Prayer, Week of May 17, 2015

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Memorial Day Conference: The Need for a New Revival

Lord, work in each of us to cooperate with You for a new revival, a revival to bring You back!

FTTA

In recent years the total number of trainees in FTTA has hovered around 320, with the number of international trainees increasing and the number of domestic trainees decreasing. We need to ask the Lord to bring more domestic trainees and to bring more brothers to the fall term.

Vancouver, Canada

On May 7 there was a devastating fire at hall 1 of the church in Vancouver starting from where roofers were working to replace the roof. Fifty to sixty firemen were involved for about six hours. There is extensive damage and the whole building has become unusable. There was no loss of life or injury.

We are presently coordinating with the insurers, engineers and many others on the multitude of things that have to be done. Please pray to turn this apparent setback to our salvation through the bountiful supply of the Spirit of Jesus Christ:

  • Above all that the Lord would gain the reality of the Body of Christ in all of us. Surely the Lord has some speaking through this environment.
  • That the temporary meeting arrangements would be the best possible for building up of the Body.
  • That the insurers would have agreement and come to the proper assessment.
  • That the City would be favorable to our needs and grant all necessary permits for reconstruction.
  • That the neighbors would be favorable to the facility we need to build. (During the fire and later many neighbors came out, and we were pleasantly surprised at their positive comments and support).

May we see His considerations when our circumstances are smooth, and may we realize His special visitation when our circumstances are difficult. He wants to lead us to walk on a way that is more difficult but also deeper, a way that often is beyond our understanding. (WL, God's Need and God's Goal - p.46)

One-Week Trainings in Europe

Four one-week trainings are being held at Bower House in London. The last two are this week and next. The overall theme is The Four Great Pillars in the Lord’s Recovery: Truth, Life, the Church, and the Gospel. Attendees will spend some time with FTT London and with the brothers and sisters in the church in London or surrounding churches.

Please pray for the attendance of the saints from all over Europe, for the gaining of the new ones, and for perfecting in practicing the vital groups, spreading the divine truths, being fruit-bearing branches in the vine, and developing our function for the building up of the church.

German-Speaking Conference

The churches in the German-speaking countries will have a conference May 23 to 25 in Frankfurt. Over 300 are registered. The general subject will be “The Vision and Experience of Christ in His Resurrection and Ascension” (Thanksgiving Conference 2014). The messages will be spoken in German with Russian, English, and Chinese translation. We expect a rich feast and the Lord’s blessing in the fellowship and blending among all the saints attending.

Please pray for the release of all the saints in these countries to come and be under the Lord's present speaking and be further blended together. May the Lord recover the German-speaking countries in 2015.

Nepal (from a letter written May 7 by full-timers from India who visited Nepal)

We praise and thank the Lord that He preserved all the saints in Nepal including their property. There has been very little damage to the saints.

The saints realize that the Lord preserved them for His purpose to be fulfilled in Nepal. Overall the entire Nepal is in agony. Saints have stronger realization that this is the time for the gospel. We need to pray for the Lord’s intensified move in Nepal.

The two-page letter in English and Chinese is at https://churchinlosangeles.org/prayer.


Announcements

  1. Morning revival: week 7 of Crystallization-Study of Exodus.
  2. The summer training will be June 29 to July 4 in Anaheim. Some video trainings in L.A. will begin June 29, some later. Late donation is $205 for Anaheim, still $80 for video.
  3. The Los Angeles Summer School of Truth will be July 24 to August 1.
  4. The 2015 European Young People's Conference will take place in Male Ciche, Poland, Lord's Day, July 26 through Saturday, August 1. Registration is now open, with a deadline of June 1. Registration for all attendants, including families, will take place online at http://ypconference.eu.
  5. The 2015 Young People's Conference of the Americas will take place in São Roque, Brazil Wednesday, July 22 through Lord's Day, July 26, 2015. This is for saints ages 12 to 22. Information and registration is at http://brazilypconf.org. Registration deadline is June 1st.
  6. An announcement of the 2015 Chinese-speaking Students Perfecting Training (in Chinese and English) is at https://churchinlosangeles.org/prayer.

Prayer, Week of May 10, 2015

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Memorial Day Conference

The conference will be Friday night, May 22 through Monday noon, May 25 in St. Louis. Please pray that the Lord will take more crucial steps in the advancement of His purpose during this gathering.

National College Training

May 15 is the deadline for registration for this training. Please ask the Lord to fill this training with young saints who will give themselves to be His age turners to bring Him back!

FTTA Boston Extension Gospel Trip to Europe

Last week and this week twenty-eight trainees from the FTTA Boston extension are on a gospel trip to Europe. This week they and 16 additional saints are in small groups visiting cities in England, France, Italy, Norway, Scotland, Spain, and Switzerland. Please pray to cover and release the Lord’s all-inclusive blessing on this gospel trip.

Please also ask the Lord to release 20 of the trainees to migrate to Europe in August.

Rome

The saints in Rome are close to acquiring a meeting hall less than 270 meters from Sapienza University (the largest university in Europe) and a 3 minute walk from the metro.

There is an evangelistic radio channel in Rome that may be able to broadcast the Life-study of the Bible radio program for free. The hope is that free Rhema literature could be advertised through this.

Lord, strengthen Your testimony in Rome!

German Young People’s Conference

We had a wonderful weekend [May 1-3] at our first German-speaking young people's conference. During the weekend the Lord poured out His blessing and did more than what we could ask or think, and we sensed the Lord's answering the prayers of His Body.

The young people [50 or more, ages 11-25] were impressed to see a vision of who they are (as the salt of the earth, the light of the world, the branches of the vine and as seeds of life), how they can live a life to bear fruit and the importance of grasping the opportunity to offer themselves entirely to Him.

We believe the Lord gave us a very good and positive beginning and are encouraged about what the Lord is doing and what He will do among the young people for the closing of this age.

Nepal

Please continue to pray 1) for the country’s recovery after the earthquake, 2) for the supply of physical necessities to the saints, 3) for people’s hearts to be open to the gospel at this time of trial, and 4) for the local saints to grasp the opportunity to boldly preach Christ and lead many to salvation.

Three Rhema booklets in Nepalese are almost ready for free distribution. May the Lord use these booklets to reach many seekers all over Nepal.

Monetary gifts may be given to the church, designated for Nepal.

Israel

The annual spring conference in Israel will be May 14 to 16.


Announcements

  1. Morning revival: week 6 of Crystallization-Study of Exodus.
  2. The summer training will be June 29 to July 4 in Anaheim. Some video trainings in L.A. will begin June 29, some later. Late donation is $205 for Anaheim, still $80 for video.
  3. The Los Angeles Summer School of Truth will be July 24 to August 1.
  4. The 2015 European Young People's Conference will take place in Male Ciche, Poland, Lord's Day, July 26 through Saturday, August 1. Registration is now open, with a deadline of June 1. Registration for all attendants, including families, will take place online at http://ypconference.eu.
  5. The 2015 Young People's Conference of the Americas will take place in São Roque, Brazil Wednesday, July 22 through Lord's Day, July 26, 2015. This is for saints ages 12 to 22. Information and registration is at http://brazilypconf.org. Registration deadline is June 1st.

Prayer, Week of May 3, 2015

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The Building Up of the Church as the Body of Christ

The building up of the Body is by our growth in life, which is the increase of the Triune God in us. The building up of the Body is also by the mingling of God and man, the living of God in man and man in God. For this building up, we should be overcomers consecrated to be vital and caring solely for Christ and His Body.

Lord, we give ourselves to be Your overcomers. Increase Yourself in us! Mingle more with us! Abide in us and lead us to abide in You!

Sixth Grade

The sixth grade conference last weekend presented the gospel to them. Please pray for each sixth grader to 1) have some experience of the Lord this week, 2) say something to a friend about their salvation, and 3) move onward to baptism later this month. Pray also for the family life of each sixth grader to be blended with their church life.

FTTA Boston Extension Gospel Trip to Europe

This week and next twenty-eight trainees from the FTTA Boston extension and 10 additional saints are on a gospel trip to Europe. They will be in London eight days, then split into small groups to visit cities in England, France, Italy, Norway, Scotland, Spain, and Switzerland. They return to Boston May 18. Please pray to cover and release the Lord's all-inclusive blessing on this gospel trip.

One-Week Trainings in London

Four one-week trainings will be held at Bower House in London. They begin Mondays May 4, 11, 18, and 25. The overall theme is The Four Great Pillars in the Lord's Recovery: Truth, Life, the Church, and the Gospel. Attendees will spend some time with FTT London and with the brothers and sisters in the church in London or surrounding churches.

Please pray for the attendance of the saints from all over Europe, for the gaining of the new ones, and for perfecting in practicing the vital groups, spreading the divine truths, being fruit-bearing branches in the vine, and developing our function for the building up of the church.

Nepal (from a letter written April 30)

There are about 170 saints meeting in 3 cities in Nepal: Kathmandu, Maidi, and Pokhara. All are safe after the massive earthquake on April 25 that took over 5,000 lives. A sister's house in Kathmandu and 6 or 7 houses of the saints in Maidi were damaged, but overall the saints are fine.

The current urgent need for the saints in Nepal are food and water. Two co-workers from India will travel to Kathmandu to coordinate with the local brothers on relief efforts. They will bring cash, food and water supplies into Nepal.

Please pray for the country's recovery after the earthquake and for people's hearts to be open to the gospel at this time of trial. Also may we pray that the local saints would grasp the opportunity to boldly preach Christ as the Prince of Peace and lead many to salvation.

Three Rhema booklets in Nepalese for free distribution are almost ready for print. May the Lord use these booklets to reach many seekers all over Nepal.

Monetary gifts for these saints may be given to the church, designated for Nepal.

A brother from China lost his life in this earthquake. He was saved in 2012 while studying in Hong Kong. He was on vacation in Kathmandu when the earthquake hit. Please remember his relatives and friends in your prayer that they would be comforted and saved.

Italy

The annual conference in Milan, Italy is May 9 to 10.

France

Our annual festival was April 25-26 in Paris. All the participants were so blessed to hear the re-speaking of February's International Chinese-speaking Conference messages. After each message, there were much sharing to confirm the up-to-date dispensing. This year, there were 344 participants who came from 11 cities in France and 5 other countries.


Announcements

  1. Morning revival: REPEAT week 5 of Crystallization-Study of Exodus.
  2. The summer training will be June 29 to July 4 in Anaheim. Some video trainings in L.A. will begin June 29, some later. Late donation is $205 for Anaheim, still $80 for video.
  3. The Memorial Day conference will be Friday night, May 22 through Monday morning, May 25 in St. Louis. Conference information is at https://churchinlosangeles.org/prayer.
  4. The Los Angeles Summer School of Truth will be July 24 to August 1.
  5. A Teachers' Training for the 2015 Summer School of Truth will be May 9 in Fullerton to renew our vision in our service to properly feed our young people during the Summer School of the Truth.
  6. The 2015 European Young People's Conference will take place in Male Ciche, Poland, Lord's Day, July 26 through Saturday, August 1. Registration is now open, with a deadline of June 1. Registration for all attendants, including families, will take place online at http://ypconference.eu.

Prayer, Week of April 26, 2015

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Church in Los Angeles

The whole church will meet together next Lord's Day, May 3, at Los Angeles Trade Tech College (same location we used in May and October of last year). After the meeting we will all have lunch together at the college. Ask the Lord to bring each one to participate in the meeting and to stay for lunch with a hunger for more blending into the reality of one Body.

During this time we will also have the annual business meeting of the church.

Sixth-Grade Conference

The Southern California sixth grade conference is this weekend. Please ask the Lord to bring the sixth graders to salvation and to do something in the whole of each of their families.

National College Conference

We would like to thank the Lord for all that He has been doing in the preparation for the upcoming National College Training, God's Age Turners, July 12-18 in Champaign, Illinois! Last week we had about 1675 saints registered, more than double the total number from all of last year's college trainings combined. Since the capacity of the training is 1800, there were still 125 more spots for saints to register at the late deadline price of $360. Registration will permanently close May 15.

Please continue to encourage any college students and graduating high school seniors to attend this time! May the Lord continue to prepare everything for this training to make it a special, landmark time in the history of the Lord's recovery!

German Young People's Conference

The first-ever German-speaking young people's conference will be May 1 to 3. Please pray for this crucial time of gathering young ones from all of the German-speaking countries. The Lord is advancing a lot with young people all over Europe. He is raising up an army.

Poland

The national conference will be May 1 to 3 in Warsaw. Please pray for the gathering of all the saints and the seeking ones in Poland and the surrounding countries and for the impartation of life and light through the speaking of the current ministry in the Lord's recovery.

Cambodia, Bangladesh, India

Encouraging reports about the gospel and new churches in these nations are at
http://lmasia.org/temp/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/E-2015-04.pdf (English) and
http://lmasia.org/temp/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/Asia-2015-04.pdf (Chinese).


Announcements

  1. Morning revival: week 5 of Crystallization-Study of Exodus. (and REPEAT week 5 next week)
  2. The summer training will be June 29 to July 4 in Anaheim. Some video trainings in L.A. will begin June 29, some later. Late donation is $205 for Anaheim, still $80 for video.
  3. The Memorial Day conference will be Friday night, May 22 through Monday morning, May 25 in St. Louis. Conference information is at https://churchinlosangeles.org/prayer.
  4. The Los Angeles Summer School of Truth will be July 24 to August 1.
  5. A Teachers' Training for the 2015 Summer School of Truth will be May 9 in Fullerton to renew our vision in our service to properly feed our young people during the Summer School of the Truth.
  6. The 2015 European Young People's Conference will take place in Male Ciche, Poland, Lord's Day, July 26 through Saturday, August 1. Registration is now open, with a deadline of June 1. Registration for all attendants, including families, will take place online at http://ypconference.eu.

Prayer, Week of April 19, 2015

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Church in Los Angeles

The whole church will meet together Lord's Day, May 3, 10 am, at Los Angeles Trade Tech College (same location we used in May and October of last year). After the meeting we will all have lunch together at the college. Ask the Lord to bring each one of us out of our homes, out of our meeting places, and out of our languages with an exercised spirit for more blending into the reality of one Body.

During this time we will also have the annual business meeting of the church.

Summer Training

This is the month to register for the summer training. Let us pray that an increased number in Los Angeles have a desire to participate in the training to receive the ministry.

Korean-speaking Gospel in Los Angeles

All the Korean-speaking saints went to a park for a blending meeting Lord's Day, April 12. This was also a time for the gospel. More than 15 new ones joined this time and enjoyed the "I am that I am" God who called Moses. Please pray that they would be in strong connection with us.

Full-Time Trainings

Most full-time trainings around the earth will conclude their current term in June. Please pray for:

  • the graduating trainees' willingness to seek the Lord and wait for His leading for their future;
  • the graduating trainees to be kept by the Lord after they leave the training atmosphere;
  • new trainees to be brought to every training for the fall term in greater number than the graduates.

Ventura County

There are currently homes open for meetings (in English and Chinese and one in Spanish) in nearly every city in Ventura County: Thousand Oaks, Simi Valley, Moorpark, Camarillo, Oxnard, and Ventura, as well as in Oak Park, an unincorporated community on the edge of L.A. County. There are also saints living in Westlake Village and Agoura Hills, which are actually in L.A. County. We also have some students living on the CSUCI campus, which is south of Camarillo, outside the city limits.

We continue to pray for increase in each of the cities, and for spreading throughout Ventura county, so that eventually the Lord would raise up a lampstand in every city.

France

The national conference will be April 25-26 in Paris. Please pray that the Lord will take a further step in France and in all of Europe by releasing His up-to-date word to the saints and the seeking ones who attend this conference.

Nepal

There will be a blending time in Kathmandu, Nepal this weekend.


Announcements

  1. Morning revival: week 4 of Crystallization-Study of Exodus.
  2. The summer training will be June 29 to July 4. Some video trainings in L.A. will begin June 29, some later. Registration should be completed by April 26. Donation is $155 for Anaheim, $80 for video.
  3. The 6th Grade Conference fellowship and preparation meeting will be Saturday, April 25, in Anaheim, 9:30 am to noon.
  4. The Memorial Day conference will be Friday night, May 22 through Monday morning, May 25 in St. Louis. Conference information is at https://churchinlosangeles.org/prayer.
  5. The Los Angeles Summer School of Truth will be July 24 to August 1.

Prayer, Week of April 12, 2015

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The Recovery of the Priesthood for God's Building

The subject of ITERO was The Recovery of the Priesthood for God's Building. "Although a priest is a person who serves God, this does not mean that he works for God or does something for God; according to the revelation of the Scriptures, to serve God is to contact God, to receive God into us, and to be filled, saturated, and permeated with God. As we are saturated, permeated, and possessed by God, spontaneously He will flow out of us, and we will be built up with others in this flow of life." (msg 2, II.A, II.C.2)

Church in Los Angeles

The whole church will meet together Lord's Day, May 3, at Los Angeles Trade Tech College (same location we used in May and October of last year). After the meeting we will all have lunch together at the college. Ask the Lord to give us a strong desire for blending.

Summer Training

This is the month to register for the summer training. Let us pray that an increased number in Los Angeles have a desire to participate in this training to receive the fresh ministry.

Korean-speaking Bible Seminar in LA

On March 7 our Korean-speaking saints had their first Bible seminar of this year. The Lord blessed by sending 36 new ones with the majority being young adults. The next seminar will be this Saturday, April 18. Please pray for all the March attendants to return along with some new people. Pray also for more of these people to begin participating in the weekly Bible club gatherings.

Summer School of Truth

The Summer School of Truth will be July 24 to August 1 this year. There will be more information on how to sign up in the coming weeks. We ask that the young people would sanctify this week unto the Lord for enjoying the Lord's word and beginning their next school year with the Lord's word hidden in their heart (Psa. 119:11).

Bibles for America

The first week of BfA's Midwest tour was March 30 to April 4. It ended with praises to the Lord for all He's doing in Ohio and Indiana. The distribution team visited five universities that week, joining local saints to give away free copies of the New Testament Recovery Version and ministry books to seeking students, faculty, and staff.
The Lord operated through the prayers of the saints to pave the way for each distribution, sometimes clearing inclement weather and other times overcoming administrative obstacles. The people who came to the tables were so warm and grateful, happy to meet the saints on their campuses and eager to receive the Bible.

Africa

The conference in Ethiopia finished on Lord's Day. Monday James Lee begins his return to the U.S. Tuesday Dick Taylor flies to Uganda where he meets Tim Knoppe. They will have a conference in Uganda Tuesday night through Thursday. Friday they go to Kenya for a conference Friday night through Lord's Day. As in Ethiopia, these conferences will be on The Vision, Practice, and Building Up of the Body of Christ. After the conference in Kenya, Dick will begin a long trip home.

Please pray for a rich supply to all the traveling brothers, from a strong seeking in every place they visit, and for much exercise of the spirit for the building up.

India

Thank the Lord for the glorious propagation that took place in Jalandhar from December 25th to January 25th. During this propagation, 90 were baptized and 7 small groups were established, and on the 25th of January, the church in Jalandhar was established.

Eight localities and 58 local saints [plus trainees from FTT Taipei, FTT New Delhi, and FTTA, including one sister from Los Angeles] joined the propagation in Jalandhar. Currently, 105 saints are under shepherding. Everyday the new ones are enjoying the ministry, having corporate morning revival, and going out to preach the gospel in the evenings.

During this propagation, we witnessed many dynamic salvations. For example, one who suffered from demon possession for 15 years met a gospel team. On the next day she, with her friend, came to one of the saints' homes, where the saints began to preach the gospel to them. Eventually the demon was cast out, and on that day she and her friend were baptized. And through her 14 were brought into salvation.

A newsletter from the churches in India is at https://churchinlosangeles.org/prayer.

Myanmar

There is a National Young People's Training here April 13-19.


Announcements

  1. Morning revival: week 3 of Crystallization-Study of Exodus.
  2. The summer training will be June 29 to July 4 in Anaheim. Some video trainings in L.A. will begin June 29, some later. Registration should be completed by April 26. Donation is $155 for Anaheim, $80 for video.
  3. The 6th Grade Conference fellowship and preparation meeting will be Saturday, April 25, in Anaheim, 9:30 am to noon.
  4. The Memorial Day conference will be Friday night, May 22 through Monday morning, May 25 in St. Louis. Conference information is at https://churchinlosangeles.org/prayer.
  5. The 2015 National College Training will be July 12 to 18. Please visit http://www.collegetraining.org for information and instructions on how to register.

Prayer, Week of April 5, 2015

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The Recovery of the Priesthood for God's Building

The subject of ITERO (March 27-29) was The Recovery of the Priesthood for God's Building. "Coming to Him, a living stone...you yourselves also, as living stones, are being built up as a spiritual house into a holy priesthood" (1 Peter 2:4-5a). The coordinated body of priests is the built-up spiritual house. May we all have more coming to the Lord for building up.

The priests draw near to God, enter into the Holy of Holies to touch the throne of God, and allow God as rivers of living water to flow through them and into other persons; the flowing of the water of life from the throne into us and out from us is the only way that builds up the church. (msg. 1, IV.B)

Three Prayers from Southern California Blending (3)

During the March 14-15 conference, we were encouraged to pray regularly for three topics. The first two, in prior weeks' prayer, are from Ephesians 1:17-18 and 3:14, 16-17a. The third:

God gave Christ "to be Head over all things to the church" (Eph. 1:22b). "To the church" implies a transmission. Whatever Christ, the Head, has attained and obtained is transmitted to the church, His Body.(see Eph. 1:22, notes 2, 3 and Eph. 1:23, note 1) We need to pray for removal of all the obstacles in us which impede this transmission from the Lord to the church.

High School Seniors

This is the time of year in which high school seniors receive acceptance or rejection letters from colleges. Pray that each senior would open to the Lord and seek His leading about which college to attend. Pray also that each senior become firmly attached to the students in the recovery at that college before the fall term begins.

Africa

The respeaking of ITERO in Ghana for West African brothers was from Lord's Day at night to noon this Tuesday. Afterwards Dick Taylor flies from Ghana to Ethiopia (about a six hour flight). There he will fellowship with the saints then have a conference with them Friday night through Lord's Day noon. The subject will be The Vision, Practice, and Building Up of the Body of Christ.

James Lee's health is improving. He stayed home last week but leaves Monday of this week to join Dick in Ethiopia. James will return home next week Tuesday, the same day Dick travels from Ethiopia to Uganda.

Please pray for a rich supply to the brothers in their traveling, speaking, and shepherding. Pray also that all who hear the messages to have an active response, opening to the Lord to apply and experience the word heard in the meetings.

Lord, enrich and expand Your recovery throughout Ethiopia.

FTT South America

The South American FTT began in July 2009 in Caacupé, Paraguay. It is conducted in Spanish. Trainees have come to this FTT from many South American and Central American nations including Brazil. However, the national language in Brazil, the largest South American nation, is Portuguese. To open the FTT door wider to all young Brazilians in the recovery, this August the FTT will begin a Portuguese section.

From the FTT office: Your prayers [for this new beginning in Portuguese] are very much appreciated. We pray for the Lord to call, free, and bring all the young ones who are ready for this training.

Asia

There is a gospel move in Bangladesh all of this week and next. There is a responsible brothers' training in Cambodia the weekend of April 10 to 12.


Announcements

  1. Morning revival: week 2 of Crystallization-Study of Exodus.
  2. The joint meeting of the whole church in Los Angeles will be Lord's Day, May 3 at Los Angeles Trade Tech College (same location we used in May and October of last year).
  3. The Memorial Day conference will be Friday night, May 22 through Monday morning, May 25 in St. Louis. Conference information is at https://churchinlosangeles.org/prayer.
  4. The 2015 National College Training will be July 12 to 18. Please visit http://www.collegetraining.org for information and instructions on how to register.

Prayer, Week of March 29, 2015

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The Recovery of the Priesthood for God's Building

The subject of ITERO was The Recovery of the Priesthood for God's Building. "To Him [Jesus Christ] who loves us and has released us from our sins by His blood and made us a kingdom, priests to His God and Father, to Him be the glory and the might forever and ever. Amen." (Rev. 1:5-6)

A priest is one who receives God, who is filled, saturated, and permeated with God, and who has God flowing out of him so that he might be a living expression of God. As priests we first open ourselves to God in order that He may come into us to fill and flood us until He has taken possession of every part of our being. (msg 2, II, II.B)

Three Prayers from Southern California Blending (2)

During the March 14-15 conference, we were encouraged to pray regularly for three topics. It would be good if we mention these to the Lord every day. The first, in last week's prayer, is from Ephesians 1:17-18. The second is Ephesians 3:14, 16-17a, "I bow my knees unto the Father, that He would grant you, according to the riches of His glory, to be strengthened with power through His Spirit into the inner man, that Christ may make His home in your hearts through faith." This is to experience Christ for the church, that we may apprehend the vastness of Christ to be filled unto all the fullness of God (v. 3:18-19).

Bibles for America

On Monday, March 30, Bibles for America staff members begin a three-week distribution tour through the Midwest. During the tour, teams will give away free copies of the New Testament Recovery Version and ministry books by WN and WL at college campuses and other venues in 16 cities in Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, and Michigan.

Please pray that the Lord would go before the team in each city to prepare people's hearts to receive the Word and the rich ministry of the age. May the Lord sow the seed abundantly in the Midwest!

UK Radio Victory

Premier Radio, which broadcasts Life-study of the Bible in the UK, was facing the possibility of losing its license. The Lord has answered the prayer of many churches and saints, and Premier's license has been renewed until 2028. Praise our ascended Lord, who has given His recovery "an opened door which no one can shut" (Rev. 3:8)! Please continue to pray for the UK radio broadcast and for the shepherding of all the seeking listeners.

If you are burdened to give to support the radio broadcast, you can do so through the LME website at lordsmove.org/ukradio or by giving to the church. Please designate gifts for "UK radio work."

Europe

The European brothers' training is March 31 to April 2. Responsible brothers from throughout Europe will gather in London to review the messages given during the spring 2015 ITERO. Please pray that the revelation, burden, and life supply in these messages will be received by all the brothers, resulting in a strong advance of the Lord's move and testimony in Europe.

The international blending conference is April 3 to 5 in London. Many saints from throughout Europe will gather for this time. Please pray for the release of the Lord's rich word and for the blending of all the saints in the Lord's present speaking for the building up of the one new man in Europe.

Africa

Dick Taylor left Monday for a three week trip to Africa. Friday night to Lord's Day noon (April 5) there will be simultaneous conferences in Lagos, Nigeria and Accra, Ghana. Dick and Paul Nii-Aryee (an American living in Ghana) will be in Lagos; the subject of the conference is The Vision, Practice, and Building Up of the Body of Christ. Paul Cooke (from London) and Tim Knoppe (from US) will be in Accra. (James Lee was scheduled to go on this trip but could not due to poor health.)

Dick and Paul will return to Accra immediately after the conference. Lord's Day evening through Tuesday noon (April 7) there will be a respeaking in Accra of the eight ITERO messages for all the brothers in West Africa.

Prague, Czech Republic

The topic of our third seminar, on 14 March, was "The Knowledge of Life," based on the ministry book of the same title. About 27 adults attended, two for the first time (one a believer and one not yet a believer). We also had two returning contacts and one not-yet-believing husband of a sister. Seven saints from Slovakia came to stand with us.

In this seminar we got into the zoe life and the three lives and four laws. The atmosphere of the seminar was pleasant. When we were leaving the meeting place, the receptionist came to say goodbye and said that she likes our singing. We encouraged her to come in for awhile next time. We are grateful to the Lord and the Body for all the support.

Wyoming

The church in Lyman, Wyoming invites you to a blending conference May 16th and 17th. We will give hospitality to as many as possible but it is limited. For more information, contact brother Ron Roskie r8roskie@hotmail.com.


Announcements

  1. Morning revival: week 1 of Crystallization-Study of Exodus.
  2. The joint meeting of the whole church in Los Angeles will be Lord's Day, May 3 at Los Angeles Trade Tech College (same location we used in May and October of last year).
  3. The Memorial Day conference will be Friday night, May 22 through Monday morning, May 25 in St. Louis. Conference information is at https://churchinlosangeles.org/prayer.
  4. The 2015 National College Training will be July 12 to 18. Please visit http://www.collegetraining.org for information and instructions on how to register.

Prayer, Week of March 22, 2015

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ITERO

The International Training for Elders and Responsible Ones is Friday to Lord's Day in Anaheim.

We hope that through such perfecting times, the Lord will make us all able ministers of the New Testament, effective building material for the universal building up of the Body of Christ, and good stewards and serving ones in our respective local churches.

Los Angeles Young People

Beginning this year, the young people in Los Angeles have been encouraged to pursue and know the Lord through daily contact with Him in the Word. Currently, Halls 1 and 4 are getting into the Basic Elements of the Christian Life ministry booklets and Halls 2, 3, and 5 are getting into the New Testament.

Please pray:

  1. all would develop a taste for daily spending time with the Lord for their normal growth in life;
  2. each young person would have a companion to pursue with.

Three Prayers from the Southern California Blending

During the conference, we were encouraged to pray regularly about three topics. The first is from Ephesians 1:17-18a, "That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give to you a spirit of wisdom and revelation in the full knowledge of Him, the eyes of your heart having been enlightened."

Lord, give each one of us a spirit of wisdom (the ability to know spiritual things) and revelation (the unveiling of these things). Lord, also enlighten the eyes of our heart (to illuminate these things and to give us proper seeing).

European Spring University Conference

This conference is March 27-30 in Wales. The subject is The Lord's Second Coming and Hastening His Return.

South Africa

The national blending conference was March 13 to 15. The atmosphere was very good. Over 400 attended, most typical South Africans, the largest number ever at this conference. The number included 12 from Zambia, 18 from Zimbabwe, and a few from other nations. There were lots of young people at the conference. 110 people, mostly students, came to the college meeting; there were five baptisms.

Lord, move on more in South Africa!

Vietnam

Please pray for the truth training in Hanoi March 27-29 that the Lord would attract the seeking ones in the denominations to come and hear the truth that they would be gained.


Announcements

  1. Morning revival: week 6 of The Vision and Experience of Christ in His Resurrection and Ascension.
    Next week we will begin Crystallization-Study of Exodus.
  2. The joint meeting of the whole church in Los Angeles will be Lord's Day, May 3 at Los Angeles Trade Tech College (same location we used in May and October of last year).
  3. The Memorial Day conference will be Friday night, May 22 through Monday morning, May 25 in St. Louis. Conference information is at https://churchinlosangeles.org/prayer.
  4. The 2015 National College Training will be July 12 to 18. Please visit http://www.collegetraining.org for information and instructions on how to register.

Prayer, Week of March 16, 2015

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Southern California Blending

"God has blended the Body together (1 Cor. 12:24)." On March 14-15 approximately 4,000 saints from the 51 churches in Southern California (and Las Vegas) came together to blend and to digest the first three messages from the 2015 International Chinese-speaking Conference on The Main Contents of the Lord's Recovery.

Three main items of the content of the Lord's recovery were covered: 1) the genuine oneness versus division; 2) the church as the Body of Christ, the fullness of the One who fills all in all, and 3) the all-inclusive Christ as the mystery of God. Please pray that the Lord would follow this past weekend's word by fulfilling His aspiration that all the saints in all the churches would be one, that in every locality there would be the experience of the reality of the Body of Christ as an issue of the Triune God's dispensing, and that every saint would experience and enjoy Christ as everything in their daily living.

Southern California Blending Announcements

  1. The fourth and fifth messages from the 2015 International Chinese-speaking Conference will be digested by the Chinese-speaking saints (with translation to English) Saturday, March 21, 3:30 to 8:45 pm in Irvine, Arcadia, and Diamond Bar.
  2. Outlines, audio, and video from the conference will be posted at http://www.tinyurl.com/2015SoCalBlendingConference. Outlines of all five messages are also at http://www.lsm.org/outlines.html.

Southern California Mountain Facilities

At the end of the Southern California Blending Conference there was a presentation about Engedi (owned by the recovery) and Oak Glen (owned by other Christians, for sale). The presentation included the strengths and weaknesses of these two camps. The intention of the co-workers and of the elders of the churches in Southern California is to buy Oak Glen and then to sell Engedi. For this, we all are requested to:

  • renew a strong individual and corporate consecration for the Lord's move in Southern California,
  • supplicate for the timely purchase of Oak Glen and sale of Engedi,
  • pray for grace and wisdom to the saints involved in the details of the purchase of Oak Glen,
  • seek the Lord for release of funds for this purchase and for abundant blessing on His move here.

Grand Rapids, Michigan

The saints in the Grand Rapids area are deeply appreciative for all of the prayers, fellowship, and GTCA gospel sowing trips over the past several years regarding the establishing of a lampstand in the city of Grand Rapids. We have begun to meet and to take the Lord's Table with the view of standing on the unique ground of oneness with all the local churches to testify that there is one Body in this universe.

The saints in Grand Rapids feel it would be good to declare that ours is a oneness locally with all the believers and universally with all the local churches. To affirm this standing, we warmly invite you to join us for a weekend conference and Lord's Table meeting in Grand Rapids on March 21-22.

South Africa

The national conference was last weekend. Dick Taylor returns to L.A. this Monday. He will prepare his portion for the March 27 to 29 ITERO in Anaheim. He will also prepare for another trip to Africa (Ghana, Nigeria, Kenya, Uganda, Ethiopia), for which he will leave L.A. March 31. Lord, much grace to our brother!

Michael Stewart will remain in South Africa for one more week teaching in the training in Pretoria and participating in the church life there. He will leave South Africa on March 19 and fly to California for the ITERO. He will return to London March 31.

Please pray for:

  • the FTT Pretoria trainees to see and enter fully into the economy of God,
  • the Lord to exercise His authority to grant visas for many to come to the training from other African nations,
  • Michael to be strengthened in every part of his being for his labor and ministry there.

Urgent Need of the UK Radio

Premier Radio has been under the threat of losing its nationwide broadcasting privilege and being replaced by a non-stop music station. In early March Premier Radio was granted an extension to its national digital license until 31 March. Please pray for the continuation of the Life-study of the Bible radio program, and pray to bind the enemy in his attack on the ministry to frustrate it from reaching His seeking ones.

Scotland

A one page report about recent seminars is at https://churchinlosangeles.org/prayer. Please pray that:

  • the Lord will establish all the new ones who are having home Bible studies and will add them to the churches here.
  • a golden shining lampstand will be established in Stirling in the near future. In Stirling all who attended the seminar are having a home meeting at least once a week.
  • the Lord will gain local families in Edinburgh and Glasgow who have been captured by the vision of the Lord's recovery and who can bear the responsibility of the Lord's testimony in these cities.

Announcements

  1. Morning revival: week 5 of The Vision and Experience of Christ in His Resurrection and Ascension.
    After week 6 we will begin Crystallization-Study of Exodus.
  2. In hopes to continue advancing in our care for the next generation we are happy to announce the next young people's serving ones training on March 21st, 9 am to 3 pm, at the church in Cerritos meeting hall. Register by March 15. There will be translation into Spanish, Chinese, and Korean.
  3. The joint meeting of the whole church in Los Angeles will be Lord's Day, May 3.
  4. The Memorial Day conference will be Friday night, May 22 through Monday morning, May 25 in St. Louis. Conference information is at https://churchinlosangeles.org/prayer.
  5. The 2015 National College Training will be July 12 to 18. Please visit http://www.collegetraining.org for information and instructions on how to register.