Week of May 3, 2026
Loving the Lord with the First Love by Eating Christ as the Tree of Life
“But I have one thing against you, that you have left your first love. Remember therefore where you have fallen from and repent and do the first works; but if not, I am coming to you and will remove your lampstand out of its place, unless you repent.” (Rev. 2:4-5)
“…To him who overcomes, to him I will give to eat of the tree of life, which is in the Paradise of God.” (Rev. 2:7)
Christ as life is the reality of the tree of life, which is the center of the universe; life is the goal of God’s creation (Gen. 1:26-28, 31; 2:7-9) and the goal of God’s complete salvation (John 19:34; Rom. 5:10; Rev. 22:1-2, 14, 19). In the Bible the tree of life always signifies Christ as the embodiment of all the riches of God for our food; God’s placing man in front of the tree of life indicates that God wanted man to receive Him as man’s life by eating Him organically and by assimilating Him metabolically, that God might become the very constituent of man’s being.
In order for us to eat Christ as the tree of life, we must give Him the first place in all things, which is to love Him with the first love, being constrained by His love to regard and take Him as everything in our life. To love the Lord with the first love, to give Him the first place in all things, is to eat Him as the tree of life; eating Christ as the tree of life, that is, enjoying Christ as our life supply, should be the primary matter in the church life. (Experiencing, Enjoying, and Expressing Christ (4), msg. 5, I.A, III.A)
Serving in Coordination with One Another in One Accord
“And day by day, continuing steadfastly with one accord in the temple and breaking bread from house to house, they partook of their food with exultation and simplicity of heart.” (Acts 2:46)
“Each one as he has purposed in his heart, not out of sorrow or out of necessity, for God loves a cheerful giver.” (2 Cor. 9:7)
We must coordinate with one another in one accord. Coordination means that we cannot do anything without one another. God’s blessing is based on our one accord, being in harmony in spirit with one another, having real coordination, and having genuine oneness.
To serve in coordination with one another in the church is to overcome the degradation of the church by the sevenfold intensified Spirit of God through eating Christ as the tree of life, the hidden manna, and the feast for the finalization of God’s eternal economy.
To serve in coordination with one another in the church is to be a cheerful giver. (The Ministry of the Word and God’s Dispensing for God’s Economy, msg. 5, IV, A, C; V, C)
Let us pray for our steadfast coordination with one another in one accord to unlock God’s blessing in our city. May we serve in coordination with one another in the church not out of duty, but out of love and delight, cheerfully giving ourselves to enjoy Christ, shepherd people according to God, and live a prophesying life to overflow with the flowing Triune God for the constituting of the church as the fullness of God.
LA Bible Distribution Webinars
With the ongoing burden of The Truth Sets US Free, the Lord is calling all the saints to enter into a living, personal gospel life—not just outward activity, but an inward burden to contact people and share Christ daily. Our hope is that through this, all the saints would be enlivened and participate together, so the gospel may spread richly throughout Los Angeles.
The third webinar will be this Saturday, May 9 from 10:00–11:00 am. The topic is about how to follow up with a gospel contact. Translation will be available into Chinese, Korean, and Spanish.
Please pray:
- That all the saints develop a personal, daily gospel living before the Lord.
- That they be burdened to pray for those on their hearts—in twos and threes as well as in small groups.
- That the Lord cover and bless the follow-up and shepherding of our gospel contacts.
Our Sixth Graders
This past weekend, sixth graders from Southern California went to Oak Glen for the Sixth Grade Conference. The topic was “Where Are You?” with an emphasis on knowing one’s sinful condition before God, not hiding from God, the salvation of God, and entrance into the church.
Please pray that the Lord’s speaking continue to resonate and operate in all the young people who attended, that they have the assurance of their salvation, and that their hearts be the good earth for Christ as the kingdom seed to grow in them.
Italy – Blending Conference in Rome
There is a blending conference in Rome this weekend, May 9 to 10. Nearly 250 people will attend, including children and young people. The subject is “The All-Inclusive Christ as Revealed in Matthew.”
Please pray:
- For the gospel trips before and after the conference, which include all the FTTA-XB trainees. Target cities include: Rome, Turin, Milan, and Vicenza/Padua before the conference; Sicily, Naples, and Rome/Prato after the conference.
- For the speaking and blending during the conference, particularly for the new ones and local saints.
- For the start this month of the translation project of the NT Recovery Version in Italian.
- For the first Lord’s table meeting of the church in Prato on May 17 with a mini-conference on the afternoon of May 16.
South Africa
The Cape Town Blending Conference takes place this weekend, May 8 to 10. The subject will be on “Noah, Daniel, and Job—Patterns of Living an Overcoming Life on the Line of Life to Fulfill the Economy of God.”
Please pray for the Lord’s speaking under a clear sky to all the saints, that they be delivered from all oldness and lukewarmness to pursue the Lord in a fresh and living way. Also pray that the enemy have no way to frustrate the conference through any hindrances—whether sickness, disturbance, opinions, offenses, distractions, family emergencies, etc.—that would prevent the saints from actively enjoying the Lord’s speaking, even in the days leading up to the conference.
Announcements
- Morning Revival: Week 41 of Experiencing, Enjoying, and Expressing Christ (4), vol. 7.
- Wednesday Night Ministry Meeting: The ministry meeting on 1 & 2 Thessalonians continues this Wednesday at 7:25 pm at the Ministry Conference Center and online at www.lsmwebcast.com.
- The Truth Sets US Free: Recordings of past webinars are posted at tsuf.us/participate. The next webinar is Lord’s Day, May 17 at 2:00 pm.
- Semiannual Training: Registration is due by June 14 to participate in the Semiannual Training by video/webcast ($130), June 29 to July 4. For LA saints, register at tinyurl.com/summertrainingla.
- Memorial Day Conference: May 22 to 25 in Dallas, TX. For LA saints attending in person, please RSVP at tinyurl.com/memdayla. More information is linked at that site.
- Bibles for America’s recent blogpost “How Can We Practice Praying Without Ceasing?” is available to read and share at bfa.org/blog.
- Ways to Give: Information may be found at www.churchinlosangeles.org/
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Week of April 26, 2026
“Behold, the Lion of the tribe of Judah”
“And one of the elders said to me, Do not weep; behold, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has overcome so that He may open the scroll and its seven seals.” (Rev. 5:5)
“And I saw in the midst of the throne and of the four living creatures and in the midst of the elders a Lamb standing as having just been slain, having seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven Spirits of God sent forth into all the earth. And He came and took the scroll out of the right hand of Him who sits upon the throne.” (Rev. 5:6-7)
After Christ passed through death, resurrection, and ascension, He stood in the midst of the throne and the four living creatures. There was a resurrected Lamb standing before the throne in heaven.
This Lion-Lamb was standing, not sitting, and His seven eyes were flashing. This indicates that His work was not finished…As far as redemption is concerned, Christ sat down at the right hand of God in the heavens after His ascension (Heb. 1:3; 10:12); however, regarding the carrying out of God’s administration, He is still standing in His ascension.
The redeeming Lamb is now standing at the center of the universe, before God’s throne. This reveals that the Redeemer is now in God’s administration. He is the Administrator of the universe, executing God’s economy…The whole universe is watching this scene. The four living creatures, the twenty-four elders, myriads of angels, and all other creatures are wide-awake, alert, and observing. These are the circumstances in which they proclaim, “To Him who sits upon the throne and to the Lamb be the blessing and the honor and the glory and the might forever and ever” (Rev. 5:13). There is a Lion-Lamb standing in the center of the universe with seven flashing, burning eyes. He saves us from our silence, coldness, and laziness. Our vision must be uplifted to see this Lamb accomplishing a work of eternally vast dimensions. (The Conclusion of the New Testament, pp. 4225-4226, 4236-4237)
Cooperating with the Lord by Being His Faithful Stewards
“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.” (John 15:4)
“And the Lord said, Who then is the faithful and prudent steward, whom the master will set over his service to give them their portion of food at the proper time?” (Luke 12:42)
In order to carry out His economy, God must have faithful stewards, dispensers, who dispense the divine life supply to God’s children. The Christian living is the living of grace, the experience of grace, so that we may carry out our stewardship of grace, the dispensing of grace. We need to be channels of the bountiful supply of the Spirit of grace, those who minister, who dispense, the word of God’s grace to the saints for their growth in life and for their enjoyment of Christ. (The Ministry of the Word and God’s Dispensing for God’s Economy, msg. 5, II, D, E)
Please pray for all of the saints to continue to abide in the vine to receive the dispensing of grace so that all may be channels of supply to every neighborhood and community in Los Angeles.
Semiannual Training Registrations
This Thursday, April 30 is the firm deadline for saints meeting with the church in Los Angeles to register for live, in-person attendance at the upcoming Semiannual Training, June 29 to July 4 in Anaheim ($205). Late registrations cannot be accepted. Sign-up and payment instructions are at tinyurl.com/summertrainingla. Registrations for local video trainings ($130) are due June 14. Please contact your district’s registration coordinator if you have any questions.
We hope that many saints will seize the opportunity to participate in this training. As the Lord leads, may many be led of the Lord to budget their time and money so that they can physically attend the meetings. Just as Timothy “closely followed” Paul’s “teaching, conduct, purpose, faith, long-suffering, love, endurance” (2 Tim. 3:10), may we likewise closely follow—in a regulated way, girded up in our spirit—the Lord’s up-to-date speaking so that the Lord may build His Body and prepare His bride.
Sixth Grade Conference
This weekend, May 1 to 3, the Southern California Sixth Grade
- For the preparation of all the sixth graders in the churches for this time of being infused with the precious gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ.
- For the Lord to be with all the speaking brothers, to anoint them with the Spirit and give them the utterance to speak a word that will penetrate the hearts of the sixth graders.
- That the parents and serving ones will be in one accord to pray and care for the children in the best way, so that the Lord may dynamically save them and gain them for His purpose.
FTTT Gospel Trips
The Full-time Training in Taipei concludes its five-week overseas gospel trips on April 30. We thank the Lord for blessing and covering all the teams in Europe, Asia and Africa. The trainees have been diligent to preach the gospel daily, share God’s word and the riches of this ministry with others, and encourage the local saints to do the same.
In addition to the safe return of all the trainees to Taipei, please continue to pray for the follow-up shepherding of all the new contacts, that many become remaining fruit in the local churches. As John 15:16 reminds us, “I chose you, and I set you that you should go forth and bear fruit and that your fruit should remain, that whatever you ask the Father in My name, He may give you.”
Angola
Located on the western coast of Southern Africa, Angola is the second-largest Portuguese-
A blending conference will take place in Huambo from May 1 to 3. Nearly 300 saints from around the country are expected to attend. Please uphold the following matters in prayer:
- For the ministry of the Word—that the Lord, through His speaking, gain a living and labor according to the vision of the age, and that this vision would change the age.
- For the traveling saints—that the Lord cover and protect all those traveling from different cities of Angola to the conference.
- For all serving ones—that their service minister life for the building up of the Body of Christ.
- For the new ones coming from the eastern part of the Angola—that they see the vision of the local churches as the practical expression of the universal Body of Christ.
Announcements
- Morning Revival: Week 40 of Experiencing, Enjoying, and Expressing Christ (4), vol. 7.
- Semiannual Training: April 30 is the firm registration deadline for live, in-person attendance at the next Semiannual Training, June 29 to July 4 in Anaheim. For LA saints, please register on time at tinyurl.com/summertrainingla. Registration to participate by video/webcast is due later (June 14).
- Memorial Day Conference: May 22 to 25 in Dallas, TX. For LA saints attending in person, please RSVP by May 1 at tinyurl.com/memdayla. More information is linked at that site.
- The Truth Sets US Free: The recording of the webinar on April 26 is posted at tsuf.us/participate.
- Bibles for America’s recent blogpost “How Can We Practice Praying Without Ceasing?” is available to read and share at bfa.org/blog.
- Wednesday Night Ministry Meeting: The ministry meeting on 1 & 2 Thessalonians continues this Wednesday at 7:25 pm at the Ministry Conference Center and online at www.lsmwebcast.com.
- Ways to Give: Information may be found at www.churchinlosangeles.org/
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Week of April 19, 2026
The Messengers Responding to the Son of Man
“And I turned to see the voice that spoke with me; and when I turned, I saw seven golden lampstands, and in the midst of the lampstands One like the Son of Man.” (Rev. 1:12-13a)
“The mystery of the seven stars which you saw upon My right hand and the seven golden lampstands: The seven stars are the messengers of the seven churches, and the seven lampstands are the seven churches.” (Rev. 1:20)
In order to see the vision of Christ as the Son of Man walking in the midst of the golden lampstands, we must be the Lord’s overcoming messengers, those who are in our spirit on the ground of the church as fellow partakers in the tribulation, kingdom, and endurance in Jesus. (Experiencing, Enjoying, and Expressing Christ (4), msg. 3, I.)
The Head of the church is not only the Son of God but also the Son of Man. That the Lord is still the Son of Man after His ascension indicates that He has not put off His human nature after resurrection and that His dealings with us are based upon His humanity. As a man, He succeeded in being God’s testimony. Thus, we in the churches today, being human, can also be God’s testimony.
The messengers are the spiritual ones in the churches bearing the responsibility of the testimony of Jesus. Like stars, they should be of the heavenly nature and in a heavenly position…Both the lampstands and the stars are for shining in the night. A lampstand, representing a local church, is a collective unit, whereas a star, representing a messenger of a local church, is an individual entity. In the dark night of the church’s degradation, the shining of both the collective churches and the individual messengers is needed. As Christ walks among the churches, He holds the leading ones in His right hand. How comforting this is! The leading ones must praise Him that they are in His hands and that He is holding them. Since the leading ones are in His hands, there is no need for them to shrink back, to be weak, or to be mistaken. Christ truly takes the responsibility for His testimony. (Life-study of Revelation, 2nd ed., pp. 95, 100-101)
As the overcoming messengers of the churches bearing the responsibility of the testimony of Jesus, may we all see and experience Christ as the caring High Priest in the midst of the golden lampstands!
Church in Los Angeles Joint Meeting
The whole church in Los Angeles—all halls, districts, and languages—will meet together at 10:00 am this Lord’s Day, April 26 on the CSUN campus at the Northridge Center Building. We will be joined by saints from Santa Clarita, Thousand Oaks, and San Jose. There will be translation via FM radio into Chinese, Korean, and Spanish, and saints are encouraged to arrive early, full of spirit and enjoyment!
Lunch will be provided after the meeting, and for our young working saints there will be a special time of blending and fellowship immediately following lunch.
Please pray for a healthy attendance and blending, as well as for the preparation and coordination among all the saints. Lord, release Your timely speaking and burden to all the saints!
LA Bible Distribution
On Monday, April 20 saints from Hall 2 had BfA tables at a transit hub and at a DMV office. The saints gave out 84 English and 51 Spanish NTs along with Basic Elements of the Christian Life, volume 1.
With the ongoing burden this year of The Truth Sets US Free (TSUF), the Lord is calling all the saints to enter into a living, personal gospel life—not just outward activity, but an inward burden to contact people and share Christ daily. Through such a calling, may all the saints be enlivened and participate together for the gospel of the kingdom to spread throughout Los Angeles and the United States.
Please pray:
- For the Bible recipients to contact us for regular reading and fellowship.
- That, in addition to these larger distribution events, many saints enter into personal distributions to people the Lord has placed around them in daily life.
California Central Coast
The central coast of California refers to the coastal area between Los Angeles and the San Francisco Bay Area. This area is made up of six counties—Ventura, Santa Barbara, San Luis Obispo, Monterey, San Benito, and Santa Cruz—and has two University of California campuses.
Out of fellowship and a burden for the Lord’s testimony along the central coast, there will be a mini conference in Santa Barbara this weekend, April 25 to 26. Brother Minoru Chen will speak in these meetings. Due to limited space, the conference is open only to those who are burdened for the central coast, including for the churches in Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo. Meetings will be Saturday 2:00 to 4:00 pm and 6:00 to 8:00 pm with dinner in between, and Lord’s Day 11:00 to 11:30 am (Lord’s table) and 11:30 am to 1:00 pm followed by lunch. If you have a burden for the central coast and desire to participate, please contact George Estrella for more details.
Please pray for this time of blending with the ministry of the word, that the Lord use it to advance, strengthen, and spread His move in this part of California.
Bibles for America
Thank the Lord for the increasing demand for His Word in this country! In the first quarter of this year, we at BfA have sent out over 120,500 Bibles, which exceeds our annual total for many years of our history. We believe this is a special time and a special season. The Lord has prepared the environment, the infrastructure, and even the hunger in people’s hearts.
Though we employ the most cost-effective methods available to us, the cost of postage and online advertising continues to increase, and several significant payments will need to be made soon for the large Bible orders. Please pray for the supply, both practical and spiritual, to meet the needs for BfA to operate and help satisfy the growing hunger for spiritual food in this country.
As the Lord leads, saints who are burdened to participate financially may do so through The Church in Los Angeles designated for “BfA” or “Bibles for America.”
FTTT Gospel Trips in Europe
This month, teams of trainees from the Full-time Training in Taipei are laboring in England, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland and Northern Ireland, Poland, and Spain and Portugal. The burden is for the trainees to gain experience in presenting the riches of this ministry to all kinds of people and to learn how to coordinate among themselves and with local saints.
We thank the Lord for His continued blessing and covering. Despite some language limitations, many teams have already had multiple appointments with open contacts. As we head into the final stretch of April, please pray for a seamless coordination and transition with local saints so that none of these seeking ones would be lost. Also pray for these contacts to pray for all of their own friends and relatives.
Announcements
- Morning Revival: Week 39 of Experiencing, Enjoying, and Expressing Christ (4), vol. 7.
- Semiannual Training: April 30 is the firm registration deadline for live, in-person attendance at the next Semiannual Training, June 29 to July 4 in Anaheim. For LA saints, please register on time at tinyurl.com/summertrainingla. Registration to participate by video/webcast is due later (June 14).
- The Truth Sets US Free: This Lord’s Day, April 26 at 2:00 pm PT is the next webinar about the burden to spread God’s interpreted Word to seekers throughout the US this year. To watch, catch up on archived videos, and learn more about spreading the truth of the gospel, visit tsuf.us/participate.
- Bibles for America’s new blogpost “How Can We Practice Praying Without Ceasing?” is available to read and share at bfa.org/blog.
- Wednesday Night Ministry Meeting: The ministry meeting on 1 & 2 Thessalonians continues this Wednesday at 7:25 pm at the Ministry Conference Center and online at www.lsmwebcast.com.
- Memorial Day Conference: May 22 to 25 in Dallas, TX. For LA saints attending in person, please RSVP by May 1 at tinyurl.com/memdayla. More information is linked at that site.
- LSM Digital Resources: Living Stream Ministry’s many digital resources, including newsletters and free booklets, may be enjoyed at lsm.org/daily.
- Ways to Give: Information may be found at www.churchinlosangeles.org/
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Week of April 12, 2026
The Testimony of the Living Jesus
“And when this corruptible will put on incorruption and this mortal will put on immortality, then the word which is written will come to pass, ‘Death has been swallowed up unto victory.’ Where, O death, is your victory? Where, O death, is your sting?” (1 Cor. 15:54-55)
“He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. He who overcomes shall by no means be hurt of the second death.” (Rev. 2:11)
The living One within us can never be dead. His church should be neither dead nor deadened; instead, His church must be living all the time. We must learn to enjoy Christ as the living One. His living forever is His testimony, for the testimony of Jesus is always related to the matter of being living. If a local church is not living, it will not have the testimony of Jesus. The more living we are, the more we are the testimony of the living Jesus.
The Christ who walks in the midst of the churches, who is the Head of the churches and to whom the churches belong, is the living One—full of life. Hence, the churches as His Body should also be living, fresh, and strong. We have a living Christ who has overcome death. Our Christ, who is the resurrected One, is living in us and among us. He is living forever and ever...In the recovery all the churches should be as living as Christ, full of life and overcoming death. (The Conclusion of the New Testament, pp. 4153-4154)
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, April 26 on the CSUN campus at the Northridge Center Building. We will be joined by saints from Santa Clarita, Thousand Oaks, and San Jose. There will be translation via FM radio into Chinese, Korean, and Spanish, and saints are encouraged to arrive early, full of spirit and enjoyment!
Lunch will be providing after the meeting, and for our young working saints there will be a special time of blending and fellowship immediately following lunch.
Please pray for a healthy attendance and blending, as well as for the preparation and coordination among all the saints. Lord, release Your timely speaking and burden to all the saints!
LA Bible Distribution Webinar
With the ongoing burden of The Truth Sets US Free (TSUF), the Lord is calling all the saints to enter into a living, personal gospel life—not just outward activity, but an inward burden to contact people and share Christ daily. Our hope is that through such a calling, all the saints would be enlivened and participate together for the gospel of the kingdom to spread throughout the United States, including Los Angeles.
Our second local preparation webinar will be on how to go out on the gospel with a Bibles for America table. The webinar will be held on Zoom from 10:00 to 11:00 am this Saturday, April 18, with translation into Chinese, Korean, and Spanish. Please see hall announcements for details.
Please pray:
- That all the saints develop a personal, daily gospel living before the Lord.
- That many rise up to enter into the burden and participate in gospel outreach with the BfA tables.
- That the Lord bless the saints’ going out and bringing seeking ones to receive His word.
Bishop, California
Bishop is a town at the Eastern Sierra Mountains, approximately 250 miles north of Los Angeles. One sister in LA Hall 2 works in Bishop and some Hall 2 saints have felt for several months that we should set up a BfA table there. The opportunity has opened up at an Earth Day and Spring Market this Lord’s Day, April 19, 8:00 am to 3:00 pm. We obtained approval to set up a BfA table at this one-day event. Saints are welcome to join us for this time.
Monday morning will be tract distribution at Bishop high school.
We ask the Lord to lead us in every step and that He might have His way through this time of distribution and contacting people. Please pray with us:
- That the Lord arrange and work out all the details.
- That the Lord prepare people who will receive the literature, read it, and desire further contact.
- That the Lord use this weekend as a step toward raising up the church in Bishop.
West Coast Korean-speaking Conference
The 2026 North America West Coast Korean-speaking Conference is April 18 and 19 in Cerritos for SoCal saints and on Zoom for all other regions. The two sessions on “The Ministry of the Word and God’s Dispensing for God’s Economy” are this Saturday, April 18, 6:30 to 9:30 pm and Lord’s Day, April 19, 9:00 am to 12:30 pm. There will be translation from Korean to English. Info is at tinyurl.com/2026westcoast.
Please pray for the Lord to fully release His burden from the recent ITERO during this conference, and for the blending of the saints for the building up of the Body of Christ.
SoCal Spring College Conference Follow-up
Thank you, saints, for your prayers for the college conference this past weekend! More than 80 students from LA attended at least one meeting. A solid word was released concerning the golden lampstands as the testimony of Jesus. We now need much follow-up prayer:
- For our students to behold the Lord Jesus face to face and morning by morning so that they can reflect His glory to others.
- That they allow the Lord to trim away any negative factors in them so that they may shine brighter and brighter in the midst of the darkness of this age.
- That they give themselves to live in the daily church life in their localities.
European Young People’s Conference & Family Conference
The annual European Young People’s Conference (EYPC) and European Family Conference (EFC) are taking place from July 26 to August 1 in Małe Ciche, Poland. The burden of the EYPC is to constitute the young people in Europe with the truth in the Bible so that they are encouraged to love the Lord and the Word of God, to pursue Him with one another, and to be built up together in His Body that they may become pillars for the Lord’s move in Europe and for His coming back. The burden of the EFC is to raise up families for the church life.
For this summer, a total of 18 from Los Angeles (10 YP, 3 serving ones, and a family of 5) have preregistered for the conference. Please pray:
- For the Lord to prepare the vessels of each attendee leading up to the conference, that each one would be poor in spirit and pure in heart, empty and unloaded to receive a fresh revelation of the Lord.
- For the coordination and fellowship among all the participating saints, that there would be the sweet oneness and one accord upon which the Lord can pour out His blessing.
- For the Lord to cover all the practical arrangements and travel.
Announcements
- Morning Revival: Week 38 of Experiencing, Enjoying, and Expressing Christ (4), vol. 7.
- The Truth Sets US Free: Lord’s Day, April 26 at 2:00 pm PT is the next webinar regarding the burden to spread God’s interpreted Word to hungry seekers throughout the US this year. To watch, catch up on archived videos, and learn more about spreading the truth of the gospel, visit tsuf.us/participate.
- Semiannual Training: Registration is now open for the June 2026 Semiannual Training, June 29 to July 4 in Anaheim and by webcast. For LA saints, registration is due April 30 (live) and June 14 (video) at tinyurl.com/summertrainingla.
- Memorial Day Conference: May 22 to 25 in Dallas, TX. For LA saints attending in person, please RSVP by May 1 at tinyurl.com/memdayla. More information is linked at that site.
- Wednesday Night Ministry Meeting: The ministry meeting on 1 & 2 Thessalonians continues this Wednesday at 7:25 pm at the Ministry Conference Center and online at www.lsmwebcast.com.
- Bibles for America’s blogpost “Walking by Faith: What We Can Learn from Matthew 14” is available to read and share at bfa.org/blog.
- A Timely Speaking of Supply: Enjoy a free weekly video from messages given by Brother Lee at lsm.org/timely-speaking.
html. - LSM Digital Resources: Living Stream Ministry’s many digital resources, including newsletters and free booklets, may be enjoyed at lsm.org/daily.
- Ways to Give: Information may be found at www.churchinlosangeles.org/
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Week of April 5, 2026
The Golden Lampstand
“And you shall make a lampstand of pure gold. The lampstand with its base and its shaft shall be made of beaten work; its cups, its calyxes, and its blossom buds shall be of one piece with it.” (Exo. 25:31)
“To know Him and the power of His resurrection and the fellowship of His sufferings, being conformed to His death.” (Phil. 3:10)
“Therefore we do not lose heart; but though our outer man is decaying, yet our inner man is being renewed day by day. For our momentary lightness of affliction works out for us, more and more surpassingly, an eternal weight of glory.” (2 Cor. 4:16-17)
The golden lampstand symbolizes the Triune God. The Father as the substance is embodied in the Son, the Son as the embodiment is expressed through the Spirit, the Spirit is fully realized and expressed as the churches, and the churches are the testimony of Jesus. To experience the golden lampstands as the testimony of Jesus, the corporate expression of Jesus (Acts 9:4-5; 1 Cor. 12:12), we must be filled with the Spirit of Jesus (Acts 16:7) by calling on the name of the Lord Jesus continually (1 Cor. 12:3, 13; Rom. 10:12-13; Lam. 3:55-56) to bear the brands of Jesus (Gal. 6:17) as brothers and fellow partakers in the tribulation, kingdom, and endurance in Jesus (Rev. 1:9-10).
The beating of the gold to form a stand signifies the believers’ participation in Christ’s sufferings. Everything that goes on in our environment is for the producing of the beaten lampstand. If we set our mind on knowing God—submitting to the inward working of the Spirit and to the outward environment—every circumstance will become an opportunity for us to know Him. If a man does not know God in his lifetime, he has wasted his whole life. May the Lord make us willing to accept His dealings in our circumstances so that we may know Him more. (Experiencing, Enjoying, and Expressing Christ (4), msg. 1, II.A-C, 1-2)
SoCal Spring College Conference
The college conference this coming weekend is entitled “The Shining Testimony of Jesus” and will take place in Cerritos. Please pray:
- That the students be freshly called out of their busyness to seek the Lord and His purpose in the meetings this weekend.
- That students be in spirit to see the universal church and local churches as the testimony of Jesus for their entrance into the church life.
- That many newer and younger ones be solidified and gained for God’s expression today.
West Coast Korean-speaking Conference
The 2026 North America West Coast Korean-speaking Conference is April 18 and 19 in Cerritos for SoCal saints and on Zoom for all other regions. The two sessions on “The Ministry of the Word and God’s Dispensing for God’s Economy” are Saturday, April 18, 6:30 to 9:30 pm and Lord’s Day, April 19, 9:00 am to 12:30 pm. All the saints are invited, especially those who are Korean-speaking. There will also be translation from Korean to English throughout the conference. More details, including schedule and Zoom links, are at tinyurl.com/2026westcoast.
Please pray for the Lord to fully release His burden during this conference, and for the blending of the saints for the building up of the Body of Christ.
France – Francophone Conference in Paris
The annual spring French-speaking blending conference will be held this weekend, April 10 to 12, in Paris. The general subject is “The Great Need for a New Revival.”
Please pray for the Lord’s word to run and be glorified in the French-speaking world through this conference and for the Lord to advance in His move in France through His up-to-date speaking. May the new ones come, be touched by the Lord, and be captured more by the vision of God’s economy and the Lord’s recovery.
FTTT Gospel Trips
April is the month for the Full-time Training in Taipei’s gospel trips abroad. This year, trainee teams are being sent to Europe (France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Portugal, Spain, United Kingdom), Africa (Zimbabwe), and other Asian nations (Cambodia, Japan, Laos, Sri Lanka, Thailand). The burden is for the trainees to gain experience in presenting the gospel to all kinds of people, especially college students, and to learn how to coordinate among themselves and with local saints. Such trips provide opportunities for the Lord’s further speaking and training in environments very different from the training center.
Please ask the Lord to supply the traveling trainees richly with His grace and hide them from any attack of the enemy. May the Lord impart to each one a personal burden for lifelong service within the context of His economy and move.
Ethiopia
A blending conference is taking place this weekend in Addis Ababa. The topic is “Noah, Daniel, and Job—Patterns of Living an Overcoming Life on the Line of Life to Fulfill the Economy of God.”
Through this blending conference with the ministry of the word, may the Lord gain in Ethiopia the reality and testimony of a corporate God-man living to fulfill His divine economy and change the age.
Announcements
- Morning Revival: Week 37 of Experiencing, Enjoying, and Expressing Christ (4), vol. 7.
- Semiannual Training: Registration is now open for the June 2026 Semiannual Training, June 29 to July 4 in Anaheim and by webcast. For LA saints, registration is due April 30 (live) and June 14 (video) at tinyurl.com/summertrainingla.
- Memorial Day Conference: May 22 to 25 in Dallas, TX. For LA saints attending in person, please RSVP by May 1 at tinyurl.com/memdayla. More information is linked at that site.
- Wednesday Night Ministry Meeting: The ministry meeting on 1 & 2 Thessalonians continues this Wednesday at 7:25 pm at the Ministry Conference Center and online at www.lsmwebcast.com.
- LSM Newsletter: The March 2026 issue features an explanation of the terms God-man, God-men as well as a history of the Nuggets and Gems booklets. Go to newsletters.lsm.org/having-
this-ministry. - Bibles for America’s blogpost “Walking by Faith: What We Can Learn from Matthew 14” is available to read and share at bfa.org/blog.
- Ways to Give: Information may be found at www.churchinlosangeles.org/
members/offerings.
Week of March 29, 2026
Praying with Authority
“And He subjected all things under His feet and gave Him to be Head over all things to the church, which is His Body, the fullness of the One who fills all in all.” (Eph. 1:22-23)
“And raised us up together with Him and seated us together with Him in the heavenlies in Christ Jesus.” (Eph. 2:6)
The Bible contains a most lofty and spiritual prayer. It is the “prayer of authority.” A prayer of authority is a commanding prayer. This is the most crucial and most spiritual prayer in the Bible.
We must submit ourselves to God’s authority. If we do not submit to God’s authority, we cannot pray with authority. Not only must we submit to God’s authority with respect to His position, but we also must submit to His authority in our daily living and in all practical matters.
Ordinary prayer is directed from earth to heaven...A prayer with authority has heaven as its starting point and the earth as its destination. In the spiritual warfare, the kind of prayer that prays downward is very important...It is to stand in the position that Christ has given us in the heavenlies, to command Satan with authority and reject all his works, and to proclaim with authority that all God’s commands should be accomplished. If we pray for a realization of God’s will and a decision concerning it,...we should say, “God, You have to do this. You have to accomplish this. No matter what happens, You must fulfill this work.” (CWWN, vol. 22, “The Prayer Ministry of the Church,” pp. 191, 203, 194)
Our Center, Our Reality, and Our Content
The subject of John’s writings is the Triune God dispensing Himself into His chosen people as the life and life supply to make them all divine to express Him in full for eternity. This is the central message of all the writings of John. The divine reality in the whole universe is revealed in John’s writings. The reality, the center, and the content of the entire universe is that the Triune God—the Father, the Son, and the Spirit—wants to dispense Himself into His chosen people as their life and life supply to make them divine to express Him in full and for eternity. This should also be our center, our reality, and our content. (CWWL, 1983, vol. 2, “The Divine Dispensing of the Divine Trinity,” p. 237)
2026 Spring Junior High Conferences
Our junior high brothers enjoyed their spring conference last weekend, March 27 to 29, at Oak Glen. This weekend, April 3 to 5, our junior high sisters will have theirs. The topic is “The Precious Blood of Christ.” In all, we have 10 young people across LA participating in these conferences.
Please pray:
- That our dear YP see the complete effectiveness of the blood of Christ in dealing with their history of sin, and that such a word release them from any accusation or lingering guilt in their conscience, that they may pursue the Lord in an unhindered way.
- That they enjoy a healthy digestion of the words received, learning early on in their Christian life the importance of confession and applying the blood throughout their daily walk at school, at home, and with the saints.
- That the Lord use these conferences to blend and companionize all the YP at this crucial time before they enter high school; may each YP find companions that would be a “keeping factor” in their church life going forward.
LA Chinese-speaking Blending Retreat
This weekend, April 3 to 5, Chinese-speaking saints from LA, Santa Barbara and Thousand Oaks, will be at Oak Glen for a twice-yearly blending retreat. May the bountiful supply of the Body of Christ shepherd and encourage all the saints!
Please pray:
- That the saints prepare and empty themselves so that the Lord could have His way in their hearts, and that His Word as light would shine upon their steps.
- For the blending of the saints from different localities.
European Brothers Training and London Blending Conference
The Spring European Brothers Training, a review of the recent ITERO messages by the leading ones in Europe on “The Ministry of the Word and God’s Dispensing for God’s Economy,” is taking place this week, April 1 to 3, near Bower House at Woodland Camp. This training will be followed by the International Blending Conference in London from April 4 to 5.
Please pray for the release and receiving of the Lord’s word and for His hand to follow His word to accomplish whatever is in His heart.
Spring European University Conference Follow-up
The topic of last weekend’s European University Conference in The Netherlands was “…His Wife Has Made Herself Ready.” In total, 507 saints attended with 34 countries represented; 5 were baptized, including one new sister from Italy. Praise the Lord! May the Lord continue draw this generation of students to love Him with the first love and pursue Him to gain Him as their goal and prize.
Please pray for the word to operate in each one’s heart and to be applied in their daily living, that they would be washed in the water of the Word and cooperate with the Lord to stitch their wedding garment each day to be prepared as His bride!
Italy – Translation Work
We are pleased to announce the beginning of the translation of the New Testament Recovery Version into Italian, which is the last major European language without this invaluable resource. We expect to begin the project this spring.
Please pray for the Lord’s covering of the serving ones and His blessing on every aspect of this project. May the Lord’s interests in Italy continue to advance this coming year as the saints all over the earth participate through intercessory prayer.
Africa
A few blending conferences are happening in Africa this weekend, April 2 to 5, to review the messages from the recent International Chinese-speaking Conference on “Noah, Daniel, and Job—Patterns of Living an Overcoming Life on the Line of Life to Fulfill the Economy of God.” These conferences will take place in Ghana (joined by saints from Togo), Nigeria (joined by saints from Benin), and Kenya (joined by saints from Uganda, Rwanda, Democratic Republic of the Congo, and South Sudan).
Through these blending conferences with the ministry of the word, may the Lord gain in Africa the reality and testimony of a corporate God-man living to fulfill His divine economy and change the age.
Announcements
- Morning Revival: Week 6 of The All-inclusive Christ as Revealed in Matthew. Next week, starting April 6, we begin Experiencing, Enjoying, and Expressing Christ (4), vol. 7.
- Wednesday Night Ministry Meeting: The ministry meeting on 1 & 2 Thessalonians continues this Wednesday at 7:25 pm at the Ministry Conference Center and online at www.lsmwebcast.com.
- 2026 North America West Coast Korean-speaking Conference: April 18 and 19 (Saturday 6:30 pm and Lord’s Day 9:00 am) in Cerritos and online. All saints welcome! Korean-to-English translation will be provided throughout. For more information, go to tinyurl.com/2026westcoast.
- LSM Newsletter: The March 2026 issue features an explanation of the terms God-man, God-men as well as a history of the Nuggets and Gems booklets. Go to newsletters.lsm.org/having-
this-ministry. - Bibles for America’s blogpost “Walking by Faith: What We Can Learn from Matthew 14” is available to read and share at bfa.org/blog.
- Memorial Day Conference: May 22 to 25 in Dallas, TX. For LA saints attending in person, please RSVP by May 1 at tinyurl.com/memdayla. More information is linked at that site.
- Ways to Give: Information may be found at www.churchinlosangeles.org/
members/offerings.
Week of March 22, 2026
The Enjoyment of the Sabbath for God’s Building
“Therefore the children of Israel shall keep the Sabbath, to observe the Sabbath throughout their generations as a perpetual covenant. It is a sign between Me and the children of Israel forever; for in six days Jehovah made heaven and earth, and on the seventh day He rested and was refreshed.” (Exo. 31:16-17)
The fact that the insertion concerning the Sabbath follows the charge for the building work of the tabernacle indicates that the Lord was telling the builders, the workers, to learn how to rest with Him as they worked for Him. In doing God’s divine work to build the church, typified by the work to build the tabernacle, we must bear a sign to indicate that we are God’s people and that we need Him; then we will be able to work not only for God but also with God by being one with God; He will be our strength to work and our energy to labor.
Everything related to God’s dwelling place leads us to one matter—to the Sabbath with its rest and refreshment of the Lord; in the church life we are in the tabernacle, and the tabernacle leads us to rest, to the enjoyment of God’s purpose and of what He has done! The building work of the tabernacle and all its furniture (typifying the work of the Lord to build up the church) should begin with the enjoyment of God and continue in intervals with the refreshment by enjoying God; this will indicate that we do not work for God by our own strength, but by the enjoyment of Him and by being one with Him; this is to keep the principle of the Sabbath with Christ as the inner rest in our spirit. (The All-inclusive Christ as Revealed in Matthew, msg. 5, II.A, E, I-J)
Let us pray for all the saints to keep the principle of the Sabbath for the building up of the church!
Ministering Life for the Body
“For the perfecting of the saints unto the work of the ministry, unto the building up of the Body of Christ.” (Eph. 4:12)
“So then death operates in us, but life in you.” (2 Cor. 4:12)
The general subject of this past weekend’s ITERO was “The Ministry of the Word and God’s Dispensing for God’s Economy.” The ministry is the dispensing of life for the building up of the Body of Christ. In whatever we do, our focus must be the ministry of Christ as life.
The ministry of life is to minister as life the Christ whom we have experienced. The ministry comes out by the working of the cross; it is by the way of the cross that we have the riches of Christ as life to minister to others (2 Cor. 4:12). How much life and how much reality of the riches of Christ we can minister depends upon how much revelation we have received and how much we have suffered for what has been revealed to us. (ITERO, msg. 3, I.D, 2)
If we would minister life, we need to know, experience, and gain God as the God of resurrection. When the God of resurrection works in us, His life and nature are wrought into us. The killing of the cross results in the manifestation of resurrection life. The budding, blossoming, fruit-yielding rod [in Numbers 17:8] signifies the resurrection life of Christ for us to minister life to the Body. (II, B, C, D)
Let us pray:
- That all of us expand in our experience of Christ and His cross, no longer trusting in ourselves but in the God of resurrection.
- That all of us not only enjoy the eternal life within us but also impart this life to others in the Body.
LA Bible Distribution Webinars
A present burden, especially with the launch of The Truth Sets US Free, is that as many saints as possible rise up to pray, give, and go to participate in this move of the Lord in the United States. In Los Angeles, our prayer and hope is that the halls be blended, the saints vitalized and the gospel spread throughout the city.
To help the saints enter into this burden, the church in LA will host a series of helpful webinars on Zoom to equip the saints in various topics related to Bible distribution. The dates for these webinars are March 28 from 10:00 to 11:00 am, April 4 and May 9. The subject of the first webinar will be on how to present the NT Recovery Version with footnotes.
All are welcome; translation into Chinese, Korean and Spanish will be provided. May we all gain a taste for sharing the gospel and helping people know Christ and be set free by the truth!
2026 Spring Junior High YP Conferences
The 2026 Spring Junior High Conferences will be held at Oak Glen from March 27 to 29 (brothers) and April 3 to 5 (sisters). The topic is “The Precious Blood of Christ.” In total we have 10 young people across LA participating in these conferences. Please pray:
- That our dear YP see the complete effectiveness of the blood of Christ in dealing with their history of sin, and that such a word release them from any accusation or lingering guilt in their conscience, that they may pursue the Lord in an unhindered way.
- That the Lord use these conferences to blend and companionize all the YP at this crucial time before they enter high school; may each YP find companions that would be a “keeping factor” in their church life going forward.
Spring European University Conference
The 2026 Spring European University Conference will take place this weekend, March 27 to 29, in De Hoof, The Netherlands. The topic is “…His Wife Has Made Herself Ready.” May the Lord draw this generation of students to love Him with the first love and pursue Him to gain Him as their goal and prize.
Please pray:
- That all the conference attendees be carried away in spirit to see the Lord’s heart for them personally and for the church, His bride, corporately.
- That all who see this vision count the cost and offer an uncompromising consecration to our Bridegroom to make themselves ready for His imminent return.
- That the enemy be utterly defeated, exposed, and shamed in the environment and the inner being of all the saints.
- That all the transportation, the health of the saints, and even the weather be covered by the Lord and be exactly what is needed for the release and receiving of the Lord’s speaking during the conference.
Italy – Prato
As a result of the recent Olympics gospel trips and the prayers in the Body, the local saints throughout Italy were greatly strengthened by the shepherding of the visiting saints. Migration is needed to care for the young people and reach more Italians.
In Central Italy, several new university students are now meeting regularly in the homes of the saints in Rome. Near Florence, around 40 saints are burdened to take the ground of the church in Prato; the first Lord’s table meeting there is scheduled for May 17. Hallelujah!
An application form is posted at tinyurl.com/italyshep for saints to participate in follow-up shepherding trips this year. As the Lord leads, saints who are burdened to give for the Lord’s move in Italy may do so through the Church in Los Angeles designated for “Italy Olympics.”
Announcements
- Morning Revival: Week 5 of The All-inclusive Christ as Revealed in Matthew. After next week, starting April 6, we begin Experiencing, Enjoying, and Expressing Christ (4), vol. 7.
- Wednesday Night Ministry Meeting: The ministry meeting on 1 & 2 Thessalonians continues this Wednesday at 7:25 pm at the Ministry Conference Center and online at www.lsmwebcast.com.
- LA Bible Distribution Webinar: Saturday, March 28 from 10:00 to 11:00 am to receive helpful fellowship and be equipped to distribute Bibles and spread God’s word in Los Angeles. There will be translation into Spanish, Korean, and Chinese. Zoom details will be communicated by halls.
- LSM Newsletter: The March 2026 issue features an explanation of the terms God-man, God-men as well as a history of the Nuggets and Gems booklets. Go to newsletters.lsm.org/having-
this-ministry. - Bibles for America’s recent blogpost “Walking by Faith: What We Can Learn from Matthew 14” is available to read and share at bfa.org/blog.
- Memorial Day Conference: May 22 to 25 in Dallas, TX. For LA saints attending in person, please RSVP by May 1 at tinyurl.com/memdayla. More information is linked at that site.
- Ways to Give: Information may be found at www.churchinlosangeles.org/
members/offerings.
Week of March 15, 2026
The Effect of the Vision of God’s Building on Our Work Today
“And he carried me away in spirit onto a great and high mountain and showed me the holy city, Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God.” (Rev. 21:10)
“…I will build My church, and the gates of Hades shall not prevail against it.” (Matt. 16:18)
“That Christ may make His home in your hearts through faith…” (Eph. 3:17)
The New Jerusalem is a composition of divinity and humanity blended and mingled together as one entity. All the components have the same life, nature, and constitution and thus are a corporate person. This is a matter of God becoming man and man becoming God in life and in nature but not in the Godhead. These two, God and man, man and God, are built up together by being blended and mingled together. This is the completion, the consummation, of God’s building. We all need to see this vision.
The vision of God’s building will affect our work today…If we realize that God desires to work Himself into His chosen people and if we realize that this is what we all need, then the goal of our work will be to minister Christ to others so that the Triune God may build Himself into their being.
Yes, we need to save sinners and to feed the saints and perfect them. The crucial matter, however, is that we minister God to others. The God whom we minister is not just the building God—He is also the builded God. If we fail to minister God in this way, our work will be wood, grass, and stubble (1 Cor. 3:12).
If we are sincere and genuine, we will humble ourselves and confess that not very much of the Triune God has been wrought into the ones we have brought to God…We need to practice one thing—to minister the processed Triune God into others so that He may build Himself into their inner man. In every aspect of our work—preaching the gospel, feeding the believers, perfecting the saints—the intrinsic element must be that we minister the building and builded God to others. I would urge you to pray that the Lord would teach you to work in this way. (Life-study of 1 & 2 Samuel, 2nd ed., pp. 201-203)
ITERO
The International Training for Elders and Responsible Ones will take place in Anaheim this weekend, March 20 to 22. The subject is “The Ministry of the Word and God’s Dispensing for God’s Economy.”
Please pray:
- For the Lord to release His up-to-date word to the leading brothers in this training.
- For the intensified spreading and building up of the churches throughout the world as a result of the operating of this word in the elders and responsible brothers and in all the saints.
- For the Lord’s covering over the entire training and the safe travels and health of all the brothers attending the training.
UCLA/USC Student Spring Break Trips
In the next two weeks, many of our students from UCLA and USC will participate in blending trips during their spring break. There are three trips: 13 UCLA students will visit Tennessee, 11 UCLA students will visit Colorado, and 6 USC students will visit the Bay Area. May the Lord bless everyone involved with these trips and use them for His purpose!
Please pray:
- That the students have a fresh enjoyment of the Lord and see a vision of the Body of Christ.
- That the Lord blend the visiting and hosting saints together.
- That the Lord cover the health and safety of all the traveling students and serving ones.
FTTA-MA
The spring term of the Middle-age Training in Anaheim began this week on March 16. Please pray:
- For a strong start to the new term of training and for the Lord’s covering and blessing of all the trainees, serving ones, and their families.
- That the Lord perfect this group of trainees and many other middle-age saints to be useful members in His Body, to participate in His move, and to grow in a normal way to reach maturity in the divine life.
United States
Pray for the Lord’s mercy on the people of this country, that they would be open to the gospel and the truths concerning God’s economy so that more could be rescued from the present evil age and participate in God’s building of the church as their practical salvation before the Lord’s return.
Belfast, Northern Ireland
Belfast is the capital and largest city in Northern Ireland. There are about 20 saints meeting there with the aspiration to start the Lord’s table at the right time. With a troubled and violent history of religious strife between Catholics and Protestants, it would surely be a shame to the enemy to raise up a church there on the ground of oneness.
Please pray for saints to migrate under the Head and in the Body to strengthen the Lord’s testimony in Belfast! May the Lord gain what He is after in this city.
Italy – Shepherding Trips
The Italy gospel trip reports with detailed prayer burdens are available at tinyurl.com/olreports26. Please continue to pray for the shepherding of the seeking ones contacted during the Torch Relay and Olympics gospel trips. Pray that new lampstands be raised up in Turin, Bologna, Prato, Naples, and other key cities, and that the churches in Rome, Milan, and Vicenza be strengthened.
An application form is posted at tinyurl.com/italyshep for saints to participate in follow-up shepherding trips from now until the end of the year. We expect a good number of saints to join the international conference in Rome from May 9 to 10; specific trips are being planned around those dates.
Saints who are burdened to give for the Lord’s move in Italy may do so through the Church in Los Angeles designated for “Italy Olympics.”
Announcements
- Morning Revival: Week 4 of The All-inclusive Christ as Revealed in Matthew.
- No Wednesday Night Ministry Meeting: There is no ministry meeting this week due to preparations for ITERO. The meeting will resume next Wednesday, March 25 at 7:25 pm.
- LA Bible Distribution Webinar: Save the date! All the saints are invited to a webinar on March 28 from 10:00 to 11:00 am to receive helpful fellowship and be equipped to distribute Bibles and spread God’s word in Los Angeles. There will be translation into Spanish, Korean, and Chinese. Zoom details will be communicated by halls next week.
- Bibles for America’s new blogpost “Walking by Faith: What We Can Learn from Matthew 14” is available to read and share at bfa.org/blog.
- Memorial Day Conference: May 22 to 25 in Dallas, TX. For LA saints attending in person, please RSVP by May 1 at tinyurl.com/memdayla. More information is linked at that site.
- GTCA: To learn more about the burden for migration and 2026 target cities, visit gtca.us.
- Ways to Give: Information may be found at www.churchinlosangeles.org/
members/offerings.
Week of March 8, 2026
God With Us
“‘Behold, the virgin shall be with child and shall bear a son, and they shall call His name Emmanuel’ (which is translated, God with us).” (Matt. 1:23)
“And behold, I am with you all the days until the consummation of the age.” (Matt. 28:20b)
“And He said, My presence shall go with you, and I will give you rest.” (Exo. 33:14)
Christ is God with us [Matt. 1:23]. This is revealed not only in Matthew 1 but also in Matthew 28, where the Lord Jesus said, “Behold, I am with you all the days until the consummation of the age” (v. 20). Actually, the entire New Testament is an Emmanuel, and we are now a part of this great Emmanuel that will consummate in the New Jerusalem in the new heaven and new earth for eternity. (Life-study of Isaiah, 2nd ed., pp. 53-54)
To live with Christ as Emmanuel, we need to be in His divine presence, which is the life-giving Spirit as the consummation of the Triune God (Gal. 5:25). To live with Christ, we still live, yet not by ourselves alone but by Christ living in us and with us as Emmanuel; the Triune God cannot complete His intention to dispense Himself into our being outside of us; therefore, His being with us must be inward (2:20). Emmanuel is our life and person, and we are His organ, living together with Him as one person; our victory depends upon Emmanuel, the presence of Jesus. If we have the Lord’s presence, we have wisdom, insight, foresight, and the inner knowledge concerning things; the Lord’s presence is everything to us.
If we would enter, possess, and enjoy the all-inclusive Christ as the reality of the good land, we must do so by the presence of the Lord. The Lord promised Moses, “My presence shall go with you, and I will give you rest” (Exo. 33:14); God’s presence is His way, the “map” that shows His people the way they should take. (The All-inclusive Christ as Revealed in Matthew, msg. 3, II.E.1-3, F)
May the Lord lead the church in Los Angeles on, by all the saints seeking His face!
Bibles for America
“Indeed days are coming, declares the Lord Jehovah, when I will send a hunger into the land, not a hunger for bread nor a thirst for water, but for hearing the words of Jehovah.” (Amos 8:11)
We at Bibles for America (BfA) are so thankful to the Lord for the growing hunger for His Word we’re witnessing among the people in this country. In addition to the Bible orders that are placed online with us directly, we are also receiving many more orders from both individual saints and churches for distribution materials, including Bibles, books, and tracts.
This increase in orders can be attributed to the fellowship and burden regarding The Truth Sets US Free (TSUF). To find out more about TSUF and how you can participate, including how to order materials for personal distribution, please visit tsuf.us/participate.
Please pray that orders from both the public and the saints would continue to increase, and that many more people would come to the full knowledge of the truth this year.
SCYP High School Conferences
The SoCal High School Brothers Conference concluded this past weekend while the Sisters Conference will be this weekend, March 13 to 15, at Oak Glen. The topic is “The Unique Way of Faith.”
Please pray:
- For the faith of the brothers to be strengthened as they return to their ordinary days.
- For the Lord to prepare the beings of the sisters, that their conscience would be pure and void of offense, their heart would be soft and open towards Him.
- For each attendee to be freed from all distractions within and without so that they would thoroughly enjoy the Lord in these conferences.
- That, following the conference, all the young people will learn to walk with God, by not overriding Him, and seize the golden opportunity to perfect the faith of those who have come before.
ITERO
The International Training for Elders and Responsible Ones will be in Anaheim from March 20 to 22. The general subject is “The Ministry of the Word and God’s Dispensing for God’s Economy.”
Please pray for the rich and timely supply of Christ to be ministered to all the brothers that they may grow in life and be equipped further in their function and service. May the Lord gain and perfect all the brothers as able ministers of the New Testament, effective building material for the universal building up of the Body of Christ, and good stewards and serving ones in their respective local churches.
Italy – Shepherding Trips
The Italy gospel trip reports with detailed prayer burdens are available at tinyurl.com/olreports26. Please continue to pray for the shepherding of the seeking ones contacted during the Torch Relay and Olympics gospel trips. Pray that new lampstands be raised up in Turin, Bologna, Prato, Naples, and other key cities, and that the churches in Rome, Milan, and Vicenza be strengthened.
An application form is posted at tinyurl.com/italyshep for saints to participate in follow-up shepherding trips from now until the end of the year. We expect a good number of saints to join the international conference in Rome from May 9 to 10; specific trips are being planned around those dates.
Saints who are burdened to give for the Lord’s move in Italy may do so through the Church in Los Angeles designated for “Italy Olympics.”
The Entire World Situation
“…For His dominion is an eternal dominion, and His kingdom is from generation to generation; and all the inhabitants of earth are considered as nothing, but He does according to His will in the army of heaven and among the inhabitants of the earth; and there is no one who can resist His hand or say to Him, What are You doing?” (Dan. 4:34-35)
The entire world situation is under the rule of the heavens by the God of the heavens in order to give Christ the preeminence in all things, to cause Christ to have the first place in everything. (Experiencing, Enjoying, and Expressing Christ (3), msg. 9, IV.F, 1)
Regarding Israel, Iran and the Middle East, please continue to pray:
- That the Lord would do His will in the midst of the current situation and lead the world to the condition He needs for His move, so that many may be saved and the church may be edified.
- That the Lord would preserve His people and keep them from all danger and harm.
- That the inner man of the saints would be strengthened to experience the Lord’s inner movement and His organic salvation in the midst of any situation.
Announcements
- Morning Revival: Week 3 of The All-inclusive Christ as Revealed in Matthew.
- Wednesday Night Ministry Meeting: The ministry meeting on 1 & 2 Thessalonians continues this Wednesday at 7:25 pm at the Ministry Conference Center and online at www.lsmwebcast.com.
- Bibles for America’s new blogpost “Walking by Faith: What We Can Learn from Matthew 14” is available to read and share at bfa.org/blog.
- ICSC: Recordings of the International Chinese-speaking Conference on “Noah, Daniel, and Job—Patterns of Living an Overcoming Life on the Line of Life to Fulfill the Economy of God” are available for free without subscription until March 17 at www.lsmwebcast.com.
- Memorial Day Conference: May 22 to 25 in Dallas, TX. For LA saints attending in person, please RSVP by May 1 at tinyurl.com/memdayla. More information is linked at that site.
- GTCA: To learn more about the burden for migration and 2026 target cities, visit gtca.us.
- Ways to Give: Information may be found at www.churchinlosangeles.org/
members/offerings.
Week of March 1, 2026
Christ Versus Religion
“…He said, Those who are strong have no need of a physician, but those who are ill.” (Matt. 9:12)
“And Jesus said to them, The sons of the bridechamber cannot mourn as long as the bridegroom is with them, can they?” (Matt. 9:15a)
Both a physician and a bridegroom are pleasant persons…The kingly Savior first healed His followers and then made them the sons of the bridechamber; eventually, He will make them His bride. They should have laid hold of Him not only as their Physician, that their life might be recovered, but also as their Bridegroom, that they might have the enjoyment of living in His presence. They were with Him at a joyful wedding, not without Him at a mournful funeral. How then could they fast and not feast before Him? This dissenting question from John’s disciples indicated that some of them had fallen into a new religion and had rejected the kingly Savior.
The question from John’s disciples seemed to relate to doctrine. However, the Lord did not answer with a doctrine but with a person, the most pleasant person, the Bridegroom. The religious people always care for their doctrine with their doctrinal reasonings. But Christ cares only for Himself. The living and walk of His followers should be regulated and directed only by Himself and His presence, not by any doctrine. (Life study of Matthew, pp. 316-317)
As the Physician and the Bridegroom, Christ is versus religion. The Lord Jesus does not care for religious tradition; He cares for inward reality. (The All-inclusive Christ as Revealed in Matthew, msg. 2, I.C-D)
Let us pray for the saints to come outside religion to experience and enjoy Christ as the Physician and the Bridegroom!
The World Situation and Our Preparation
“Jesus Christ…the Ruler of the kings of the earth.” (Rev. 1:5)
“And to Him was given dominion, glory, and a kingdom, that all the peoples, nations, and languages might serve Him. His dominion is an eternal dominion, which will not pass away; and His kingdom is one that will not be destroyed.” (Dan. 7:14)
In these days, let us pray that the Lord, as the Ruler, exercise His rule over every nation and situation as part of the outward preparation to end this age and prepare the earth for His return. Pray that the current situation in the Middle East and beyond cause the gospel of the kingdom to be proclaimed, and that many people, regardless of ethnicity, religion or background, be unveiled to see Christ as the Savior and the only way to God.
At the same time, the Lord is also working and operating within us as part of the inward preparation for the readiness of the corporate bride and the completion of this age. Therefore, let us also pray:
- That the faithful seekers of the Lord learn to “live together with Him” (1 Thes. 5:10), being one with Him by always turning to our spirit.
- That we continue to grow unto maturity in the divine life to become a full-grown man, arriving “at the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ” (Eph. 4:13).
- That we be transformed and built up with fellow believers and partakers of the divine life as the reality of the Body of Christ.
SCYP High School Conferences
The upcoming SoCal High School
Please pray:
- For the Lord to prepare the beings of the high schoolers, that their conscience would be pure and void of offense, their heart would be soft and open toward the Lord, and that each one would receive the Lord’s up-to-date, instant, and living speaking and appearing.
- For each attendee to be freed from all distractions within and without so that they would thoroughly enjoy the Lord in these conferences.
- For continued blending and companionship among the YP both during and after the conferences.
Germany-Austria-Switzerland Sisters Retreat
From Friday evening to Lord’s Day noon, March 6 to 8, sisters from the German-speaking churches in Europe will have a conference retreat at Gut Elim, the blending center in Germany. Registration was closed early because maximum capacity was reached. The burden of this retreat is to bring forth the functioning of each sister and to help them learn from one another.
Please pray for the Lord’s blessing on this time and His particular supply and speaking to each sister.
Italy – Shepherding Trips
Please continue to pray for the shepherding of the seeking ones who were contacted on the gospel trips during the Torch Relay and the Winter Olympics. Pray that new local churches will be raised up in Turin, Bologna, Prato, Naples, and other key cities, and that the churches in Rome, Milan, and Vicenza will be strengthened.
There is an application form at tinyurl.com/italyshep for saints to participate in follow-up shepherding trips starting in March and continuing throughout the year. We expect a good number of saints to join the international conference in Rome from May 9 to 10. We also anticipate that several saints will be migrating to Italy in the near future.
Saints who are burdened to give for the Lord’s move in Italy may do so through the Church in Los Angeles designated for “Italy Olympics.”
Southern Africa Blending Conference
This weekend, March 7 to 8, there will be a conference for the southern African countries in Brits, a town near Pretoria, just over an hour’s drive from Johannesburg. Participating countries include Angola, Botswana, Eswatini, Lesotho, Mozambique, South Africa, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. May the Lord bless everyone who attends and prepare their hearts to receive His present speaking to the churches.
Please pray:
- That the Lord be exalted as the One on the throne.
- That the saints all gain a fresh appreciation of His wonderful person and His Body.
- That the Lord lead and guide all the practical coordination and services.
- That the enemy’s attacks against the saints be restricted.
- That all the saints and churches in this region be brought on in the processes of maturing in life and being blended for the reality of the Body of Christ.
Announcements
- Morning Revival: Week 2 of The All-inclusive Christ as Revealed in Matthew.
- Start of Daylight Savings Time: DST will start at 2:00 am this Lord’s Day, March 8. Remember to turn your manual clocks forward one hour before you sleep on Saturday night.
- Wednesday Night Ministry Meeting: The weekly ministry meeting continues this Wednesday at 7:25 pm at the Ministry Conference Center and online at www.lsmwebcast.com. The general subject is “The Crucial Points of the Truth in Paul’s Epistles—1 and 2 Thessalonians.”
- Bibles for America’s recent blogpost “Experiencing Jesus as Peace in a World Full of Affliction” is available to read and share at bfa.org/blog.
- ICSC: Archived recordings of the International Chinese-speaking Conference on “Noah, Daniel, and Job—Patterns of Living an Overcoming Life on the Line of Life to Fulfill the Economy of God” are available for free without subscription until March 17 at www.lsmwebcast.com.
- Memorial Day Conference: May 22 to 25 in Dallas, TX. For LA saints attending in person, please RSVP by May 1 at tinyurl.com/memdayla. More information is linked at that site.
- GTCA: To learn more about the burden for migration and 2026 target cities, visit gtca.us.
- Ways to Give: Information may be found at www.churchinlosangeles.org/
members/offerings.