Prayer

Week of November 16, 2025

Having a Vision of the Supreme Preciousness of Christ

“Coming to Him, a living stone, rejected by men but with God chosen and precious.” (1 Pet. 2:4)

“Therefore thus says Jehovah,…If you bring out the precious from the worthless, you will be as My mouth…” (Jer. 15:19)

The believers in Christ should have a change in their concept of value. The proper concept of value for the believers can be seen in their estimation and assessment of the following aspects of Christ and His full salvation: their valuation of the Lord Jesus as the chief cornerstone for the building up of the church; their valuation of the Lord Jesus in comparison to their relatives; the valuation of Christ as the treasure of justice in comparison to earthly treasure; and their valuation of the knowledge of Christ in comparison to all things.

We need a vision to see that the New Jerusalem is the Triune God, the Divine Trinity, as three basic factors wrought into and structured together with His redeemed as a miraculous structure of treasure to be the conclusion of the whole Bible—the gold as the base of the city typifies God the Father; the pearls as the gates of the city typify God the Son; and the jasper wall of the city typifies God the Spirit.

We need to ask the Lord to grant us the light to have a thorough change in our concept of value so that we will continually choose Christ and all that He is as our super-excelling portion. (Experiencing, Enjoying, and Expressing Christ (3), msg. 9, I, A, 1-5, B)

Church in Los Angeles

Jesus is getting us together! Come and see the saints in one accord! This Lord’s Day, November 23, starting at 10:00 am at UCLA, we will have our joint meeting for all halls, districts, and languages of the church in Los Angeles. For our young people and young working saints, respectively, there will be a special time of blending and fellowship after the meeting.

May this gathering be our corporate looking away unto Jesus so that He ministers heaven, life, and strength to us, transfusing and infusing us with all that He is, that we may be able to run the heavenly race and live the heavenly life in Los Angeles. Please pray:

For the Lord to gather as many saints as possible, including newer ones, younger ones, and ones that have not joined us in a while, to drink the Spirit together as His one Body.
For the Lord to impart His current burden to the church related to branches abiding in the Lord as the vine to bear fruit for the Father’s glory.
For the sweet coordination and fellowship among all those carrying out practical services for an uplifted atmosphere filled with the presence of the Lord.

SoCal Christian Students Fall Retreat Follow-up

Thank you, saints, for your prayers for the college conference this past weekend. Despite the heavy rain, the Lord blessed the time and kept us all safe. Eighty-one students from LA attended (an excellent turnout!), including 27 newer ones who came to their first-ever college retreat at Oak Glen. Furthermore, 4 students from LA were baptized, and one was gloriously saved. Praise the Lord! We truly saw the wonderful Jesus as revealed in the Gospel of John. Please pray:

For the students to continue feeding on the Lord in His word, eating Him as the bread of life.
For the students to abide in the vine to bear fruit, enjoying the Lord’s shepherding to shepherd others.
For the newly saved and baptized ones to be kept from the evil one and to walk in newness of life.

2025 International Thanksgiving Blending Conference

The upcoming Thanksgiving Conference will be held in Indianapolis, Indiana from November 27 to 30. The general subject is “The All-inclusive Christ as Revealed in Matthew.” Both the live and archived messages, as well as the outlines, will be available for free at lsmwebcast.com. Please pray:

For all the saints traveling, for the speaking brothers and their families, and for all the practical preparations and services.
For as many saints as possible to participate through webcast, whether individually or with others.
That the Lord’s speaking would be received by all the saints, and that the saints would come to know and experience the all-inclusive Christ in a deeper way.

Sweden

The saints in Stockholm have been regularly distributing Bibles at the Royal Institute of Technology (KTH), the largest technical university in Sweden. This year, since August, the response has been very positive, much more so than in the past; every time the saints go out, they distribute around 15 to 25 Bibles.

Two weeks ago, one of the key community sisters on the gospel team experienced a health setback. Then, last Friday, November 14, a double-decker bus for an unknown reason crashed into a bus stop on the street, killing and injuring several bystanders. This tragedy occurred in the area where the saints usually distribute, on a busy street next to the campus which is frequented daily by most students. Many people have been shaken by this incident, which is highly unusual in Stockholm. Please pray:

For the Lord’s covering and strengthening of all the saints as they faithfully sow seeds for the spread of His testimony in Stockholm.
For more opening and turning to God among this generation of university students.
For some form of campus Bible study to be established at KTH.

United Kingdom – London Seminar

This Lord’s Day, November 23, the saints in London will have a whole church meeting in Central London, followed by an afternoon seminar hosted by Amana Trust on “The Divine Romance and the Preparation of the Bride of Christ.” The saints are encouraged to invite their relatives, friends, and neighbors to this seminar to discover how they can experience the great love of God in Christ and become part of His glorious, overcoming Bride.

Please pray for the Lord to release the listeners of the radio program and the readers of literature from Rhema and Bibles for Europe. Also pray for the saints to invite gospel contacts and dormant ones.

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:

That the ten people saved since last November 2024 may be shepherded, strengthened, and brought into the church life to become remaining fruits.
For the Lord to open the way for the saints to gain solidly at least two new key families to bear the Lord’s testimony.
That the Lord would bind the strong man and release the visas and residence permits for the overseas saints, so they may cooperate with the Lord’s move in this land.

Announcements

Morning Revival: Week 33 of Experiencing, Enjoying, and Expressing Christ (3), vol. 6. Next week, after our joint meeting, we will move onto Week 34.
Wednesday Night Ministry Meeting: The weekly ministry series continues this Wednesday 7:25 pm, in-person at the MCC in Anaheim or online at lsmwebcast.com.
December 2025 Semiannual Training: For saints in LA and Santa Clarita, registration for the video training (December 22 to 27) closes on December 7 ($130) at tinyurl.com/wintertrainingla.
LSM Christian Radio broadcasts hymns and messages 24 hours each day at lsmchristianradio.com.
Bibles for America’s blogpost “Do You Need Help Understanding the Bible?” is at bfa.org/blog.
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 November 9, 2025

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The Author and Perfecter of Our Faith

“Looking away unto Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith, who for the joy set before Him endured the cross, despising the shame, and has sat down on the right hand of the throne of God.” (Heb. 12:2)

Jesus is the Author of faith, the Originator, the Inaugurator, the source, and the cause of faith. In ourselves we do not have faith…Unbelief is the fiber of our constitution. Hence, in ourselves it is impossible to meet the New Testament requirement of faith (Gal. 1:16). When we look unto Jesus, He as the life-giving Spirit (1 Cor. 15:45) transfuses us with Himself, with His believing element. Then, spontaneously, a kind of believing arises in our being, and we have the faith to believe in Him. This faith is not of ourselves but of Him who imparts Himself as the believing element into us that He may believe for us. Hence, He Himself is our faith. We live by Him as our faith; that is, we live by His faith (Gal. 2:20), not by our own.

Jesus is the Perfecter, the Finisher, the Completer, of our faith. He is not only the Author, the Originator, of faith but also the Perfecter, the Finisher, of faith. He will finish what He originated; He will complete what He inaugurated. If we look to Him continually, He will finish and complete the faith that we need for the running of the heavenly race. Once Christ has originated this faith within us, He will never let it go. Rather, He will complete, finish, and perfect it…Day by day our faith will be under the Lord’s perfecting until we meet Him on the day of rapture. (Experiencing, Enjoying, and Expressing Christ (3), msg. 8, III, IV; The Conclusion of the New Testament, pp. 3827, 3831-3832)

Knowing the Truth for the Spread of the Lord’s Recovery

“Our Savior God, who desires all men to be saved and to come to the full knowledge of the truth.” (1 Tim. 2:3b-4)

The New Testament says repeatedly that we should know the truth. Moreover, when referring to this matter, Paul repeatedly says that we should come to the full knowledge of the truth (1 Tim. 2:4; 2 Tim. 2:25; 3:7; Titus 1:1). This means that we must know not just a small part or one aspect of the truth but rather the truth in its entirety and in all its aspects. Paul also says that the church is the pillar and base of the truth (1 Tim. 3:15). This implies that the truth in the Bible is like a large building that is not one-sided but complete on all sides with a foundation and a roof. If we are going to spread the Lord’s recovery today, we must know the truth and be able to expound the truth. For this reason we must know every side of the truth without any biases or particular leanings. (CWWL, 1984, vol. 5, “Truth, Life, the Church, and the Gospel—the Four Great Pillars in the Lord’s Recovery,” ch. 4, pp. 393-394)

Please pray that the saints would see their need to come to the full knowledge of the truth for the proper testimony of the church and the spread of the Lord’s recovery.

Church in Los Angeles

The whole church in Los Angeles—all halls, districts, and languages—will meet together starting at 10:00 am on Lord’s Day, November 23 on the UCLA campus at Covel Commons. As lunch will not be provided, saints are encouraged to create opportunities to blend together afterwards. For our young people and young working saints, respectively, there will be a special time of blending and fellowship after the meeting. More information will be communicated to these groups in the coming days.

Please pray for all the preparation and coordination and for the saints to attend. Lord, release Your speaking and Your burden into us for Your moving onward in each of us and in the church in LA!

SoCal Christian Students Fall Retreat

This weekend, November 14 to 16, college students from across Southern California will gather at Oak Glen for a conference. From Los Angeles and Torrance, nearly ninety students have registered; fifty of these are joining for the first time. The general subject is “The Wonderful Jesus in the Gospels: John.” Please pray:

That each student’s heart would be good soil to receive His word.
For the Lord’s covering of everyone’s health and safety during travel, especially with circulating sicknesses and the potential for inclement weather.
For rich fellowship, genuine blending, and the building of solid companionships, and that each student—especially the new ones—would touch and enjoy the Lord personally.

CEEB Blending Conference

The Central and Eastern Europe and the Balkans (CEEB) geographical region encompasses the northern part of Central Europe, including Poland, the Czechia, Slovakia, and Hungary. It also touches Romania in the east before turning south to the Balkan countries, including Croatia, Serbia, Bulgaria, Albania, Greece, and Turkey. In these eleven nations there are more than 30 local churches, some of which have been meeting since the 1990s. Most are in cities that may be less familiar to those of us in the US.

This weekend, November 15 to 16, there will be a blending conference for the CEEB region in Bucharest, Romania. Please pray for the release of the Lord’s timely word and for the blending of the saints.

Baarlo Conference Follow-up

We thank the Lord for providing a sweet, clear atmosphere at last month’s International Blending Conference in Baarlo, The Netherlands where He could release His speaking to over 1000 saints from 37 counties. Brother Ron Kangas spoke on the matter of “Praising and Overcoming at the End of the Age.” Recordings of the four messages plus a fifth meeting with reports on the Lord’s move in Europe are available in English, Chinese, and Spanish at www.elimsprings.de/english/events/current-audio.

May the Lord gain the sacrifice of praise in all the churches to overcome all spiritual attacks!

Brussels, Belgium

Brussels is the administrative center of the European Union (EU) and the capital of Belgium. It has a population of over 1 million. There is a local church there that started in 2000 and now has about 45 saints meeting, but the burden is for the strengthening of the Lord’s testimony in such a crucial location.

Pray for saints to migrate under the Head and in the Body to strengthen the Lord’s testimony in Brussels!

Laos and Thailand

Laos is a landlocked country in Southeast Asia with a population of almost 8 million; there are currently six local churches there, including in the capital, Vientiane. The country shares a long border with Thailand, which has over 71.5 million people; there are currently 73 local churches, including in the capital, Bangkok.

From November 10 to 24, trainees from the Full-time Training in Bangkok are going out in 22 teams throughout Laos and Thailand for propagation trips. Saints from the Middle-age Training in Bangkok will join for the second week. Four teams will be in Laos, the rest in Thailand. The burden is to go out and preach the gospel in existing localities as well as in places where there is a burden to establish something new.

Please ask the Lord to supply the traveling trainees richly with His grace and hide them from any attack of the enemy. Pray for a good coordination with full-timers and local saints for the Lord’s blessing and testimony to spread in this region.

Announcements

Morning Revival: Week 32 of Experiencing, Enjoying, and Expressing Christ (3), vol. 6.
SAVE THE DATE: Lord’s Day, November 23 we will have our fall LA Joint Meeting—all halls, all languages—beginning 10:00 am on the UCLA campus at Covel Commons. More details to come.
Wednesday Night Ministry Meeting: The weekly ministry series continues this Wednesday 7:25 pm, in-person at the MCC in Anaheim or online at lsmwebcast.com.
December 2025 Semiannual Training: For saints in LA and Santa Clarita, registration for the video training (December 22 to 27) closes on December 7 ($130) at tinyurl.com/wintertrainingla.
Bibles for America’s blogpost “Do You Need Help Understanding the Bible?” is at bfa.org/blog.
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 November 2, 2025

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Praise and Victory

“And about midnight Paul and Silas, while praying, sang hymns of praise to God; and the prisoners were listening to them. And suddenly there was a great earthquake, so that the foundations of the prison house were shaken. And instantly all the doors were opened and everyone's bonds were unfastened.” (Acts 16:25-26)

We have to see that praising is the way to overcome spiritual attacks…Satan’s greatest attacks are not aimed at prayers; his greatest attacks are aimed at praise. This does not mean that Satan does not attack prayers. The moment a Christian prays, Satan begins to attack. It is very easy to talk to people, but the moment one prays, Satan comes with problems. He will make one feel that it is hard to pray. This is a fact. But Satan does not attack just prayer; he also attacks the praise of God’s children.

The ultimate goal of Satan is to stop all praises to God. Prayer is a warfare, but praise is a victory. Prayer signifies spiritual warfare, but praise signifies spiritual victory. Whenever we praise, Satan flees. Therefore, Satan hates our praising the most. He will use all his strength to stop our praising. God’s children are foolish if they stop praising when they suffer under adverse environments and downtrodden feelings. But as they come to know God more, they will find that even a Philippian jail can become a place of songs. Paul and Silas were praising God inside the jail cell. Their praise broke loose all the jail doors. (CWWN, vol. 48, “Messages for Building Up New Believers (1),” ch. 16: Praising, pp. 250-251)

Enter the Veil and Go Without the Camp

“Which we have as an anchor of the soul, both secure and firm and which enters within the veil, where the Forerunner, Jesus, has entered for us, having become forever a High Priest according to the order of Melchizedek.” (Heb. 6:19-20)

“Let us therefore go forth unto Him outside the camp, bearing His reproach.” (Heb. 13:13)

We need to enter within the veil and go outside the idolatrous camp to have the closest and most intimate relationship with the Lord so that we can be persons who share a common interest with God and who can be used by Him to carry out His enterprise on earth.

To enter within the veil means to enter into the Holy of Holies, where the Lord is enthroned in glory, and to go outside the camp means to come out of religion, from which the Lord was cast in rejection. We must be in our spirit, where, experientially speaking, the practical Holy of Holies is today, and outside religion, where the practical camp is today. The more we are in our spirit, enjoying the heavenly Christ, the more we will come outside the camp of religion, following the suffering Jesus. (Experiencing, Enjoying, and Expressing Christ (3), msg. 7, II.D.4.c, A, B, 1)

SCYP Children’s Work Conference

This year’s Southern California Children’s Work Conference will take place in Anaheim this Saturday, November 8 from 9:30 am to 12:00 pm. This conference is for parents with children under 12 years of age and for the saints who are serving with the children’s service. Matters related to the burden and vision for the children will be covered along with practical fellowship related to raising up the next generation for the church life. Translation will be provided into Chinese, Korean, and Spanish. More information is at scyp.com/children.

Let us pray for all the parents and serving ones to be brought on in their burden and vision concerning the children’s work.

Pasadena Meeting Hall

The church in Pasadena is in the process of purchasing a property for their meeting place; they expect to close escrow in mid-November. A public hearing with neighbors has been scheduled for this Wednesday, November 5; this is standard practice to receive full permission and access to the property.

Please pray that there will be no objections from the community to have a place of worship among them. And, as the Lord leads, saints in LA may give through the Church in Los Angeles designated for “Pasadena Meeting Hall.”

Canada

The 2025 Canada Brothers’ Conference will be held at the meeting hall of the church in Vancouver, British Columbia on November 7 to 8 for all the leading, responsible, and serving brothers in Canada. It will be followed by a Lord’s Day Blending Conference on November 9 at the meeting hall of the neighboring church in Richmond, open to all the saints.

Please pray that the Lord, in His heavenly ministry, would continue to shepherd His churches throughout Canada for His increase and spread to express His glory in a fuller and richer way.

United Kingdom – Autumn University Conference

This weekend, November 7 to 9, there is a conference for university students taking place in Doncaster, UK. The general subject is “The Will of God—Our Sanctification.” Please pray:

That the hearts of all those attending will be softened and prepared for the Lord’s speaking.
That each one will see a vision of God’s organic salvation in order to cooperate with His desire to make us the same as He is in life, nature, and expression.
That the Lord will sanctify and gain many university students for His move in Europe
That the enemy will be bound in every way, be put to open shame, and suffer loss in every aspect of the conference and in the lives of our next generation.

France – Toulouse

Toulouse is the fourth-largest city in France (after Paris, Marseille, and Lyon), with over half a million inhabitants within the city proper and over 1.5 million in the greater metropolitan area. It is also the fourth-largest student city in France, with a university population of nearly 140,000 students attending several prestigious institutions, including Toulouse University, one of the oldest in Europe (founded in 1229). Toulouse is also the center of the European aerospace industry.

This Lord’s Day, November 9, there will be the first Lord’s table meeting in Toulouse. Praise the Lord! By the His abundant mercy and grace, the saints in this southern French city would like to ask all the saints to stand with them in this joyous milestone. They are grateful for the prayers and participation in the Body for the Lord’s move there, especially over the past year. May the Lord richly bless this new start, and may He continue to raise up shining lampstands throughout France and Europe.

France – Rouen

This Saturday, November 8 there will be a special Rhema seminar in Rouen, the capital city of the northern French region of Normandy. The topic will be “The History of the Divine Romance in the Bible, from Genesis to Revelation.” Invitations have gone to all 1,000 readers in France and Belgium who have ordered all 7 of the Rhema books since January 2023.

Please pray for the Lord to bring His seeking ones, including contacts from the Olympic trips, and the more recent contacts of the local saints.

Pakistan

Pray that at least 285 saints would attend the national conference this weekend, November 8 to 9, to witness the oneness of the Body of Christ and enjoy the Lord’s abundant grace during the conference.

Announcements

Morning Revival: Week 31 of Experiencing, Enjoying, and Expressing Christ (3), vol. 6.
SAVE THE DATE: Lord’s Day, November 23 we will have our next LA Joint Meeting—all halls, all languages—beginning 10:00 am on the UCLA campus. More details will be forthcoming.
Wednesday Night Ministry Meeting: The weekly ministry series continues this Wednesday 7:25 pm, in-person at the MCC in Anaheim or online at lsmwebcast.com.
December 2025 Semiannual Training: Registration for the live training is now closed. Sign-up for the video training (December 22 to 27) is open till December 7 ($130) at tinyurl.com/wintertrainingla.

by Ruiyu Wu

Week of October 26, 2025

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Knowing the Triune God by Experiencing and Enjoying Him

“And as for you, the anointing which you have received from Him abides in you, and you have no need that anyone teach you; but as His anointing teaches you concerning all things and is true and is not a lie, and even as it has taught you, abide in Him.” (1 John 2:27)

“That Christ may make His home in your hearts through faith…” (Eph. 3:17a)

The Triune God is not merely the object of our faith. He is dwelling in us as our life and life supply for our experience and enjoyment. We need to know the Triune God experientially through the inner enjoyment of the subjective God. If we would know the Triune God, we must be in the line of life and in the process of the growth in life. The more we grow in life, the more we will be concerned with the Divine Trinity.

When the Triune God becomes our experience and enjoyment, He is not only the One on the throne who is universally vast, but He is also the One in our heart. The concern of the New Testament is that we know the Triune God who has come to dwell in our being—the One who dwells in our spirit and desires to spread into all the inward parts of our heart. The New Testament way for us to know the Triune God is personal, detailed, and experiential. How precious is this experiential way of knowing the Triune God! (Experiencing, Enjoying, and Expressing Christ (3), msg. 6, II.A, B, C, III, B, C, D)

Semiannual Training Live Registrations

The goal of Brother Lee’s burden to hold semiannual trainings was to release the riches of Christ for the producing and the building up of the church as the testimony of Jesus and the reality of the Body of Christ. In speaking concerning the need to educate the saints in the divine truth through trainings, including the semiannual trainings, Brother Lee stated that the issue of these trainings, through which the saints would be “filled with the knowledge of the truth,” would be “the living testimony of Jesus” (Elders’ Training—Book 3, p. 139). This is because “the nature of the testimony of Jesus…must be a constitution of the proper truth that produces a daily living” (p. 144).

In accordance with this thought, Brother Lee said, “If the saints are not properly constituted with the truth, they cannot live a proper life. If they only live by inspiration and not by the constitution of the truth, I do not trust in that kind of living to be a testimony of the Lord” (p. 144). It is only by having the divine truth in the Word thoroughly wrought into us that we can live and magnify Christ in our daily life, preach the gospel to the unbelievers, and present the truth and minister life to the seeking believers, thereby becoming the prevailing testimony of Jesus, the living Body of Christ. (See the June 2022 issue of “Having This Ministry…”)

The upcoming December Semiannual Training will be held December 22 to 27 in Anaheim and by webcast in Los Angeles and around the world. This Friday, October 31 is the firm deadline for saints in LA and Santa Clarita to register for live, in-person attendance in Anaheim ($205); December 7 is the deadline to sign up for the video training ($130). To register, go to tinyurl.com/wintertrainingla.

SoCal High School Conference Follow-up

This past weekend, 27 of our high schoolers and 12 serving ones from across Los Angeles attended a conference on “The Humanity of Jesus” with the sisters in Cerritos and the brothers in Irvine. Through the four messages they received a vision of the only kind of humanity that can fulfill God’s purpose, saw their need to eat and masticate the proper humanity of Jesus as the meal offering and stand as acacia boards overlaid with gold signifying the uplifted humanity of Jesus, and realized that the shining out of the proper humanity of Jesus in their daily living is the remedy and healing power to this present age.

Please pray that our high schoolers would be sober-minded in the digestion of these messages, that their minds would be guarded against the attacks of the enemy by eating Jesus and taking in the humanity of Jesus to exercise dominion on their campuses.

LA College Students Fellowship

This Friday, October 31, we will have an evening meeting at UCLA for all the college students in LA. Please pray:

For many newer students to come and taste the sweet fellowship and blending across our different halls and campuses.
For the students to sing with grace in their hearts to God.
For the Lord to touch the students concerning their having a renewed and loving heart so that life can flow forth in them.

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. For many years, the saints who live in this area have been meeting as a district of the church in Paris, but by the Lord’s abundant mercy and grace, the time has come for them to start meeting as the church in Nanterre.

The first Lord’s table meeting of the church in Nanterre will be held this Lord’s Day, November 2 with a mini-conference on Saturday. The saints are grateful for the prayers and participation in the Body for the Lord’s move there, especially in the past year. May the Lord richly bless this new beginning, and may He continue to raise up shining lampstands throughout France.

UK Building Project

The current status of the new FTTL training facility is at the early stage of construction. Some old structures have been torn down to make space for the new building. The current 48 trainees are crowded into the existing facility; sisters and couples live there but trainee brothers live in houses, some at a distance away.

The completed project will have residential capacity and dining facilities for at least 200 trainees and a meeting room with a capacity of more than 900 which can be divided into three sections. This facility is needed for constituting many young Europeans for the development and future of the Lord’s recovery in Europe (an area with twice the population of North America).

With the current financial giving and the current small number of saints working on it (plus some actions needing hired contractors), the building project might take a long as ten years to complete. However, according to a brother with experience in building multiple large meeting places, the project could be completed in just two years if there is a sufficient rate of funding and number of workers.

Please beseech the Lord for the release of funds and workers, including from LA. 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.”

Announcements

Morning Revival: Week 30 of Experiencing, Enjoying, and Expressing Christ (3), vol. 5.
End of Daylight Savings Time: DST will end at 2:00 am this Lord’s Day, November 2. Remember to set your manual clocks back one hour before you sleep on Saturday night.
December 2025 Semiannual Training: For LA saints, this Friday, October 31 is the firm registration deadline for live attendance ($205). Sign up at tinyurl.com/wintertrainingla.
Wednesday Night Ministry Meeting: The weekly ministry series continues this Wednesday 7:25 pm, in-person at the MCC in Anaheim or online at lsmwebcast.com.
Thanksgiving Conference: November 27 to 30 in Indianapolis. Saints from LA interested in attending can get more information and RSVP at tinyurl.com/thanksgivingconfla.
Bibles for America’s blogpost “Do You Need Help Understanding the Bible?” is at bfa.org/blog.
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 October 19, 2025

Having Our Heart Established Blameless in Holiness

“Keep your heart with all vigilance, for from it are the issues of life.” (Prov. 4:23)

“So that He may establish your hearts blameless in holiness before our God and Father at the coming of our Lord Jesus with all His saints.” (1 Thes. 3:13)

We should guard our heart above all because from it are the issues of life…The heart is related to the sources of life, the springs of life, and the issues of life.

To be a living believer involves both our spirit and our heart. If our heart is dormant or asleep, exercising our spirit to call on the name of the Lord will not be effective…This is the reason we need to deal thoroughly with our heart. This dealing must include our mind, emotion, and will. Our mind must be the mind of Christ, our emotion must be saturated with the love of Christ, and our will must be one with His will. If this is the condition of our heart, our heart will be active and functioning. Then if we call on the Lord when our heart is active, this calling will be very effective.

We need to pray, “Lord, have mercy on me. I want to have my mind renewed. I want to have my emotion filled with Your love. I want to have a will that is truly one with Your will.” If we have such a heart, then the heart as our acting agent will be established blameless in holiness, blameless in the state of being made holy. (Life-study of 1 Thessalonians, pp. 181-182, 194-195)

SCYP Fall Conferences

The upcoming Southern California High School Conferences will be held October 24 to 26 with sisters in Cerritos and brothers in Irvine. The topic is “The Humanity of Jesus.” Please pray:

For the Lord to prepare the hearts of the high schoolers so that they will be soft and open toward the Lord, able to receive His speaking and shining.
For each attendee to be freed from all distractions so that they would thoroughly enjoy the conference.
For the continued blending and companionship among the young people.
For each attendee to see and partake of the humanity of Jesus to be the testimony of Jesus in the midst of a crooked generation.

Also pray for the junior highers’ continued digestion of all that they heard from their conferences earlier this month, that they would enter into what they heard in their daily life and in the church life.

LA Korean Festival Follow-up

Thank you for your prayers for our Bible distribution during last week’s LA Korean Festival. Saints from Hall 1, Hall 2, and some nearby localities distributed Recovery Versions plus invitations to a gospel seminar on Saturday. In total, we distributed approximately 400 NTs in Korean, English, and Spanish.

Ten guests attended the seminar, three of whom came directly from the Bible distribution. Everyone enjoyed the message about the Man-Savior described in Luke 10 as the Good Samaritan. Please pray:

That those who received NTs would read and enjoy them.
That the Lord would open a way for us to reach the younger generation in LA’s Koreatown with the gospel of the kingdom.
That the Lord would gain more remaining fruit this year through the more gospel seminars as well as personal shepherding.

Korean-speaking Blending Conference of the Americas

This weekend, October 25 to 26, the 2025 Korean-speaking Blending Conference of the Americas will be held in-person for the saints in Southern California and online via Zoom for saints in all other regions. Meetings are Saturday 4:00 to 7:30 pm and Lord’s Day 9:00 am to 12:30 pm. The fellowship will be on the subject of the recent ITERO on “Crucial Aspects of Matthew 5 through 7.” Conference information is at tinyurl.com/2025KoreanConf.

Pray that many Korean-speaking saints across the Americas will be able to attend this conference and that the Lord will use this conference for the blending of the Body of Christ in His up-to-date speaking.

Pasadena Meeting Hall

The church in Pasadena is in the process of purchasing a property for their meeting place; they expect to close escrow in mid-November. The city has already granted a conditional use permit for the property to be used as a meeting hall, and a public hearing with neighbors has been scheduled for November 5; such a hearing is standard practice for the city to grant full permission and access to the property.

The total funds needed for purchase and renovations is $2.2 million. The remaining amount still needed to close escrow by next month is $742,705. As the Lord leads, saints in LA may participate in giving through the Church in Los Angeles designated for “Pasadena Meeting Hall.” May the Lord bless all the churches and the saints through the oneness and one accord in His Body.

European Brothers Training and Blending Conference

From October 21 to 24, in Baarlo, Netherlands, the leading brothers in Europe will review the messages given at the September 2025 ITERO. This will be followed by an international blending conference from October 24 to 26.

Please pray that the Lord will take a significant step to build up His Body and prepare His bride through His speaking in these two important gatherings.

Germany – October Gospel Trips

The two weeks of gospel trips concluded on October 19. Please pray for all the contacts made during this time, that many would be shepherded into the church life and that the Lord would gain many young people from the university campuses and spread His testimony in Germany, Switzerland and Austria.

2026 Winter Olympics in Italy

The 2026 Winter Olympic Games will be held in Milan and Cortina d’Ampezzo, Italy. Gospel trips during the time of the Torch Relay and the Olympic Games will be conducted from December 3 through February 23. All gospel trip cycles have been closed, but information about potential follow-up shepherding trips will be announced once details have been arranged. Please pray:

That the Lord will use the next few 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.
That the Lord will grace the serving saints to prepare the most effective ministry publications for distribution to the seeking ones.
That the Lord will blend the saints together for the spreading of the lampstands in Italy and will advance His move in His recovery.

Announcements

Morning Revival: Week 29 of Experiencing, Enjoying, and Expressing Christ (3), vol. 5.
Bibles for America’s recent blogpost “Do You Need Help Understanding the Bible?” is available to read and share at bfa.org/blog.
Wednesday Night Ministry Meeting: The weekly ministry series continues this Wednesday 7:25 pm, in-person at the MCC in Anaheim or online at lsmwebcast.com.
December 2025 Semiannual Training: December 22 to 27 in Anaheim. For LA saints, the firm registration deadlines are October 31 (live) and December 7 (video) at tinyurl.com/wintertrainingla. As a reminder, past issues of LSM’s newsletter contain helpful fellowship on the burden for semiannual trainings, the need for training and regulations, and the purpose of training donations.
Thanksgiving Conference: November 27 to 30 in Indianapolis. Saints from LA interested in attending can get more information and RSVP at tinyurl.com/thanksgivingconfla.
France Shepherding Trips: Information about migration as well as participation in ongoing short-term shepherding trips throughout France is 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 October 12

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Christ, the Mystery of God

“That their hearts may be comforted, they being knit together in love and unto all the riches of the full assurance of understanding, unto the full knowledge of the mystery of God, Christ, in whom all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge are hidden.” (Col. 2:2-3)

The all-inclusive Christ is the mystery of God. As the mystery of God, the all-inclusive, extensive Christ is the definition, explanation, and expression of God—the Word of God. The all-inclusive, extensive Christ—the mystery of God, the mysterious story of God—is the history of God.

As believers in Christ, we are made full in Christ, in whom all the fullness of the Godhead dwells bodily. Because all the fullness dwells in Christ and because we have been put into Him, we have been made full, filled with the divine riches. Because we are one with Christ, we partake of all that He has accomplished, obtained, and attained; we inherit all that Christ has experienced and passed through, receiving all that He is and has. All that He has passed through is now our history, and all that He has obtained and attained is our inheritance. The result is that all that He is and all that He has belong to us, and all that He has experienced has become our history.

Because this fullness is all-inclusive, it accomplishes everything for us, it fully satisfies and supplies us, and it makes us full, perfect, and complete. We have the all-inclusive, inexhaustible fullness that dwells in Christ bodily, and in Him we are made full. (Experiencing, Enjoying, and Expressing Christ (3), msg. 4, V, C, 2, VII, B, 3-5, D-E)

Pray that all the saints would enter into the practical experience of being made full in Him day by day!

Bearing Fruit and Begetting Spiritual Children

To bear fruit is to beget children. Every fruit you bear is a child you have begotten. In 1 Corinthians 4:15 Paul says, “Though you have ten thousand guides in Christ, yet you do not have many fathers; for in Christ Jesus I have begotten you through the gospel.” Paul called Timothy his “genuine child in faith” (1 Tim. 1:2) and Titus his “genuine child according to the common faith” (Titus 1:4). The New Testament does not give the names of the children of the apostles, but the Holy Spirit purposely identifies two of Paul’s children in the faith. Paul had a family of at least two children, Timothy and Titus. God does not care as much for our physical children as He does for our spiritual children. (CWWL, 1975-1976, vol. 3, “Young People’s Training,” ch. 4, p. 354)

When the Lord returns, all the believers as His servants will have to give an account to Him. If we have not borne fruit, we will be condemned by the Lord as slothful and evil slaves and be cast into outer darkness for a thousand years. Since the Lord will return and ask us to give Him an account, we should not feel at peace to die without having brought forth spiritual children. (CWWL, 1993, vol. 1, “Southern California Elders’ and Co-workers’ Meetings,” ch. 19, p. 278)

We need to make a vow to the Lord to go out to preach the gospel to sinners in order to beget them as spiritual children so that we may care for them by feeding them with the riches of Christ week after week. If we do not contact people to preach the gospel, we will not have any spiritual children under our care. (CWWL, 1990, vol. 1, “Bearing Remaining Fruit for the Lord’s Pleasure,” ch. 2, p. 87)

Pray that the saints would become burdened to bear fruit and would rise up to preach the gospel in order to beget spiritual children.

LA Korean Festival

The 52nd LA Korean Festival will be held at Seoul International Park this week, October 16 to 19. The saints will be out in the streets of Koreatown from Thursday, October 16 to Saturday, October 18, setting up tables to preach the gospel and distribute Recovery Version NTs. On Saturday, we will host a Bible seminar.

Please pray:

For the most suitable location for distribution without any obstructions.
For our gospel table to be filled with joyful volunteers serving together in one accord.
For the Lord to call and meet the sons of peace He has prepared and who are seeking the church.
For the Lord to open the hearts of our contacts and acquaintances as we invite them to the seminar.

Bibles for America

In the month of September, we received over 22,000 Bible orders, a 59% increase over August. We are working to package and ship them out in a timely way—more days of labor have been added at our distribution center and a new labeling machine has helped to speed up our process and output capacity.

Please pray for an increased supply of grace and wisdom to carry out this labor. Pray also for the Bible recipients, that they would read, pray, and enjoy the Lord in His Word. An encouraging comment left on Facebook read, “I just ordered mine. I have never had a Bible and this is a new path for me, but in the wake of recent events I feel I am being pulled in a new direction.”

Pasadena Meeting Hall

Please pray that there will be no objections from the community to have a place of worship among them. May many neighbors even be added to the church!

Germany – October Gospel Trips

The gospel teams in Germany continue their outreach in various cities until the end of this week. Their main goal is to reach students, especially freshmen, at the beginning of the university year, and establish personal contacts. Since last week, hundreds of people have received NTs and some have given their contact information. Please continue to pray:

For more local saints to join the visiting saints to be blended together and be brought into the gospel atmosphere and burden.
For many Germans to receive, read, and be inwardly stirred by the Spirit through the word.
For many to receive the Lord as their Savior, and some gospel and Bible recipients to have continuing fellowship with the churches in Germany.

Announcements

Morning Revival: Week 28 of Experiencing, Enjoying, and Expressing Christ (3), vol. 5.
Wednesday Night Ministry Meeting: The weekly ministry series continues this Wednesday 7:25 pm on “The Crucial Points of the Truth in Paul’s Epistles—Philippians and Colossians.” Saints are invited to attend at the MCC in Anaheim; the meeting will also be live-streamed at lsmwebcast.com.
December 2025 Semiannual Training: December 22 to 27 in Anaheim. For LA saints, the firm registration deadlines are October 31 (live) and December 7 (video) at tinyurl.com/wintertrainingla. As a reminder, past issues of LSM’s newsletter contain helpful fellowship on the burden for semiannual trainings, the need for training and regulations, and the purpose of training donations.
Thanksgiving Conference: November 27 to 30 in Indianapolis. Saints from LA interested in attending can get more information and RSVP at tinyurl.com/thanksgivingconfla.
France Shepherding Trips: Information about migration as well as participation in ongoing short-term shepherding trips throughout France is posted at lme.org/reports.html.
Italy 2026 Winter Olympics: Important information and instructions on how to participate in gospel trips during the Olympics in Italy 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 October 5

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Enjoying the All-inclusive Christ as the Good Land

“As therefore you have received the Christ, Jesus the Lord, walk in Him, having been rooted and being built up in Him, and being established in the faith even as you were taught, abounding in thanksgiving.” (Col. 2:6-7)

“For in Him dwells all the fullness of the Godhead bodily, and you have been made full in Him, who is the Head of all rule and authority.” (Col. 2:9-10)

We can walk in Christ as our living land and absorb Christ as our rich soil, in which we have been rooted, so that we may grow with the elements that we absorb from the soil. Colossians 2:8-15 presents a full description and definition of Christ as the soil, in which we do not lack anything; as we take time to absorb Him as the all-inclusive land, the facts in these verses become our experience.

We must take time to enjoy the Lord as the all-inclusive land so that all the elements of Christ as the rich soil may be absorbed into us for us to be made full in Him in our experience. We need to forget our situation, our condition, our failures, and our weaknesses and simply take time to absorb the Lord; as we take time to absorb Him, we grow with the growth of God in us for the building up of the Body of Christ. (Experiencing, Enjoying, and Expressing Christ (3), msg. 3, III, A, B, 2)

SCYP Fall Conferences

The upcoming Junior High Conferences will be held October 10 to 12 with sisters in Diamond Bar and brothers in Huntington Beach. The topic is “The Church.”

High School Conferences will take place October 24 to 26 with sisters in Cerritos and brothers in Irvine. The topic is “The Humanity of Jesus.” The registration deadline is October 12.

Please pray:

For all the registered junior highers to be emptied out this week to receive a fresh word from the Lord.
For each attendee to be freed from all distractions so that they would thoroughly enjoy the conference.
For the continued blending and companionship among the young people.
For the release of the schedules of the high schoolers to register this week without delay.

UCLA – Week 2

This Saturday, October 11, UCLA Christian Students will host a fall mini-retreat in Malibu. Please pray for that the Lord would release many new students to attend and grant rich fellowship, blending, and personal connections throughout the day's activities.

Also pray for the serving ones as they continue establishing regular appointments with returning students, that they would have wisdom and discernment to meet each one's need with the proper cherishing and nourishing for growth and building.

FTTA

The current Fall 2025 term of the Full-time Training in Anaheim has a total of 221 trainees, including 19 incoming and 1 reentering. The Boston Extension has a total of 20 trainees, including 16 incoming and 4 returning.

Please pray:

For each trainee to be sustained and supplied by the Triune God, for the training atmosphere to remain high, and for the Lord to do His perfecting and equipping work in each trainee this term.
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.

Germany – October Gospel Trips

The gospel teams in Germany fully began their two-weeks labor on Monday of this week. The main goal is to reach students, especially freshmen, at the beginning of the university year.

Please pray:

For many local saints whenever they are available to join the visiting saints and to be brought into the gospel atmosphere and burden.
For the blending of local and visiting saints in their morning pray-reading, ministry reading, and prayer, and in their midday and afternoon Bible distribution and gospel.
For many Germans to receive, read, and be inwardly stirred by the Spirit through the word.
For many to receive the Lord as their Savior, and some gospel and Bible recipients to have continuing fellowship with the churches in Germany.

France – Nanterre and Toulouse

On Lord's Day, November 2, the saints in the Paris region will celebrate the raising up of a new lampstand in Nanterre, a suburb to the west of Paris. The following weekend, November 9, there will be the first Lord's table meeting in the southern French city of Toulouse. Praise the Lord!

The saints are grateful for the prayers and participation in the Body for the Lord's move in these two places, especially in the past year. By the Lord's abundant mercy and grace, they would like to invite all the saints to stand with them in these long-awaited milestones.

Please pray for the beginning of the church life in these two cities. May the Lord richly bless this new beginning, and may He continue to raise up shining lampstands throughout France, across Europe, and all over the earth for the building up of the Body and the preparation of the Bride for His return.

Announcements

Morning Revival: Week 27 of Experiencing, Enjoying, and Expressing Christ (3), vol. 5.
Wednesday Night Ministry Meeting: The weekly ministry series continues this Wednesday 7:25 pm on “The Crucial Points of the Truth in Paul's Epistles—Philippians and Colossians.” Saints are invited to attend at the MCC in Anaheim; the meeting will also be live-streamed at lsmwebcast.com.
December 2025 Semiannual Training: December 22 to 27 in Anaheim. For LA saints, the firm registration deadlines are October 31 (live) and December 7 (video) at tinyurl.com/wintertrainingla. As a reminder, past issues of LSM's digital newsletter contain helpful fellowship on the burden for semiannual trainings, the need for training and regulations, and the purpose of training donations.
Thanksgiving Conference: November 27 to 30 in Indianapolis. Childcare for K–6 provided during the meetings. Saints from LA interested in attending can get more information on hotel group rates and RSVP at tinyurl.com/thanksgivingconfla.
France Shepherding Trips: An invitation letter to participate in ongoing short-term shepherding trips throughout France is posted at lme.org/reports.html.
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.
Bibles for America has developed materials to help unbelievers receive the Lord, as well as to help believers understand the Bible and grow in their faith and the divine life. A recent blogpost “What Can the Story of the Magi Teach Us About Knowing Jesus?” is available to read and share at bfa.org/blog. Many insightful videos are at bfa.org/videos.
Ways to Give: Information about the church's online giving platform, Subsplash, and where to mail checks, are at www.churchinlosangeles.org/members/offerings.

by Ruiyu Wu

Week of September 28

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Taking Christ as Our Subjective Pattern for Our Daily Salvation

“Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus.” (Phil. 2:5)

“Even though He was a Son, learned obedience from the things which He suffered.” (Heb. 5:8)

“…Work out your own salvation with fear and trembling” (Phil. 2:12b)

In order to experience Christ and live Christ, we must know Him as our pattern and take Him as our pattern. The principle of this pattern is that someone with the highest life and position would be willing to live in a lowly way. (Experiencing, Enjoying, and Expressing Christ (3), msg. 2, I, C)

This pattern is the standard of our salvation. The salvation here in Philippians is salvation of another kind, or of a different degree…The salvation in 2:12 is actually a living person. This person is the very Christ whom we live, experience, and enjoy. A pattern that is only objective could not be our salvation in this way. The fact that salvation is a living person and that this person is our pattern indicates that the pattern is subjective as well as objective. (Life-study of Philippians, pp. 84, 86)

Christ is not only an outward pattern for us; He is also the life within us. As this inner life, He would have us experience Him and thereby live a crucified life. In this crucified life there is no room for rivalry, vainglory, or self-exaltation. On the contrary, there is self-emptying and self-humbling. Whenever we experience Christ and live Christ, we automatically live such a crucified life. This means that when we live Christ, we live the One who is the pattern of a crucified life. Then we also will empty ourselves and humble ourselves. (The Conclusion of the New Testament, p. 3492)

ITERO Follow-up

The September 2025 International Training for Elders and Responsible Ones was held September 25 to 27 in Malaysia. The general subject of the nine messages was “Crucial Aspects of Matthew 5 through 7.” Approximately 1,800 brothers attended live; many are now participating in various blending trips in the region while other brothers back home get into the messages by video training over the next month.

On Lord's Day, September 28 there was a blending conference meeting in the same venue attended by nearly 2,500 saints. Brothers James Lee and Minoru Chen spoke about “Life Is the Source, Love Is the Condition, and Fruit-bearing Is the Goal for the Multiplication and Propagation of Christ as the True Vine, the Organism of the Triune God.”

Please pray that the brothers receiving the ITERO training will digest the words spoken and enter into the reality of the kingdom of the heavens to be the kingdom people.

UCLA – Week 1

We thank the Lord for a fruitful Welcome Week at UCLA, with many new students joining our Bible study, large group fellowship, and campus worship meeting. The fellowship, testimonies, and messages were full of life and encouragement, and many first-time students connected with us through these gatherings. As we begin our small group Bible studies this week with many student sign-ups, please pray:

That each time would be filled with mutual speaking, participation, and the building of lasting connections and companionships.
For much grace in following up with all the new ones, that the Lord would release meaningful appointments and guide our conversations.
For our returning students to develop the heart to shepherd the younger ones, bear remaining fruit, and grow as living channels of life.

SCYP Fall Conferences

Registration is open for the Fall 2025 Southern California Young People's Conferences. The Junior High Conferences will be October 10 to 12 with sisters in Diamond Bar and brothers in Huntington Beach. The High School Conferences will be October 24 to 26 with sisters in Cerritos and brothers in Irvine. Please pray:

That the Lord will release many young people to register and attend these conferences.
For the Lord to prepare the hearts of all of the young people over the next few weeks.
That the young people in Los Angeles will continue to be built up together among the halls

Germany – Farsi-speaking Conference

All Farsi-speaking saints who have been in contact with us in recent years have been invited to a conference from October 3 to 5 at our blending center in Germany. The subject will be “The Restoration of God's House and God's City.” It is notable that this conference will be in-person, since many of the Farsi-speaking saints who came as refugees usually fellowship via Zoom since they are physically scattered around the country. Lord, bless this gathering with Your presence and fresh words!

Germany – October Gospel Trips

Gospels trips are set to take place October 5 to 19 in Germany, mainly to contact students at the start of the academic year. These trips will have visiting saints from around the earth combined with as many local saints as can be available. Please pray:

For the Lord to prepare many university students and community residents in the target cities as open vessels to be contacted by the saints.
For the participating saints to prepare for the trips by praying, dealing with the Lord, and being filled with the essential and economical Spirit.
For a joyful and impactful one accord among all the saints involved, so that they command the Lord's blessing and go out with His authority.

Middle East

Pray that the situation in Israel and the surrounding region will be under the ruling of God's throne so that He will work out the counsel of His will. Pray for the saints there to be strengthened into their inner man, so that they live a life that expresses God and cooperates with God's move.

Announcements

Morning Revival: Week 26 of Experiencing, Enjoying, and Expressing Christ (3), vol. 5.
Wednesday Night Ministry Meeting: The weekly ministry series resumes this Wednesday 7:25 pm on “The Crucial Points of the Truth in Paul's Epistles—Philippians and Colossians.” Saints are invited to attend at the MCC in Anaheim; the meeting will also be live-streamed at lsmwebcast.com.
December 2025 Semiannual Training: December 22 to 27 in Anaheim. For LA saints, the firm registration deadlines are October 31 (live) and December 7 (video) at tinyurl.com/wintertrainingla. As a reminder, past issues of LSM's digital newsletter contain helpful fellowship on the burden for semiannual trainings, the need for training and regulations, and the purpose of training donations.
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.
SCYP Fall Conferences: Junior High from October 10 to 12; registration due September 28. High School from October 24 to 26; registration due October 12. Contact serving ones for more info.
France Shepherding Trips: An invitation letter to participate in ongoing short-term shepherding trips throughout France is posted at lme.org/reports.html.
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.
Bibles for America has developed materials to help unbelievers receive the Lord, as well as to help believers understand the Bible and grow in their faith and the divine life. A recent blogpost “What Can the Story of the Magi Teach Us About Knowing Jesus?” is available to read and share at bfa.org/blog. Many insightful videos are at bfa.org/videos.
Ways to Give: Information about the church's online giving platform, Subsplash, and where to mail checks, are at www.churchinlosangeles.org/members/offerings.

by Ruiyu Wu

Week of September 21

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The Secret to Living Christ

“In nothing be anxious, but in everything, by prayer and petition with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God; and the peace of God, which surpasses every man's understanding, will guard your hearts and your thoughts in Christ Jesus.” (Phil. 4:6-7)

The Lord's Word says, “In nothing be anxious, but in everything, by prayer and petition with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God” (Phil. 4:6). Hence, if you have some problem, you just need to tell Him. He is right within you, and He is with you face to face. The Triune God—the Father, the Son, and the Spirit—is in us not to trouble us but to be our Paraclete, Comforter, and Supporter. I always pray, “O Lord, now I am going to take a walk. Support me, sustain me, and strengthen me.” This is to drink the Lord. In this way I have no anxiety. When anxiety comes, you should say, “O Lord, this anxiety is Yours, not mine; I give it to You because You bear it for me.” Thus, you receive the Lord's element into you, and metabolism will work constantly in you. Consequently, what is expressed through you outwardly is Christ. This is to live Christ. Those who do not know this secret consider that to live Christ is a difficult thing. Actually, you just need to practice speaking with the Lord constantly; then spontaneously, you will live Christ.

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. (Experiencing, Enjoying, and Expressing Christ (3), msg. 1, III, Key Statement 1)

ITERO

The September 2025 International Training for Elders and Responsible Ones (ITERO) will be held in Klang, Malaysia this week from September 25 to 27, followed by a blending conference meeting on Lord's Day, September 28. Many brothers from around the world will be present for the live training, and many more will participate by video within the next month.

Please pray:

For the safe and timely travel of the saints, especially those whose flights may be affected by a super typhoon passing through the Philippines, Taiwan, Hong Kong, and other areas.
For the blending and perfecting of the brothers attending in-person, as well as those participating remotely in many churches around the globe, for the sake of the carrying out of God's eternal economy through the church.
For the Lord to cover all the speaking brothers and their families and to grant the speaking brothers adequate time to be with the Lord to be thoroughly under the Lord's shining and infusion and to receive a living word from Him to meet the present need.
For God's enemy to be fully restricted and rendered powerless to do anything to frustrate what the Lord wants to accomplish for His recovery through this training.

UCLA – Welcome Week

Thank you, saints, for your prayers for our times with the UCLA students last week. This past Lord's Day we had a very large number of brand new students attend our morning meeting on campus. We need much continued prayer for this week, which is UCLA's welcome week.

Please pray:

For the Spirit to continue to move in this freshman class to stir them up to seek God, know God, and allow Him to grow in their hearts.
For the continued warm contact throughout the week with many soft and open freshmen through personal visits, tabling, and attendance at our events.
For the word of God to strongly shine into the hearts of the students at our upcoming Bible study, Large Group Fellowship, and Lord's Day welcome meeting.

France

The world situation is quickly changing. The Lord is surely stirring up the governments of the major powers on the earth so that the situation will be prepared and all His promises will be fulfilled. The earth will be judged and His bride will be prepared. With this in view we must realize that our Lord needs to move to raise up His shining testimony in many places, especially in the places where Antichrist will be so active in the end times.

Today, the Lord is doing an intensified work in Europe. Since the start of this year, a number of saints have migrated to France and Luxembourg. We are praying and expecting that lampstands in Nanterre, Lille, and Toulouse will be raised up very shortly. The Lord is also advancing in Rouen and Esch (Luxembourg), and we believe that He will raise up lampstands in these two cities next.

Please pray:

For the Lord to raise up the churches in Nanterre, Toulouse, and Lille this year.
For more saints to see that the Lord is preparing everything He needs for His soon return and to hear His call to migrate.
For the Lord to strengthen His work in Paris, Rouen, and Esch (Luxembourg).

Germany

Saints from around the world are participating in gospel trips in Germany from October 5 to 19 for the purpose of contacting university students. Please pray for the coordination and fellowship of all the saints involved, including the local saints, and that the Lord will gain many young German-speaking students as remaining fruit and for the spread of the Lord's testimony in this part of Europe.

Announcements

Morning Revival: Week 25 of Experiencing, Enjoying, and Expressing Christ (3), vol. 5.
Bibles for America has developed materials to help unbelievers receive the Lord, as well as to help believers understand the Bible and grow in their faith and the divine life. A recent blogpost “What Can the Story of the Magi Teach Us About Knowing Jesus?” is available to read and share at bfa.org/blog. Many insightful videos are at bfa.org/videos.
Wednesday Night Ministry Meeting: There is NO ministry meeting this week, September 24, due to preparations for the ITERO in Malaysia. The meeting will resume next Wednesday, October 1.
SCYP Fall Conferences: Junior High from October 10 to 12; registration due September 28. High School from October 24 to 26; registration due October 12. Contact serving ones for more info.
Thanksgiving Conference: This year's conference will be held in Indianapolis, November 27 to 30. Childcare for K–6 will be provided during the meetings. Saints from LA interested in attending can get more information on hotel group rates and RSVP at tinyurl.com/thanksgivingconfla.
France Shepherding Trips: An invitation letter to participate in ongoing short-term shepherding trips throughout France is posted at lme.org/reports.html.
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 September 14

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The Bride as the Corporate Warrior

“You are as beautiful, my love, as Tirzah; as lovely as Jerusalem, as terrible as an army with banners.” (S.S. 6:4)

“Put on the whole armor of God that you may be able to stand against the stratagems of the devil.” (Eph. 6:11)

“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. 6:18)

Spiritual warfare is necessary because Satan's will is in conflict with God's will. Spiritual warfare is not an individual matter. It is a matter of Christ's bride being a corporate warrior. The church as the bride is actually the corporate man in God's intention, who will fulfill the twofold purpose of expressing God and dealing with God's enemy.

To fight the spiritual warfare, we need to put on the whole armor of God. The whole armor of God is for the Body, not for individuals. Only the corporate warrior can wear the whole armor of God. Prayer is the unique, crucial, and vital means by which we apply the whole armor of God, making every item of the armor available to us in a practical way. We all need to see that in the Lord's recovery today we are on a battlefield. We must cooperate with the Lord to fight against Satan's aerial forces so that we can gain more of Christ for the building up of the Body of Christ and the preparation of the bride of Christ, setting up and spreading the kingdom of God so that Christ can come back to inherit the earth. (The Preparation of the Bride, msg. 6, III, VI, I.B, VII, VI.C, VII.G, IX)

UCLA

We are entering a most critical phase of the campus work at UCLA. We ask for your prevailing prayers over the next few weeks, beginning with the following matters for this week:

Pray for the mutual fellowship and building in spirit among the existing students this week during the various workshops, fellowships, activities, and gatherings to prepare for the academic year.
We will begin to contact the several hundred freshmen who signed up with our club during the summer. Pray for warm interactions and face-to-face contacts within the first week after they move in.
This Lord's day we have our first welcome meeting on campus. Ask the Lord to bring many freshman who would be open to receive the living word of God and be connected with the saints.

LA High School Seniors

On Tuesday, September 16, the LAUSD Region West Annual College and Career Fair will be held at West LA College in Culver City. High school students from different schools will be bused to the campus for the day to speak to college representatives about their admissions process and attend workshops. Many of our own high school seniors will be in attendance. Additionally, community saints will have a Bibles for America (BfA) table at the event.

Please pray:

That our high school senior would consecrate their college years to the Lord as they consider and begin their college applications.
For all those who received a Bible to come to know the Lord through His word.

Community Gospel – San Fernando Valley

Hall 2 saints have BfA tables at California State University Northridge (CSUN) every Tuesday and Wednesday morning. In the past three weeks we have distributed at least 100 NTs, a similar number of ministry books, and about 3,000 Mystery of Human Life tracts. Since the beginning of August we have had BfA tables weekly outside DMV offices, where we have distributed over 250 NTs and at least 220 ministry books. However, we have very few personal contacts with recipients at either location.

Please ask the Lord:

To cause people “to be saved and to come to the full knowledge of the truth.” (1 Tim. 2:4)
To give these recipients a hunger for getting into continuing fellowship.
To train the saints to be skilled in establishing contact and making appointments for shepherding.

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 to raise up a lampstand in Nanterre.

With the start of classes this week at the university, the full-time team in Paris and visiting shepherding saints are distributing Bibles, preaching the gospel, and contacting seeking believers around the campus. On Monday, over 50 Bibles were handed out and at least 10 personal contacts made.

Please pray:

For the Lord to capture some seeking French college students and bring them into a normal Christian church life.
That the Lord would release a meeting hall in Nanterre at the appointed time and establish a golden, shining lampstand in Nanterre this year..

Nepal

On September 8, massive youth-led protests broke out in Kathmandu and many other parts of Nepal over widespread allegations of government corruption and sparked by a social media ban, which has since been withdrawn. The police responded with force, protesters damaged buildings, and the prime minister resigned. It is estimated that at least 72 people died and over 2,000 suffered injuries. It is the deadliest outbreak of political violence in Nepal in decades.

All the saints are safe. Please pray that the Lord would make the situation in Nepal favorable to the spread of the gospel, and that the brothers and sisters may go on in peace under His protection and care.

Announcements

Morning Revival: Week 6 of The Preparation of the Bride. Next week, we begin Experiencing, Enjoying, and Expressing Christ (3), vol. 5.
SCYP Parents & YP Serving Ones Fellowship: September 20 in Fullerton, 9:30 am to noon. Translation will be provided into Chinese, Korean and Spanish (please bring a smartphone and headphones). Contact serving ones for registration and more details.
Wednesday Night Ministry Meeting: The ministry series continues this Wednesday 7:25 pm on “The Crucial Points of the Truth in Paul's Epistles—Philippians and Colossians.” Saints are invited to attend in person at the MCC in Anaheim. The meeting will also be live-streamed at lsmwebcast.com.
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 “What Can the Story of the Magi Teach Us About Knowing Jesus?” is available to read and share at bfa.org/blog. Many insightful videos are 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.
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

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