Prayer, Week of September 11, 2016
Bind and Loose in Harmony
“Truly I say to you, Whatever you bind on the earth shall have been bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on the earth shall have been loosed in heaven. Again, 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.” (Matthew 18:18-19)
[In Matthew 18 the Lord Jesus said that] we have to bind the binding one [Satan] and release the bound one [a brother] by praying together in harmony.
We may have a reason for each one no longer meeting with us, but would the Lord agree with our reasoning? The Lord would ask, “Where is your brother?” In other words, the Lord would not let us give people up. We should not give up on anyone. We have to go to the Lord again and again with prayers touching heaven by binding and releasing in harmony. Heaven means God. We touch God, and God comes in to do something. (WL, The Vital Groups, ch. 1, sec. 3)
International Thanksgiving Conference
The conference will be in San Jose, November 24 to 27. Details are at https://churchinlosangeles.org/prayer/.
Because the conference is close to us, let us ask the Lord to send many from L.A., especially those who rarely go to conferences, to receive His word first-hand and to experience blending with saints from everywhere.
Bibles for America California Tour
Last week Thursday, a team of BfA staff members began a two-week distribution tour to cities in Central and Northern California. In many cities, local saints will join the team to give away free copies of the New Testament Recovery Version and ministry books at various venues.
Please pray that the Lord would go before the saints on this tour and that He would lead many sons of peace to them as they give away the Bible and books in each city. Please pray also for the local saints’ continued contact with many who receive these materials.
Germany
On 1 September saints began to serve in Germany for one to three months to continue shepherding the many new ones contacted and saved in the first half of the year. Detailed information and an application can be found at http://germany2016.amanatrust.org.uk . Please pray that:
- a sufficient number of saints from outside Europe, including Los Angeles, will be burdened and available for this crucial stage in the Lord’s move in Germany;
- the new ones will be solidified in the church life during the next three months.
Lyon, France
Through the years, a major obstacle to the Lord’s move in France is the lack of stable families. Before 2008 in Lyon there was only one family. By Lord's abundant grace, now we have eight. All the families face different challenges daily. Please pray that the Lord continue to supply and strengthen these families.
For the past three years we had a brother’s house which has been a great blessing, but not after this summer; one brother graduated and the other continues his study in another city. Nevertheless, the Lord continues to strengthen our sisters’ houses: three sisters were admitted to Lyon universities, and the Lord sent two new sisters. Now there are seven sisters; six will live in two separate sister’s houses, and another with a family. We pray that all of them will be build up together through the corporate living.
Announcements
- Morning revival: Crystallization-Study of Exodus, vol. 7, week 40.
- The second and third parts of this year's Spanish-Speaking Perfecting Training in Southern California will
be Saturdays September 24 and November 19. - The Lord’s Move in Europe:
Giving for the Gospel Work in Europe instructions are at http://www.lordsmove.org/information.html.
Giving for the UK Building Fund instructions are at http://www.lordsmove.org/ukbuildingfund or you may give to the church in LA, designated for UK Building Fund.
Prayer, Week of September 4, 2016
Middle-Age Full-Time Training
The fall term of the middle age training in Anaheim begins this week. One hundred ten are registered; 93 for the full term and 17 for a week or a few weeks. Please pray for the Lord's moving in every trainee 1) for an eagerness to know Him and be trained, 2) for a strong exercise of the mingled spirit, and 3) for the 17, that the Lord will open a door and that each will give themselves to stay for the whole term.
Frankfurt, Germany
There has been a lot of positive development this year. Please continue to pray for us. Last fall, before the gospel activities started, we had a Lord’s Day attendance of 10-15 adults, meeting in homes. Now we have 35-45, including those who migrated here and new saints, not including visitors.
We have access to our new meeting hall starting this month. Besides meeting rooms, it has four small apartments. We praise and thank the Lord for His bountiful supply from the Body. We no longer need to change meeting places frequently through the week. Please pray that the new facility will release more blessing and building for the church, and be utilized profitably for the gospel and perfecting of the saints.
We have about 50 new ones from the Middle East who were baptized; the majority are Farsi speaking. We are laboring faithfully to enlarge our capacity to shepherd them with new believers’ meetings, home meetings, and other personal contacts. Please pray that many new ones will receive adequate shepherding and perfecting to become useful material for God's building.
We also have several hundred on our master list seeking further contact through the Bible Table distributions. These are another field of labor. Among these are a handful of local Germans that we try to take care of. South Africa, Angola, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Zambia
James Lee and Craig Birchler will be in South Africa for a conference in Pretoria September 9 to 11. At the conference many new ones are expected, especially a number from nearby countries such as Zambia, Zimbabwe, Angola, and Botswana.
After the conference James Lee will have a one week class at FTT Pretoria. The new ones from Angola, Zimbabwe, and Botswana will also join the class. This will be a very crucial time for saints from Zimbabwe and Angola because Zimbabwe is about to have their first Lord's Table in early October and the testimony in Angola is getting restored and strengthened to go on with the rest of the recovery. Please pray for this conference and also for the Lord's gaining these nearby countries for His testimony.
Conferences in Europe
The European Chinese-speaking conference will be September 9 to 11 in Paris.
There will be a conference in Bratislava, Slovakia, September 10 to 11.
There will be a conference in Lausanne, Switzerland, September 10 to 11.
Lord’s Move in Asia
The current LMA newsletter has reports from a young adults’ training, church life, and gospelizing in Sri Lanka. It also has a report from the international college training held in July in Taiwan.
English: http://lmasia.org/temp/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/E-2016-08.pdf
Chinese: http://lmasia.org/temp/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/Asia-2016-08.pdf
Announcements
- Morning revival: Crystallization-Study of Exodus, vol. 7, week 39.
- The International Thanksgiving Conference will be in San Jose, CA November 24 to 27. Details are at https://churchinlosangeles.org/prayer/.
- The Lord’s Move in Europe:
Information about serving in Germany this fall is at http://germany2016.amanatrust.org.uk.
Giving for the Gospel Work in Europe instructions are at http://www.lordsmove.org/information.html.
Giving for the UK Building Fund instructions are at http://www.lordsmove.org/ukbuildingfund or you may give to the church in LA, designated for UK Building Fund.
Prayer, Week of August 28, 2016
Know God, Show Strength, Take Action
“The people who know their God will show strength and take action” (Dan. 11:32b).
Knowing God can strengthen us. Many times we are weak because we do not know God. Our strength depends on the degree of our knowledge of God. Only those who know God will show strength and take action. To take action means “to expand.” Those who know God will be strong to expand their horizons and extend their boundaries and break new ground for God. On the earth today God needs those who would know Him in this way. (Crucial Truths in the Holy Scriptures, vol. 4, chap. 1, sec. 7)
CSUN, USC, Cal State Channel Islands, Junior Colleges
Semester universities and junior colleges began last week or this week. Please pray that the Lord supply our students and build them together as they contact gospel friends and classmates. Please pray also for continuing contact with students we met during the summer.
Perfecting Training for L.A Korean-Speaking Saints
The Lord started this monthly perfecting training early this year and we believe that He blessed this time. Besides monthly meetings, all the participating saints meet multiple times throughout the month with their vital companions or small group members to digest the contents after each meeting. Especially young believers are having much benefit from this practice.
We will redeem more time this Labor Day weekend to cover four messages about ‘Life’ and ‘the Body of Christ.’ Please pray that many saints join this training and there would be the clear sky so that Christ would be increased among us.
Southern California Chinese-Speaking Gospel
Last Saturday in Cerritos there was a joint gospel in-reaping meeting, which is part of the Southern California Chinese-speaking monthly event held at the different localities.
At the Cerritos meeting hall, there was a gospel truth forum 4 to 6 pm and a gospel meeting 7 to 8 pm. There were 120 from L.A. hall 3 and 60 from hall 4 with total of 280 present in the meeting. The meeting went very well. At the end, 21 new ones were baptized.
Northern California Labor Day Conference
This conference is Friday evening, September 2 through Lord's Day noon, September 4, in San Francisco. May the Lord bless this time of blending for the building up of His Body.
Freshers’ Fayre on UK University Campuses
Most universities in the UK are starting their new academic year in the coming weeks. This is the most crucial time for making new contacts on campus. Please pray:
- To consecrate the new academic year, the students, the homes, and the labor on campus to the Lord;
- That the Lord will raise up key students to co-labor on many campuses throughout the UK and Europe;
- That the Lord will open the way to contact local seeking ones during this critical time and gain them as remaining fruit.
Germany
Beginning September 1, saints have the opportunity to serve in Germany for one to three months to continue shepherding the many new ones contacted and saved in the first half of the year. There is a great need to solidify the seeking ones in the church life, and the number who have applied to serve for the first month is well below the need. Detailed information and an application can be found at http://germany2016.amanatrust.org.uk. Please pray that a larger number of saints from outside Europe will be burdened and available to join the European saints for this crucial stage in the Lord’s move in Germany.
Ethiopia
Thirty-one saints gave up their jobs to join the One Year Truth Pursuit Training in Ethiopia starting two weeks ago. The spread of the recovery in Ethiopia has been strong and the saints are eager to be perfected, but the South African government has not let them come to the FTT in Pretoria. Please pray that the Lord will honor their consecration and provide the finances to meet this need.
Romania
The national conference will be September 2 to 4.
Announcements
- Morning revival: Crystallization-Study of Exodus, vol. 7, week 38.
- The second and third parts of this year's Spanish-Speaking Perfecting Training in Southern California will be Saturdays September 24 and November 19.
- The International Thanksgiving Conference will be in San Jose, CA November 24 to 27. Details are at https://churchinlosangeles.org/prayer/.
- The Lord’s Move in Europe:
Information about serving in Germany this fall is at http://germany2016.amanatrust.org.uk.
Giving for the Gospel Work in Europe instructions are at http://www.lordsmove.org/information.html.
Giving for the UK Building Fund instructions are at http://www.lordsmove.org/ukbuildingfund or you may give to the church in LA, designated for UK Building Fund.
Prayer, Week of August 21, 2016
Christ Grows and Believers are Added
“Holding to truth in love, we may grow up into Him in all things, who is the Head, Christ, out from whom all the Body...causes the growth of the Body unto the building up of itself in love.” (Eph. 4:15-16)
“A considerable number was added to the Lord.” (Acts 11:24)
Although we completed the morning revival on the increase of Christ, we need to continue opening to the Lord for His increase in us and for more people around us to be saved and added to Him. May we follow the example of the church in Antioch where “the grace of God” was visible (11:23). This was “the Triune God received and enjoyed by the believers and expressed in their salvation” (11:23, part of note 1). By such receiving and enjoying the Lord will grow in us and new believers will be added to the Lord.
Southern California Young People Blending Meetings
There will be a blending meeting for all the young people in Southern California this Saturday, August 27 from 4 to 9 pm in Arcadia. Please pray that the young people would be free to come to this time with an open heart, sober mind, and strong spirit to receive the fresh speaking from the brothers. May the Lord build up our junior high and high school students in the Word and with their companions as they begin the new school year.
Spanish-Speaking Perfecting Training
Saturday will be the first of three days of this year’s training for Spanish-speaking saints in Southern California. These days focus on the practice of the God-ordained way by our cooperating with Him. For this we need to have the vision of the age, to arrive at the high peak of the divine revelation; we need the God-man living by being discipled to be overcomers living in the kingdom; and we need to be shepherds caring for and feeding the flock of God. Lord, train us to be the dispensational instruments You seek!
UK and Ireland Blending Conference
This annual conference will be August 27-28. We expect a rich feast and the Lord’s blessing in the fellowship and blending among all the saints and churches attending.
UK Building Fund
Information about the new facilities at Bower House, Bower Farm, and Woodland Camp are at https://www.amanatrust.org.uk/uk-building-project. To give to the UK Building Fund for these projects, instructions are at the same web site or you may give to the church, designated for UK Building Fund.
Announcements
- Morning revival: Crystallization-Study of Exodus, vol. 7, week 37.
- This year's Spanish-Speaking Perfecting Training in Southern California will be Saturdays August
27, September 24, and November 19. - The Lord’s Move in Europe:
Information about serving in Germany this fall is at http://germany2016.amanatrust.org.uk.
Giving for the Gospel Work in Europe instructions are at http://www.lordsmove.org/information.html.
Prayer, Week of August 15, 2016
The Increase of Christ for God’s Building
The greatest prophecy in the Bible is in Matthew 16:18: “I will build My church.” The builded church contains and expresses God. For this, God must have human vessels to fill.
For the building up of the church as the house of God and the Body of Christ, we need to “disciple all the nations, baptizing them into the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you." (Matt. 28:19-20) . (Memorial Day conf., msg 6, II, III)
Lord, energize and send us to disciple, baptize, and teach, so that You can gain and fill more vessels, and build Your church.
CSUN
On Lord's Day, August 21, the Chinese-speaking saints in Hall 2 will have a gospel time and lunch with new students coming to CSUN. They will be supported by saints from Hall 3. Some new students were contacted last week; others are being contacted this week. Ask the Lord to remove any hindrances to attendance at the gospel time, to prepare their hearts to receive Him in a strong way, and to arrange continued shepherding through the coming weeks and months.
The English-speaking students gather afternoons Tuesday through Friday this week for perfecting and enjoying, then go out to contact new freshmen after orientations. Ask the Lord to give our students much enjoyment, to arrange meeting hungry students, to maintain contact with them, and to bring these students into participating in club activities and into our homes.
FTTA, FTTL
The Anaheim and London trainings begin this week. Pray for the Lord to supply the new trainees in their adjustments to training life. Please pray also that the Lord will carry out His perfecting work in all the trainees by giving them a controlling vision of God’s economy, by growing in them day by day, by blending them together, and by raising them up to be living and functioning members of His Body.
Middle-Age Training
The middle age training begins September 5. Ask the Lord to release more saints to give themselves to this term of training for the sake of His move all over the earth.
Anchorage, Alaska
The Anchorage Market and Festival is an outdoor, weekend event held throughout each summer. Anchorage receives over one million tourists per year, and the market has become a popular attraction.
The church in Anchorage has a booth at the market each Saturday throughout the summer to give away ministry books, gospel tracts, and the Recovery Version NT in various languages. They have met many visitors who might not otherwise have had the opportunity to hear God’s Word and many Christians who encourage them in their labor. So far, they have passed out an average of over 300 items per week.
Please pray that the Lord prepare people’s hearts as they visit the market and bring them to the booth to meet the saints and receive the Word. Pray also that the saints would be supplied to be channels of life to these vessels from all over the world.
European University Training
The training is this week, August 15 to 21, in London. The goal is to perfect God-loving and Christ- pursuing students in the areas of biblical truth, experience of life, gospel preaching, and character development, all with a view to moulding them into useful vessels in the Lord’s hands for the building up of His Body.
Germany
The results of gospel trips in the first half of the year have been dramatic and encouraging. We now have over 1,000 contacts, both refugees and local Germans, with almost 300 having prayed to receive the Lord. If just the newly saved are added to the churches, that will be a 100% increase in Germany. It is clear that the fields in Germany “are already white for harvest.” (John 4:35.) Yet the workers are few.
"Beseech the Lord of the harvest that He would thrust out workers into His harvest." (Luke 10:2)
Baltic Blending Conference
This annual conference is August 19 to 21 in Latvia.
Announcements
- Morning revival: Week 6 of The Increase of Christ (Memorial Day Conference).
Our next morning revival will be Exodus, vol. 7. - This year's Spanish-Speaking Perfecting Training in Southern California will be Saturdays August
27, September 24, and November 19. - The Lord’s Move in Europe:
Information about serving in Germany this fall is at http://germany2016.amanatrust.org.uk.
Giving for the Gospel Work in Europe instructions are at http://www.lordsmove.org/information.html. Giving for the UK Building Fund instructions are at http://www.lordsmove.org/ukbuildingfund or you may give to the church in LA, designated for UK Building Fund.
Prayer, Week of August 7, 2016
Increase of Christ, Spiritual Progress, Growth in Life
“Until we all arrive at the oneness of the faith and of the full knowledge of the Son of God, at a full- grown man, at the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ.” (Eph. 4:13)
"Until Christ is formed in you." (Gal. 4:19)
On the positive side, spiritual progress is the increase of the element of Christ within us; on the negative side, spiritual progress is the removal of all things other than Christ within us. When Christ grows and is formed in us so that there is the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ within us, this is spiritual progress. (Memorial Day conference, message 5, I.E.1, I.F)
Lord, grow in us! Increase within us and remove all other things!
United States
“I exhort therefore, first of all, that petitions, prayers, intercessions, thanksgivings be made on behalf of all men; on behalf of kings and all who are in high position, that we may lead a quiet and tranquil life in all godliness and gravity.” (1 Tim. 2:1-2)
The elections for the U.S. president and congress are two months from now. We pray to release on earth the authority of the "Ruler of the kings of the earth" (Rev. 1:5) for His choice of elected officials.
CSUN
“Lift up your eyes and look on the fields, for they are already white for harvest” (John 4:35).
The CSUN students have begun to coordinate together to contact the incoming freshmen at their orientations during the next three weeks. The freshmen are the “ripe” ones to contact: they are open and looking for new friends and direction in their college years. Please pray that:
- Our students would become enjoyers of life to be ministers of life;
- Our students would be built together in one accord;
- The best freshmen would be contacted, attracted, and eventually gained as remaining fruit in the
homes and in the meetings of the church.
Thousand Oaks - Cal State Channel Islands
In May seven members of our campus Bible club graduated. We had a wonderful graduation meeting but now only a few students remain in our club. We need to re-start our campus work. Please pray for:
- a BfA table on campus for the first two week of the semester, which begins August 29;
- saints to serve at the BfA table and contact new students (we welcome help from other churches);
- an off campus meeting place, in either Camarillo or Oxnard, to be with students and their friends.
Oak Glen
The churches in Southern California are owners of the Southern California Blending Center in Oak Glen. The downpayment was 20 percent of the purchase price. The seller is loaning us 80 percent, to be paid through 2016 and 2017. Thank the Lord for this purchase and ask Him to keep us in His grace for our giving for the payment of this loan.
Polish New Testament Recovery Version
The gospel of John in Polish was released at the International Blending conference in Poland in May. The project is now entering its final year, with the typesetting set to begin in December 2016, and the proof-reading to follow in August and September 2017. Please pray for:
- the typesetting schedule to be met without any problems;
- a sufficient number of saints to make themselves available for the proof reading next year;
- the Lord would be the supply, wisdom, oneness, and protection to all the saints involved in this work;
- all of the project's practical and financial needs, so that it can continue without interruption and be
finished as planned.
Announcements
- Morning revival: Week 5 of The Increase of Christ (Memorial Day Conference).
Our next morning revival will be Exodus, vol. 7. - This year's Spanish-Speaking Perfecting Training in Southern California will be Saturdays August 27, September 24, and November 19.
- The Lord’s Move in Europe:
Information about serving in Germany this fall is at http://germany2016.amanatrust.org.uk.
Giving for the Gospel Work in Europe instructions are at http://www.lordsmove.org/information.html.
Giving for the UK Building Fund instructions are at http://www.lordsmove.org/ukbuildingfund or you may give to the church in LA, designated for UK Building Fund.
Prayer, Week of July 31, 2016
One Accord for the Increase and Spread of the Church
“I beseech you, brothers, through the name of our Lord Jesus Christ...that you be attuned in the same mind and in the same opinion.” (1 Cor. 1:10)
“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)
In order to have the increase of Christ for the increase and spread of the church, we must have the one accord; the Greek word for one accord is homothumadon from homo, “same,” and thumos, “mind, will, purpose (soul, heart)”. The one accord is the master key to every blessing in the New Testament; to apply the oneness is to keep it, and to keep it is to practice the one accord. (Memorial Day conf, msg 4, I, I.A)
Lord, enrich and strengthen our experience of one accord, and release many twos and threes to pray regularly for the increase and spread here in Los Angeles.
Summer School of Truth
LA’s Summer School of Truth concluded Saturday. We ask for your prayer this week for a strong continuation. Please pray that:
- The Lord would continue to open the hearts of the young people;
- They would experience the divine Spirit mingled with their human spirit in their daily life;
- The young people would be blended and build relationships with each other;
- All of the serving ones would continue steadfastly in one accord;
College Freshmen Orientation Times
In the weeks and months before the school year begins, every college has orientation times for new students. These orientations and the first two weeks of the school year are the best time for our Christian Students Clubs to contact new students. Please pray for many contacts, for continued communication with each one in the weeks after initial contact, and for them to be brought into participation in club activities early in the school year.
European Young People’s and Children’s Conferences
The conferences are July 29 to August 4 in Poland. The purpose is to provide an atmosphere of truth, love, blending, and enjoyment that imparts light and life, and builds up and inspires the young people to consecrate their lives to the Lord and take positive directions in their Christian walk.
Over 1200 young people, parents, and children are expected to attend. Please continue to pray for:
- The Lord to release a timely word that will meet His present need among the young people of Europe;
- The young people to receive a vision of the testimony of Jesus that they could give their lives to;
- The binding of the enemy and all his distracting tactics;
- The serving ones to be brought into the Lord’s heart for the young people.
The Lord’s Move in Germany
To continue the gospel trips that took place in Germany during the first half of 2016, a door has been opened for saints to serve in Germany for a period of one to three months. For more information, see http://germany2016.amanatrust.org.uk. Please pray that the Lord will burden the saints for the ongoing care of the seeking ones in Germany.
In Germany, the refugees are primarily from Syria and Iran. Those from Syria are mostly fleeing the war; a large number from Iran are Christians fleeing religious persecution. The saints have made contact with individual Iranian believers as well as groups of believers who are searching for spiritual food. We need to pray for adequate translators. We also need to pray that the Lord would have a way to quickly get more ministry books into Farsi (the language spoken in Iran) in order to feed these hungry ones.
Recent Attacks in Germany
In recent weeks, several attacks have been carried out in Germany by asylum seekers. These attacks have unsettled the Germany people and have the potential of changing the attitude of the German people toward the refugees. Please pray that the Lord as the heavenly Administrator in God’s government will maintain a favorable situation for His work in Germany and will use the recent events to open the hearts of the German people and the refugees.
Lord's Move in Vietnam and Turkey
The current LMA newsletter presents the history and current advance of the Lord in Vietnam, where there are 45 churches with about 1800 saints meeting regularly and a larger number who meet occasionally. More than 200 young people came to a three-day summer camp earlier this month. Last year the saints bought land and now are building a training center.
The newsletter also has something about the recovery in Turkey.
English: http://lmasia.org/temp/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/E-2016-07.pdf
Chinese: http://lmasia.org/temp/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/Asia-2016-07.pdf
Announcements
- Morning revival: Week 4 of The Increase of Christ (Memorial Day Conference).
- This year's Spanish Speaking Perfecting Training in Southern California will be Saturdays August 27, September 24, and November 19.
- The Lord’s Move in Europe:
Giving for the Gospel Work in Europe instructions are at http://www.lordsmove.org/information.html. Giving for the UK Building Fund instructions are at http://www.lordsmove.org/ukbuildingfund or you may give to the church in LA, designated for UK Building Fund.
Prayer, Week of July 24, 2016
The Increase of the Church by Ministering Life to Others
“Those who receive the abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness will reign in life through the One, Jesus Christ.” (Rom. 5:17)
In order to minister life to others: (1) we need adequate time with the Lord; (2) we learn to be
dealt with by the Lord; (3) we pick up a burden to care for unbelievers, young believers, and weak believers; and (4) we learn to be interested in people. (The Increase of Christ, outline 3, II.A–D)
Lord, take each of us onward in these four directions so that we may gain life to minister to all kinds of people for Your increase!
UCLA
At UCLA we are contacting new students during their freshmen orientation sessions organized by the university throughout the summer. Session 104 (July 26-28) is special in that it is reserved for students participating in the FSP and CSI “head start” programs. These students will live on campus and take classes for 6 to 7 weeks, giving us a valuable opportunity for continued contact. Please pray for us to be linked strongly to many students in these two summer programs.
Summer School of Truth
LA’s Summer School of Truth (July 22 to 30) got off to a good start this past Friday. We sense a simplicity and openness among the young people and believe that it is the result of the prayers of the saints. We continue to ask for your prayer this week. Please pray that:
- The Lord would continue to open the hearts of the young people this week;
- They would be helped to experience the Two Spirits—the divine Spirit mingled with the human spirit—in their daily life;
- The young people would be blended and build relationships with each other;
- All of the serving ones would continue steadfastly in one accord;
- The Lord would bless this Summer School of Truth and that it would become a blessing to the
whole church!
European Young People’s Conference
The conference is July 29 to August 4 in Poland. The purpose is to provide an atmosphere of truth, love, blending, and enjoyment that imparts light and life, and builds up and inspires the young people to consecrate their lives to the Lord and take positive directions in their Christian walk. Young people from all over Europe will attend, with some also from outside Europe. Our hope is that we all would develop a sense of mutuality, and receive the spiritual energy, strength, and motivation to live for the Lord and His recovery.
Over 1,200 are expected to attend either the Senior Conference, the Junior Conference or the Parents and Children Conference which run concurrently. Please pray for:
- The Lord to release a timely word that will meet His present need among the young people of
Europe; - The unveiling of the young people, that they would receive a vision of the testimony of Jesus that
they could give their lives to; - The binding of the enemy and all his distracting tactics;
- The serving ones to be brought into the Lord’s heart for the young people.
Germany
We have entered a new phase in the work in Germany. The initial Gospel Trips have been completed and the extremely favorable results compel us to continue to seek workers to thrust into the harvest. Although the flood of refugees into Germany has slowed for a time, the window of opportunity for us to reach the people remains open.
Many new ones, both refugees and Germans, have been given to us. We now have over 1,000 contacts, with almost 300 having prayed to receive the Lord. If just the newly saved are added to the churches, that will be a 100% increase in Germany. It is clear that the fields in Germany “are already white for harvest” (John 4:35). Yet the workers are few.
To provide continuing care and much needed shepherding, the coworkers determined that the work should continue. Thus there is now the opportunity to participate in the shepherding phase of this labor in September, October, and November. More information is at http://germany2016.amanatrust.org.uk.
Announcements
- Morning revival: Week 3 of The Increase of Christ (Memorial Day Conference).
- This year's Spanish Speaking Perfecting Training in Southern California will be Saturdays
August 27, September 24, and November 19. - The Lord’s Move in Europe:
Giving for the Gospel Work in Europe instructions are at http://www.lordsmove.org/information.html. Giving for the UK Building Fund instructions are at http://www.lordsmove.org/ukbuildingfund or you may give to the church in LA, designated for UK Building Fund. - The European Student Blending Trip is July 13 to 26. Pictures, videos, and updates are at http://www.unistudents.eu/blending-trip-2016/.
Prayer, Week of July 17, 2016
Summer School of Truth
LA’s summer school of truth (July 22 to 30) needs the prayer of the entire church so that the Lord have a way to move within and among the young people for His testimony. Please pray that the Lord would prepare the hearts of the young people, that they would experience the Two Spirits—the divine Spirit mingled with the human spirit—in their daily life, and that the Lord would bless this summer school of truth which begins this Friday.
Summer College Training
The Midwest, Northeast, and Southeast college trainings are this week. More than 700 students are expected at these trainings. Please pray that:
- The Lord would grant each one a vision of His economy;
- The students would experience much perfecting in the exercise of the spirit and the carrying out of the God-ordained way;
- All those serving would continue steadfastly in one accord;
- The Lord would personally shepherd each trainee, in particular each of the newly graduated high school seniors, so that they consecrate their college years fully to the Lord.
Internet
May many saints rise up to give a little time each week to “war the good warfare” (1 Tim. 1:18) on the Internet by presenting truths of this ministry, supporting others’ presentations, or testifying their experiences of Christ. This will provide a positive flow of life and truth to water people everywhere and will help (in internet search results) to push down false information that has accumulated over the past years. For more information, contact Don Martin.
Lord, Add Believers to Yourself!
Acts 5:14, "Believers were all the more being added to the Lord, multitudes of both men and women."
In recent weeks there has been much violence in the United States, in Europe, and in other places. This violence is due to "the mystery of lawlessness that is now operating" (2 Thes. 2:7). However, Christ is "Head over all things to the church" (Eph. 1:22). We cooperate to ask Him to turn the mourning and lamentations from these negative events to a hunger for His word in all the earth (Amos 8:10-11) and to add believers all the more to Himself.
Germany
A 21-minute video was shown the last day of the Summer Training. It is available at https://www.amanatrust.org.uk/videos/2016STV.mp4.
For the continued shepherding of the seeking ones, a door will be open for the saints to serve in Europe (mainly Germany) for a period of one to three months. This service is tentatively scheduled to begin on September 1st. An application will be required. Details will be forthcoming. Please pray:
- That the Lord will burden the saints to participate in the ongoing care of the seeking new ones in Germany and other parts of Europe.
- For translators to be raised up and perfected to be our co-workers and for our own brothers and sisters who can translate to be able to come to Germany either by visitation or migration.
Nordic Conference
The annual Nordic Conference will be in Uppsala, Sweden on July 22 to 24, for blending fellowship in the Triune God. Following the conference, there will be a brothers’ fellowship July 24 to 25.
Announcements
- Morning revival: Week 2 of The Increase of Christ (Memorial Day Conference).
- This year’s Spanish Speaking Perfecting Training in Southern California will be Saturdays August
27, September 24, and November 19. - The Lord’s Move in Europe:
Giving for the Gospel Work in Europe instructions are at http://www.lordsmove.org/information.html.
Giving for the UK Building Fund instructions are at http://www.lordsmove.org/ukbuildingfund or you may give to the church, designated for UK Building Fund. - The European Student Blending Trip is July 13 to 26. Pictures, videos, and updates are at http://www.unistudents.eu/blending-trip-2016.
Prayer, Week of July 10, 2016
Summer College Training
The West Coast South and Northwest College trainings are this week at Oak Glen and near Seattle, respectively. About 320 saints are at Oak Glen, and 150 in Washington. The Midwest, Southeast, and Northeast College trainings are next week. The title of the training is "The Revelation of the Mystery." Please pray for these times that:
1) the Lord would grant each one a vision of His economy;
2) the students would experience much perfecting in the exercise of the spirit and the carrying out of the God-ordained way;
3) all those serving would continue steadfastly in one accord;
4) the Lord would personally shepherd each trainee, in particular each of the newly graduated high school seniors, so that they consecrate their college years fully to the Lord.
Video Trainings
Please remember the delayed video trainings that take place in many localities after last week’s live Summer Training and simulcasts. In Los Angeles, there are video trainings taking place now at Hall 2 in English and Spanish. Pray for the saints’ hearing, receiving, and absorbing of the Lord’s speaking.
The Church in Rohnert Park, California
In May, the Church in Rohnert Park took the ground! The saints in Marin county and Sonoma county are meeting together every Lord's Day as the Church in Rohnert Park. This is the first church in North Bay (Bay Area north of San Francisco), and it is the location of Sonoma State University. We are about 20–30 total, including children.
Anti-Terrorism Law in Russia
On June 30 the upper house of Russia’s parliament approved an anti-terrorism law that places broad limitations on “missionary work,” including preaching, teaching, and engaging in any activity designed to recruit people into a religious group. Russian president Putin has not yet put the law into effect. Russian president Putin signed this law late last week, thus putting it into effect beginning later this month. [added July 11] . Please pray that the heavens will rule and keep the door of the gospel open in Russia.
UK Building Fund
Those who are burdened to give to the UK Building Fund for the purchase of the farm adjacent to Bower House in London and for the construction of new facilities at Bower House, Bower Farm, and Woodland Camp can find instructions at http://www.lordsmove.org/ukbuildingfund or you may give to the church, designated for UK Building Fund.
European Student Blending Trip
A group of 27 saints, mostly students from the UK, will blend with the churches in Belgium,
Germany, and the Netherlands July 13 to 26. Please pray for:
- the preparation of the students' hearts and the Lord's arranging and covering of all practical details;
- the Lord to impress the students with His Body and His move in Europe and that they will have the Lord's fresh calling to consecrate themselves to Him and for His move;
- the sweet blending with each locality and a rich supply of grace to the churches.
Announcements
- Morning revival: week 1 of The Increase of Christ (Memorial Day Conference).
- The L.A. Summer School of Truth will be on the Two Spirits; the dates are July 22 to 30. Schedule and registration are at https://churchinlosangeles.org/ssot/.
- The Lord’s move in Germany:
Reports are on a public Facebook page Germany Update http://facebook.com/germanyupdate.
Giving for the Gospel Work in Europe instructions are at http://www.lordsmove.org/information.html.