December Semiannual Training
The Semiannual Training taking place this week in Anaheim (in-person) and LA (webcast) will cover the general subject of “Experiencing, Enjoying, and Expressing Christ (4).” Please pray that the Lord will richly anoint the release and receiving of His word and take a further step in His move on earth to build up His Body and prepare His bride for His coming back.
May we all enter into the divine truths in the Word that the Lord has released through His ministry by means of this training until we are constituted with these truths, enjoy the Lord as life according to these truths, and minister Him to others for the fulfillment of God’s eternal purpose.
FTTA
Last weekend, 38 trainees graduated from the FTTA and 4 trainees graduated from FTTA-XB. 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.
GTCA
God wanted to pour out His Spirit for the carrying out of His New Testament economy and had promised to do it, yet He still needed His chosen people to pray for this. As God in heaven, He needs men on earth to cooperate with Him for the carrying out of His plan (Acts 1:14, footnote 3). Let us beseech the Lord for His spread in Los Angeles, around Los Angeles, and in more cities across the United States. Let us also ask the Lord to impart a burden for these migrations into all of us.
A recording of the GTCA Update Webinar from December 14 is available at gtca.us. The three new target cities announced are Lafayette, Indiana; Charleston, South Carolina; and Pensacola, Florida.
2026 Winter SCYP Blending Conference
Praise the Lord for all that He has gained in our young people this year! Our hearts are full of gratitude for the fellowship, prayers, gatherings and growth that God granted to them. As this calendar year draws to a close, we have much to pray for concerning our dear young people:
- That they would learn to touch the Lord in a normal, genuine way during their final exams this week.
- That they would redeem their winter breaks by spending time in the Word with companions, serving ones and family members to “guard the good deposit” (2 Tim. 1:14) they received this year.
- That the Lord would release many to register for the Winter YP Blending Conference taking place in Anaheim, January 10 to 11, so they could be encouraged and blended with others from across SoCal.
Bibles for America
Throughout the last several months, we at BfA have seen a remarkable number of orders for Bibles flooding in. The hunger for the riches in the NT Recovery Version continues to steadily increase. We are also pleased to report that there has been a remarkable surge in e-book downloads from seekers all over the world. As we look ahead to next year, we have ordered 550,000 Bibles to support this growing momentum we are witnessing. We expect to see another year full of the spreading of the Word of God across the United States.
Praise the Lord that Christ became the living Word, the Spirit, and that He is near and available. May we be those who cooperate with the Lord to proclaim Christ as the word of faith so that many would “be saved and come to the full knowledge of the truth” (1 Tim. 2:3-4).
Italy – Gospel Trips
Gospel trips during the time of the Torch Relay and Olympic Games continue through February 23. The second TR trip has just finished distributing in Palermo and Catania in Sicily, as well as Naples. May Satan be put to shame to the uttermost, and the Lord raise up many lampstands in Italy from north to south!
Please pray:
- For the Lord 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 new local churches to be raised up and existing churches in a number of cities in Italy strengthened.
- For the Lord to blend the saints together and advance His move in His recovery.
Saints may register for follow-up shepherding trips at amanatrust.org.uk/page/
New Meeting Halls – Riga, Latvia and Stuttgart, Germany
Pray that the Lord will give the brothers wisdom for the best way to carry out the renovations of the properties that the churches recently acquired, to provide suitable meeting halls for the churches in these two key European cities. Pray that the Lord will release the necessary funds to complete these two renovations.
As the Lord leads, donations designated for ‘Riga Meeting Hall’ and ‘Stuttgart Meeting Hall’ can be made through the Church in Los Angeles.
UK Building Project
Please continue beseech the Lord for the release of funds and workers, including from LA, for the construction of the new FTTL training facility. Pray for the workers to be supplied and safe as they labor and for the weather to be suitable so the building work may proceed. To give through the Church in Los Angeles for the new training center, designate offerings for “UK Building Project.”
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: Training verses or repeat Week 36 of Experiencing, Enjoying, and Expressing Christ (3). Monday, December 29, start Week 4 of Material Offerings and the Lord’s Move Today.
- No Prayer Meeting: To make way for the semiannual video training, there will not be a church prayer meeting on Tuesday, December 23. It will resume on December 30.
- Thanksgiving Conference: Videos are available for free until Dec. 30 at www.lsmwebcast.com.
- Bibles for America’s blogpost “A Time for Prayerful Reflection at the End of the Year” is available to read and share at bfa.org/blog.
- Ways to Give: Information may be found at www.churchinlosangeles.org/
members/offerings.