Week of May 10, 2026
Finishing the Mystery of God
“By which, in reading it, you can perceive my understanding in the mystery of Christ.” (Eph. 3:4)
“This mystery is great, but I speak with regard to Christ and the church.” (Eph. 5:32)
“…The mystery of God is finished, as He has announced the good news to His own slaves the prophets.” (Rev. 10:7)
In the dispensation from Christ to the millennial kingdom—the church age, the age of grace—everything is a mystery. God is a mystery, and Christ, as the embodiment of God to express Him, is the mystery of God. Christ is a mystery, and the church, as the Body of Christ to express Him, is the mystery of Christ. This mystery is God’s economy, which is to dispense Christ, as the embodiment of God, into God’s chosen people in order to produce a Body to be the increase of God’s embodiment in Christ, that God may have a corporate expression. Christ and the church as one spirit are the great mystery.
The kingdom of the heavens (Matt. 13:11), the gospel (Eph. 6:19), the indwelling of Christ (Col. 1:27), and the coming resurrection and transfiguration of the saints as the end of the dispensation of mystery (1 Cor. 15:51-52) are all mysteries. At the trumpeting of the seventh trumpet, all these mysteries will be completed; therefore, the mystery of God will be finished. (Experiencing, Enjoying, and Expressing Christ (4), msg. 6, III.C, 2.a, 3.a-c, 4-5)
Bibles for America – Report and Outlook
There was a significant rise in Bible orders in the latter half of 2025 and we sense deeply that the Lord is moving in a fresh and powerful way in the United States. We distributed over 205,000 Bibles and 41,000 physical books in this country, while our digital content reached over one million people in 192 countries. We have ordered 525,000 English and 25,000 Spanish Recovery Version NTs for 2026.
In 2025, we made a concerted effort to improve our outreach on social media channels by posting more frequently with content specifically designed for these platforms. Our eyes remain upon the Lord, the One who is on the throne and sovereignly ruling over every situation. We believe that all things are being arranged for the preaching of the gospel of the kingdom, that many might be saved and come to the full knowledge of the truth.
We ask for your continued prayer, fellowship, and practical support. Pray specifically:
- For the Lord to increase the hunger for His word.
- That many be saved and come to the full knowledge of the truth.
- For more saints to participate in the gospel and truth distribution.
- For the bountiful supply spiritually and practically to all who are involved.
As the Lord leads, saints who are burdened to participate financially may do so through The Church in Los Angeles designated for “BfA” or “Bibles for America.”
Our Young People
This past weekend, following the Sixth Grade Conference, our recently saved young children were baptized. Praise the Lord! Witnessed by their families, serving ones and the saints in their halls, they acknowledged their salvation from sin, affirmed their belief in the Lord, and consecrated their futures to the Lord and His will.
Please pray for the Lord to fully gain their young hearts, that they will grow in a normal quick way, and that He will preserve them from the enemy and for His interests.
European Young People’s Conference & Family Conference
The annual European Young People’s Conference (EYPC) and European Family Conference (EFC) are taking place from July 26 to August 1 in Małe Ciche, Poland. The burden of the EYPC is to constitute the young people in Europe with the truth in the Bible so that they are encouraged to love the Lord and the Word of God, to pursue Him with one another, and to be built up together in His Body that they may become pillars for the Lord’s move in Europe and for His coming back. The burden of the EFC is to raise up families for the church life. There are 18 total from Los Angeles (including 10 YP, 3 serving ones, and a family of 5) who have preregistered for the conference.
Please pray:
- For the Lord to prepare the vessels of each attendee leading up to the conference, that each one would be poor in spirit and pure in heart, empty and unloaded to receive a fresh revelation of the Lord.
- For the coordination and fellowship among all the participating saints, that there would be the sweet oneness and one accord upon which the Lord can pour out His blessing.
- For the Lord to cover all the practical arrangements and travel.
Italy – Prato
The city of Prato is situated approximately 10 miles from Florence in the northeast of Tuscany. It is the third largest city in Central Italy and the leading textile and clothing hub in Europe. Saints have been gathering together for meetings and mutual shepherding since at least 2006. To date, there are at least 23 homes and over 90 saints with varying degrees of participation in the church life.
After waiting and praying for over 20 years, the saints are full of praise and thanksgiving that the first Lord’s table meeting in Prato will be held this weekend, May 17, with a mini-conference the previous day. The saints feel that this is the Lord’s timing, that He has opened the way and prepared everything for His table. Please pray that the Lord will raise up a strong testimony in Prato and in other key cities in Italy.
Spring CEEB Conference
This weekend, May 15 to 17, a blending conference for the saints and churches in Central and Eastern Europe and the Balkans will be held for the first time in Belgrade, Serbia. Messages will be given in English with simultaneous Serbian/Croatian interpretation. May the Lord richly pour out His blessing upon this time!
Announcements
- Morning Revival: Week 42 of Experiencing, Enjoying, and Expressing Christ (4), vol. 7.
- Wednesday Night Ministry Meeting: The ministry meeting on 1 & 2 Thessalonians continues this Wednesday at 7:25 pm at the Ministry Conference Center and online at www.lsmwebcast.com.
- The Truth Sets US Free: Recordings of past webinars are posted at tsuf.us/participate. The next webinar is this Lord’s Day, May 17 at 2:00 pm.
- Bibles for America’s new blogpost “What is the Christian Life according to the Bible?” is available to read and share at bfa.org/blog.
- Semiannual Training: Registration is due by June 14 to participate in the Semiannual Training by video/webcast ($130), June 29 to July 4. For LA saints, register at tinyurl.com/summertrainingla.
- Memorial Day Conference: May 22 to 25 in Dallas, TX. For LA saints attending in person, please RSVP at tinyurl.com/memdayla. More information is linked at that site.
- Ways to Give: Information may be found at www.churchinlosangeles.org/
members/offerings.
Week of April 26, 2026
“Behold, the Lion of the tribe of Judah”
“And one of the elders said to me, Do not weep; behold, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has overcome so that He may open the scroll and its seven seals.” (Rev. 5:5)
“And I saw in the midst of the throne and of the four living creatures and in the midst of the elders a Lamb standing as having just been slain, having seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven Spirits of God sent forth into all the earth. And He came and took the scroll out of the right hand of Him who sits upon the throne.” (Rev. 5:6-7)
After Christ passed through death, resurrection, and ascension, He stood in the midst of the throne and the four living creatures. There was a resurrected Lamb standing before the throne in heaven.
This Lion-Lamb was standing, not sitting, and His seven eyes were flashing. This indicates that His work was not finished…As far as redemption is concerned, Christ sat down at the right hand of God in the heavens after His ascension (Heb. 1:3; 10:12); however, regarding the carrying out of God’s administration, He is still standing in His ascension.
The redeeming Lamb is now standing at the center of the universe, before God’s throne. This reveals that the Redeemer is now in God’s administration. He is the Administrator of the universe, executing God’s economy…The whole universe is watching this scene. The four living creatures, the twenty-four elders, myriads of angels, and all other creatures are wide-awake, alert, and observing. These are the circumstances in which they proclaim, “To Him who sits upon the throne and to the Lamb be the blessing and the honor and the glory and the might forever and ever” (Rev. 5:13). There is a Lion-Lamb standing in the center of the universe with seven flashing, burning eyes. He saves us from our silence, coldness, and laziness. Our vision must be uplifted to see this Lamb accomplishing a work of eternally vast dimensions. (The Conclusion of the New Testament, pp. 4225-4226, 4236-4237)
Cooperating with the Lord by Being His Faithful Stewards
“Abide in Me and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself unless it abides in the vine, so neither can you unless you abide in Me.” (John 15:4)
“And the Lord said, Who then is the faithful and prudent steward, whom the master will set over his service to give them their portion of food at the proper time?” (Luke 12:42)
In order to carry out His economy, God must have faithful stewards, dispensers, who dispense the divine life supply to God’s children. The Christian living is the living of grace, the experience of grace, so that we may carry out our stewardship of grace, the dispensing of grace. We need to be channels of the bountiful supply of the Spirit of grace, those who minister, who dispense, the word of God’s grace to the saints for their growth in life and for their enjoyment of Christ. (The Ministry of the Word and God’s Dispensing for God’s Economy, msg. 5, II, D, E)
Please pray for all of the saints to continue to abide in the vine to receive the dispensing of grace so that all may be channels of supply to every neighborhood and community in Los Angeles.
Semiannual Training Registrations
This Thursday, April 30 is the firm deadline for saints meeting with the church in Los Angeles to register for live, in-person attendance at the upcoming Semiannual Training, June 29 to July 4 in Anaheim ($205). Late registrations cannot be accepted. Sign-up and payment instructions are at tinyurl.com/summertrainingla. Registrations for local video trainings ($130) are due June 14. Please contact your district’s registration coordinator if you have any questions.
We hope that many saints will seize the opportunity to participate in this training. As the Lord leads, may many be led of the Lord to budget their time and money so that they can physically attend the meetings. Just as Timothy “closely followed” Paul’s “teaching, conduct, purpose, faith, long-suffering, love, endurance” (2 Tim. 3:10), may we likewise closely follow—in a regulated way, girded up in our spirit—the Lord’s up-to-date speaking so that the Lord may build His Body and prepare His bride.
Sixth Grade Conference
This weekend, May 1 to 3, the Southern California Sixth Grade
- For the preparation of all the sixth graders in the churches for this time of being infused with the precious gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ.
- For the Lord to be with all the speaking brothers, to anoint them with the Spirit and give them the utterance to speak a word that will penetrate the hearts of the sixth graders.
- That the parents and serving ones will be in one accord to pray and care for the children in the best way, so that the Lord may dynamically save them and gain them for His purpose.
FTTT Gospel Trips
The Full-time Training in Taipei concludes its five-week overseas gospel trips on April 30. We thank the Lord for blessing and covering all the teams in Europe, Asia and Africa. The trainees have been diligent to preach the gospel daily, share God’s word and the riches of this ministry with others, and encourage the local saints to do the same.
In addition to the safe return of all the trainees to Taipei, please continue to pray for the follow-up shepherding of all the new contacts, that many become remaining fruit in the local churches. As John 15:16 reminds us, “I chose you, and I set you that you should go forth and bear fruit and that your fruit should remain, that whatever you ask the Father in My name, He may give you.”
Angola
Located on the western coast of Southern Africa, Angola is the second-largest Portuguese-
A blending conference will take place in Huambo from May 1 to 3. Nearly 300 saints from around the country are expected to attend. Please uphold the following matters in prayer:
- For the ministry of the Word—that the Lord, through His speaking, gain a living and labor according to the vision of the age, and that this vision would change the age.
- For the traveling saints—that the Lord cover and protect all those traveling from different cities of Angola to the conference.
- For all serving ones—that their service minister life for the building up of the Body of Christ.
- For the new ones coming from the eastern part of the Angola—that they see the vision of the local churches as the practical expression of the universal Body of Christ.
Announcements
- Morning Revival: Week 40 of Experiencing, Enjoying, and Expressing Christ (4), vol. 7.
- Semiannual Training: April 30 is the firm registration deadline for live, in-person attendance at the next Semiannual Training, June 29 to July 4 in Anaheim. For LA saints, please register on time at tinyurl.com/summertrainingla. Registration to participate by video/webcast is due later (June 14).
- Memorial Day Conference: May 22 to 25 in Dallas, TX. For LA saints attending in person, please RSVP by May 1 at tinyurl.com/memdayla. More information is linked at that site.
- The Truth Sets US Free: The recording of the webinar on April 26 is posted at tsuf.us/participate.
- Bibles for America’s recent blogpost “How Can We Practice Praying Without Ceasing?” is available to read and share at bfa.org/blog.
- Wednesday Night Ministry Meeting: The ministry meeting on 1 & 2 Thessalonians continues this Wednesday at 7:25 pm at the Ministry Conference Center and online at www.lsmwebcast.com.
- Ways to Give: Information may be found at www.churchinlosangeles.org/
members/offerings.
Week of April 12, 2026
The Testimony of the Living Jesus
“And when this corruptible will put on incorruption and this mortal will put on immortality, then the word which is written will come to pass, ‘Death has been swallowed up unto victory.’ Where, O death, is your victory? Where, O death, is your sting?” (1 Cor. 15:54-55)
“He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. He who overcomes shall by no means be hurt of the second death.” (Rev. 2:11)
The living One within us can never be dead. His church should be neither dead nor deadened; instead, His church must be living all the time. We must learn to enjoy Christ as the living One. His living forever is His testimony, for the testimony of Jesus is always related to the matter of being living. If a local church is not living, it will not have the testimony of Jesus. The more living we are, the more we are the testimony of the living Jesus.
The Christ who walks in the midst of the churches, who is the Head of the churches and to whom the churches belong, is the living One—full of life. Hence, the churches as His Body should also be living, fresh, and strong. We have a living Christ who has overcome death. Our Christ, who is the resurrected One, is living in us and among us. He is living forever and ever...In the recovery all the churches should be as living as Christ, full of life and overcoming death. (The Conclusion of the New Testament, pp. 4153-4154)
Church in Los Angeles Joint Meeting
The whole church in Los Angeles—all halls, districts, and languages—will meet together at 10:00 am on Lord’s Day, April 26 on the CSUN campus at the Northridge Center Building. We will be joined by saints from Santa Clarita, Thousand Oaks, and San Jose. There will be translation via FM radio into Chinese, Korean, and Spanish, and saints are encouraged to arrive early, full of spirit and enjoyment!
Lunch will be providing after the meeting, and for our young working saints there will be a special time of blending and fellowship immediately following lunch.
Please pray for a healthy attendance and blending, as well as for the preparation and coordination among all the saints. Lord, release Your timely speaking and burden to all the saints!
LA Bible Distribution Webinar
With the ongoing burden of The Truth Sets US Free (TSUF), the Lord is calling all the saints to enter into a living, personal gospel life—not just outward activity, but an inward burden to contact people and share Christ daily. Our hope is that through such a calling, all the saints would be enlivened and participate together for the gospel of the kingdom to spread throughout the United States, including Los Angeles.
Our second local preparation webinar will be on how to go out on the gospel with a Bibles for America table. The webinar will be held on Zoom from 10:00 to 11:00 am this Saturday, April 18, with translation into Chinese, Korean, and Spanish. Please see hall announcements for details.
Please pray:
- That all the saints develop a personal, daily gospel living before the Lord.
- That many rise up to enter into the burden and participate in gospel outreach with the BfA tables.
- That the Lord bless the saints’ going out and bringing seeking ones to receive His word.
Bishop, California
Bishop is a town at the Eastern Sierra Mountains, approximately 250 miles north of Los Angeles. One sister in LA Hall 2 works in Bishop and some Hall 2 saints have felt for several months that we should set up a BfA table there. The opportunity has opened up at an Earth Day and Spring Market this Lord’s Day, April 19, 8:00 am to 3:00 pm. We obtained approval to set up a BfA table at this one-day event. Saints are welcome to join us for this time.
Monday morning will be tract distribution at Bishop high school.
We ask the Lord to lead us in every step and that He might have His way through this time of distribution and contacting people. Please pray with us:
- That the Lord arrange and work out all the details.
- That the Lord prepare people who will receive the literature, read it, and desire further contact.
- That the Lord use this weekend as a step toward raising up the church in Bishop.
West Coast Korean-speaking Conference
The 2026 North America West Coast Korean-speaking Conference is April 18 and 19 in Cerritos for SoCal saints and on Zoom for all other regions. The two sessions on “The Ministry of the Word and God’s Dispensing for God’s Economy” are this Saturday, April 18, 6:30 to 9:30 pm and Lord’s Day, April 19, 9:00 am to 12:30 pm. There will be translation from Korean to English. Info is at tinyurl.com/2026westcoast.
Please pray for the Lord to fully release His burden from the recent ITERO during this conference, and for the blending of the saints for the building up of the Body of Christ.
SoCal Spring College Conference Follow-up
Thank you, saints, for your prayers for the college conference this past weekend! More than 80 students from LA attended at least one meeting. A solid word was released concerning the golden lampstands as the testimony of Jesus. We now need much follow-up prayer:
- For our students to behold the Lord Jesus face to face and morning by morning so that they can reflect His glory to others.
- That they allow the Lord to trim away any negative factors in them so that they may shine brighter and brighter in the midst of the darkness of this age.
- That they give themselves to live in the daily church life in their localities.
European Young People’s Conference & Family Conference
The annual European Young People’s Conference (EYPC) and European Family Conference (EFC) are taking place from July 26 to August 1 in Małe Ciche, Poland. The burden of the EYPC is to constitute the young people in Europe with the truth in the Bible so that they are encouraged to love the Lord and the Word of God, to pursue Him with one another, and to be built up together in His Body that they may become pillars for the Lord’s move in Europe and for His coming back. The burden of the EFC is to raise up families for the church life.
For this summer, a total of 18 from Los Angeles (10 YP, 3 serving ones, and a family of 5) have preregistered for the conference. Please pray:
- For the Lord to prepare the vessels of each attendee leading up to the conference, that each one would be poor in spirit and pure in heart, empty and unloaded to receive a fresh revelation of the Lord.
- For the coordination and fellowship among all the participating saints, that there would be the sweet oneness and one accord upon which the Lord can pour out His blessing.
- For the Lord to cover all the practical arrangements and travel.
Announcements
- Morning Revival: Week 38 of Experiencing, Enjoying, and Expressing Christ (4), vol. 7.
- The Truth Sets US Free: Lord’s Day, April 26 at 2:00 pm PT is the next webinar regarding the burden to spread God’s interpreted Word to hungry seekers throughout the US this year. To watch, catch up on archived videos, and learn more about spreading the truth of the gospel, visit tsuf.us/participate.
- Semiannual Training: Registration is now open for the June 2026 Semiannual Training, June 29 to July 4 in Anaheim and by webcast. For LA saints, registration is due April 30 (live) and June 14 (video) at tinyurl.com/summertrainingla.
- Memorial Day Conference: May 22 to 25 in Dallas, TX. For LA saints attending in person, please RSVP by May 1 at tinyurl.com/memdayla. More information is linked at that site.
- Wednesday Night Ministry Meeting: The ministry meeting on 1 & 2 Thessalonians continues this Wednesday at 7:25 pm at the Ministry Conference Center and online at www.lsmwebcast.com.
- Bibles for America’s blogpost “Walking by Faith: What We Can Learn from Matthew 14” is available to read and share at bfa.org/blog.
- A Timely Speaking of Supply: Enjoy a free weekly video from messages given by Brother Lee at lsm.org/timely-speaking.
html. - LSM Digital Resources: Living Stream Ministry’s many digital resources, including newsletters and free booklets, may be enjoyed at lsm.org/daily.
- Ways to Give: Information may be found at www.churchinlosangeles.org/
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Week of March 29, 2026
Praying with Authority
“And He subjected all things under His feet and gave Him to be Head over all things to the church, which is His Body, the fullness of the One who fills all in all.” (Eph. 1:22-23)
“And raised us up together with Him and seated us together with Him in the heavenlies in Christ Jesus.” (Eph. 2:6)
The Bible contains a most lofty and spiritual prayer. It is the “prayer of authority.” A prayer of authority is a commanding prayer. This is the most crucial and most spiritual prayer in the Bible.
We must submit ourselves to God’s authority. If we do not submit to God’s authority, we cannot pray with authority. Not only must we submit to God’s authority with respect to His position, but we also must submit to His authority in our daily living and in all practical matters.
Ordinary prayer is directed from earth to heaven...A prayer with authority has heaven as its starting point and the earth as its destination. In the spiritual warfare, the kind of prayer that prays downward is very important...It is to stand in the position that Christ has given us in the heavenlies, to command Satan with authority and reject all his works, and to proclaim with authority that all God’s commands should be accomplished. If we pray for a realization of God’s will and a decision concerning it,...we should say, “God, You have to do this. You have to accomplish this. No matter what happens, You must fulfill this work.” (CWWN, vol. 22, “The Prayer Ministry of the Church,” pp. 191, 203, 194)
Our Center, Our Reality, and Our Content
The subject of John’s writings is the Triune God dispensing Himself into His chosen people as the life and life supply to make them all divine to express Him in full for eternity. This is the central message of all the writings of John. The divine reality in the whole universe is revealed in John’s writings. The reality, the center, and the content of the entire universe is that the Triune God—the Father, the Son, and the Spirit—wants to dispense Himself into His chosen people as their life and life supply to make them divine to express Him in full and for eternity. This should also be our center, our reality, and our content. (CWWL, 1983, vol. 2, “The Divine Dispensing of the Divine Trinity,” p. 237)
2026 Spring Junior High Conferences
Our junior high brothers enjoyed their spring conference last weekend, March 27 to 29, at Oak Glen. This weekend, April 3 to 5, our junior high sisters will have theirs. The topic is “The Precious Blood of Christ.” In all, we have 10 young people across LA participating in these conferences.
Please pray:
- That our dear YP see the complete effectiveness of the blood of Christ in dealing with their history of sin, and that such a word release them from any accusation or lingering guilt in their conscience, that they may pursue the Lord in an unhindered way.
- That they enjoy a healthy digestion of the words received, learning early on in their Christian life the importance of confession and applying the blood throughout their daily walk at school, at home, and with the saints.
- That the Lord use these conferences to blend and companionize all the YP at this crucial time before they enter high school; may each YP find companions that would be a “keeping factor” in their church life going forward.
LA Chinese-speaking Blending Retreat
This weekend, April 3 to 5, Chinese-speaking saints from LA, Santa Barbara and Thousand Oaks, will be at Oak Glen for a twice-yearly blending retreat. May the bountiful supply of the Body of Christ shepherd and encourage all the saints!
Please pray:
- That the saints prepare and empty themselves so that the Lord could have His way in their hearts, and that His Word as light would shine upon their steps.
- For the blending of the saints from different localities.
European Brothers Training and London Blending Conference
The Spring European Brothers Training, a review of the recent ITERO messages by the leading ones in Europe on “The Ministry of the Word and God’s Dispensing for God’s Economy,” is taking place this week, April 1 to 3, near Bower House at Woodland Camp. This training will be followed by the International Blending Conference in London from April 4 to 5.
Please pray for the release and receiving of the Lord’s word and for His hand to follow His word to accomplish whatever is in His heart.
Spring European University Conference Follow-up
The topic of last weekend’s European University Conference in The Netherlands was “…His Wife Has Made Herself Ready.” In total, 507 saints attended with 34 countries represented; 5 were baptized, including one new sister from Italy. Praise the Lord! May the Lord continue draw this generation of students to love Him with the first love and pursue Him to gain Him as their goal and prize.
Please pray for the word to operate in each one’s heart and to be applied in their daily living, that they would be washed in the water of the Word and cooperate with the Lord to stitch their wedding garment each day to be prepared as His bride!
Italy – Translation Work
We are pleased to announce the beginning of the translation of the New Testament Recovery Version into Italian, which is the last major European language without this invaluable resource. We expect to begin the project this spring.
Please pray for the Lord’s covering of the serving ones and His blessing on every aspect of this project. May the Lord’s interests in Italy continue to advance this coming year as the saints all over the earth participate through intercessory prayer.
Africa
A few blending conferences are happening in Africa this weekend, April 2 to 5, to review the messages from the recent International Chinese-speaking Conference on “Noah, Daniel, and Job—Patterns of Living an Overcoming Life on the Line of Life to Fulfill the Economy of God.” These conferences will take place in Ghana (joined by saints from Togo), Nigeria (joined by saints from Benin), and Kenya (joined by saints from Uganda, Rwanda, Democratic Republic of the Congo, and South Sudan).
Through these blending conferences with the ministry of the word, may the Lord gain in Africa the reality and testimony of a corporate God-man living to fulfill His divine economy and change the age.
Announcements
- Morning Revival: Week 6 of The All-inclusive Christ as Revealed in Matthew. Next week, starting April 6, we begin Experiencing, Enjoying, and Expressing Christ (4), vol. 7.
- Wednesday Night Ministry Meeting: The ministry meeting on 1 & 2 Thessalonians continues this Wednesday at 7:25 pm at the Ministry Conference Center and online at www.lsmwebcast.com.
- 2026 North America West Coast Korean-speaking Conference: April 18 and 19 (Saturday 6:30 pm and Lord’s Day 9:00 am) in Cerritos and online. All saints welcome! Korean-to-English translation will be provided throughout. For more information, go to tinyurl.com/2026westcoast.
- LSM Newsletter: The March 2026 issue features an explanation of the terms God-man, God-men as well as a history of the Nuggets and Gems booklets. Go to newsletters.lsm.org/having-
this-ministry. - Bibles for America’s blogpost “Walking by Faith: What We Can Learn from Matthew 14” is available to read and share at bfa.org/blog.
- Memorial Day Conference: May 22 to 25 in Dallas, TX. For LA saints attending in person, please RSVP by May 1 at tinyurl.com/memdayla. More information is linked at that site.
- Ways to Give: Information may be found at www.churchinlosangeles.org/
members/offerings.
Week of March 8, 2026
God With Us
“‘Behold, the virgin shall be with child and shall bear a son, and they shall call His name Emmanuel’ (which is translated, God with us).” (Matt. 1:23)
“And behold, I am with you all the days until the consummation of the age.” (Matt. 28:20b)
“And He said, My presence shall go with you, and I will give you rest.” (Exo. 33:14)
Christ is God with us [Matt. 1:23]. This is revealed not only in Matthew 1 but also in Matthew 28, where the Lord Jesus said, “Behold, I am with you all the days until the consummation of the age” (v. 20). Actually, the entire New Testament is an Emmanuel, and we are now a part of this great Emmanuel that will consummate in the New Jerusalem in the new heaven and new earth for eternity. (Life-study of Isaiah, 2nd ed., pp. 53-54)
To live with Christ as Emmanuel, we need to be in His divine presence, which is the life-giving Spirit as the consummation of the Triune God (Gal. 5:25). To live with Christ, we still live, yet not by ourselves alone but by Christ living in us and with us as Emmanuel; the Triune God cannot complete His intention to dispense Himself into our being outside of us; therefore, His being with us must be inward (2:20). Emmanuel is our life and person, and we are His organ, living together with Him as one person; our victory depends upon Emmanuel, the presence of Jesus. If we have the Lord’s presence, we have wisdom, insight, foresight, and the inner knowledge concerning things; the Lord’s presence is everything to us.
If we would enter, possess, and enjoy the all-inclusive Christ as the reality of the good land, we must do so by the presence of the Lord. The Lord promised Moses, “My presence shall go with you, and I will give you rest” (Exo. 33:14); God’s presence is His way, the “map” that shows His people the way they should take. (The All-inclusive Christ as Revealed in Matthew, msg. 3, II.E.1-3, F)
May the Lord lead the church in Los Angeles on, by all the saints seeking His face!
Bibles for America
“Indeed days are coming, declares the Lord Jehovah, when I will send a hunger into the land, not a hunger for bread nor a thirst for water, but for hearing the words of Jehovah.” (Amos 8:11)
We at Bibles for America (BfA) are so thankful to the Lord for the growing hunger for His Word we’re witnessing among the people in this country. In addition to the Bible orders that are placed online with us directly, we are also receiving many more orders from both individual saints and churches for distribution materials, including Bibles, books, and tracts.
This increase in orders can be attributed to the fellowship and burden regarding The Truth Sets US Free (TSUF). To find out more about TSUF and how you can participate, including how to order materials for personal distribution, please visit tsuf.us/participate.
Please pray that orders from both the public and the saints would continue to increase, and that many more people would come to the full knowledge of the truth this year.
SCYP High School Conferences
The SoCal High School Brothers Conference concluded this past weekend while the Sisters Conference will be this weekend, March 13 to 15, at Oak Glen. The topic is “The Unique Way of Faith.”
Please pray:
- For the faith of the brothers to be strengthened as they return to their ordinary days.
- For the Lord to prepare the beings of the sisters, that their conscience would be pure and void of offense, their heart would be soft and open towards Him.
- For each attendee to be freed from all distractions within and without so that they would thoroughly enjoy the Lord in these conferences.
- That, following the conference, all the young people will learn to walk with God, by not overriding Him, and seize the golden opportunity to perfect the faith of those who have come before.
ITERO
The International Training for Elders and Responsible Ones will be in Anaheim from March 20 to 22. The general subject is “The Ministry of the Word and God’s Dispensing for God’s Economy.”
Please pray for the rich and timely supply of Christ to be ministered to all the brothers that they may grow in life and be equipped further in their function and service. May the Lord gain and perfect all the brothers as 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 their respective local churches.
Italy – Shepherding Trips
The Italy gospel trip reports with detailed prayer burdens are available at tinyurl.com/olreports26. Please continue to pray for the shepherding of the seeking ones contacted during the Torch Relay and Olympics gospel trips. Pray that new lampstands be raised up in Turin, Bologna, Prato, Naples, and other key cities, and that the churches in Rome, Milan, and Vicenza be strengthened.
An application form is posted at tinyurl.com/italyshep for saints to participate in follow-up shepherding trips from now until the end of the year. We expect a good number of saints to join the international conference in Rome from May 9 to 10; specific trips are being planned around those dates.
Saints who are burdened to give for the Lord’s move in Italy may do so through the Church in Los Angeles designated for “Italy Olympics.”
The Entire World Situation
“…For His dominion is an eternal dominion, and His kingdom is from generation to generation; and all the inhabitants of earth are considered as nothing, but He does according to His will in the army of heaven and among the inhabitants of the earth; and there is no one who can resist His hand or say to Him, What are You doing?” (Dan. 4:34-35)
The entire world situation is under the rule of the heavens by the God of the heavens in order to give Christ the preeminence in all things, to cause Christ to have the first place in everything. (Experiencing, Enjoying, and Expressing Christ (3), msg. 9, IV.F, 1)
Regarding Israel, Iran and the Middle East, please continue to pray:
- That the Lord would do His will in the midst of the current situation and lead the world to the condition He needs for His move, so that many may be saved and the church may be edified.
- That the Lord would preserve His people and keep them from all danger and harm.
- That the inner man of the saints would be strengthened to experience the Lord’s inner movement and His organic salvation in the midst of any situation.
Announcements
- Morning Revival: Week 3 of The All-inclusive Christ as Revealed in Matthew.
- Wednesday Night Ministry Meeting: The ministry meeting on 1 & 2 Thessalonians continues this Wednesday at 7:25 pm at the Ministry Conference Center and online at www.lsmwebcast.com.
- Bibles for America’s new blogpost “Walking by Faith: What We Can Learn from Matthew 14” is available to read and share at bfa.org/blog.
- ICSC: Recordings of the International Chinese-speaking Conference on “Noah, Daniel, and Job—Patterns of Living an Overcoming Life on the Line of Life to Fulfill the Economy of God” are available for free without subscription until March 17 at www.lsmwebcast.com.
- Memorial Day Conference: May 22 to 25 in Dallas, TX. For LA saints attending in person, please RSVP by May 1 at tinyurl.com/memdayla. More information is linked at that site.
- GTCA: To learn more about the burden for migration and 2026 target cities, visit gtca.us.
- Ways to Give: Information may be found at www.churchinlosangeles.org/
members/offerings.