Prayer, Week of January 11, 2015

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Praying with the Interceding Christ

In Exodus 17:8-16 Israel fought with Amalek. Amalek's purpose in attacking Israel was to frustrate them from entering the good land. Likewise, Satan's aim in stirring up the flesh to fight against us is to keep us from entering into the full enjoyment of the all-inclusive Christ.

Moses lifting up his hand on the mountaintop typifies the ascended Christ interceding in the heavens, and Joshua typifies Christ as the indwelling Spirit fighting against the flesh. Amalek was defeated by Israel through the supply of the manna (ch. 16) and the living water (17:1-6) and by the lifting up of Moses' hands and the fighting of Joshua. Likewise, we are victorious over the flesh by eating and drinking Christ as our life supply and by praying with the interceding Christ and putting the flesh to death with Christ as the fighting Spirit. (extracts from Exodus 17:8, note 2 and 17:11, note 1)

Southern California Spanish-Speaking and YP Conferences

The Southern California Spanish-speaking conference is January 23 to 25. Simultaneously there will be a Southern California young people's conference. Both will be in the MCC in Anaheim. Meetings will be Friday night, Saturday afternoon and night, and Lord's Day morning.

Ask the Lord to encourage many saints to attend both conferences. Young people and serving saints must register by January 18. Ask the Lord to stir the young people to register.

FTTA Gospel Trips

Thirty-seven teams of 5 to 11 people, a total of 270 saints, are going out on gospel and blending trips to North America, Europe, South America, and Asia. Two teams are already in place, two depart this week, and the others depart next week. The teams are mostly FTTA trainees plus a few midage trainees and some serving saints.

The traveling saints will coordinate and blend with the local churches; experience full-time life and service outside the training center; encourage others to attend the trainings; and preach the gospel, announce the truth, and distribute literature.

FTTA Gospel Trip to India (a report from an L.A. trainee)

All of our team arrived safely in New Delhi on January 9th. On the 10th, we took a bus ride to the city of Jalandhar which is eight hours from Delhi. It's in the province of Punjab. This is the target city of our gospel trip. We will be staying here for two weeks.

On the bus ride to Jalandhar, we sang hymns to the passengers and shared some of our testimonies. We called on the name of the Lord together and some passengers were very positive toward us. There was a couple who were very much interested in us and they invited us to share our gospel to a university two hours from Jalandhar where one is a teacher and one is a chancellor.

On the 11th, we got to meet the saints who have been laboring in Jalandhar. There are FTT Taipei and FTT New Delhi trainees and local saints from other cities; they have already been propagating in Jalandhar about two weeks. We all are in six sub-teams who go out to different areas of the city for propagation. The goal is to gain six local families to be at the first Lord's Table of the church in Jalandhar on January 25th.

FTTA Boston Extension

The Boston term starts January 19. In the fall term there were 36 trainees. Two trainees from L.A. were in the fall term and will continue in the spring term. The training includes truth pursuit, campus work, blending with local saints, and interactions with the training in London. A two page report is at https://churchinlosangeles.org/prayer.

Czech Republic

Beginning on January 17, six monthly seminars will be held in the Czech Republic to shepherd ministry readers and seeking ones. The saints have been praying consistently for the increase in the Czech Republic, and they are happily involved in the preparations for the seminars. The prayer and the labor for the preparations have been very profitable for the Lord's interests. Please pray for the seminars, for the follow-up and gaining of the seeking ones, and for new openings and new ways to distribute the ministry books in 2015.

Philippines

January 16 to 18 we will have a few hundred elders, coworkers, and responsible brothers from all over the Philippines come together for a perfecting time with brothers Ron Kangas and Albert Lim. This will be at Malabon (FTT facility). Please remember this time in much prayer for the one new man to become more of a reality in this time. Please pray also for the Lord's shining in fellowship about practical needs.

Pakistan

A young people's perfecting training was held 26th to 28th December in three cities. In total 45 local saints partook of this training. The burden is to help the brothers and sisters to know God's economy, and realize that Christ is versus religion, that they can remain in the line of life of the Lord's recovery, practice to live the corporate God-man living in the reality of the Body of Christ, and to become His testimony in each locality. The Lord really gave us a new revival and new beginning.


Announcements

  1. Morning revival: week 5 of Vision, Practice, and Building Up
  2. The Southern California Spanish Speaking Conference will be January 23 to 25 in Anaheim. There will also be children's meetings. Información en español and English is at https://churchinlosangeles.org/prayer.
  3. The Southern California Young People's Blending Conference will be January 23 to 25 in Anaheim, concurrent with the Spanish-Speaking Conference. Register at http://www.scyp.com/event-registration. Registration deadline is January 18.
  4. The 2015 National College Training will be July 12 to 18. Please visit http://www.collegetraining.org for information and instructions on how to register.

Prayer, Week of January 4, 2015

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Memorial Day

If we want to have every day as a memorial day, not a wasted day, we need three things:

  • a new beginning with the Lord, something sprouting and budding in our being; a "walk in newness of life" (Rom. 6:4), to "serve in newness of spirit" (Rom. 7:6);
  • to take Christ as our Substitute; to tell Him, Lord, I want You to be everything to me, I want You to do everything in me, through me, and for me;
  • to keep the feast of unleavened bread, taking Christ as our sinless supply.
    (from the speaking of winter training message 7)

Gospel Trips

The FTTA gospel trips are 15 to 18 days long to places in North America, Asia, Europe, and South America. Some trips to Asia begin this week; all the trips will begin by January 24. These trips are for current FTTA trainees, full-time serving saints, recent FTTA graduates, FTTA midage trainees and graduates, and other responsible saints. Trips to each of the four continents include L.A.-related trainees.

The traveling saints will coordinate and blend with the local churches; experience full-time life and service outside the training center; encourage others to attend the trainings; and preach the gospel, announce the truth, and distribute literature.

The North American gospel trips are in conjunction with the GTCA activities in 21 cities (http://gtca.us/2015-cities-2/).

Bibles for America

In 2014, BfA gave away 105,700 copies of the New Testament Recovery Version and 505,500 copies of ministry books by Watchman Nee and Witness Lee. Our newest book, A Life Full of Forbearance but Without Anxiety, quickly became our most popular book, with nearly 40,000 copies ordered in its first six months.

Our blog posts on biblical truth and Christian experience reached both people familiar with BfA and people searching for answers to spiritual questions on the Internet. The number of blog subscribers grew by over 6,000.

Two of our YouTube gospel videos reached over 100,000 views this year, and a new video, Assurance of Salvation: How You Can Know You Are Saved, reached over 185,000 views on Facebook in its first two weeks.

Please pray that the Lord would work in all the people who received materials, visited our website, read our blog, and watched our videos this year. May He continue to bring many on in the growth in life and the vision of what God is doing on the earth today!

For a more detailed look at BfA's year, please visit http://www.bfa.org/2014.

Radio Broadcast in the UK

Since the Life-study of the Bible broadcast began in London in 2000, tens of thousands of radio listeners have contacted us at least once. Many have attended at least one seminar. Many are not only listening, but they are also reading the ministry, speaking the ministry, prophesying concerning the ministry, and opening their homes to get into the ministry with others.

In the past fifteen years, the increase we have seen in the UK has been mainly due to remaining fruit from the radio broadcast. When we began, the church in London met in one district. In early 2015, we anticipate that there will be a new district, bringing our total to twelve districts.

There are still thousands of radio listeners who need to be contacted and shepherded. Even though years have passed since they contacted us, they are still warm when we contact them again. We attribute this to the regular feeding they receive through the radio broadcast. We are continually meeting people for the first time who have been listening to the broadcast for years.

The broadcast is six days per week. The cost is approximately $15,000 per month. From its beginning in 2000 it was heard only in the London area; in 2009 coverage was extended to the entire UK population of over 60 million. For continuation of the broadcast, saints in the recovery have the opportunity to support it financially through one-time or recurring gifts. Recurring gifts are recommended, since the need for the broadcast is ongoing. Gifts of any amount are welcome.

Those who would like to give through LME can find instructions at http://www.lordsmove.org/ukradio. Or you can give a gift to the church marked for UK radio.

Europe

A four-page report from Europe, distributed at the winter training, is available at https://churchinlosangeles.org/prayer.


Announcements

  1. Morning revival: week 4 of Vision, Practice, and Building Up
  2. The Southern California Spanish Speaking Conference will be January 23 to 25 in Anaheim. There will also be children's meetings. Información en español and English is at https://churchinlosangeles.org/prayer.
  3. The Southern California Young People's Blending Conference will be January 23 to 25 in Anaheim, concurrent with the Spanish-Speaking Conference. Register at http://www.scyp.com/event-registration.
  4. The 2015 National College Training will be July 12 to 18. Please visit http://www.collegetraining.org for information and instructions on how to register.

Prayer, Week of December 28, 2014

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God's Salvation, Provision, and Revelation

In Exodus we see that God's building is the goal of His salvation, provision, and revelation. Let us pray for a fuller experience of salvation, for our daily receiving of His rich provision, and for fresh revelation concerning God's desire.

Southern California Young People's Blending Conference

The conference will be January 23 to 25 at the Ministry Conference Center in Anaheim. Check-in is Friday 6:45 pm; meetings Friday 7:30 pm; Saturday 3 pm and 7 pm; Lord's Day 9:30 am.

There will be no meals or hospitality provided for this conference so there will be no charge. However, we do ask all the young people and serving ones planing to please register by January 18th by visiting http://www.scyp.com/event-registration and to do your best to attend all the meetings.

National College Training

We are happy to announce that the 2015 National College Training will be held in Champaign, Illinois, on July 12-18, 2015.

This training is open to all college students and newly-graduated high school seniors. Participants are required to attend full-time. The goal is to impart a vision to the students, equip them with truth, help them in their experience of life, perfect them in preaching the gospel, and develop their character so they can become useful vessels for building up the Body of Christ. Moreover, this training affords them the opportunity to blend with their peers who love and pursue Christ.

Please visit http://www.collegetraining.org for more information and instructions on how to register.

European Winter School of Truth

The European Winter School of Truth is now: December 27 to January 1 in London and December 26 to 31 in the Netherlands and Spain.

All three locations have one class for ages 11 to 14 and another class for ages 15 to 18. All classes cover Young People's Lesson Book 6, The Bible, The Word of God. May the Lord use this Truth school to bless His move with the young people in all of Europe and may each of the young people touch life in the word through pray-reading.

Sri Lanka, Laos, and Qatar

Two pages of good reports from these nations are at http://lmasia.org/temp/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/E-2014-12.pdf.


Announcements

  1. Morning revival: week 3 of Vision, Practice, and Building Up
    January 5 to 11: week 4 of Vision, Practice, and Building Up
  2. The Southern California Spanish Speaking Conference will be January 23 to 25 in Anaheim. There will also be children's meetings. Información en español and English is at https://churchinlosangeles.org/prayer.
  3. The Southern California Young People's Blending Conference will be January 23 to 25 in Anaheim, concurrent with the Spanish-Speaking Conference. Register at http://www.scyp.com/event-registration.

Prayer, Week of December 21, 2014

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Winter Training

"Brothers, I do not account of myself to have laid hold; but 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." (Phil 3:13-14)

May this be our attitude in Anaheim and in video trainings.

College Age Fan into Flame

We would like to announce to all the churches in Southern California that there will be a time specifically for the college age to incite one another and pray for one another immediately following this Winter Training. This will be Lord's Day, December 28, 4 to 6 pm in Irvine. Please note that it may not be the best to invite students who are brand new to the church life.

Bibles for America

Please pray for the thousands of people who received a copy of the New Testament Recovery Version and books by Watchman Nee and Witness Lee from BfA this year. Pray that as they read, the Lord would operate in their hearts and environments to save them and to bring them to the full knowledge of the truth.

European Winter School of Truth

We are so thankful to the Lord for a further step in the Lord's move to gain a group of constituted young people in Europe. We have been carrying out the Winter School of Truth in London since 2004 and in the Netherlands since 2012. This year for the first time there will be a third location in Spain. The dates are December 27 to January 1 in London and January 26 to 31 in the Netherlands and Spain.

All three locations will have one class for ages 11 to 14 and another class for ages 15 to 18. All classes will cover Young People's Lesson Book 6, The Bible, The Word of God. May the Lord use this Truth school to bless His move with the young people in all of Europe and may each of the young people touch life in the word through pray-reading.

Utrecht, The Netherlands

Saints first migrated to Utrecht in July 2010. Since then, additional migrations occurred, together with ongoing labor to find and shepherd the seeking believers within the city. The first Lord's table was held in Utrecht on 14 December. Please pray for a strong continuation of the church life and for the building up of a golden lampstand in Utrecht.

Portugal

An encouraging report from the recent conference and Bible distribution is at https://churchinlosangeles.org/prayer. Please pray that:

  • the Lord will strengthen, supply, and add to the saints in Lisbon so that the 53 new contacts (and the existing contacts) can be reached as soon as possible;
  • the Lord will bind His enemy from stealing the joy that these new Bible recipients have received;
  • the saints who attended the conference will digest the word that was spoken and dive into all the truths that were release for their supply, enjoyment, and experience;
  • more saints will be burdened to migrate to Lisbon, and that the Lord will open a way so that those who are burdened can move there soon for the raising up of a lampstand in Lisbon.

Announcements

  1. Morning revival: winter training verses or repeat week 2 of Vision, Practice, and Building Up
    December 29 to January 4: week 3 of Vision, Practice, and Building Up
    January 5 to 11: week 4 of Vision, Practice, and Building Up
  2. The Southern California Spanish-Speaking Conference will be January 23 to 25 in Anaheim. There will also be a young people's conference and children's meetings. Información en español and English is at https://churchinlosangeles.org/prayer.
  3. The Southern California Young People's Blending Conference will be January 23 to 25 in Anaheim, concurrent with the Spanish-Speaking Conference. Register at http://www.scyp.com/event-registration.
  4. The 2015 National College Training will be July 12 to 18. Please visit http://www.collegetraining.org for information and instructions on how to register.

Prayer, Week of December 14, 2014

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Winter Training

The winter training begins Monday, December 22. Ask the Lord to work in all who come so that they come poor in spirit, ready to receive something fresh from the Lord.

"To be poor in spirit is not only to be humble but also to be emptied in our spirit, in the depth of our being, not holding on to the old things of the old dispensation [nor holding on to what we have heard and know in the recovery] but unloaded to receive the new things, the things of the kingdom of the heavens." (Matthew 5:3, note 2)

Gospel in Thousand Oaks

The church in Thousand Oaks had a gospel forum, dinner, and gospel preaching Saturday night. Sixteen new people attended; during the time all prayed. Six of the new people are high school students from a boarding school; they were brought by a dean of the school. We did not push baptism but one sister, who is a neighbor of saints and who has been in some home meetings, wanted to get baptized. After her one high school student got baptized.

Please pray for continued contact and care of all 16. Pray also for the high school to remain open to us.

FTTA

We have 43 graduates this term. Please pray that each one would follow the Lord in this critical time. Among these graduates 14 are international trainees who need to leave the country; please pray that the Lord would guide their next step and that they would be at peace in their hearts.

Please pray for the FTTA serving ones in this busy time at the end of the term. Thank you.

London

A total of 200 new ones attended at least one seminar in the November series of five weekly seminars held simultaneously at four locations. Please pray:

  • for the continued shepherding of the new ones through home visitations and group meetings.
  • that the Lord will raise up a new district in Walthamstow, where a weekly meeting will continue on Lord's day afternoon.

Lord's Move in Asia

This weekend there will be national conferences in Sri Lanka and Vietnam.

Next week there will be one to three day young people's trainings in Pakistan, Nepal, and Myanmar.


Announcements

  1. Morning revival: week 2 the fall 2014 ITERO, The Vision, Practice, and Building Up of the Church as the Body of Christ.
    December 22 to 28: winter training verses or repeat week 2 of Vision, Practice, and Building Up
    December 29 to January 4: week 3 of Vision, Practice, and Building Up
  2. The Southern California Spanish Speaking Conference will be January 23 to 25 in Anaheim. There will also be a young people's conference and children's meetings. Información en español and English is at https://churchinlosangeles.org/prayer.
  3. The 2015 International Chinese-speaking Conference will be in Taiwan February 21-22. There will be translation into English and other languages as needed. There will also be optional church visiting trips before and after the conference. Information is at http://www.icsc2015.org/about/index. A letter about a good air fare is at https://churchinlosangeles.org/prayer. THE REGISTRATION DEADLINE IS EXTENDED; contact the registration coordinator for the church in LA, brother HongChang Lin (310) 904-3483 in hall 3.

Prayer, Week of December 7, 2014

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Reflect the Heavenly Ministry of Christ

"If therefore you were raised together with Christ, seek the things which are above, where Christ is, sitting at the right hand of God. Set your mind on the things which are above, not on the things which are on the earth." (Col. 3:1-2)

As the divine High Priest, the ascended Christ is interceding for us (Heb. 7:25), and we need to respond to His intercession. We need to become on earth the reflection of Christ's intercession in His heavenly ministry, praying the prayers of the interceding Christ. When we seek the things which are above, we respond to Christ's heavenly ministry and reflect it. (from Thanksgiving conference, msg 5, III.)

Gospel in Thousand Oaks

The church in Thousand Oaks has taken action for the furtherance of the Chinese-speaking gospel. At the end of summer we began an eight-week training based on "Fellowship Concerning the Urgent Need of the Vital Groups." In early October, we began our 10-week countdown in groups to pray for the coming gospel and to contact gospel friends in preparation for our December 13 gospel time. We established groups for the practical services at the gospel meeting and for those who will testify and speak the word. There are also twos and threes praying for the gospel on the daily basis.

May the Lord bless us with many remaining fruits.

Southern California Gospel

This Saturday at 4 pm at the Church in Arcadia meeting hall (630 E Live Oak Ave, Arcadia) there will be a Chinese-speaking gospel truth forum for the Chinese-speaking saints and gospel friends in Southern California, dinner is provided. After that we will have a gospel meeting, concluding at 8.30pm.

Middle-Age Training

Thirty-four trainees will graduate on Saturday. May each one be supplied to follow the Lamb wherever He may go (Rev. 14:4). May they also be supplied to continue their daily living according to the life practices that have been imparted in the training.

Give Thanks

Thank the Lord that Building 7 (to be used by FTTA) received the occupancy permit from the city of Anaheim last week. Ask the Lord to richly supply all who will be involved in moving things from the MCC into building 7 and in other preparations for the winter training.

Bibles for America

The BfA distribution tour of the US Southeast concluded Lord's Day, November 23. During these three weeks, the saints gave away nearly 1,200 Bibles and many ministry books to students on college campuses as well as to police officers, mechanics, waiters, and hotel staff. Everywhere the teams visited, they were encouraged by the openness and warmth of the people they met and the sweet blending and coordination with the local saints.

Praise the Lord for another opportunity to reach people face-to-face with the precious gift of the Word and the ministry. Please pray for the many people contacted during this tour, that they would open the books they received and that the Lord would enlighten the eyes of their heart that they may see what the economy of the mystery is!

Belgium

The annual conference is Saturday and Lord's Day December 13 to 14. The content will be from the Thanksgiving Conference, The Vision and Experience of Christ in His Resurrection and Ascension.

Netherlands

After the Lord's Day morning conference meeting and lunch in Belgium, all saints are invited to drive 2½ hours to attend the first Lord's table meeting in Utrecht, the Netherlands, on Lord's Day afternoon, December 14. Utrecht is home to a large and highly ranked university.

India

December and January is propagation time in five cities in India. Their goal is 80 baptisms in each city, and 2 small groups, 4 churches, and 2 new districts to be established. Participants at various times during these two months include local saints in India, 35 from FTT New Delhi, 50 from FTT Taipei, 11 from FTTA (including two LA-related), 20 saints from Malaysia, and some others from outside India.

Please pray:

  • that all participants be prepared with a burning spirit, mind of suffering, and healthy body;
  • for the spiritual atmosphere and practical arrangements in each of the five cities;
  • for the care of current contacts in these cities and for reaching the goals in each city.

Announcements

  1. Morning revival: week 1 the fall 2014 ITERO, The Vision, Practice, and Building Up of the Church as the Body of Christ.
  2. The Southern California Spanish Speaking Conference will be January 23 to 25 in Anaheim. There will also be a young people's conference and children's meetings. Información en español and English is at https://churchinlosangeles.org/prayer.
  3. The 2015 International Chinese-speaking Conference will be in Taiwan February 21-22. There will be translation into English and other languages as needed. There will also be optional church visiting trips before and after the conference. Information is at http://www.icsc2015.org/about/index. A letter about a good air fare is at https://churchinlosangeles.org/prayer. THE REGISTRATION DEADLINE IS EXTENDED; contact the registration coordinator for the church in LA, brother HongChang Lin (310) 904-3483 in hall 3.

Prayer, Week of November 30, 2014

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The Vision and Experience of Christ

We need a clear vision that the content of God’s New Testament economy is a Person who is both divine and human, a Person who is both God and man, who has passed through incarnation, human living, crucifixion, resurrection, and ascension and has consummated in the all-inclusive, processed, compound, life-giving, and indwelling Spirit imparted into us in His resurrection as life to us, and poured out upon us in His ascension as power to us that we may live the divine life to express God and move with the divine power, economically, to carry out God’s economy. (WL, God's New Testament Economy, ch. 9; read during the opening word of Thanksgiving Conference message 1)

Lord, grant us all a new and fresh vision of Yourself as the reality of resurrection and ascension. And bring us into the practical and subjective experience of what we see. Lord, we want to live the divine life and move with divine power.

Our Response to the Vision and Experience of Christ

Let us open to the Lord and pray to overcome all spiritual passivity and to fully recover the exercise of our spirit in order that the Lord may work what is needed in us to live in ascension as His garden and to be His corporate warrior to fight with and in Him. (based on the concluding word of Thanksgiving Conference message 6)

London

Bower House is a large property in London used for conferences, FTT London, church meetings, book sales, packing and mailing books, and is a fellowship center for Lord’s Move in Europe. A redevelopment of Bower House is desired in order to expand its usefulness. The final planning permission application will be submitted soon. Please pray that:

  • The Lord will give the brothers clear direction in deciding how best to present the plans to the
    local planning authority
  • The planning authority will look upon our application with favor and will respond positively.

Ukraine

There were 60 churches in Ukraine at the beginning of the year. Five churches have been affected by the fighting that began early this year. No saints have been injured but 39 have been forced to flee their homes and are staying with saints in other cities. Please pray:

  • That the heavens would rule, the Lord would be glorified and Satan would be put to shame;
  • That even in the present divisive political situation the new man would be brought forth and the Body would be built up;
  • For the Lord’s continued blessing on all the churches and all the saints in the Russian speaking world for the Lord’s interest and testimony;
  • For all the saints who have been affected by the fighting, that their hearts would be comforted and that they would continue to experience the Lord as their all sufficient supply in the Body.

Kiev (the capital and largest city) has been quiet since demonstrations in March. A number of brothers are working on construction of the meeting hall. The exterior siding is finished and all the windows have been installed; interior work continues. Please pray:

  • For the brothers working on the hall to be continually supplied and preserved in the one accord;
  • For our continued good relationship with all of our contractors;
  • For the Lord’s covering and blessing on our relationships with our neighbors especially with those who live in close proximity to the hall;
  • For the completion of the hall and the timely preparation of all the occupancy documents;
  • That every aspect of the construction and use of this hall would be used by the Lord for the building up of His Body in the Russian speaking world.

A 5 minute video about the current situation in Ukraine is at http://youtu.be/Du_Bzy8hUu8. Offerings to help with completion of the meeting hall may be given to the church, marked for Ukraine.

Iberian Peninsula Conference

The annual Iberian conference is December 5 to 7 in Lisbon, Portugal. Pray also that the Lord would raise up a lampstand in this city.

Bangladesh

There will be a blending conference here December 4 to 6. In Bangladesh there are 38 churches with more than 1200 saints.


Announcements

  1. Morning revival: REPEAT week 36 of Crystallization-Study of Genesis. On December 8 we begin the fall 2014 ITERO, The Vision, Practice, and Building Up of the Church as the Body of Christ.
  2. The winter training will be December 22 to 27 in Anaheim. Some video trainings in L.A. will begin December 22, some later. Donation is $205 for Anaheim, $80 for video.

Prayer, Week of November 23, 2014

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International Thanksgiving Conference

The subject is, The Vision and Experience of Christ in His Resurrection and Ascension. Please pray that the Lord's living word be released to uplift our vision of Christ, with a spirit of wisdom and revelation in the full knowledge of Him. Pray also that His word would operate in us to bring forth much experience of Christ in His resurrection and ascension.

Bible Distribution in Los Angeles

Last Saturday the Spanish-speaking saints in hall 1 were at the Mercado Del Pueblo. We had a very blessed time doing the Bible distribution. We gave out 40 Bibles and some other literature; 38 of the 40 recipients left their information for a follow up. Lord Jesus, thank you for the blessings during this time. We give you all these people that took their Bible. We ask you to open their eyes so they can see more when they open their Bible. Grant us to have the proper care for all the seeking ones.

Bibles for America

During the first two weeks of BfA's tour in the Southeast, we were at college campuses in Georgia, Alabama, Tennessee, South Carolina, and Florida, to distribute free Bibles and Christian books. We gave away over 650 copies of the New Testament Recovery Version and at least as many copies of Basic Elements of the Christian Life, The Economy of God, The Normal Christian Life, and other books from our free Christian Books Collection.

The distribution teams have been encouraged by people's warm reception and by their uplifting conversations with students, university personnel, and others who stop by the tables.

Please pray for the many people who came into contact with the saints during the first two weeks of this tour. Pray that they would open the books they received and that the Word spoken to them would grow and bear fruit.

Europe

The last of this fall's one-week trainings in London begins November 24 on the general subject of "The Four Great Pillars in the Lord's Recovery: Truth, Life, the Church, and the Gospel." Attendees will include saints in the churches throughout Europe and also seeking ones contacted through the spread of the ministry publications and the campus work. Please pray for the perfecting of the saints and the gaining of the seeking ones for the Lord's recovery in Europe.

London

A series of seminars on "Changing Death into Life" is being held at four venues in London on each of the five Lord's Days in November. The goal is that the Lord would increase the church in London by capturing some for His recovery, and that at least one new district would be raised up (District 12) in the borough of Walthamstow in Northeast London.

In Walthamstow 32 new ones attended the second seminar, 14 for second time. Please pray for the new ones to come back for the remaining seminars and for the continued sweet coordination among the saints in shepherding them. Pray that many of the contacts will desire further home visitations and meetings.


Announcements

  1. Morning revival: week 36 of Crystallization-Study of Genesis. We will repeat week 36 next week, then begin on December 8 the fall 2014 ITERO, The Vision, Practice, and Building Up of the Church as the Body of Christ.
  2. The winter training will be December 22 to 27 in Anaheim. Some video trainings in L.A. will begin December 22, some later. Donation is $205 for Anaheim, $80 for video.

Prayer, Week of November 16, 2014

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International Thanksgiving Conference

Please pray for the spiritual and practical preparations for this conference. Pray for the brothers preparing the messages, that “utterance may be given to them in the opening of their mouth, to make known in boldness the mystery of the gospel” (Eph. 6:19). Pray for all the listeners, that our hearts will be open to have a fresh word implanted in us for further growth unto maturity.

Raising up our Next Generation in the Church Life

This past Saturday, November 15, there was a joint young people's meeting for all the districts in Los Angeles as well as Santa Monica and Inglewood. A total of 90 saints were there including young people, college students, serving ones, and parents. The topic was on the life of Joseph and following his pattern of seeing a heavenly vision and allowing that vision to affect our daily lives - so that the Lord, through us, could be the Savior and Sustainer of life to those around us at our schools. The young people testified afterwards from their conferences which touched the matter of having a proper humanity (the junior high conferences) and Joseph (the high school conferences).

Please pray that our young people would come to increasingly know and love the Lord Jesus as the one with the proper humanity for the church life, and as the real Joseph who supplies life to both God's people and to the people in the world.

Southern California College Conference

Please pray for the second college conference, which is this weekend in Big Bear. Our students from UCLA, CSUN, and CSUCI will attend. Pray that:

  1. The students would be prepared inwardly to receive a fresh vision concerning the age of the jubilee;
  2. The atmosphere would be full of the release of the spirit;
  3. The enemy would be bound in relation to any frustrations that would keep students from coming to or enjoying the conference;
  4. The Lord would gain the real victory and every student would experience the blessings and freedom of the reality of the jubilee.

European Autumn University Conference

This conference is November 21 to 23 in London. The subject is “First Thessalonians—Expecting the Saviour’s Return and Living a Sanctified Life.”
London, UK University Conference flyer November 2014

London

A series of seminars is being held at four venues in London on the five Lord's Days in the month of November. The general topic is “Changing Death into Life” from the nine cases in John’s Gospel showing that Christ as life meets the need of every man’s case. At the first seminar on Lord’s Day, November 2 a total of 74 new ones and 240 saints (including trainees and full-timers) came to the four locations.

Please pray for the new ones to come back for the other seminars and for the continued sweet coordination among the saints in shepherding them. Pray that many of the contacts will desire further home visitations and meetings. Also please pray for the continuing visiting and inviting of the contacts.

Pakistan

There will be a one-week Gospel Move in Karachi (the largest city in Pakistan) November 17-23.


Announcements

  1. Morning revival: week 35 of Crystallization-Study of Genesis.
  2. The winter training will be December 22 to 27 in Anaheim. Some video trainings in L.A. will begin December 22, some later. Donation is $205 for Anaheim, $80 for video.
  3. The International Thanksgiving Conference will be November 27-30 in San Antonio, Texas with translation into Chinese, Korean, Spanish, and Portuguese. Information is at https://churchinlosangeles.org/prayer>.
  4. The 2015 International Chinese-speaking Conference will be in Taiwan February 21-22. There will be translation into English and other languages as needed. There will also be optional church visiting trips before and after the conference. Information is at http://www.icsc2015.org/about/index. A letter about a good air fare is at https://churchinlosangeles.org/prayer. This is the LAST WEEK TO REGISTER. The registration coordinator for the church in LA is brother HongChang Lin (310) 904-3483 in hall 3.

Prayer, Week of November 9, 2014

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Unto Sonship

"Chose us…to be holy…unto sonship" (Eph. 1:4-5). The divine sonship is accomplished by our being mingled with God (the Holy One as the Holy Spirit) unto full sanctification. Lord, grant us to be continually mingled with you. Sanctify us wholly.

Report from College Conference

The first college conference was this weekend, Nov. 7-9 in Big Bear. Thank you saints for all of your prayers! We had one of the highest numbers of students that we've ever had at this fall conference. 477 in all, including 318 students, checked in. This includes 55 from the USC area. 13 were baptized at the conference, including 1 USC student. The Lord's anointing was truly with the speaking, showing how each of us (even though we have become numb to it) are under great oppression from sin and Satan. How much we need the Lord Jesus to be our jubilee, our freedom, in our daily life! Furthermore, in the jubilee not only are we returned to our possession (God), we return to our family (the church) and become proclaimers of this good news.

Please pray that the students would continue to live in the jubilee and proclaim the jubilee this week in their daily lives. Furthermore, pray that they would enjoy their real family, the church!

Hall 1 Spanish Bibles for America Distribution

The Spanish speaking saints from Hall 1 will set up a BfA table at the local swap-meet/market on Saturday, November 22, from noon until 6:00 PM. Please pray to the Lord to bless this time, so we can have a very pleasant time and that many would come to the table and receive Bibles.

Ministry Conference Center Building 7

The remodel of Building 7 at MCC is nearing completion. Please pray that there are no delays obtaining the elevator inspection and the occupancy permit.

Bibles for America Southeast USA tour

On November 1, BfA began a three-week distribution tour across Georgia, Alabama, Tennessee, South Carolina, and Florida. They will give away free copies of the New Testament Recovery Version and books by Witness Lee and Watchman Nee at college campuses and other venues in 13 cities.

Please pray for the Lord's blessing on the coordination and preparation for this tour. Pray also that He would prepare His sons of peace to meet the participating saints and receive from them the supplying and nourishing materials available from BfA.

London

Every Lord's Day in November we have seminars at four locations in London. The topic is Changing Death into Life. May the Lord change much death into life. May a harvest be reaped throughout London for the Lord to gain His building in the largest city in Europe. (http://www.amanatrust.org.uk/novemberseminars)

Europe

One-week trainings will be held in London beginning November 3, 10, and 24 on the general subject of "The Four Great Pillars in the Lord's Recovery: Truth, Life, the Church, and the Gospel." Attendees will include saints in the churches throughout Europe and also seeking ones contacted through the spread of the ministry publications and the campus work. Please pray for the perfecting of the saints and the gaining of the seeking ones for the Lord's recovery in Europe.


Announcements

  1. Morning revival: week 34 of Crystallization-Study of Genesis.
  2. The second fall college conference will be at Big Bear for UCLA/Westside plus CSUN/Valley and CSUCI/TO, November 21 to 23. Details are at http://www.college-conference.com.
  3. The winter training will be December 22 to 27 in Anaheim. Some video trainings in L.A. will begin December 22, some later. Donation is $205 for Anaheim, $80 for video.
  4. The Southern California Blending Conference has been postponed; the new date will probably be early 2015.
  5. The International Thanksgiving Conference will be November 27-30 in San Antonio, Texas with translation into Chinese, Korean, Spanish, and Portuguese. Information is at https://churchinlosangeles.org/prayer.
  6. The 2015 International Chinese-speaking Conference will be in Taiwan February 21-22. There will be translation into English and other languages as needed. There will also be optional church visiting trips before and after the conference. Information is at http://www.icsc2015.org/about/index. A letter about a good air fare is at https://churchinlosangeles.org/prayer. Register by November 30 through the church here. The registration coordinator for the church in LA is brother HongChang Lin (310) 904-3483 in hall 3.