Ruiyu Wu

Week of August 31

Being Prepared as the Glorious Bride by the Lord's Speaking

“That He might sanctify her, cleansing her by the washing of the water in the word, That He might present the church to Himself glorious, not having spot or wrinkle or any such things, but that she would be holy and without blemish.” (Eph. 5:26-27)

“O you who dwell in the gardens, my companions listen for your voice; let me hear it. Make haste, my beloved, and be like a gazelle or a young hart upon the mountains of spices.” (S.S. 8:13-14)

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. The church is being beautified through the process of sanctification by Christ as the life-giving Spirit cleansing us by the washing of the water in His word.

Ephesians 5:26-27 matches Song of Songs 8:13-14; both reveal that it is by the Lord's speaking to us that we are prepared to be His glorious bride with the desire for His second coming…In Song of Songs the loving seeker of Christ asks Him who dwells in the believers as His gardens to let her hear His voice while her companions listen for His voice. This indicates that in the work that we as the lovers of Christ do for Him as our Beloved, we need to maintain our fellowship with Him, always listening to Him. Our lives depend on the Lord's words, and our work depends on His commands (Rev. 2:7; 1 Sam. 3:9-10; cf. Isa. 50:4-5; Exo. 21:6)…The life of the believers hinges totally upon the Lord's speaking (Eph. 5:26-27). (The Preparation of the Bride, msg. 3, II, A; IV, A, 1-2)

May we all learn to fully depend on the Lord's speaking for the preparation of His glorious bride!

FTTA-MA

The Fall 2025 term of the middle-age Full-time Training in Anaheim begins Monday, September 8. A total of 80 trainees will be attending, including 36 from outside the United States. Those coming from large distances will arrive one day to several days early.

Please ask the Lord to cover and supply these saints during their travels. Also ask the Lord to give trainees coming from other nations smooth passage through U.S. immigration.

2026 Winter Olympics in Italy

Next year, the 2026 Winter Olympic Games will be held in Italy from February 6 to 22. The Torch Relay throughout the country will begin on December 6, 2025. Over the past few weeks, there has been much prayer, coordination, and visitation to seek the Lord's leading in His present move. 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.

A letter of fellowship and a letter with instructions on how to apply and participate in gospel trips are posted at lme.org/reports.html.

European University Training

The 2025 European University Training will take place from September 6 to 10 at Woodland Camp in London. The general subject will be “Abiding in Christ.”

Please pray that the Lord will speak a personal word to the university students in Europe and call them into a deeper experience and enjoyment of Him by abiding in Him.

West Africa Brothers Training and Conference

The West Africa Brothers Training will be held in Calavi, Benin from September 4 to 6. It is expected that 65 brothers from the countries of Benin, Ghana, Liberia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone and Togo will participate, as well as a handful of brothers traveling from France, UK, and the United States.

Following the brothers training there will be a mini-conference for all the saints and the first Lord's table meeting in Calavi on September 7. Praise the Lord! Please pray:

That the Lord would release His burden during this time and meet His own need through His speaking.
That the Lord would use these annual times of training to raise up many younger brothers who would be perfected and equipped to bear the Lord's testimony in a prevailing way throughout the subregion of West Africa.

Southern Africa Blending Conference

We praise the Lord for the upcoming blending conference that will be held September 6 to 7 for the saints and churches in Angola, Botswana, Eswatini, Lesotho, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Zambia and Zimbabwe. The conference venue is in Brits, South Africa, a town near Pretoria and just over an hour's drive from Johannesburg, on a former farming property that had been given to the church for the Lord's purpose. It will be the first time the property is used for this conference, so many preparations are being carried out.

May the Lord kindle in each saint a fresh excitement for this time of blending with the saints, as well as a prayerful anticipation of receiving His up-to-date speaking to the church. Please pray:

That this time would be fresh and new to everyone, and the saints would be released to attend.
For all the practical services and venue preparations, and a sweet and harmonious coordination among all those serving.
For the speaking brothers.
That the Lord's name would be exalted.

Announcements

Morning Revival: Week 4 of The Preparation of the Bride.
Wednesday Night Ministry Meeting: The ministry series continues this Wednesday 7:25 pm on “The Crucial Points of the Truth in Paul's Epistles—Philippians and Colossians.” Saints are invited to attend in person at the MCC in Anaheim. The meeting will also be live-streamed at lsmwebcast.com.
SCYP Blending Meeting: September 13 in Arcadia, conducted in two sessions (4:30 to 6:00 pm; 7:00 to 8:30 pm) with dinner in between. Contact serving ones for registration and more details.
SCYP Parents & YP Serving Ones Fellowship: September 20 in Fullerton, 9:30 am to noon. Translation will be provided into Chinese, Korean and Spanish (please bring a smartphone and headphones). Contact serving ones for registration and more details.
Thanksgiving Conference: This year's conference will be held in Indianapolis, November 27 to 30. Childcare for K–6 will be provided during the meetings. Saints from LA interested in attending can get more information on hotel group rates and RSVP at tinyurl.com/thanksgivingconfla.
France Shepherding Trips: An invitation letter to participate in ongoing short-term shepherding trips throughout France is posted at lme.org/reports.html.
Germany Gospel Trips: Saints are invited to participate in gospel trips October 5 to 19 in Germany. Registration deadline is September 15. More information is at tinyurl.com/Gospeltrips-2025.
Bibles for America's helpful blogpost “How to Spend Time with Jesus in the Morning” is available to read and share at bfa.org/blog. A number of insightful 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.

by Ruiyu Wu

Week of August 24

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The Maturity of the Bride

“…I pursue, if even I may lay hold of that for which I also have been laid hold of by Christ Jesus…One thing I do: Forgetting the things which are behind and stretching forward to the things which are before, I pursue toward the goal for the prize to which God in Christ Jesus has called me upward. Let us therefore, as many as are full-grown, have this mind…” (Phil. 3:12-15)

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. We should never be content with ourselves but pursue growth and maturity in the life of Christ. We need to go on, to be brought on, to maturity by forgetting the things which are behind and stretching forward to the things which are before, pursuing toward the fullest enjoyment and gaining of Christ for the uttermost enjoyment of Christ in the millennial kingdom. The prerequisite for maturity in the spiritual life is to grow continually in the divine life. The ultimate issue of the believers' growth and maturity in the life of Christ is the full-grown man—the church as the Body of Christ growing into a mature man. (The Preparation of the Bride, msg. 3, II.A-D)

Touching and Following the Spirit of the Meeting

Every meeting has a spirit, just as every person has a spirit. Because the spirit of the meeting is a corporate spirit, we must learn to touch the spirit of the meeting and follow this spirit…If each of us learn to touch the spirit of the meeting and to follow the spirit of the meeting, the Holy Spirit would have more liberty in the meetings and would flow out of us more easily…

What kind of learning do we need before we can touch and follow the spirit in the meeting? First, we must learn to be before the Lord in our daily life by following the spirit, not our mind. In every matter, big or small, we must learn to touch our spirit. We must learn to bring our being into the spirit and to exercise our will strongly to turn to God from our emotions, preferences, goals, perspectives, and tendencies. If we practice this all the time, we will be accustomed to living in the spirit. Then when we go to the meetings, we will spontaneously touch the spirit of the meeting. If our spirit is clear, transparent, fresh, and sensitive, we will be able to touch the move of the Spirit in the meeting. (CWWL, 1950–1951, vol. 1, pp. 305-306)

May all the brothers and sisters, especially our young working saints, endeavor to live in the mingled spirit in their daily life, so that they may touch and follow the move of the Spirit during the meetings.

CSUN

The CSUN semester began this week on Monday, August 25. “Meet the Clubs,” one of the big events at the start of the semester where all the clubs introduce themselves and recruit new members, will be next week, September 2 and 3 from 10:00 am to 2:00 pm. On Thursday, September 4 we will have “Welcome Day,” which is the first occasion to invite those interested in the club to meet together. Please pray:

For our six key students at CSUN to grow in the Lord and become more living and energized so that they can be vibrant channels for the gospel.
That the Lord will send open and hungry students, especially freshman, to Welcome Day.
That our key students and serving ones will be well prepared to continue shepherding and caring for these new people who come to us.

USC

Classes began this week at the USC. We need the prevailing prayers of the saints:

For the Lord to empower our existing students to shine forth Christ and seize the opportunity to speak to others about Him from the start of the semester.
For the hearts of the freshmen to be open as we reach out to them, and for solid contact throughout the week with many of them.
For the new and returning students to be gathered at our first college meeting this Friday, August 29 and each find a a welcoming environment among us with rich spiritual supply.

France – Students Conference

This weekend, August 29 to 31, there will be a conference for college students and young working saints aged 18 to 35 in Semur-en-Auxois, a village in eastern France halfway between Paris and Lyon. The burden of the conference is to shepherd and perfect this age group and prepare the campus work in September. Around 70 saints have registered, including around 30 students. The topic of the conference is “Crucial Dealings for Our Experience of Life.” Please pray:

For any saints still considering their participation to still register by faith.
For the health, safety, and travel of all the saints.
For an uplifted atmosphere filled with the Lord's presence and timely speaking this weekend.

Germany – Blending Conference

There will be a Northern Germany Blending Conference the weekend of August 30 to 31 at Gut Elim, the blending center for the saints and churches in Germany. Pray that the Lord will bring the saints to this conference and bless the speaking and the blending in these two days.

Germany – October Gospel Trips

There will be gospel trips in multiple cities in Germany from October 5 to 19, mainly to contact students at the start of the semester. These trips will have visiting saints from around the earth combined with as many local saints as can be available. There are 45 spaces for visiting saints with September 15 the registration deadline. As of last Friday, 22 spaces were filled.

The Lord told us in Matthew 9:37-38, “The harvest is great, but the workers few; therefore beseech the Lord of the harvest that He would thrust out workers into His harvest.” Let us beseech the Lord to fill each of the 45 spaces. Let us also petition Him to release as many local saints as possible to participate in these gospel times.

Announcements

Morning Revival: Week 3 of The Preparation of the Bride.
Wednesday Night Ministry Meeting: This term's ministry series starting Wednesdays at 7:25 pm is on “The Crucial Points of the Truth in Paul's Epistles—Philippians and Colossians.” Saints are invited and encouraged to attend in person at the Ministry Conference Center in Anaheim. The meeting will also be live-streamed at lsmwebcast.com.
SCYP Blending Meeting: September 13 in Arcadia, conducted in two sessions (4:30 to 6:00 pm; 7:00 to 8:30 pm) with dinner in between. Contact serving ones for registration and more details.
SCYP Parents & YP Serving Ones Fellowship: September 20 in Fullerton, 9:30 am to noon. Translation will be provided into Chinese, Korean and Spanish (please bring a smartphone and headphones). Contact serving ones for registration and more details.
Thanksgiving Conference: This year's conference will be held in Indianapolis, November 27 to 30. Childcare for K–6 will be provided during the meetings. Saints from LA interested in attending can get more information on hotel group rates and RSVP at tinyurl.com/thanksgivingconfla.
France Shepherding Trips: An invitation letter to participate in ongoing short-term shepherding trips throughout France is posted at lme.org/reports.html.
Germany Gospel Trips: Saints are invited to participate in gospel trips October 5 to 19 in Germany for the purpose of contacting university students. Information is at tinyurl.com/Gospeltrips-2025.
Italy 2026 Winter Olympics: A letter of fellowship and a letter with instructions on how to apply and participate in gospel trips are posted at lme.org/reports.html.
Ways to Give: Information about the church's online giving platform, Subsplash, and where to mail checks, are at www.churchinlosangeles.org/members/offerings.

by Ruiyu Wu

Week of August 17

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The Building of the Bride

“And Jehovah God built the rib, which He had taken from the man, into a woman and brought her to the man. And the man said, This time this is bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh; this one shall be called Woman because out of Man this one was taken.” (Gen. 2:22-23)

“This mystery is great, but I speak with regard to Christ and the church.” (Eph. 5:32)

Genesis 2:22 does not say that Eve was created but that she was built; the building of Eve with the rib taken from Adam's side typifies the building of the church with the resurrection life released from Christ through His death on the cross and imparted into His believers in His resurrection (John 12:24; 1 Pet. 1:3).

The church as the real Eve is the totality of Christ in all His believers; the church is the reproduction of Christ; other than Christ's element, there should be no other element in the church (Gen. 5:2).

Only that which comes out of Christ with His resurrection life can be His complement as His bride (1 Cor. 12:12; Eph. 2:6; 5:28-30); the church is a pure product out of Christ; the church is “Christly,” “resurrectionly,” and heavenly. (The Preparation of the Bride, msg. 1, III.G.2-3, H.)

Wednesday Night Ministry Meetings

A new term of mid-week ministry meetings begins this Wednesday, August 20 at 7:25 pm at the LSM Ministry Conference Center in Anaheim. All the saints are warmly invited and encouraged to attend in person to support the release of the word. The meeting will also be live-streamed and archived at lsmwebcast.com (subscription or payment required).

Please pray for the ministry of the Lord's word week by week to His recovery. Pray for as many saints as possible to receive the speaking, whether in person or online. Pray for the Lord's continued blessing of the Full-time Training in Anaheim and covering of all trainees and serving ones.

FTTA Middle-Age

The fall term of the middle-age full-time training begins Monday, September 8. The application deadline is Tuesday, August 19. The training brings saints further into truth, life, service, gospel, and character. Ask the Lord to release more applications from across North America and from Europe. Also pray that He prepare more saints to join this training in the coming terms.

Bibles for America

While enrollment rates in colleges and universities dropped during and immediately after the pandemic, they have begun to increase again in the past couple of years. According to the Association of American Universities, around 16 million students enrolled as undergraduates in the fall of 2024.

As the beginning of the 2025-2026 school year draws near, please pray for the Lord to brood over all of the campuses in the United States, that His Word may go out in an unhindered way and that many young people would be captured for His purpose. Pray also for the saints going out to distribute copies of the NT Recovery Version and that every student who receives one would open it and find joy, strength, and peace in God's Word.

FTTL

The 2025 autumn semester of the Full-time Training in London began this week on August 18. The total number of trainees is 47, of which 14 are starting their first term. Please pray:

That the Lord will cover the training during the transition while the new facility is being constructed.
That many more European young people will be burdened by the Lord to come to the training full-time, and that the Lord will release them from any preoccupation to offer themselves willingly in the day of His warfare.
That the Lord will continue to raise up many shepherds to provide the needed care for the European young people, university students, and young adults as the tide of this age continues to darken.

2026 Winter Olympics in Italy

The 2026 Winter Olympic Games will be held in Italy from February 6 to 22. The Torch Relay throughout the country 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.

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)

Announcements

Morning Revival: Week 2 of The Preparation of the Bride (Memorial Day Conference).
Wednesday Night Ministry Meeting: The new series begins this week on August 20 at 7:25 pm.
Thanksgiving Conference: This year's conference will be held in Indianapolis, November 27 to 30. Childcare for K–6 will be provided during the meetings. Saints from LA interested in attending can get more information on hotel group rates and RSVP at tinyurl.com/thanksgivingconfla.
Bibles for America's new blogpost “How to Spend Time with Jesus in the Morning” is available to read and share at bfa.org/blog. Helpful videos are available at bfa.org/videos.
Free e-Booklets: Living Stream Ministry offers free e-booklets to read and share. For example, sixty nuggets and gems have been extracted from the Life-study of Philippians with practical and relevant topics such as “The Way to Be Freed from Anxiety” and “The Need of Forbearance in Married Life and Family Life.” These e-booklets may be accessed for free at www.lsm.org/life-study-philippians.
France Shepherding Trips: An invitation letter to participate in ongoing short-term shepherding trips throughout France is posted at lme.org/reports.html.
Germany Gospel Trips: Saints are invited to participate in gospel trips October 5 to 19 in Germany for the purpose of contacting university students. Information is at tinyurl.com/Gospeltrips-2025.
Italy 2026 Winter Olympics: A letter of fellowship and a letter with instructions on how to apply and participate in gospel trips are posted at lme.org/reports.html.
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.

by Ruiyu Wu

Week of August 10

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The Bride—the Goal of the Lord's Recovery

“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 marriage of the Lamb [in Revelation 19:7-9] is the issue of the completion of God's New Testament economy, which is to obtain for Christ a bride, the church, through His judicial redemption and by the organic salvation in His divine life. The bride is the goal of the Lord's recovery. (The Preparation of the Bride, msg. 1, II.A, III)

There is no doubt that Revelation 19 will be completely fulfilled. Furthermore, we believe that the process of fulfillment is taking place today. The bride, however, cannot be prepared quickly. This preparation is a gradual work that takes place over a period of time. Certainly the Lord must be doing a work on earth to prepare His bride. This preparation involves the work of a corporate building. Those who make up the bride must not only be mature in life; they must also be built together as the one bride. The primary work of the Lord in His recovery is to prepare His bride. In His recovery He is calling out a remnant of those who love Him and who are faithful to Him. He is sending out the call to overcome the degradation of Christianity so that a number of those who seek Him may be prepared as His bride. (The Conclusion of the New Testament, p. 4324)

Pray for the saints to hear the call to overcome by becoming part of the bride through cooperation, preparation, beautification, and maturation.

Having a Breakthrough in Contacting People

“I am the true vine, and My Father is the husbandman. Every branch in Me that does not bear fruit, He takes it away; and every branch that bears fruit, He prunes it that it may bear more fruit…If one does not abide in Me, he is cast out as a branch and is dried up; and they gather them and cast them into the fire, and they are burned…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 15:1-2, 6, 16)

Some brothers and sisters have been faithful in the recovery and for the recovery for many years…They love the church, they are for the church, and they support the church financially, but they are not bearing fruit. They should realize that to not bear fruit is a serious thing before the Lord. The Lord wants us to have a spiritual life in the church, to go to the meetings, to worship Him, and to live Him. But what is all this for? If all the saints in the church were like this, yet no one bore any fruit, the church would eventually die out…The most basic, crucial, and vital thing is for us to bring forth children.

…To bring forth spiritual children, you must make a serious decision to contact people directly. Do not trust in preachers and in preaching meetings. Just trust in your direct, personal, continual contact with people. (CWWL, 1989, vol. 4, “Elders' Training, Book 10: The Eldership and the God-ordained Way (2),” ch. 9, pp. 455-456)

Please pray that all the saints would have a breakthrough in gaining people for the Lord themselves by learning how to bear fruit and practicing fruit-bearing continually.

FTTA

The Fall 2025 term of the Full-time Training in Anaheim (as well as the Boston Extension) began this week on August 10. For this pre-training week, please pray:

That the Lord would speak all that is on His heart to supply and prepare the trainees and to gain their full consecration.
For the Lord's covering and strengthening of all the staff and serving saints as they cooperate with Him to care for all aspects of the training.
For the Lord's arrangements of all the service groups and campus teams, and for the surrounding localities to be ready to receive and care for the trainees assigned to them.

Our Young People

The LAUSD 2025–2026 academic year started on Monday, August 11 with other school districts having already begun or beginning soon. Please pray for all our young people to consecrate this upcoming school year to the Lord and to abide in Him. Pray that they would become seeds of the gospel and branches of Christ and would lead their friends and classmates to the Lord (John 12:24; 15:5).

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 for more saints to receive the Lord's burden to serve in French-speaking Europe for one to three months to meet the urgent need for continued shepherding of the new ones the Lord has put into our hands. Also pray that many students, families, and mature saints will migrate to France within the next several years for the Lord's interest.

Ukraine and Russia

A reminder from the footnote on 1 Kings 8:48: “No matter for whom we are praying, our prayers should be aimed at the interests of God, i.e., at Christ and the church as God's interests on earth, for the fulfilling of God's economy.”

Please continue to pray for the Lord to:

Keep all the saints in the countries involved open to Him for His divine dispensing.
Meet all their practical needs and preserve their tripartite beings for His interests.
Protect His people and His interests in Ukraine, Russia, and throughout Europe.

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 campus work in Vientiane to bear 10 remaining fruits and gain 20 college students who are willing to read the Bible. Also, continue to pray for the literature work to be strengthened and for the final proofreading and publication of the Rhema books in the Lao language. May these materials become a timely and rich supply to the saints and seekers throughout the country.

Announcements

Morning Revival: Week 1 of The Preparation of the Bride (Memorial Day Conference).
Wednesday Night Ministry Meeting: The ministry meeting will resume next week, August 20.
Free e-Booklets: Living Stream Ministry offers free e-booklets to read and share. For example, sixty nuggets and gems have been extracted from the Life-study of Philippians with practical and relevant topics such as “The Way to Be Freed from Anxiety” and “The Need of Forbearance in Married Life and Family Life.” These e-booklets may be accessed for free at www.lsm.org/life-study-philippians.
Bibles for America's blogpost “The Importance of Spending Personal Time with Jesus in the Morning” is available to read and share at bfa.org/blog. Helpful videos are available at bfa.org/videos.
France Shepherding Trips: An invitation letter to participate in ongoing short-term shepherding trips throughout France is posted at lme.org/reports.html.
Germany Gospel Trips: Saints are invited to participate in gospel trips October 5 to 19 in Germany for the purpose of contacting university students. Information is at tinyurl.com/Gospeltrips-2025.
Italy 2026 Winter Olympics: A letter of fellowship and a letter with instructions on how to apply and participate in gospel trips are posted at lme.org/reports.html.
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.

by Ruiyu Wu

Week of July 27

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Joined to Christ as Our New Husband

“For the married woman is bound by the law to her husband while he is living; but if the husband dies, she is discharged from the law regarding the husband. So then if, while the husband is living, she is joined to another man, she will be called an adulteress; but if the husband dies, she is free from the law, so that she is not an adulteress, though she is joined to another man. So then, my brothers, you also have been made dead to the law through the body of Christ so that you might be joined to another, to Him who has been raised from the dead.” (Rom. 7:2-4a)

[Romans 7:2-4a] shows two husbands. The first husband, the old husband, is the old man mentioned in 6:6, who has been crucified with Christ. The second husband, the new husband, mentioned in 7:2-4, is Christ. Since our old man, who was the old husband, has been crucified with Christ, we are freed from his law and are joined to the new Husband, Christ, the ever-living One.

This joining indicates that in our new status as a wife, we have an organic union in person, name, life, and existence with Christ in His resurrection. Now we are married to Christ, our new Husband. Since Christ is our Husband, we must depend on Him and take Him as our Head. To take Christ as our Husband means to terminate all that we are, have, and do and trust in Him for everything. No longer should we live by ourselves but by Christ. We must let Christ live for us. (Chapters 5 through 8 of Romans—the Kernel of the Bible, msg. 4, II.A, 1-2, B; III.A, B, 1, 3)

Experiencing, Enjoying, and Expressing Christ

“And we know that the Son of God has come and has given us an understanding that we might know Him who is true; and we are in Him who is true, in His Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God and eternal life.” (1 John 5:20)

We need to know that the Son of God has come and has given us an understanding that we might know Him who is true and know that we are in Him who is true, in Jesus Christ, the Son of God; this is the true God and eternal life. (June 2025 Semiannual Training, Key Statement 4)

Please continue to intercede for the prayerful response of all the saints to the Lord's speaking in the recent semiannual training. Pray for all the saints in the churches to spend the time praying over the word, allowing it to have a thoroughfare in their being so that it becomes their constitution. Pray for the saints to to pray desperately for their growth in life unto maturity in this age so that the bride could be prepared. May we all redeem the time advance in our experience and enjoyment of Christ for the expression of Christ for the fulfillment of God's economy!

UCLA Orientations

This summer, UCLA is hosting 12 orientation sessions for incoming freshmen. During these two-day sessions, students pick classes and get acquainted with campus life. A big component is a club fair on the first day of orientation, where students can sign up for various clubs that appeal to their interests. Three of these orientation sessions have already occurred and there will be nine more throughout the summer.

Our club will have a table at most of these orientations in order to meet and connect with new students. Over the years, these orientations have been very fruitful for our labor at UCLA. Please pray:

For the Spirit to brood over the incoming freshmen to open them to the Lord and bring them to our table for connection and fellowship.
For our timely follow-up with all who leave their name and our staying in contact with them throughout the summer and into the fall quarter.
For the Lord to flow through our own students and full-timers at the table to minister Christ as the immense magnet and charming object to the freshmen.

North America Chinese-speaking Saints Perfecting Training

The second and final phase of this summer's perfecting training for Chinese-speaking saints in North America is happening July 30 to August 3 in Cerritos. The general subject is “Go and Bear Remaining Fruit.” Please pray:

That the Lord would keep the hearts of the saints open for this training, granting them a spirit of hunger and openness, and that He would cover their health and travel.
That the saints would be perfected unto the work of the ministry for the building up of the Body of Christ (Eph. 4:12).

European Young People's Conference and Family Camp

The annual European YP conference and family camp is taking place from July 27 to August 2 in Małe Ciche, Poland. This year's conference marks its 30th year and is the largest gathering yet, with over 1,700 saints expected (approximately 1,000 attending the YP section and 700 attending with families).

Please continue to pray:

For a cleansed and sanctified environment for the Lord to freely move among our young generation to gain a group of consecrated young people in Europe for His testimony and expression.
For the Lord's speaking to the young people and families in Europe and their response for the advancement of His move in Europe.
For much blending, mutual encouragement, and strong morale among the young people and families.

Meeting Hall in Riga, Latvia

Due to changes in construction plans the rising cost of materials, as well as the building's status as a recognized historical site, the renovation costs for the recently acquired meeting hall in Riga are expected to increase by approximately 200,000 Euros. Please pray:

For the fellowship and coordination of the brothers regarding the project to renovate the property recently purchased to serve as the meeting hall of the church in Riga.
For the timely approval and authorization of all necessary permits and plans, so that there are no delays in the work.
For everyone laboring on the project, for the supply for the saints, and for the safety of all workers.

A five-minute video report has been posted at lordsmove.org/reports.html. As the Lord leads, saints in LA may participate in giving through the Church in Los Angeles designated for “Riga Meeting Hall.”

Sri Lanka

Pray for the registration of the church with the Ministry of Christian Affairs as a step to facilitate the Lord's move in Sri Lanka, as the process enters its final stage with an onsite visit by government officials.

Announcements

Morning Revival: Week 4 of Chapters 5 through 8 of Romans—the Kernel of the Bible.
FTTA: A video of the graduation presentation from June 28 is available for a limited time at ftta.org.
Bibles for America's blogpost “The Importance of Spending Personal Time with Jesus in the Morning” is available to read and share at bfa.org/blog. Helpful videos are available at bfa.org/videos.
France Shepherding Trips: A letter with more information is posted at lme.org/reports.html.
Germany Gospel Trips: Saints are invited to participate in gospel trips in German-speaking countries from October 5 to 19 for the purpose of contacting university students. More information, including instructions on how to register for these trips, is at tinyurl.com/Gospeltrips-2025.
Italy 2026 Winter Olympics: A letter of fellowship and a letter with instructions on how to apply and participate in gospel trips are posted at lme.org/reports.html.
Ways to Give: Information about the church's online giving platform, Subsplash, and where to mail checks, are at www.churchinlosangeles.org/members/offerings.

by Ruiyu Wu

Week of July 13

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Tribulation, Endurance, Approvedness, and Hope

“And not only so, but we also boast in our tribulations, knowing that tribulation produces endurance; and endurance, approvedness; and approvedness, hope.” (Rom. 5:3-4)

Tribulation is actually the incarnation of grace and the sweet visitation of grace; to reject tribulation is to reject grace, which is God as our portion for our enjoyment; grace mainly visits us in the form of tribulation by which God causes all things (all persons, all matters, all situations, all circumstances, and all environments) to work together for good, which is our gaining more of Christ to have Him wrought into our being, so that we may be transformed metabolically and conformed to Christ's image and so that we may be brought into the full sonship.

Tribulation issues in endurance, and endurance produces approvedness, which is tested character and approved worth (Phil. 2:19-22)…Along with approvedness, we have hope (Rom. 5:4), and we boast because of the hope of the glory of God (v. 2). The God of all grace has called us into His eternal glory in Christ Jesus; here and now we are enjoying Christ, who dwells in our spirit, as our hope of glory.

As we enjoy Christ in our sufferings, we are being saved in His life for accomplishing the organic goal of God's dynamic salvation, which is the producing and building up of the organic Body of Christ expressed in the local churches, where we enjoy the rich grace of the Lord and where the God of peace crushes Satan under our feet for His glorious expression and for the display of His victory. (Chapters 5 through 8 of Romans—the Kernel of the Bible, msg. 2, III.A, B, C, 2, D)

Experiencing, Enjoying, and Expressing Christ

“Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus, who…emptied Himself, taking the form of a slave…; and being found in fashion as a man, He humbled Himself, becoming obedient even unto death, and that the death of a cross.” (Phil. 2:5-8)

In order to experience Christ and live Christ, we must know Him as our pattern and take Him as our pattern, take Christ's mind as our mind, and know the Son's submission. (Key Statement 2)

Please pray that the speaking from the recent semiannual training would penetrate the entire recovery in an unprecedented way to match the Lord's present burden. Pray for the saints in all the churches to take Christ as their pattern in a subjective and experiential way. Pray that the One who not only set up the pattern but who Himself is the pattern would operate within all the saints as the indwelling God.

2025 Southwest Summer College Training

Dear saints, thank you for your prayer! Around 39 college students from different schools in LA participated last week in our region's summer college training at Oak Glen. This five-day training had the subject of “The Humanity of Jesus” with a focus on Christ as revealed through the type of the meal offering in Leviticus. Students were impressed with their need to have a proper humanity in order to express God for His purpose. Daily we have to eat and enjoy Christ as the “fine flour mingled with oil” to be constituted with His humanity for a proper Christian and church life.

There were also two supplemental lines on personal fellowship with the Lord and preaching the gospel. The morning line on personal fellowship helped the students know how to exercise their spirit to touch the Lord affectionately through pray-reading, calling, and confessing. After these brief messages, students were given the opportunity to practice spending personal time with the Lord. The line on gospel preaching was mainly carried out in smaller groups where the students were able to fellowship on the burden of praying for and contacting their friends. Additionally, throughout the week, there were group study times, verse memorization, and testing, as well as special fellowships on mental health, the Lord's recovery, and the Full-time Training in Anaheim.

As follow-up, please pray for the students' immediate practice of all that they touched during this training, in particular:

For the students to eat and enjoy the Lord daily as the meal offering through reading and praying over the word of God.
For them to be constituted with the humanity of Jesus to stand against the current of today's age and to be a testimony to their friends, family, and classmates.
For them to have companions with whom they can enjoy the word and pray for those they are burdened for.

Nordic-Baltic Conference

This weekend, July 18 to 20, a conference for the saints in the Nordic and Baltic countries will be hosted by the church in Oslo, Norway. This conference is a highlight for the saints in Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Finland, and Iceland, as well as for those in Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania. This summer's conference subject is “Our Faith Being Perfected.” Please pray for the Lord's fresh speaking and for the gathering and blending of the saints into the reality of the Body.

The Lord has been preparing and gaining a new generation of younger saints in this region—both church kids and gospel contacts. Recently, over a dozen students and young work saints attended the semiannual training in Anaheim, preceded by blending visits with several localities in Southern California, including Los Angeles. Some of these young saints are the only ones in their age group in their localities, so the blending has been encouraging. Pray for these ones and others to go on from strength to strength. After this weekend's conference, there will be a larger blending trip for students from the Nordic and Baltic countries—this time with 32 saints, two-thirds of whom are students. Lord, fully gain this new generation for the preparation of the bride for Your return!

Germany – Gospel Trips

Saints are invited to participate in gospel trips in German-speaking countries from October 5 to 19 for the purpose of contacting university students. A link to more information, including instructions on how to register for these trips, can be found at tinyurl.com/Gospeltrips-2025.

Please pray that the Lord will gain many young Germans, Swiss, and Austrians as remaining fruit and for the spread of the Lord's testimony in all these cities through these gospel trips.

A special fellowship was held at the recent semiannual training about the Lord's up-to-date move in Europe as a whole and specifically in Italy and in French- and German-speaking Europe. A video of that fellowship is available at lordsmove.org/reports.html.

Nepal

Pray for the campus work, that more students who are open and willing to read the Bible would be gained, and that 10 stable home meetings would be established in July.

Announcements

Morning Revival: Week 2 of Chapters 5 through 8 of Romans—the Kernel of the Bible.
FTTA: A video of the graduation presentation from June 28 is available for a limited time at ftta.org.
Bibles for America's newest blogpost “The Importance of Spending Personal Time with Jesus in the Morning” is available to read and share at bfa.org/blog. Helpful videos are available at bfa.org/videos.
2026 Winter Olympics in Italy: A letter of fellowship and a letter with instructions on how to apply and participate in gospel trips are now posted at lordsmove.org/reports.html.
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.

by Ruiyu Wu

Week of June 29

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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.

by Ruiyu Wu

Week of June 22

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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

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.

by Ruiyu Wu

Week of June 8

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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.

by Ruiyu Wu

Week of May 25

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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.

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.

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