Prayer

Week of August 17

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 August 3

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The Recovery of Christ as the Life-giving Spirit

“And if the Spirit of the One who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, He who raised Christ from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through His Spirit who indwells you.” (Rom. 8:11)

Romans 8 concerns the all-inclusive life-giving Spirit as the ultimate consummation of the Triune God; this Spirit will make us exactly the same as Christ in life, nature, and expression. (Chapters 5 through 8 of Romans—the Kernel of the Bible, Key Statement 4)

In John 14:28 the Lord Jesus said to the disciples, “I am going away and I am coming to you.” This means that He would go to the cross as a man in the flesh, that is, as the last Adam, but He would come back to the disciples as one who is transfigured, transformed, from the flesh into the Spirit, the life-giving Spirit (1 Cor. 15:45b). John 20:22 indicates that when Christ in His resurrection came back to the disciples, He came to them as the pneumatic Christ, the Christ who is the Spirit, and breathed Himself as the Spirit into them. Apart from His being the life-giving Spirit, that is, the Spirit of Christ, it is impossible for Christ to enter into us in order to become our experience for our enjoyment.

The Lord has commissioned us with the truth that Christ is the life-giving Spirit. We can testify from our experience that apart from Christ being the Spirit we cannot enjoy Him. Conversely, when we turn to our spirit and declare that Christ is now the life-giving Spirit, we are beside ourselves with our enjoyment of Christ…Today there is need of the recovery of the truth that Christ is the life-giving Spirit, the Spirit of Christ. (The Conclusion of the New Testament, pp. 3075-3076)

Giving Christ the First Place in Our Personal Universe

“And He is before all things, and all things cohere in Him; and He is the Head of the Body, the church; He is the beginning, the Firstborn from the dead, that He Himself might have the first place in all things.” (Col. 1:17-18)

“And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are called according to His purpose.” (Rom. 8:28)

Christ must have the first place, the preeminence, in our personal universe. Today Christ, the preeminent One, must be the centrality and universality in our church life, family life, and daily life. Under His heavenly rule God is using the environment to make Christ the centrality (the first) and the universality (everything) to us. As those who have been chosen by God to be His people for Christ's preeminence, we are under God's heavenly rule to make Christ preeminent, to cause Him to have the first place in everything. (Experiencing, Enjoying, and Expressing Christ (3), msg. 9, IV.F.2-4)

UCLA Christian Students Internship

The UCLA Christian Students Summer Internship began this week on Monday, August 4 in an online format. There are 35 students participating, with about 20 joining for the first time. The goal of the internship is to solidify and strengthen the students' personal and corporate pursuit of the Lord and develop their burden for their campus, and each week a different aspect of the Christian life will be emphasized, including life, truth, and gospel.

Please pray for a new beginning and a strong first week for every student, with each fully open to receive the maximum benefit from the internship. Also pray for the serving ones as they finalize the many details of this internship, with the Lord being wisdom to them to shepherd and perfect the students, especially the new ones and the freshmen.

FTTA

The Fall 2025 term of the Full-time Training in Anaheim begins next week, August 11. Please pray:

That the Lord would shepherd each one He has called to be trained all the way to the FTTA, and that the enemy would have no way to distract them or frustrate their coming.
That all the trainees would come with an open heart and an exercised spirit, consecrating themselves fully to the Lord to be trained in every aspect of their person and living.

North America Chinese-speaking Saints Perfecting Training

Please pray that the Lord's speaking during last week's perfecting training on “Go and Bear Remaining Fruit” would continue to perfect the saints in truth, life and service for the advance of the Lord's move among the Chinese-speaking saints in North America.

European Young People's Conference and Family Camp

The European YP conference and family camp held July 27 to August 2 in Małe Ciche, Poland was the largest gathering yet, with over 1,700 saints in attendance. Please pray that the Lord's speaking last week to the young people and families would continue to supply them and to operate in their hearts for the advancement of His move in Europe.

Rome, Italy

There is a continuing burden for Rome, due to its crucial significance in history and in the prophecies of the end times. If the Lord gains a church here with 150 saints worshiping God in spirit and truthfulness, this would utterly shame the enemy and signal the Lord's soon return. The lampstand was established in 2012, and there are currently 20 to 25 meeting there. Please pray for saints to migrate under the Head and in the Body to strengthen the Lord's testimony in Rome!

The 2026 Winter Olympic Games will be held in the Italian cities of Milan and Cortina d'Ampezzo. Pray for the Lord to 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 throughout Italy and other parts of Europe.

Announcements

Morning Revival: Week 5 of Chapters 5 through 8 of Romans—the Kernel of the Bible.
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.
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 Jeremy Tsai

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 20

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Growing Together with Christ in the Likeness of His Death and Resurrection

“We have been buried therefore with Him through baptism into His death, in order that just as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, so also we might walk in newness of life. For if we have grown together with Him in the likeness of His death, indeed we will also be in the likeness of His resurrection” (Rom. 6:4-5)

The Christian life is a life of baptism. On the one hand, baptism has been accomplished; on the other hand, baptism continues until we are fully transformed and conformed to the image of Christ. This means that we are daily under the application of the death of Christ as we experience the effectiveness of His death, which is now one of the ingredients, the elements, in the all-inclusive Spirit.

In baptism we were not only buried into death, but we also began to grow. According to Godet, the word grown denotes “the organic union in virtue of which one being shares the life, growth, and phases of existence belonging to another.” We have been grafted into the “tree” of Christ, the Son of God, as the embodiment of the processed Triune God. Having become one with Him through grafting, we now partake of the life and characteristics of Him as the all-inclusive One, and in this way we grow in Him.

In the organic union with Christ, whatever Christ passed through has become our history…Such a grafting discharges all our negative elements, resurrects our God-created faculties, uplifts our faculties, enriches our faculties, and saturates our entire being to transform us. (The Conclusion of the New Testament, pp. 3051, 3054-3056)

Experiencing, Enjoying, and Expressing Christ

“For it is contained in Scripture: ‘Behold, I lay in Zion a cornerstone, chosen and precious; and he who believes on Him shall by no means be put to shame.' To you therefore who believe is the preciousness…” (1 Pet. 2:6-7)

“And he said to me, Daniel, man of preciousness, understand the words that I am about to tell you…” (Dan. 10:11)

“But the hidden man of the heart in the incorruptible adornment of a meek and quiet spirit, which is very costly in the sight of God.” (1 Pet. 3:4)

We must redeem the time to enjoy Christ as the supreme preciousness of God so that we can be constituted with Him to be men of preciousness as His personal treasure; as we live in His precious presence, enjoying Him as our portion, even as He enjoys us as His treasure, He builds Himself into us to make us His spiritual house and His holy and royal priesthood for the accomplishment of His heart's desire. (June 2025 Semiannual Training, Key Statement 3)

Please continue to pray for the Lord's operation in the saints and the saints' cooperation based on His speaking in the recent semiannual training. Pray for the trainings that are still being carried out through webcast in various places around the world, that all the saints would enter into the riches and the burden of this speaking for the whole Body of Christ to arrive at the Lord's goal.

May we all give the Lord access to our inner being and allow Him to make His home in our hearts. May we all redeem the time to advance in our experience and enjoyment of Christ for the expression of Christ for the fulfillment of God's economy!

North America Chinese-speaking Saints Perfecting Training

This summer's perfecting training for Chinese-speaking saints in North America will take place in two parts—July 23 to 27 in Camp Penuel, New York and July 30 to August 3 in Cerritos. The general subject is “Go and Bear Remaining Fruit.” Please pray for the Lord to:

Strengthen, protect, and prepare the saints who have registered for this training.
Cover all the practical needs of the training so that the burden of the training can be fully released.
Encourage and perfect the seeking Chinese-speaking saints in the churches in truth, life, and service.

European Young People's Conference and Family Camp

The annual European YP conference and family camp will take place on July 27 to August 2 in Małe Ciche, Poland. The burden of the YP conference is to constitute the young people in Europe with the truth in the Bible so that they are encouraged to love the Lord and the Word of God, to pursue Him with one another, and to be built up together in His Body that they may become pillars for the Lord's move in Europe and for His coming back. The burden of the family camp is to raise up families from across Europe for the church life. Please pray:

That the Lord will once again speak a clear and definite word to each young person that will touch each heart and call each one for the advancement of His move in Europe.
That there will be 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 much blending, mutual encouragement, and strong morale among the young people and families.
For the covering and protection of the saints in their travels and throughout the entire week of the conference, and for the health and safety of all in attendance.

Meeting Hall in Riga, Latvia

Riga is the capital of Latvia, one of the three Baltic countries in Northeastern Europe, along with Estonia to the north and Lithuania to the south. Riga plays a vital role in connecting these countries and serves as a key bridge between the Russian-speaking work and the broader work in Europe. The country has a population of 1.9 million.

Previously, we have reported that through the fellowship in the Body, the church in Riga acquired a four-story building and has been carrying out extensive renovation work. However, 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 are expected to increase by approximately 200,000 Euros. Please pray:

For greater involvement of the brothers in fellowship and coordination on matters related to this project.
For timely approval and authorization of all permits and plans, so that there are no delays in the work.
For everyone laboring on the project, for the supply of the saints, and for the safety of all the workers.
For sufficient financial supply.

A five-minute video report has been posted at lme.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.”

Pakistan

There are currently four lampstands and over 325 saints in Pakistan, a predominantly Muslim country with the world's fifth-largest population (over 241 million). Since November 2024, the saints have begun distributing Rhema books on university campuses to contact students and find the seeking ones.

Please pray that the Lord would open the door of the gospel on the campuses and in the community, so that the saints may reach university students and gain many open and seeking ones for Him.

Announcements

Morning Revival: Week 3 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.
2026 Winter Olympics in Italy: 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.
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.
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 Jeremy Tsai

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 July 6

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Taking the Way of Enjoying Christ as the Tree of Life

“And out of the ground Jehovah God caused to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight and good for food, as well as the tree of life in the middle of the garden and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.” (Gen. 2:9)

“For the mind set on the flesh is death, but the mind set on the spirit is life and peace.” (Rom. 8:6)

If we want to take the way of enjoying God, we must have a change of concept…If we want to enter into the reality of the enjoyment of God, we must see a controlling vision…It was not until I was forty years of age that the Lord revealed to me the way of enjoying Him. I was disappointed that for twenty years most of my time and energy had been wasted. Most of my prayers were of no value, and the time that I had spent reading the Bible and other spiritual books was also of no value. This is when I realized that our way of working was wrong and that our way of spiritual pursuit was also wrong.

Because I suffered a great loss from taking the wrong way, I do not want others to repeat the same mistake. I hope that others can take the way of enjoying God. I implore the saints to no longer take the wrong way. We should consider our former way of pursuit. We must have a drastic change of concept. We need to have a controlling vision. (CWWL, 1958, vol. 1, “The Vision of the Tree of Life and the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil,” ch. 5, p. 617)

Pray that the saints would have a drastic change in concept and a controlling vision: to take the way of enjoying God by eating Christ as the tree of life.

Experiencing, Enjoying, and Expressing Christ

“Let your forbearance be known to all men. The Lord is near. In nothing be anxious, but in everything, by prayer and petition with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God.” (Phil. 4:5-6)

We need to learn Christ as the secret of being transformed, that is, of being metabolically changed in our natural life, in any kind of environment, situation, or circumstance; this practical and simple secret is to practice speaking with the Lord constantly; then spontaneously, we will live Christ. (Key Statement 1)

Please pray that the Lord's fresh speaking during last week's training would penetrate the entire recovery in an unprecedented way to match the Lord's present burden. Pray for all the saints to spend the time praying over the word and conversing with the Lord to advance in their living and expressing of Him.

College Trainings

During the month of July, five regional college trainings will take place throughout the United States. We will be covering the critical topic of “The Humanity of Jesus.” The Southwest College Training will begins this Wednesday, July 9 at Oak Glen. We are expecting more than 350 saints to participate this year, including more than 35 students from LA—a substantial number. Please pray for:

For the Lord to prepare the hearts of the students so that they will be soft and open toward the Lord, able to receive His speaking and shining.
For the students to see and partake of the humanity of Jesus to be the testimony of Jesus in the midst of a crooked generation.
For the enemy to be bound with all his frustrations and struggles against this training so that the atmosphere will be clear, enabling the Lord to have His way.

2026 Winter Olympics in Italy

The 2026 Winter Olympic Games will be held in Italy from February 6 to 22. The Torch Relay will begin on December 6, 2025. 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. 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.

UK Building Project

A video and written updates on the construction of a new FTTL training center are available at amanatrust.org.uk/page/reports. We are thankful to the Lord that adequate funds were received to begin the first phase of construction on the new building, which began during the spring with the demolition of the former classrooms. We are now progressing with the concrete retaining walls, the underground utilities, and preparation for the basement foundations to complete the first phase.

Please continue to pray that the Lord will provide the necessary funds and serving ones to carry out the construction to complete this project for the going on of the training. May the Lord gain this facility for the young people in Europe to be trained for His move on the earth.

To give through the Church in Los Angeles for the new training center, please follow instructions at www.churchinlosangeles.org/members/offerings. Designate offerings for “UK Building Project.”

Azerbaijan

Azerbaijan is a predominantly Muslim country at the crossroads of Eastern Europe and Central Asia. Some saints meet regularly in the capital city, Baku, serving and coordinating in one accord, and taking every opportunity to shepherd gospel contacts. Despite many outward restrictions, the saints continue to look to the Lord for His blessing and to establish His testimony in Azerbaijan.

Please pray for the baptism of six gospel friends, that the Lord would break through their religious concepts, and that through the home meetings the transmission of faith would reach their spirit and bring them into the kingdom of the Son of His love. Also pray that the saints would have their hearts, spirits, and time released to participate in a 15-minute Life-study pursuit in the local language every evening.

Announcements

Morning Revival: Week 1 of Chapters 5 through 8 of Romans—the Kernel of the Bible (ICSC).
FTTA: A video of the graduation presentation from June 28 is available for a limited time at ftta.org.
Bibles for America's new blogpost “How Knowing My Human Spirit Affected My Christian Life” is available to read and share at bfa.org/blog. Helpful videos are also available at bfa.org/videos.
Lord's Move to Europe: 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 will be available soon 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 Jeremy Tsai

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 15

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Walking in Love and Light

“God is love.” (1 John 4:8b)

“And walk in love, even as Christ also loved us and gave Himself up for us.” (Eph. 5:2a)

“God is light and in Him is no darkness at all.” (1 John 1:5b)

“For you were once darkness but are now light in the Lord; walk as children of light.” (Eph. 5:8)

As children of God, we should walk in love and light. To walk in love is to walk in intimacy with God. In our daily walk we should always care for our Father's feeling, for we live intimately in His tender love. The goal of the book of Ephesians is to bring us into love as the inner substance of God that we may enjoy His presence in the sweetness of the divine love and thereby love others as Christ did. As those who have been regenerated to become God's species, we, the children of God, should be love because God is love. Since we become God in life and in nature, we also should become love.

As God is light, so we, the children of God, are children of light. We are not only children of light—we are light itself. We are light because we are one with God in the Lord. (Experiencing, Enjoying, and Expressing Christ (2), msg. 11, IV, B.1, b, 2, 3, C.1-2)

Persevering in Prayer for the Things Which Are Above

“Set your mind on the things which are above, not on the things which are on the earth.” (Col. 3:2)

When we set our mind on things above by praying, we will not pray for trivial matters. Instead, our prayer will be occupied with Christ's heavenly intercession, ministry, and administration. Because Christ is interceding for the churches around the world, we also pray for the churches. Our responsibility is to seek first the kingdom of God and God's righteousness. Since the Father knows our need, He will take care of us and meet our need.

When we set our mind on the things above during our times of prayer, we become a reflection of Christ's ministry in the heavens. Through our prayer Christ, the Head, is given a way to carry out His administration through His Body…Only when we pray do we become an ambassador of the heavenly kingdom on earth in a practical way. (Life-study of Colossians, msg. 65, p. 581)

United States

“And do not be fashioned according to this age, but be transformed by the renewing of the mind that you may prove what the will of God is, that which is good and well pleasing and perfect.” (Rom. 12:2)

Pray that the Lord would preserve the United States for the preparation of His bride and that the saints would bear their responsibility to live Christ, to have Christ as the reality, the real contents of the church life, so that the Body life may reach the reality of Romans 12 as the spontaneous preparation of Christ's bride for His coming back.

LA Truth School and Children's Bible Camp

Our LA Truth School and Children's Bible Camp will be held from Lord's Day evening, June 22 through Tuesday afternoon, June 24. Please continue to pray:

For the health of every child, young person, parent and serving one to be full of strength and vigor to enjoy this time away together.
For the family units to have a sanctified time alongside the other families in in the church in LA.
For the endurance of the saints finalizing the details in each service to make our time at Oak Glen as enjoyable as possible.
For the softness and openness of our young people's hearts to receive a clearer vision of the church.
To bind any last-minute schedule conflicts so that everyone signed up will be able to attend.

FTTL

Last weekend, 12 trainees graduated from the Full-time Training in London. Pray that the Lord would lead and release a good number of young saints from all over Europe to make a definite decision to consecrate themselves to be trained in 2025.

Please pray for the next step of the graduating trainees and for all the young saints considering the training this fall. May the Lord continue to use the FTTL to perfect many young saints in truth, life, gospel, service, and character to gain vessels useful to Him for His testimony and move in Europe!

Hungary

Recently the church in Budapest, the sole local church in Hungary, has learned that many people in that country read and appreciate books by Watchman Nee. They have contacted some of these readers. Beseech the Lord for connection of more readers with the current ministry and to bring the readers into the practical church life.

Middle East

Thank the Lord that thus far all the saints in Israel have been preserved from harm during the fighting with Iran that broke out last week. Pray for the saints' peace and safety and for them to be strengthened into their inner man, so that they live a life that expresses God and cooperates with His move.

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 fortress.

Announcements

Morning Revival: Week 23 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.
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.
Memorial Day Conference: Recordings are available at no charge until June 25 at lsmwebcast.com.
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.

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