Prayer, Week of May 17

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Showers of Blessing

"And I will make them...a blessing, and I will cause the showers to come down in their season; there will be showers of blessing." (Ezek. 34:26)

Through His shepherding in His recovery by life, the Lord brings us into the enjoyment of His blessing and causes us to become a source of blessing under the showers of blessing. May we all continue to enjoy the Lord's blessing, and then He will cause us to become a source of blessing to others so that they may be supplied. (Crystallization-study of Deuteronomy, msg. 12, III.E, E.1)

Memorial Day Conference

Prayer Burden

The general subject is "A Timely Word concerning the World Situation and the Lord's Recovery." We are looking to the Lord and expecting Him to use this pandemic to do something extraordinary among us during this time. We are praying that He will help us to open this channel for the release of His Word through this ministry. To that end, we hope that all the churches and all the saints will prepare for this upcoming time of ministry and sanctify these days for the hearing of faith among us everywhere. Please pray for His blessing upon this conference. May it turn out to be a real memorial among us to the shame of God's enemy and to the glory of God's grace! (from LSM letter posted at https://churchinlosangeles.org/prayer)

Conference messages

LSM will host this conference online at http://conf.lsmwebcast.com. Outlines are already available here. This site is open to all the saints and churches from 6:55 p.m., Friday, May 22 to midnight, Monday, May 25. The site will guide each saint to the correct language. The schedule is:

  • Friday, May 22, 7 pm
  • Saturday, May 23, 10 am and 7 pm
  • Lord's Day, May 24, 10 am and 7 pm
  • Monday, May 25, 10 am

The videos will also be available two hours after each streamed meeting ends, on the "Archives" page of the conference site.

Prophesying after messages

After each message LA will host prophesying on Zoom. Details will be sent by each hall or district.

The Organic Function of Every Saint

"Day by day…house to house, they partook of their food with exultation and simplicity of heart, praising God and having grace with all the people. And the Lord added together day by day those who were being saved." (Acts 2:46-47)

"Truly I say to you that if two of you are in harmony on earth concerning any matter for which they ask, it will be done for them from My Father who is in the heavens." (Matt. 18:19)

"To each one is given the manifestation of the Spirit for what is profitable." (1 Cor. 12:7)

"Each one, as he has received a gift, ministering it among yourselves as good stewards of the varied grace of God." (1 Peter 4:10)

Pray for the saints to use the present circumstances to cultivate a church life that is more vital, more prevailing, more fruitful, and more according to the God-ordained way through the release of the organic function of every saint. (Unceasingly Pray, day 16)

LA Gospel

The spread of the gospel
"The word of the Lord was carried through the whole region." (Acts 13:49)
"From you the word of the Lord has sounded out." (1 Thes. 1:8)
Lord, in these days repeat in Los Angeles what you did in those two regions!

Prayer for specific meetings

  • Follow up to the hall 3 gospel meeting last Friday night, and the LA sixth grade meeting last Saturday.
  • Preparation for and invitations to gospel meetings: LA Korean-speaking May 29, LA Spanish-speaking May 30, and Thousand Oaks Chinese-speaking May 30.

Summer School of Truth

This year the SSoT will be online for all Southern California together plus local group times. Dates are June 6 to 27. Registration deadline is May 31. Contact the serving saints in your hall for details.

Lord, bring all our young people into the reality of what You will release next month.

Announcements

  1. Morning Revival: REPEAT Crystallization-study of Deuteronomy, week 12.
    May 25 we begin The Will of God (March 2020 ITERO).
  2. The joint meeting of the whole church, on Zoom, will be Lord's Day, May 31.
  3. A 22-minute video preview of the Memorial Day conference is at http://www.churchinanaheim.org/2020-memorial-day-conference-preview.html.
  4. Giving to the church at this time, see https://churchinlosangeles.org/members/offerings.
  5. Information about our 6th Grade students is at https://churchinlosangeles.org/prayer.
  6. The European Young People's Conference is online, Saturdays, May 16 and June 20, Friday July 31 to Monday, August 3, and Saturday, August 29. The Parents Conference will be June 5 to 7 (registration open until May 31, see http://ypconference.eu/epcc) and the Family Conference will be June 26 to 28 (registration opens soon). Details are at http://ypconference.eu.

Online Resources

  1. The Church in Los Angeles has a new YouTube channel to show videos from recent gatherings, such as gospel meetings and midweek perfecting fellowships. http://youtube.com/churchinlosangeles
  2. The Bible Tells Me So is posting daily videos on weekdays to help foster a "Family Time" in each household. http://www.thebibletellsmeso.com/familytime
  3. LSM Webcast is offering access at a reduced subscription rate until June 30. http://www.lsmwebcast.com
  4. LSM Christian Radio broadcasts hymns and messages 24 hours each day. http://lsmchristianradio.com
  5. Bibles for America has a new webpage with an introductory video and easy-to-use resources for telling people about God's salvation. http://gospel.biblesforamerica.org
  6. GTCA updates ongoing burdens about the ten target cities for migration this year. http://gtca.us
  7. Living to Him provides a forum for helping young working saints to practically enter into a vital living for the building up of the Body of Christ. http://livingtohim.com

Prayer, Week of May 10

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Choose Life!

"...I have set before you life and death, blessing and curse; therefore choose life that you and your seed may live, in loving Jehovah your God by listening to His voice and holding fast to Him; for He is your life and the length of your days..." (Deut. 30:19-20)

God uses two trees to speak to us in a parable. The tree of life and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil are a kind of parable. They show us that man has two different kinds of food and can live either by life or by the knowledge of good and evil, that is, the knowledge of right and wrong....Some Christians take the principle of right and wrong as the standard for their living, while other Christians take the principle of life as their standard for living. (Watchman Nee, Two Principles of Living, pp. 2-3)

May we be Christians who take the principle of life as our standard for living. May we be those who …discern and respond to matters (including the pandemic and related government actions) not according to right and wrong but according to life and death.

LA Gospel to All Nations

"I am debtor both to Greeks and to barbarians, both to wise and to foolish." (Rom. 1:14)

"If I preach the gospel, I have no boast, for necessity is laid upon me; for woe to me if I do not preach the gospel. If I do this of my own will, I have a reward; but if not of my own will, I am entrusted with a stewardship." (1 Cor. 9:16-17)

In recent weeks, the church held Chinese-speaking and English-speaking meetings to share the good news of Jesus Christ with our friends, relatives, and neighbors. Our Korean-speaking meeting will be May 29 and our Spanish-speaking meeting will be May 30 and sixth grade (below). Let us pray for:

  • much willingness to follow-up with those who attended the recent meetings and to nourish them;
  • abundant wisdom and grace to the saints preparing for the upcoming two meetings;
  • saints to rise up to pray for and invite their neighbors, friends, and family members; and
  • the Spirit to operate in the hearts of the invitees to release them to participate and to receive the Spirit's speaking in the meetings.

Campus Team Retreat

This week, from Monday to Thursday, campus full-timers from across the US and some other countries are meeting together for fellowship. Please pray that the Lord would:

  • blend all the workers together to do the one work on the campuses to build up His one Body;
  • guide them into His up-to-date direction during this unprecedented time; and
  • grant them the way to help the students rise up on each campus to take action for the Lord's move.

SoCal Sixth Grade Students

Now is a good time to be reminded that we do not rely only on the sixth grade conference for our children to be saved. We must rely on the Lord's timing, convicting, and calling of our children. This year, because the conference is canceled, it will depend, more than ever, upon the parents and vital groups in the churches to lead the 6th graders who are ready for salvation and to prepare them for their baptism.

A letter from SoCal Young People about our sixth graders is at https://churchinlosangeles.org/prayer. This letter discusses prayer, a definite and personal experience of salvation, baptism, and a good beginning of the Christian life. A 15-minute video for the parents and three simple gospel videos are at http://www.scyp.com/6th-grade.

A gospel time for LA sixth graders with their families and close friends will be May 6. Please pray for attendance by all, assurance to those who have already received the Lord, and a definite salvation for those who have not yet received the Lord.

Virtual European YP Conference

The conference subject is "Men Who Turn the Age." The first meeting is Saturday, May 16, 10:30 am to 12:30 pm California time. (Later dates are in the Announcements section below.) Lord, bless this conference with rich speaking, full participation, and a solid response by every young person!

Lord's Move to Asia

Pray that the Lord may have a way in the following countries, in which we are not conscious of anything of the recovery: Afghanistan, Iraq, Maldives, North Korea, Palestine, Syria, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Yemen.

Announcements

  1. Morning Revival: Crystallization-study of Deuteronomy, week 12. Next week, REPEAT week 12.
    May 25 we will begin The Will of God (March 2020 ITERO).
  2. Giving to the church at this time, see https://churchinlosangeles.org/members/offerings.
  3. The Memorial Day Conference will be held completely online from May 22 to 25. The conference messages will be streamed free of charge from http://conf.lsmwebcast.com in different languages.
  4. The European Young People's Conference will be online, Saturdays, May 16 and June 20, Friday July 31 to Monday, August 3, and Saturday, August 29. The Parents Conference will be June 5 to 7 and the Family Conference will be June 26 to 28. Details are at http://ypconference.eu.

Online Resources

  1. The Church in Los Angeles has a new YouTube channel to show videos from recent gatherings, such as gospel meetings and midweek perfecting fellowships. http://youtube.com/churchinlosangeles
  2. The Bible Tells Me So is posting daily videos on weekdays to help foster a "Family Time" in each household. http://www.thebibletellsmeso.com/familytime
  3. LSM Webcast is offering access at a reduced subscription rate until June 30. http://www.lsmwebcast.com
  4. LSM Christian Radio broadcasts hymns and messages 24 hours each day. http://lsmchristianradio.com
  5. Bibles for America has a new webpage with easy-to-use resources for telling people about God's salvation. http://gospel.biblesforamerica.org
  6. GTCA updates ongoing burdens about the ten target cities for migration this year. http://gtca.us
  7. Living to Him provides a forum for helping young working saints to practically enter into a vital living for the building up of the Body of Christ. http://livingtohim.com

Prayer, Week of May 3

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Living the Church Life under the Government of God

"Looking away unto Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith." (Heb. 12:2a)

"And my God will fill your every need according to His riches, in glory, in Christ Jesus." (Phil. 4:19)

"But without faith it is impossible to be well pleasing to Him, for he who comes forward to God must believe that He is and that He is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him." (Heb. 11:6)

God takes care of the needs of all those who are part of His expression. In New Testament terms, this means that Christ takes care of every member of His Body. In the church life we should love the Lord Jesus, love His Body, and take care of the needs of all the members.

Only by faith can we live the church life under the government of God. God wants His people to do whatever He requires not by self-effort but by faith. God's economy is in faith, and faith is the unique way for God to carry out His economy. The church is "the household of faith." The household of faith is composed of all who are sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus. All the believers in Christ together constitute a universal household, the great family of God—a family that believes in God. (Crystallization-study of Deuteronomy, msg. 11, III.B.1-2, F.1-3.)

Being Sober unto Prayers

"Watch and pray that you may not enter into temptation. The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak." (Matt. 26:41)

First Peter 4:7 says, "But the end of all things has drawn near; therefore, be sober-minded and be sober unto prayers." All things on which the flesh rests will pass away, and the end of them, the apostle tells us here, has drawn near…. Therefore, we should be sober-minded and be sober unto prayers. Literally, to be sober-minded is to be of a sound mind; it is to have a mind of sobriety, able to understand things properly and thoroughly without being disturbed. Furthermore, to be sober unto prayers is to be sober to watch; hence, vigilant. This is to be on guard; hence, sober unto prayer. This equals the Lord's word, "Watch and pray" (Matt. 26:41; Luke 21:36). (Life-Study of 1 Peter, ch. 27)

"Persevere in prayer, watching in it with thanksgiving." (Col. 4:2)

Unceasingly Pray is encouraging a 30-day repeat. Let us continue praying at set times alone and with companions. Each day they are repeating the email from April with a burden, verses, and ministry about prayer. You can still sign up at http://unceasinglypray.org. There's no need to moan about missing prayer in past days. The Lord is always our new beginning!

LA Gospel – Speaking and Spreading through Visitation

More than 400 people attended our May 2 gospel meeting entitled "A New Normal: Some Good News from God's Word." We know of at least 11 who received the Lord during the meeting and 33 who want further contact. Thank You, Lord! May we follow Paul's example to care for these ones—"we were gentle in your midst, as a nursing mother would cherish her own children" (1 Thes. 2:7). May we also be like Ananias whom the Lord sent to visit Saul days after his salvation (Acts 9:10-12, 17).

If we preach the gospel on the Lord's Day and a hundred people sign up and express their willingness to receive the Lord, we have to follow up with a second step. We have to arrange for saints to visit them immediately. Within a week, we have to arrange for a hundred to two hundred brothers and sisters to visit them. We must not just invite people to come to the gospel meetings; we must send brothers to make personal calls to these ones. We have to surround them and gain them at any cost. The more gospel meetings we have, the more visitation work we need. If visitation falls behind, our gospel will fail miserably. The failure of the gospel mainly lies in the lack of visitation. (CWWN, Vol. 61: Matured Leadings in the Lord's Recovery (1), ch. 5)

May we pray for the spread of the gospel throughout LA, not only by big meetings. In these days of outward restriction, we can conveniently "visit" by phone, email, and video calls. Lord, motivate us and inspire us to speak the gospel by any means. Fill us with Your necessity for the gospel (1 Cor. 9:16). Lord, then bless LA with many new believers being nourished regularly with the milk of Your word.

Videos of the Saturday gospel meeting, as well as the following morning's fellowship, can be enjoyed and shared at http://youtube.com/churchinlosangeles.

FTTA Information Session

There will be an FTTA information session on Lord's Day, May 10, from 2:00-3:00 p.m. This session will be held via an online webinar. The presentation will be include an encouraging up-to-date word on the burden and need for training in these unprecedented times, the expectation for the Fall 2020 term, personal testimonies from current trainees, and small group sessions for questions.

A video invitation from current trainees is posted at http://www.ftta.org/ftta-info-meeting.php. Everyone interested should register on this site to receive meeting access details.

GTCA

The co-workers in North America coordinating for the GTCA move are closely monitoring the situation regarding the COVID-19 pandemic and will provide ongoing updates related to GTCA. If you haven not already done so, please sign up to receive email updates at http://gtca.us/burden.

We want to assure the saints that despite the current volatile situation, the burden for GTCA has not diminished. Let us not be deterred but be comforted and strengthened in the Lord, and continue to intercede for His move in this country. We believe the sovereign God will use this situation to further His purpose in America and throughout the whole earth.

Berlin, Germany

Please pray for the mailing of a new gospel tract to 854,000 households in Berlin. Both the printing and the mailing have had delays. Please pray for delivery to the households in a timely way during this critical time when people may be most open because of the coronavirus pandemic.

Announcements

  1. Morning Revival: Crystallization-study of Deuteronomy, week 11.
    May 25 we will begin The Will of God (March 2020 ITERO).
  2. Giving to the church at this time, see https://churchinlosangeles.org/members/offerings.
  3. We will not have the 6th Grade Conference at Oak Glen this year. It is our hope later in the summer to have a one day conference for the 6th graders.
  4. The European Young People's Conference will be online, Saturdays, May 16 (10:30 am to 12:30 pm in LA) and June 20, Friday July 31 to Monday, August 3, and Saturday, August 29. Registration is open only May 4 to 11. The related European Parents Conference will be June 5 to 7 and the Family Conference will be June 26 to 28. All details are at http://ypconference.eu.

Online Resources

  1. The Church in Los Angeles has a new YouTube channel to show videos from recent gatherings, such as our gospel meeting from May 2. http://youtube.com/churchinlosangeles
  2. The Bible Tells Me So is posting daily videos from Monday to Friday. The purpose is to foster a "Family Time" in each household. http://www.thebibletellsmeso.com/familytime
  3. LSM Webcast is offering access to all video content at a reduced subscription rate until June 30. http://www.lsmwebcast.com
  4. LSM Christian Radio broadcasts hymns and messages of the ministry 24 hours each day. http://lsmchristianradio.com
  5. Bibles for America has a new webpage with easy-to-use resources for telling people about God's salvation. http://gospel.biblesforamerica.org
  6. GTCA has a redesigned website to present ongoing burdens and updates about the ten target cities for migration this year. Participate by praying, giving or going! http://gtca.us
  7. Living to Him provides a forum for dialogue, study and prayerful exploration with a goal of helping young working saints to practically enter into a vital living for the building up of the Body of Christ. http://livingtohim.com.

Prayer, Week of April 26

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Avoiding Division by Keeping the Oneness

"Being diligent to keep the oneness of the Spirit in the uniting bond of peace." (Eph. 4:3)

"That we may be no longer little children tossed by waves and carried about by every wind of teaching in the sleight of men…" (Eph. 4:14)

Divisions come out of different teachings, teachings other than God's economy....The different teachings of the dissenting ones are winds used by God's enemy to distract His people and carry them away from His economy. The dividing teachings are organized and systematized by Satan to cause serious error and thus damage the practical oneness of the Body life.

In the Lord's recovery we elevate Christ and Christ alone....In the church we enjoy Christ as the rich produce of the land. Our enjoyment of Christ in the presence of God becomes our worship, our church life, and even our Christian living, and we grow and mature on the ground of oneness. (Crystallization-study of Deuteronomy, msg. 10, II.D, D.4-5, III.E, E.3)

LA Gospel Meetings

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

We realize that the Lord sovereignly uses times of uncertainty, such as the current global pandemic, to open the hearts of many people whose lives have been disrupted. Now is the season when friends and families are most open to receive the gospel, and all saints are needed to seize this opportunity to share the gospel. This the Lord's greatest commission to the church.

Ask the Lord to give us a heart for the salvation of our of friends and relatives. The delight of our heart needs to be the salvation of men because this is the delight of God's heart. May we as the church truly be the testimony of Jesus among humanity in our city.

Last Friday, April 24, over 200 people attended our online Chinese-speaking gospel meeting on "Death and Life." There were at least 22 gospel friends and dormant saints. After the testimonies and message, a brother led everyone to sing, "Death cannot hold the resurrection life" (Hymns, #639). Hearts were touched and spirits were stirred up. When everyone was asked to call on the Lord's name loudly, many also responded by typing in the chat thread, "I will accept the Lord!" and "I am saved now!" Please continue to pray fervently for the new ones not only to be saved but also to be baptized and become remaining fruits.

This Saturday, May 2, from 4 to 5 pm, we will hold an online English-speaking church-wide gospel meeting. Everyone is encouraged to invite 1 or 2 "relatives and intimate friends" (Acts 10:24) as well as attend themselves. The topic, "A New Normal: Some Good News from God's Word," will be relevant to those who are curious about the Christian faith, new to the church, or looking to rekindle their relationship with God; this includes not only unbelievers, but also other believers and dormant ones who do not currently meet with us or do not meet regularly.

In order for the gospel to reach man, we need to cooperate with God by praying to bind Satan and loose the sinners. Pray by yourself, with your companions and small groups, and with the church. To facilitate prayer across the whole church, we are having a daily Zoom prayer time every day this week, Monday through Saturday from 12-12:30 pm. To guide us in our prayer, daily prayer burdens for this week have been posted at https://churchinlosangeles.org/gospel.

SoCal College Conference Follow-up

Thank you for your prayers! The Spring College Conference was well attended this year, both from our area and around the world. The general subject was "Doing the Will of God." Overflow in SoCal took place online in smaller clusters. Please continue to pray that our students would be those who do the will of God habitually and continually, come to the Lord as the One who does the Father's will, and live a meeting life to do the will of God. Pray also for our follow-up with LA students who signed up but are not regular among us.

Unceasingly Pray – Persevering in Prayer

"Rejoice in hope; endure in tribulation; persevere in prayer." (Rom. 12:12)

"Persevere in prayer, watching in it with thanksgiving." (Col. 4:2)

Unceasingly Pray, in its current format, will end this Thursday, April 30. That does not mean that we should relax our praying. Let us continue praying at set times alone and with companions. Reviewing the 30 days' burdens at http://unceasinglypray.org is one good way to guide our prayer to focus on the Lord's interests. This website, under the heading Ministry, lists many publications; reading one of these is also a help for our prayer.

Proper prayer is "with thanksgiving" as in Philippians 4:6, Colossians 4:2, and 1 Timothy 2:1.

Know That Man Lives by the Word of Jehovah

"Jehovah your God has led you these forty years in the wilderness in order to humble you…let you go hungry and fed you the manna…so that He might make you know that man lives not by bread alone, but that man lives by everything that proceeds out from the mouth of Jehovah." (Deut. 8:2-3)

God has allowed the whole earth to be in the wilderness. Lord,

  • cause the hunger of these days to lead many to open to Your word, to learn to eat it, and to live by it;
  • make us active in this through gospel tracts and speaking the gospel;
  • bless the use of free NTs that are in many homes in many nations.

Berlin, Germany

Please pray for the mailing of a new gospel tract to 854,000 households in Berlin. The mailing begins this week. Pray that the Lord will use this tract to give all the people in Berlin an opportunity to hear the gospel, to save many people in Berlin, and to gain many for the organic building up of the church.

Announcements

  1. Morning Revival: Crystallization-study of Deuteronomy, week 10.
  2. Giving to the church at this time, see https://churchinlosangeles.org/members/offerings.
  3. We will not have the 6th Grade Conference at Oak Glen this year. It is our hope later in the summer to have a one day conference for the 6th graders.
  4. The European Young People's Conference (usually one week in Poland at end of July) will be held online on May 16, June 20, July 31 through August 3, and August 29. The Parents Conference will be June 5 to 7 and the Family Conference will be June 26 to 28. Details are at http://ypconference.eu.

Online Resources

  1. The Church in Los Angeles website has frequent updates on resources and fellowship related to our church life in the present situation. https://churchinlosangeles.org/covid19
  2. The Bible Tells Me So is posting daily videos from Monday to Friday. The purpose is to foster a "Family Time" in each household. http://www.thebibletellsmeso.com/familytime
  3. LSM Webcast is offering access to all video content at a reduced subscription rate until June 30. http://www.lsmwebcast.com
  4. LSM Christian Radio broadcasts hymns and messages of the ministry 24 hours each day. http://lsmchristianradio.com
  5. Bibles for America has a new webpage with easy-to-use resources for telling people about God's salvation. http://gospel.biblesforamerica.org
  6. GTCA has a redesigned website to present ongoing burdens and updates about the ten target cities for migration this year. Participate by praying, giving or going! http://gtca.us
  7. Living to Him provides a forum for dialogue, study and prayerful exploration with a goal of helping young working saints to practically enter into a vital living for the building up of the Body of Christ. http://livingtohim.com.

Prayer, Week of April 19, 2020

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Maintaining the Ground of Oneness in Spirit

"But to the place which Jehovah your God will choose out of all your tribes to put His name, to His habitation, shall you seek, and there shall you go." (Deut. 12:5)

"For also in one Spirit we were all baptized into one Body… and were all given to drink one Spirit." (1 Cor. 12:13)

"In whom you also are being built together into a dwelling place of God in spirit." (Eph. 2:22)

The fulfillment of the type in Deuteronomy 12 is not a matter of a geographical place but a matter of our spirit. In the New Testament God's habitation, His dwelling place, is particularly located in our mingled spirit, our human spirit regenerated and indwelt by the divine Spirit. In our meeting for the worship of God, we must exercise our spirit and do everything in our spirit.

Wherever we may be, we should be gathered into the Lord's name, in our spirit, and with the cross. If we all do this, we all will meet in the same place, although we meet in different localities; this one place is the ground of the unique oneness.

In order to be today's overcomers, we must maintain the ground of oneness, God's unique choice, without elevating anything other than Christ. In the Lord's recovery we elevate Christ and Christ alone. The way to be restored from desolation is to exalt Christ; the enjoyment of Christ with God on the ground of oneness can be maintained and preserved only when Christ is properly appreciated and exalted by God's people. (Crystallization-Study of Deuteronomy, msg. 9, I.D.2.b, I.C.3, I.D, V, C)

Unceasingly Pray Extended: 30 Days of Global Prayer

"Rejoice in hope; endure in tribulation; persevere in prayer." (Rom. 12:12)

"Persevere in prayer, watching in it with thanksgiving." (Col. 4:2)

"Always rejoice, unceasingly pray, in everything give thanks; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you." (1 Thes. 5:16-18)

We worship the Lord that He has stirred up so many of you to participate in the present burden for prayer. Never before have so many across the entire globe joined together in one accord to pray as one man in such a sustained way.

Our hope is that this month of prayer will not simply be a passing event but will greatly strengthen our personal prayer life and the corporate prayer ministry of the church. Prayer is our greatest work before God, and it is also the greatest threat to God's enemy…. Consistency and persistence in the face of obstacles are crucial to building up a prayer life and prayer ministry.

Today the Lord is seeking prayers of dispensational value, prayers that match God's heart; prayers for the advancement of God's move, the preparation of the bride, the producing of the overcomers, the defeat of God's enemy; prayers that change the age. The prayers of the saints and of the church are a significant factor in effecting the dispensational change from the present age to the kingdom age (Luke 18:1-8; Rev. 6:9-10; 8:3-5). (Excerpted from the April 16 co-workers' letter)

Brothers and sisters, there is still time to participate! The original 21 Days of Prayer has been extended through April 30. Sign-up and prayer burdens are at http://unceasinglypray.org.

Having a Heart for the Salvation of Sinners

"I exhort therefore, first of all, that petitions, prayers, intercessions, thanksgivings be made on behalf of all men…. our Savior God desires all men to be saved and to come to the full knowledge of the truth." (1 Tim. 2:1, 3b-4)

We need to pray to have a real burden for the sinners' salvation. In 1 Timothy 2 Paul exhorts us to pray on behalf of all men because our Savior God desires all men to be saved. God's desire requires our prayer for it to be carried out. In Romans 10:1 Paul says concerning the Jews, "The good pleasure of my heart and my petition to God for them is for their salvation." Like Paul, the delight of our heart needs to be the salvation of men because this is the delight of God's heart (Luke 15:6-7, 9-10, 23-24). We need to pray to the Lord that His concern for sinners' salvation would be dispensed into us to become our burden. (WL, The Scriptural Way to Meet and to Serve for the Building Up of the Body of Christ, ch. 23)

LA Gospel Meeting in Chinese – April 24

On Friday, April 24, starting at 7:30 pm, we will have an online Chinese-speaking gospel meeting. All the saints are encouraged to pray for their contacts and acquaintances who understand Chinese and invite them to this gathering. The topic will be "Death and Life." Please pray for a clear release of the Lord's word and a good reception of this word unto salvation. Two ways to join are https://ucla.zoom.us/j/8397042086 or dial in: (669) 900-6833, Meeting ID: 839 704 2086.

LA Gospel Meeting in English – May 2

On Saturday, May 2, from 4:00 to 5:00 pm, we will have an English-language gospel meeting. This meeting is especially geared toward those who are curious about the Christian faith, new to the church, or looking to rekindle their relationship with God. This includes not only unbelievers, but also other believers and dormant ones who do not currently meet with us or do not meet regularly. All the saints are encouraged to pray fervently for this time and consider at least 1 or 2 people to invite. May the white horse run in a prevailing way! May the Lord gain a bright and shining testimony of Himself in LA!

Southern California College Conference

This weekend's college conference will be held online on April 23, 25 and 26 from 7:30 to 9:00 pm. The general subject is "Doing the Will of God." Please pray for the preparations leading up to the conference, both of the practical arrangements outwardly and the students' hearts inwardly. In addition to college-age saints, high school juniors and especially seniors are warmly invited. Pray that the Word would reach all the participants and encourage them during this time.

Memorial Day Conference

The Memorial Day conference will be LSM's first global online ministry conference. It is a great opportunity for many, many more saints to participate. The conference will consist of six messages from Friday night, May 22 to Monday morning, May 25. Details are in a letter at https://churchinlosangeles.org/members/prayer. Please pray for the brothers preparing the messages and for the serving saints planning the technical details of this conference.

Announcements

  1. Morning Revival: Crystallization-study of Deuteronomy, week 9.
  2. Giving to the church at this time, see https://churchinlosangeles.org/members/offerings.
  3. We will not have the 6th Grade Conference at Oak Glen this year. It is our hope later in the summer to have a one day conference for the 6th graders.

Online Resources

  1. The Church in Los Angeles website has updates on resources and fellowship related to our church life in the present situation. https://churchinlosangeles.org/covid19
  2. The Bible Tells Me So is posting daily videos on weekdays to help foster a "Family Time" in each household. http://www.thebibletellsmeso.com/familytime
  3. LSM Webcast is offering access at a reduced subscription rate until June 30. http://www.lsmwebcast.com
  4. LSM Christian Radio broadcasts hymns and messages 24 hours each day. http://lsmchristianradio.com
  5. Bibles for America has a new webpage with easy-to-use resources for telling people about God's salvation. http://gospel.biblesforamerica.org
  6. GTCA updates ongoing burdens about the ten target cities for migration this year. http://gtca.us
  7. Living to Him provides a forum for helping young working saints to practically enter into a vital living for the building up of the Body of Christ. http://livingtohim.com

Prayer, Week of April 12

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Praying for God's Will to Be Done on Earth

"That He would grant you, according to the riches of His glory, to be strengthened with power through His Spirit into the inner man." (Eph. 3:16)

"Moreover, in like manner the Spirit also joins in to help us in our weakness, for we do not know for what we should pray as is fitting, but the Spirit Himself intercedes for us with groanings which cannot be uttered." (Rom. 8:26)

"If you abide in Me and My words abide in you, ask whatever you will, and it shall be done for you." (John 15:7)

God's intention is to accomplish His will through the believers' prayer in union with Him. God needs us to exercise our spirit with our resurrected will to pray according to His divine will for Christ to be manifested and enjoyed by us, for the Body life to be practiced by us, and for the Body of Christ to be built up through us.

A genuine man of prayer is one whose desires are fully blended into God's desires and whose thoughts are fully one with God's thoughts. He is a man in whom God's desires are imprinted, a man of revelation whose heart is a duplication of God's heart.

When we come to the Lord in prayer, we need to allow the Spirit to mingle our desires with His desires, lead our thoughts into His thoughts, and imprint His desires and thoughts into us. Then the prayers that we utter to God with His inward desires will be precious, weighty, and valuable to Him and will cause Satan to suffer loss. (ITERO, The Will of God, msg. 3, II, E, E.1-2)

Unceasingly Pray: 21 Days of Global Prayer

The highest and deepest prayers in the NT are for God's work in the saints and for His move on the earth (Phil. 1:9-11; Eph. 1:15-23; 3:14-21; Acts 4:24-31; Eph. 6:18-20; Col. 4:2-4). Intercessory prayer is a matter of co-laboring with Christ in His heavenly ministry.

Brothers Minoru Chen and Ron Kangas have recorded words of encouragement regarding the importance of prayer during these days. To watch the videos, visit http://unceasinglypray.org/updates.

Many matters require the church's prayer. Here are some items mentioned this past week:

  1. The dormant believers to be enlivened, the wayward Christians to be recovered, and the backslidden saints to be restored to the Lord and to the fellowship of the church.
  2. The scattered believers to see God's eternal purpose, to be stirred in their spirits to seek the deeper things of Christ, and to take the way of God's NT economy.
  3. All the churches to be in a prevailing one accord, glorifying our God and His Christ with one mouth to bring forth the reality of the one new man.
  4. The Lord to strengthen, uphold, and prosper the churches in every country in His recovery as the testimony of Jesus.
  5. The Lord to supply the co-workers and leading brothers and grant them wisdom to lead and shepherd His people onward.
  6. The saints to be preserved and sanctified, to be separated unto God from common and sinful things, and to not be conformed to this age but to be transformed that they may prove the will of God.

Let us pray that the prayers of the saints in all the churches will be anointed by the Lord and pave the way for Him to carry out His economy in the midst of the current situation. May these 21 days of prayer become a base for many saints to build up the habit of praying in twos and threes.

The Advancement of the Gospel

"Now I want you to know, brothers, that the things concerning me have turned out rather to the advancement of the gospel... and most of the brothers, being confident in the Lord because of my bonds, are more exceedingly bold to speak the word of God without fear." (Phil. 1:12, 14)

Let us petition the Lord that the outward things concerning us—in LA and around the earth—will turn to the advancement of the gospel and that we would be bold to speak the word of God without fear.

Los Angeles Young People

The SCYP Spring Pursuit will conclude this Saturday, April 18, but the Monday and Wednesday online meetings in LA will continue indefinitely. Please pray for all our YP in LA to be encouraged, supplied, and helped practically by these gatherings.

Southern California College Conference

The upcoming SoCal College Conference will be held online April 23, 25 and 26 at 7:30pm. Registration will be required but will be free of charge. Please pray for the preparations leading up to the conference, both of the practical arrangements outwardly and the students' hearts inwardly. Pray strongly that the Lord would release as many as possible to sign up in the midst of this unprecedented time.

Ministry and Blending, including Memorial Day Conference

As conferences around the world have been cancelled or replaced by online events, please pray for:

  • the blending and the release and digestion of the ministry to continue strongly;
  • all the saints to learn to use the telephone and internet for visiting and blending both near and far;
  • the saints serving at LSM in their planning for the Memorial Day online conference.

Bibles for America

As a result of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and social distancing regulations, we are not able to package and ship out Bibles at the usual pace. Please pray that the serving ones would remain healthy and that their body, soul, and spirit would be be covered by the Lord. Please also pray that these Bibles can continue to go out in a timely way to all those who are eager to read God's Word. May the Lord operate during this difficult time to cause many hearts to turn to Him.

Germany

Please pray for the mass mailing of a new gospel tract to the households in every postal code in Berlin. Pray that the Lord will use this tract to give all the people in Berlin an opportunity to hear the gospel, to save many people in Berlin, and to gain some for the organic building up of the church.

Announcements

  1. Morning Revival: Crystallization-study of Deuteronomy, week 8.
  2. Giving to the church at this time, see https://churchinlosangeles.org/members/offerings.
  3. 6th Grade Conference will not be at Oak Glen this year. It is our hope to have a one-day conference later in the summer.

Online Resources

  1. The Church in Los Angeles website has frequent updates on resources and fellowship related to our church life in the present situation. https://churchinlosangeles.org/covid19
  2. The Bible Tells Me So is posting daily videos from Monday to Friday. The purpose is to foster a "Family Time" in each household. http://www.thebibletellsmeso.com/familytime
  3. LSM Webcast is offering access to all video content at a reduced subscription rate until June 30. http://www.lsmwebcast.com
  4. LSM Christian Radio broadcasts hymns and messages of the ministry 24 hours each day. http://lsmchristianradio.com
  5. GTCA has a redesigned website to present ongoing burdens and updates about the ten target cities for migration this year. Participate by praying, giving or going! http://gtca.us
  6. Living to Him provides a forum for dialogue, study and prayerful exploration with a goal of helping young working saints to practically enter into a vital living for the building up of the Body of Christ. http://livingtohim.com

Prayer, Week of April 5

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Praying for God's Will to Be Done on Earth

"Therefore we...do not cease praying and asking on your behalf that you may be filled with the full knowledge of His will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding." (Col. 1:9)

"Thus says Jehovah,…concerning the work of My hands, command Me." (Isa. 45:11)

"Your kingdom come; Your will be done, as in heaven, so also on earth." (Matt. 6:10)

After we know God's will, we can say to Him, "God, we want You to do this. We are determined that You should do this. God, You must do this." We can utter such strong and powerful prayers before God. We have to ask God to open our eyes to see the kind of work He is doing in this age. In this age all His work is based on this position. Heaven may want to accomplish something, but heaven will not do it alone; heaven waits for the earth to do it first, and then heaven does it.…The earth must move before heaven will move. God wants the earth to move heaven. (WN, The Prayer Ministry of the Church, ch. 1)

Unceasingly Pray: 21 Days of Global Prayer

In light of the current global pandemic, the co-workers in the Lord's recovery feel that now is the time to call on the saints in every place to pray in one accord as the one new man for the Lord's interests on the earth. (21 Days of Prayer, Letter of Introduction, https://churchinlosangeles.org/prayer)

Too often we think of prayer as something we do only when we are aware of a particular spiritual or practical need or when we want to accomplish something for the Lord in a way of service, whether personally, with others, or as the church. Prayer for these things is legitimate and even necessary, but the highest and deepest prayers in the New Testament are, first and foremost, for God's work in the saints and for His move on the earth (Phil. 1:9-11; Eph. 1:15-23; 3:14-21; Acts 4:24-31; Eph. 6:18-20; Col. 4:2-4). Intercessory prayer is a matter of co-laboring with Christ in His heavenly ministry. Such prayer is the pinnacle of the church's service to Christ. He as the heavenly Intercessor needs His people on the earth to echo His desire. ("A Call for Global Prayer," http://unceasinglypray.org/letter)

Many matters require the church's prayer. Here is a summary of items mentioned this past week:

  1. For the Father's name to be sanctified, His kingdom to come; and His will to be done on the earth (Matt. 6:9-10).
  2. For God's good pleasure to be fulfilled, His purpose to be accomplished, and His economy to be carried out (Eph. 1:9-10).
  3. For God in Christ to rule over all world affairs (Dan. 4:17; Rev. 1:5), to turn the hearts of kings to do His will (Prov. 21:1), and to raise up and put down leaders as He sees fit (Dan. 2:21).
  4. For those in authority to have the wisdom to discharge their responsibilities and govern righteously according to God so that the church may go on in peace (1 Tim. 2:2).
  5. For the pandemic to be stopped, the Lord to guide all those working toward that end, and for Him to uphold all those who are rendering aid to the afflicted (Num. 16:46-48; 2 Sam. 24:25).
  6. For the white horse of the gospel to run and for God to lead men to repent and believe the gospel according to His desire that all men be saved (Rev. 6:1-2; 1 Tim. 2:4a).

Don't wait; don't moan about missing the first days. Have a new beginning with the Lord! Sign up at http://unceasinglypray.org, which suggests verses and prayer burdens for each day of April 1 to 21. English, Chinese, Korean, and Spanish are available on this site. Join more than 13,500 individuals and small groups in every inhabited time zone around the world in intercessory prayer.

Let us pray that the prayers of the saints in all the churches will be anointed by the Lord and pave the way for Him to carry out His economy in the midst of the current situation.

Prayer for Healthcare Professionals

We remind all the saints to pray for the healthcare professionals in our country, and for the more than 35 in the church in LA, some of whom are working close to very sick people, especially during these peak weeks of the COVID-19 outbreak. Pray for the Lord to uphold and protect all those who are rendering aid to the afflicted (Num. 16:46-48; 2 Sam. 24:25) and to protect their families as they return home from work each day.

Los Angeles Young People

This is the third week of the SCYP Spring Pursuit on "Being Watchful in Life and Faithful in Service." It has live sessions, pre-recorded messages, group times, and special fellowships for young people across SoCal. Please pray for all our YP in LA who are participating in this virtual conference.

The YP in LA are also gathering weekly for online fellowship via Zoom on Monday and Wednesdays. We ask all the saints and the parents to pray strongly for these gatherings that the young ones would be encouraged, supplied, and helped practically by them.

Ministry and Blending

Many conferences and blending times around the earth have been cancelled or replaced by online events. Pray for the blending and for the release and digestion of the ministry to continue strongly.

To help spread the ministry, LSM has reduced the monthly webcast subscription cost to $4.95 a month for April, May, and June. This special rate saves 50% off the regular subscription and ends on June 30. For $4.95 a month, subscribers are able to watch an unlimited number of videos from LSM Webcast's vast video collection of conferences and trainings. Current webcast subscribers do not need to do anything. Those who wish to subscribe, please register at http://www.lsmwebcast.com.

Lord's Move to Asia

The March 2020 newsletter contains reports and photos from the United Arab Emirates and India:

http://lmasia.org/temp/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/E-2020-03.pdf (English)
http://lmasia.org/temp/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Asia-2020-03.pdf (Chinese)

Announcements

  1. Morning Revival: Crystallization-study of Deuteronomy, week 7.
  2. Giving to the church at this time, see https://churchinlosangeles.org/members/offerings.

Online Resources

  1. The Church in Los Angeles website has frequent updates on resources and fellowship related to our church life in the present situation. https://churchinlosangeles.org/covid19
  2. The Bible Tells Me So is posting daily videos from Monday to Friday. The purpose is to foster a “Family Time” in each household. http://www.thebibletellsmeso.com/familytime
  3. LSM Webcast is offering access to all video content at a reduced subscription rate until June 30. http://www.lsmwebcast.com
  4. LSM Christian Radio broadcasts hymns and messages of the ministry 24 hours each day. http://www.lsmchristianradio.com
  5. GTCA has a redesigned website to present ongoing burdens and updates about the ten target cities for migration this year. Participate by praying, giving, or going! http://www.gtca.us
  6. Living to Him provides a forum for dialogue, study, and prayerful exploration with a goal of helping young working saints to practically enter into a vital living for the building up of the Body of Christ. http://www.livingtohim.com.

Prayer, Week of March 29

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Beginning this week the prayer email distribution to subscribers will be Tuesday morning. All may subscribe at https://churchinlosangeles.org/prayer

The Will of God to Head Up All Things in Christ

The Spring ITERO this past weekend had eight video messages and two small group study times. The general subject was The Will of God.

"He caused [His grace] to abound to us in all wisdom and prudence, making known to us the mystery of His will according to His good pleasure, which He purposed in Himself, unto the economy of the fullness of the times, to head up all things in Christ, the things in the heavens and the things on the earth, in Him." (Eph. 1:8-10)

We need to understand what the will of the Lord is (Col. 1:9). God's will is what He wants and what He intends to accomplish. Ultimately, God's will in the universe is to head up all things in Christ through the church as the Body of Christ.

The first step in the heading up of all things in Christ is for God to bring His chosen ones, His sons, out of the universal collapse and to place them under the headship of Christ. When the church takes the lead to be headed up in Christ, God has a way to head up all other things.

"Holding to truth in love, we may grow up into Him in all things, who is the Head, Christ." (Eph. 4:15)

In order to be delivered from the heap of collapse in a practical way, we need to grow in life; the more we grow in life, the more we will be headed up and the more we will be rescued from the universal collapse. (ITERO msg. 1, I., II., VI., VI.D.1.c, D.2, E.4)

The One New Man Praying with One Accord

In light of the current world situation, the co-workers in the Lord's recovery feel that now is the time to call on the saints in every place to pray in one accord as the one new man for the Lord's interests on the earth. To facilitate this burden, we have set up a new website, http://unceasinglypray.org. Please go to this site to join this prayer labor. (The co-workers' complete letter is at the end of this prayer email and posted at https://churchinlosangeles.org/prayer)

This is a time for saints from every continent, nation, and locality to pray with watchfulness and perseverance so that the Lord will have a way to advance the divine history within human history unto His return. Let us beseech the Lord that all in Los Angeles will participate in this unique opportunity!

Seizing the Opportunity to Do What Is Good

"So then, as we have the opportunity, let us do what is good [mainly ministering material things to the needy] toward all, but especially toward those of the household of the faith." (Gal. 6:10 and note)

Let us redeem our time by seizing the current unique opportunity to do good in the Lord—helping those isolated at home and giving monetary gifts for the needy. More at https://churchinlosangeles.org/members/offerings

Los Angeles Young People

The SCYP Spring Pursuit, which began on March 21, is a 4-week conference with weekly live sessions, pre-recorded messages, group times, and special fellowships for both Junior High and High School students across SoCal. The topic is "Being Watchful in Life and Faithful in Service." Please pray for all of our young people in Los Angeles who are participating in this virtual conference.

The LA YP are also gathering weekly for online fellowship via Zoom on Monday and Wednesdays. We ask all the saints and the parents to pray strongly for these gatherings that the young ones would be encouraged, supplied, and helped practically by them.

Europe

More than 1100 people from about 50 nations viewed at least one video message and/or participated in question and answer times and/or group sessions of the Virtual European University Conference this past weekend. Lord, may the word sown in this conference bear fruit to greatly advance Your current move in Europe!

Announcements

  1. Morning Revival: Crystallization-study of Deuteronomy, week 6.
  2. Giving to the church at this time, see https://churchinlosangeles.org/members/offerings

Online Resources

  1. The Church in Los Angeles website has frequent updates on resources and fellowship related to our church life in the present situation. https://churchinlosangeles.org/covid19
  2. The Bible Tells Me So is posting daily videos from Monday to Friday for the next five weeks. The purpose is to foster a "Family Time" in each household. http://www.thebibletellsmeso.com/familytime
  3. LSM Christian Radio broadcasts hymns and messages of the ministry 24 hours each day. http://lsmchristianradio.com
  4. GTCA has a redesigned website to present ongoing burdens and updates about the ten target cities for migration this year. Participate by praying, giving or going! http://gtca.us
  5. Living to Him provides a forum for dialogue, study and prayerful exploration with a goal of helping young working saints to practically enter into a vital living for the building up of the Body of Christ. http://livingtohim.com

A Letter from the Co-workers Concerning 21 Days of Prayer

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Dear saints,

In light of the current world situation, the co-workers in the Lord's recovery feel that now is the time to call on the saints in every place to pray in one accord as the one new man for the Lord's interests on the earth. To facilitate this burden, we have set up a new website, http://unceasinglypray.org

This site is intended to foster round-the-clock, global prayer for 21 days, from April 1 to April 21, 2020. Visit http://unceasinglypray.org to:

Sign up to receive prayer burdens and reminders via email

  • Read an introductory letter from the co-workers
  • Select 15-minute daily time slots to pray
  • Pray over 21 suggested points for the saints' intercession
  • Confirm participation in this prayer ministry

If we avail ourselves of this opportunity, even while we are under restriction outwardly we will increase our spiritual capacity to carry out the most important service of the church, which is prayer. We believe that because of the strong one accord and rich blending among the co-workers and the churches, we, as the Lord's Body, are more able than ever before to put on the whole armor of God to stand for the Lord's interests against all the spiritual forces of evil.

To meet the need at this crucial juncture, we call on all the saints from every continent, nation, and locality in the Lord's recovery to pray with watchfulness and perseverance so that the Lord will have a way to advance the divine history within human history for the fulfillment of His purpose at the end of this age. Please spread the word so that as many saints as possible can join in this global prayer of the one new man.

The brothers coordinating the affairs for the 21 days of prayer


Prayer, Week of March 22

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Beginning the week of March 29 the LA prayer email will be sent to subscribers Tuesday morning. All may subscribe at https://churchinlosangeles.org/prayer

Becoming Qualified to Inherit the Promised Land

"See, Jehovah your God has set the land before you; go up, possess it, as Jehovah the God of your fathers has spoken to you. Do not fear, neither be dismayed." (Deut. 1:21)

Those who are qualified to inherit the good land know God's heart and God's government, love God, trust in God, fear God, subject themselves to God's ruling, mind the tender feelings of God, and live in the presence of God. (Crystallization-Study of Deuteronomy, week 5, I.B.)

As the word, Christ is the One who sustains us and makes us those who love God, fear God, subject ourselves to God's ruling, mind the tender feelings of God, and live in God's presence. As long as we have a morning revival through the holy Word and have daily victory also through the Word, we will become those who are qualified to inherit the good land. (WL, Life-Study of Deuteronomy, pp. 16-17)

Prayer for the Current Situation

"The earth is the Lord's and the fullness thereof." (1 Cor. 10:26)

"Be humbled under the mighty hand of God…casting all your anxiety on Him because it matters to Him concerning you. Be sober; watch." (1 Peter 5:6-8a)

"Let us not lose heart in doing what is good….So then, as we have the opportunity, let us do what is good toward all, but especially toward those of the household of the faith." (Gal. 6:9-10)

As God's people, let us pray for the advance of the divine history within the current human history. We need to be sober-minded and vigilant, but without anxiety or panic. We believe "the heavens do rule" (Dan. 4:26) so that the environment might be fit for God's chosen people to receive His salvation. In these days of local and global uncertainty, let us pray for:

  • the Lord's protection of His people globally in their health, economics, and other ways;
  • every believer to experience the peace of God guarding their hearts and thoughts (Phil. 4:7);
  • the Lord's wisdom to leading brothers and co-workers everywhere in guiding the church life;
  • the Lord's ruling as King of kings (Rev. 19:6) over all the governments and their decisions;
  • an increase in mutual contact and mutual care among both active and dormant saints;
  • all the saints to freshly and joyfully pursue the Lord in our new meeting environment;
  • the speaking of the ministry to continue and to reach every part of the earth;
  • the gospel to go out from us to many people who are open due to the current situation.

Stay informed about the church's meetings and fellowship at https://churchinlosangeles.org/covid19.

A word of encouragement from the leading brothers is available on this church website and at http://youtu.be/1bR4-loqKqE.

ITERO

The International Training for Elders and Responsible Ones will be by webcast March 27 to 29. Registered brothers will watch messages individually and have small study groups together by phone or internet. Pray for the Lord to advance in this time despite the change of format.

GTCA—Gospelize, Truthize, Churchize America

"Then He said to His disciples, The harvest is great, but the workers are few; therefore beseech the Lord of the harvest that He would thrust out workers into His harvest." (Matt. 9:37-38)

The basis for the Lord to accomplish His present move in this country is the persevering prayers in one accord (Acts 1:14). Let us beseech the Lord to thrust out laborers into the ripened harvest of middle America. Specifically, we need to pray that at least 300 saints (including 30 full-timers) will migrate to the 10 target cities in the United States. For reports and information, please visit http://GTCA.us.

BfA – Visalia, CA

In February, BfA went on a distribution trip to Visalia. We had a sweet time blending with local saints. They joined in passing out NTs, Basic Elements, and tracts at a junior college. Many young people opened up about their desire to read the Bible more; six left contact information. A staff member, who regularly gives Bibles to students, took a NT and15 BfA offer cards. Pray for the follow-up with the six new contacts, and for the saints to be encouraged by bearing remaining fruit from this campus.

European University Conference

The Spring European University Conference has been changed to an online gathering with spoken messages, live question and answer times, overflow, and special fellowship sessions. Dates are March 27 to 29. The subject is "The Christian Life in Philippians."

India

Please pray for the on-going Recovery Version Translation Project into 6 local Indian languages, that all the translators can be strengthened in their spirit, soul, and body. Also pray for the preparation of Hindi translators for the Recovery Version translation as the 7th Indian language.

Announcements

  1. Morning Revival: Crystallization-study of Deuteronomy, week 5.
  2. http://LSMchristianradio.com broadcasts hymns and messages of the ministry 24 hours each day.

Prayer, Week of March 15

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All prayer meetings this week in Los Angeles will be by internet or telephone. Each district will announce their plan.

The Building and the Battle

"Those who built the wall and those who carried burdens took the loads with one hand doing the work and with the other holding a weapon." (Neh. 4:17)

Whenever we enjoy Christ to a certain extent, there is always an issue—the building and the battle. These two always go together. If you would have the building of God, you must prepare to fight. For the building of God we need the materials, and for the fighting of the battle we need the weapons. All of these depend on the stones, the mountains, the iron, and the copper.

These minerals signify that there is something in the life of Christ as materials for the building of God and as weapons for the fighting of the battle. (WL, The All-inclusive Christ, chap. 7, sec. 2)

For the building and the battle, may we progress in our experience of this Christ as "a land whose stones are iron and from whose mountains [we] can mine copper!" (Deut. 8:9).

Prayer for the Current Situation

"The earth is Jehovah's, and its fullness, the habitable land and those who dwell in it." (Psa. 24:1)

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

* "Let us consider one another so as to incite one another to love and good works, not abandoning our own assembling together." (Heb. 10:24-25a)

As God's people, let us pray for the advance of the divine history within the current human history. We need to be sober-minded and vigilant, but we do not need to panic. We believe "the heavens do rule" (Dan. 4:26) so that the environment might be fit for God's chosen people to receive His salvation. In these days of local and global uncertainty, let us pray for:

  • the Lord's protection of all His people in their health, economics, and other ways;
  • the Lord to be wisdom to leading brothers and co-workers everywhere in guiding the church life;
  • the Lord's ruling as King of kings over all the governments and their current decisions;
  • an increase in mutual contact and mutual care among the saints;
  • all the saints to freshly and joyfully pursue the Lord in our new meeting environment;
  • *the speaking of the ministry to continue and to reach everyone;
  • the gospel to reach many people who are open due to the current situation.

Los Angeles Young People

All the upcoming young people's conferences at Oak Glen have been cancelled for the safety of the young people, serving ones, Oak Glen staff, and ultimately all the saints in the churches in Southern California. The coordinating saints are looking to the Lord to provide an alternate arrangement to convey the word and the burden to the young people. We pray that this provision can be as impactful upon them as it would have been at Oak Glen. Further details will be sent in the coming days.

* In LA, we began an online YP meeting Monday and Wednesday each week to check in with our JH and HS students, as well as to share helpful and encouraging topics. More than 30 YP joined the first meeting with positive responses. Please pray for increased care and contact with our YP during the coming weeks. Pray that the hearts of our dear young people would be comforted and encouraged in these days.

FTTA

In light of the rapidly developing situation and in consultation with the medical personnel, the senior co-workers, and the brothers overseeing LSM, we felt it was necessary to continue the FTTA remotely, beginning Monday, March 23, and to ask all the trainees to return to their homes as soon as possible. There is a growing sense of priority, not panic, that we cannot disregard our civic responsibility to society to take measures, though drastic as they may seem, to limit the spread of the coronavirus. It is most definitely wiser to err on the side of caution for the protection of our trainees and the recovery's name.

* FTT Middle-age

We had fellowship with some senior co-workers regarding what we should do. After much fellowship and deliberation, we decided to suspend this term of the FTT-MA and ask all the trainees to return home this week. All the training classes are therefore cancelled for this term until further notice.

GTCA—Gospelize, Truthize, Churchize America

"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)

In order for the Lord's prevailing move in this country to be realized, we need to pray intercessory prayers for all men, and especially for the leaders of this country. Our prayers are not political in nature; rather, we pray for the Lord's will in these verses to be fulfilled so that we may lead a quiet and tranquil life in godliness and gravity. Such prayer is with a view to preserving a proper environment that is suitable for "all men to be saved and to come to the full knowledge of the truth."

New GTCA Website

The website http://GTCA.us has been refreshed. At this site we can subscribe to receive ongoing burdens and news. The site also has information about the ten target cities for migration this year, including a conference and city tour in each city in May. We hope this new site will help facilitate the saints' participation in GTCA, whether by praying, giving, or migrating. May the Lord use this new site to further His move in North America!

Announcements

  1. Morning Revival: Crystallization-study of Deuteronomy, week 4.
  2. http://LSMchristianradio.com broadcasts hymns and messages of the ministry 24 hours each day.
  3. Memorial Day Conference: May 22 to 25 in Atlanta, GA. Conference and hotel information is posted at https://churchinlosangeles.org/prayer. Saints from LA should RSVP by April 28 at http://tinyurl.com/memdayla.

* additions or updates from the first prayer email for this week.