Prayer & Announcements


Week of March 17

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Experiencing the Transmission of the All-Inclusive Christ

“If therefore you were raised together with Christ, seek the things which are above, where Christ is, sitting at the right hand of God.” (Col. 3:1)

“But he who is joined to the Lord is one spirit.” (1 Cor. 6:17)

Our position is that we are in Christ. Because we are in Him, we are where He is—at the right hand of God…What makes this real is that we are one spirit with the Lord. It is when we are in the spirit that we are in Christ, in the Father, and in heaven practically and experientially.

Praise the Lord that transmission is going on from heaven to our spirit! When we experience this transmission, we are truly in Christ, in the Father, and in heaven. Our spirit is directly related to heaven. The heavenly transmission begins in heaven and ends in our spirit. Because we may experience and enjoy this unique transmission, there is no need for us to go to heaven in order to be in heaven. Simply by being in our spirit where we experience the transmission from heaven, we are in heaven. [We] are connected to heaven by the divine transmission, which flows from the throne of God in heaven into our spirit. (Life-study of Colossians, 2nd edition, pp. 510-511)

UCLA Blending Trips

Spring is upon us, and during the academic year this is a time where many college students take the opportunity to visit other localities, blend with the saints, and attend the FTTA short-term training.

Next week, two groups from UCLA will be participating in blending trips. Around 15 saints will travel to Austin, Texas to visit the church there. Another group of 10 will go up to San Jose to blend with churches in that area. Please pray that:

  • The Lord would sovereignly cover the health, travel, and weather so that all the saints could enjoy the Lord to the uttermost and none would be hindered from fully participating.
  • All the students would enjoy the fellowship during the trips, get a taste of blending, and experience the sweet Body life.
  • The saints providing hospitality would be supplied with the Lord as grace as they receive our saints into their homes.

Hall 3 Blending Trip

This weekend, March 23 to 24, the saints in Hall 3 will visit the church in San Diego. On Saturday evening, they will have a blending and gospel meeting together. Over 50 people (including young people, children, and gospel friends) have registered for this trip. Please pray for:

  • Everyone to have an open heart and be supplied and encouraged by the divine supply in the Body.
  • All the saints to go through the cross, by the Spirit, dispensing Christ to one another for the sake of being blended in the Body life for the reality of the Body of Christ.
  • For the gospel friends to be saved and baptized on this trip.

Spring European University Conference

This weekend, March 22 to 24, a conference will take place in the Netherlands for university students in Europe. The subject will be “The Centre of the Universe.” Please pray that:

  • The Lord will speak a timely word to the university students in Europe and will gain them for His final move to prepare for His coming.
  • Each attendee will see a vision of the crucified and resurrected Christ and will be constrained by the Lord’s love to “waste themselves” on Him.
  • The enemy will be bound and utterly shamed, both in the outward environment of all the aspects of the conference and in the minds of all the conference attendees.
  • The Lord will bless all the service before and during the conference, cover all the travel to and from the conference, and release the very best weather for the conference weekend.

2024 Olympics Bible Distribution

There is still room for many more saints to participate in the Lord’s move in France during the 2024 Summer Olympics. There are still places on the four trips taking place in August and September.

Besides the burden for France, there is also a burden for the Lord’s move in the neighboring country of Luxembourg. One town, Mertzig, will be targeted in all the distribution trips from late July to early September.

For this special move in the Lord’s recovery, please pray:

  • That the Lord will release the number of saints needed for the remainder of the gospel trips in August and September and the brothers required to lead these trips.
  • For the formation of all the gospel trip teams.
  • For the clear and timely communication between us and the civil authorities and favorable views from them.
  • That the Lord will encourage the saints in France, add to them, and raise up more lampstands—including in Luxembourg.

Updated information and an application form are at www.amanatrust.org.uk/page/2024Paris. Applications for each trip will close when capacity is reached.

Saints in LA who are burdened to give for the Bible distribution and other associated expenses can do so through the Church in Los Angeles designated for “Paris Olympics.”

Ukraine

Please 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.

Announcements

  1. Morning Revival: Week 4 of The Enjoyment of Christ and Our Growth in Life unto Maturity.
  2. Wednesday Night Ministry Meeting: The ministry meeting on “The Crucial Points of the Truth in Paul’s Epistles—2 Corinthians” continues this Wednesday at 7:25 pm.
  3. Bibles for America’s new blog post, What Does It Mean to Walk According to the Spirit in Romans 8?, is available to read and share at blog.bfa.org.
  4. Free e-Booklets: Living Stream Ministry offers free e-booklets to read and share. The latest release is “Magnifying Christ by Living Him” at www.lsm.org/life-study-philippians.
  5. LSM Newsletter: The February 2024 issue of Living Stream Ministry’s digital newsletter features encouraging FTTA Gospel Trip Testimonies. Go to lsm.org/daily.
  6. Junior High Conferences: At Oak Glen for brothers, March 29 to 31 (registration due March 17); for sisters, April 5 to 7 (registration due March 31).
  7. Memorial Day Conference: The 2024 International Memorial Day Blending Conference will be held in Bellevue, WA at the Hyatt Regency Bellevue Hotel from May 24 to 27. Saints in LA who are considering attending in person are asked to RSVP by April 30 at tinyurl.com/memdayla. More information, including recommended hotels at discounted rates, is available at that site.
  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.