Prayer

Prayer, Week of February 17, 2013

"Your Will Be Done, As In Heaven, So Also On Earth"

Today the power of God is limited to our capacity, and it is subject to our will, submission, obedience, and faith. (Week 3 outline, I.A.2)

The Lord is looking for members of His Body who will be fully responsive to Him and in whom the limitations to His will are removed. (Week 3 outline, I.C.2)

Blending in Los Angeles

Saturday, February 23, will be an all L.A. college students' time at Roxbury Park, hosted by UCLA. Recreation begins at 4 pm, dinner at 6 pm, followed by a meeting.

Lord's Day morning, February 24 all the L.A. districts will blend by languages for the Table and prophesying. English-speaking and Spanish-speaking at Haskell, Korean-speaking at Hall 1, and Chinese-speaking at Hall 3.

Church in L.A. Family Night

The Church in Los Angeles will have a family night with a love feast, a short time of singing, followed by fun and games for all. All languages are invited, especially parents with young children, and also college students, young people, older and younger, married and single. Time: Saturday night, March 2, 6 to 9 pm at Haskell Hall. Please bring food for yourself and a few others. Pray all will come and join in the fun and fellowship.

Increase in L.A.

"I will be inquired of by the house of Israel [by the church in L.A.] to do it for them; I will increase them with men like a flock." (Ezek. 36:37) Inquire of the Lord to supply, attract, and shepherd more people so that 1000 are meeting in L.A. by the end of this year.

FTTA

The spring term of FTTA begins this week. Ask the Lord to be the new beginning to every trainee and to all who are serving there.

FTTP: Full-time Training in Pretoria, South Africa

The newest FTT will begin in Pretoria the first week of March. Pray for a rich supply to the saints there who are preparing spiritually and practically for this training. Pray also for the trainees who are preparing to attend.

Chandigarh, India

Lord's Day, February 10, the church in Chandigarh enjoyed its first Lord's Table. We started with sharing concerning the significance of the Table. Following a very full Lord's Table meeting, the church in Chandigarh also had its first prophesying meeting with mostly local saints sharing their testimonies and specific experiences from the last two weeks. There was a clear sentiment expressed by many concerning the need to take a strong stand for the oneness of the Body in the face of opposition. Afterwards, we sang 1226 "Oh, the church of Christ is glorious" followed spontaneously by all the local saints repeatedly declaring, “We are One” in Hindi.

Thank you for your prayer! About 120 saints were present, 50-60 of whom were local Chandigaris contacted within the two weeks prior to February 10. The brothers agreeing to take the lead to care for the church had a meeting that night. In the following weeks, brothers from nearby localities will be taking turns to visit, shepherd, and perfect the saints there.

Please continue to pray for knitting together, shepherding, and perfecting of the church in Chandigarh. Pray also for the Lord to show them where to meet on Lord's Days, and for the locals to continue to visit the other positive ones contacted in the past two weeks.

Announcements

Morning revival: week 3 of Prayer and the Lord's Move (Thanksgiving conference). Internet sharing from this week’s morning revival is at http://www.agodman.com/blog/enjoyment-from-the-holy-word-for-morning-revival/prayer-and-the-lords-move. The five links under "Week 3" correspond to days 1 to 5 of morning revival.
There will be a perfecting training for parents and those burdened for young people. It will be Saturday, March 2, 9 am to 3 pm in Irvine. Please register before Lord's Day, February 24 at http://scyp.com and click on "Event Registration."
The spring college conference will be March 8 to 10 in Anaheim. The initial deadline to register is February 24.

by israel

Prayer, Week of February 10, 2013

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Prayer and the Lord's Move

"How much more will the Father who is from heaven give the Holy Spirit to those who ask Him!" (Luke 11:13) We know from our experience with the Lord that often we have prayed properly and have prayed ourselves into God. As we remain in Him, we receive His riches, the riches that are embodied in His Spirit. When we receive the Holy Spirit as our life supply...we can feed ourselves, and we can also feed all those under our care. (Morning Revival, last paragraph of W2, D2)

International Chinese-Speaking Conference

This conference is the first of our seven feasts each year. The conference will be in Anaheim Friday evening, February 15 through Lord's Day morning, February 17. The messages will be in Chinese but we all need to hear what the Spirit says to the churches. There will be translation by radio into English, Korean, Spanish, and Portuguese. Details are at https://churchinlosangeles.org/prayer.

Blending in Los Angeles

Saturday, February 23, will be an all L.A. college students' dinner and meeting at UCLA.

Lord's Day morning, February 24 all the L.A. districts will blend by language for the Table and prophesying.

FTTA Gospel Trip Reports

The European gospel trips ended late last week. All the trips will be complete by this Wednesday. The spring term at FTTL began this Monday and at FTTA next Monday. Here is a main focus of prayer for various places touched by the FTT teams. Links to daily reports are at http://beseeching.org.

All areas: may the college students and young people become vital companions and learn to function on their campuses.

North America: for people met by the team members to be connected with local saints for continued shepherding.

Europe, South America: may the young people and college students respond to the trainees' testimonies and open to the Lord about attending an FTT.

UK: may all the saints, including students and new ones, rise up and be supplied to shepherd the multitude of Bible recipients.

India: that the Lord bountifully supply the saints standing for His testimony in Chandigarh (first Lord's Table was February 10). Most have begun to face opposition, some very severe. As all the visiting saints leave, may they go in in the way of the small groups they have begun to practice, with much mutuality.

All areas: pray for fruit from every gospel tract that went out.

Bibles for America, New Book Offer

In March BfA will offer a free two-book set of The Normal Christian Life by Watchman Nee and The Economy of God by Witness Lee. Our desire is that more of God's children would discover the riches in this ministry and advance in their Christian experience. Our desire is also that people will discover that the ministries of these two brothers are one in their revelation of Christ as life and the church as God’s purpose.

We pray that many people will enter into the revelation and practical experiences presented in these books. We can also encourage friends to sign up now at http://www.biblesforamerica.org/newbooks.html.

(The free offer is for people not meeting in the recovery. Those who are meeting can purchase the books or download The Economy of God for free at http://mass.ministrybooks.org/Welcome.aspx.)

Armenia

Through the past months many saints have given for the purchase of the properties in Yerevan (capital of Armenia). We acquired the first, then the second, then the third of these adjacent properties. Remodeling of the first has begun; when completed it will be a meeting place for the church in Yerevan. The second property has a few apartments. The third has parking spaces and a building that could be remodeled for a larger meeting place.

We are very grateful to the Lord that he has faithfully met the entire need in His Body. And we are also very thankful to all the saints who have contributed to this need, in the Lord. Praise and thank Him for doing above what we could ask or think!

Announcements

Morning revival: week 2 of Prayer and the Lord's Move (Thanksgiving conference). Internet sharing from this week’s morning revival is at http://www.agodman.com/blog/enjoyment-from-the-holy-word-for-morning-revival/prayer-and-the-lords-move. The five links under "Week 2" correspond to days 1 to 5 of morning revival.
The spring college conference will be March 8 to 10 in Anaheim. The initial deadline to register is February 24.
High school conferences are March 22 to 24; registration deadline is March 10. Junior high school conferences are April 5 to 7; registration deadline is March 24.
The Spring 2013 Russian-speaking conference will be April 5 to 7 in Sacramento. Registration deadline is March 24. Invitation letters (English and русский) are at https://churchinlosangeles.org/prayer.

by israel

Prayer, Week of February 3, 2013

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In Prayer God and Man Are Mingled Together

(morning revival outline I.B.3)

"Elijah was a man of like feeling with us, and he ¹earnestly prayed that it would not rain; and it did not rain on the earth for three years and six months." (James 5:17)

note 1: Lit., prayed in prayer. This indicates that a prayer from the Lord was given to Elijah, in which he prayed. He did not pray in his feeling, thought, intention, or mood, or in any kind of motivation, arising from circumstances or situations, to fulfill his own purpose. He prayed in the prayer given to him by the Lord for the accomplishing of His will.

FTTA Gospel Trip Reports

A typical day for a team is morning enjoyment and coordination with whatever local saints are available, mid day and afternoon contacting people, and evenings in homes.

North America: much of the time is on college campuses contacting the students, distributing NTs, and inviting students to Bible studies on campus and in homes.
Prayer: ask the Lord to establish many students in a house-to-house church life with enjoyment in the Bible. Also ask Him to open more homes in the cities where there are not enough homes.

Europe: in the UK team members make many calls to prior NT recipients to set up and have appointments with them; there is also some distribution of NTs. In other nations the focus is distribution of NTs and repeated contact with recipients. In all places there is also a burden for blending with local saints.
Prayer: Lord, bring so many NT recipients into appreciation of Your Word and the footnotes. Lord, supply the local saints richly and through them shepherd the recipients gradually into the church life.

South Africa: the team has been contacting students on campus and also meeting with community saints, many of whom have been meeting less that two years.
Prayer: ask the Lord to continue contact with the students, to grant the community saints much mutual encouragement, and to bring students into community homes for enjoyment of Himself together.

India: more than 250 people have prayed with us to receive the Lord, yet follow-up and visitation has not been easy. We (FTTA and FTT New Delhi trainees with local saints) are refocusing to homes and families that can stand as the church here in Chandigarh.
Prayer: that the Lord would get into the homes and get connected to the families we are currently caring for, and that He would release at least 10 families to stand as the church in Chandigarh with 5 brothers burdened to bear responsibility.

South America: time is used for literature distribution and gospel preaching. We are also burdened for the young people and young adults meeting here and spend time with them so that they can become vital companions and go on in a solid way.
Prayer: for the Lord to strengthen all the young saints here, and to encourage all the saints to participate in the follow-up contacting of newly saved people and literature recipients.

All: links to daily detailed reports are at http://beseeching.org.

International Chinese-Speaking Conference

This conference is the first of our seven feasts each year. The messages will be in Chinese but we all need to hear what the Spirit says to the churches. The conference will be in Anaheim Friday evening, February 15 through Lord's Day morning, February 17. There will be translation by radio into English, Korean, Spanish, and Portuguese. Details are at https://churchinlosangeles.org/prayer.

Announcements

Morning revival: week 1 of Prayer and the Lord's Move (Thanksgiving conference). Internet sharing from this week’s morning revival is at http://www.agodman.com/blog/enjoyment-from-the-holy-word-for-morning-revival/prayer-and-the-lords-move/. The five links under "Week 1" are days 1 to 5 of morning revival.
The spring college conference is March 8 to 10 in Anaheim. The initial deadline to register is February 24.
The Spring 2013 Russian-speaking conference will be April 5 to 7 in Sacramento. Registration deadline is March 24. Invitation letters (English and русский) are at https://churchinlosangeles.org/prayer.

by israel

Prayer, Week of January 27, 2013

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God's Plan and Our Prayer

"Therefore ¹beseech the Lord of the harvest that He would thrust out workers into His harvest." (Matt. 9:38)

note 1: First, in His economy God has a plan to accomplish; then there is the need for His people to beseech Him, to pray to Him, concerning it. In answering their prayer, He will accomplish what they have prayed concerning His plan.

Life-Study of the Bible Seminar at Haskell

Almost 100 Spanish-speaking radio listeners of Estudio-Vida de la Biblia attended the seminar last Saturday. The seminar included dinner, singing, a message on The Bountiful Supply of the Spirit of Jesus Christ for Expressing Him, and testimonies from about ten listeners. Twenty-five of the listeners want further contact. Lord, we beseech You to thrust out workers into this harvest of Yours.

UCSB Report

January 16 to 18 was Recovery Version NT distribution and gospel time on the UCSB campus. Nine from L.A. joined the local students and community saints. Sixty NTs were distributed. Twenty-three students (twice the number who attend Wednesday night meetings) attended the Friday afternoon picnic. We also had positive times with a UCSB professor and time in the home of a community couple.

Pneumamedia (Life-Study Radio Broadcast)

Last week we sent a survey card to over 2,000 radio listeners in Southern California who called for a free Recovery Version NT in the past 3½ years in response to the radio program. We also sent another envelope, "For Your Family & Friends" filled with numerous BfA gospel tracts, as well as English and Spanish radio cards for the recipients to give away.

Please pray for the ones receiving this mailing that the Lord will work in their environment and in their heart to enlighten them and cause them to pursue Him. Ultimately we pray that the Lord will use the radio program to find those He is seeking after in Southern California, connect them with the churches in their area, and build up the Body of Christ.

FTTA Gospel Trip to Europe

About 100 trainees from FTTA and the Boston extension are in Europe January 24 to February 7. They are joined by trainees from FTTL. One purpose of their visit is to help with the follow-up of the recent NT Recovery Version distribution in the UK and other European countries. The majority are in London and the nearby churches; small teams are in France, Germany, and Spain. They conducted NT distributions in London in recent days. In each distribution 65 to 98 NTs were given out in about two with over 60% of the recipients wanting further contact.

Please pray that the Lord:

will bless the labor by setting up many appointments and Bible studies with the NT recipients.
will reap a bountiful harvest wherever the seed of His word is sown.

FTTA Gospel Trips

Besides Europe, FTTA teams are in North America, South America, South Africa, and India. A list of all the trips and number of participants is posted at http://beseeching.org. Reports will be posted there during the trips.

Announcements

Morning revival: week 8 of Taking the Lead as Elders and Responsible Ones. After week 8, we will begin Prayer and the Lord's Move (Thanksgiving conference).
The International Chinese-speaking Conference will be Friday evening, February 15 through Lord's Day morning, February 17. Details are at https://churchinlosangeles.org/prayer.
The report about Europe distributed at the winter training is available at http://www.lordsmove.org/reports.html.
The spring college conference will be March 8 to 10 in Anaheim. The initial deadline to register will be February 24.

by israel

Prayer, Week of January 20, 2013

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Continue Steadfastly in Prayer

"And they continued steadfastly in the teaching and the fellowship of the apostles, in the breaking of bread and the prayers." (Acts 2:42)

The first group of believers continued steadfastly in four things: teaching, fellowship, breaking of bread, and prayers....Prayer is cooperation with the Lord in heaven for the carrying out of God's New Testament economy on earth. (excerpt from Acts 2:42, note 1)

FTTA Gospel Trips

Teams of saints will go to cities in North America, South America, Europe, South Africa, and India. The trips will be 14 to 17 days long starting this week. Please pray that:

The teams and local saints would be blended and coordinated together in spirit.
The Lord would arrange many divine appointments between the saints and His seeking ones and would prepare many to receive His rich ministry.
The Lord would use this time to add to the churches in each city, both through producing remaining fruit from the trips and by burdening saints to migrate.

Life-Study of the Bible Seminar at Haskell

Spanish-speaking radio listeners of Estudio-Vida de la Biblia have been invited to monthly seminars in various locations in Southern California. The January 26 seminar will be at Haskell with dinner followed by sharing from BfA and testimonies. There are radio announcements about this and letters were mailed to 350 listeners in San Fernando Valley. Please ask the Lord to supply in the practical preparations, to bring many hungry people, to nourish them, and to knit us with them.

Cal State University Channel Islands

The CSUCI spring semester starts on January 22nd. We will have a BfA table on January 25th. This semester we are planning to blend with several other campuses. Please pray for:

Many seeking students to visit the BfA table and attend the Bible study
Growth in the number of students in the Thursday night Bible study as well as in the Saturday night college/young adult home meeting
Faculty sponsorship so that the club can be permanently registered as a CSUCI student organization
Blending with other college campuses to strengthen and encourage the CSUCI students

Full-time Training in Pretoria, South Africa

The first term of the Full-time Training in Pretoria (FTTP) will begin March 4. FTTP will be the first training center in Africa and is intended to serve the young seekers of the Lord in the churches in Africa who are willing to offer themselves to be trained to be useful vessels for the Lord's interest and move on this continent and on the whole earth.

We are expecting between 12 and 15 trainees to begin in 2013, primarily from within South Africa. We are expecting to receive trainees from the rest of Africa in future terms. Please stand with us in prayer: that the Lord would:

bring additional suitable applicants;
strengthen and supply those already accepted, as some are encountering opposition because of their decision to attend;
be the wisdom and supply for carrying out the practical administration and affairs of the FTTP;
meet the financial needs of the training, including the monthly expenses for each trainee, travel costs of the visiting trainers, and other ongoing expenses of the training.

Blending Center in Istanbul, Turkey

Last week we completed the purchase. However, when we went to the deed office we learned that, since we are foreigners, there will be a 3-4 week delay. The owner agreed to accept a large partial payment now and to let us use the property right away, with the remaining payment when the government approves the purchase. Remodeling begins this week and a family will move in at the end of the month. Donations to help with this project can be made to the church designated for Blending Center in Istanbul.

Please pray for the Lord's move here.

India

Noida is a city in northern India. From January 26 to February 17 saints from overseas will join local saints to propagate in this city. We hope that the Lord would establish His lampstand on February 17.

Chandigarh another city in northern India. A group of overseas and local saints will propagate here the same time as in Noida. Through such a corporate living and moving of the God-man, we hope that the Lord can establish His testimony in Chandigarh before the end of February.

Announcements

Morning revival: week 7 of Taking the Lead as Elders and Responsible Ones. After week 8, we will begin Prayer and the Lord's Move (Thanksgiving conference).
The International Chinese-speaking Conference will be Friday, February 15 through Lord's Day, February 17. Child care is available for kindergarten through sixth grade; children must be registered in your district in L.A. by January 29. Details are at https://churchinlosangeles.org/prayer.
The report about Europe distributed at the winter training, and other fellowship about Europe, is available at http://www.lordsmove.org/reports.html.
The spring college conference will be March 8 to 10 in Anaheim. The initial deadline to register will be February 24.

by israel

Prayer, Week of January 13, 2013

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A Year of Normal Growth

"You yourselves also, as living stones, are being built up as a spiritual house" (1 Peter 2:5). A living stone not only possesses life but also grows in life. This is Christ to whom we come (v. 4). We experience Him as the stone living in us; this transforms us with His stone nature so that we may be living and be built together as the spiritual house. Lord, give us a year of normal growth. (training message 8, II.B)

USC (English speaking)

USC begins school January 14. Please pray for the Lord to reach many seeking ones among USC's spring admits, especially freshmen, and for our reconnecting with many of the newer ones from last semester. We will be holding various welcome events and will be at the first week club fair as well. Pray for our students to be burning in spirit and in one accord as they spread the gospel to their new classmates and gospel contacts!

Santa Barbara

There will be three days of gospel time in Santa Barbara on January 16 to 18. Nine saints from L.A. will join us to participate in this time. We will pass out free Bibles at UCSB. Please pray for:

adequate personal and corporate prayers be released to pave the way for God to move in this time;
the saints in S.B. to be supplied and strengthened, and for the L.A. saints to be blended with us;
God to bind the strong man, show mercy on His chosen vessels, and bring them in contact with us;
students to be released to come to the BfA table on campus, the Wednesday night college meeting, the Thursday dinner in the homes, and the picnic on Friday afternoon;
the existing students to be burdened, strengthened, and supplied to bring friends to these times.

FTTA Gospel Trips

Teams of saints will go to cities in North America, South America, Europe, South Africa, and India. The trips will be 14 to 17 days long starting the last week in January. Please pray for completion of the remaining visa, transportation, and initial arrival coordination needs for each of the gospel trips.

Australia

Monday of this week Dick Taylor travels from Perth to Sydney for a few days there, then he will go to Cairns after which he will return to L.A. next week. Among the nine or ten saints meeting in Cairns a few are locals but most have migrated from other churches. They will have their first Lord's Table January 20. Continue to ask the Lord for His kingdom to come and His will to be done, as in heaven, so also in Australia.

Southern California Spanish-Speaking Conference

The conference will be January 18 to 20 in Anaheim. The messages will be given in English with simultaneous translation into Spanish and the meetings are open to all the saints. At the same time, we will have a Young People's Conference and meetings for the children. The invitation (English & español) is at https://churchinlosangeles.org/prayer.

Life-Study of the Bible Seminar at Haskell

Spanish-speaking radio listeners of Estudio-Vida de la Biblia have been invited to monthly seminars in various locations in Southern California. The January 26 seminar will be at Haskell with a light dinner at 6 pm followed by sharing from BfA and testimonies. There are radio announcements about this and letters are being mailed to 300 listeners in San Fernando Valley. Please ask the Lord to supply in the practical preparations, to bring many hungry people, to nourish them, and to knit us with them.

From Boston to Europe

The Full-time Training in Anaheim–Extension Boston (FTTA-XB) was established to prepare young saints to emigrate to Europe. It provides a one-year extension of the training for the graduates of the FTTA. Twenty-seven trainees finished the first year of the FTTA-XB in June 2012. Three are currently serving in Europe, and one is attending graduate school in Italy. More would have gone to Europe if adequate finances had been available. Five additional trainees completed the Extension training in December 2012. Two are available to go to Europe immediately. Fifteen more will complete the training in June 2013, and almost half have expressed an interest in serving in Europe. Moreover, 3 couples who were married after completing the FTTA-XB will be ready to go to Europe in 2013-2014. The number of graduates who are burdened to serve in Europe has exceeded the financial resources that are currently available to support them. This means that many who are prepared and burdened for Europe may not be able to go. The cost to support an unmarried serving one in Western Europe is 1800 US$ per month.Please pray that:

The Lord will continue to bless the FTTA-XB and prepare more young ones for His move in Europe.
The necessary finances will be made available for the graduates to serve in Europe.

If you want to help financially, go to http://www.lordsmove.org/offerings.html or put a gift marked for Europe in the church offering box.

Announcements

Morning revival: week 6 of Taking the Lead as Elders and Responsible Ones
The International Chinese-speaking Conference will be Friday evening, February 15 through Lord's Day morning, February 17. Child care is available for kindergarten through sixth grade; children must be registered in your district in L.A. by January 29. Details are at https://churchinlosangeles.org/prayer.

by israel

Prayer, Week of January 6, 2013

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Joined to God's Desire through the Word

Daniel read God's Word regularly. As soon as he touched God’s desire through the Word, he immediately joined himself to that desire. Whenever we find out God’s desire from His Word, we must immediately join ourselves to that desire, by opening to the Lord, seeking the Lord, dealing with separations from the Lord, humbling ourselves, and exercising our spirit to pray over and with the Word. (training message 2, III.A-B.)

Video Trainings

Video trainings continue and, due to need for translating, some in other nations have not yet started. Lord, may every video training turn us again to Your desire and Your purpose. Make us overcomers for Your building.

Australia

Dick Taylor and James Lee are visiting churches throughout Australia. Monday to Wednesday they are in Melbourne. Wednesday to Friday Dick is in Tasmania; Friday to next week Monday he is in Perth. Lord, bless the churches in Australia with more revelation and more experiences of Yourself for the turning of the age.

Southern California Spanish-Speaking Conference

The conference will be January 18 to 20 in Anaheim. These days are for the seeking of the Lord's blessing through fellowship on His up-to date speaking and present burden. The messages will be given in English with simultaneous translation into Spanish and the meetings are open to all the saints. On the Lord’s Day, we will conclude the conference with an overflow and blending time in the nearby churches. At the same time, we will have a Young People’s Conference and meetings for the children. The invitation (English & español) is at https://churchinlosangeles.org/prayer.

FTTA Gospel Trips

Teams of saints will go to cities in North America, South America, Europe, South Africa, and India. The trips will be 14 to 17 days long starting the last week in January. Ask the Lord to prepare team members through prayer, His word, and their consecration.

International Chinese Speaking Conference

The International Chinese-speaking Conference will be Friday evening, February 15 through Lord's Day morning, February 17. Child care is available for kindergarten through sixth grade; children must be registered in your district in L.A. by January 29. Details are at https://churchinlosangeles.org/prayer.

New Testament Distribution and Follow-up in Europe

Since May 2012 70,000 New Testaments have been distributed in the UK and over 2500 French New Testaments in Belgium, France, and Switzerland. In addition, there have been distributions of German New Testaments in Germany and Switzerland, and English New Testaments in Ireland, Italy, and the Netherlands. There is a great openness for further contact everywhere. Distribution in Spanish began December 2012, and distribution in Portuguese will be conducted in early spring. We expect further distribution in English in many European countries since so many Europeans can also read English very well. May the Lord bless the follow-up of so many who are waiting for contact.

Announcements

Morning revival: week 4 of Taking the Lead as Elders and Responsible Ones
January 14 to 20: week 6
January 21 to 27: week 7
The 2013 International Conference of the Churches in Puerto Rico will be February 23 & 24. Registration deadline is February 1. Details are at https://churchinlosangeles.org/prayer.

by israel

Prayer, Week of December 30, 2012

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O Lord, We Want to be Fully Occupied with You!

Thank You, Lord, for being the Word that defines, expresses, and reveals all that God is. Open our eyes that we may no longer be blinded by so many other things that only drain our heart of love toward You. Oh Lord! We want to set our entire being, our spirit, soul, and body with our heart, mind, and strength absolutely on You! Lord, in this day, gain our heart! Lord, may our entire being be lost and occupied alone with You. Oh Lord Jesus! Dear Lord Jesus, for this we cry out to You right now! Have mercy on us Lord, to make us a people with a full and absolute consecration, that no disappointment, no human achievement, no person, no matter, not any kind of situation or circumstance would cause us to lose Your smile. Lord, make us a people living in the light of Your shekinah glory. (from the burden expressed in the training)

Video Trainings

Video trainings continue and, due to need for translating, some in other nations have not yet started. Lord, may every video training be full of Your new mercies to turn us again to Your desire and Your purpose.

Southern California Spanish-Speaking Conference

Australia

The national conference on Prayer and the Lord's Move for His Unique Work ends the middle of this week. Afterwards Dick Taylor and James Lee will be visiting churches throughout Australia. Lord, bless the churches in Australia that they may "persevere in prayer, watching in it with thanksgiving" (Col. 4:2) so that You may move forward there.

India

Palakkad is a large town in southern India. The saints received a burden from the Lord to preach the gospel to the gentiles and to bring them into His kingdom. At present they are doing this. There is some restriction from a Hindu communal group. The saints plan to establish the Lord's testimony on January 20, 2013. May the Lord establish the church in Palakkad.

Announcements

Morning revival: Taking the Lead as Elders and Responsible Ones (spring 2012 ITERO):
December 31 to January 6: winter training verses or repeat week 1 (prophesying will include both)
January 7 to 13: week 4
January 14 to 20: week 6
January 21 to 27: week 7

by israel

Prayer, Week of December 23, 2012

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Prayer and the Lord's Move

"He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To him who overcomes, to him I will give to eat of the tree of life, which is in the Paradise of God." (Rev. 2:7)

Eating the tree of life, that is, enjoying Christ as our life supply, should be the primary matter in the church life. The content of the church life depends on the enjoyment of Christ. The more we enjoy Him, the richer the content will be. But to enjoy Christ requires us to love Him with the first love. If we leave our first love toward the Lord, we will miss the enjoyment of Christ and lose the testimony of Jesus; consequently, the lampstand will be removed from us. These three things — loving the Lord, enjoying the Lord, and being the testimony of the Lord — go together. (Rev. 2:7, note 6)

Pray for the vitalization of the saints and the churches in the Lord's recovery through the exercise and practice of all the aspects of the God-ordained way to become the living testimony of Jesus in all the localities for an anti-testimony to the degradation around us. (Suggested Directions for Prayer, 6)

More resources for prayer are at http://beseeching.org and http://livingtohim.com.

Winter Training

The training in Anaheim is this week. Some video trainings are simultaneous, some delayed. Ask the Lord to release a rich and operative word and to cause all the trainees to absorb and digest the word.

College "Fan the Flame"

Next Lord's Day, December 30, 6 to 9 pm will be a "Fan the Flame" time for dinner, fellowship, and prayer for Southern California college students. The Lord desires to end this age and return, and for this He needs many young “Daniels,” who cooperate with Him through prayer.

Australia

Dick Taylor, James Lee, and Craig Birchler (from Irvine) will be in Australia for their four day national conference starting Saturday evening. The subject is Prayer and the Lord's Move for His Unique Work. About 550 are expected to attend. There will be a simultaneous summer school of the truth for young people with Ricky Acosta (from NY). Prior to the conference Dick and Craig will have time with the leading brothers there. Dick will remain in Australia for three weeks after the conference.

Pray that through the Lord's speaking His name be sanctified more, His kingdom come more, and His will be done more so that the Triune God will be as prevailing in Australia as in the heavens.

India

A two-page report with a photo from South India is at https://churchinlosangeles.org/prayer. They request prayer 1) for their migration to a new city; 2) for a continued revival among all the churches there through entering into vital living practices, prayer, pursuing the truth, and preaching the gospel; and 3) for more consecration to follow the Lord for His spread.

Turkey

We signed a preliminary agreement for purchase of the building. The owner applied for an occupancy permit. The process takes two weeks to a month (but sometimes a few months). We will complete the purchase when the permit is issued, with a target date of January 18. The total cost including remodeling is around US$300,000. We received US$136,513 offering for this Blending Center from the saints. Please pray for this need and for the Lord's move in Turkey and the surrounding nations.

Announcement

Morning revival: Taking the Lead as Elders and Responsible Ones (spring 2012 ITERO):
December 24 to 30: winter training verses or repeat week 5 (prophesying will include both)
December 31 to January 6: winter training verses or repeat week 1 (prophesying will include both)
January 7 to 13: week 4

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Prayer, Week of December 16, 2012

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Prayer and the Lord's Move

"Ask Me about the things to come concerning My sons, and concerning the work of My hands, command Me." Isaiah 45:11b

From December 1 through 21, 2012, a special three-week prayer time of the local churches in the Lord's recovery is taking place. We urge as many saints as possible to deliberately separate themselves unto the ministry of prayer during this period of time.

We also pray for the long-term continuation of the ministry of prayer in all the churches for the intercession concerning the world situation and the Lord's move in North America, South America, Europe, Asia, Africa, the Middle East, Australasia, and Israel, for the consummation of this age.

Many resources for prayer are at http://beseeching.org and http://livingtohim.com.

Winter Training

The training in Anaheim is next week. Some video trainings will be simultaneous, some delayed. Ask the Lord to release a rich and operative word and to prepare all the trainees to absorb the word.

College Students

Ask the Lord to keep all the students during their winter breaks. May the break form school not be a break from the Lord!

European Young People's Winter School of Truth

For ten years this school has been held in London. This winter it expands to continental Europe. The two locations are London, December 27 to January 1 and Biezenmortel, Netherlands, December 26 to 31. In both the subjects will be The Triune God and the Person and Work of Christ (ages 11-14) and Knowing and Experiencing Life (ages 15-18).

Life-study Radio in Sweden

Beginning on 10 December Premier Radio, the station that broadcasts Life-study of the Bible in the UK, will begin broadcasting from Uppsala in Sweden (in English) and on prime broadcast times. Please pray for this program to reach and nourish the seeking ones in Sweden.

Turkey

Saints have been meeting in Istanbul for five years. They also have blending meetings with saints from surrounding nations. Their current facility is not sufficient for next year's meetings. Recently they located at 3900 square foot building with a small garden and some parking. They are close to a purchase contract and have one quarter of the total purchase and remodeling cost. Pray for the completion of the contract, the permit for remodeling, and the supply of funds.

Announcements

Morning revival: Taking the Lead as Elders and Responsible Ones (spring 2012 ITERO):
December 17 to 23: week FIVE (SKIP week 4); week 5 is "Be a Man of Prayer"
December 24 to 30: winter training verses or repeat week 5 (prophesying will include both)
Dec 31 to Jan 6: winter training verses or repeat week 1 (prophesying will include both)
January 7 to 13: week 4
January 14 to 20: week 6

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