Prayer, Week of November 24, 2013
"You Then Pray in This Way:
Our Father who is in the heavens, Your name be sanctified; Your kingdom come; Your will be done, as in heaven, so also on earth." (Matt. 6:9-10) Prayer is the believers' act of working together with God to accomplish His will. (Prayer and the Lord’s Move, week 1, II.B)
Thanksgiving Conference
The conference is Thursday, November 28 through Lord's Day, December 1. Please ask the Lord to bless the conference with His speaking and with a full response from all who attend or watch videos. Also ask the Lord to release many to attend this conference.
Children's Work
The following is a summary of message two from the November 9 children's meeting perfecting time for Southern California churches. The subject was, "Compiling Children's Lessons that Build up a Proper Humanity and Lead the Children into a Proper Enjoyment."
Every class, every student is different and we need fresh leading each time. We seek the Lord's leading; we cannot depend solely on a printed page. We pick examples from the children’s daily living, such as cleaning their room or their relation to their teachers. End with a verse. Realize you don't have to use the whole verse. Follow up with them the next week to see if they practiced what they heard. As they grow up, we slowly go from teaching them about God, God's creation, and what proper humanity is to the fall of man, and to bringing them to Christ as life. On this last point, we speak about Christ not as a mere story but in a practical way based on their failures and desires.
Bibles for America
BfA's three-week distribution tour from Philadelphia to South Carolina concluded last week. They distributed New Testaments and Basic Elements of the Christian Life. About 2000 NTs were given out on college campuses and in communities. The saints met many seeking people in each state, including some interested in further contact. Some recipients already called BfA to request other free books. Please pray that the Lord would continue to operate in each recipient through the Bible and books they received.
Paris, France
In September and October a Bible distribution was carried out in front of the Sorbonne and Nanterre Universities. The distribution was under the Lord's blessing. The Lord brought some seeking ones, and some of these are now being contacted. Also, a number of new ones are being added to the church in Paris. Please pray that:
- the Lord will gain more French students from the Sorbonne and Nanterre;
- all the new ones will grow normally and be added to the church for the building up of the Body;
- the FTT London trainees from France will be perfected by the Lord to serve in France.
One-Week Trainings in Europe
This is the last week of this year's four one-week trainings at Bower House in London. The overall theme is The Four Great Pillars in the Lord’s Recovery: Truth, Life, the Church, and the Gospel. Please pray that the saints will be perfected in the divine truths, in their daily life before the Lord, in practicing the vital groups, in participating in the spread of the divine truths throughout Europe, in becoming fruit-bearing branches in the vine, and in developing their organic functions for the building of the churches.
Announcements
- Morning revival: week 1 of Prayer and the Lord's Move.
- Gifts marked for Philippines Relief may be given to the church or to Lord's Move to Europe.
Prayer, Week of November 17, 2013
Vessels unto Honor, Sanctified, Useful to the Master, Prepared
"If therefore anyone cleanses himself from these [vessels unto dishonor, in prior verses], he will be a vessel unto honor, sanctified, useful to the master, prepared unto every good work." (2 Tim. 2:21 with footnote 2)
The children's work is an important work for the raising up of our next generation. For this to be a prevailing work, we need a proper realization and a proper preparation. Saturday, November 9, there was a children's work perfecting time for the Southern California churches. The subject was, "Compiling Children's Lessons that Build up a Proper Humanity and Lead the Children into a Proper Enjoyment." The following is a summary of message one; the other two messages will be summarized in coming weeks.
Our realization of the children's work is that we don’t have the flavor of a school, but we are helping them to be vessels unto honor, useful to the Master, prepared unto every good work (2 Tim. 2:21), with a view that in the future they would become men of God (2 Tim 3:17). If we regard the children's work as a school and teach from books, it will be of more harm than benefit because it gives the children premature knowledge and makes them dull of hearing.
For this work we need a proper preparation. This preparation comes from having proper lessons which help serving ones cultivate the children in their humanity so that they would be proper human beings. These lessons are entirely from a children's perspective and help them (with demonstrations and illustrations from their human living) to know how to honor their parents, love others, and know the proper elements of human morality, humility, patience, and kindness. May the Lord continue to bless our labor among the children in Los Angeles to raise up many Timothy's among us who are fostered under the loving care of parents and serving ones who labor with a long term view that one day these ones would be useful to the Master.
College Conference
This coming weekend, November 22-24 about 145 saints including just over 100 students from Los Angeles and Santa Barbara (UCLA, CSUN, USC, UCSB, SMC, and others) will attend the college conference at Big Bear. The topic of the conference is "The Life and Work of an Age Turner," based on the story of Noah. Please pray that:
- All who have signed up would come, prepared, wide open to the Lord to receive His speaking.
- All who come would have the veils removed to see a vision of God's need to have man's cooperation to change the age.
- All would give themselves not just to see or touch the ark but to enter into the ark, the church life, and to remain there, not just in body but in their hearts.
- The enemy with all of his frustrations would be bound because he knows the strategic importance of this topic.
The Philippines
The typhoon in the Philippines caused much destruction and much loss of life. About 250 families (plus more in areas where there is no communication) in the recovery have lost food and lost some or all of their housing. Brothers in other parts of the Philippines are delivering food to churches they can reach.
Let us pray for:
- effective work by the government and relief agencies;
- the coworkers, elders, and saints in all the affected areas to gain discernment to act wisely and decisively under the leading of the mingled spirit;
- a rich supply to the saints laboring to deliver food and help in other ways;
- the Lord's care for all the suffering ones, both within and outside the churches, and His turning of this disaster into an opportunity for spreading of the gospel of the kingdom.
Monetary donations may be given to the church in Los Angeles or to Lord's Move to Europe (see http://www.lordsmove.org/offerings.html). In either case, mark the donation for "Philippines Relief."
Thanksgiving Conference
The conference is Thursday, November 28 through Lord's Day, December 1. Please pray for the Lord’s wisdom and supply to all who are preparing for this conference.
Bibles for America
This is the last week of BfA's three-week distribution tour from Philadelphia through Maryland, Washington DC, Virginia, to North and South Carolina. Please continue to pray that:
- The Lord would brood over this part of the country and prepare many hungry ones to receive the Word and the ministry.
- The traveling saints would remain safe and be strengthened into their inner man throughout this trip.
European University Students Conference
The Autumn University Students Conference is this weekend, November 22 to 24, in London. This conference is for students across Europe. The subject is The Full Ministry of Christ in the Third Stage of Intensification -- The Producing of the Overcomers.
Pakistan
- Pray for the National Blending Conference at Lahore November 23 to 24.
- Pray for the translation and proofreading of the Crystallization-Study of Genesis.
Vietnam
Pray for the gospel move in the southeastern region from November 17 to 23.
Announcements
- Morning revival: week 12 of Crystallization-Study of Genesis. After Genesis, we will repeat Prayer and the Lord's Move, which we used in February and March. Please find your book or order a new one.
- Gifts marked for Philippines Relief may be given to the church or to Lord's Move to Europe.
- The Thanksgiving Conference will be in Illinois from Thursday, November 28 through Lord's Day, December 1. We invite all the churches and individuals to participate. There will be translation into Chinese, Korean, Spanish, and Portuguese. Details are at https://churchinlosangeles.org/prayer.
- There will be a conference in Hawaii January 24 to 26. Details are at https://churchinlosangeles.org/prayer.
Prayer, Week of November 10, 2013
Love, Feed, Shepherd
"Jesus said, do you love Me? Feed My lambs. Do you love Me? Shepherd My sheep. Do you love Me? Feed My sheep." (part of John 21:15-17) Lord, cause our love for You to increase our shepherding and feeding of others, and to cause our shepherding and feeding to increase our love.
Prayer and the Lord's Move
We need to persevere in prayer, pray at every time in spirit, and be on the alert for the maintaining of a prayer life. (2012 Thanksgiving Conference, banner 2)
After week 12 of Genesis, we will repeat Prayer and the Lord's Move, which we used in February and March. Please find your book or order a new one.
Perfecting for Spanish-Speaking Saints
This fall there is a Perfecting Training Series for Spanish-speaking saints in Southern California. The remaining topics are Gospel Service (November 16) and Truth Equipping (December 7). Lord, perfect the saints "unto the work of the ministry, unto the building up of the Body of Christ" (Eph. 4:12).
Bibles for America
This is the second week of BfA's three-week distribution tour from Philadelphia through Maryland, Washington DC, Virginia, to North and South Carolina. Please continue to pray that:
- The Lord would brood over this part of the country and prepare many hungry ones to receive the Word and the ministry.
- The traveling saints would remain safe and be strengthened into their inner man throughout this trip.
London
Over 400 people attended a seminar Saturday, November 2. Of the 165 first time attendees, 72 want a Bible study in their home. Some have already received an initial visit. Please pray for many saints to be available to visit these and many, many other new contacts whose homes are open and waiting for visitation.
One-Week Trainings in Europe
This is the third week of this fall's four one-week trainings at Bower House in London. The overall theme is The Four Great Pillars in the Lord’s Recovery: Truth, Life, the Church, and the Gospel. Please pray that the saints will be perfected in the divine truths, in their daily life before the Lord, in practicing the vital groups, in participating in the spread of the divine truths throughout Europe, in becoming fruit-bearing branches in the vine, and in developing their organic functions for the building of the churches.
Belgium
The annual conference in Belgium is November 16 to 17. Please pray for the release of the Lord's fresh and up-to-date speaking, and the effect of this speaking on the practical living of the saints.
Announcements
- Morning revival: week 11 of Crystallization-Study of Genesis. After Genesis, we will repeat Prayer and the Lord's Move, which we used in February and March. Please find your book or order a new one.
- The winter training in Anaheim will be December 23 to 28. There will also be video trainings in L.A. Registration is $205 for Anaheim (includes late fee) and $80 for video. Registration deadline for video is Lord's Day, November 17.
- The Thanksgiving Conference will be in Illinois from Thursday, November 28 through Lord's Day, December 1. We invite all the churches and individuals to participate. There will be translation into Chinese, Korean, Spanish, and Portuguese. Details are at https://churchinlosangeles.org/prayer.
Prayer, Week of November 3, 2013
Prayer and the Lord's Move
The principle of prayer is that God's people must pray before God will rise up to work (2012 Thanksgiving Conference, message 1, II.A). "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." (Matt. 18:18-19)
After we finish week 12 of Genesis, we will repeat Prayer and the Lord's Move, which we used in February and March. Please find your book or be ready to order a new one.
Children's Work Perfecting Conference
This conference will be Saturday, November 9th from 9:00 am until 3:30 pm at the church in Diamond Bar meeting hall. We will be focusing our fellowship on the need to compile children's lessons that build up a proper humanity and lead the children into a proper enjoyment. Donation is $20, including lunch. To register please click here.
"The harvest is great, but the workers few; therefore, beseech the Lord of the harvest that He would thrust out workers into His harvest." (Luke 10:2) The labor in this harvest is not only Lord's Day morning but also in our homes and among children in our neighborhoods.
An Open Letter
From its inception in May there have been about 34,000 unique visitors to http://an-open-letter.org and 4,200 "Likes" on Facebook. A Chinese language version of this site was recently launched. It can be accessed at http://www.localchurchopenletter.org or by clicking on the Chinese-language symbol in the upper right corner of the English-language pages. Also, we added some new and encouraging testimonies from Christian leaders. We ask that you continue to pray:
- For the impact and effectiveness of this site in overcoming the negative and inaccurate impression of the Lord's recovery spread by some on the Internet;
- That this site would help seekers of Christ to disregard opposition and rumors to pursue Christ in an unhindered way;
- For additional testimonies from respected Christians.
Boston
Construction of the Boston training center is finished. In order to get the Occupancy Permit and Assembly Permit from the Boston Fire Department and the City of Boston, several inspections are necessary. We rejoice and thank the Lord for bringing us to this point. May our prayers give Him the way to head up the inspections and all things related to the timely completion of this project.
Bibles for America
Last Friday BfA began a three-week distribution tour from Philadelphia through Maryland, Washington DC, Virginia, to North and South Carolina. Please pray that:
- The Lord would brood over this part of the country and prepare many hungry ones to receive the Word and the ministry.
- The traveling saints would remain safe and be strengthened into their inner man throughout this trip.
One-Week Trainings in Europe
This is the second week of this fall's four one-week trainings at Bower House in London. The overall theme is The Four Great Pillars in the Lord’s Recovery: Truth, Life, the Church, and the Gospel. Please pray that the saints will be perfected in the divine truths, in their daily life before the Lord, in practicing the vital groups, in participating in the spread of the divine truths throughout Europe, in becoming fruit-bearing branches in the vine, and in developing their organic functions for the building of the churches.
Seminar in London
Last Saturday there was a seminar in London for radio listeners and New Testament recipients. More than 400 attended, 160 for the first time. (photo below) The subject was God's Eternal Purpose as seen in Genesis 1-2 and Revelation 21-22. At the end of the seminar, attendees were asked to fill out a form if they were interested in joining home meetings in their home or the homes of others. Many are open to enjoying the Word of God in the homes. Please pray that:
- many local saints would rise up to function as shepherd-teachers to care for so many new ones;
- many more saints would be burdened and touched by the Lord to be sent to Europe.
Europe
The European brothers' training, attended by approximately 140 brothers, and the international blending conference, attended by about 575 saints from 27 countries, concluded on October 27. Please pray for the operation of the Lord’s word in all the leading ones and the saints in Europe to advance the Lord’s move in the months ahead.
Announcements
- Morning revival: week 10 of Crystallization-Study of Genesis.
- The audio from the October 13 meeting of the church in L.A. is at https://churchinlosangeles.org/ministry/audio-messages.
- The winter training in Anaheim will be December 23 to 28. There will also be video trainings in L.A. Registration is $205 for Anaheim (includes late fee) and $80 for video. Registration deadline for video is Lord's Day, November 17.
- The Thanksgiving Conference will be in Illinois from Thursday, November 28 through Lord's Day, December 1. We invite all the churches and individuals to participate. There will be translation into Chinese, Korean, Spanish, and Portuguese. Details are at https://churchinlosangeles.org/prayer.
- There will be a conference in Hawaii January 24 to 26. Details are at https://churchinlosangeles.org/prayer.
Prayer, Week of October 27, 2013
Increase in L.A.
"These things I command you that you may love one another." This is to love one another in the Lord's life, the divine life, in the Lord's love, and in His commission of fruit-bearing. Life is the source, love is the condition, and fruit-bearing is the goal. If we all live by the Lord's life as the source, in the Lord's love as the condition, and for fruit-bearing as the goal, we surely will love one another. Having different sources of life, different conditions, or different goals will separate us and prevent us from loving one another. (John 15:17 and note)
Let us ask the Lord to bring us into this gospel atmosphere full of life, love, and fruit-bearing to reach relatives, students, friends, neighbors, and work places and to recover dormant saints so that at least 1000 are meeting with the church by the end of this year.
Children's Work Perfecting Conference
This conference will be Saturday, November 9th from 9:00 am until 3:30 pm at the Diamond Bar meeting hall. We will be focusing our fellowship on the need to compile children's lessons that build up a proper humanity and lead the children into a proper enjoyment. Donation is $20, including lunch. To register please click here.
"The harvest is great, but the workers few; therefore, beseech the Lord of the harvest that He would thrust out workers into His harvest." (Luke 10:2) The labor in this harvest is not only Lord's Day morning but also through the week in our homes and among children in our neighborhoods.
Boston
Everything related to the construction of the Boston training center is finished, including the parking lot and landscape. (photos below) The building has a positive effect on the surrounding neighborhoods and this project brought in the Lord's blessing to the churches in the Greater Boston Area.
In order to get the final Occupancy Permit and Assembly Permit from the Boston Fire Department and the City of Boston, several inspections are necessary. We rejoice and thank the Lord for bringing us to this point. May our prayers give Him the way to head up the inspections and all things related to the timely completion of this project.
Bibles for America
On Friday, November 1, BfA will begin a three-week distribution tour. It will begin in Philadelphia and continue south through Maryland, Washington DC, Virginia, and North and South Carolina. Tour participants will give away free copies of the NT Recovery Version and books by Watchman Nee and Witness Lee while blending with the saints in each locality they visit. Please pray that:
- The Lord would brood over this part of the country and prepare many hungry ones to receive the Word and the ministry.
- The traveling saints would remain safe and be strengthened into their inner man throughout this trip.
One-Week Trainings in Europe
There will again be four one week trainings at Bower House in London, beginning Mondays October 28, November 4, 11, and 25. The overall theme is The Four Great Pillars in the Lord's Recovery: Truth, Life, the Church, and the Gospel. Attendees will also spend some time with FTT London with the brothers and sisters in London or surrounding churches.
Please pray that the saints will be perfected in the divine truths, in their daily life before the Lord, in practicing the vital groups, in participating in the spread of the divine truths throughout Europe, in becoming fruit-bearing branches in the vine, and in developing their organic functions for the building up of the churches in their respective localities.
Chile
There will be a national training for serving brothers October 31 to November 2.
Bulgaria
More than 100 attended the conference held in Sofia on October 11-13, including Bulgarians and visiting saints from Romania, Turkey, England, Spain, Greece, and the United States. Most of the saints from Bulgaria were gathered together for the first time. Several Bulgarian brothers expressed a desire to attend a one-week training in London in November.
Please pray:
- That the brothers who attend the one-week training will receive a governing vision from the Lord
- That the saints who met each other for the first time during the conference will go on to pursue
the Lord and His testimony together - That the Lord will lead the serving ones to continue to care for the saints in Bulgaria
Announcements
- Morning revival: week 9 of Crystallization-Study of Genesis.
- The audio from the October 13 meeting of the church in L.A. is at https://churchinlosangeles.org/ministry/audio-messages.
- The winter training in Anaheim will be December 23 to 28. There will also be video trainings in L.A. Registration deadline for video is Lord's Day, November 17.
- The Thanksgiving Conference will be in Illinois from Thursday, November 28 through Lord's Day, December 1. We invite all the churches and individuals to participate. There will be translation into Chinese, Korean, Spanish, and Portuguese. Details are at https://churchinlosangeles.org/prayer.
- There will be an International Blending Conference in Myanmar November 29 to December 1. Please contact ibcmyanmar2013@gmail.com for more information.
- There will be a conference in Hawaii January 24 to 26. Details are at https://churchinlosangeles.org/prayer.
Boston Training Center
Prayer, Week of October 20, 2013
"Our Savior God Desires...
...all men to be saved and to come to the full knowledge of the truth." (1 Tim. 2:3b-4)
God desires all the saved ones to have the full knowledge of the truth. Truth means reality, denoting all the real things revealed in God's Word, which are mainly Christ as the embodiment of God and the church as the Body of Christ. Every saved person should have a full knowledge, a complete realization, of these things. (first paragraph of note 2, 1 Tim. 2:4)
Let us ask the Lord to strengthen saints who are regularly reading the ministry and to bring many more into this reading. May we all be nourished, be enlightened, and come to the full realization of the truth.
High School Conferences
The conferences are this weekend, in Irvine (brothers) and Anaheim (sisters). Lord, gain these high school young people and many friends with their families as fruit for the Father's glory.
Children's Work Perfecting Conference
We are very burdened to enter into and practice the vision released in Raising Up the Next Generation in the Church Life. To continue in this line, there will be a Children's Work Perfecting Conference Saturday, November 9th, from 9 am until 3:30 pm at the Diamond Bar meeting hall. Registration donation, including lunch, is $20; to register please click here.
European Brothers' Training and European Blending Conference
These two gatherings will be in the Netherlands. The training is October 22 to 24 (a re-speaking of ITERO, October 3 to 5 in Thailand) and the conference is October 25 to 27. Please pray for the perfecting of the leading ones in Europe and the blending of all the saints in these two crucial gatherings.
Israel
The fall conference is October 24 to 26.
Budapest, Hungary
The Lord has made great progress toward the raising up of a lampstand in Budapest (Hungary's capital and largest city) in recent years. Please pray that the Lord will continue to work in and among the Hungarian saints and will establish His testimony in Budapest in His time and for His glory.
The Lord's Move in Asia
A 16 minute video at http://lmasia.org (scroll to the bottom of this page if the video does not start automatically) gives a brief overview of the continent followed by a view of the Lord's move in 16 nations where the recovery has been raised up in the past 25 years. The video shows many saints, meetings, gospel activities, and baptisms. It concludes with a request for prayer for:
- the Lord's rule over the political and economic situation in these nations;
- overseas saints to visit and blend with local saints and to coordinate in gospel moves;
- the translation of ministry books; and
- shepherding and perfecting of local saints.
Announcements
- Morning revival: week 8 of Crystallization-Study of Genesis.
- The audio from the October 13 meeting of the church in L.A. is at https://churchinlosangeles.org/ministry/audio-messages.
- The winter training in Anaheim will be Monday, December 23 to Saturday, December 28 with meetings at 4 pm and 7:30 pm. There will also be video trainings in L.A. Registration is $155 for Anaheim and $80 for video. Registration deadline for Anaheim is Lord's Day, October 27.
- The Thanksgiving Conference will be in Illinois from Thursday, November 28 through Lord's Day, December 1. We invite all the churches and individuals to participate. There will be translation into Chinese, Korean, Spanish, and Portuguese. Details are at https://churchinlosangeles.org/prayer.
- There will be an International Blending Conference held in Myanmar November 29 to December 1. All churches and saints are invited to participate. Please contact ibcmyanmar2013@gmail.com for more information.
Prayer, Week of October 13, 2013
"Until We All Arrive...at a Full-grown Man" (Eph. 4:13)
We need to advance in the experience of life in order to arrive at a full-grown man for the fulfillment of God's purpose. In order to advance and arrive, we need to take Christ as our person. "Life" in itself could be abstract, but life is a Person. “It is no longer I who live, but it is Christ who lives in me” (Gal. 2:20). If we take Christ as our person, we will surely take Him as our life and we will advance in our experience of life. The secret to taking Christ as our person and to advancing in life is to give Him the first love (Rev. 2:4), the first place, in all things.
The audio of the church in LA meeting will be posted in a few days at https://churchinlosangeles.org/ministry/audio-messages.
"This Also We Pray For, Your Perfecting." (2 Cor. 13:9).
We all have been given grace (Eph. 4:7). The Lord has also given gifted members (4:11) for our perfecting that we may be supplied to minister Christ for the building of the Body (4:12). One aspect of this perfecting is by our reading of the ministry. Those who are already reading regularly are encouraged to continue. Those who are not reading regularly are urged to begin the Life-study of Genesis, preferably with companions. A basic schedule for reading Genesis is at https://churchinlosangeles.org/prayer, but companions are welcome to set their own schedule.
Junior High Conferences
The conferences are next weekend, in Los Angeles (brothers) and Riverside (sisters). The giving and receiving of hospitality in these conferences has been very cherishing and encouraging. Ask the Lord to take another step this weekend to gain many junior high student, their families, and their friends.
Spanish-Speaking Conference
There will be a conference for the Spanish-speaking saints in Southern California on Saturday, October 19, from 4 to 9 PM at the Ministry Conference Center in Anaheim. There will be two meetings; bring your own food for dinner between the meetings. This time is open to all the saints and there in no need for registration. We will consider chapters 4 and 5 in The Experience of Life. After the messages there will be plenty of time for the saints to share their enjoyment from their reading of these chapters.
Gospel in Laos
October 20 to 25 will be gospel time on campuses in Laos.
More Churches in Europe
Please pray for the raising up of the Lord's testimony in major cities in Europe, including Lisbon, Portugal; Krakow, Poland; Budapest, Hungary; Vienna, Austria; Sofia, Bulgaria; Thessaloniki, Greece; Zagreb, Croatia; Belgrade, Serbia; Geneva, Switzerland; Bilbao, Spain; and Hamburg, Frankfurt, and Munich, Germany
Announcements
- Morning revival: REPEAT week 7 of Crystallization-Study of Genesis.
- All L.A. college meeting: Saturday, October 26 at UCLA, beginning at 6 pm with dinner.
- The winter training in Anaheim will be Monday, December 23 to Saturday, December 28 with meetings at 4 pm and 7:30 pm. There will also be video trainings in L.A. Registration is $155 for Anaheim and $80 for video. Registration deadline for Anaheim is Lord's Day, October 27.
- The Thanksgiving Conference will be in Illinois from Thursday, November 28 through Lord's Day, December 1. We invite all the churches and individuals to participate. There will be translation into Chinese, Korean, Spanish, and Portuguese. Details are at https://churchinlosangeles.org/prayer.
Prayer, Week of October 6, 2013
Church in Los Angeles Joint Meeting
The whole church in Los Angeles will meet Lord's Day, October 13 at Mission College (the same location as in April; a map is at https://churchinlosangeles.org/prayer). We will have sharing from the recent ITERO in Thailand and reports from various parts of Los Angeles.
Ask the Lord for good attendance and much participation so that we may be encouraged, grow in life, and be blent more into the reality of the Body.
Junior High Brothers' Conference
The church in L.A. will host the junior high brothers' conference October 18-20 at Haskell. We open to the Lord to advance in the young people, parents, and serving ones through this conference and the other young people’s conference. May the Lord’s rich speaking be in every meeting and may there be much cherishing to both hosts and guests in the hospitality.
L.A. Korean BfA Bible Seminars and Bible Clubs
Last Saturday was a Bible seminar for those who received BfA New Testaments at the recent Korean festival. About 30 new recipients attended. Please pray that:
- The Lord supply richly for further contact with every one who received a NT.
- The Lord bring connect many seeking ones to the weekly Bible club gatherings.
- The Lord bless all the Bible clubs to be wide open entrances to the church life for many new ones.
Bulgaria
There will be a conference in Bulgaria October 11-13. Please pray for the gathering of the seeking ones, the release of the Lord's rich word, and the raising up of the Lord’s testimony in Sofia (the capital and largest city).
Qatar
There will be a blending meeting at Qatar (a small nation adjacent to Saudi Arabia) October 15 to 17.
Sri Lanka
Pray that the proof-reading of seven Rhema books can be completed soon.
Announcements
- Morning revival: week 7 of Crystallization-Study of Genesis.
- The winter training in Anaheim will be Monday, December 23 to Saturday, December 28 with meetings at 4 pm and 7:30 pm. There will also be video trainings in L.A. Registration is $155 for Anaheim and $80 for video. Registration deadline for Anaheim is Lord's Day, October 27.
- High School Conferences October 25-27, $60/person, registrations are due by October 13
Sisters at church in Anaheim
Brothers at church in Irvine - The fall College Conferences will be held in Big Bear. We will be enjoying "The Life and Work of an Age Turner." Please visit http://college-conference.com for detailed information.
The conference will be held on two weekends in November:
Conference A: November 8-10 (includes CSUN); early registration deadline is October 27.
Conference B: November 22-24 (includes UCLA, USC); early registration deadline is November 10. - The Thanksgiving Conference will be in Illinois from Thursday, November 28 through Lord's Day, December 1. We invite all the churches and individuals to participate. There will be translation into Chinese, Korean, Spanish, and Portuguese. Details are at https://churchinlosangeles.org/prayer.
Prayer, Week of September 29, 2013
ITERO
The International Training for Elders and Responsible Ones will be October 3 to 5 in Bangkok, Thailand, followed by a blending meeting with the churches in Thailand October 6. Please pray that all who attend this training will take the lead to be brought on to maturity and that the same atmosphere will spread through the whole recovery.
Church in Los Angeles Joint Meeting
The whole church in Los Angeles will meet Lord's Day, October 13 at 10 am at Mission College (the same location as in April). Ask the Lord for good attendance and much participation so that we may be encouraged, grow in life, and be blent more into the reality of the Body.
L.A. Korean Festival, Bible Seminars and Bible Clubs
The annual festival ended on Lord's Day. Saturday, October 5, we will have a Bible seminar targeting many hungry ones and NT recipients in the L.A. Korean community. The goal of these seminars is to link them to Bible clubs meeting weekly where all the seeking ones can enjoy His rich words with the Korean Recovery Version. Please pray that:
- The Lord supply richly for further contact with every one who received a NT.
- The Lord bring many seeking ones to the Bible seminar and connect them to the Bible clubs.
- The Lord bless all the Bible clubs to be wide open entrances to the church life for many new ones.
Santa Barbara
We now have more than 20 students in Santa Barbara. Half of them are new (from other churches) this school year. Ask the Lord 1) to blend our students together, 2) to connect them with the homes, and 3) to give them good experiences in reaching out to other students.
Nigeria
We are grateful to the Lord for his move in this age. The 30 minute weekly radio broadcast on the book of Revelation has been going on in Lagos, Nigeria since April 2013. We received over 100 phone calls asking for printed copies of the messages and indicating their love for the ministry. On September 14 we conducted a 3 hour seminar and 53 of them were in attendance; their testimonies and response to the ministry was wonderful and quite encouraging. They also indicated that their homes are open for us.
We experienced this blessing of increase through the radio years before. Now we feel the Lord is about to do something more to advance his move. This is an urgent need for prayer:
- For the Lord to utilize this opportunity to shepherd these people, and
- To strengthen the work in Nigeria through the radio broadcast.
New Testament Translation Work
Saints are laboring to translate the Recovery Version NT with footnotes into Polish, Armenian, and Vietnamese. Lord, supply them bountifully!
Announcements
- Morning revival: week 6 of Crystallization-Study of Genesis.
- The winter training in Anaheim will be Monday, December 23 to Saturday, December 28 with meetings at 4 pm and 7:30 pm. There will also be video trainings in L.A. Registration is $155 for Anaheim and $80 for video. Registration deadline for Anaheim is Lord's Day, October 27.
- Junior High School Conferences October 18-20, $60/person, registrations are due by October 6
Brothers at church in Los Angeles, Hall 2
Sisters at church in Riverside - High School Conferences October 25-27, $60/person, registrations are due by October 13
Sisters at church in Anaheim
Brothers at church in Irvine
The Thanksgiving Conference will be in Illinois from Thursday, November 28 through Lord's Day, December 1. We invite all the churches and individuals to participate. There will be translation into Chinese, Korean, Spanish, and Portuguese. Details are at https://churchinlosangeles.org/prayer.
Prayer, Week of September 22, 2013
The Word of the Truth of the Gospel
"The word of the truth of the gospel, which has come to you, even as it is also in all the world, bearing fruit and growing, as also in you, since the day you heard and knew the grace of God in truth." (Col. 1:5b-6)
Lord, constitute us with Your truth to fill our words of the gospel. Lord, send us out with the gospel and cause the truth of this gospel to bear fruit and grow in Los Angeles.
L.A. Korean Festival, Bible Seminars and Bible Clubs
This annual festival, September 26 to 29, is the biggest festival among the Korean community. The location in Olympic and Normandie. Last year, we distributed more than 700 Korean Recovery Version New Testaments during this festival. This year we were able to get a booth where we can present and distribute the Recovery Version in a more secure way. Many saints will distribute in the street as well.
Also, we had one Bible seminar on September 21 and will have another on October 5 targeting many hungry ones in L.A. Korean community. The ultimate goal of these seminars is to link them to Bible clubs meeting weekly where all the seeking ones can enjoy His rich Words with the Korean Recovery Version.
Please pray that:
- The Lord bring many seeking ones to the Bible seminars and connect them to the Bible clubs.
- Recovery Version Bibles could be distributed without any hindrance during Korean Festival.
- The Lord bless all the Bible clubs to be wide open entrances to the church life for many new ones.
L.A. Young People's Joint Gathering
On September 28th, there will be a joint young people's meeting at Hall 5 from 6:00pm to 9:00pm with dinner served. Parents are welcome to attend also.
Please pray that the Lord would build up a strong monthly young people's meeting for junior high and high school young people to enjoy the Lord together, to build up one another in their most holy faith, and to be encouraged to stand in this age as lights of the world, salt of the earth, branches in the vine, and seeds of life for the Lord's spread.
Santa Barbara
Please beseech the Lord to gain some local couples or families whose homes will be open for the church life. And ask the Lord for some younger couples or families to migrate here to strengthen the church life and to help care for college students.
Also pray for good contacts at the table set this week on the UCSB campus and many new students to attend the welcome barbecue on Saturday.
Anaheim
District 5 of the church in Anaheim began meeting Lord's Day, September 22. Please ask the Lord to move through the saints there for the gospel, for visiting and nourishing new believers, and for mutual perfecting.
Boston
Please pray for the expeditious and final approved inspections by the fire marshall so that we can move the training from Newton into the Boston training center. Pray for continued blessing on the campus labor with connections to clusters of students at each university. This year, Harvard is the focus for the church in Cambridge, Boston University is the focus for the church in Boston, and Northeastern is the focus for the church in Newton.
Also, pray for the development of the vital, group-based living around all of the campuses.
Lord's Move to Asia
A conference concerning the "Lord's Move to Asia" will be held in Bangkok, Thailand from September 29 to October 1. There will be much prayer and fellowship concerning the specific burden of the Lord’s move to Asia and the co-ordination related to this move. It is hoped that through this time of blending, all the churches in Asia will be brought into the one accord in the fellowship of the Body of Christ for the increase and spread of His testimony from southeast Asia to countries on the Arabian peninsula. Through this conference we desire to give the Lord an unhindered way so that the gospel of the kingdom will be preached throughout the whole inhabited earth and church trees will be planted for the establishment of the kingdom of God.
ITERO
The International Training for Elders and Responsible Ones will be October 3 to 5 in Bangkok, Thailand, followed by a blending meeting with the churches in Thailand October 6. Please pray that through this training Christ will grow in all of us unto maturity.
Croatia and Serbia
Please pray that Lord will continue to sow the seed of the ministry in Croatia, Serbia, and the remaining countries of the former Yugoslavia and will raise up lampstands in many cities.
Thirteen saints from these countries attended the conference in Slovakia on 14-15 September. In the conference they tasted the fellowship in the Body of Christ and were under the speaking of the heavenly vision of God's economy. Please pray that they will be strengthened to leave their background and take the way of the Lord's recovery.
Ministry Distribution in Europe
Please pray:
- For the continuing distribution of the New Testament Recovery Version and other free ministry publications in English, French, German, Portuguese, and Spanish.
- For the shepherding of the seeking ones and their entering into the church life.
Announcements
- Morning revival: week 5 of Crystallization-Study of Genesis (summer training).
- The whole church in L.A. will meet Lord's Day, October 13, at 10 am at Mission College (same location as in April).
- Junior High School Conferences October 18-20, $60/person, registrations are due by October 6
Brothers at church in Los Angeles, Hall 2
Sisters at church in Riverside - High School Conferences October 25-27, $60/person, registrations are due by October 13
Sisters at church in Anaheim
Brothers at church in Irvine - This year's Thanksgiving Conference will be held in Schaumburg, Illinois from Thursday, November 28 at night through Lord’s Day, December 1, mid-day. There will be translation into Chinese, Korean, Spanish, and Portuguese. Details are at https://churchinlosangeles.org/prayer.
- This year's International Conference for Iberia will be held in Lisbon, Portugal, December 6 to 8. More information is at https://churchinlosangeles.org/prayer.