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Prayer Requests, February 12, 2012

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Zion

"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).

We all have to endeavor to reach this high peak [of Zion within the church life as Jerusalem].... We surely need to be desperate to pray at any cost and to pay the cost just as the apostle Paul did. We should not have the attitude that we are safe in the Lord because we have sacrificed our future and do not love the world. That is not adequate. (W.L., Practical Points Concerning Blending, ch. 5)

Los Angeles

Lord's Day morning, February 19, we will blend by languages, English-speaking at Haskell, Spanish-speaking at Haskell (room 5), Korean-speaking at Hall 1, and Chinese-speaking at Hall 3.

"God has blended the body together" (1 Cor. 12:24). May we all come together through the cross (to be saved from our natural life and culture) and by the mingled Spirit (to minister Christ to one another) so that the whole church may enter the reality of God's blending and be built together more.

FTTA Gospel Trips

The FTTA gospel trips all concluded in recent days. Reports and prayer requests from North America are posted at http://gtca.us/reports/ and http://wemigrate.org/updates/. The broad needs now are 1) for new people met during these trips to continue their desire for contact, 2) shepherds to contact them regularly, and 3) migrations to these new cities.

Reports, photos, and prayer requests from international destinations are at http://beseeching.org/ along with links to longer reports. The broad needs now are 1) strengthening of small localities, 2) growth of the many gospel seeds that were sown, 3) continued shepherding of open contacts, of newly saved and baptized people, and of those who came to homes.

Southern California Co-Workers

The Southern California co-workers are meeting this week from Lord's Day evening through Thursday night. Lord, lead them into thorough prayer and fellowship to strengthen their one accord for further action and blessing in their many areas of responsibility.

Middle-age Training

The spring term begins March 12. Ask the Lord 1) to free all who have completed one term to continue with their second term, and 2) to lead many more to begin this training. This training is open to many ages, does not require a college degree, and is conducted in four languages. Short-term registration for one week or more is also possible. Details are at http://www.fttamidage.org.

Downtown Joint High School Gathering

Saturday, February 4th, was a gathering of Bible clubs from West Adams High, L.A. High and Virgil Middle School. The Lord greatly blessed the time in numbers, cherishing, and nourishing. A report with photos is at https://churchinlosangeles.org/prayer/.

FTT London

The spring term of FTTL begins this week Monday.

Announcements

1. Morning revival: Psalms, week 14 (winter training). After we finish Psalms we will use The Focus of the Lord's Recovery (Thanksgiving conference), which we will finish before the summer training.
2. Saturday night, February 25, will be a joint college meeting at CSUN for all campuses in L.A. Dinner will be provided.
3. The 2012 Spring Russian-Speaking Conference will be in Sacramento March 23-25. The registration deadline is March 4. Details are at https://churchinlosangeles.org/prayer/.
4. An invitation to the spring conference in Israel is at https://churchinlosangeles.org/prayer/. Registration deadline is April 1.

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Prayer Requests, February 5, 2012

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Zion

"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).

Jerusalem is built on the top of a mountain. Although Jerusalem is good, it is not the peak. In Jerusalem there is a peak, that is, Mount Zion, on which the temple was built. The good situation in the recovery today is just like Jerusalem. Although we may have a good church life, among us there is almost no realization, no practicality, no actuality, and no reality of the Body life. This is the need in the recovery today. (W.L., Practical Points Concerning Blending, ch. 2)

United States

"The God of our fathers has raised Jesus, whom you slew by hanging Him on a tree. This One God has exalted to His right hand as Leader and Savior, to give repentance to Israel [and the U.S.] and forgiveness of sins." (Acts 5:30-31) Lord, we ask You to do more as the Leader over this country and over the coming elections that You may be the Savior spreading repentance and forgiveness throughout the United Sates.

Gospel Trips - United States

The 2012 gospel trips in 17 cities across the U.S. began last weekend. Nearly 80 full-time trainees joined saints from in and around these cities to continue laboring in the burden of preaching the gospel, spreading the truth, and raising up churches in North America. Reports from North America are being posted at http://gtca.us/reports/ and http://wemigrate.org/updates/.

Please pray that:

• The hungry ones in these cities would find spiritual food in the Word and in the ministry.
• The many contacts from the campuses and communities would be open to meet with the saints to be further shepherded and that they would develop a taste for the Word and the ministry.
• The saints in each city would be strengthened into their inner man for their intensified labor during these trips.
• The Lord would care for every outward situation, including weather, seminar arrangements, and the health and safety of the teams, in order for the truth to spread in North America.
• The Lord would thrust out His workers into each city to enter into the labor begun with the many open students and homes during these two weeks.

Gospel Trips - Europe, Asia, South America, Africa

The prayer requests above for the U.S. trips apply also to the international trips. Reports from these continents are being posted at http://beseeching.org/. A longer report from many nations is at http://beseeching.org/beseeching/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/FTTA-Gospel-Trip-Report-Feb-2-2012.pdf. A report from South Africa is at https://churchinlosangeles.org/prayer/.

London

The saints in London are receiving over 100 new requests for literature each week from the radio broadcast and the Rhema literature distribution. Please pray that many university students, radio listeners, and Rhema recipients will come to the bookshop in central London to have a firsthand view of the ministry publications and face-to-face contact with the saints.

Thessaloniki, Greece

Please pray that the Lord will raise up a lampstand among the seeking ones who have received the ministry publications and that many of them will attend the conference in Athens on 25 February.

Turkey

Recently we contacted local Christian publishers. We showed a printer a copy of W. Nee's book. He went to his bookshelf and took out a small book, a Turkish translation of two chapters of the "Normal Christian Church Life." He said that several of brother Nee's books have been translated into Turkish mainly from German. He told us that W. Nee's books are good.

Right now we need to figure out the legal and practical way to publish and distribute our books in this country. Every book sold or distributed in Turkey needs to have a sticker issued by the government. We are planning to visit the printing house again and ask them more details on publication. Please pray for the spreading of His truth in this country.

Announcements

1. Morning revival: Psalms, week 13 (winter training). After we finish Psalms we will use The Focus of the Lord's Recovery (Thanksgiving conference), which we will finish before the summer training.
2. Saturday night, February 25, will be a joint college meeting at CSUN for all campuses in L.A. Dinner will be provided.
3. Brothers have posted their personal summaries of the first, second, and third messages of the 2012 International Chinese-Speaking Conference.
4. Extracts from and links to blogs of the recovery are at http://www.facebook.com/Christian.Blogs.

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Prayer Requests, January 29, 2012

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FTTA Gospel Trips - Worldwide

The gospel trips are in progress this week in the U.S., Asia, Europe, South America, and South Africa. Colossians 1:5b-6: "the word of the truth of the gospel, which has come to you, even as it is also in all the world, bearing fruit and growing, as also in you, since the day you heard and knew the grace of God in truth." Please pray that

• There will be a sweet coordination and blending of the trainees with the local saints,
• The gospel will be prevailing and the truth will be announced to many seeking ones,
• The trainees will experience the full-time life and service outside the training center,
• The trainees will be broadened in their view of the Lord's move and need on the earth,
• Many young saints will be encouraged to attend FTTs as a result of trainees' testimonies.

FTTA Gospel Trips - United States

A six minute video report from Boston is at http://gtca.us/videos/hfkQgujnXQA.

In San Luis Obispo seven new students continue to be faithful in one-on-one times. This connects us to them both humanly and spiritually and helps cement us to them in a vital relationship. Last Saturday we had a marvelous meeting with with six of our new ones attending; we also had six FTTA trainees with us and the combination of the two was igniting! The singing was electrified and the sharing from the FTTA trainees was inspiring! Continue to pray for our 11 students, that the Lord would not lose one! Some of the new ones, especially the freshman, can be attracted by so many other groups as they can offer more activities and more young people but we pray that they would seek for the heart's desire of our God and that they would not go according to the outward but according to the speaking of the Lord within. "O Lord keep them in Your Name and in Your Word!"

FTTA Gospel Trips - Europe

Please pray:

For the blending with the local saints and that the Lord could gain some key contacts in the University City, an area with over 130,000 students. (Madrid, Spain)

For the blending of the team with the local saints and the going on of the young people. (Berlin, Germany)

That the contact in Milan would read the Rhema material and meet with us again this week, and that many of the local saints and even the young people could participate in our gospel activities, with some functioning as translators. (Italy)

That through the gospel trips the saints here would be bountifully supplied and encouraged by the fellowship; The distribution of Rhema material at the City Centre in downtown Southampton. Pray that some seeking and open people would be attracted to our table and the truth. (UK, South)

That literature would be distributed. That the contacts made from the distribution would make a stronger connection with the saints. For the city of Coventry, that the campus and community work would be strengthened. (UK, North)

A report about the European teams and two photos are on the home page of http://beseeching.org.

FTTA Gospel Trips - South America and Asia

For the safe and timely arrival of our last teammate and for the coordination over the next few days as we finalize our schedule. (Chile)

That the Lord will soften the hearts of these students and embolden the team to preach the gospel in Mandarin; for the young people in Shouliang – the Lord would go on in them and that His words would dwell in them richly that they can come to the full knowledge of the truth; for the meeting hall in Shouliang – that the saints can continue to meet at this site. (Taiwan)

That the Lord could speak the word of comforting and building to the saints in Iligan and Cagayan de Oro. (Philippines)

Downtown Joint High School Gathering

This Saturday, February 4th, we will have a joint gathering of high school Bible clubs from West Adams High, L.A. High and Virgil Middle School. During this gathering we will have activities, lunch, singing and reports from the students as well as speaking from one of our USC Christian students on Matthew 13 regarding having a proper heart to receive the word of God!

Please pray that the Lord would open up the schedules of the students and release the permission from parents so that many can attend this time. Also that there would be an atmosphere and a clear speaking that would touch the hearts of all of the young people. Lastly that the Lord would give the young people a view that they are not alone but that there any many other young people across L.A. who are taking a stand for the Lord in their high schools.

Rhema in Europe

More than 400,000 copies of Rhema free literature sets 1 through 3 have been distributed in Western and Central Europe. Of this number, 25% have been distributed in Romania, and another 36% have been distributed in the UK and Poland combined. Many positive testimonies have been received from the readers concerning the impact of the ministry on their understanding of God's Word and on their Christian lives. It is more than clear that the riches of the truth and the life supply are in the Lord's recovery. Please pray that the Lord will have mercy on many of the readers and shepherd them through the local saints into the church life.

Vienna, Austria

• There is a small meeting in a sister's home in Vienna. Please pray:
• That this meeting will continue week after week
• For the new ones who meet there and for their family members, neighbors, and friends
• That the Lord send more saints to Vienna to support His testimony in that city

International Chinese-Speaking Conference

The conference was held in Taipei last week Wednesday and Thursday. The general subject was "The Heart of the Divine Revelation." The first message was "An Overview of the Four Focal Books—Galatians, Ephesians, Philippians, and Colossians." A brother's summary is here.

Announcements

1. Morning revival: The Four Great Pillars in the Lord's Recovery, week 9.
   A brother's written summary of The Four Great Pillars message 9, which may be useful as a supplement to the morning revival book, is here.
   After The Four Great Pillars, we will use Psalms (winter training) and then The Focus of the Lord's Recovery (Thanksgiving conference). We will finish The Focus the day before the summer training.
2. Saturday night, February 25, will be a joint college meeting at CSUN for all campuses in L.A. Dinner will be provided.
3. The 2012 Spring Russian-Speaking Conference will be in Sacramento March 23-25. The registration deadline is March 4. Details are at https://churchinlosangeles.org/prayer/.
4. An invitation to the spring conference in Israel is at https://churchinlosangeles.org/prayer/. Registration deadline is April 1.
   There will be a conference in Athens February 25-26 followed by tours of Corinth and Athens February 27-28. Details are here.

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Prayer Requests, January 22, 2012

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Christ

Christ is the reality of the law as God's living Word to infuse His living substance into His loving seekers to make us the same as He is in life, nature, and expression (but not in the Godhead) so that we can be the reality of the Body and bring Him back to recover His right over the whole earth. (opening word of Psalms msg. 8)

International Chinese-Speaking Conference

The 2012 International Chinese-Speaking Conference will be January 25-26 in Taipei. Church visiting in Taiwan will be January 27-29.

New Church in Los Angeles Website

We would like to inform all the saints that we have a new website for the church in Los Angeles! Please visit https://churchinlosangeles.org. We hope and pray that this website can be a tool to gain many seeking believers throughout Los Angeles for His testimony. Last week a web programmer from India who has been working with us for the past few months on the construction of the website received the Lord by calling on His name via Skype! Also in the last few days two other seeking Christians have contacted us via the website interested in meeting with us. Please pray for all of these contacts and many more hungry seekers in the Los Angeles area.

For those who use Facebook and Google+ social networks, we have also launched pages for mutual fellowship and for reaching gospel contacts. Visit these pages at http://facebook.com/churchinlosangeles and http://gplus.to/churchinlosangeles. We encourage all of the saints to use the sites freely as gospel tools and to pass them along to friends, coworkers and family members interested in finding a church that by all means some would be saved (1 Cor. 9:22).

FTTA Gospel Trips

This week Tuesday through Friday many trainees and some other saints will depart on gospel trips of 9 to 19 days duration. On these trips they will coordinate with local saints to preach the gospel and shepherd people. Revelation 6:2 says, "And I saw, and behold, a white horse, and he who sits on it had a bow; and a crown was given to him, and he went forth conquering and to conquer." This is the preaching of the gospel, based on the victory already won by Christ, manifesting His glory, and overcoming in Him. Let us pray with those traveling for much victorious and glorious overcoming.

Here are the Los Angeles related trainees and their destinations. A list of all the trips is at the right side of https://churchinlosangeles.org/prayer/.

Santa Barbara Campus Time

Last week was gospel time on the UCSB campus. Students shepherded over the past year were strong participants in reaching other students. During the time there was much prayer and rich enjoyment day by day and house to house. Two students prayed clearly to receive the Lord, at least 87 Recovery Version New Testaments were distributed, and about 40 students are open for further contact.

Please pray for

• Continued shepherding of recently contacted students by on-campus appointments and in homes;
• Rich supply to couples opening homes, to couples supplying food, and to full timers traveling weekly to SB;
• More homes open for students and more saints trained to cherish and nourish students.
  The link to an annotated photo report (for viewing or downloading) is at the right side of https://churchinlosangeles.org/prayer/.

Indianapolis, Indiana

The city of Indianapolis is building a three-block-long Super Bowl Village for the Super Bowl on Sunday, February 5. Ten days before the Super Bowl, the street and convention center will play host to an interactive festival of football.

We are moving ahead with the burden to distribute BfA offers and Bibles here from January 27 to February 5. Please pray with us for an open door, open hearts, the Lord to send us chosen ones for His building, and no problems with security.

Please pray with us that the Lord will send those that He has chosen to this event, that He will lead us and open the way to contact them, and bountifully sow seeds of the gospel, that He will prepare us, strengthen us, and send us out in oneness with Him to do His work for the increase and building of His Body.

Bloomington, Illinois

The saints from Champaign and the Chicago metropolitan area are laboring weekly on about 30 open believers here. We are caring for these dear saints by weekly appointments, monthly mini-conferences, and periodic meetings in their homes. We have had 8 mini-conferences using the book "The All Inclusive Christ." Five to 15 saints from Bloomington attend these conferences. The obvious need is for some with church life experience to migrate here. Our goal is to have a strong enough core to begin meeting as the church in 2012.

Birmingham, Alabama

The church is looking to buy a home close to campus for housing and campus/church meetings. Please pray for us as we consider the homes available that the Lord would make clear His will for us at this time in this matter.

London

The bookshop officially opened on Monday, January 16. Praise Him! Please pray that the Lord will use the bookshop to sow the seed of the ministry in London, the UK, Europe, and beyond.

Announcements

1. Morning revival: The Four Great Pillars in the Lord's Recovery, week 8.
   Brothers' written summaries of ITERO message 8, which may be useful as a supplement to the morning revival book, are here and here.
2. A report about the mid-December flooding in the Philippines, with donation instructions, is here.

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Prayer Requests, January 15, 2012

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Zion

Psalm 87:2: "Jehovah loves the gates of Zion more than all the dwellings of Jacob." Psalm 87 reveals that God's heart is set on Zion with Christ within it. Zion within Jerusalem typifies the overcomers, the perfected and matured God-men, within the church as the heavenly Jerusalem. (Psalms, msg 3) O Lord, perfect us and mature us!

International Chinese-Speaking Conference

The 2012 International Chinese-Speaking Conference will be January 25-26 in Taipei. Church visiting in Taiwan will be January 27-29.

GTCA

Our burden is to gospelize, truthize, and churchize the United States and Canada. This long-term labor is part of the one, unique work of the Lord to propagate his testimony to build up the Body of Christ. This coordinated endeavor requires continued labor and steadfast prayer through this decade and beyond. We can all participate by praying, giving, and going (short-term visits or migrations).

In 2009 to 2011, thirty new churches began meeting in North America. Praise Him!

The 6 minute video GTCA December 2011 Update, shown at the end of the winter training, is at the top of the list of videos at http://gtca.us/videos/. Contact information for the fifteen 2012 cities is at http://gtca.us/2012-cities/.

Upholding the Truth

The Triune God and His word are the truth. The church is the pillar and base upholding and testifying this truth. Petition the Lord for His mercy that we could cooperate with Him
* to be constituted more with truth, and
* to release the truth more in our speaking and on the internet.

FTTA Gospel Trips

Colossians 1:5b-6: "the word of the truth of the gospel, which has come to you, even as it is also in all the world, bearing fruit and growing, as also in you, since the day you heard and knew the grace of God in truth." May this word be the testimony in every destination of the gospel trips. Trips will be between January 24 and February 14. At least 250 saints, mostly FTTA trainees, will go in teams to 15 cities in the U.S., 6 nations in Asia, 11 in Europe, 4 in South America, and South Africa. Specific dates and locations are in a list at https://churchinlosangeles.org/prayer/.

Santa Barbara Campus Sowing Time

"Strengthen, O God, that which You have done for us" (Psalm 68:28b). This week Monday evening through Saturday morning is gospel sowing time on the UCSB campus. Participants on the campus include local students, full timers from UCLA, two FTTA trainees, and some from CSUN. Please petition the Lord that:
- the students that have been with us in 2011 will taste the Lord in the gospel flowing out,
- He will have a way to reach those He has called to make them a new crop of fruit for 2012,
- He will take care of all the practical details,
- Santa Barbara community saints will be refreshed in gospelizing and going out even though this time is focused on the campus.

Midwest College Conference

There will be a Midwest College Conference in the Midwest this weekend, January 20-22, in Indianapolis, Indiana. Ken Walker and Stephen Yowell will be going to care for this time, and appreciate prayers from the church in Los Angeles for the Lord's rich blessing.

Please pray that the college students from all over the Midwest would enter into the experience and enjoyment of Christ as their portion as seen in Colossians. The brothers there are very burdened that the Lord would continue to have a new beginning in this area, and that the students really would see, experience, and enjoy Christ as their Good Land, the Reality of all Positive things, the New Man, and as the Word dwelling in them richly!

Australia

Dick Taylor is with the church in Perth, Australia until Tuesday. Wednesday he is with the church in Sydney, and Thursday he returns to Los Angeles. Pray that Australia be full of people experiencing, enjoying, and expressing Christ. In addition, continue to support the traveling brothers in prayer that they be strengthened in spirit, soul, and body for a rich outflow of truth and life.

Philippines

In the early morning of December 16 a flash flood caused by a typhoon swept through the cities of Cagayan de Oro and Iligan City in the southern Philippines causing widespread damage and loss of life. Many who died were swept away as they were sleeping. To date, the number of dead or unaccounted for is over 2000. A more complete report is here.

At such a time of suffering and loss, we encourage all the churches and saints in the Lord's recovery to bear the burden to pray for the dear saints in the southern Philippines and according to the Lord's leading make a financial offering to help restore the saints to their homes. Offerings designated for "Philippines Relief" can be made payable to the church or given through LME at <http://www.lordsmove.org/offerings.html].

San Luis Obispo

Through your prayers the Lord is continuing to move in San Luis Obispo and specifically on the Cal Poly campus. Last week we met with 5 of our new ones on campus; 6 new ones and 11 total in our Friday club Bible Study; 6 new ones and 19 total Saturday night; and 2 new students and 19 total in the Lord's Day meeting.

We were very blessed to have a couple from Huntington Beach join us for the weekend and a student also from Huntington Beach who is hoping to get accepted into Cal Poly for the Fall.

We hope you can pray for our GTCA week when 6 to 7 FTTA saints join us to blend with our new students and to help build up our campus club. We have been praying twice a week with them to prepare the way for the Lord to take a further step on the campus and with the church.

Again we thank the Lord for His continual supply through your prayers for the church in San Luis Obispo.

Announcements

1. Morning revival: The Four Great Pillars in the Lord's Recovery, week 7. A brother's written summary of ITERO message 7, which may be useful as a supplement to the morning revival book, is at http://newjerusalem12.wordpress.com/2012/01/12/how-to-build-the-church/.
2. The 2012 Spring Russian-Speaking Conference will be in Sacramento March 23-25. The registration deadline is March 4. Details are at https://churchinlosangeles.org/prayer/.
3. An invitation to the spring conference in Israel at https://churchinlosangeles.org/prayer/. Registration deadline is April 1.

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