“But we all with unveiled face, beholding and reflecting like a mirror the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory, even as from the Lord Spirit.” —2 Cor. 3:18
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“If we live by the Spirit, let us also walk by the Spirit.” —Gal. 5:25
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The logic of Job’s friends was according to the line of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil in their thinking that Job’s sufferings were a matter of God’s judgment; however, Job’s sufferings were God’s consuming that God might gain Job so that he might gain God more.
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God’s intention with Job was to tear down the natural Job in his perfection and uprightness that He might build up a renewed Job in God’s nature and attributes. God’s intention was to usher Job into a deeper seeking after God that Job might realize that what he was short of in his human life was God Himself and that he might pursue God, gain God, and express God. God’s intention was to have a Job in the line of the tree of life and to make Job a man of God.
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Job reveals that the Bible of sixty-six books is for only one thing: for God in Christ by the Spirit to dispense Himself into us to be our life, our nature, and our everything that we may live Christ and express Christ; this should be the principle that governs our life.
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The way to live and work in this principle is to be and do everything by the Spirit, with the Spirit, in the Spirit, and through the Spirit by exercising our spirit. (Noah, Daniel, and Job—Patterns of Living an Overcoming Life…, msg. 1, V.A-C)

“To Him who loves us and has released us from our sins by His blood and made us a kingdom, priests to His God and Father.” —Rev. 1:5b-6a
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“That I might be a minister of Christ Jesus to the Gentiles, a laboring priest of the gospel of God, in order that the offering of the Gentiles might be acceptable, having been sanctified in the Holy Spirit.” —Rom. 15:16
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“You yourselves also, as living stones, are being built up as a spiritual house into a holy priesthood to offer up spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.” —1 Pet. 2:5
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May all the saints be enlightened by the Lord to see that they are New Testament priests of the gospel in a corporate priesthood, and be energized by Him to carry out their daily duty of offering up saved sinners as the spiritual sacrifices that God desires.

The Fall 2026 term of the Full-time Training in Anaheim began this week on August 9.

Please pray:

• That the trainees remain open to all the fellowship throughout these first few weeks.
• That the trainees enter into the purpose, goal, and spirit of the training through much personal and corporate prayer.
  

Our UCLA Christian Students Summer Internship continues this week with 29 students.

Please pray:

• For those students who are joining us for the first time to have a positive and enriching experience as they pursue the deeper truths in the word and their subjective application.
  
• That our interns would be strong factors of pursuing the Lord and ministering to others when the school year begins.

The first Lord’s table in Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg, is scheduled for the weekend of October 3 to 4. Praise the Lord!

Please pray:

• For a strong beginning of the Lord's testimony in Luxembourg.
• That the Lord continue raising shining golden lampstands across Europe and over all the earth, for the building up of His Body and the preparation of His bride for His soon return.

1. Morning Revival: REPEAT Week 1 of Noah, Daniel, and Job—Patterns of Living an Overcoming Life on the Line of Life to Fulfill the Economy of God. Next week, starting August 17, begin The Great Need for a New Revival (Memorial Day Conference).
2. Wednesday Night Ministry Meeting will resume next week, August 19 at 7:25 PM.
3. Bibles for America’s recent blog post “How to Experience God Every Day: The Secret of the Human Spirit” may be enjoyed and shared at blog.bfa.org.
4. Free e-Booklets: Living Stream Ministry offers free e-booklets to download and share at lsm.org/booklets. Some titles include A Time with the Lord, The Lord Jesus as the Man-Savior, and A Salvation in the Highest Standard of Morality.
5. Thanksgiving Conference: November 26 to 29 in Denver, Colorado.