Week of June 29
The Highest Work and the Highest Expression
Praise is the highest work carried out by God's children. We can say that the highest expression of a saint's spiritual life is his praise to God. God's throne is the highest point in the universe, yet He sits “enthroned upon the praises of Israel” (Psa. 22:3). God's name and even God Himself are exalted through praise. (CWWN, vol. 48, “Messages for Building Up New Believers (1),” lesson 16, p. 247)
2025 June Semiannual Training
The Semiannual Training is taking place this week, June 30 to July 6, in Anaheim and by webcast in Los Angeles and around the world. The subject is “Experiencing, Enjoying, and Expressing Christ (3).”
Pray for the release of the Lord's word to meet His present need for the building up of His Body and the preparation of His Bride. May our vessel be open and empty to receive and digest His up-to-date speaking. Pray that through this training the Triune God will operate more in us to accomplish His will, fulfill His purpose, and satisfy the desire of His heart.
FTTA and FTTA-MA
Last weekend, trainees graduated from the FTTA, FTTA-XB, and FTTA-MA. Please continue to pray for all these ones to follow the Lamb wherever He may go. Pray also for many college graduates and young working saints to answer God's call to go to the FTTA next term. A video of the graduation meeting is available for a limited time at ftta.org.
The Fall 2025 term of the Middle-age Full-time Training in Anaheim goes from September 8 to December 20. The classes are given in English, Chinese, Korean and Spanish. It is hoped that many saints in the Lord's recovery, especially those between the ages of 35 and 65, will seize this opportunity to be perfected. All FTTA-MA applications must be received by August 19.
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.
France
We continue to be burdened for the raising up of at least 3 new lampstands in 2025, particularly in Lille, Nanterre (Paris region), and Toulouse.
Please continue to pray also that the Lord would increase the team of full-time serving ones in Paris to take care of the Lord's needs throughout French-speaking Europe. Please pray for the release of all the necessary long stay visas for these saints.
2026 Winter Olympics in Italy
Next year, the 2026 Winter Olympic Games will be held in Milan and Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy, from February 6 to 22. The Torch Relay throughout Italy will begin on December 6, 2025. Please pray:
- That the Lord will be wisdom to His Body on how to take advantage of this opportunity to sow Christ as the seed of the kingdom into many who attend this event.
- That the Lord will use the upcoming months to prepare the hearts of many seeking people to receive Christ in His word and be added to the Lord's testimony in Italy and other parts of Europe.
- For the Lord to grace the serving saints to prepare the most effective ministry publications for distribution to the seeking ones.
Middle East
Please continue to pray for the situation in Israel and the Middle East, that through the prayers of the saints the evil rulers and authorities in the air, and the human agents used by them, will be bound, and God's interests will be furthered and His chosen ones preserved.
Pray that God will use the situation to cause the gospel of the kingdom to be proclaimed, and that many people, regardless of ethnicity, religion or background, will be unveiled to see Christ as the Savior and the only way to God.
Announcements
- Morning Revival: REPEAT Week 24 or enjoy material from the Semiannual Training. Next week, starting July 7, we will get into Chapters 5 through 8 of Romans—the Kernel of the Bible (ICSC).
- No Prayer Meeting: To make way for the Semiannual Training, there will not be a church prayer meeting on Tuesday, July 1. It will resume on July 8.
- Wednesday Night Ministry Meeting: The weekly ministry series will resume on August 20.
- The LA Years: This oral history project at www.layears.org documents the early years of the church life in Los Angeles from 1958–1974, including written history, photos, and first-hand testimonies.
- Bibles for America's recent blogpost “The Immense Significance of the Human Spirit” is available to read and share at bfa.org/blog. Helpful videos are also available at bfa.org/videos.
- Free e-Booklets: Living Stream Ministry offers free e-booklets to read and share. The latest release is “Paul's Secret of Sufficiency in Christ” at www.lsm.org/life-study-philippians.
- 500 Life-studies App: To learn more about the burden for the Life-studies, including the 500 Life-studies app, please visit 500lifestudies.org.
- Ways to Give: Information about the church's online giving platform, Subsplash, and where to mail checks, are at www.churchinlosangeles.org/members/offerings.
Week of June 22
Fighting the Spiritual Warfare in the Body by Prayer
“Put on the whole armor of God that you may be able to stand against the stratagems of the devil.” (Eph. 6:10)
“And receive…the sword of the Spirit, which Spirit is the word of God, by means of all prayer and petition, praying at every time in spirit and watching unto this in all perseverance and petition concerning all the saints.” (Eph. 6:17-18)
The whole armor of God is for the entire Body of Christ as the corporate warrior, not for any individual member of the Body. We must fight the spiritual warfare in the Body, not as individuals.
Among the six items of God's armor, the sword of the Spirit is the only one for attacking the enemy; with the sword we cut the enemy to pieces. Christ as the Spirit and the word furnishes us with a sword as an offensive weapon to defeat and slay the enemy. When the logos (the constant word in the Bible) becomes the rhema (the present, instant, living speaking of the Spirit) to us, this rhema is the sword that cuts the enemy to pieces.
Prayer may be considered the seventh item of the armor of God, because it is the means by which we apply the other items. Prayer is the unique way to apply Christ as the armor of God. It is prayer that makes the armor available to us in a practical way. (Experiencing, Enjoying, and Expressing Christ (2), msg. 12, II.A, H.1-3, I.1-2)
June 2025 Semiannual Training
The Semiannual Training will be held next week, June 30 to July 5, at the Ministry Conference Center in Anaheim and by webcast in Los Angeles and around the world. The general subject is “Experiencing, Enjoying, and Expressing Christ (3).”
Please pray for the Lord to bless all the preparations for the upcoming training and cover the travel of all the saints. Pray for the Lord to strengthen and protect all the speaking brothers in their tripartite being as they seek Him and labor diligently in cutting straight the word of the truth. Pray for the release and receiving of the Lord's up-to-date burden, that the Spirit will operate through the speaking to build up the Body and prepare the bride for His return.
FTTA Graduations
This Saturday morning, June 28, is the graduation meeting for the 2025 Spring Class of the Full-time Training in Anaheim. There are 86 graduating trainees. The meeting starts at 9:30 am at the Ministry Conference Center and includes a recognition of the Boston Extension (FTTA-XB) trainees; it can also be seen online at www.ftta.org/graduation.php. In the afternoon, the Middle-age Training (FTTA-MA) graduation starts at 2:00 pm at 1853 W Ball Rd.
Please pray for the graduates of the FTTA, FTTA-XB and the FTTA-MA trainings, that they will continue to pursue Christ, gain Him, live Him, and minister Him for the building up of the Body. Pray for the Lord to be magnified and glorified through the corporate presentations and that all who attend in person or watch online would be drawn afresh to love our dear Lord Jesus and run after Him.
LA Truth School and Children's Bible Camp
Thank you, saints, for your prayers. Over the past two days, the atmosphere at our LA Truth School and Children's Bible Camp was one of mutual shepherding and care. We started on Lord's Day evening with an enjoyable time of singing and concluded with a bonfire. Monday afternoon we had another blending opportunity in various activities with teams comprised of attendees from both camps.
Many saints have testified how wonderful it is for families with children of all ages to be together, to eat together, and to lodge together. Please pray:
- For the Lord to bless all of the children, young people, and families as they return home to Los Angeles.
- That our children would remember their Creator all the days of their lives and know that they were “awesomely and wonderfully made” (Psa. 139:14).
- That our young people would continue to enjoy the church life and be factors of life for the building up of the church.
France – Nanterre
Nanterre is a suburb to the west of Paris. The city of Nanterre includes Paris Nanterre University, one of the largest and most prestigious universities in France. The saints who live in this area currently meet as a district of the church in Paris, but there is a burden and desire to raise up a lampstand in Nanterre.
There is currently a meeting on Monday nights for students and young adults, which alternates between two homes. Around 20 saints attend for dinner and fellowship, including seven newer ones who were contacted during the gospel trips last year. In the beginning, the newer ones would merely listen, but now they are all actively participating by asking and answering questions and sharing their experiences.
Last Monday night a newer one just discovered for himself the high peak of the divine revelation: that God wants to make man the same as He is in life and nature but not in the Godhead. This was a great discovery to him, and everyone in the meeting was so happy that he touched the mark of God's economy!
Please pray:
- That the Lord will establish a golden, shining lampstand in Nanterre.
- That He will release a meeting hall in Nanterre at the appointed time.
- That He will shepherd and perfect all the saints, including the new ones gained from gospel trips, for the organic building up of His Body.
Middle East
Please continue to pray that the situation in the region will be under the ruling of God's throne so that He will work out the counsel of His will. Pray for the white horse of the gospel to run and for many people to seek and find Christ as the reality and as their refuge. Pray for the saints' safety and peace and for them to be strengthened into their inner man to live a life that expresses God and cooperates with Him.
The Highest Work and the Highest Expression
Praise is the highest work carried out by God's children. We can say that the highest expression of a saint's spiritual life is his praise to God. God's throne is the highest point in the universe, yet He sits “enthroned upon the praises of Israel” (Psa. 22:3). God's name and even God Himself are exalted through praise. (CWWN, vol. 48, “Messages for Building Up New Believers (1),” lesson 16, p. 247)
Announcements
- Morning Revival: Week 24 of Experiencing, Enjoying, and Expressing Christ (2), vol. 4. Next week, repeat Week 24 or enjoy content from the Semiannual Training. After the training, starting July 7, we will get into Chapters 5 through 8 of Romans—the Kernel of the Bible (from the ICSC).
- Wednesday Night Ministry Meeting: The series on “The Crucial Points of the Truth in Paul's Epistles—Ephesians” concludes this week starting at 7:25 pm in Anaheim and at lsmwebcast.com.
- FTTA Graduation: Saturday, June 28 starting 9:30 am at the Ministry Conference Center in Anaheim; also be broadcast online at www.ftta.org/graduation.php. All the saints are invited.
- North America Chinese-speaking Perfecting Training: July 23 to 27 at Camp Penuel in New York and from July 30 to August 3 in the Cerritos meeting hall. Additional details and registration are available at na-csw.org/announcement/2025-nacsspt.
- Bibles for America's recent blogpost “The Immense Significance of the Human Spirit” is available to read and share at bfa.org/blog. Helpful videos are also available at bfa.org/videos.
- The LA Years: This oral history project at www.layears.org documents the early years of the church life in Los Angeles from 1958–1974, including written history, photos, and first-hand testimonies.
- Ways to Give: Information about the church's online giving platform, Subsplash, and where to mail checks, are at www.churchinlosangeles.org/members/offerings.
Week of June 8
Living in the Divine History by Calling on the Name of the Lord
“Therefore also God highly exalted Him and bestowed on Him the name which is above every name, that in the name of Jesus every knee should bow…and every tongue should openly confess that Jesus Christ is Lord to the glory of God the Father.” (Phil. 2:9-11)
“For there is no distinction between Jew and Greek, for the same Lord is Lord of all and rich to all who call upon Him; for ‘whoever calls upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.'” (Rom. 10:12-13)
Our divine history in the midst of human history is a history of calling on the name of the Lord to enjoy the riches of Christ for the building up of the Body of Christ as the fullness of Christ. By calling on the name of the Lord, we keep ourselves in God's golden, divine history—a history that begins with Enosh, continues through the Old and New Testaments, and concludes with the last prayer in the Bible.
We carry out the divine history within the human history by speaking “boldly in the name of Jesus” (Acts 9:27). This name is the expression of the sum total of what the Lord is in His person and work. (One Accord and Crucial Aspects of the Book of Acts, msg. 7, II.A.1-2, C)
O Lord Jesus! Let us pray to be a group of people who live in the divine history by calling on the name of the Lord and speaking in the name of the Lord, the name of Jesus.
Taking Christ as Our Unique Source in the One New Man
“For we are His masterpiece, created in Christ Jesus for good works…” (Eph. 2:10)
“Abolishing in His flesh the law of the commandments in ordinances, that He might create the two in Himself into one new man, so making peace” (Eph. 2:15)
We, the church, the masterpiece of God's work, are an absolutely new item in the universe, a new invention of God. We were created by God in Christ through regeneration to be His new creation. (Eph. 2:10, footnote 2)
Ordinances are the forms or ways of living and worship, which create enmity and division. On the cross Christ abolished all the regulations regarding living and worship, regulations that have divided the nations. From the time of Babel, mankind has been divided by ordinances concerning the ways of living and worship; in God's economy in the church life, we must overcome Babel. Christ should be our only source; we should not allow anything of our background, culture, or nationality to be our source. If we are willing to let go of our cultural pride, it will be possible for the Lord to have the proper church life. (Experiencing, Enjoying, and Expressing Christ (2), msg. 10, III.B, 1-2a, c)
The phrase in Himself is very significant. It indicates that Christ was not only the Creator of the one new man, the church, but also the sphere in which and the essence with which the one new man was created. He is the very element of the new man. After we were terminated, in Him we received the new essence. Christ Himself became this new element to us. (Life-study of Ephesians, p. 202)
LA Truth School and Children's Bible Camp
Our 2025 Truth School and Children's Bible Camp for the church in Los Angeles will take place Lord's Day evening, June 22 through Tuesday afternoon, June 24. As we prepare for this time of retreat and blending at Oak Glen, please pray:
- For the hearts of our young people to be soft, open, and ready to receive the Lord's speaking regarding “The Church.”
- For the saints laboring in all areas of service to enjoy the living Christ in their prayer and coordination.
- For many more young people and families to register.
Registration is still open since we have 20 spots available, but must close this Lord's Day, June 15. We are burdened for as many of our young people and families with young children as possible to have a sanctified time to enjoy the Lord together in a focused way.
Bibles for America
In October 2024, BfA began offering free physical copies of The Knowledge of Life to US residents. Since then, over 10,500 books have been sent out to recipients in 49 states and 3 US territories.
Please pray that each of these recipients would read the book in full to receive fresh light from the Lord, advance in knowing and living according to the inward sense of life, and be brought on to have richer experiences of Christ. Pray that many more orders would be placed and more people would gain spiritual benefit from The Knowledge of Life.
Maritimes Blending Conference
The Maritimes refers to the Canadian provinces located east of the US state of Maine. These provinces are New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and Prince Edward Island. There will be a Maritimes Blending Conference in Moncton, New Brunswick on June 14 and 15. The subject will be “The Preparation of the Bride.” Nearly 140 saints have registered, including many from across Canada.
Please pray for the registered saints to be released outwardly and inwardly to attend this gathering and receive the Lord's up-to-date speaking. Pray for this conference to contribute to the preparation of the Bride to hasten the Lord's return. May this be a wonderful time of blending, building up, and encouragement among the churches, especially in this Atlantic region of Canada.
France – Shepherding Testimonies
1. Thank You, Lord, for Your mercy! It is an untold privilege to be able to participate here. My time in France was priceless and has eternal value. It was the best way to redeem my time and to be a faithful slave cooperating with the saints to have new ones for meals and home meetings. France needs many more saints to come to coordinate with the local saints to shepherd the new ones.
2. We arrived in Lille, where there are about 26 new ones, and entered directly into a home meeting, and we shepherded a new one that evening. All the new ones are open to the nourishing, first through Basic Elements of the Christian Life and then The Economy of God. Every week they came, some in the afternoon for tea or coffee, some in the evening for a meal. We rented an apartment for 3 months near the three local families. Through the weekly home meetings the new ones learned to exercise their spirit, call on the Lord, and pray-read. This time has reminded us how fresh, living, and house-to-house our church life should be.
Pray for the Lord to raise up the church in Lille and in at least two other cities in Francophone Europe this year. “The harvest is great, but the workers few; therefore, beseech the Lord of the harvest that He would thrust out workers into His harvest” (Luke 10:2). Beseech Him that more saints of varied ages, with or without French-speaking ability, including some from LA, would be thrust out!
For more reports and an invitation letter concerning shepherding trips, go to lme.org/reports.html.
Announcements
- Morning Revival: Week 22 of Experiencing, Enjoying, and Expressing Christ (2), vol. 4.
- Wednesday Night Ministry Meeting: The series on “The Crucial Points of the Truth in Paul's Epistles—Ephesians” continues this week starting at 7:25 pm in Anaheim and at lsmwebcast.com.
- Semiannual Video Training: June 30 to July 5 in Anaheim. This Lord's Day, June 15, is the firm registration deadline for our local video training. Sign up at tinyurl.com/summertrainingla.
- Memorial Day Conference: Recordings are available at no charge until June 25 at lsmwebcast.com.
- Bibles for America's new blogpost “The Immense Significance of the Human Spirit” is available to read and share at bfa.org/blog. Helpful videos are also available at bfa.org/videos.
- The LA Years: This oral history project at www.layears.org documents the early years of the church life in Los Angeles from 1958–1974, including written history, photos, and first-hand testimonies.
- Ways to Give: Information about the church's online giving platform, Subsplash, and where to mail checks, are at www.churchinlosangeles.org/members/offerings.
Week of May 25
The Way to Receive, Experience, and Enjoy the All-Inclusive Christ
“…That the blessing of Abraham might come to the Gentiles in Christ Jesus, that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith.” (Gal. 3:14)
“But when it pleased God, who set me apart from my mother's womb and called me through His grace, to reveal His Son in me that I might announce Him as the gospel among the Gentiles…” (Gal. 1:15-16)
Galatians reveals the way to receive, experience, and enjoy the all-inclusive Christ as the all-inclusive life-giving Spirit—the aggregate of the all-embracing blessing of the full gospel of God. The way to receive, experience, and enjoy the all-inclusive Christ as the all-inclusive life-giving Spirit is by God's revealing of Christ in us; we live the Christian life according to the Christ whom we have seen. Nothing is more pleasing to God than the unveiling, the revelation, of the living person of the Son of God in us. The more inward, subjective revelation we receive of the Son of God, the more He will live in us; the more He lives in us, the more He will become to us the reality of the all-inclusive land as the blessing of Abraham, the blessing of the all-inclusive life-giving Spirit.
If we drop our concepts, turn our heart to the Lord, pay attention to the spirit, and spend time in the Word in a spirit and atmosphere of prayer, Christ will be revealed in us, live in us, and be formed in us. (Experiencing, Enjoying, and Expressing Christ (2), msg. 8, III.A, 1-3)
May we all exercise to drop our concepts, turn our heart to the Lord, pay attention to our spirit, and pray-read the Word!
The Preparation of the Bride
“That He might sanctify her, cleansing her by the washing of the water in the word.” (Eph. 5:26)
“Let us rejoice and exult, and let us give the glory to Him, for the marriage of the Lamb has come, and His wife has made herself ready.” (Rev. 19:7)
The Bible is a romance, in the most pure and the most holy sense, of a universal couple—God in Christ as the Bridegroom and God's redeemed people as the bride—the goal of the Lord's recovery.
The Lord's primary work in the recovery is His genuine work to prepare us to be His glorious bride; apart from the continual, dispositional sanctification spoken of in Ephesians 5:26, there is no way for the bride to be prepared and, hence, no way for Revelation 19:7-9 to be fulfilled.
As used in the New Testament, the word mature refers to the believers' being full-grown and perfected in the life of Christ, which they received at the time of regeneration.
The Lord's recovery is for the preparation of the bride of Christ; ultimately, we will be conformed to be the wonderful Shulammite, who, as the duplication of Solomon, is the greatest and ultimate figure of the New Jerusalem as the counterpart, the bride, of Christ. (Key Statements, 2025 Memorial Day Conference)
Please pray for the digestion of the recent conference messages by all the saints, for them to refresh their love for the Lord Jesus, and for their cooperation with the Spirit to prepare the bride for the Lord's coming.
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, June 8 at the LA Convention Center.
Please pray for a healthy attendance and blending, and for the timely speaking of the Lord to shepherd all the saints in the church to be brought on to maturity for the sake of His testimony in Los Angeles and for the building up of the reality of the Body of Christ, the preparation of the bride of Christ, and the manifestation of the kingdom of Christ.
UCLA Celebration Meeting
College students with all the saints in Hall 5 will come together this Friday, May 30 to celebrate all that the Lord has done in and through them this past academic year. Pray for a good, solid ending to the school year for all the college students, especially our graduating seniors, through their sharing of their testimony of Christ. Also pray for all the saints to be encouraged and for the Lord to be glorified through all the speaking.
FTTA
The deadline for Fall Term applications is this Saturday, May 31. We are continuing to pray and trust in the Lord for His blessing on many young saints through the Full-time Training in Anaheim. In light of this week's deadline, please pray that the Lord would touch and lead many more college graduates and young working saints to consecrate themselves and apply to FTTA.
France
The Lord continues to bless His move among us in France and Francophone Europe. At the end of April, over 370 saints gathered in person for the annual French-speaking blending conference in Paris, representing a significant increase over previous years. At least 52 new ones participated for the first time; many of them had been contacted during the gospel trips. The meetings were rich and enjoyable, and many new ones came to the microphone to share. Praise the Lord for the fruitful vine in French-speaking Europe!
In early May, saints from Paris and Brussels went to blend with the young working saints in Lille, where there is not yet a lampstand. The time began Thursday evening and concluded Saturday afternoon. Three messages were shared, all focusing on “our human spirit.” The saints enjoyed picnics together and a city tour led by a couple who had been baptized in Lille. On Friday night, 8 different small groups were formed and the saints enjoyed the Lord in the homes of local saints. There are plans for another blending time this fall.
Please pray:
- That the Lord would keep the new contacts in close fellowship with the local saints for the raising up of His testimony and the reality of the Body of Christ.
- For the Lord to raise up three new lampstands in France this year. Lord, what would You do concerning your testimony in Lille?
Sri Lanka
Pray that the churches in Sri Lanka would be registered as government-recognized organization, and for the purchase of the meeting hall in Colombo, so that the preaching of the gospel will not be hindered.
Announcements
- Morning Revival: Week 20 of Experiencing, Enjoying, and Expressing Christ (2), vol. 4.
- Wednesday Night Ministry Meeting: The series on “The Crucial Points of the Truth in Paul's Epistles—Ephesians” continues this week starting at 7:25 pm in Anaheim and at lsmwebcast.com.
- Memorial Day Conference: Videos are available at no charge until June 25 at lsmwebcast.com.
- Bibles for America's recent blogpost “How We Can Experience True Rest for Our Souls” is available to read and share at bfa.org/blog. Helpful videos are available at bfa.org/videos.
- Semiannual Training: June 30 to July 5 in Anaheim. For LA saints, registration for our local video training is open until June 15 ($130) at tinyurl.com/summertrainingla.
- The LA Years: This oral history project at www.layears.org documents the early years of the church life in Los Angeles from 1958–1974, including written history, photos, and first-hand testimonies.
- Ways to Give: Information about the church's online giving platform, Subsplash, and where to mail checks, are at www.churchinlosangeles.org/members/offerings.
Week of May 18
The One Who Is Formed in the Believers
“…It pleased God, who set me apart from my mother's womb and called me through His grace, to reveal His Son in me…” (Gal. 1:15-16)
“I am crucified with Christ; and it is no longer I who live, but it is Christ who lives in me…” (Gal. 2:20)
“My children, with whom I travail again in birth until Christ is formed in you.” (Gal. 4:19)
The book of Galatians reveals that God's intention is for Christ to be wrought into His chosen people that they may become sons of God. In order to be God's sons, we need to be permeated and saturated with Christ. Christ must occupy our entire being. The Galatians, however, were distracted from Christ to the law…The believers should come back to Christ, who is both the seed who fulfills God's promise to Abraham and the good land, the all-inclusive Spirit, to be our enjoyment. As believers in Christ, we need the full enjoyment of this blessing, the full enjoyment of the life-giving Spirit. We need to be saturated, possessed, and fully taken over by this Spirit.
Christ has been born in us; that is, He has been revealed in us. He is now living in us, and He will be formed in us unto maturity…May the Lord bring us into the experience and enjoyment of Christ who has been born in us, is now living in us, and will be formed in us unto maturity in order that we may be sons of full age, heirs of God's promised blessing, and may mature in the divine sonship. (The Conclusion of the New Testament, pp. 3314-3315)
International Memorial Day Blending Conference
“In the blending of the churches we receive nourishment, we receive revelation, and we receive a vision of God's eternal purpose concerning Christ and the church. Such a blending is not only for our own mutual spiritual benefit but is also for the mutual building up of the Body of Christ.” (1993 Blending Conference Messages concerning the Lord's Recovery and Our Present Need, ch. 2)
The 2025 International Memorial Day Blending Conference will take place in Phoenix this weekend. The general subject is “The Preparation of the Bride.” All the saints are warmly invited to participate in person or by webcast. Living Stream Ministry will livestream the conference messages; afterwards, the archived video will be available for a month. All information, schedules and outlines are now posted at lsmwebcast.com.
| Message 1: Friday, May 23.............. | 7:30 pm |
| Message 2: Saturday, May 24......... | 10:00 am |
| Message 3: Saturday, May 24......... | 7:30 pm |
| Message 4: Lord's Day, May 25....... | 10:00 am |
| Message 5: Lord's Day, May 25....... | 7:30 pm |
| Message 6: Monday, May 26........... | 10:00 am |
Please pray for the release of the Lord's up-to-date speaking and for the operation of the intensified Spirit in all the saints to prepare the bride for the Lord's coming. May all the churches and all the saints prepare for this upcoming time of ministry and sanctify these days for the hearing of faith among us. Pray for the transmission of grace to all the saints traveling from all over the world to attend and to the many saints who have volunteered to serve in some capacity at the conference. May this conference turn out to be a real memorial among us to the shame of God's enemy and to the glory of God's grace!
Brussels, Belgium
Brussels is the administrative center of the European Union and the capital of Belgium. It has a population of over 1 million. There is a local church there that started in 2000 and now has about 45 saints meeting, but the burden is for the strengthening of the Lord's testimony in this crucial city. Please pray for saints to migrate under the Head and in the Body to strengthen the Lord's testimony in Brussels!
Germany
Please pray for the follow-up of all the new ones contacted through last month's FTTT gospel trips, especially in Hamburg and Leipzig. Pray for the labor and coordination of the saints that these ones may be borne as remaining fruit.
Cairo, Egypt
According to the Egyptian Ministry of Culture, the 2025 Cairo International Book Fair, held earlier this year from January 24 to February 5, witnessed an exceptional public turnout of over 5.5 million visitors, a new record compared to previous years. The final day alone attracted nearly half a million visitors. This fair continues to be considered the largest literary event in the world. Al Jadwal Al Haii (AJAH), the Arabic literature center in Cairo, was given a corner booth, covering 18 square meters, featuring 95 titles in Arabic.
Isaiah 45:15 (“Surely You are a God who hides Himself”) was truly the experience of the serving ones. In contrast to our human concept, the Lord sent the sons of peace to the booth mainly during quiet and low-traffic times for some quality, divine appointments. On the contrary, when there were large crowds, there were not many visitors to the booth. There was real appreciation for the contents of the ministry books. There was also much curiosity and interest in the Bible, which confirms the crucial need for an Arabic NT Recovery Version. Once this ongoing translation project is finished, undoubtedly the Lord will use it to have a significant turn in this Arabic-speaking nation.
Please pray:
- For completion of the Arabic NT Recovery Version project in a timely manner.
- For the ministry to operate in each person who purchased a book—that the book would be read and would get into each person so that they would subjectively experience Christ.
- For the ongoing translation and production of the Life-study of the Bible as well as the standalone titles.
- For the serving ones in the Arabic publication work.
- For the Lord's testimony in Cairo and the Middle East region.
- For the follow-up with the new ones so that they would become remaining fruit.
- For the Lord to strengthen the church in Cairo so that the new ones would be shepherded according to God and become normal and healthy members in the Body of Christ.
For a full report with precious testimonies, see the April 2025 issue of "Having This Ministry…" at newsletters.lsm.org/having-this-ministry.
Announcements
- Morning Revival: Week 19 of Experiencing, Enjoying, and Expressing Christ (2), vol. 4.
- SAVE THE DATE: Lord's Day, June 8 we will have our spring LA Joint Meeting—all halls, all languages—beginning 10:00 am at the LA Convention Center.
- No Wednesday Night Ministry Meeting: There is no ministry meeting this week due to preparations for the Memorial Day Conference. The meeting will resume next Wednesday, May 28 at 7:25 pm.
- Bibles for America's new blogpost “How We Can Experience True Rest for Our Souls” is available to read and share at bfa.org/blog. Helpful videos are available at bfa.org/videos.
- Semiannual Training: June 30 to July 5 in Anaheim. For LA saints, registration for our local video training is open until June 15 ($130) at tinyurl.com/summertrainingla.
- The LA Years: This oral history project at www.layears.org documents the early years of the church life in Los Angeles from 1958–1974, including written history, photos, and first-hand testimonies.
- Ways to Give: Information about the church's online giving platform, Subsplash, and where to mail checks, are at www.churchinlosangeles.org/members/offerings.
Week of May 11
The All-inclusive Christ as Grace, Our Spiritual Pulse
“The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ and the love of God and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all.” (2 Cor. 13:14)
“The Lord be with your spirit. Grace be with you.” (2 Tim. 4:22)
We have two circulations within us. One circulation is the circulation of blood within our physical body, and the other circulation is the circulation of the Divine Trinity in our spirit. Without either of these circulations we would die either physically or spiritually. Second Corinthians 13:14 gives us a detailed description of this inner, spiritual circulation. This circulation is the supply in our Christian life and church life…We must see that the entire church life depends upon 2 Corinthians 13:14. It depends upon the love of the Father, the grace of the Son, and the fellowship of the Spirit to flow as a current within our spirit.
If we miss the Spirit in our speaking, our speaking is empty. Furthermore, if the current within us is cut off while we are listening to the ministry of the word, our listening is empty. We need to speak in the flow and listen in the flow. The flow is the transmission of the Holy Spirit, and this transmission is the fellowship that conveys the grace of Christ the Son as the outflow of the love of the Triune God. The current of the Divine Trinity within us as revealed in 2 Corinthians 13:14 is our spiritual pulse. (CWWL, 1988, vol. 1, “Living in and with the Divine Trinity,” pp. 383-384)
Knowing the Lord as the Truth to Experience Him as Life
“Jesus said to him, I am the way and the reality [the truth] and the life; no one comes to the Father except through Me.” (John 14:6)
“You search the Scriptures, because you think that in them you have eternal life; and it is these that testify concerning Me. Yet you are not willing to come to Me that you may have life.” (John 5:39-40)
Both the truth and the life are the Lord Himself, but they are two different aspects of what He is. The difference is that the truth is an outward definition and explanation, and life is the inward and intrinsic content. The Lord is in us as our life, but the experience of life needs an explanation. This explanation is the truth. If we receive the Lord according to this explanation, we have life. Hence, in order to experience and enjoy the Lord as life, we must know the truth. The experience of the Lord as life is contained in the Lord as the truth. If we are not clear about the truth and do not understand or know the truth, we will have no way to enjoy the Lord as our life. For this reason we must spend an adequate amount of time to learn the truth…
The Bible is not merely a book of knowledge. All the knowledge contained in the Bible is in fact truth, and in this truth, life is concealed. When we read the Bible, if we study only the letter but not the intrinsic truth within, we will not receive life. Hence, every Bible reader has to see the truth that is conveyed through the letter of the Word. Once we see the truth, we will spontaneously touch life. The Life-studies have been published to help us enter into the depths of the letter of the Word. Therefore, all those who carefully study the Life-studies will surely gain a certain amount of experience. The Life-studies bring us into the biblical truths, from which we may receive the genuine life supply. (CWWL, 1984, vol. 5, “Truth, Life, the Church, and the Gospel—the Four Great Pillars in the Lord's Recovery,” ch. 6, pp. 415-16)
Please pray that the saints would make progress in their knowing of the Lord as the truth so that they may experience Him as life. Pray that the saints would be diligent to receive help from the Life-studies to enter into the biblical truths, from which they may receive the genuine life supply.
Memorial Day Blending Conference
The International Memorial Day Blending Conference will be in Phoenix, Arizona from May 23 to 26. The general subject of the six messages is “The Preparation of the Bride.” While Daylight Savings Time is in effect, the time in Los Angeles and Phoenix is the same; therefore, all the saints not attending in person are encouraged to watch the free livestream at lsmwebcast.com. The outlines in both standard form and expanded form (with verses) will be available for download at this website starting Friday, May 16.
Please pray for the release of the Lord's up-to-date speaking and for the operation of the intensified Spirit in all the saints to prepare the bride for the Lord's coming. Pray for the transmission of grace to all the saints traveling from all over the world to attend and to the many saints who have volunteered to serve in some capacity at the conference.
France – XB Gospel Trips
FTTA-XB trainees are currently on gospel trips in France until May 19. Cities they are visiting include Lille, Rouen, Strasbourg, Toulouse, and the Paris region; some will also visit Luxembourg. May the Lord bless all the trainee teams and their blending with the local saints for the raising up of churches as His golden lampstands and the advancement of His move in France and in French-speaking Europe.
Please continue to pray:
- For the Lord to fully cover the travel, safety, security, and health of all those involved.
- For the fresh and detailed consecrations of the trainees and for their enlarged view and burden for the Lord's move in Europe.
- That many divine appointments would take place for the Lord to encourage existing saints and gain local French speakers and their families.
- That the Lord's prevailing testimony could be raised up in more French-speaking cities.
United Kingdom
On May 19 there will be an important political summit regarding post-Brexit relations between the UK and the European Union. One major area of negotiation is a Europe-wide youth mobility scheme whereby anyone in the EU could go to the UK on a short-term visa to work or study and vice versa. The Europeans want the visa as flexible and as long as possible (for example, up to four years) while the UK government is under pressure to not open the door too widely.
Such a youth visa program would have significant implications for our young people in Europe to access the Full-time Training in London and for the blending of the saints throughout Europe. Please pray for the Lord's ruling over these negotiations.
Central and Eastern Europe and the Balkans
The Central and Eastern Europe and the Balkans (CEEB) geographical region encompasses the northern part of Central Europe, including Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, and Hungary. It also touches Romania in the east before turning south to the Balkan countries, including Croatia, Serbia, Bulgaria, Albania, Greece, and Turkey.
A blending conference for the churches and the saints in the CEEB region will be held this weekend, May 16 to 18, in Budapest, Hungary. Please pray for the blending of the saints and the building up of the Body through the Lord's speaking and the saints' fellowship during this time.
Announcements
- Morning Revival: Week 18 of Experiencing, Enjoying, and Expressing Christ (2), vol. 3.
- Wednesday Night Ministry Meeting: The series on “The Crucial Points of the Truth in Paul's Epistles—Ephesians” continues this week starting at 7:25 pm in Anaheim and at lsmwebcast.com.
- Memorial Day Conference: May 23 to 26 in Phoenix, AZ. The general subject is “The Preparation of the Bride.” For LA saints attending in person, please RSVP at tinyurl.com/memdayla.
- Semiannual Training: June 30 to July 5 in Anaheim. For LA saints, registration for the live training in Anaheim is now closed; however, registration for our local video training is open until June 15 ($130) at tinyurl.com/summertrainingla.
- LSM Newsletter: The April 2025 issue of "Having This Ministry…" includes an explanation on the deeper and intrinsic significance of the term blending. Go to newsletters.lsm.org/having-this-ministry.
- Bibles for America's recent blogpost “What Does It Mean to Be Saved ‘Much More' in Romans 5:10?” is available to read and share at blog.bfa.org. Helpful videos are available at bfa.org/videos.
- Ways to Give: Information about the church's online giving platform, Subsplash, and where to mail checks, are at www.churchinlosangeles.org/members/offerings.
Week of April 27
Christ, Our Spiritual Rock
“I will be standing before you there upon the rock in Horeb; and you shall strike the rock, and water will come out of it so that the people may drink. And Moses did so in the sight of the elders of Israel.” (Exo. 17:6)
“Take the rod, and gather the assembly, you and Aaron your brother, and speak to the rock before their eyes, so that it yields its water. Thus you shall bring forth water for them out of the rock and give the assembly and their livestock a drink.” (Num. 20:8)
“And all drank the same spiritual drink; for they drank of a spiritual rock which followed them, and the rock was Christ.” (1 Cor. 10:4)
Christ has been crucified to become a spiritual rock that follows His people. This following rock is the resurrected Christ as the life-giving Spirit, who is always with the church to supply His believers with the water of life. (Experiencing, Enjoying, and Expressing Christ (2), msg. 4, II)
As the spiritual rock, Christ follows the believers to give them the spiritual drink. The spiritual drink in 1 Corinthians 10:4 refers to the living water that flowed out of the cleft rock (Exo. 17:6), typifying the Spirit, who flowed out of the crucified and resurrected Christ, as our all-inclusive drink (John 7:37-39; 1 Cor. 12:13). In His crucifixion Christ, as the living, spiritual rock, was smitten by the authority of God's law in order that the water of life in resurrection could flow out of Him into His redeemed people for them to drink. We should all drink the same spiritual drink and should not drink anything other than the all-inclusive Spirit. (The Conclusion of the New Testament, pp. 3154-3155)
Trouble among God's people can be caused by the shortage of water, which typifies the Spirit of life. Whenever God's people are short of the Spirit of life, they will have problems. When God's people have an abundance of the Spirit, their problems among themselves and with God are solved.
To receive the living water from the crucified Christ, we need only to “take the rod” and “speak to the rock.” To take the rod is to identify with Christ in His death and apply the death of Christ to ourselves and our situation. To speak to the rock is to speak a direct word to Christ as the smitten rock, asking Him to give us the Spirit of life based on the fact that the Spirit has already been given. If we apply the death of Christ to ourselves and ask Christ in faith to give us the Spirit, we will receive the living Spirit as the bountiful supply of life. (Experiencing, Enjoying, and Expressing Christ (2), msg. 4, II.A, C, 1-3)
Semiannual Training Live Registrations
The deadline to register for the in-person July Semiannual Training in Anaheim ($205), June 30 to July 5, is this Wednesday, April 30. Late registrations will not be accepted. For LA saints, sign up and payment instructions are at tinyurl.com/summertrainingla. Registrations for our local video training will remain open until June 15.
May the Lord grant us to treasure these trainings and seize every opportunity to attend them—not only to see the intrinsic essence of the divine revelation, but also to serve as a proper audience for the unhindered release of the crystals in the Word of God. Lord, release as many saints as possible to participate in Your speaking to the churches in this training!
UCLA Gospel Meeting
This Friday, May 2, we will have a gospel meeting on campus at UCLA for the college students. Please pray:
- For the Lord to gather many sinners and to soften their hearts so that they can receive the living word of the Lord.
- For the devil to be bound in every way so that many sinners can become sons of God and members of the Body of Christ.
- For the Spirit of power to be the impact in this gathering, strengthening the unbelievers to definitely pray and receive the Lord Jesus.
SCYP Sixth Grade Conference
This weekend, May 2 to 4, the SoCal Sixth Grade Conference will be at Oak Glen. Please pray:
- 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 the serving ones will be in one accord to pray and to care for the children in the best way, so that the Lord may dynamically save them and gain them for His purpose.
West Coast Korean-speaking Conference
The 2025 North America West Coast Korean-speaking Conference is this weekend via Zoom. The two sessions on “One Accord and Crucial Aspects of the Book of Acts” are Saturday, May 3, 6:30 to 9:30 pm and Lord's Day, May 4, 9:00 am to 12:30 pm. All the saints are invited to participate; there will be translation from Korean to English. All detailed information, including schedule and Zoom links, may be found at tinyurl.com/2025westcoast. Please pray for the Lord to fully release His burden!
France – Shepherding Trip Testimony
A visiting couple recently shared that their nearly three months of shepherding in France has been an experience they will remember forever. It has been so precious to see the new believers go on. They have been living the God-ordained way, meeting house to house, singing, praying, reading the word, and being blended with all the local saints. They encourage any saint who wishes to experience such a church life to visit France and help shepherd, so that golden lampstands will be established. The only “requirement” is that you be able to shepherd, sing, walk, and cook; age is not a factor. Please pray:
- For the Lord to release more one- to three-month shepherds to French-speaking Europe.
- For the Lord to call some to serve full-time in France and release visas for them.
- For the raising up of at least three new lampstands in French-speaking cities this year.
Warsaw, Poland
This weekend, May 2 to 4, there is an International Blending Conference in Warsaw. Messages on “Taking the Way of Enjoying Christ as the Tree of Life” will be spoken in English, Polish and Russian. Please pray for the saints' attendance and the release of the Lord's burden and supply in this conference.
Praising the Ruler of the Kings of the Earth
“Jesus came and spoke to [the eleven disciples], saying, All authority has been given to Me in heaven and on earth” (Matt. 28:18). And Revelation 1:5 proclaims “Jesus Christ [is] the faithful Witness, the Firstborn of the dead, and the Ruler of the kings of the earth.”
Lord, we say amen to this and we praise You that You are the Ruler! Use all the kings, presidents, and prime ministers on the earth for the building of Your Body, and for preparation of the earth for Your return in glory (Matt. 24:30; 25:31) with the crushing of all the earthly kingdoms and the establishing of Your eternal kingdom on earth (Dan. 2:44-45).
Announcements
- Morning Revival: Week 16 of Experiencing, Enjoying, and Expressing Christ (2), vol. 3.
- Wednesday Night Ministry Meeting: The series on “The Crucial Points of the Truth in Paul's Epistles—Ephesians” continues this week starting at 7:25 pm in Anaheim and at lsmwebcast.com.
- Memorial Day Conference: May 23 to 26 in Phoenix, AZ. General subject is “The Preparation of the Bride.” For LA saints attending in person, please RSVP by April 30 at tinyurl.com/memdayla.
- Semiannual Training: June 30 to July 5 in Anaheim. For LA saints, registration is open until April 30 (live) and June 15 (video) at tinyurl.com/summertrainingla.
- LSM Newsletter: The April 2025 issue of "Having This Ministry…" includes an explanation on the deeper and intrinsic significance of the term blending. Go to newsletters.lsm.org/having-this-ministry.
- Ways to Give: Information about the church's online giving platform, Subsplash, and where to mail checks, are at www.churchinlosangeles.org/members/offerings.
Week of April 13
The Law of the Spirit of Life and the Body of Christ
“For the law of the Spirit of life has freed me in Christ Jesus from the law of sin and of death.” (Rom. 8:2)
“Out from whom all the Body, being joined together and being knit together through every joint of the rich supply and through the operation in the measure of each one part, causes the growth of the Body unto the building up of itself in love.” (Eph. 4:16)
We can experience, enjoy, and express Christ as our Emancipator by the law of the Spirit of life. The enjoyment of the law of the Spirit of life in Romans 8 ushers us into the reality of the Body of Christ in Romans 12; this law operates within us as we live in the Body and for the Body.
The whole key to our living and serving in the Body of Christ is the law of the Spirit of life, which operates within us. The law of the Spirit of life makes us God in life, nature, and expression but not in the Godhead, shaping us into the image of the firstborn Son of God so that we may become His corporate expression. The law of the Spirit of life constitutes us the members of the Body of Christ with all kinds of functions. (Experiencing, Enjoying, and Expressing Christ (2), msg. 2, I, A, F, 1, 2)
May we pray for the law of the Spirit of life to usher us all into the reality of the Body of Christ for His corporate expression!
Calling, Thanking and Praising
“God is now my salvation; I will trust and not dread; for Jah Jehovah is my strength and song, and He has become my salvation. Therefore you will draw water with rejoicing from the springs of salvation, and you will say in that day, give thanks to Jehovah; call upon His name! Make His deeds known among the peoples; remind them that His name is exalted. Sing psalms to Jehovah, for He has done something majestic! Let it be made known in all the earth! Cry out and give a ringing shout, O inhabitant of Zion, for great in your midst is the Holy One of Israel.” (Isa. 12:2-6)
“Therefore also God highly exalted Him and bestowed on Him the name which is above every name, that in the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of those who are in heaven and on earth and under the earth, and every tongue should openly confess that Jesus Christ is Lord to the glory of God the Father.” (Phil. 2:9-11)
The Bible shows us that when we are offering sacrifices to God, that is, when we are giving thanks to God, we must also call on the Lord. Whenever our heart is touched by the Lord's grace and we give thanks to the Lord, we must call on the Lord from deep within. The thing that most glorifies the Lord and gives Him the utmost thanks and praises is our calling on the Lord. When we call on the Lord, the Lord truly gets the praises and thanks. (CWWL 1972, vol. 1, “The Lord's Recovery of Eating,” ch. 4, p. 76.)
Pray that the saints would realize that what glorifies the Lord the most and gives Him the utmost thanks and praises is our calling on the Lord, and that the saints would call on His name in a way that gives Him the praises and thanks!
Southern California College Conference
There is a need for many prevailing prayers for the Southern California College Conference this weekend, April 18 to 20. The topic is “The Purpose of the Ages.” Please pray:
- For many students (including current high school seniors) to be constrained by the Lord's mighty love to attend as many conference sessions as possible in the midst of their busy schedules.
- For the heavens to be opened and the veils to be removed so that the students may see a clear vision of God's eternal purpose.
- For the students to be strengthened with power into their spirit during the singing, testimonies, prayer, car rides, etc.
SoCal High School Brothers Conference
Please pray for the high school brothers following their conference last weekend, that they would enter into what they heard and live a hidden life to satisfy God's heart in their daily life and in the church life. Pray that the Lord's timely speaking would operate in their hearts and bring them into deeper and more personal experiences of Him that will cause them to grow in the divine life.
Eastern Canada YP Conference
The Spring 2025 Eastern Canada Young People's Conference will be held in Montreal this weekend, April 18 to 20. Furthermore, a group of saints and young people from France will join this conference. Please pray:
- For the strengthening of the serving ones for all the preparations for this conference.
- For the local saints to experience the Lord as grace as they pursue hospitality by hosting over 150 saints from out of town.
- That the Lord will release what is on His heart for our next generation and gain this group of
- young people for His move.
- That the Lord will bless all the blending before, during, and after the conference for the reality of the Body of Christ.
European Brothers and International Blending Conference
The responsible brothers in Europe will gather in London this week, April 16 to 18, to review the messages given in the 2025 Spring ITERO, followed by the International Blending Conference in London this weekend, April 19 to 20. For the sake of His economy, may the Lord cover every aspect of this conference, including the health of the speaking and traveling brothers, and bind any frustration of the enemy. Please pray:
- For the one accord among the brothers through their receiving of the Lord's up-to-date speaking, resulting in an intensified spreading and building up of the churches in Europe.
- For the Lord to advance in His move in Europe to gain the reality of His Body through His speaking and the blending of the saints in Europe.
- For the inviting of friends, family, contacts, and less active saints.
Middle East
Pray that the situation in Israel and the surrounding region will be under the ruling of God's throne so that He will work out the counsel of His will. Pray for the saints there to be strengthened into their inner man, so that they live a life that expresses God and cooperates with God's move.
Announcements
- Morning Revival: Week 14 of Experiencing, Enjoying, and Expressing Christ (2), vol. 3.
- Bibles for America's new blogpost “What Does It Mean to Be Saved ‘Much More' in Romans 5:10?” is available to read and share at blog.bfa.org.
- Wednesday Night Ministry Meeting: The series on “The Crucial Points of the Truth in Paul's Epistles—Ephesians” continues this week starting at 7:25 pm in Anaheim and at lsmwebcast.com.
- SCYP Sixth Grade Conference: May 2 to 4 at Oak Glen. A preparation meeting will be held online on April 26. Please contact serving ones for more information.
- Memorial Day Conference: May 23 to 26 in Phoenix, AZ. General subject is “The Preparation of the Bride.” For LA saints attending in person, please RSVP by April 30 at tinyurl.com/memdayla. More information is linked at that site.
- Semiannual Training: June 30 to July 5 in Anaheim. For LA saints, registration is open until April 30 (live) and June 15 (video) at tinyurl.com/summertrainingla. Past issues of LSM's digital newsletter contain helpful fellowship on the burden for semiannual trainings, the need for training and regulations, and the purpose of training donations.
- Ways to Give: Information about the church's online giving platform, Subsplash, and where to mail checks, are at www.churchinlosangeles.org/members/offerings.
Week of April 6
Many Sons Being Conformed to the Image of the Firstborn Son
“Because those whom He foreknew, He also predestinated to be conformed to the image of His Son, that He might be the Firstborn among many brothers.” (Rom. 8:29)
“…It was fitting for Him…in leading many sons into glory…For both He who sanctifies and those who are being sanctified are all of One, for which cause He is not ashamed to call them brothers.” (Heb. 2:10-11)
How can we have divinity? We have it by being regenerated in our spirit by the Spirit of Christ. Through incarnation Christ put humanity upon Himself and thereafter had two natures—the divine nature and the human nature. Through His resurrection and through coming into us as the Spirit, Christ has brought divinity into us. Therefore, we also have two natures—the human nature and the divine nature. By being born of the Spirit, we have become partakers of the divine nature (2 Pet. 1:4). We can say, “Lord, just as You have two natures, so we have two natures also. You are divine and human, and we are human and divine. Hallelujah, we are the same as You! Lord, You have our nature, and we have Yours. You are both divine and human, and we are both human and divine. You are the Head of the Body, and we are the members of the Body. Lord, You are the Son of God, and we are sons of God also.”…
Today we are sons of God, but we do not yet have the full form, the complete shape, of sons of God. Therefore, by growth and transformation we need to be conformed to the image of Christ. Eventually, we will be completely conformed to His image…Praise the Lord that we have the life essence and the life power within us! This life power is shaping us into the image of the Son of God. Through this shaping function of the life power, we will be fully conformed to the image of Christ. (LS Romans, pp. 535-536, 557)
Becoming Living and Active to Gain Remaining Fruit
“You did not choose Me, but 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.” (John 15:16)
“Do not be slothful in zeal, but be burning in spirit, serving the Lord.” (Rom. 12:11)
Although we may desire increase, instead of being desperate, we may be lukewarm. If we are not vital, we are either spiritually cold or lukewarm, but if we are vital, we will be burning in spirit and filled with a great burden to gain people (Rom. 12:11; 15:16). This burden will be like a fire burning within us, constraining us to contact people. It will cause us to contact our acquaintances, such as our relatives, neighbors, and other people in the community, in order to “burn” them with the divine fire. We must be burning in spirit in order to burn others. If we are cold or lukewarm, our speaking will have little impact and will not have the effect of burning others, but if we are vital and burning, we will be spiritually “contagious,” able to influence others and gain them. If we are vitalized, we will be not only living and active but also burning and burdened to bear fruit (John 15:16). We will no longer be able to tolerate our barrenness or our failure to contact people in a regular way (vv. 2, 6). If every member in a small group is vitalized, that group will gain significant increase.
Pray that the saints would be enlightened by the Lord to see their barren condition and their desperate need to be made vital—living and active—to gain remaining fruit for the increase and building up of the church, the Lord's Body. May all the saints be vitalized by becoming living and active so that in all our gatherings, large or small, we may manifest the vitality that will attract others.
ITERO
The April 2025 International Training for Elders and Responsible Ones was held in Anaheim this past weekend, April 4 to 6. The general subject was “One Accord and Crucial Aspects in the Book of Acts.”
The genuine one accord in the church is the practice of the oneness of the Body, which is the oneness of the Spirit. Today we can be in one accord because we have one, all-inclusive vision—the vision of the age. For the Lord's up-to-date move, all the churches need to be in one accord; we should all voice the same thing, trumpet the same thing, teach the same thing, and be the same in practice. (Msg. 2, I, VII, VIII)
Please pray that the Lord's timely words of grace would operate in brothers through their spending personal time with Him to review and pray over the messages. Pray for the intensified spreading and building up of the churches throughout the earth as the corporate continuation of the resurrected, ascended, and all-inclusive Christ
SoCal High School Brothers Conference
The Southern California High School Brothers Conference takes place this weekend, April 11 to 13, at Oak Glen. The topic is “A Hidden Life.” Please pray:
- For the Lord to prepare the hearts of each high school brother this week.
- That each one would experience going higher far away from the earthly things to be with the Father privately to have intimate fellowship with Him in a secret way.
- That companionships would be built through spending time together during the conference.
Also pray for the junior high brothers following from their conference two weeks ago, that they would enter into what they heard and also also seek to experience the mingled spirit this week in their daily life and in the church life.
High School Seniors
As we approach the final stretch of the academic calendar, high school seniors are thinking seriously about their future plans after graduation. Many who have applied to colleges across the country are needing to decide which school they will attend in the fall. Let us pray:
- For the Lord to lead and guide our high school seniors in all the churches, including Los Angeles, and place them in a healthy church life wherever they may be.
- That the Lord in His sovereignty as the Leader and Savior would direct many prospective freshmen, transfers, and graduate students to campuses where they may be gained for Christ and the church.
Also pray for UCLA's Bruin Day this Saturday, April 12, an annual event for admitted students and their families. Ask the Lord for potential incoming students from the churches to connect with us and for many sons of peace to come across our table.
UK Building Project
New video and written reports as of April 2025 on the FTTL training center for all of Europe can be found at amanatrust.org.uk/page/reports. The first phase of demolition and construction has begun. Please pray that the Lord will continue to provide the necessary funds, permissions, and serving ones to carry out the construction in a timely manner to meet the Lord's need.
Laos
Laos is a landlocked country in Southeast Asia with a population of approximately 8 million. There are currently four local churches, including in the capital, Vientiane.
Please pray for the literature work to be strengthened and for the final proofreading and publication of the Rhema books in the Lao language. Pray for the saints to be perfected in the translation and typesetting of the Bible and spiritual books and for the re-translation and typesetting of the hymns. May these materials become a timely and rich supply to the saints and seekers throughout the country.
Announcements
- Morning Revival: Week 13 of Experiencing, Enjoying, and Expressing Christ (2), vol. 3.
- Wednesday Night Ministry Meeting: The series on “The Crucial Points of the Truth in Paul's Epistles—Ephesians” resumes this week starting at 7:25 pm in Anaheim and at lsmwebcast.com.
- SoCal Spring College Conference: April 18 to 20 in Cerritos.
- Memorial Day Conference: May 23 to 26 in Phoenix, AZ. For LA saints attending in person, please RSVP by April 30 at tinyurl.com/memdayla. More information is linked at that site.
- Semiannual Training: June 30 to July 6 in Anaheim. For LA saints, registration is open until April 30 (live) and June 15 (video) at tinyurl.com/summertrainingla. Past issues of LSM's digital newsletter contain helpful fellowship on the burden for semiannual trainings, the need for training and regulations, and the purpose of training donations.
- Ways to Give: Information about the church's online giving platform, Subsplash, and where to mail checks, are at www.churchinlosangeles.org/members/offerings.
Week of March 23
All Grace and Growing in Grace
“But the God of all grace, He who has called you into His eternal glory in Christ Jesus, after you have suffered a little while, will Himself perfect, establish, strengthen, and ground you.” (1 Pet. 5:10)
“But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To Him be the glory both now and unto the day of eternity. Amen.” (2 Pet. 3:18)
In [1 Peter 5:10] all grace refers to the riches of the bountiful supply of the divine life in many aspects ministered to us in many steps of the divine operation on and in us in God's economy. The initial step is to call us, and the consummate one is to glorify us, as mentioned here, “who called you into His eternal glory.” Between these two steps are His loving care while He is disciplining us, and His perfecting, establishing, strengthening, and grounding work in us. In all these divine acts, the bountiful supply of the divine life is ministered to us as grace in varied experiences. The God of such grace will perfect, establish, strengthen, and ground the persecuted believers after they suffer a little while. (LS of 1 Peter, pp. 308-9)
Second Peter 3:18 says that we need to grow in grace. Grace is God Himself with divinity processed through incarnation, death, resurrection, and ascension. All these elements of grace are within us to be one with us. Grace is God Himself as our life to be one with us, to save us, to make His home in us, and to be formed in us. We need to grow in such a grace for His glory today and unto the day of eternity. Second Peter 3:18 is the concluding word of the apostle Peter's writings, indicating that whatever he has written is of, in, by, and through the grace of God. This finishes the gleaning of the field of God's grace in Peter's writings. (CWWL, 1994-1997, vol. 1, “Crystallization-study of the Epistle to the Romans,” p. 460)
Pray for the saints to experience God's “all grace” in many aspects ministered to them step by step for the divine operation in God's economy, so that they would grow in grace unto eternal glory in Christ Jesus.
All Things Cohering in Him
“Because in Him all things were created, in the heavens and on the earth, the visible and the invisible, whether thrones or lordships or rulers or authorities; all things have been created through Him and unto Him. And He is before all things, and all things cohere in Him.” (Col 1:16-17)
To cohere in Christ is to exist together by Christ as the holding center, just as the spokes of a wheel are held together by the hub at their center (Col. 1:17, note 2). Many things happening in these days might outwardly seem confused and incoherent, but we must hold to the Lord's word and praise Him that He is the cohering center of all things.
Lord, we ask You to fully exercise Your coherence on earth among us and with all the thrones, lordships, rulers, and authorities throughout the United States and around the world.
SoCal Junior High Brothers Conference
This weekend, March 28 to 30, brothers from across Southern California will gather at Oak Glen for the Spring 2025 Junior High Brothers Conference on “The Spirit.” For this conference, please pray:
- For the Lord to prepare the hearts of all of the young brothers in Southern California.
- That the messages spoken would be relevant and timely to meet the needs of the brothers.
- That spiritual companionships would be built through spending time together during the conference.
Also pray for the high school sisters returning following their conference two weeks ago, that they would enter into what they heard and live a hidden life to satisfy God's heart in their daily life and in the church life.
ITERO
The 2025 April International Training for Elders and Responsible Ones will be held in Anaheim from April 4 to 6. Please pray for the Lord's speaking in this training and for the intensified spreading and building up of the churches as the Body of Christ as a result of the operating of this word in the elders and responsible brothers and in all the saints. Pray for the speaking brothers and all the brothers traveling.
Spring European University Conference
Pray that the Lord's speaking from the last weekend's conference for university students in Europe (March 21 to 23) will keep operating in the students and bring them to a deeper knowing of God and His economy. May the Lord strengthen this young generation into the inner man to choose: (1) to overcome the temptation of the Babylonian diet; (2) to live in the principle of a Nazarite as a holy, voluntary sacrifice to God; (3) to join themselves to God's desire through His word; (4) to learn in the Body to bind and loose on the earth what has been bound and loosed in the heavens; and (5) to respond to God's call to become part of the corporate smiting stone that will destroy the great human image and bring in God's kingdom.
UK Building Project
The first phase of construction for the new FTTL training center is currently taking place. This phase includes new electrical installations, demolition of the existing classrooms, installation of foundation and retaining structures, excavation and leveling of the site, and laying of underground services. The burden is then to press on as quickly as possible to complete the remaining phases of the training centre and the development of new accommodation.
Please pray that the Lord will provide the necessary funds, construction permissions, and serving ones to carry out this major construction project in a timely manner to meet the Lord's need. May the Lord gain this facility for the young people in Europe to be trained for His move on the earth.
For information regarding participating in this current building project by either praying, giving, or going, visit www.amanatrust.org.uk/page/reports. To give through the Church in Los Angeles for the new training center, please follow instructions at www.churchinlosangeles.org/members/offerings. Designate offerings for “UK Building Project.”
Pakistan
Pray for gaining more educated university students through gospel preaching. May the Lord soften their hearts and remove the veils so that they can recognize Jesus as God.
Announcements
- Morning Revival: Week 5 of Living a Christian Life and Church Life Under the Government of God for the Economy of God. After next week, starting April 7, we will begin Experiencing, Enjoying, and Expressing Christ (2), vol. 1 (December Semiannual Training).
- Memorial Day Conference: The 2025 International Memorial Day Blending Conference will be held in Phoenix, AZ at the Sheraton Phoenix Downtown from May 23 to 26. Saints in LA who are considering attending in person are asked to RSVP by April 30 at tinyurl.com/memdayla.
- Wednesday Night Ministry Meeting: The series on “The Crucial Points of the Truth in Paul's Epistles—Ephesians” continues this week starting at 7:25 pm in Anaheim and at lsmwebcast.com.
- Bibles for America's recent blogpost “What Does It Mean to Call on the Name of the Lord?” is available to read and share at blog.bfa.org.
- Junior High Brothers Conference: March 28 to 30 at Oak Glen.
- High School Brothers Conference: April 11 to 13 at Oak Glen.
- Ways to Give: Information about the church's online giving platform, Subsplash, and where to mail checks, are at www.churchinlosangeles.org/members/offerings.