeles. Beseech the Lord for more to participate, especially those who have never been in a video training.

Distribution of Rhema Literature in Brazil

Distribution of Rhema’s free literature to the churches and to the seeking saints in Brazil includes Basic Elements of the Christian Life volumes 1 and 2, The Economy of God, and The All-inclusive Christ.Please pray for the saints to enter into the ministry and to receive much supply and light from these books.

Israel

The annual spring conference in Israel is May 10-12 at the Sea of Galilee. We gather together for a time set aside for blending with the Body, and seeking the Lord and the enjoyment of His word.

Europe

Another series of four one-week trainings at Bower House, London is happening 30 April to 26 May. The general subject for each week is “The Four Great Pillars in the Lord’s Recovery: Truth, Life, the Church, and the Gospel.” Please pray for the perfecting of many saints from all over Europe through these trainings.

Announcements

1. Morning revival: REPEAT Psalms, week 24. Monday, May 14 we will begin week 1 of The Focus of the Lord’s Recovery (Thanksgiving conference).
2. A delightful video gospel tract (less than 3 minutes) by BfA is at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nlvOrTq4Bes.
3. We rejoice to announce to you the establishment of the church in Fontana, in San Bernardino County. The church will have its first Lord’s table on June 3. Praise the Lord, a new golden lampstand will be raised up. Please come to support us for His testimony. Information about location is posted at http://www.churchinlosangeles.org/prayer/. If you plan to attend, send your name and the number going with you to Los Angeles Service Office laserviceoffice@gmail.com.

“Being diligent to keep the oneness of the Spirit in the uniting bond of peace:” (Ephesians 4:3)
“Behold, how good and how pleasant it is For brothers to dwell in unity! It is like the fine oil upon the head That ran down upon the beard, Upon Aaron’s beard, That ran down upon the hem of his garments; Like the dew of Hermon That came down upon the mountains of Zion. For there Jehovah commanded the blessing: Life forever.” (Psalm 133)

This Psalm shows us a blessed condition of oneness in the Old Testament. Within believers in Christ, there is a longing for the oneness that the Lord prayed for in John 17:21. This oneness, called the oneness of the Spirit in Ephesians 4:3-6, is typified by the ointment that anointed Aaron from his head to the hem of his garment, and by the dew that descended on the mountains of Zion. When we follow the leading of the Spirit (1 John 2:27) and enjoy God as our grace (2 Cor. 13:14), we can practically live in real oneness with Christ and His entire Body.

Los Angeles

The joint meeting of the church in Los Angeles with the annual business meeting will be Lord’s Day, May 6, at 10 a.m. at L.A. Mission College. Pray for the Lord to release all to attend and to exercise their spirit to enter into the reality of blending.

Speaking Outside the Church Meetings

Outside the church meetings, we can speak to new believers related to us, to unsaved relatives and friends, and to Christians not meeting with us. For this speaking we should learn the truths in the Bible, especially the truths about Christ. As we are learning, we should be speaking. We should not wait. Our practice will cause us to improve. If we are willing to speak, let us give ourselves to the Lord for a fresh beginning. Then each time we speak we will learn and be encouraged. Lord, take us on in this way!

We should also make a list of people and pray over the list with companions. Although the list may be long, in prayer the Lord will anoint us to speak first to certain people on the list. We can continue praying and speaking repeatedly, not seeking a quick response. Our responsibility is to release the truth and to minister life; only the Lord can give the growth.

Sixth Grade Conference

The Southern California Sixth Grade Conference is May 4–6. We will have 17 sixth graders and 13 serving ones going from Los Angeles and Thousand Oaks. There will be 124 sixth graders at the conference.

• Please pray that the Lord would be so real, so fresh to all these dear sixth graders.
• Pray that He would appear to each one of them so that they will fall in love with Him.
• Pray that they would confess their sins and touch the Lord with their spirit.
• Pray that they all would experience a dynamic salvation that they would never forget.

Korean-Speaking Gospel Report

We invited 80, who we were contacting in our prayer and preaching and shepherding this year, to our gospel feast on April 28th. Praise the Lord, 162 attended including 65 new ones; this is really the Lord’s blessing for His Body. We all enjoyed the fattened calf that was prepared by our Father for lost lambs. And we felt the sweeping Spirit in our contacts when we met them in this feast. At the end of this meeting we had these new ones pray for their salvation and they followed us and gained the Lord’s blessing. Now the Lord’s intent is gaining them as remaining fruits. Our goal is at least 60 new remaining fruits in this year. Please pray for our next step, which is feeding our babies in each small group. We never forget this step “go and feed Lord’s lambs.”

Santa Monica

Lord, thrust out some couples or families to Santa Monica soon to begin an English-speaking group there (while also having fellowship with the Spanish-speaking groups).

Santa Barbara

Please pray for 1) migration of young couples or families who have experience with college students and 2) gaining of local families with homes open to church life.

Omaha, Nebraska

Omaha is one of the 2012 GTCA cities. On May 5 and 6, Nebraska saints plan to have a BfA table at the Cinco de Mayo celebration in Omaha to distribute free English and Spanish Recovery Versions and Basic Elements of the Christian Life. Over 55,000 people are expected to attend. Please pray that the Lord would bless the sowing of His Word during this event and that He would reach many with the printed materials. Also, please pray that the saints would enjoy a harmonious coordination and one accord in their going out to distribute the free materials and in the follow-up labor thereafter.

Europe

Another series of four one-week trainings at Bower House, London is being conducted 30 April to 26 May. The general subject will be “The Four Great Pillars in the Lord’s Recovery: Truth, Life, the Church, and the Gospel.” Please pray for the perfecting of many saints from all over Europe through these trainings.

Full Time Training in Caacupe, Paraguay

A group of full-timers from São Paulo, Brazil recently visited FTT Caacupe (http://www.etc-c.org). During this time of fellowship with the 16 trainees, the burden came out for the need of more saints in every South American country to give themselves to be trained. Please pray for the Lord to open the way for many young people to be released with the support of the local churches. Also, please pray for the current trainees to be supplied throughout the term and to be adequately trained.

Paris Conference Report

Over 200 saints and new ones filled the conference hall. The topic was “The Heart of the Divine Revelation” from the International Chinese-speaking Conference in Taipei. Many new ones being shepherded by the campus team and by the saints, and especially many college-age. Over 20 saints—most of them younger—testified at the end of the conference that they had seen a vision of Christ as the replacement of all our human culture so that He could gain the one new man.

The atmosphere was marvelous–full of exercise of the spirit. We also had a young people’s meeting on Saturday night with over 20 young saints from the French-speaking world who are seeking the Lord. Currently two native French brothers are planning to attend the fall 2012 term of the full-time training, and more have expressed an interest in attending the FTTL in the coming year or two.

More is in a report at http://www.churchinlosangeles.org/prayer.

Budapest, Hungary

The saints in Budapest and Tata [55 miles form the center of Budapest] will begin to regularly meet on Lord’s Day morning with the intention of eventually becoming a golden lampstand in Budapest. Please pray that the Lord will strengthen the saints to be His testimony and will give them a clear vision of the church life on the ground of oneness for the building up of the one Body of Christ in the universe.

Announcements

1. Morning revival: Psalms, week 24. The following week (May 7–13) we will repeat Psalms, week 24. May 14 we will start The Focus of the Lord’s Recovery (Thanksgiving conference).
2. We rejoice to announce to you the establishment of the church in Fontana, in San Bernardino County. The church will have its first Lord’s table on June 3. Praise the Lord, a new golden lampstand will be raised up. Please come to support us for His testimony. Information about location is posted at http://www.churchinlosangeles.org/prayer. If you plan to attend, send your name and the number going with you to Los Angeles Service Office laserviceoffice@gmail.com.
3. A report about the Lord’s move in Rome is posted at http://www.churchinlosangeles.org/prayer.
4. A report about the Lord’s move in Slovakia is posted at http://www.churchinlosangeles.org/prayer.

“Your kingdom come; Your will be done, as in heaven, so also on earth.” (Matthew 6:10)
“O Jehovah our Lord, How excellent is Your name In all the earth, You who have set Your glory over the heavens!” (Psalms 8:1)

The Psalms show us how much God desires to reign over the whole earth. It was God’s original intention for man to have dominion over the earth (Gen. 1:26), but man fell. It was Christ as the real King who brought God’s kingdom to earth, and He taught us to pray that God’s kingdom would come on earth as in heaven (Matt. 6:10). Eventually, He will return and restore the earth, and He will reign forever and ever (Rev. 11:15). Hallelujah!

Los Angeles

The entire church in Los Angeles will have a joint meeting Lord’s Day, May 6, starting at 10 am. We will have the Lord’s Table together, ministry of the word, and testimonies of some things the Lord is doing among us. We will also have the annual business meeting of the church.

This meeting will NOT be at our Haskell hall. We have rented a larger facility at Los Angeles Mission College in Sylmar. There will also be rooms for children’s meetings and a room for mothers with babies. We will have translation via FM radio. The room has handicapped access. Parking is free. Detailed directions with a map will be distributed by Wednesday of this week.

Ask the Lord to blend us more into the reality of His one Body, to impart more of His living word into each one of us, and to supply us to pursue Him in vitalization, companionization, and gospelizing.

Korean-Speaking Gospel

The Korean-speaking saints in Los Angeles will have a gospel feast Saturday, April 28, 6:30 pm in hall 1. We have 80 new ones invited to this feast. They are almost all our friends, relatives, work colleagues, and lost lambs. We will invite them to dinner followed by a gospel meeting. Please pray for 1) release of these 80 contacts to come to gospel feast, 2) for the atmosphere of Father’s love and joy in dinner and meeting, 3) for salvation of new ones, 4) for continuing contact with them for feeding. Lord, gain one remaining fruit per two saints in this year.

South Africa

This week Dick Taylor is caring for the first week of a two-week perfecting training in South Africa. He is assisted by four local brothers. He will return to L.A. on April 30. James Lee, who came back to the U.S. from Ethiopia April 17, leaves again April 27 to return to Africa to take care of the second week, which will conclude May 5. (He will then go to Boston for a while, then Israel, back to Boston, then come back to Southern California).

Many saints have taken off from work to attend this 2 week perfecting training. Please pray that the Lord will enlighten and constitute them all.

Please pray for the Lord’s strengthening to Dick, James, and the other traveling brothers.

East Africa

A number of coworkers are traveling in East Africa from mid-April to early May. In addition to the conferences last week in Kenya and Uganda, there will be a visitation to Tanzania (a nation in which the Lord has yet to establish His testimony) in order to meet with a positive contact. Please pray that:

• The Lord would raise up a lampstand in Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo (on the border of Congo and Rwanda). Pray for the brothers as they visit the saints in Goma.
• The Lord would use this visit to Tanzania, (April 27th to May 1st) to open a door for the ministry, and His testimony. Lord, begin moving toward the church in Dar es Salaam (capital city of Tanzania).

Ethiopia

A young married brother is open to serve the Lord full-time. Pray that the Lord would work out everything for him to serve and for many others to follow him to serve the Lord full-time to meet the need there in Ethiopia. There are 1000′s of Christians who are open to the Lord’s recovery but there are not enough workers to take care of this need.

San Marcos, California

It is very encouraging what the Lord is doing with college students who have been contacted at Cal State San Marcos and Mira Costa College. There are meetings on campus and in homes (small numbers Mondays and Wednesdays, larger on Fridays) and one-on-one appointments. We have encouraged the students themselves to pick up more responsibility for the Friday meeting. This seems to have really fostered some growth in the 10 to 20 that attend this meeting. A small number of students have also been involved helping cook food.

Last week eleven attended the college conference in Anaheim on the Priesthood and two students were baptized, one at the conference and the other after the prayer meeting in Vista with about twelve students attending and praying for their college classmate and sister. A parent and brother of one of the new students from Cal State attended the baptism and enjoyed the time very much, this being their first contact with the church.

At the current time, the community gospel in San Marcos is continuing through a monthly time of door knocking which involves saints from San Diego, Irvine and Vista.

Please pray for:

1. Additional positive couples who would move to San Marcos to support and strengthen the campus and community work so the Lord’s testimony can be more solidly established.
2. That the Lord’s table can be established in San Marcos this year.
3. More homes in San Marcos to be opened and families to be gained as a basis for the church life.

Poland

The national conference in Poland is 28 April — May 1. Please pray for the gathering of the saints in Poland and for the advance of the Lord’s move in that country through the rich ministry in His recovery. Please pray also for the co-workers’ visitation to different cities in Poland following the conference.

Announcements

1. The deadline to register for the July 2-7 summer training in Anaheim is April 24. Also, register now for video trainings.
2. Morning revival: REPEAT Psalms, week 22. The following week (April 30-May 6) we will use Psalms, week 24.
3. The Memorial Day Conference will be Friday night, May 25 through Monday noon, May 28, in Bellevue, Washington. Information is posted at http://www.churchinlosangeles.org/prayer/. If you will take children, register them with your district by April 27.

“The Bountiful Supply of the Spirit of Jesus Christ”

Philippians 1:19 contains the secret to experiencing Christ— the bountiful supply of the Spirit of Jesus Christ….Paul and Silas lived in this Spirit and received the supply from the Spirit. Therefore…even in suffering and in prison (Acts 16), they magnified Christ. To preach the gospel is to magnify Christ. As we have seen, it is a matter of the Body, but it also depends on the magnifying of the Lord in our life. Wherever we are, in school or at the store, among neighbors or among relatives, there must be the magnifying of Christ in our life. We cannot preach the gospel only by our word. We have to preach the gospel by magnifying Christ. We need to experience Christ within and learn the secret of how to experience Christ; then we will have an overflow of Christ. This overflowing is the real preaching. (from Preaching the Gospel in the Way of Life, by Witness Lee, ch. 8; it is available online; select the book in the alphabetical list, then select the chapter in the upper right)

Santa Monica

Lord, thrust out some couples or families to Santa Monica soon to begin an English-speaking group there (while also having fellowship with the Spanish-speaking groups).

Santa Barbara

Please pray for 1) migration of young couples or families who have experience with college students and 2) gaining of local families with homes open to church life.

Young People

Please pray for all the high school seniors to be one with the Lord in choosing where to go to college.

Africa – This Week

The past weekend through Tuesday Dick Taylor is in Ethiopia. Dick reports that they are having a wonderful time. Mid-week Dick and Paul Cooke from London are in Kenya for much fellowship packed around a short conference. Thursday through Saturday Dick and Paul will be in Uganda for more fellowship packed around another short conference. Dick will then go to South Africa.

• Pray for more vision of Christ Himself and much enjoyment of Him in the conferences and afterwards.
• Pray for much life imparted into the mortal bodies of the traveling brothers, and for a bountiful supply of life and light in all their times of fellowship with African saints.
• Pray that everything during these weeks turn out to salvation so that the Lord can gain Zion in Africa.

Africa – Last Week (a report from Dick Taylor and James Lee)

Since West Africa does not have any video trainings, the conferences in Ghana (James and others) and Nigeria (Dick and others) were on Psalms. The revelation of Christ in Psalms was very encouraging and uplifting to the saints and their response with the exercise of their spirit was the best ever – thank you saints for your prayers! On the Lord’s day there were over 440 saints in the conference meeting in Ghana.

About 70 saints under 45 years of age met together with Paul Nii-Aryee (long ago was in church in L.A. as a young boy with his parents; migrated from U.S. to Ghana this month), hungry to be constituted with the ministry. They want to set up some kind of network to encourage one another to go on. Pray for these young adults to continue to rise up for the Lord’s moving in West Africa, for life to flow freely.

The ITERO last week with the West African brothers was so rich and encouraging; we all felt we were just under the Lord’s shepherding. Even in matters difficult to fellowship, the Lord paved the way. At the conclusion, we sensed the real oneness in the burden to build up His Body and sensed such joy in being with one another—it was truly “How good and How pleasant” because of the Lord’s commanded blessing on the oneness. Please tell the saints that their prayers are being answered.

The saints and the people are quite open. However, it is not easy for them to go anywhere to blend—airfare is so expensive and roads are dangerous. Two brothers who tried to come to the conference from Central African Republic had to turn back because they were robbed of all and beaten. Pray for all the saints there to be comforted.

Internet

Ask the Lord to raise up a small internet team in Los Angeles to participate in propagating the ministry and shepherding seeking saints.

Idaho

The churches in Salt Lake City and Lyman, Wyoming invite you to Pocatello, Idaho on the weekend of April 20-22. Our burden this year is different—we encourage the saints to come together to be blended and built up through serving together, to give a weekend to serve the Lord together for His interest and for His move among us. We will go door-to-door in some neighborhoods, have BFA distributions, and distribute gospel tracts. Saturday evening we will have a Bible seminar and/or gospel meeting, depending upon the need. We will also try to have a table on the Idaho State University campus every day the week prior to this weekend for any who could come for all or part of that. Please pray for the manifestation of the Lord’s victory here!

BfA Spanish-speaking Perfecting

On Saturday, April 21, over 100 saints from Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and New York will participate in the next section of their Spanish-speaking perfecting training. This will focus on the importance, purpose, and content of the home meetings as a crucial component for the practice of the God-ordained way.

These saints will also begin contacting Spanish-speaking BfA recipients. Because many of these recipients have already expressed an interest in being contacted by BfA volunteers, this is an excellent opportunity for the saints to practice cherishing and nourishing the new ones in the home meetings.

Please pray that:

• The saints participating in the training be ushered into the practicality of the God-ordained way.
• Many new meetings be established in the homes of local Bible and book recipients so that they would be shepherded into the practical church life.

France

The annual conference in Paris will be April 21-22.

Announcements

1. The deadline to register for the July 2-7 summer training in Anaheim is April 24. Also, register now for video trainings.
2. Morning revival: Psalms, week 23. After Psalms, weeks 23-24, we will use The Focus of the Lord’s Recovery (Thanksgiving conference).
3. The Memorial Day Conference will be Friday night, May 25 through Monday noon, May 28, in Bellevue, Washington. Information is posted at http://www.churchinlosangeles.org/prayer/. If you will take children, register them with your district by April 27.

“Those who trust in Jehovah are like Mount Zion, Which cannot be moved but abides forever.” (Psalm 125:1)
“For Jehovah has chosen Zion; He has desired it for His habitation. This is My resting place forever; Here will I dwell, for I have desired it.” (Psalm 132:13-14)

The Psalms or Songs of Ascents reveal the people’s love and appreciation of God’s house on Mount Zion in Jerusalem. In the New Testament, the real Jerusalem is the church, and the real Zion is the overcoming believers in the church. These psalms portray the overcomers as people who trust in the Lord, are one with the Lord in His work to build the house of God, are humble in heart, and partake in the Lord’s blessing of Zion with the bread of life, clothing of salvation, victory over the enemies, and a crown.

“Christ Will Be Magnified…to Me, to Live is Christ”

Paul and Silas were put into prison in Philippi (Acts 16:23-25). The magistrates charged the jailer to keep them securely, so he put them into the inner prison and secured their feet in the stocks. At that time Paul and Silas did not preach. They were simply filled with Christ and filled with the Spirit, and at midnight they sang hymns of praise to the Lord. That was not merely preaching in word; that was the expression of Christ, the outward expression of the inner life. That was a strong example of the genuine preaching of the gospel, and the jailer, the keeper of the prison, was saved….The proper preaching of the gospel is the very expression of Christ. (from Preaching the Gospel in the Way of Life, by Witness Lee, chap. 8; it is available online; select the book in the alphabetical list, then select the chapter in the upper right)

College Conference

This weekend college students from across southern California will gather in Anaheim for a conference on the priesthood. Please pray that the Lord would gather many students to receive this word, that their time of taking hospitality in the homes of nearby saints would be blessed, and that through this conference the Lord would gain more of the reality of the New Testament priesthood among His believers.

Junior High Conferences

The junior high brothers’ and sisters’ conferences are this weekend. Please pray that the junior high brothers and sisters would receive a visitation from the Lord during these conferences. Pray that their hearts would be soft, that the spoken word would be clear and that the atmosphere would allow the Lord to speak to His people’s heart.

Sixth Grade Conference Parents and Serving Ones’ Training

The sixth grade conference is very important for our young people (many of which have perhaps just recently received the Lord, or will receive the Lord at this conference). Hence, there is an important need for those serving at this conference to come to a special training and preparation fellowship that will be held on Saturday, April 28, 9:30AM to 12:00PM at 1916 W. Ball Rd, Anaheim, 92804.

We ask at least one parent of each 6th grader going to the conference to attend this important time. Also, all the saints planning to go to the conference as serving ones for the 6th graders, as well as any college age saints who are burdened for the 6th graders should attend. To register for this time please go to http://scyp.com and click on “Event Registration.”

Africa

Monday through Wednesday Dick Taylor, James Lee, and other traveling brothers will be in Ghana to repeat the eight messages from the recent ITERO in Anaheim. Thursday through next week Monday Dick Taylor and another brother will be in Ethiopia for a conference on Enjoying Christ as Revealed in the Book of Psalms followed by a condensed version of ITERO. Please pray

• for more vision of Christ Himself and much enjoyment of Him in the conferences and afterwards;
• that through the trainings many brothers get deeper into the first love for the Lord and living and working one with Him that they may be patterns for all in the churches to follow;
• for much life imparted into the mortal bodies of the traveling brothers, and for a rich supply of life and light in all their times of fellowship with African saints;
• that everything during these weeks of travel turn out to salvation so that the Lord can gain Zion in Africa.

Training Registration

The summer training in Anaheim will be July 2-7. The registration deadline is Tuesday, April 24. There will also be video trainings in L.A. Pray for more brothers and sisters, especially those who are younger or who have never been to a training, to be released from other things and stirred to register for Anaheim or video.

Portugal

Please pray for:

• the word spoken in the March conference to become constituted into the saints for the Lord’s expression in Portugal and in the Iberian Peninsula;
• the gaining of the households that are being contacted in Lisbon and the beginning of a children’s meeting so that the next generation can be gained;
• the Lord to open up a flat for the couple in Lisbon near where they live now, in view of their continuing to have daily contact with the neighboring households.
  A one page report from Portugal is at http://www.churchinlosangeles.org/prayer/.

Announcements

1. The deadline to register for the July 2-7 summer training in Anaheim is April 24. Also, register now for video trainings.
2. Morning revival: Psalms, week 22. After Psalms, weeks 22-24, we will use The Focus of the Lord’s Recovery (Thanksgiving conference).
3. The Memorial Day Conference will be Friday night, May 25 through Monday noon, May 28, in Bellevue, Washington. Information is posted at http://www.churchinlosangeles.org/prayer/. If you will take children, register them with your district by April 27.
4. Since 2004 LSM has sent five large containers of used books to Africa and India. These books have been a great blessing to seekers there. LSM continues to collect used ministry books in English for further distributions. They suggest that you remove any personal information before donating the books. Bring books to your meeting hall any time throughout this year.