Prayer, Week of June 14, 2015
The Need for a New Revival
John 21:15 “Jesus said to Simon Peter, Simon, son of John, do you love Me more than these? He said to Him, Yes, Lord, You know that I love You. He said to him, Feed My lambs.”
Three factors are necessary for the new and final revival: seeing the vision, living the life, and shepherding according to God. Our seeing must be so strong that we are energized, motivated, and governed. This will cause us to be one with the Lord in our living, which will issue in shepherding. Shepherding includes the gospel to sinners. Without shepherding, our vision and living do not stay healthy in our experience. When we love the Lord daily and shepherd His sheep, our vision and living stay fresh.
We need to follow the steps of the processed Triune God in seeking and gaining fallen people. Our not having the Father’s loving and forgiving heart and the Savior’s shepherding and seeking spirit is the reason for our barrenness. (message 5, outline I.B.1-2)
Summer Training
In the winter training we saw the salvation and provision of God (ch. 1–17) brining us to the kingdom (ch. 18). The result is that we see the vision of God’s building and enter into the building work (ch. 19–40). Lord, grant us all more vision and more building!
Please also pray for the bountiful supply to the brothers preparing to speak, and for wisdom to those caring for other preparations for the training.
National College Training, “Come, Lord Jesus!”
The National College Training is July 12-18 on the University of Illinois campus in Urbana-Champaign (halfway between St. Louis and Chicago). There are 1780 registered, representing 325 college campuses; 1405 are from 39 U.S. states and 375 are from 33 other nations. The goal of this training is to raise up a generation of age turners who will bring the Lord back. “Come, Lord Jesus!” (Rev. 22:20)
An invitation to pray for this training is at http://beseeching.org/prayer-for-college-training/. May we allow the Lord to move in an unprecedented way through our prayer!
Australia
Dick Taylor, James Lee, and Craig Birchler all arrive in Sydney the evening of Lord’s Day, June 14. They will have three days of fellowship with the leading brothers there about the Lord’s move. May the Lord’s light shine brightly and His life flow freely in this time to open the way for further building and blending throughout Australia.
Thursday, June 18 James and Craig return to California. Dick goes to Tasmania until Saturday, June 20 for a small conference and much informal shepherding. There are two small lampstands in Tasmania; please pray for the establishing of a lampstand in Hobart, the largest city in Tasmania.
Dick returns to L.A. Lord’s Day, June 21.
Announcements
- Morning revival: week 11 of Crystallization-Study of Exodus.
- The Los Angeles Summer School of Truth will be July 24 to August 1.
- An announcement of the 2015 Chinese-speaking Students Perfecting Training (in Chinese and English) is at https://churchinlosangeles.org/prayer/.
Prayer, Week of June 7, 2015
The Need for a New Revival
To realize that we are God-men, born of God and belonging to God’s species, is the beginning of the God-man living (message 4, outline, I.E).
The new revival is to constitute us to live Christ always, in every place, at all times, with all kinds of people, and in all circumstances. This is not a once-for-all revival; it requires our constant attention to the One who lives the life of a God-man as the Spirit living in us and through us.
Ephesians 3:14, 16-17 “For this cause I bow my knees unto the Father, that He would grant you, according to the riches of His glory, to be strengthened with power through His Spirit into the inner man, that Christ may make His home in your hearts through faith…”
National College Training, “Come, Lord Jesus!”
The National College Training is July 12-18 on the University of Illinois campus in Urbana-Champaign (halfway between St. Louis and Chicago). There are 1780 registered; a one-minute summary of where they are from is at https://youtu.be/Meeq7I1wIb8. The goal of this training is to raise up a generation of age turners who will bring the Lord back. “Come, Lord Jesus!” (Rev. 22:20)
An invitation to pray for this training is at http://beseeching.org/prayer-for-college-training/. May we allow the Lord to move in an unprecedented way through our prayer!
Australia
The National Serving Ones Training, on The Recovery of the Priesthood for God’s Building concludes this week Tuesday. From Tuesday night through Lord’s Day, June 14, Dick Taylor, James Lee, and Craig Birchler will split up to visit the churches in Adelaide, Brisbane, Canberra, Coffs Harbour, Newcastle, and Perth.
Ask the Lord to continue supplying the traveling brothers in all three parts of their being so that He may richly supply all these churches for their building up.
International FTT Blending Conference
From June 8 to 12 there will be a blending of trainees and graduates from 12 FTTs at the FTT Indonesia training center. June 13 to 14 there will be a large conference for these saints and many others in Jakarta. Eight L.A. FTTA graduates will attend. Please ask the Lord to advance to more reality of the one Body in His move in Indonesia and all over the world.
A 2-½ min video with views of FTT Indonesia and the June 13-14 conference center is at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jjdmh7znmBY.
Announcements
- Morning revival: week 10 of Crystallization-Study of Exodus.
- Rob Wilder robocad@aol.com will edit the prayer email for June 14. Please send inputs to him by 6 pm that Lord’s Day.
- The summer training will be June 29 to July 4 in Anaheim. Some video trainings in L.A. will begin June 29, some later. Late donation is $205 for Anaheim, still $80 for video.
- The Los Angeles Summer School of Truth will be July 24 to August 1.
- An announcement of the 2015 Chinese-speaking Students Perfecting Training (in Chinese and English) is at https://churchinlosangeles.org/prayer/.
Prayer, Week of May 31, 2015
The Need for a New Revival
God needs a corporate people to be raised up by His grace through the high peak of the divine revelation to live a life according to this revelation. A revival is the practice, the practicality, of the vision we have seen (message 3, outline I. and I.A).
God brings us into experience through revelation. John 14:19b, “you behold Me; because I live, you also shall live.” Lord, keep us beholding You!
“We should all declare that we want to live the life of a God-man. Eventually, the God-men will be the victors, the overcomers, the Zion within Jerusalem. This will bring in a new revival which has never been seen in history, and this will end this age”—Life-study of 1 and 2 Chronicles, p. 28. (message 3, outline IV.)
National College Training, “Come, Lord Jesus!”
The National College Training is July 12-18 on the University of Illinois campus in Urbana-Champaign (halfway between St. Louis and Chicago). An invitation to pray for this training is at http://beseeching.org/prayer-for-college-training/.
The goal of this training is to raise up a generation of age turners who will bring the Lord back. “Come, Lord Jesus!” (Rev. 22:20)
Chicago
The church in Chicago recently ordered a large number of BfA gospel tracts, product offer cards, Bibles, and books as part of a burden to practice more regular gospel outreach. Each week, the saints spend an hour to exercise the priesthood of the gospel by speaking to people in the community and sharing the free materials with them.
Please pray that the Lord would grace the saints and sustain them as they go forth each week. Pray also that the Spirit would prepare many people’s hearts to receive the free materials and to be open to the speaking of the saints. May the Lord bless the church in Chicago and may He continue to bring all the churches in the US into the priesthood of the gospel!
Australia
Lord’s Day, May 31, Dick Taylor, James Lee, and Craig Birchler departed to Australia. The National Serving Ones Training will begin this Friday and continue through next week Tuesday. This will be a re-speaking of the spring ITERO plus fellowship times with small groups of responsible saints. The subject is The Recovery of the Priesthood for God’s Building.
Ask the Lord to grant salvation from any form of clergy-laity for more recovery of the practice of the priesthood in Australia.
Also ask the Lord to richly supply the traveling brothers and to flow through them for the building up of every church in Australia.
Krakow, Poland
Since the beginning of this year there has been a positive response to literature distribution in Krakow. These distributions are conducted by coordination of saints from multiple churches in Poland. A one-page report is at https://churchinlosangeles.org/prayer/. These saints request our prayer for
- the openness and the willingness of literature recipients for further meetings and that some may become the seeds for the church life here;
- obtaining a permit to legally set the distribution table in a strategic location in Krakow;
- the coordination and participation of the saints from different localities in Poland for further distributions and care of literature recipients.
- the migration of one or two families, with some serving saints, to Krakow in order to strengthen the direct care for believers in Krakow who have received literature or otherwise contacted the recovery.
Announcements
- Morning revival: week 9 of Crystallization-Study of Exodus.
- Rob Wilder robocad@aol.com will edit the prayer emails for June 7 and 14. Please send inputs to him by 6 pm those Lord’s Days.
- The summer training will be June 29 to July 4 in Anaheim. Some video trainings in L.A. will begin June 29, some later. Late donation is $205 for Anaheim, still $80 for video.
- The Los Angeles Summer School of Truth will be July 24 to August 1.
- The 2015 European Young People's Conference will take place in Małe Ciche, Poland, Lord's Day, July 26 through Saturday, August 1. Registration deadline is June 1. Registration for all attendants, including families, is at http://ypconference.eu.
- The 2015 Young People's Conference of the Americas will take place in São Roque, Brazil Wednesday, July 22 through Lord's Day, July 26. This is for saints ages 12 to 22. Information and registration is at http://brazilypconf.org. Registration deadline is June 1st.
- An announcement of the 2015 Chinese-speaking Students Perfecting Training (in Chinese and English) is at https://churchinlosangeles.org/prayer/.
Prayer, Week of May 24, 2015
The Need for a New Revival
Revival is not an emotional stir. Rather, it is an inward energizing by life as a result of seeing God’s economy. Excitement is temporary; we need a clear, solid seeing. This seeing strengthens us within. May we forget the things behind and stretch forward, crying out for this revival, which will complete God’s economy and end this age.
Don’t be content with understanding and agreeing. We need to be captured and possessed by the vision in a way that changes our being and our living.
“Not that I have already obtained or am already perfected, but I pursue, if even I may lay hold of that for which I also have been laid hold of by Christ Jesus.”
(from the opening word of Memorial Day conference message 2)
Sixth Grade Baptisms
Baptisms will be Lord’s Day afternoon, May 31. Baptisms for halls 1 and 4 will be at hall 1; those for halls 2, 3, and 5 will be at Haskell. The young believers to be baptized are:
Hall 1: Phoebe Ahn and Stacey Choi
Hall 2 Ethan Chan, Juan Kelly, Abraham Orona, Christopher Paik, Sherlock Quintero-Escamilla
Hall 3: David Hong
Hall 4: Karissa Ho
Hall 5: Jachin Chyn
We pray that each of these sixth graders would experience a definite exodus from the bondage of slavery and into the realm of freedom in Christ.
Campus Teams Reunion
Wednesday, May 27 through Saturday, May 30 a good number of saints from around the US and even the world will be gathered together in Irving, TX to fellowship about the Lord's move on the college campuses. The title of this time is Perfecting Our Students for the Increase and Building Up of the Church. Please pray for:
- The fresh imparting of a renewed and uplifted vision concerning the work on the campuses;
- The blending of all those laboring on the campuses to carry out the Lord's one work on this earth;
- The Lord to go on even further through this time to solidly gain a flock of college students from many campuses who will turn the age and bring the Lord back;
- Safe travel, health, and the binding of any of the enemy's frustrations.
FTTA Boston
Twenty-six trainees (including two from L.A.) are graduating from the FTTA Boston extension, but only 17 have applied to begin the fall term. Lord, increase the number of trainees in Boston!
Thessaloniki, Greece
There will be a conference here May 29 to 31. For several months we have been meeting almost daily with our contacts and feel that the Lord is making progress in each one. We hope that the conference twill be the time they come fully into the recovery. Please pray that:
- all the dear ones we have been contacting here would be able to attend every meeting. Our experience has been that when there is a larger gathering of the saints, there is much encouragement and further revelation for those who have not been able to participate in a meeting larger than in our living rooms.
- saints from throughout the recovery will attend to support, supply, and manifest the fullness of the One who fills all in all.
- saints from the surrounding countries who are also in smaller, isolated situations would also be able to attend for the mutual support and blending together.
- every practical detail would be under the Lord’s anointing.
We’re very thankful for all that the Lord has done, is doing, and will do here for His move through your prayers. We can’t imagine what it would be like here without them. Thank you for standing with us!
Czech Republic
Please pray for the ongoing monthly seminars in the Czech Republic.
Nepal
Continue to pray for the Lord’s care for the saints in Nepal, for their outflow in the gospel, and for many to be saved and brought into church life.
Announcements
- Morning revival: week 8 of Crystallization-Study of Exodus.
- Rob Wilder robocad@aol.com will edit the prayer emails for June 7 and 14. Please send inputs to him by 6 pm those Lord’s Days.
- The summer training will be June 29 to July 4 in Anaheim. Some video trainings in L.A. will begin June 29, some later. Late donation is $205 for Anaheim, still $80 for video.
- The Los Angeles Summer School of Truth will be July 24 to August 1.
- The 2015 European Young People's Conference will take place in Małe Ciche, Poland, Lord's Day, July 26 through Saturday, August 1. Registration is now open, with a deadline of June 1. Registration for all attendants, including families, is at http://ypconference.eu.
- The 2015 Young People's Conference of the Americas will take place in São Roque, Brazil Wednesday, July 22 through Lord's Day, July 26. This is for saints ages 12 to 22. Information and registration is at http://brazilypconf.org. Registration deadline is June 1st.
- An announcement of the 2015 Chinese-speaking Students Perfecting Training (in Chinese and English) is at https://churchinlosangeles.org/prayer/.
Prayer, Week of May 17, 2015
Memorial Day Conference: The Need for a New Revival
Lord, work in each of us to cooperate with You for a new revival, a revival to bring You back!
FTTA
In recent years the total number of trainees in FTTA has hovered around 320, with the number of international trainees increasing and the number of domestic trainees decreasing. We need to ask the Lord to bring more domestic trainees and to bring more brothers to the fall term.
Vancouver, Canada
On May 7 there was a devastating fire at hall 1 of the church in Vancouver starting from where roofers were working to replace the roof. Fifty to sixty firemen were involved for about six hours. There is extensive damage and the whole building has become unusable. There was no loss of life or injury.
We are presently coordinating with the insurers, engineers and many others on the multitude of things that have to be done. Please pray to turn this apparent setback to our salvation through the bountiful supply of the Spirit of Jesus Christ:
- Above all that the Lord would gain the reality of the Body of Christ in all of us. Surely the Lord has some speaking through this environment.
- That the temporary meeting arrangements would be the best possible for building up of the Body.
- That the insurers would have agreement and come to the proper assessment.
- That the City would be favorable to our needs and grant all necessary permits for reconstruction.
- That the neighbors would be favorable to the facility we need to build. (During the fire and later many neighbors came out, and we were pleasantly surprised at their positive comments and support).
May we see His considerations when our circumstances are smooth, and may we realize His special visitation when our circumstances are difficult. He wants to lead us to walk on a way that is more difficult but also deeper, a way that often is beyond our understanding. (WL, God's Need and God's Goal - p.46)
One-Week Trainings in Europe
Four one-week trainings are being held at Bower House in London. The last two are this week and next. The overall theme is The Four Great Pillars in the Lord’s Recovery: Truth, Life, the Church, and the Gospel. Attendees will spend some time with FTT London and with the brothers and sisters in the church in London or surrounding churches.
Please pray for the attendance of the saints from all over Europe, for the gaining of the new ones, and for perfecting in practicing the vital groups, spreading the divine truths, being fruit-bearing branches in the vine, and developing our function for the building up of the church.
German-Speaking Conference
The churches in the German-speaking countries will have a conference May 23 to 25 in Frankfurt. Over 300 are registered. The general subject will be “The Vision and Experience of Christ in His Resurrection and Ascension” (Thanksgiving Conference 2014). The messages will be spoken in German with Russian, English, and Chinese translation. We expect a rich feast and the Lord’s blessing in the fellowship and blending among all the saints attending.
Please pray for the release of all the saints in these countries to come and be under the Lord's present speaking and be further blended together. May the Lord recover the German-speaking countries in 2015.
Nepal (from a letter written May 7 by full-timers from India who visited Nepal)
We praise and thank the Lord that He preserved all the saints in Nepal including their property. There has been very little damage to the saints.
The saints realize that the Lord preserved them for His purpose to be fulfilled in Nepal. Overall the entire Nepal is in agony. Saints have stronger realization that this is the time for the gospel. We need to pray for the Lord’s intensified move in Nepal.
The two-page letter in English and Chinese is at https://churchinlosangeles.org/prayer.
Announcements
- Morning revival: week 7 of Crystallization-Study of Exodus.
- The summer training will be June 29 to July 4 in Anaheim. Some video trainings in L.A. will begin June 29, some later. Late donation is $205 for Anaheim, still $80 for video.
- The Los Angeles Summer School of Truth will be July 24 to August 1.
- The 2015 European Young People's Conference will take place in Male Ciche, Poland, Lord's Day, July 26 through Saturday, August 1. Registration is now open, with a deadline of June 1. Registration for all attendants, including families, will take place online at http://ypconference.eu.
- The 2015 Young People's Conference of the Americas will take place in São Roque, Brazil Wednesday, July 22 through Lord's Day, July 26, 2015. This is for saints ages 12 to 22. Information and registration is at http://brazilypconf.org. Registration deadline is June 1st.
- An announcement of the 2015 Chinese-speaking Students Perfecting Training (in Chinese and English) is at https://churchinlosangeles.org/prayer.
Prayer, Week of May 10, 2015
Memorial Day Conference
The conference will be Friday night, May 22 through Monday noon, May 25 in St. Louis. Please pray that the Lord will take more crucial steps in the advancement of His purpose during this gathering.
National College Training
May 15 is the deadline for registration for this training. Please ask the Lord to fill this training with young saints who will give themselves to be His age turners to bring Him back!
FTTA Boston Extension Gospel Trip to Europe
Last week and this week twenty-eight trainees from the FTTA Boston extension are on a gospel trip to Europe. This week they and 16 additional saints are in small groups visiting cities in England, France, Italy, Norway, Scotland, Spain, and Switzerland. Please pray to cover and release the Lord’s all-inclusive blessing on this gospel trip.
Please also ask the Lord to release 20 of the trainees to migrate to Europe in August.
Rome
The saints in Rome are close to acquiring a meeting hall less than 270 meters from Sapienza University (the largest university in Europe) and a 3 minute walk from the metro.
There is an evangelistic radio channel in Rome that may be able to broadcast the Life-study of the Bible radio program for free. The hope is that free Rhema literature could be advertised through this.
Lord, strengthen Your testimony in Rome!
German Young People’s Conference
We had a wonderful weekend [May 1-3] at our first German-speaking young people's conference. During the weekend the Lord poured out His blessing and did more than what we could ask or think, and we sensed the Lord's answering the prayers of His Body.
The young people [50 or more, ages 11-25] were impressed to see a vision of who they are (as the salt of the earth, the light of the world, the branches of the vine and as seeds of life), how they can live a life to bear fruit and the importance of grasping the opportunity to offer themselves entirely to Him.
We believe the Lord gave us a very good and positive beginning and are encouraged about what the Lord is doing and what He will do among the young people for the closing of this age.
Nepal
Please continue to pray 1) for the country’s recovery after the earthquake, 2) for the supply of physical necessities to the saints, 3) for people’s hearts to be open to the gospel at this time of trial, and 4) for the local saints to grasp the opportunity to boldly preach Christ and lead many to salvation.
Three Rhema booklets in Nepalese are almost ready for free distribution. May the Lord use these booklets to reach many seekers all over Nepal.
Monetary gifts may be given to the church, designated for Nepal.
Israel
The annual spring conference in Israel will be May 14 to 16.
Announcements
- Morning revival: week 6 of Crystallization-Study of Exodus.
- The summer training will be June 29 to July 4 in Anaheim. Some video trainings in L.A. will begin June 29, some later. Late donation is $205 for Anaheim, still $80 for video.
- The Los Angeles Summer School of Truth will be July 24 to August 1.
- The 2015 European Young People's Conference will take place in Male Ciche, Poland, Lord's Day, July 26 through Saturday, August 1. Registration is now open, with a deadline of June 1. Registration for all attendants, including families, will take place online at http://ypconference.eu.
- The 2015 Young People's Conference of the Americas will take place in São Roque, Brazil Wednesday, July 22 through Lord's Day, July 26, 2015. This is for saints ages 12 to 22. Information and registration is at http://brazilypconf.org. Registration deadline is June 1st.
Prayer, Week of May 3, 2015
The Building Up of the Church as the Body of Christ
The building up of the Body is by our growth in life, which is the increase of the Triune God in us. The building up of the Body is also by the mingling of God and man, the living of God in man and man in God. For this building up, we should be overcomers consecrated to be vital and caring solely for Christ and His Body.
Lord, we give ourselves to be Your overcomers. Increase Yourself in us! Mingle more with us! Abide in us and lead us to abide in You!
Sixth Grade
The sixth grade conference last weekend presented the gospel to them. Please pray for each sixth grader to 1) have some experience of the Lord this week, 2) say something to a friend about their salvation, and 3) move onward to baptism later this month. Pray also for the family life of each sixth grader to be blended with their church life.
FTTA Boston Extension Gospel Trip to Europe
This week and next twenty-eight trainees from the FTTA Boston extension and 10 additional saints are on a gospel trip to Europe. They will be in London eight days, then split into small groups to visit cities in England, France, Italy, Norway, Scotland, Spain, and Switzerland. They return to Boston May 18. Please pray to cover and release the Lord's all-inclusive blessing on this gospel trip.
One-Week Trainings in London
Four one-week trainings will be held at Bower House in London. They begin Mondays May 4, 11, 18, and 25. The overall theme is The Four Great Pillars in the Lord's Recovery: Truth, Life, the Church, and the Gospel. Attendees will spend some time with FTT London and with the brothers and sisters in the church in London or surrounding churches.
Please pray for the attendance of the saints from all over Europe, for the gaining of the new ones, and for perfecting in practicing the vital groups, spreading the divine truths, being fruit-bearing branches in the vine, and developing our function for the building up of the church.
Nepal (from a letter written April 30)
There are about 170 saints meeting in 3 cities in Nepal: Kathmandu, Maidi, and Pokhara. All are safe after the massive earthquake on April 25 that took over 5,000 lives. A sister's house in Kathmandu and 6 or 7 houses of the saints in Maidi were damaged, but overall the saints are fine.
The current urgent need for the saints in Nepal are food and water. Two co-workers from India will travel to Kathmandu to coordinate with the local brothers on relief efforts. They will bring cash, food and water supplies into Nepal.
Please pray for the country's recovery after the earthquake and for people's hearts to be open to the gospel at this time of trial. Also may we pray that the local saints would grasp the opportunity to boldly preach Christ as the Prince of Peace and lead many to salvation.
Three Rhema booklets in Nepalese for free distribution are almost ready for print. May the Lord use these booklets to reach many seekers all over Nepal.
Monetary gifts for these saints may be given to the church, designated for Nepal.
A brother from China lost his life in this earthquake. He was saved in 2012 while studying in Hong Kong. He was on vacation in Kathmandu when the earthquake hit. Please remember his relatives and friends in your prayer that they would be comforted and saved.
Italy
The annual conference in Milan, Italy is May 9 to 10.
France
Our annual festival was April 25-26 in Paris. All the participants were so blessed to hear the re-speaking of February's International Chinese-speaking Conference messages. After each message, there were much sharing to confirm the up-to-date dispensing. This year, there were 344 participants who came from 11 cities in France and 5 other countries.
Announcements
- Morning revival: REPEAT week 5 of Crystallization-Study of Exodus.
- The summer training will be June 29 to July 4 in Anaheim. Some video trainings in L.A. will begin June 29, some later. Late donation is $205 for Anaheim, still $80 for video.
- The Memorial Day conference will be Friday night, May 22 through Monday morning, May 25 in St. Louis. Conference information is at https://churchinlosangeles.org/prayer.
- The Los Angeles Summer School of Truth will be July 24 to August 1.
- A Teachers' Training for the 2015 Summer School of Truth will be May 9 in Fullerton to renew our vision in our service to properly feed our young people during the Summer School of the Truth.
- The 2015 European Young People's Conference will take place in Male Ciche, Poland, Lord's Day, July 26 through Saturday, August 1. Registration is now open, with a deadline of June 1. Registration for all attendants, including families, will take place online at http://ypconference.eu.
Prayer, Week of April 26, 2015
Church in Los Angeles
The whole church will meet together next Lord's Day, May 3, at Los Angeles Trade Tech College (same location we used in May and October of last year). After the meeting we will all have lunch together at the college. Ask the Lord to bring each one to participate in the meeting and to stay for lunch with a hunger for more blending into the reality of one Body.
During this time we will also have the annual business meeting of the church.
Sixth-Grade Conference
The Southern California sixth grade conference is this weekend. Please ask the Lord to bring the sixth graders to salvation and to do something in the whole of each of their families.
National College Conference
We would like to thank the Lord for all that He has been doing in the preparation for the upcoming National College Training, God's Age Turners, July 12-18 in Champaign, Illinois! Last week we had about 1675 saints registered, more than double the total number from all of last year's college trainings combined. Since the capacity of the training is 1800, there were still 125 more spots for saints to register at the late deadline price of $360. Registration will permanently close May 15.
Please continue to encourage any college students and graduating high school seniors to attend this time! May the Lord continue to prepare everything for this training to make it a special, landmark time in the history of the Lord's recovery!
German Young People's Conference
The first-ever German-speaking young people's conference will be May 1 to 3. Please pray for this crucial time of gathering young ones from all of the German-speaking countries. The Lord is advancing a lot with young people all over Europe. He is raising up an army.
Poland
The national conference will be May 1 to 3 in Warsaw. Please pray for the gathering of all the saints and the seeking ones in Poland and the surrounding countries and for the impartation of life and light through the speaking of the current ministry in the Lord's recovery.
Cambodia, Bangladesh, India
Encouraging reports about the gospel and new churches in these nations are at
http://lmasia.org/temp/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/E-2015-04.pdf (English) and
http://lmasia.org/temp/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/Asia-2015-04.pdf (Chinese).
Announcements
- Morning revival: week 5 of Crystallization-Study of Exodus. (and REPEAT week 5 next week)
- The summer training will be June 29 to July 4 in Anaheim. Some video trainings in L.A. will begin June 29, some later. Late donation is $205 for Anaheim, still $80 for video.
- The Memorial Day conference will be Friday night, May 22 through Monday morning, May 25 in St. Louis. Conference information is at https://churchinlosangeles.org/prayer.
- The Los Angeles Summer School of Truth will be July 24 to August 1.
- A Teachers' Training for the 2015 Summer School of Truth will be May 9 in Fullerton to renew our vision in our service to properly feed our young people during the Summer School of the Truth.
- The 2015 European Young People's Conference will take place in Male Ciche, Poland, Lord's Day, July 26 through Saturday, August 1. Registration is now open, with a deadline of June 1. Registration for all attendants, including families, will take place online at http://ypconference.eu.
Prayer, Week of April 19, 2015
Church in Los Angeles
The whole church will meet together Lord's Day, May 3, 10 am, at Los Angeles Trade Tech College (same location we used in May and October of last year). After the meeting we will all have lunch together at the college. Ask the Lord to bring each one of us out of our homes, out of our meeting places, and out of our languages with an exercised spirit for more blending into the reality of one Body.
During this time we will also have the annual business meeting of the church.
Summer Training
This is the month to register for the summer training. Let us pray that an increased number in Los Angeles have a desire to participate in the training to receive the ministry.
Korean-speaking Gospel in Los Angeles
All the Korean-speaking saints went to a park for a blending meeting Lord's Day, April 12. This was also a time for the gospel. More than 15 new ones joined this time and enjoyed the "I am that I am" God who called Moses. Please pray that they would be in strong connection with us.
Full-Time Trainings
Most full-time trainings around the earth will conclude their current term in June. Please pray for:
- the graduating trainees' willingness to seek the Lord and wait for His leading for their future;
- the graduating trainees to be kept by the Lord after they leave the training atmosphere;
- new trainees to be brought to every training for the fall term in greater number than the graduates.
Ventura County
There are currently homes open for meetings (in English and Chinese and one in Spanish) in nearly every city in Ventura County: Thousand Oaks, Simi Valley, Moorpark, Camarillo, Oxnard, and Ventura, as well as in Oak Park, an unincorporated community on the edge of L.A. County. There are also saints living in Westlake Village and Agoura Hills, which are actually in L.A. County. We also have some students living on the CSUCI campus, which is south of Camarillo, outside the city limits.
We continue to pray for increase in each of the cities, and for spreading throughout Ventura county, so that eventually the Lord would raise up a lampstand in every city.
France
The national conference will be April 25-26 in Paris. Please pray that the Lord will take a further step in France and in all of Europe by releasing His up-to-date word to the saints and the seeking ones who attend this conference.
Nepal
There will be a blending time in Kathmandu, Nepal this weekend.
Announcements
- Morning revival: week 4 of Crystallization-Study of Exodus.
- The summer training will be June 29 to July 4. Some video trainings in L.A. will begin June 29, some later. Registration should be completed by April 26. Donation is $155 for Anaheim, $80 for video.
- The 6th Grade Conference fellowship and preparation meeting will be Saturday, April 25, in Anaheim, 9:30 am to noon.
- The Memorial Day conference will be Friday night, May 22 through Monday morning, May 25 in St. Louis. Conference information is at https://churchinlosangeles.org/prayer.
- The Los Angeles Summer School of Truth will be July 24 to August 1.
Prayer, Week of April 12, 2015
The Recovery of the Priesthood for God's Building
The subject of ITERO was The Recovery of the Priesthood for God's Building. "Although a priest is a person who serves God, this does not mean that he works for God or does something for God; according to the revelation of the Scriptures, to serve God is to contact God, to receive God into us, and to be filled, saturated, and permeated with God. As we are saturated, permeated, and possessed by God, spontaneously He will flow out of us, and we will be built up with others in this flow of life." (msg 2, II.A, II.C.2)
Church in Los Angeles
The whole church will meet together Lord's Day, May 3, at Los Angeles Trade Tech College (same location we used in May and October of last year). After the meeting we will all have lunch together at the college. Ask the Lord to give us a strong desire for blending.
Summer Training
This is the month to register for the summer training. Let us pray that an increased number in Los Angeles have a desire to participate in this training to receive the fresh ministry.
Korean-speaking Bible Seminar in LA
On March 7 our Korean-speaking saints had their first Bible seminar of this year. The Lord blessed by sending 36 new ones with the majority being young adults. The next seminar will be this Saturday, April 18. Please pray for all the March attendants to return along with some new people. Pray also for more of these people to begin participating in the weekly Bible club gatherings.
Summer School of Truth
The Summer School of Truth will be July 24 to August 1 this year. There will be more information on how to sign up in the coming weeks. We ask that the young people would sanctify this week unto the Lord for enjoying the Lord's word and beginning their next school year with the Lord's word hidden in their heart (Psa. 119:11).
Bibles for America
The first week of BfA's Midwest tour was March 30 to April 4. It ended with praises to the Lord for all He's doing in Ohio and Indiana. The distribution team visited five universities that week, joining local saints to give away free copies of the New Testament Recovery Version and ministry books to seeking students, faculty, and staff.
The Lord operated through the prayers of the saints to pave the way for each distribution, sometimes clearing inclement weather and other times overcoming administrative obstacles. The people who came to the tables were so warm and grateful, happy to meet the saints on their campuses and eager to receive the Bible.
Africa
The conference in Ethiopia finished on Lord's Day. Monday James Lee begins his return to the U.S. Tuesday Dick Taylor flies to Uganda where he meets Tim Knoppe. They will have a conference in Uganda Tuesday night through Thursday. Friday they go to Kenya for a conference Friday night through Lord's Day. As in Ethiopia, these conferences will be on The Vision, Practice, and Building Up of the Body of Christ. After the conference in Kenya, Dick will begin a long trip home.
Please pray for a rich supply to all the traveling brothers, from a strong seeking in every place they visit, and for much exercise of the spirit for the building up.
India
Thank the Lord for the glorious propagation that took place in Jalandhar from December 25th to January 25th. During this propagation, 90 were baptized and 7 small groups were established, and on the 25th of January, the church in Jalandhar was established.
Eight localities and 58 local saints [plus trainees from FTT Taipei, FTT New Delhi, and FTTA, including one sister from Los Angeles] joined the propagation in Jalandhar. Currently, 105 saints are under shepherding. Everyday the new ones are enjoying the ministry, having corporate morning revival, and going out to preach the gospel in the evenings.
During this propagation, we witnessed many dynamic salvations. For example, one who suffered from demon possession for 15 years met a gospel team. On the next day she, with her friend, came to one of the saints' homes, where the saints began to preach the gospel to them. Eventually the demon was cast out, and on that day she and her friend were baptized. And through her 14 were brought into salvation.
A newsletter from the churches in India is at https://churchinlosangeles.org/prayer.
Myanmar
There is a National Young People's Training here April 13-19.
Announcements
- Morning revival: week 3 of Crystallization-Study of Exodus.
- The summer training will be June 29 to July 4 in Anaheim. Some video trainings in L.A. will begin June 29, some later. Registration should be completed by April 26. Donation is $155 for Anaheim, $80 for video.
- The 6th Grade Conference fellowship and preparation meeting will be Saturday, April 25, in Anaheim, 9:30 am to noon.
- The Memorial Day conference will be Friday night, May 22 through Monday morning, May 25 in St. Louis. Conference information is at https://churchinlosangeles.org/prayer.
- The 2015 National College Training will be July 12 to 18. Please visit http://www.collegetraining.org for information and instructions on how to register.