Prayer

Week of November 13

Experiencing Christ as the Materials for God's Building

"For we are God's fellow workers; you are God's cultivated land, God's building." (2 Cor. 3:9)

"To know Him and the power of His resurrection and the fellowship of His sufferings, being conformed to His death." (Phil. 3:10)

In order to become materials for God's building, we need to experience Christ in His death (signified by cypress), Christ in His resurrection (signified by cedar), and Christ as the Spirit (signified by olive wood). The crucified and resurrected Christ, who is the all-inclusive Spirit of Jesus Christ and the presence of the processed Triune God, is the reality of the materials for the building up of the church as the temple of God, the enlargement and expansion of Christ.

We need to allow the crucified and resurrected Christ as the Spirit to build Himself into our being so that we can have the fullest enjoyment of Christ in order to be good stewards of the varied grace of God (the rich supply of life) for the building up of the church as the temple of God.

The real Christian life for the building up of the church as the temple of God is a life of the crucified and resurrected Christ as the life-giving Spirit being built into our being so that we are being conformed to His death by the power of His resurrection to be renewed day by day and transformed from glory to glory for His glory in the church. (Crystallization-study of 1 and 2 Kings, msg. 7, I, A-B, VII)

Southern California College Conference

Around 200 saints are gathering at Oak Glen from November 18 to 20 for the second of two college conferences. This weekend's conference is composed mostly of UC students in Southern California. The messages on "Walking by Faith" will reveal the way to walk in the steps of that faith of our father Abraham. Approximately 75 saints from UCLA and CSUN have signed up.

Please pray that the Lord would grant each one a personal appearing from the God of glory to be infused with Him as faith so that they can live a life of faith, trusting in God and being one with God to carry out His purpose on the earth. Also pray that the Lord would particularly shepherd all the students attending the conference for the first time. May they enjoy touching the Lord in their spirit and blending with students across Southern California.

SCYP Children's Work Conference

The Children's Work Conference this Saturday, November 19 from 9:30 am to 12:30 pm is for parents with children under 12 years of age and for the saints who are serving with the children's service. This year's conference will be conducted in a hybrid format with an in-person location in Anaheim. Translation will be provided into Chinese, Korean, and Spanish. 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. Please coordinate with the children's serving ones in your hall if you have any questions.

Thanksgiving Conference

Please pray for the advance of the Lord's recovery through the release of His up-to-date speaking and the blending of the saints in the Thanksgiving Blending Conference to be held in person in Washington, DC, from November 24 to 27. The messages will also be available to watch online.

European University Conference

This weekend, November 18 to 20, the university students in Europe will gather for a conference on "The Faith of the Son of God." This conference will be held concurrently in the UK and in Germany. Please pray for:

All those who have registered to be released inwardly and outwardly to attend.
All those serving to be richly supplied and sweetly and harmoniously coordinated for the advance of the Lord's move during this crucial weekend.
The hearts of all those attending to be softened and prepared for the Lord's speaking, shining, and infusing, that each one will meet the Lord personally and corporately.
The weather to be the very best for the saints' travel and experience during the conference
The enemy to be bound in every way and to be put to an open shame in every aspect of the conference and in the lives of our next generation

Germany – Stuttgart Meeting Hall

We thank the Lord that the purchase contract for the meeting hall in Stuttgart has been signed! The location is excellent: close to where many saints live and to the university, with easy access to public transport; next to the property is a public park with playgrounds and spacious green areas for picnics, recreation, and gospel outreach. Renovation will be extensive due to the age of the building.

Please continue to pray for the release of the finances needed for the acquisition and renovation of this meeting hall. Saints in LA who are burdened to contribute may give through the Church in Los Angeles designated for 'Stuttgart Meeting Hall'.

Ukraine

Please continue to pray that:

The Russian and Ukrainian brothers fighting in the war will be preserved in their tripartite being.
The Lord will shepherd the refugees and establish them in the church life.
The local saints, serving ones, and trainees will be blended with the refugees by being through the cross and by the Spirit to minister Christ to one another for the building up of the Body.
The saints in Russia and Ukraine will be kept in the oneness of the Body and the reality of the new man.
The tripartite being of saints in besieged cities will be protected and preserved for the Lord's interests.
The enemy will be bound in his attack on the Lord's interests in Russia, Ukraine, and Europe.

As the Lord leads, saints may give through the Church in Los Angeles designated for 'Ukraine'.

Announcements

Morning Revival: Week 7 of Crystallization-study of 1 and 2 Kings, vol. 2.
Wednesday Night Ministry Meeting: Live broadcast this Wednesday 7:25 pm at http://lsm.org/live.
Thanksgiving Conference: Saints in LA who may attend in-person sessions November 24 to 27 in DC are asked to RSVP at http://tinyurl.com/thanksgivingconfla in order to receive any pertinent updates.
December Semiannual Training: Saints in LA may register for the video training until December 11 at http://tinyurl.com/wintertrainingla. This training will be a crystallization-study of Chronicles, Ezra, Nehemiah, and Esther.
LSM Christian Radio broadcasts hymns and messages 24 hours each day at http://lsmchristianradio.com.
Ways to Give: Information about the church's online giving platform, Subsplash, and where to mail checks, are at http://www.churchinlosangeles.org/members/offerings.

by Ruiyu Wu

Week of November 6

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Going On with the Lord

"Therefore leaving the word of the beginning of Christ, let us be brought on to maturity." (Heb. 6:1a)

"In whom all the building, being fitted together, is growing into a holy temple in the Lord; in whom you also are being built together into a dwelling place of God in spirit." (Eph. 2:21-22)

Within us there is a hunger and thirst for something higher in the church life than we have yet experienced. The dissatisfaction that we sense is really not ours but the Lord's. The Lord within us is aspiring to go on from the tabernacle church life in the wilderness of the soul to the temple church life with Christ, the all-inclusive Spirit, as the reality of the good land in our spirit. (CWWL, 1979, vol. 1, "Life Messages, Volume 2," p. 280-281; Crystallization-study of 1 & 2 Kings, msg. 6, I)

Just as the temple was the enlargement of the tabernacle, may the church gradually be strengthened and enlarged, and may the saints' spiritual experiences also gradually be renewed and enlarged!

Life's Washing in Love for the Church Life

"If I then, the Lord and the Teacher, have washed your feet, you also ought to wash one another's feet… If you know these things, blessed are you if you do them." (John 13:14, 17)

Each of us must learn how to love the brothers and sisters by ministering the spiritual foot-washing to them… This is what we need. This is the real love that maintains the fellowship among us. It is by this kind of foot-washing and wiping that the spiritual fellowship can maintain the church life. Without it, the church life cannot be maintained, because the fellowship will have been damaged by the earthly touch. We need the spiritual foot-washing to cleanse us from the earthly touch and to keep our spiritual fellowship in a good condition. Then it is possible to realize the church life.

If the church life is to be kept fresh, new, pleasant, and living, we continually need this foot-washing. Every local church needs this… Every church needs to pray for this. Then the church will be preserved in newness and freshness. (Life-study of John, ch. 28, pp. 342-343)

United States

"I exhort therefore, first of all, that petitions, prayers, intercessions, thanksgivings be made on behalf of all men; on behalf of kings and all who are in high position, that we may lead a quiet and tranquil life in all godliness and gravity. This is good and acceptable in the sight of our Savior God, who desires all men to be saved and to come to the full knowledge of the truth." (1 Tim. 2:1-4)

The U.S. midterm elections conclude on Tuesday, November 8. All the seats in the House of Representatives are up for election, alongside one-third of the Senate; several major states, including California, also have elections for their governor and local officials, including the mayor of Los Angeles.

Pray to release on earth the authority of the "Ruler of the kings of the earth" (Rev. 1:5) for His choice of elected officials. We pray for the heavens to rule and for the outcome to advance God's interests in our city and state, in this country, and over the whole earth.

Bibles for America

In April of this year, BfA began giving away free physical copies of Basic Elements of the Christian Life, vols.1-3. Since then, over 10,000 of these book sets have been sent out to people all over the country. Please pray that all those who receive these books would read them and would advance in their life with the Lord. Pray also that the volunteers who faithfully package these book sets would be strengthened and supplied to fulfill the constant stream of orders in a timely way.

Southern California College Conference

Thank you, saints, for your prayers for the first college conference, which took place at Oak Glen this past weekend. The Lord truly answered our prayers! We had 281 saints from Southern California in attendance. The singing was high and the Lord's speaking was rich and fresh! From USC, 27 saints participated, including trainees, local saints, students and some recent college graduates. Everyone who signed up made it to the conference and enjoyed the Lord's speaking.

Please pray that the Lord would cause all of those who attended to continue steadfastly in all that they saw and heard. Pray that they would enjoy the Lord's appearing every day this week!

Germany – Stuttgart Meeting Hall

Ukraine

Please continue to pray that:

The Russian and Ukrainian brothers fighting in the war will be preserved in their tripartite being.
The Lord will shepherd the refugees and establish them in the church life.
The local saints, serving ones, and trainees will be blended with the refugees by being through the cross and by the Spirit to minister Christ to one another for the building up of the Body.
The saints in Russia and Ukraine will be kept in the oneness of the Body and the reality of the new man.
The tripartite being of saints in besieged cities will be protected and preserved for the Lord's interests.
The enemy will be bound in his attack on the Lord's interests in Russia, Ukraine, and Europe.

As the Lord leads, saints may give through the Church in Los Angeles designated for 'Ukraine'.

Sri Lanka

The official languages in Sri Lanka are Sinhala and Tamil, and English is widely used in formal contexts. For translation of the ministry, the serving ones mainly focus on Sinhala and obtain materials in Tamil from India. Since the Sinhala NT Recovery Version project began in May 2021, the team has completed all verses, footnotes, and outlines of Matthew, Mark, and Luke. The entire project is scheduled to finish in five years. At present, please pray for the printing of the Sinhala Recovery Version of the Gospel of Matthew and the translation of the Epistle of 1 Corinthians.

Announcements

Morning Revival: Week 6 of Crystallization-study of 1 and 2 Kings, vol. 1.
Wednesday Night Ministry Meeting: Live broadcast this Wednesday 7:25 pm at http://lsm.org/live.
SCYP Children's Work Conference: This year's conference will be Saturday, November 19, conducted in a hybrid format, with an in-person location in Anaheim. Translation will be provided into Chinese, Korean, and Spanish. Register by November 13 at http://scyp.com/children.
December Semiannual Training: Saints in LA may register for video training until December 11 at http://tinyurl.com/wintertrainingla. This training will be a crystallization-study of Chronicles, Ezra, Nehemiah, and Esther.
Thanksgiving Conference: Saints from LA who may attend in-person sessions November 24 to 27 in DC are asked to RSVP at http://tinyurl.com/thanksgivingconfla in order to receive any pertinent updates.
LSM Christian Radio broadcasts hymns and messages 24 hours each day at http://lsmchristianradio.com.
Ways to Give: Information about the church's online giving platform, Subsplash, and where to mail checks, are at http://www.churchinlosangeles.org/members/offerings.

by Ryan Li

Week of October 30

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Rejecting Our Natural Being and Exercising Our Mingled Spirit

"For we are the circumcision, the ones who serve by the Spirit of God and boast in Christ Jesus and have no confidence in the flesh." (Phil. 3:3)

"Then Jesus said to His disciples, If anyone wants to come after Me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow Me." (Matt. 16:24)

We need to see the difference between our natural ability and the ability that has passed through death and resurrection. We need to realize the impotence, the insufficiency, of our natural being and natural ability in the things of God. We should not have any trust in our natural being in the things of God; rather, we must learn to reject our natural being and exercise our spirit in everything for the organic building up of the Body of Christ.

In the Lord's recovery today, we should pay our full attention to the mingled spirit, the Spirit mingled with our spirit, and should live, walk, and have our being in and according to this mingled spirit so that we can truly reign in life (Rom. 8:4; 5:10, 17). (CS 1 & 2 Kings, msg. 5, III.A, B, IV.E)

Life's Washing in Love to Maintain Fellowship

"If I then, the Lord and the Teacher, have washed your feet, you also ought to wash one another's feet." (John 13:14)

Who are the ones who need washing, and who are the ones who have to wash others' feet? The Lord said, "You also ought to wash one another's feet" (John 13:14). This tells us that we all need the washing. Those who were spiritually fresh but who have lost their freshness need the washing. Every one of us needs our feet washed, and every one of us needs to be prepared to wash others' feet… Among all the services that Christians minister to one another, nothing is more crucial or more precious than foot-washing. "If you know these things, blessed are you if you do them" (v. 17).

In order to wash others' feet, we must have the water; that is, we must be filled with the Holy Spirit and be in constant fellowship with the Lord. For this cause we must live in the Holy Spirit daily. Only then will we have the living water to wash others' feet. Every time we come to the meeting, we must have the living water to wash others' feet. (CWWN, vol. 42, pp. 240, 282)

Southern California College Conference

About 275 saints will gather at Oak Glen from November 6 to 8 for the first of two college conferences. This weekend's conference is intended primarily for semester system schools. The messages on "Walking by Faith" will reveal the way to "walk in the steps of that faith of our father Abraham" (Rom. 4:12). From Los Angeles, approximately 20 saints from USC plan to attend.

Please pray that the Lord would grant each saint a personal appearing from the God of glory to be infused with Him as faith so that they can live a life of faith, trusting in God and being one with God to carry out His purpose on the earth. Also pray that the Lord would particularly shepherd all the students for whom this will be their first college conference. May they enjoy touching the Lord in their spirit and blending with students across Southern California.

Furthermore, this Lord's Day, November 6 is the first deadline for UCLA and CSUN students to sign up for the second conference. Please pray for many to consecrate that weekend (November 18 to 20) to the Lord and pay the price to come and fellowship with Him in spirit on the mountain.

Germany and Switzerland

The two weeks of gospel trips, which concluded on October 23, had 90 local saints and 62 visitors participate in distributing 2627 NT Recovery Versions and nearly 18,000 tracts in at least 16 cities. Please continue to pray for:

Personal follow-up with the hundreds of people who gave their contact information.
The Lord to enlighten all who received a Bible or tract.
The saints in the churches to be brought into a regular gospel living.

Zürich, Switzerland

The resumption of the Lord's table in Zürich, together with a mini-conference, will be held this weekend, November 5 to 6. Praise the Lord! Please pray that the Lord will advance His move in Europe through the blending of the saints, that the saints would gain a fresh vision of the Lord's recovery, and that the Lord would have a wonderful new beginning of His testimony in the city of Zürich.

Rome, Italy

This week, from October 31 to November 4, there is a blending and gospel trip taking place in Rome. Please pray for the blending of the saints and the bearing of remaining fruit through the gospel for the strengthening of the Lord's testimony in this city.

Ukraine

Please continue to pray that:

The Russian and Ukrainian brothers fighting in the war will be preserved in their tripartite being.
The Lord will shepherd the refugees and establish them in the church life.
The local saints, serving ones, and trainees will be blended with the refugees by being through the cross and by the Spirit to minister Christ to one another for the building up of the Body.
The saints in Russia and Ukraine will be kept in the oneness of the Body and the reality of the new man.
The tripartite being of saints in besieged cities will be protected and preserved for the Lord's interests.
The enemy will be bound in his attack on the Lord's interests in Russia, Ukraine, and Europe.

Bangladesh

Last May, the church in Dhaka felt that the number of baptisms was very measly, so they desperately went before the Lord to ask for fruit. The Lord was faithful and the saints soon came in contact with a student who readily accepted to be baptized. This was a comfort and encouragement to the saints that nothing is impossible in the matter of propagation; we just need to persevere and be desperate before the Lord, to go before men, and to lead them to salvation through prayer, the Spirit, and the word. By the end of May, a total of 6 brothers and sisters had gotten saved and baptized. Hallelujah!

To read about the perfecting trainings and literature distribution in Bangladesh, see the October 2022 issue of the Lord's Move to Asia newsletter:

http://lmasia.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/E-2022-10.pdf (English)
http://lmasia.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Asia-2022-10.pdf (Chinese)

Announcements

Morning Revival: Week 5 of Crystallization-study of 1 and 2 Kings, vol. 1.
Wednesday Night Ministry Meeting: Live broadcast this Wednesday 7:25 pm at http://lsm.org/live.
End of Daylight Savings Time: DST will end in the early morning this Lord's Day, November 6. Remember to move your clocks back one hour before you sleep on Saturday night.
SCYP Children's Work Conference: This year's conference will be Saturday, November 19, conducted in a hybrid format, with an in-person location in Anaheim. Translation will be provided into Chinese, Korean, and Spanish. Register by November 13 at http://scyp.com/children.
December Semiannual Training: Registration is now closed for the in-person training in Anaheim. Saints in LA may register for video training until December 11 at http://tinyurl.com/wintertrainingla.
Thanksgiving Conference: Saints from LA who may attend in-person sessions November 24 to 27 in DC are asked to RSVP at http://tinyurl.com/thanksgivingconfla in order to receive any pertinent updates.
Benson Phillips Memorial Meetings: Recordings of memorial meetings for Brother Benson may be viewed at http://www.memorial-meeting.org.
Ways to Give: Information about the church's online giving platform, Subsplash, and where to mail checks, are at http://www.churchinlosangeles.org/members/offerings.

by Ryan Li

Week of October 23

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Life's Washing in Love to Maintain Fellowship

"…Jesus knowing that His hour had come for Him to depart out of this world unto the Father, having loved His own who were in the world, He loved them to the uttermost….Then He poured water into the basin and began to wash the disciples' feet and to wipe them with the towel with which He was girded." (John 13:1, 5)

"If I then, the Lord and the Teacher, have washed your feet, you also ought to wash one another's feet." (John 13:14)

In our experience the washing water in John 13 signifies the Holy Spirit, the word, and life. The Lord washes our feet by the work of the Holy Spirit, by the enlightenment of the living word, and by the operation of the inner law of life.

This is not the washing away of our sins by the blood. Spiritual foot-washing saves us from staleness in our fellowship with the Lord. The world is dirty, and we, the saints, are easily contaminated. For us to maintain pleasant fellowship with the Lord and with one another, we need spiritual foot-washing carried out both by the Lord in His love and by one another in love. (October ITERO, msg. 5, III.A-C)

Pray for the adequate supply of the Spirit, word, and life to all the saints so that they can be washed and with which they can wash others. May the church life in Los Angeles be kept fresh and new by our mutual foot-washing with the living water of life.

Solomon's Splendid Kingdom Typifying Christ's Kingdom

"Lift up your heads, O gates; and be lifted up, O long enduring doors; and the King of glory will come in. Who is the King of glory? Jehovah strong and mighty! Jehovah mighty in battle!" (Psa. 24:7-8)

Solomon's splendid kingdom, with his prosperity under the rich blessing of God, is a type of Christ's kingdom in the millennium… Solomon was glorified in the kingdom of Israel with the splendor of his kingdom; this is a prefigure of Christ in the millennium. At His second coming Christ will take possession of the earth, which has been given to Him as His possession, and will establish God's kingdom on the whole earth, thus recovering God's right over the earth. (CS 1 & 2 Kings, msg. 4, I.B, II)

We, the believers in Christ… have received God into us, and He is continuously working Himself into our constitution to make us God in life and in nature (but not in the Godhead). According to Romans 5:17, we reign in the life which we have received. To be today's overcomers we must reign as kings in life… If we mature in this age, we will reign as kings in life in this age and will be the co-kings with Christ in the next age to rule over the nations. (LS 1 & 2 Kings, p. 43)

Semiannual Training Registrations

This Lord's Day, October 30 is the firm deadline for saints in LA and Santa Clarita to register for the upcoming in-person December Semiannual Training in Anaheim ($205). Video training registrations will be due December 11 ($130). To register, go to https://tinyurl.com/wintertrainingla.

May the Lord grant us to highly value the semiannual trainings and encourage others to have a heart for these trainings, and may the Lord grace us to bear the burden to pray for the semiannual trainings so that He as the seven Spirits of God may have an unhindered way to continue to speak the present truth to the churches. (From the September issue of "Having This Ministry…")

North American Korean-speaking Conference

This weekend, October 29 to 30, there will be an online conference for all the Korean-speaking saints in North America. Meetings are Saturday 3:00 to 6:00 pm and Lord's Day 9:30 am to 12:30 pm. The fellowship will be on the subject of the recent October ITERO—"Loving the Lord and Loving One Another for the Organic Building Up of the Church as the Body of Christ."

Pray for as many Korean-speaking saints as possible to attend for the blending of the Body and the up-to-date word of the New Testament ministry.

European Brothers Training and Blending Conference

The European Brothers Training and International Blending Conference will be in Baarlo, The Netherlands, October 25 to 30. Please pray for the Lord's rich speaking to the leading brothers and the saints for the advancement of His move in Europe.

Over 800 adults and 200 children are registered for the blending conference. The saints are joyful that the Lord has made it possible for the churches in Europe to gather in this way for the first time since 2019, and pray that His testimony will continue to spread city by city in all of Europe! Please pray for:

The ministering brothers to be strengthened body, soul and spirit for the release of the Lord's word.
The blending of the churches and the saints.
The advance of the Lord's recovery in Europe through the word of the ministry and the fellowship released in this time.

Germany and Switzerland

The gospel trips concluded on October 23. Please continue to pray that the Lord will gain many Germans and Swiss as remaining fruit through the preaching of the gospel and the shepherding of the new contacts. Pray also for the spread of the Lord's testimony in all the cities through the gospel trips.

Ukraine

Please continue to pray that:

The Russian and Ukrainian brothers fighting in the war will be preserved in their tripartite being.
The Lord will shepherd the refugees and establish them in the church life.
The local saints, serving ones, and trainees will be blended with the refugees by being through the cross and by the Spirit to minister Christ to one another for the building up of the Body.
The saints in Russia and Ukraine will be kept in the oneness of the Body and the reality of the new man.
The tripartite being of saints in besieged cities will be protected and preserved for the Lord's interests.
The enemy will be bound in his attack on the Lord's interests in Russia, Ukraine, and Europe.

Timor-Leste

Timor-Leste, or East Timor, is a Southeast Asian nation with less than 1.5 million inhabitants, most of whom are Catholic. The two official languages are Portuguese and Tetum, with English and Indonesian designated as working languages. Pray for the church life in Dili, the capital and largest city. May the Indonesian-speaking, Tetum-speaking, and Chinese-speaking saints participate in the church life and be blended for the building up the Body of Christ.

Announcements

Morning Revival: Week 4 of Crystallization-study of 1 and 2 Kings.
December Semiannual Training: Register by October 30 ($205, live) or December 11 ($130, video) at https://tinyurl.com/wintertrainingla.
Thanksgiving Conference: Saints from LA who may attend the in-person sessions November 24 to 27 in Washington, DC are asked to RSVP by October 31 at https://tinyurl.com/thanksgivingconfla.
Wednesday Night Ministry Meeting: Live broadcast this Wednesday 7:25 pm at https://lsm.org/live.
Benson Phillips Memorial Meetings: Recordings of memorial meetings for Brother Benson may be viewed at https://www.memorial-meeting.org.
LSM Newsletter: The September issue contains helpful fellowship on the purpose of training donations, maintaining the standard of video trainings, and praying for the semiannual trainings. Go to https://newsletters.lsm.org/having-this-ministry.
Living to Him has a podcast series particularly helpful to working saints, available on all major podcasting services at https://anchor.fm/livingtohim.
Ways to Give: Information about the church's online giving platform, Subsplash, and where to mail checks, are at https://www.churchinlosangeles.org/members/offerings.

by Ruiyu Wu

Week of October 16

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The Ministry of Grace in Life

"And he [Elisha] went out to the source of the water and threw salt there; and he said, Thus says Jehovah, I have healed this water; there will not be any more death or barrenness from there." (2 Kings 2:21)

"For if, by the offense of the one, death reigned through the one, much more those who receive the abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness will reign in life through the One, Jesus Christ." (Rom. 5:17)

Elisha was a type of Christ in doing miracles of grace in life. Elijah did some great miracles, such as closing up the heavens so that it might not rain and calling down fire from heaven to consume the burnt offering and the water that had been poured upon it. However, when Elisha came in to replace him, he did not perform wonders. Instead, Elisha did miracles of grace in life.

Grace is God doing everything for us by giving Himself to us as our enjoyment. This grace issues in the divine life, which is rich and high, even unto making us co-kings with Christ… More than any other prophet, Elisha did things that, in type, were the same as what the Lord Jesus did in reality. In principle, Elisha and the Lord Jesus did the same thing, performing miracles of grace in life. (Life-study of 1 & 2 Kings, pp. 85-86)

In the decline of the church and in suffering for the church, the gift of power is not as much needed as the grace in life. According to the New Testament, miraculous gifts may have a place when the church is first raised up. But for the church to withstand decline or persecution, miraculous gifts or powers are not very helpful. Only the eternal life on which we are to lay hold is prevailing. By this life we can withstand decline and persecution. (Life-study of 2 Timothy, pp. 71-72)

Let us pray for the prevailing ministry of grace in life to be raised up that can withstand all decline and persecution in the suffering of this age.

The Church in Los Angeles

The whole church in Los Angeles—all halls, districts, and languages—will meet together at 10:00 am this Lord's Day, October 23 at the LA Convention Center. Further details will be announced by hall.

Please pray for the timely speaking of the Lord to shepherd all the saints in the church to be brought on for the sake of His testimony in Los Angeles. Pray that through this blending meeting all the saints would be encouraged to love the Lord and love one another for the organic building up of the church as the Body of Christ.

Southern California High School Conferences

The Spring 2022 High School Conferences will be held October 21 to 23 with sisters in Cerritos and brothers in Huntington Beach. The topic is "The Tree of Life." Please pray for our high schoolers to enjoy Christ as life (John 6:57) and learn to live according to this life (Rom. 8:6). Pray also that they would be encouraged by and blended with other young people across Southern California.

Germany and Switzerland

In this second week of gospel trips from October 17 to 23, the visiting saints will be divided into smaller teams and join the local saints in target cities, where the saints have been laboring faithfully with the view of raising up new lampstands. Please pray that the Lord will gain many young Germans and Swiss as remaining fruit through the campus labor at the beginning of the university year. Pray also for the spread of the Lord's testimony in all the cities through these gospel trips.

Frankfurt, Germany

The church in Frankfurt will do some outdoor literature distribution this weekend to coincide with the Frankfurt Book Fair, which will be October 19 to 23. Pray for the one accord and harmony in the saints' service as the master key to every blessing in the NT and "that the word of the Lord may run and be glorified" (2 Thes. 3:1)!

Ukraine

Please continue to pray that:

The Russian and Ukrainian brothers fighting in the war will be preserved in their tripartite being.
The Lord will shepherd the Ukrainian refugees in Europe and establish them in the church life.
The local saints, serving ones, and trainees will be blended with the Ukrainian refugees for the strengthening and building up of the Lord's testimony in key European cities.
The enemy will be bound in his attack on the Lord's interests in Russia, Ukraine, and Europe.

Tajikistan

Tajikistan is a secular Muslim country in Central Asia with a population of 9 million. The main language is Tajik, but most people are also fluent in Russian. The largest city is the capital, Dushanbe.

At present, there is no testimony of the Lord's recovery in Tajikistan, but several saints have received the burden to migrate. May the Lord open the door for the preaching of the gospel of the kingdom. May He protect and bless the saints' going, and enable them to spread the gospel wisely and gain vessels prepared by Him. Also pray for more saints to receive the burden and go for propagation in coordination.

To read a report from some brothers who visited Tajikistan over the summer, see the October 2022 issue of the Lord's Move to Asia newsletter:

http://lmasia.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/E-2022-10.pdf (English)
http://lmasia.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Asia-2022-10.pdf (Chinese)

Announcements

Morning Revival: Week 3 of Crystallization-study of 1 and 2 Kings. Next week, after our LA Joint Meeting, we will proceed to Week 4.
December Semiannual Training: December 26 to 31, conducted live in Anaheim and by video via Zoom. Registration for LA saints will remain open until October 30 (live) and December 11 (video). Go to http://tinyurl.com/wintertrainingla.
LSM Newsletter: The September issue contains helpful fellowship on the purpose of training donations, maintaining the standard of video trainings, and praying for the semiannual trainings. Go to http://newsletters.lsm.org/having-this-ministry.
Wednesday Night Ministry Meeting: Live broadcast this Wednesday 7:25 pm at http://lsm.org/live.
Benson Phillips Memorial Meetings: Recordings of memorial meetings for Brother Benson may be viewed at http://www.memorial-meeting.org.
Living to Him has a podcast series particularly helpful to working saints, available on all major podcasting services at http://anchor.fm/livingtohim.
North American Korean-speaking Conference: October 29 to 30 on Zoom.
Thanksgiving Conference: Saints from LA planning to attend the in-person sessions November 24 to 27 in Washington, DC are asked to RSVP by October 31 at http://tinyurl.com/thanksgivingconfla (adults) and http://tinyurl.com/thanksgivingchildrenla (children). All conference and hotel information is posted at http://www.churchinlosangeles.org/prayer.
Ways to Give: Information about the church's online giving platform, Subsplash, and where to mail checks, are at http://www.churchinlosangeles.org/members/offerings.

by Ruiyu Wu

Week of October 9

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Four Crucial Journeys to Enter into the Ministry of the Age

"And Elijah said to Elisha, Stay here, for Jehovah has sent me as far as Bethel. And Elisha said, As Jehovah lives and as your soul lives, I will not leave you. So they went down to Bethel." (2 Kings 2:2)

"But moreover I also count all things to be loss on account of the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord… that I may gain Christ." (Phil. 3:8)

Elisha's following of Elijah from Gilgal to Bethel, from Bethel to Jericho, and from Jericho to the river Jordan shows that in order to enter into the ministry of the New Testament age, we should intrinsically follow the minister of the age according to the vision of the age. To do this we must follow the Lord through four crucial places:

Gilgal, the place where God's people were circumcised to deal with their flesh; it is the place where the flesh is judged and the place where God gives us the light to judge the flesh.
Bethel, which is the place to give up the world and turn to God absolutely, taking God as everything; Bethel refers to victory over the world.
Jericho; it was the first city that Joshua and the people of Israel had to defeat when they entered into the good land, and it signifies God's enemy, Satan.
The river Jordan; this river, where the New Testament baptism began, signifies death; crossing the river Jordan is overcoming death in order to live and minister in resurrection.

If we want to receive the rapture of Elijah and a double portion of the spirit with the power of the Holy Spirit, we must pass through Gilgal, Bethel, Jericho, and the river Jordan. In order for the age to be changed from the Old Testament to the New Testament in our experience, we must deal with our flesh, give up the world and turn to God, defeat Satan, and pass through death into a living that is in resurrection. (Crystallization-Study of 1 and 2 Kings, msg. 2, III.B, C, D, E, F)

Church in Los Angeles Joint Meeting

The whole church in Los Angeles—all halls, districts, and languages—will meet together at 10:00 am on Lord's Day, October 23 at the LA Convention Center.

Please pray for a healthy attendance and blending, and for the timely speaking of the Lord to shepherd all the saints in the church to be brought on for the sake of His testimony in Los Angeles and for the building up of the reality of the Body of Christ, the preparation of the bride of Christ, and the manifestation of the kingdom of Christ.

All-LA Campus Fellowship

This Friday, October 14 there will be a gathering in Westwood with dinner and fellowship for our college students across Los Angeles. There will also be some students from Santa Clarita and Santa Barbara. Please pray for exercised and released singing, a solid speaking from the word, and a good blending across these different campuses and localities.

Southern California Junior High Conferences

The Spring 2022 Junior High Conferences will be held October 14 to 16 with sisters in Diamond Bar and brothers in Irvine. The topic is "The Word of God." Please pray for much washing of the water in the word (Eph. 5:26) and for our young people to have their appreciation of the word uplifted and their appetite for the word expanded. Pray also that they would be encouraged by and blended with other young people across Southern California.

Germany and Switzerland

Gospel trips are taking place in Germany and Switzerland from October 10 to 23. During this first week, all the visiting saints will be in six major cities. The plan is to contact new students at the beginning of their academic semester as well as gain contacts in the community through Bible distribution. Every year, over thousands of students enrolled at the universities, so there is a great need to contact and shepherd the new students. We pray that the Lord will use this trip to gain new contacts and open other seeking students to become remaining fruit!

Ukraine

Please continue to pray that:

The Russian and Ukrainian brothers fighting in the war will be preserved in their tripartite being.
The saints in Russia and Ukraine will be kept in the oneness of the Body and the reality of the new man.
The tripartite being of the saints in the besieged cities will be protected and preserved for the Lord's interests.

Tajikistan

Pray for the Lord's working within some gospel contacts to remove all obstacles of cultural and religious backgrounds and enable them to know the true God.

Announcements

Morning Revival: Week 2 of Crystallization-study of 1 and 2 Kings.
Wednesday Night Ministry Meeting: Broadcast resumes this Wednesday 7:25 pm at http://lsm.org/live.
Benson Phillips Memorial Meetings: Recordings of both memorial meetings for Brother Benson may be viewed at http://www.memorial-meeting.org.
December Semiannual Training: December 26 to 31, conducted live in Anaheim and by video via Zoom. Registration for LA saints will remain open until October 30 (live) and December 11 (video). Go to http://tinyurl.com/wintertrainingla.
LSM Newsletter: The September issue contains helpful fellowship on the purpose of training donations, maintaining the standard of video trainings, and praying for the semiannual trainings. Go to http://newsletters.lsm.org/having-this-ministry.
Thanksgiving Conference: Saints from LA planning to attend the in-person sessions November 24 to 27 in Washington, DC are asked to RSVP by October 31 at http://tinyurl.com/thanksgivingconfla (adults) and http://tinyurl.com/thanksgivingchildrenla (children). All conference and hotel information is posted at http://www.churchinlosangeles.org/prayer.
North American Korean-speaking Conference: October 29 to 30 on Zoom.
Ways to Give: Information about the church's online giving platform, Subsplash, and where to mail checks, are at http://www.churchinlosangeles.org/members/offerings.

by Ryan Li

Week of October 2

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Seeing God's Economy in 1 and 2 Kings

"And to enlighten all that they may see what the economy of the mystery is, which throughout the ages has been hidden in God, who created all things." (Eph. 3:9)

The Bible is a book of God's economy. God's economy, the key to the Bible, is the Triune God with His plan and arrangement to dispense Himself in His Divine Trinity into His chosen, redeemed, and regenerated people as their life, their life supply, and their everything to make them His corporate expression, initially as the Body of Christ and ultimately as the New Jerusalem. If we see that God's economy is the key to the Bible, we will use this key in our study of every book of the Bible. If we see this key and use it, the Bible will become to us what it is to God—the revelation of the divine economy.

Apparently, the books of 1 and 2 Kings are the history of the kings of Israel. Actually, 1 and 2 Kings were written in the inspiration of the Holy Spirit in the way of being related to God's eternal economy, which is unveiled and conveyed through typology and carried out by His elect on the earth. (Crystallization-study of 1 and 2 Kings, msg. 1, I, C-C.2; Key Statement 1)

Let us pray that all the saints would see a fresh vision of God's economy as the key to study every book of the Bible, particularly 1 and 2 Kings.

International Training for Elders and Responsible Ones

The International Training for Elders and Responsible Ones will take place this weekend, October 7 to 9, both in-person in Anaheim and by video around the globe. The general subject is "Loving the Lord and Loving One Another for the Organic Building Up of the Church as the Body of Christ."

Please pray for the release of the Lord's word and burden this weekend. Pray that all the elders and responsible brothers throughout the Lord's recovery will receive and enter into the burden of this training and cooperate with the Lord for His will to be done on earth and for His eternal purpose to be fulfilled.

UCLA

Thank you for all your prayers for UCLA over these last three weeks. We have clearly sensed the Lord's blessing because of the prayer of all the saints! So far, more than 25 new ones have joined us for further welcome events, including some who are very new to the Lord. We enjoyed a word from Colossians 1:23 that this quarter the students would "continue in the faith, grounded and steadfast and not being moved away from the hope of the gospel."

As the UCLA students begin their second full week of classes, please continue to pray for the Lord to shepherd each of these sheep in the coming weeks and connect them fully with His flock! Pray especially that these ones would have a way to be connected with more saints in the church through small groups and visitation to be gained for His testimony!

Bibles for America

At the end of September, we received a shipment of 118,000 copies of the NT Recovery Version in English at our distribution center in Anaheim. An additional 100,000 Bibles are scheduled to be delivered in January of 2023. We thank the Lord for the 2 million Bibles that we've been able to give away thus far, and we look to Him that we'll be able to give away another 3 million Bibles in the next 10 years.

Please pray that the Lord would be our wisdom to reach more people with the free offer of a NT Recovery Version through various types of advertising and promotion. Pray also that all those who receive these Bibles would be enlightened and nourished by the interpreted Word of God.

India

Pray for the distribution of the NT Recovery Version in the Indian languages of Malayalam, Mizo, Tamil and Telugu, and for the readers of these Bibles to be brought into the full knowledge of the truth.

Democratic Republic of the Congo

The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is the second largest country by area in Africa (after Algeria). With close to 90 million people, it is the fourth most populous country in Africa (after Nigeria, Ethiopia and Egypt) and the most populous French-speaking country in the world.

Over 600 saints are enjoying the Lord in 12 localities. There has been increased fellowship among the saints in major cities, including the capital of Kinshasa. The Lord has accomplished this through contacts by a Congolese brother living in Brazil. Praise the Lord for the joints of rich supply in the Body! We pray that there can be more such fellowship with saints in the Body.

To read more about the church life in Central Africa, including Cameroon, see the September issue of the Lord's Move to Africa newsletter:

http://www.lmafrica.org/images/LMAfrica_Newsletter_September_2022_English.pdf (English)
http://www.lmafrica.org/images/LMAfrica_Newsletter_September_2022_Chin_Simplified.pdf (Chinese)

Announcements

Morning Revival: Week 1 of Crystallization-study of 1 and 2 Kings.
Wednesday Night Ministry Meeting: NO MEETING this Wednesday, October 5. The live broadcast will resume at 7:25 pm on October 12. Past messages may be found at http://www.lsmwebcast.com.
Benson Phillips Memorial Meeting: A memorial meeting will be held this Lord's Day, October 9 at 2:30 pm at the MCC in Anaheim. It will also be live-streamed at http://www.memorial-meeting.org.
LA Joint Meeting: Lord's Day morning, October 23 at the Los Angeles Convention Center.
North American Korean-speaking Conference: October 29 to 30 on Zoom.
Thanksgiving Conference: Saints from LA planning to attend the in-person sessions November 24 to 27 in Washington, DC are asked to RSVP by October 31 at http://tinyurl.com/thanksgivingconfla (adults) and http://tinyurl.com/thanksgivingchildrenla (children). All conference and hotel information is posted at http://www.churchinlosangeles.org/prayer.
December Semiannual Training: December 26 to 31, conducted live in Anaheim and by video via Zoom. Registration for LA saints starts this Lord's Day and will remain open until October 30 (live) and December 11 (video). To read the September issue of LSM's newsletter, which contains helpful fellowship on the purpose of training donations, maintaining the standard of video trainings, and praying for the semiannual trainings, go to http://newsletters.lsm.org/having-this-ministry.
SoCal Labor Day Conference: Recordings are available at http://churchinanaheim.org/laborday.
Ways to Give: Information about the church's online giving platform, Subsplash, and where to mail checks, are at http://www.churchinlosangeles.org/members/offerings.

by Ruiyu Wu

Week of September 25

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Becoming a Reproduction of Christ as the Tree of Life

"And this is the testimony, that God gave to us eternal life and this life is in His Son. He who has the Son has the life; he who does not have the Son of God does not have the life." (1 John 5:11-12)

"If anyone sees his brother sinning a sin not unto death, he shall ask and he will give life to him…" (1 John 5:16)

As a reproduction of Christ as the tree of life, we have the ministry of life. Because we are believers in Christ and children of God, we not only have eternal life and may experience eternal life, but we also can minister this life to other members of the Body of Christ.

To minister life is to impart life. When we have a surplus of life, we can minister from this supply to others. (Taking the Way of Enjoying Christ as the Tree of Life, msg. 6, II, A, B)

UCLA

This is the first full week of classes at UCLA. So far, more than 60 new freshmen have attended at least one of our welcome events, with some new transfer students also visiting us. We have met many of these students multiple times throughout the week. The Lord's blessing has definitely been with us due to the prayers of the saints. We need your continued prayers for:

Continued face-to-face contact with freshmen both informally and at our events.
The grouping of students into smaller Bible study groups and the spiritual nourishment as they gather this week.
Excellent attendance and rich enjoyment of the Lord at our half-day outing and fellowship this Saturday, October 1.
Abundant grace and continued one accord among all the laboring saints.

Germany and Switzerland

More openings are available to those who are burdened by the Lord to participate in gospel trips in Germany and Switzerland from October 10 to 23. Registration has been extended until September 30.

Please pray that the Lord will gain many young Germans and Swiss as remaining fruit through the campus labor at the beginning of the university year. Pray also for the spread of the Lord's testimony in all the cities through the gospel trips. For more information, go to http://tinyurl.com/2022GermanyGospelTrips.

Tübingen, Germany

The resumption of the Lord's table in Tübingen was held last Lord's Day, September 25. Located 18 miles from Stuttgart, Tübingen is a university city where the 28,000 students form one-third of the population. The healthy church life begun there in the 1970s was wiped out by the rebellion and turmoil that affected many of the churches in Germany in the late 1980s. We rejoice that the Lord will have a bright and shining testimony there again. Please pray for a glorious new beginning in the coordination and fellowship in the Body.

Lisbon, Portugal

This weekend, October 1 to 2, there will be a mini-conference and the first Lord's table meeting in Lisbon, Portugal. Please pray that the Lord would bless the blending of approximately 200 saints from 25 nations. Pray also that the large number of new saints coming to this conference would gain a fresh vision of the Lord's recovery and that the Lord would have a wonderful beginning of His testimony in this city.

Ukraine

Please continue to pray that:

The Russian and Ukrainian brothers fighting in the war will be preserved in their tripartite being.
The Lord will continue to shepherd the Ukrainian refugees and establish them in the church life.
The local saints, serving ones, and trainees will be blended with the Ukrainian refugees for the strengthening and building up of the Lord's testimony in key European cities.
The saints in Russia and Ukraine will be kept in the oneness of the Body and the reality of the new man.
The tripartite being of the saints in the besieged cities will be protected and preserved for the Lord's interests.

Sri Lanka

Please continue to pray for all the suffering saints during the current economic crisis, that they can receive God's abounding grace through His secret care.

Announcements

Morning Revival: Week 6 of Taking the Way of Enjoying Christ as the Tree of Life. Next week, we begin Crystallization-study of 1 and 2 Kings.
Wednesday Night Ministry Meeting: Live broadcast this Wednesday 7:25 pm at http://lsm.org/live.
SAVE THE DATE: Lord's Day morning, October 23, we will have a meeting of the whole church in Los Angeles at the LA Convention Center.
Benson Phillips Memorial Meetings: The video recording of Brother Benson's memorial meeting in Irving, TX on September 11 is available at http://www.memorial-meeting.org, along with an earlier video of his personal testimony. A second memorial meeting will be held on October 9 in Anaheim.
Thanksgiving Conference: Saints from LA planning to attend the in-person sessions November 24 to 27 in Washington, DC are asked to RSVP by October 31 at http://tinyurl.com/thanksgivingconfla (adults) and http://tinyurl.com/thanksgivingchildrenla (children). All conference and hotel information is posted at http://www.churchinlosangeles.org/prayer.
LSM Newsletter: The September issue of "Having This Ministry…" contains helpful fellowship on the purpose of training donations, maintaining the standard of video trainings, and praying for the semiannual trainings. Go to http://newsletters.lsm.org/having-this-ministry.
SoCal Labor Day Conference: Recordings are available at http://churchinanaheim.org/laborday.
Bibles for America's latest post is available to read and share at http://blog.biblesforamerica.org.
A Timely Speaking of Supply: Enjoy a free weekly video from messages given by Brother Lee at http://lsm.org/timely-speaking.html.
Ways to Give: Information about the church's online giving platform, Subsplash, and where to mail checks, are at http://www.churchinlosangeles.org/members/offerings.

by Ryan Li

Week of September 18

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Having a Thoroughfare in our Being

"And He said to me, Son of man, feed your stomach and fill your inward parts with this scroll that I am giving you. And I ate it, and it was like honey in my mouth in its sweetness." (Ezek. 3:3)

"But the word heard did not profit them, not being mixed together with faith in those who heard." (Heb. 4:2b)

As we eat the Lord Jesus by eating His words, we need to have proper spiritual digestion. If we have good digestion, there will be a thoroughfare for the food to get into every part of our inward being. Indigestion means that there is no way for the Lord as the spiritual food to get through into our inward parts. We need to keep our whole being, with all our inward parts, open to the Lord so that the spiritual food will have a thoroughfare within us. If we do this, we will have proper digestion and assimilation, we will absorb Christ as spiritual nourishment, and Christ will become our constituent for the expression of God. (Taking the Way of Enjoying Christ as the Tree of Life, msg. 5, II, B, 1-3).

Southern California Special Training on the Eldership

A new term of the special training on the eldership for elders and responsible brothers in Southern California began last Saturday, September 17 on Zoom. Through regular corporate gatherings, group times, and personal study, the ongoing burden is to strengthen the present eldership and responsible brothers in the churches, to perfect and raise up the next generation of leading brothers, and to gradually bring more younger brothers into a functioning role in an organic way. Please pray:

For the Lord to abundantly grace and strengthen all the participants—both new and returning ones—and become their perseverance and faithfulness to present themselves absolutely to this training.
That an unprecedented one accord among the churches in Southern California will be ushered in as all the brothers are attuned in the same mind and in the same opinion.
That the Lord will bless this ongoing training so that all participants will be perfected further for the Lord's testimony in Southern California and for the building up of the church, the Body of Christ.

UCLA

This week is UCLA's welcome week. Please fight the battle with us in prayer for:

Multiple occasions to see many new freshmen face to face through this first week on campus.
Solid connections and companionships to be formed with seeking and open students.
The Lord's shepherding and feeding of new students at our first Bible study and large group fellowship.
All those participating in the gospel outreach this week to be kept from the evil one and for Satan to be bound so that his house can be plundered.

Central and Eastern European and Balkans Blending Conference

This year's CEEB Conference will be held in Bucharest, Romania from September 23 to 25. The four sessions of speaking will be from the recent Memorial Day Conference on "Taking the Way of Enjoying Christ as the Tree of Life." Countries represented include Poland, Czechia, Slovakia, Hungary, Romania, Croatia, Serbia, Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, and Turkey.

We look to the Lord for an encouraging, supplying and comforting word to the churches and saints in these regions that are being directly affected by the current world situation. Please pray for the Lord's timely speaking to lead all the saints to take the unique way of enjoying Christ as the tree of life.

Ukraine

Please continue to pray that:

The Lord will continue to use the fourth cycle of gospel and shepherding trips (September 8 to 25) to care for the Ukrainian refugees in Poland in Warsaw, Krakow, and Wrocław (pronounced Vroh-tswaf).
The local saints, serving ones, and trainees will be blended with the Ukrainian refugees for the strengthening and building up of the Lord's testimony in key European cities.
The saints in Russia and Ukraine will be kept in the oneness of the Body and the reality of the new man, where Christ is all the members and in all the members.
The tripartite being of the saints in the besieged cities will be protected and preserved for the Lord's interests.

India

In answer to the Body's prayer and the supply from the Lord through the Body, the printed copies of the NT Recovery Version in the Indian languages of Malayalam, Mizo, Tamil and Telugu are now available! We praise and thank the Lord for His sovereignty and blessing over the entire project. Distribution is now being carried out: initially, since July, to the saints in the Lord's recovery speaking these languages, then to those in various Christian groups. With the burden to help our readers get the maximum benefit, we have started a weekly presentation for each language group, highlighting certain changes with a view to preparing the readers to receive the Recovery Version with an open heart.

We trust the Lord that the availability of the interpreted Word will uplift the level of truth in India and pave the way for the Lord to move further and faster in a fuller way. Please pray for the Lord to bless the ongoing distribution of the NT Recovery Version in India and for the readers of these Bibles to be brought into the full knowledge of the truth (1 Tim. 2:4).

To read encouraging testimonies from readers, see the September issue of LSM's newsletter at http://newsletters.lsm.org/having-this-ministry.

North Africa

North Africa consists of Egypt, Libya, Tunisia, Algeria, Morocco, Mauritania, and Western Sahara. Cairo, Egypt remains the only lampstand in the region. While the church there is still small, there is something solid for the Lord: three local saints have gone through FTT Pretoria and a fourth started his first term last month. May the Lord cause the local saints to send their roots downward so that they can bear fruit upwards (2 Kings 19:30) this coming year!

To read more about the church life in Cairo and the Arabic publication work, see the August issue of the Lord's Move to Africa newsletter in English or Chinese at http://www.lmafrica.org.

Announcements

Morning Revival: Week 5 of Taking the Way of Enjoying Christ as the Tree of Life.
Wednesday Night Ministry Meeting: Live broadcast this Wednesday 7:25 pm at http://lsm.org/live.
Benson Phillips Memorial Meetings: The video recording of Brother Benson's memorial meeting in Irving, TX on September 11 is available at http://www.memorial-meeting.org, along with an earlier video of his personal testimony. A second memorial meeting will be held on October 9 in Anaheim.
SoCal Labor Day Conference: Recordings are available at http://churchinanaheim.org/laborday.
LSM Newsletter: The September issue of "Having This Ministry…" also contains helpful fellowship on the purpose of training donations, maintaining the standard of video trainings, and praying for the semiannual trainings. Go to http://newsletters.lsm.org/having-this-ministry.
Thanksgiving Conference: Saints from LA planning to attend the in-person sessions November 24 to 27 in Washington, DC are asked to RSVP by October 31 at http://tinyurl.com/thanksgivingconfla (adults) and http://tinyurl.com/thanksgivingchildrenla (children). All conference and hotel information is posted at http://www.churchinlosangeles.org/prayer.
Bibles for America's latest post is available to read and share at http://blog.biblesforamerica.org.
A Timely Speaking of Supply: Enjoy a free weekly video from messages given by Brother Lee at http://lsm.org/timely-speaking.html.
Ways to Give: Information about the church's online giving platform, Subsplash, and where to mail checks, are at http://www.churchinlosangeles.org/members/offerings.

by Ruiyu Wu

Week of September 11

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Grafted into Christ to Become Part of the Tree of Life

"Abide in Me and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself unless it abides in the vine, so neither can you unless you abide in Me. I am the vine; you are the branches. He who abides in Me and I in him, he bears much fruit; for apart from Me you can do nothing." (John 15:4-5)

In order to understand the Bible, we must exercise one principle. This principle is that God planned in His economy to make Himself one with man. The basic principle, the main principle, of Christ's birth is that God came to join Himself to man, to be a man, and to be one with man.

We should keep the principle that the Word of God as the divine revelation shows us that God's main purpose is to make Himself one with man and to make man one with Him. In John 15 the Lord said, "I am the vine; you are the branches… Abide in Me and I in you" (vv. 5, 4). This shows us that God and the believers in Christ are one. We and God were once separate, but one day we, the wild branches, were grafted into Him in Christ (Rom. 11:24). We have been grafted into Christ as the tree, and this grafting has made us one with Him. What is needed now is for us to abide in Him that He may abide in us. Then He and we will be one, having one life, one nature, and one living. (Life-study of the Psalms, pp. 200-201)

UCLA

This week the students in our brothers' and sisters' houses return to Los Angeles for a week of fellowship, blending, and enjoying the Lord before classes begin. Please pray for:

An atmosphere of loving the Lord and loving one another to be built up among our returning students.
The students to have a solid beginning in pursuing the Lord for this quarter.
A fresh burden to shine the Lord to others, including classmates and incoming freshmen.

YP Blending Meeting

There will be a Southern California young people's blending meeting in Arcadia this Saturday, September 17. Lord, gain this generation for Your move to bring You back!

FTTA-MA

The fall term of the Middle-age Training in Anaheim began this week on September 12. The goal of the training is to foster living, functioning, overcoming members of the Body of Christ for the fulfillment of God's eternal purpose!

Pray for the Lord's covering and blessing of all the trainees, serving ones, and their families. Pray for the rich infusion of the truth into each trainee and for the Lord's maturing them through His moving within each one and His using the outward environment.

GTCA Cities – St. Louis

Please continue to pray for the migration of burdened saints and the strengthening of the Lord's testimony in our target cities (Cincinnati and Columbus, OH; Memphis and Nashville, TN; Normal, IL; Omaha, NE; St. Louis, MO; Tampa, FL; and Virginia Beach, VA) and campus teams (Cincinnati and Columbus, OH; Lexington, KY; Pittsburgh, PA; Columbia SC; St. Louis, MO; and Tampa, FL).

This Saturday, September 17 there will be a virtual tour of St. Louis at 2:00 pm PT). Information and links will be posted at http://gtca.us.

European University Training

The European University Training continues this week in the UK and Ireland (September 11 to 16) and next week in Germany (September 20 to 24). The general subject is "God's Economy, Which Is in Faith" and also covers the preaching of the gospel for the new academic semester.

Please pray for the shepherding and perfecting of all the students attending these regional trainings so that their faith will grow, and for the preaching of the gospel by the spirit of faith so that many Europeans will be added to the household of faith.

Germany and Switzerland

The churches in Germany and Switzerland extend a warm invitation to all the saints in the recovery to join their campus labor at the beginning of the university year in October.

Please pray that the Lord will gain many young Germans and Swiss as remaining fruit and for the spread of the Lord's testimony in all the cities through these gospel trips. Pray also that the local saints will open at least one day to participate with the visiting saints and be brought more into gospel fellowship. For more information, go to http://tinyurl.com/2022GermanyGospelTrips.

Ukraine

Please continue to pray that:

The Warsaw extension of FTT Moscow will be under the Lord's blessing as the new semester begins.
The Lord will use the fourth cycle of the gospel and shepherding trips, from 8-25 September, to care for the Ukrainian refugees in Poland in Warsaw, Krakow, and Wrocław (pronounced Vroh-tswaf).
The local saints and serving ones will be blended with the Ukrainian refugees for the strengthening and building up of the Lord's testimony in key European cities.
The saints in Russia and Ukraine will be kept in the oneness of the Body and the reality of the new man, where Christ is all the members and in all the members.
The tripartite being of the saints in the besieged cities will be protected and preserved for the Lord's interests.

Announcement

Morning Revival: Week 4 of Taking the Way of Enjoying Christ as the Tree of Life.
SoCal Labor Day Conference: Recordings are now available at http://churchinanaheim.org/laborday.
Wednesday Night Ministry Meeting: Live broadcast this Wednesday 7:25 pm at http://lsm.org/live.
Bibles for America's latest post is available to read and share at http://blog.biblesforamerica.org.
Thanksgiving Conference: Saints from LA planning to attend the in-person sessions November 24 to 27 in Washington, DC are asked to RSVP by October 31 at http://tinyurl.com/thanksgivingconfla (adults) and http://tinyurl.com/thanksgivingchildrenla (children). All conference and hotel information is posted at http://www.churchinlosangeles.org/prayer.
A Timely Speaking of Supply: Enjoy a free weekly video from messages given by Brother Lee at http://lsm.org/timely-speaking.html.
Ways to Give: Information about the church's online giving platform, Subsplash, and where to mail checks, are at http://www.churchinlosangeles.org/members/offerings.

by Ruiyu Wu

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