Prayer, Week of July 3, 2016
Summer Training
Please remember the live training this week, July 4–9, in Anaheim, as well as the webcast and video training in many localities. Pray for the saints’ hearing, receiving, and digesting of the Lord’s up-to-date speaking, not only during the meetings but even in study sessions and dinner-time fellowships. May the Lord infuse His recovery with His burden from the book of Exodus!
College Trainings
The West Coast South and Northwest College trainings will be July 11-17 at Oak Glen and close to Seattle, respectively. We expect about 320 saints at Oak Glen, and 150 in Washington. 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.
The Church in Rohnert Park, California
Last month, 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.
Europe
Hebrews 12:26-27 speaks of the shaking of earthly things. Verse 28 says, "Therefore receiving an unshakable kingdom, let us have grace..."
On June 23 the citizens of the United Kingdom voted to leave the European Union. This has caused political, economic, and social uncertainty in the UK and in Europe. Europe is shakable! Please pray that:
- the heavens will continue to rule over the entire situation.
- the uncertainties will open many to the gospel, and that all who have received will "have grace."
- the negotiation of the UK’s exit from the EU (a two year process which will begin at an uncertain time) will be favorable to the Lord’s move in Europe.
Lyon, France
A group of saints started to meet in mid June to plan campus gospel activities for the school year which starts mid September. We are praying together and fellowshipping weekly all the details and started to translate several gospel tracts from English to French. This planning is carried out not only by the core brothers and sisters but also by some zealous students who are living and active. Through our endeavoring in one accord, we desperately hope that the Lord will add more native French to us as
remaining fruits.
Announcements
- Morning revival: summer training verses or repeat week 36.
Monday, July 11, we will begin The Increase of Christ (Memorial Day Conference). - Summer Training—No Open Meetings: Due to a full capacity at the Ministry Conference Center, there will be no open meetings during this week's live training in Anaheim.
- 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.
Prayer, Week of June 26, 2016
The Increase of Christ in the Believers
“The hungry He has filled with good things, and the rich He has sent away empty.” (Luke 1:53)
The first condition for spiritual progress in a believer is hunger. All spiritual progress depends on our hunger; in order to have sustained progress before the Lord, we need a sustained hunger. God’s principle is to fill the hungry with good things and to send the rich away empty. Spiritual progress comes with a price; in order for a believer to make progress, he must pay a price. (Memorial Day, msg. 5, I.A-I.A.3)
“I counsel you to buy from Me gold refined by fire that you may be rich, and white garments that you may be clothed and that the shame of your nakedness may not be manifested, and eyesalve to anoint your eyes that you may see.” (Rev. 3:18)
Summer Training
The Summer Training is July 4 to 9 in Anaheim as well as through webcasts and video in many localities. Ask the Lord to prepare the speaking brothers during their labor on the messages. Also ask the Lord to prepare all who have registered to attend and to be good listeners and absorbers of the word.
FTTA Graduation
One hundred nineteen will graduate from FTTA this Saturday. Please pray for their faithful going on with the Lord outside the training environment, the willingness of many to serve full time, and their blending into the church life wherever they go. Let us also ask the Lord to bring 80 brothers and 80 sisters to begin the training in August.
Southern California Chinese-speaking Gospel
Last Saturday there was a Chinese language gospel time in Arcadia. In the afternoon was a gospel truth forum, with about 750 in attendance. The panelists answered the questions in an excellent way. At the end, new ones rushed to the podium fighting to get their number to be baptized. A total of 36 were baptized after the gospel truth forum.
After dinner, the gospel meeting was given in three parts, each focusing on one word: Lost, Newness, and Look. Before each message, there were a few testimonies from the saints. After each message, there was a call for those to believe and be baptized. Every time there was a call, some responded. The meeting was full of joy and the Spirit.
Thank the Lord for his blessing on this gathering where a total of 46 were baptized, including four new ones from L.A.
European Union Referendum in UK
In the EU Referendum on June 23, the United Kingdom voted to leave the European Union by a narrow majority. It is a decision that requires at least two years to bring to completion. Its potential impact on the Lord’s interests could include freedom of movement (for trainings at Bower House) and visa regulations (for saints moving to Europe). Please pray for the heavens to rule over the repercussions of this referendum for the sake of the Lord’s move in Europe.
Germany
This is the last week of the seventh gospel trip. None are planned during summer. Please pray
- For the Lord's blessing on all the homes opened by the saints in Germany for care of new believers.
- For the new believers to be shepherded into a normal and healthy walk with the Lord.
- That the Lord gain many key young people, university students, and young families who will be the future of the Lord's move in Germany.
Lord’s Move to Asia
The June issue of the LMA newsletter has a report from the national blending conference in Laos and some history of the recovery there. It also has a brief report of a young people's training in Myanmar.
English: http://lmasia.org/temp/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/E-2016-06.pdf
Chinese: http://lmasia.org/temp/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/Asia-2016-06.pdf
Announcements
- Morning revival: Week 36 in Crystallization-Study of Exodus, vol. 6.
Next week use summer training verses or repeat week 36.
Monday, July 11, we will begin 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. Information about follow-up gospel trips 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 June 19, 2016
The Increase of Christ
“These all continued steadfastly with one accord in prayer.” (Acts 1:14a)
“And day by day, continuing steadfastly with one accord...” (Acts 2:46)
“And He is the Head of the Body, the church; He is the beginning, the Firstborn from the dead, that He Himself might have the first place in all things.” (Col. 1:18)
“And have put on the new man...where...Christ is all and in all.” (Col. 3:10-11)
In order to have the increase of Christ for the increase and spread of the church, we must have the one accord. The one accord is the master key to every blessing in the New Testament. In order to have the one accord, we need to care for one thing; the one thing, the unique thing, in the Lord’s recovery is God’s eternal economy with Christ as the centrality and universality. (Memorial Day, msg 4, I.-I.B)
If you mean business with the Lord's recovery and if you mean business with His present day, up-to- date move, you must first take care of this one thing—one accord. (Elders' Training, Book 7, ch. 1)
Summer Training
Lord, bless the brothers preparing to speak Your word in the training and work in each one of us to get us ready to receive and respond to Your word.
FTTA-Midage Graduation
This Saturday thirty-two trainees will graduate from the Middle-Age Training. Please pray for 1) the Lord's rich dispensing to all who attend the graduation, and the attraction of some to participate in the training, 2) the graduates following of the Lamb wherever He may go after graduation, 3) the current first term trainees to continue to their second term, 4) forty new trainees to begin in March, including some from L.A.
Summer School of Truth
The Summer School of Truth in L.A. is July 22-30. The subject is the Two Spirits. Please pray for the young people and shepherd them to register. In the past, we have had 50 young people participate. However, if the Lord would be gracious to us this year through our prayer, we could have as many as 65 young people. The schedule and registration information are at https://churchinlosangeles.org/ssot/.
Full-Time Team Reunion
The reunion of Southern California full-time campus teams, also open to students and community saints, is June 23 to 25 in Fullerton. Please pray for blending and being brought into one accord for the Lord's move on the campuses.
European Union Referendum in United Kingdom
The EU Referendum to be held on June 23 will decide if the United Kingdom remains in the European Union. It is a decision that will affect everyone and its potential impact on the Lord’s interests could include freedom of movement (for trainings at Bower House) and visa regulations (for saints moving to Europe). Please pray for heavens to rule over the outcome of the referendum for the sake of the Lord’s move in Europe.
Gospel Trip in Germany
The seventh follow-up gospel trip began Lord's Day, June 19. Four saints from L.A. and two from Thousand Oaks are participating. This will be the last trip until the fall. Please pray for a wonderful harmony within the team, the Lord's blessing on the gospel and shepherding of new believers, and much participation by the local working saints.
Germany
Please pray for the Lord's advance in Germany including:
- a rich supply to local saints who are coordinating the trips and follow-up care;
- translators to be raised up and perfected to be our co-workers as channels of life to the refugees;
- brothers and sisters in the recovery who can translate to come to Germany by visitation or migration;
- the refugees and German people who have been saved through the gospel and follow-up trips will remain with the Lord and enter into the church life to be built up with all the saints into the one new man;
- meeting halls in Berlin and Düsseldorf in the best location and adequate to meet the ongoing need;
- continued blessing on the distribution of the Bible and the remaining fruit through this distribution.
Madagascar
June 19 was the first Lord's Table of the church in Antananarivo, Madagascar, an island nation east of the main part of Africa.
Announcements
- Morning revival: Week 35 in Crystallization-Study of Exodus, vol. 6. June 27 to July 2, week 36
Hold on to Material Offerings and the Lord's Move Today. We will use it more later this year. - The Lord’s move in Germany:
Reports are on a public Facebook page Germany Update http://facebook.com/germanyupdate. Information about follow-up gospel trips 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 June 12, 2016
The Increase of Christ by Ministering Life to Others
“I am the vine; you are the branches. He who abides in Me and I in him, he bears much fruit; for apart from Me you can do nothing.” (John 15:5)
The church is altogether a matter of life, because the church is the organism of the Triune God as the Body of Christ and as the vine with the branches; our work, speaking, fellowship, service, ministry, message, Bible study, and prayer must be in the flow and imparting of life. (Memorial Day msg 3, III.B.)
“Which man of you, who has a hundred sheep and has lost one of them, does not leave the ninety- nine in the wilderness and go after the one which is lost until he finds it? And when he finds it, he lays it on his shoulders, rejoicing.” (Luke 15:4-5)
In order to minister life to others and recover the dormant saints among us, we must have the loving and forgiving heart of our Father God and the shepherding and seeking spirit of our Savior Christ. (Memorial Day msg 3, V.)
Radio Listeners’ Seminar in Anaheim
Saturday, June 18 there will be a light dinner and presentation for English-speaking listeners of Life-study of the Bible on KBRT. Ask the Lord to prepare and bring many listeners who will absorb the word spoken and seek continued contact.
European Union Referendum in United Kingdom
The EU Referendum to be held on June 23 will decide if the United Kingdom remains in the
European Union. It is a decision that will affect everyone and its potential impact on the Lord’s interests could include freedom of movement (for trainings at Bower House) and visa regulations (for saints moving to Europe). Please pray for heavens to rule over the outcome of the referendum for the sake of the Lord’s move in Europe.
FTTL
Last Saturday, June 11, fifteen trainees graduated from the Full-Time Training in London. Please pray that the Lord would richly bless and lead them in their future life and service; that all the trainees would continue to to be living and functioning members in the Body; and that the Lord would gain a new crop of first-term trainees from the UK and the rest of Europe.
Greece
The Lord superabundantly blessed the conference held in Thessaloniki last month (May 20–22).
Many saints came to blend with us, giving the conference the impact to encourage all our contacts and the saints from other surrounding small localities. It might be hard to imagine, but to have 70 saints in one place exercising their spirit can be a big supply to localities that are used to having only seven.
The conference coincided with the final literature distribution trip for refugees in Greece for the foreseeable future. We were blessed to have been able to participate in this move of the Lord. We received and co-labored with saints from all over the world in all kinds of difficult, unfamiliar, and new situations. We believe that much building took place in addition to all the seeds of the gospel of the kingdom that were sown among the refugees.
We are now going out weekly near the university campus to distribute the Recovery Version in English. Our prayer is that the Lord will fill our hands with English-speaking Greeks who will be reconstituted with the truths, acquire a taste for the ministry, and join themselves to the testimony of Jesus in this city.
Announcements
- Morning revival: Week 34 in Crystallization-Study of Exodus, vol. 6. June 20 to 25, week 35; June 27 to July 2, week 36
- The 2016 Summer Training will be July 4–9 in Anaheim. Registration for video ($80) and late registration for Anaheim ($205) are open until June 14: go to http://tinyurl.com/summertrainingla.
- 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 European YP Conference will be July 29 to August 4 in Poland; https://ypconference.eu.
- The Lord’s move in Germany:
Reports are on a public Facebook page Germany Update http:facebook.com/germanyupdate. Information about follow-up gospel trips 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 June 5, 2016
The Increase of Christ
The word of God is still growing and being multiplied for the increase of Christ:
Acts 6:7, “The word of God grew, and the number of the disciples in Jerusalem multiplied greatly.”
Acts 12:24, “The word of God grew and multiplied.”
Acts 19:20, “The word of the Lord grew mightily and prevailed.”
Grew indicates that the word of God is a matter of life that grows as a seed sown into man’s heart for the increase of Christ, the growth of God, within us. Multiplied refers to the increase of Christ in numbers; the multiplication of the number of disciples depends on the growth of the word. New disciples are “added to the Lord” (Acts 5:14) to become the parts of Christ, the members of Christ. (msg 1, II.A-C)
Lord, grow in us! Lord, multiply Your number among us! Lord, increase!
Oxnard and Camarillo
Oxnard and Camarillo are cities in Ventura County. Cal State Channel Islands is in Camarillo and there is a community college in Oxnard. Many Christians there left the Catholic church looking for something real. Many, especially the young generation, have joined Pentecostal churches. But they know they need more and are looking for the true meaning of human life. They need the proper truth.
Six families and five single saints in the church life at Thousand Oaks live in Oxnard or Camarillo. Please petition the Lord to raise up lampstands in these two cities.
Europe
The recent happenings in Germany and other countries have caused an awakening in the people of Europe. Things are not as they once were. This unsettling time in Europe has caused a new openness among the Europeans.
The great and urgent need in Europe is for many, many saints—students, couples, families, even some mature saints of retirement age—to emigrate for the Lord’s interest. More homes near the European campuses are needed to reach the students, and more students are needed to reach their fellow students. More aspects of the burden for Europe, including new building projects in the UK, are in a two-page report distributed at the Memorial Day Conference, posted at https://churchinlosangeles.org/prayer.
Please pray for the Lord to meet these needs and to raise up many churches throughout Europe.
Gospel Trips to Germany
The sixth follow-up trip ends this Saturday. The seventh trip begins Lord's Day, June 19. Please pray:
- for one accord through blending prayer and fellowship that commands the Lord’s blessing;
- for translators to be raised up and perfected to be channels of life to the refugees;
- that our own saints who can translate will come to Germany either by visitation or migration;
- for meeting halls in Berlin and Düsseldorf in the best location and adequate to meet the ongoing need;
- that the Lord will continue to bless the Bible distributions and bring in remaining fruit.
Germany
Please pray that many landlords in Germany will be willing to open their apartments to migrants. The atmosphere of most camps is not favorable to our new Christians who live there with a Muslim majority. They have suffered persecution and even the children inside the camps are affected by violent behaviors. This housing issue is critical to the success of our continuous gospel work in the camps. The sooner they find apartments near the saints, the sooner they can be integrated into the church life with minimum negative impact. Then their new apartments can also be open for many more new ones to join us.
Australia and Tasmania
The National Serving Ones’ Training in Melbourne will take place from June 10 to 13. Please pray for the saints to be perfected in their service for the building of the church. Also pray for the burden of migration to Hobart, Tasmania, that at least 3 young families would respond to this burden for the spreading and strengthening of the Lord’s testimony in Tasmania.
Announcements
- Morning revival: Week 33 in Crystallization-Study of Exodus, vol. 6.
June 13 to 18, week 34; June 20 to 25, week 35; June 27 to July 2, week 36 - The 2016 Summer Training will be July 4–9 in Anaheim. Registration for video ($80) and late registration for Anaheim ($205) are open until June 14.
- 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 European YP Conference will be July 29 to August 4 in Poland; https://ypconference.eu.
- The Lord’s move in Germany:
Reports are on a public Facebook page Germany Update http://facebook.com/germanyupdate. Information about follow-up gospel trips 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 May 29, 2016
Memorial Day Conference
The general subject was “The Increase of Christ for the Building Up of the Church.” The increase and spread of the church is the increase and spread of Christ, who passed through death and entered into resurrection to impart His divine life into those who believe into Him so that they could become His reproduction. Everything in the church must be in the nature of life, with the content of life, and in the imparting of life. (banners 2 and 3a)
Acts 26:17b-18 says, “I send you, to open their eyes, to turn them from darkness to light and from theauthority of Satan to God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins and an inheritance among those who have been sanctified by faith in Me.”
Acts 26:18 reveals the work that we must do today for the increase and building up of the Body of Christ; this verse unveils the all-inclusive contents of our divine commission. We need to pray over the contents of our divine commission in Acts 26:18, asking the Lord to make them our experience and reality so that we can bring others into this experience and reality. (msg 1, IV and IV.B)
Increase through the Priesthood of the Gospel in Los Angeles
In April 2016 the average attendance in Lord’s Day morning meetings in Los Angeles was 550, with about 700 believers regularly or infrequently participating in the church life in some way. Our goal is to increase the Lord’s Day attendance to 650 by April 2017. This is 18 percent growth. Let us pray for this in general and also pray for each set of companions, each group, and each district to pick up the burden to participate in this increase.
The primary way for this increase to be realized is by companions—clusters of two or three saints—praying for each other and for specific people, contacting them, fellowshipping about care for them, and visiting some of them regularly to nourish them. Lord, bring us into this companionized church life.
United States
The California primary election is June 7. This is a reminder that we should pray with the Lord for Him to exercise on earth (Matt. 6:10) the authority given Him in the heavenlies “far above all rule and authority and power and lordship and every name that is named” (Eph. 1:20-21). We are not for any particular candidate; we stand for the Lord to have His way in all the elections in the United States this year.
Germany
- There is a beautiful coordination and transition from one gospel trip to the next. People baptized on thistrip had been contacted on a previous gospel trip. Please pray for the one accord that commands the Lord's blessing for the remaining gospel trips (the sixth trip began Lord's Day, May 29). The gospel trips are in number of participants, but may there also be a wonderful harmony through blending prayer and fellowship.
- Please pray for the translators to be raised up and perfected to be our co-workers. The Lord needs thesetranslators to be channels of life to the refugees. Also pray for our own brothers and sisters who can translate to come to Germany either by visitation or migration.
- The Lord has answered prayers to acquire meeting halls in both Stuttgart and Frankfurt. These will be used for gospel meetings, seminars, meetings of the church, and other gospel activities. There is much need to pray for similar facilities in both Berlin and Düsseldorf. Even though there are halls in both cities, they are inadequate in size and location. Please pray for meeting halls in Berlin and Düsseldorf in the best location and adequate to meet the ongoing need.
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We encountered a number of German students who were very open and happy to receive a Recovery Version NT. A few also prayed with us to receive the Lord. Each time this happens, there is an almost surreal sense of disbelief, accompanied by a real praise to the Lord for what He is doing. The fields really are white
and finding these ones should be a normal and ongoing experience in our Christian life. Please ask the Lord to continue to bless the distribution of the Bible and to bring in remaining fruit through this distribution.
Lord’s Move to Asia
The May issue of the LMA newsletter has reports from Cambodia, the family training in April and the national college training in May; Bangladesh, the construction of a training center began in January; and Pakistan, the annual blending conference on The Church as the Temple of God.
English: http://lmasia.org/temp/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/e-2016-05.pdf
Chinese: http://lmasia.org/temp/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/Asia-2016-05.pdf
Announcements
- Morning revival: REPEAT Week 32 in Crystallization-Study of Exodus, vol. 6. June 6-11, Week 33; June 13 to 18, week 34; June 20 to 25, week 35
- The 2016 Summer Training will be July 4–9 in Anaheim. Registration for video ($80) and late registration for Anaheim ($205) are open until June 14.
- 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 European YP Conference will be July 29 to August 4 in Poland; https://ypconference.eu
- The **Lord’s move in Germany>:
Reports are on a public Facebook page Germany Update http://facebook.com/germanyupdate.
Information about follow-up gospel trips 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 May 23, 2016
Increase through the Priesthood of the Gospel
“Jesus came and spoke to them, saying, All authority has been given to Me in heaven and on earth. Go therefore and 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. And behold, I am with you all the days until the consummation of the age.” (Matthew 28:18-20)
The Lord desires an increase through the universal practice of the priesthood of the gospel.
For this increase, let us beseech the Lord that:
- each of us open to the Lord to be joined with a companion or two for the priesthood of the gospel;
- the companions pray regularly for specific people and declare to the Lord, here we are, send us;
- the companions go out to contact and shepherd people;
- everyone be blessed with more experience of Christ in the gospel.
Lord, release a high and full gospel in Los Angeles for Your increase and for Your coming back to end this age.
Memorial Day Conference
Please pray for the upcoming Memorial Day Conference in Washington, DC, on May 27–30. May the Lord continue to gain His increase both within every saint and through the spreading of His Word on the whole earth!
Summer School of Truth
The Los Angeles Summer School of Truth will be July 22-30. The topic will be The Two Spirits. Please pray that all of the young people would be released both inwardly and outwardly to attend this special time. Also, pray that the young people would learn to enjoy and experience the Two Spirits.
Registration and the schedule are at https://churchinlosangeles.org/ssot/.
Oak Glen
The conference center at Oak Glen became the possession of the Southern California churches last December. It is now operated as the Southern California Blending Center. This spring Oak Glen was used for four young people's conferences, the sixth grade conference, FTTA team trips, the middle-age training trip, and by several local churches, including L.A. In the summer it will be used for the West Coast (South) College Training.
The downpayment in December was 20 percent of the price. The churches in Southern California need to pay the remaining 80 percent this year and next. Our contributions to this purchase are part of our functioning as “a holy priesthood to offer up spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ” (1 Peter 2:5) because “doing good and sharing with others” are included in sacrifices with which “God is well pleased” (Heb. 13:16). Contributions may be given to the church, designated for Oak Glen.
Germany
May 14 to 16 we had our annual German-speaking conference as well as the first Lord's table of the church in Frankfurt. Approximately 750 (660 adults and 90 children) from 26 countries attended. Among the saints were 67 who recently migrated to Germany from the Middle East. We especially enjoyed the response of these new ones, many of whom were recently saved and baptized, to the conference messages concerning The Gospel of God. Four of these were baptized on the last day of the conference.
We would like to express our appreciation for the prayers of the Body in supporting us. We are full of joy that the Lord has gained another city for His kingdom and are full of expectation that He will continue to spread city by city until Germany, Europe, and the entire earth are His.
We also sensed the Lord was working on many levels throughout the weekend by operating in and encouraging the local German-speaking saints, solidifying the new saints from the Middle East in the church life, and blending the saints from abroad and bringing them into the Lord's burden and flow in His current move in Germany.
Announcements
- Morning revival: Week 32 in Crystallization-Study of Exodus, vol. 6.
May 30-June 4, repeat Week 32; June 6-11, Week 33; June 13 to 18, week 34
Hold on to Material Offerings and the Lord's Move Today. We will use it more later this year. - The 2016 Summer Training will be July 4–9 in Anaheim. Registration for video ($80) and late
registration for Anaheim ($205) are open until June 14. - The L.A. Summer School of Truth will be on the Two Spirits; the dates are July 22 to 30.
- The European YP Conference will be July 29 to August 4 in Poland; https://ypconference.eu.
- 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.
Prayer, Week of May 15, 2016
Companions Practicing the Priesthood of the Gospel
No doubt the recovery is wonderful, but some aspects of the recovery are not encouraging, especially the matter of increase. If we mean business with the Lord for His recovery, we need to consider our present situation seriously; we should not be comfortable concerning the present situation of the Lord’s recovery, especially regarding the matter of increase. (SoCal Blending, msg 3, I.A,C.)
“You yourselves also, as living stones, are being built up as a spiritual house into a holy priesthood....But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people acquired for a possession, so that you may tell out the virtues of Him who has called you out of darkness into His marvelous light.” (1 Peter 2:5, 9)
We are priests of the gospel in Romans 15:16; as such we should be built together as a priesthood. The main part of this building is two or three companions knit together by praying two or three times a week, for the sake of contacting people two or three times a week and for shepherding two or three specific people regularly. Lord, raise up companions and build us together for Your increase in every part of L.A.!
Outlines, videos, and audios are at http://tinyurl.com/2016SoCalBlendingConference
Church in L.A. Meeting
The whole church will meet Lord’s Day, May 22, at L.A. Trade Tech College at 10 am (map below). Pray for all to be supplied to attend and to make arrangements for group lunches afterwards. Pray also for rich enjoyment and much blending before, during, and after the meeting, and for fellowship unto the furtherance of the gospel. (We will not have a corporate lunch.)
USC and CSUN
As the school year comes to a close at the semester universities, please pray that our students would redeem the summer months by:
- Staying connected to companions regularly;
- Participating in the day by day, house to house church life;
- Enjoying the Lord’s up-to-date speaking at the Summer Training and/or College Training;
- Contacting incoming freshmen together as the priesthood of the gospel.
Lyman, Wyoming
The church in Lyman will have a blending conference May 21 and 22. We will be taking the ministry from February's Chinese-speaking conference "The Gospel."
Earthquake in Ecuador
Three churches in Ecuador have been much affected by a recent earthquake. Because the government is weak in providing relief, other local churches in Ecuador are trucking supplies, protected by national guard troops, to the three devastated cities.
The saints and the churches need prayer and financial assistance. Checks should be made out to the church here and marked for “Ecuador earthquake relief” or given directly to the Church in Anaheim with the same designation.
Thessaloniki, Greece
We are preparing for a conference here May 20-22. Our prayer is that the Lord will use this conference to solidify those whom He has gained and even bring other seeking ones who would join themselves to His eternal purpose. Regarding this we ask you to please specifically pray for the following:
- That the Lord will operate within the saints in His recovery to come and support the conference;
- That many saints in the small localities in the surrounding countries will come to enjoy this opportunity for blending;
- That the local saints will invite their crucial contacts and that these contacts will come.
Mass Distributions to Refugees in Greece
A series of mass distribution trips of gospel and ministry materials in Greece is continuing through July 5. Distribution teams are made up of saints primarily from Europe, Taiwan, Russia, and the US.
Please pray for:
- the blending of the saints who serve on the teams;
- the Lord’s leading the teams to find the most effective ways to distribute in different situations;
- the openness of the refugees to the word of God and the Lord’s appearing to them as they read it.
Europe, One-Week Trainings
Each of the four weeks in May there are one-week trainings in London open to all in Europe. Some who are new to the recovery attend. Each training is on The Four Great Pillars in the Lord's Recovery: Truth, Life, the Church, and the Gospel.
Germany Gospel Trips
The fifth gospel trip concludes Saturday. Approximately 175 saints are participating, laboring in Frankfurt, Stuttgart, Berlin, and Düsseldorf, with half the time reaching local Germans and the other half contacting refugees. Two L.A. saints are on this trip. Please pray for:
- a rich supply to the local saints who are coordinating all the practical details of these trips;
- much blending of the participants in this trip and with the local saints;
- continuing shepherding for those contacted in previous trips and their linking to local homes; - more native Germans and more refugees to be saved into the church life.
Announcements
- Morning revival: REPEAT Week 31 in Crystallization-Study of Exodus, vol. 6. May 23-28, Week 32; May 30-June 4, repeat Week 32; June 6-11, Week 33
- The 2016 Summer Training will be July 4–9 in Anaheim. Registration for video ($80) and late registration for Anaheim ($205) are open until June 14.
- The L.A. Summer School of Truth will be on the Two Spirits; the dates are July 22 to 30.
- The European YP Conference will be July 29 to August 4 in Poland; https://ypconference.eu.
- The Lord’s move in Germany:
Reports are on a public Facebook page Germany Update http://facebook.com/germanyupdate. Information about follow-up gospel trips is at http://germany2016.amanatrust.org.uk.
Giving for the Gospel Work in Europe instructions are at http://www.lordsmove.org/information.html.
Joint Meeting of the Church in Los Angeles Los Angeles Trade Tech College, May 22, 10 am
Prayer, Week of May 9, 2016
The Primary Need for Increase
The general subject of the Southern California Blending Conference is The Primary Need for
Increase in the Lord’s Recovery through the Universal Practice of the Priesthood of the Gospel. Outlines (E, C, K, S, all in one pdf), videos (E), and audios (E, C, K, S, V) are at http://tinyurl.com/2016SoCalBlendingConference.
“Jesus came and spoke to them, saying, All authority has been given to Me in heaven and on earth. Go therefore and 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. And behold, I am with you all the days until the consummation of the age” (Matthew 28:18-20).
Let us ask the Lord to:
- Draw each one of us to Himself for a fresh consecration;
- Bring everyone into this current burden for increase;
- Uplift our practice of companions for practicing the priesthood of the gospel; and
- Motivate us all to rise up in “labor, struggling according to His operation which operates in me in power” (Col. 1:29).
Lord, prevail with this burden of increase in us so that You can have “the consummation of the age.”
Church in L.A. Meeting
The whole church will meet Lord’s Day, May 22, at L.A. Trade Tech College at 10 am. (We will not have a corporate lunch, but we encourage groups of saints to go to nearby restaurants for lunch.)
The subject of the book of Acts is “The Propagation of the Resurrected Christ in His Ascension, by the Spirit, through the Disciples, for the Producing of the Churches—The Kingdom of God.”
The Lord spoke about the church in Matthew 16 but the actual church life began in Acts 2. In verse 46 is the teaching of the apostles (truth), in verses 46-47 breaking bread from house to house with exultation, simplicity of heart, and praising (life), and in verse 47 the adding of those saved daily (increase).
Lord, take us onward in truth and life, and also produce an increase here by the Spirit through the disciples in L.A. (us).
Sixth Grade Baptisms
Saturday, May 14, at 5 pm there will be baptisms at Hall 2 followed by a love feast. We expect more than a dozen to be baptized, mostly sixth-grade students who went to the conference last weekend. Pray for the Lord to grant them a meaningful baptism and a good start to their church life.
Frankfurt, Germany
The annual German-speaking conference is the weekend of 14-16 May in Frankfurt, Germany. The
general subject of the conference will be “The Gospel” (International Chinese-speaking Conference 2016). The messages will be spoken in German with Russian, English, Chinese, Arabic, and Farsi translation via FM radio.
In addition, the first Lord’s table of the church in Frankfurt will commence on Lord’s Day, May 15. We appreciate all the prayers in the Body that the Lord’s testimony would be raised up in this city. This is a real victory for Christ and the church. Please pray that the Lord would firmly establish this lampstand and provide a strong advancement in the church life in Frankfurt.
The attendance at this conference will be more than double the number in recent years. This increase is due to participation by all who are on the fifth gospel trip, recent migrations of saints into Germany, a few dozen saved and shepherded refugees, and many who will come to celebrate the beginning of the church in Frankfurt.
Germany Gospel Trips
The fifth two-week gospel trip began Lord’s Day, May 8. Approximately 175 saints are participating. This trip includes the trainees from the FTTA Boston extension. Four sub-teams are laboring in Frankfurt, Stuttgart, Berlin, and Düsseldorf, with half the time reaching local Germans and the other half contacting refugees. They will have a break from their gospel labor to attend the conference in Frankfurt. Two L.A. saints are on this trip. Please pray for:
- a rich supply to the local saints who are coordinating all the practical details of these trips;
- much blending of the participants in this trip and with the local saints;
- continuing shepherding for those contacted in previous trips and their linking to local homes;
- more native Germans and more refugees to be saved into the church life.
Lyon, France
Our students registered an association “Chrétiens aux campus” (Christians on Campus) with the government in April. With this association we produced a new gospel tract and went out to campus to contact students. Our students are still praying to see whether it is possible to get a room on La Doua campus (the largest university campus in the Lyon area, home to a university, three engineering schools, and other schools and research groups). Currently it seems that there is no Christian group meeting inside. We are also preparing a Facebook page to present the association. It is a challenging and learning process for every small step. Please pray for the encouragement and perfecting of our students.
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.
Turkey
The book How to Study the Bible in Turkish will be published in May. Our Turkish Rhema Facebook page received 8,900 “likes.” We are trying to enrich the page with multimedia resources. Please pray for the publication and spreading of the Ministry among the Turkish-speaking world.
Announcements
- Morning revival: Week 31 in Crystallization-Study of Exodus, vol. 6.
May 16-21, repeat Week 31; May 23-28, Week 32; May 30-June 4, repeat Week 32 - The L.A. Summer School of Truth will be on the Two Spirits; the dates are July 22 to 30.
- The European YP Conference will be July 29 to August 4 in Poland; https://ypconference.eu.
- The Lord’s move in Germany:
Reports are on a public Facebook page Germany Update http://facebook.com/germanyupdate. Information about follow-up gospel trips 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 May 1, 2016
The Gospel for the Increase unto the Consummation of the Age
The Southern California Blending Conference last weekend has the general subject The Primary Need for Increase in the Lord's Recovery through the Universal Practice of the Priesthood of the Gospel. The three messages are highlighted in the following three prayer topics.
“What will be the sign of Your coming and of the consummation of the age?” “And this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in the whole inhabited earth for a testimony to all the nations, and then the end will come.” Matthew 24:3b, 14 Conference outlines, audios, and videos will be posted by Tuesday afternoon at http://tinyurl.com/2016SoCalBlendingConference.
The Contents of the Gospel and the Charge to Spread the Gospel
“Jesus came into Galilee, proclaiming the gospel of God, and saying, The time is fulfilled and the kingdom of God has drawn near. Repent and believe in the gospel.” Mark 1:14-15
“Go therefore and disciple all the nations, baptizing them into the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them....And behold, I am with you all the days until the consummation of the age.” Matthew 28:19-20
You...need to consider yourself, in particular where you are in relation to the carrying out of God's New Testament economy. What is on your heart? What have you seen as a heavenly vision regarding the divine economy? How will you carry out the vision you have seen? Let us all spend time before the Lord in order to be filled with the burden of God's New Testament economy. LS Acts, msg 67, sec 3
Lord, draw each one of us to have such a time with You to consider these questions thoroughly.
Preaching the Gospel of the Kingdom, Gaining People for the Kingdom, and Producing the Churches—the Kingdom of God
“When they believed Philip, who announced the gospel of the kingdom of God and of the name of Jesus Christ, they were baptized” Acts 8:12
The subject of Acts is the propagation of the resurrected Christ in His ascension, by the Spirit, through the disciples, for the producing of the churches—the kingdom of God.
Let us all be filled with the riches of God's New Testament economy and then carry out the burden for God's economy positively and aggressively. We all can become aggressive if we are filled and saturated. I hope that in the coming years there will be a great increase for the Lord's propagation. May there be a real stirring up throughout the earth! LS Acts, msg 55, sec 3
Practicing the Priesthood of the Gospel for the Increase
“That I might be a minister of Christ Jesus to the Gentiles, a laboring priest of the gospel of God, in order that the offering of the Gentiles might be acceptable, having been sanctified in the Holy Spirit.” Romans 15:16
The greatest need in the Lord's recovery is to gain the increase. This increase is not by saints merely going out to preach the gospel individually, but by the saints being built up together to be a priesthood. Such a priesthood enables the saints to conduct themselves worthy of the gospel of Christ (Phil 1:27).
In this message, ten practical points were given on how we can conduct ourselves worthy of such a gospel: 1) call on the Lord 2 or 3 times every morning; 2) pray-read 2 or 3 verses, 3) pray 2 or 3 times a day with short prayers to the Lord 4) read 2 or 3 chapters of the Bible each day; 5) read 2 or 3 life-studies a week; 6) attend 2 or 3 meetings a week, 7) meet with 2 or 3 companions a week; 8) budget our time to contact 2 or 3 people a week; 9) shepherd 2 or 3 saints a week; and 10) bear 2 or 3 remaining fruit in 10 years.
Pray that the Lord would bring the church in Los Angeles into this burden and add to the church for the sake of His dwelling place on the earth.
Church in Los Angeles
The whole church will meet Lord's Day, May 22, at L.A. Trade Tech College at 10 am. (We will not have a corporate lunch, but we encourage groups of saints to go to nearby restaurants for lunch.)
Sixth Grade Conference
The Sixth Grade Conference will take place May 6 to 8 at Oak Glen. Pray for the Lord to bring as many sixth graders as possible to this conference from across LA for a genuine and solid salvation experience and (following the conference) to grant them a meaningful baptism and a good start to their church life.
Earthquake in Ecuador
The churches in Ecuador are still recovering from the devastating earthquake on April 16 which mostly affected the coastal provinces of Manabí and Guayas. In the days immediately following, the saints were all accounted for and had not suffered much damage, except one couple and their granddaughter, who died when their building collapsed. As of last week, many saints were still without electricity, running water, and employment.
The churches have responded generously to meet the practical needs of saints in the areas affected by the earthquake. In the midst of this difficult situation, the saints are continuing steadfastly and proclaiming Christ as the gospel. One of the truck drivers hired to deliver supplies was so moved by the love of the saints that he was baptized with joy. Many saints who were not meeting have returned with a fresh consecration.
Please continue to pray for all the saints to be covered and supplied in their practical needs and energized for the gospel that the Lord’s testimony in Ecuador could shine even brighter.
There is a need for financial assistance. Checks should be made out to the church here and designated “Ecuador earthquake relief” or given directly to the Church in Anaheim with the same designation.
Europe, One-Week Trainings
Each of the four weeks in May there are one-week trainings in London open to all in Europe. Some who are new to the recovery will attend. Each training is on The Four Great Pillars in the Lord's Recovery: Truth, Life, the Church, and the Gospel.
Italy
The annual conference is May 7 to 8 in Rome.
Announcements
- Morning revival: REPEAT week 30 in Crystallization-Study of Exodus, vol. 5.
May 9-14, Week 31; May 16-21, repeat Week 31; May 23-28, Week 32
Hold on to Material Offerings and the Lord's Move Today. We will use it more later this year. - The L.A. Summer School of Truth will be on the Two Spirits; the dates are July 22 to 30.
- The European YP Conference will be July 29 to August 4 in Poland; https://ypconference.eu.
- The Lord’s move in Germany:
Reports are on a public Facebook page Germany Update http://facebook.com/germanyupdate. Information about follow-up gospel trips is at http://germany2016.amanatrust.org.uk.
Giving for the Gospel Work in Europe instructions are at http://www.lordsmove.org/information.html.