Week of April 5, 2026
The Golden Lampstand
“And you shall make a lampstand of pure gold. The lampstand with its base and its shaft shall be made of beaten work; its cups, its calyxes, and its blossom buds shall be of one piece with it.” (Exo. 25:31)
“To know Him and the power of His resurrection and the fellowship of His sufferings, being conformed to His death.” (Phil. 3:10)
“Therefore we do not lose heart; but though our outer man is decaying, yet our inner man is being renewed day by day. For our momentary lightness of affliction works out for us, more and more surpassingly, an eternal weight of glory.” (2 Cor. 4:16-17)
The golden lampstand symbolizes the Triune God. The Father as the substance is embodied in the Son, the Son as the embodiment is expressed through the Spirit, the Spirit is fully realized and expressed as the churches, and the churches are the testimony of Jesus. To experience the golden lampstands as the testimony of Jesus, the corporate expression of Jesus (Acts 9:4-5; 1 Cor. 12:12), we must be filled with the Spirit of Jesus (Acts 16:7) by calling on the name of the Lord Jesus continually (1 Cor. 12:3, 13; Rom. 10:12-13; Lam. 3:55-56) to bear the brands of Jesus (Gal. 6:17) as brothers and fellow partakers in the tribulation, kingdom, and endurance in Jesus (Rev. 1:9-10).
The beating of the gold to form a stand signifies the believers’ participation in Christ’s sufferings. Everything that goes on in our environment is for the producing of the beaten lampstand. If we set our mind on knowing God—submitting to the inward working of the Spirit and to the outward environment—every circumstance will become an opportunity for us to know Him. If a man does not know God in his lifetime, he has wasted his whole life. May the Lord make us willing to accept His dealings in our circumstances so that we may know Him more. (Experiencing, Enjoying, and Expressing Christ (4), msg. 1, II.A-C, 1-2)
SoCal Spring College Conference
The college conference this coming weekend is entitled “The Shining Testimony of Jesus” and will take place in Cerritos. Please pray:
- That the students be freshly called out of their busyness to seek the Lord and His purpose in the meetings this weekend.
- That students be in spirit to see the universal church and local churches as the testimony of Jesus for their entrance into the church life.
- That many newer and younger ones be solidified and gained for God’s expression today.
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 Saturday, April 18, 6:30 to 9:30 pm and Lord’s Day, April 19, 9:00 am to 12:30 pm. All the saints are invited, especially those who are Korean-speaking. There will also be translation from Korean to English throughout the conference. More details, including schedule and Zoom links, are at tinyurl.com/2026westcoast.
Please pray for the Lord to fully release His burden during this conference, and for the blending of the saints for the building up of the Body of Christ.
France – Francophone Conference in Paris
The annual spring French-speaking blending conference will be held this weekend, April 10 to 12, in Paris. The general subject is “The Great Need for a New Revival.”
Please pray for the Lord’s word to run and be glorified in the French-speaking world through this conference and for the Lord to advance in His move in France through His up-to-date speaking. May the new ones come, be touched by the Lord, and be captured more by the vision of God’s economy and the Lord’s recovery.
FTTT Gospel Trips
April is the month for the Full-time Training in Taipei’s gospel trips abroad. This year, trainee teams are being sent to Europe (France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Portugal, Spain, United Kingdom), Africa (Zimbabwe), and other Asian nations (Cambodia, Japan, Laos, Sri Lanka, Thailand). The burden is for the trainees to gain experience in presenting the gospel to all kinds of people, especially college students, and to learn how to coordinate among themselves and with local saints. Such trips provide opportunities for the Lord’s further speaking and training in environments very different from the training center.
Please ask the Lord to supply the traveling trainees richly with His grace and hide them from any attack of the enemy. May the Lord impart to each one a personal burden for lifelong service within the context of His economy and move.
Ethiopia
A blending conference is taking place this weekend in Addis Ababa. The topic is “Noah, Daniel, and Job—Patterns of Living an Overcoming Life on the Line of Life to Fulfill the Economy of God.”
Through this blending conference with the ministry of the word, may the Lord gain in Ethiopia the reality and testimony of a corporate God-man living to fulfill His divine economy and change the age.
Announcements
- Morning Revival: Week 37 of Experiencing, Enjoying, and Expressing Christ (4), vol. 7.
- 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.
- 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.
- Ways to Give: Information may be found at www.churchinlosangeles.org/
members/offerings.
Week of March 15, 2026
The Effect of the Vision of God’s Building on Our Work Today
“And he carried me away in spirit onto a great and high mountain and showed me the holy city, Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God.” (Rev. 21:10)
“…I will build My church, and the gates of Hades shall not prevail against it.” (Matt. 16:18)
“That Christ may make His home in your hearts through faith…” (Eph. 3:17)
The New Jerusalem is a composition of divinity and humanity blended and mingled together as one entity. All the components have the same life, nature, and constitution and thus are a corporate person. This is a matter of God becoming man and man becoming God in life and in nature but not in the Godhead. These two, God and man, man and God, are built up together by being blended and mingled together. This is the completion, the consummation, of God’s building. We all need to see this vision.
The vision of God’s building will affect our work today…If we realize that God desires to work Himself into His chosen people and if we realize that this is what we all need, then the goal of our work will be to minister Christ to others so that the Triune God may build Himself into their being.
Yes, we need to save sinners and to feed the saints and perfect them. The crucial matter, however, is that we minister God to others. The God whom we minister is not just the building God—He is also the builded God. If we fail to minister God in this way, our work will be wood, grass, and stubble (1 Cor. 3:12).
If we are sincere and genuine, we will humble ourselves and confess that not very much of the Triune God has been wrought into the ones we have brought to God…We need to practice one thing—to minister the processed Triune God into others so that He may build Himself into their inner man. In every aspect of our work—preaching the gospel, feeding the believers, perfecting the saints—the intrinsic element must be that we minister the building and builded God to others. I would urge you to pray that the Lord would teach you to work in this way. (Life-study of 1 & 2 Samuel, 2nd ed., pp. 201-203)
ITERO
The International Training for Elders and Responsible Ones will take place in Anaheim this weekend, March 20 to 22. The subject is “The Ministry of the Word and God’s Dispensing for God’s Economy.”
Please pray:
- For the Lord to release His up-to-date word to the leading brothers in this training.
- For the intensified spreading and building up of the churches throughout the world as a result of the operating of this word in the elders and responsible brothers and in all the saints.
- For the Lord’s covering over the entire training and the safe travels and health of all the brothers attending the training.
UCLA/USC Student Spring Break Trips
In the next two weeks, many of our students from UCLA and USC will participate in blending trips during their spring break. There are three trips: 13 UCLA students will visit Tennessee, 11 UCLA students will visit Colorado, and 6 USC students will visit the Bay Area. May the Lord bless everyone involved with these trips and use them for His purpose!
Please pray:
- That the students have a fresh enjoyment of the Lord and see a vision of the Body of Christ.
- That the Lord blend the visiting and hosting saints together.
- That the Lord cover the health and safety of all the traveling students and serving ones.
FTTA-MA
The spring term of the Middle-age Training in Anaheim began this week on March 16. Please pray:
- For a strong start to the new term of training and for the Lord’s covering and blessing of all the trainees, serving ones, and their families.
- That the Lord perfect this group of trainees and many other middle-age saints to be useful members in His Body, to participate in His move, and to grow in a normal way to reach maturity in the divine life.
United States
Pray for the Lord’s mercy on the people of this country, that they would be open to the gospel and the truths concerning God’s economy so that more could be rescued from the present evil age and participate in God’s building of the church as their practical salvation before the Lord’s return.
Belfast, Northern Ireland
Belfast is the capital and largest city in Northern Ireland. There are about 20 saints meeting there with the aspiration to start the Lord’s table at the right time. With a troubled and violent history of religious strife between Catholics and Protestants, it would surely be a shame to the enemy to raise up a church there on the ground of oneness.
Please pray for saints to migrate under the Head and in the Body to strengthen the Lord’s testimony in Belfast! May the Lord gain what He is after in this city.
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.”
Announcements
- Morning Revival: Week 4 of The All-inclusive Christ as Revealed in Matthew.
- No Wednesday Night Ministry Meeting: There is no ministry meeting this week due to preparations for ITERO. The meeting will resume next Wednesday, March 25 at 7:25 pm.
- LA Bible Distribution Webinar: Save the date! All the saints are invited to a webinar on March 28 from 10:00 to 11:00 am to receive helpful fellowship and be equipped to distribute Bibles and spread God’s word in Los Angeles. There will be translation into Spanish, Korean, and Chinese. Zoom details will be communicated by halls next week.
- 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.
- 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.