Prayer Requests, September 30, 2012
Christ Revealed and Announced
"It pleased God, who set me apart from my mother's womb and called me through His grace, to reveal His Son in me that I might announce Him as the gospel among the Gentiles" Galatians 1:15-16
Lord, reveal Yourself more in us and motivate us to announce You as the gospel to others!
ITERO
The international training for elders and responsible brothers is Thursday through Saturday in Yokohama, Japan. The general subject is The Unique Work in the Lord's Recovery. This unique work is not outward activity but is Christ working in us, on us, among us, and through us.
Church in L.A.
The whole church will meet together Lord's Day, October 14 at Mission College (same facility we used in May). Lord, blend us more and advance in Los Angeles through this time.
Winter Training
The winter training will be Monday, December 24 to Saturday, December 29 (meetings at 4 pm and 7:30 pm). The donation is $155 for Anaheim and $80 for video. The deadline to register for both Anaheim and video is October 23. After October 23 there will be a late charge (in addition to the donation) of $50 for Anaheim and $25 for video. You may register full time or part time (at least six meetings) or shared seat (occupied full time).
Lord, release many to participate and to hear what the Spirit is speaking to the churches!
Children's Meeting Perfecting
Lord, cause many to participate. (details in announcement 2)
Los Angeles Korean Festival
Wednesday to Lord's Day, October 3 to 7, there is a Korean Festival on Olympic Blvd. near hall 1. News media estimate an attendance of 450,000 people. Korean-speaking saints from L.A. and Orange Counties will distribute Recovery Version New Testaments and announce good news every day of this event. Please pray for:
- the preaching of the high gospel;
- a larger supply of Korean-language New Testaments;
- New Testaments to reach hungry and seeking people;
- the distributing saints to be built more into the body of Christ;
- to bind the enemy and any religious hindrances to the distribution.
Oklahoma
From September 13 to 23, saints in Oklahoma distributed copies of the New Testament Recovery Version, Basic Elements of the Christian Life, vol. 1, and gospel tracts to some of the one million fairgoers at the Oklahoma State Fair. The saints are very burdened for the follow-up and shepherding of the many open ones they met during this distribution and have scheduled several seminars to take place in October. They also hope to establish many solid personal connections with recipients.
Please pray that:
- The Lord would supply the saints for the follow-up after this distribution, and that many personal connections would be established between saints and recipients to facilitate further shepherding.
- The Lord would lead the saints to clusters of seeking ones, especially in the outlying communities.
Bible Distribution in French-Speaking Countries
There is a free distribution of the French New Testament Recovery Version in Paris 29 September - 7 October in Paris. Please pray for the one accord among all the saints, the serving ones, and the FTTL trainees, which will bring in the Lord's commanded blessing.
Bible Recipients in the United Kingdom
Continue to pray for a bountiful supply to saints contacting recipients of New Testaments or other literature in the United Kingdom.
Gospel in Japan
Yuki Goto was in L.A. hall 5, then went to Minneapolis. He is now in the full time training in Tokyo. This summer he was with others proclaiming the gospel in the tsunami-devastated part of Japan. A report from him is at https://churchinlosangeles.org/prayer. Please continue to pray for the gospel, shepherding of new believers, and raising up of churches in this area of Japan.
Announcements
- Morning revival: week 6 of Crystallization Study of the Minor Prophets (summer training).
- We are pleased to announce a perfecting conference for parents and for those who serve with the children in the churches. It will be a further development of the conference one year ago. It will be Saturday, October 13, 9 am to 3:30 pm at the Diamond Bar meeting hall. The registration deadline is October 9; donation (including lunch) is $20. Please click here to register by October 9. or go to the link at https://churchinlosangeles.org/prayer.
- Videos from Christian Research Institute are posted at http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL793DA547CA28A410. We encourage you to view the entire list and to "like" the ones that strike you. Continue to pray for the effectiveness of these clips, especially the positive effect on young people on the college campuses.
- The fall international conference in Israel will be November 15 to 17. An optional pre-conference tour to visit sites of biblical and historical significance will be November 8-15. Registration deadline is October 15. The announcement is at https://churchinlosangeles.org/prayer.
- This year's International Thanksgiving Conference will be held in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma from Thursday, November 22 through Lord's Day, November 25. The announcement is at https://churchinlosangeles.org/prayer. There will be child care for kindergarden to 6th grade; if you will take children please register them with your district by Lord's Day, October 28.
Prayer Requests, September 23, 2012
United States
"The operation of the might of His strength, which He caused to operate in Christ in raising Him from the dead and seating Him at His right hand in the heavenlies, far above all rule and authority and power and lordship and every name that is named not only in this age but also in that which is to come; and He subjected all things under His feet and gave Him to be Head over all things to the church, which is His Body, the fullness of the One who fills all in all." Eph. 1:19b-23
Let us apply these verses both to pray for the coming election and to pray for the gospel.
Southern California Spanish-Speaking Perfecting Training
This training continues those of prior years. The last of the three Saturdays this year is September 29. The emphasis is perfecting for the follow up to the Bibles for America recipients and Life-Study of the Bible radio program contacts.
CSU Channel Islands
We have Bible studies Thursday nights. Recent attendance has been 11-13 students and 5-6 community saints. This is from the Lord and we rejoice (last spring one student attended regularly). We also have 82 names on our contact list. Last Saturday we had a hike/BBQ/meeting with CSUCI and CSUN students; more than 40 students, young adults and serving ones attended this event.
We have been able to form an exploratory student club (CSUCI Christian Students); this has no faculty sponsor still enjoys the privileges of reserving rooms and passing out flyers.
Please pray for:
- follow-up with new student contacts;
- remaining fruits (core members) who would regularly attend the Thursday Bible study and/or the Saturday night college/young adult group;
- a faculty member willing to sponsor our club so that it can be granted official status.
Young People's Conferences
The junior high conferences are October 19 to 21; registration deadline is September 30.
The high school conferences are October 26 to 28. Registration deadline is October 7.
European Campuses
Please pray for the contact with the students, especially the first-year students, at the universities in Europe in September, before classes begin in October.
European Lampstands
Pray for the raising up of the Lord's testimony these key European cities:
- Lisbon, Portugal
- Krakow, Poland
- Budapest, Hungary
- Vienna, Austria
- Sofia, Bulgaria
- Thessaloniki, Greece
- Zagreb, Croatia
- Belgrade, Serbia
- Hamburg, Frankfurt, and Munich, Germany
Announcements
- Morning revival: week 5 of Crystallization Study of the Minor Prophets (summer training).
- We are pleased to announce a perfecting conference for parents and for those who serve with the children in the churches. It will be a further development of the conference one year ago. It will be Saturday, October 13, 9 am to 3:30 pm at the Diamond Bar meeting hall. The registration donation (including lunch) is $20. Please click here to register by October 9. or go to the link at https://churchinlosangeles.org/prayer.
- There will be a joint meeting of the church in Los Angeles, Lord's Day, October 14, 10 am at Mission College (same location as May of this year).
- BfA has developed videos on Basic Elements of the Christian Life. Each video features discussion in one chapter and invites the viewer to read more. Videos are being released every Monday for the next eight weeks. You may watch them at http://www.youtube.com/bibles4america.
- This year's International Thanksgiving Conference will be held in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma from Thursday, November 22 through Lord’s Day, November 25. The announcement is at https://churchinlosangeles.org/prayer. There will be child care for kindergarden to 6th grade; if you will take children please register them with your district by Lord’s Day, October 28.
- Videos from Christian Research Institute are posted at http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL793DA547CA28A410. We encourage you to view the entire list and to "like" the ones that strike you. Continue to pray for the effectiveness of these clips, especially the positive effect on young people on the college campuses.
Prayer Requests, September 16, 2012
United States
"Indeed days are coming, declares the Lord Jehovah, When I will send a hunger into the land, not a hunger for bread nor a thirst for water, but for hearing the words of Jehovah." Amos 8:11
Lord, fill the homes, neighborhoods, schools, universities, workplaces, and shopping centers of the United States with a hunger for Your words.
Bibles for America
BfA has developed a series of videos to encourage recipients to get into the Basic Elements of the Christian Life series. Each video features discussion on a particular section of one chapter and invites the viewer to read more. Videos are currently available and more will be released every Monday for the next nine weeks. You may watch the Basic Elements of the Christian Life videos at http://www.youtube.com/bibles4america.
Please pray that:
- Many Bible and book recipients would watch the videos and receive help from the brothers' speaking.
- News about the videos would spread through social media, e-mail, and word-of-mouth.
UC Santa Barbara
There will be a gospel meeting for UCSB students Saturday, September 22. There will be a BfA table on campus Monday, September 24, the day of the new student convocation.
Bibles for America – Korean Section
After much prayer and fellowship with the Korean language co-workers, we feel the Lord is leading us to reach out to the Korean-speaking people in the United States. 1.7 to 2.1 million Korean-Americans live here; up to 80 percent of these identify themselves as Christians. About 4,000 Korean Christian groups exist in the U.S. These statistics testify to the Lord's saving grace towards the Korean people.
Among these Christians, we believe a good number of pure-hearted seekers are not satisfied with what they have. As stewards, we are indebted to the Lord to dispense the spiritual food at the appointed time. The rich ministry of this age is meant for all of God's children, who are our dear brothers and sisters in Christ. We invite you to participate in this great endeavor by your prayers, your financial contribution, and your active involvement in giving away our materials and caring for those who want further contact.
Contacting Bible Recipients in the United Kingdom
Sixty thousand recipients of New Testaments or other literature in the United Kingdom want contact. Pray for a rich supply to all in the church in London to shepherd these people.
Bible Distribution in French-speaking Countries
Free distribution of the French New Testament Recovery Version is in progress in Europe. The planned schedule is: 12-19 September in Paris; 20-23 September in Lausanne and Geneva, Switzerland; 29 September—7 October in Paris; and sometime in November in Brussels. Nine thousand free French Recovery Versions are in stock. Please pray for the one accord among all the saints, the serving ones, and the FTTL trainees, which will bring in the Lord's commanded blessing.
Switzerland
The annual fall international conference in Switzerland is September 22nd and 23rd.
Announcements
- Morning revival: week 4 of Crystallization Study of the Minor Prophets (summer training).
- A perfecting conference for parents and for those who serve with the children will be Saturday, October 13, 9 am to 3:30 pm at the Diamond Bar meeting hall. It will be a further development of the conference one year ago. The registration donation (including lunch) is $20. Please click here to register by October 9. or go to the link at https://churchinlosangeles.org/prayer.
- There will be a joint meeting of the church in Los Angeles, Lord's Day, October 14, 10 am at Mission College (same location as May of this year).
- Videos from Christian Research Institute are posted at http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL793DA547CA28A410. We encourage you to view the entire list and to "like" the ones that strike you. Continue to pray for the effectiveness of these clips, especially the positive effect on young people on the college campuses.
- The fall international conference in Israel will be November 15 to 17. An optional pre-conference tour to visit sites of biblical and historical significance will be November 8-15. Registration deadline is October 15. The announcement is at https://churchinlosangeles.org/prayer.
Prayer Requests, September 9, 2012
United States
"His good pleasure, which He purposed in Himself, unto the economy of the fullness of the times, to head up all things in Christ, the things in the heavens and the things on the earth, in Him" (Eph. 1:9b-10).
The U.S. elections are November 6, eight weeks from now. Lord, use this time and our prayer to head up this nation in Christ.
Co-Workers
The North American co-workers will be together Wednesday and Thursday to pray for and consider the furtherance of the Lord's move among us.
Perfecting for Parents and Those Serving with Children
We are pleased to announce a perfecting conference for parents and for those who serve with the children in the churches. This conference will be a further development of the conference one year ago. It will be Saturday, October 13, 9 am to 3:30 pm at the church in Diamond Bar meeting hall. The registration donation (including lunch) is $20. Please click here to register by October 9. or go to the link at https://churchinlosangeles.org/prayer.
Santa Barbara
Pray for further experiences of one accord in our:
- Shepherding of families who generally meet once per week but have not come into daily church life.
- Shepherding of children in church families and coordination of the serving saints.
- Shepherding of students at UC Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara City College, and Brooks Institute.
- Incorporation of the church in Santa Barbara with the State of California.
UC Merced
The church in Merced had a BfA table on the UC Merced campus last Wednesday. We got 21 appointments with students to have Bible studies with them on campus. Please pray that they all will show up at the appointed time and enjoy the Lord with us in His word.
Bibles for America
Since 2000, BfA has given away more than 2 million Bibles and ministry books. Each month over 4,500 Bibles and 10,000 books are sent to people all over the country. Forty-four percent of recipients are interested in further contact. Many have been gained for the Lord's recovery and are enjoying the church life today.
Through the years, Bibles for America has endeavored to carry out its mission with a learning spirit and in coordination with the churches in the Lord's recovery. What we have learned related to distributing the Recovery Version and ministry books and also following up with recipients, is for the spread of the Lord’s work in His recovery, and ultimately for the building up of His Body. From giving away Bibles in person to providing online tools and resources, BfA is striving to use every proper means to feed the spiritually hungry, both saved and unsaved.
Europe
Please pray for the contact with the students, especially the first-year students, at the universities in Europe in September, before classes begin in October.
FTTL
The fall 2012 semester of the full-time training in London (FTTL) includes 40 trainees, of whom 17 are first-term trainees. There are trainees from the UK (11), France (6), Netherlands (4), Poland (4), Germany (3), Spain (3), Lithuania (2), Estonia (2), and one each from Romania, Slovakia, Italy, Portugal, and Taiwan. Please pray that all the trainees be constituted with the divine truths, live the life of a God-man, and be equipped to serve the Lord for the increase and building up of Christ's Body.
O Lord, Gospelize Thailand
The population of Thailand is less than one percent Christian. Recently some young saints have given themselves for gospelizing. O Lord, Gospelize Thailand!
Announcements
- Morning revival: week 3 of Crystallization Study of the Minor Prophets (summer training).
- There will be a joint meeting of the church in Los Angeles, Lord's Day, October 14, 10 am at Mission College (same location as May of this year).
- This year's International Thanksgiving Conference will be held in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma from Thursday, November 22 through Lord’s Day, November 25. The announcement is at https://churchinlosangeles.org/prayer. There will be child care for kindergarden to 6th grade; if you will take children please register them with your district by Lord’s Day, October 28.
Prayer Requests, September 2, 2012
The Word of Reality
"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). Although our words may be poor, the listeners should sense Christ as the reality (truth) of the gospel being spoken into them. Such a word of reality will bear fruit and grow.
Bible Distribution in London
There are tens of thousands of Bible recipients in England. Please continue to pray that the Lord will
- draw each recipient to read, and enlighten each one through the reading,
- stir in and richly supply everyone in the church in London to participate in contacting recipients,
- shepherd many recipients into the church life.
UC Merced
The church in Merced will have a BfA table on the UC Merced campus on Wednesday, September 5. Please pray for us that the word of the Lord may run and be glorified here in Merced. Thank you.
Cal State Channel Islands
On August 26, the church in Thousand Oaks hosted a BfA table at CSUCI "open house day." Sixty one students and two faculty members received NT Recovery Versions and gave us their names and contact information. On August 31, we again hosted a BfA table at CSUCI. We gave away ten more NTs and received ten more student names.
We praise the Lord for the open hearts on this campus. Please pray for the students who received the Bibles to continue to seek the truth in His Word and be open to further fellowship. Pray also for the saints to rise up that the Lord can shepherd all the new students through His Body.
We have three students on campus from the church life. Two joined the church for our Labor Day weekend at Engedi. We need at least five students and one faculty member to form a club. Please pray that we may have a club on campus soon.
BfA on College Campuses
Since late July, over 5,000 Bibles and nearly 80,000 tracts and brochures have been ordered from BfA. The majority will be distributed on college campuses by saints passing out Bibles to new and returning students and sharing their enjoyment of Christ. Please pray that:
- There would be a sweet fragrance of Christ on every campus that many would be attracted to the Lord in His Word and in His people.
- The Lord would use these distributions to connect the saints with seeking ones who are open to further contact on each campus.
- The Lord would cover the saints in their distributing of the Word and speaking to people on the campuses.
New Zealand
Ken Walker remains in New Zealand for a blending conference in Auckland Friday (September 7) through Lord's Day (September 9). This will concentrate on "a man of God" and “shepherding in love,” both from 1 and 2 Timothy. Ask the Lord to raise up more saints as His teachers, soldiers, athletes, farmers, and workmen (2 Tim. 2:1-15). Also pray for grace to brother Ken and for a rich word to be released through Him.
Romania
There will be a conference in Romania September 7 to 9. Please pray for the gathering of the saints, the rich release of the Lord's up-to-date speaking, and the blending of the saints into the oneness and one accord of the Body.
Announcements
- Morning revival: week 2 of Crystallization Study of the Minor Prophets (summer training).
- This year's International Thanksgiving Conference will be held in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma from Thursday, November 22 through Lord’s Day, November 25. The announcement is at https://churchinlosangeles.org/prayer. There will be child care for kindergarden to 6th grade; if you will take children please register them with your district by Lord’s Day, October 28.
- The fall international conference in Israel will be November 15 to 17. An optional pre-conference tour to visit sites of biblical and historical significance will be November 8-15. Registration deadline is October 15. The announcement is at https://churchinlosangeles.org/prayer.
- Christian Research Institute produced videos (1 to 5 minutes each) about the recovery, local churches, and Brother Lee. They are on YouTube at http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL793DA547CA28A410. Please watch as many as possible (there is a "play all" button at the top). The more they are watched, the more prominent they will become to counter negative information on the internet.
Prayer Requests, August 26, 2012
Go
Although the resurrected Lord found the disciples in unbelief and hardness of heart (Mark 16:14), "He said to them, Go into all the world and proclaim the gospel to all the creation" (v. 15). "And they went out and preached everywhere, the Lord working with them and confirming the word by the accompanying signs" (v. 20).
Bible Distribution in London
Several tens of thousands of New Testament recipients need contact. Because many from other place who came to London have returned home, the contacting burden falls primarily on the church in London. Please continue to pray that the Lord will
- draw each recipient to read and enlighten each one through the reading,
- stir in many to participate in the contacting and richly supply them,
- shepherd many recipients into the church life.
United States
"I exhort therefore, first of all, that petitions, prayers, intercessions, thanksgivings be made on behalf of all men; on behalf of kings and all who are in high position" (1 Tim 2:1-2). Let us petition the Lord about those running for president and other high positions in the United States. Lord, give us a government good for Your move today!
Boston
Please pray for the construction work at the training center in Boston. Only a few brothers are serving full time. They work six days a week and infrequently get home to be with their families. Pray for:
- a daily strengthening and joy to these brothers and to their families,
- completion of the exterior shell of the building before winter so that interior work can continue shielded from harsh winter weather,
- timely release of all the building permits for this project.
High School Seniors
This Saturday high school seniors from the churches in Southern California are invited to a fellowship time at UCLA. This time is open to all high school seniors, not just those interested in UCLA. The purpose is to impress the students with the value of their college years both humanly and for the Lord, and to provide some practical college fellowship. College students and full timers will share experiences of the Lord during their college years and how important that time was in their lives. May the Lord speak to each senior during this time that all would be supplied to go on this coming year.
Murfreesboro, Tennessee
We will have a BfA table at Middle Tennessee State University on Tuesday and Wednesday of this week. We don't have a full time team or a regular presence on campus and this is one of the few but crucial times during the year when we go on campus in a corporate way. Please pray for us.
New Zealand
Ken Walker will be in New Zealand for two weekend conferences:
- a college conference in Wellington Friday (August 31) through Lord's Day (September 2).
- a blending conference in Auckland Friday (September 7) through Lord's Day (September 9).
The conferences will concentrate on "a man of God" and "shepherding in love," both from 1 and 2 Timothy. Ask the Lord to raise up more saints as His teachers, soldiers, athletes, farmers, and workmen (2 Tim. 2:1-15). Also pray for grace to brother Ken and for a rich word to be released through Him.
Christian Research Institute (CRI)
CRI has produced many short videos about the recovery, local churches, and Brother Lee. They are on YouTube at http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL793DA547CA28A410. Their lengths vary from 1 to 5½ minutes. Please watch as many as possible (there is a "play all" button at the top). The more they are watched, the more prominent they will become to counter negative information on the internet.
Pray for the effectiveness of these clips, especially for positive effect on young people on the college campuses.
Yugoslavia
Since August 2010 the peoples of what was formerly Yugoslavia (today's Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, and Serbia) have received the ministry through the Rhema free distribution. Approximately 10,000 orders have been received from these countries. A report about contact with these Christians is at https://churchinlosangeles.org/prayer.
Please pray:
- For the positive ones who have read the ministry books and are being contacted by the saints.
- For the ongoing translation, printing, and distribution of the ministry books in these countries.
- For the raising up of many local churches in the former Yugoslav countries.
Announcements
- Morning revival: week 1 of Crystallization Study of the Minor Prophets (summer training).
- This year's International Thanksgiving Conference will be held in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma from Thursday, November 22 through Lord's Day, November 25. The announcement is at https://churchinlosangeles.org/prayer. There will be child care for kindergarden to 6th grade; if you will take children please register them with your district by Lord's Day, October 28.
- The church in Lausanne-Bussigny would like to invite you to the international conference in Switzerland to be held on September 22nd and 23rd. Information is at http://www.amanatrust.org.uk/events/eventdetails.php?eventid=358.
Prayer Requests, August 29, 2012
May the Word of the Lord Run and Be Glorified
"Finally, brothers, pray concerning us, that the word of the Lord may run and be glorified, even as it is also with you." (2 Thes. 3:1). Note 1: To "be glorified" is to have the divine riches contained in the word of the Lord released and expressed in the believers' living.
Lord, grant us more release and expression of Your word where we live, work, go to school, and shop!
Bible Distribution in London
By middle of last week more than 60,000 New Testaments had been distributed and over 60 percent of the recipients requested further contact. Please continue to pray that the Lord will
- draw each recipient to read and enlighten each one through the reading,
- richly supply the saints laboring in the follow-up in all nations where these recipients live,
- shepherd many recipients into the church life.
Boston
The FTTA extension in Boston is beginning its second year. The goal is to raise up some who will serve their whole life, especially in the Lord's move from North America through Europe to Israel. Pray for the Lord's leading and supply to these saints:
- those who bear responsibility for the training and campus work in Boston,
- those who were trainees in Boston and went to Europe this summer,
- those who were trainees in Boston and are now serving full time on campuses there,
- those who are beginning their training year in Boston,
- those in FTTA who are considering Boston in their future.
Southern California Spanish-Speaking Perfecting Training
This training continues those of prior years. It is all day three Saturdays; one was in July and the remaining two are August 25 and September 29. The emphasis is perfecting for the follow up to the Bibles for America recipients and Life-Study of the Bible radio program contacts.
Korean-Speaking Campus Work
The Korean-speaking saints are preaching the gospel and distributing Korean and English New Testaments on local campuses. Pray that they gain many students for the Bible studies. Here is their near-term schedule.
August 14, Tuesday: USC international graduate student orientation
August 20, Monday: USC international freshman orientation
August 24, Friday: SMC freshman orientation
August 27, Monday: LA City College first day of semester.
New Zealand
Ken Walker will be at a college conference in Wellington Friday (August 31) through Lord's Day (September 2). Trainees from Hamilton will also attend with their college contacts. The conference will concentrate on "a man of God" and "shepherding in love," both from 1 and 2 Timothy. Ask the Lord to raise up more as His teachers, soldiers, athletes, farmers, and workmen (2 Tim. 2:1-15). Also pray for grace to brother Ken and a rich word to be released through Him.
Japan
Since April of this year, saints from Sendai and surrounding localities have been holding monthly gospel meetings and weekly children's meetings in the tsunami-devastated town of Ishinomaki. Because of the great response from the people living in the temporary housing units, the saints are fellowshipping about the purchase of a meeting hall in Ishinomaki. The saints are burdened that a meeting hall in Ishinomaki would serve as a base to reach other tsunami-devastated areas. There is also a need for some couples to migrate to this city.
Please pray for:
- The blending and coordination of the saints in this move and for the Lord to supply them.
- The acquisition of a meeting hall in Ishinomaki.
- The Lord to raise up some couples to migrate to Ishinomaki.
- Those gained in Ishinomaki to be remaining fruit.
Europe
The Baltic churches' family blending conference will be this Friday through Lord's Day. The topic is The Focus of the Lord's Recovery.
The international conference in Ireland will be this Saturday and Lord's Day.
Announcements
- Morning revival: week 6 of The Genuine Oneness of the Body... (Memorial Day conference). After the Memorial Day conference, we will use Crystallization Study of the Minor Prophets (summer training).
- This year's International Thanksgiving Conference will be held in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma from Thursday, November 22 through Lord's Day, November 25. The announcement is at https://churchinlosangeles.org/prayer. There will be child care for kindergarden through 6th grade; please register your children with your district by Lord's Day, October 28.
- The church in Lausanne-Bussigny would like to invite you to the international conference in Switzerland to be held on September 22nd and 23rd. Information is at http://www.amanatrust.org.uk/events/eventdetails.php?eventid=358.
- The fall international conference in Israel will be November 15 to 17. An optional pre-conference tour to visit sites of biblical and historical significance will be November 8-15. Registration deadline is October 15. The announcement is at https://churchinlosangeles.org/prayer.
Prayer Requests, August 12, 2012
The Opening of Our Mouth
Ephesians 6:18b-19, "praying at every time in spirit and watching unto this in all perseverance and petition concerning all the saints, and for me, that utterance may be given to me in the opening of my mouth, to make known in boldness the mystery of the gospel." Lord, grant us all the utterance to make Your gospel known where we are.
Human History, Divine History
In human history the United States, more than any other nation, is a melting pot. Within this melting pot God desires to bring forth the reality of the new man with people out of every race, culture, and language. The new man is the divine history in the melting pot of human history.
Europe and Beyond
Bibles for Europe reports the number of New Testaments distributed up to middle of last week was 41,689, with 13,844 distributed in the first week of the Olympic Games. (This is more divine history in human history.) Over 60% of the recipients requested further contact. Four seminars for recipients were held the past weekend and more are scheduled and planned for the coming weeks.
Please continue to pray that the Lord will
- draw each recipient to read and enlighten each through the reading,
- richly supply the saints laboring in the follow-up in all the nations where these recipients live,
- shepherd many recipients into the church life.
Photos from the distribution in London are at https://churchinlosangeles.org/prayer/.
Young People
After a wonderful summer school of truth on the topic of the church, we ask that the Lord would continue His care for all of our young people during this next school year. Los Angeles Unified School district begins Tuesday, August 14 and other schools in the area, whether private or public, will also be beginning in a few weeks. Please pray that:
- our young people would enter increasingly into the practical church life where they live,
- our young people would enjoy continued organic connections with one another and with college saints and community saints,
- the Lord would provide the young people with opportunities to announce the gospel of peace to their fellow students.
Inglewood
The church in Inglewood will host a Life Study seminar Friday, August 17 for Spanish-speaking radio listeners and New Testament recipients.
Nordic Conference & First Lord's Table in Uppsala, Sweden
There will be a weekend conference and the first Lord's Table in Uppsala, Sweden on August 17-19. We thank the Lord for the prayers of so many saints on the earth, and now we welcome you to blend with us and participate in the taking of the ground in the city of Uppsala. This city is home to Uppsala University, with a student population of about 40,000.
European Young People's Conference in Poland
Please continue to pray for the European young people who attended the conference in Poland July 29 to August 4. Pray that the Lord will cause the word that they heard to operate in them to supply them, save them from the world, and equip them to bear a strong testimony in their schools and in the churches.
FTTA and FTTL
The fall terms begin August 13. Please pray for the Lord's continued blessing on these full-time trainings and for the raising up of a generation of overcomers for the Lord's ultimate move in North America through Europe and to Jerusalem to end this age.
Announcements
- Morning revival: week 5 of The Genuine Oneness of the Body... (Memorial Day conference). After the Memorial Day conference, we will use Crystallization Study of the Minor Prophets (summer training).
- The church in Lausanne-Bussigny would like to invite you to the international conference in Switzerland to be held on September 22nd and 23rd. Information is at http://www.amanatrust.org.uk/events/eventdetails.php?eventid=358.
Prayer Requests, August 5, 2012
O Jehovah, Revive Your Work
Hab. 3:2m, "O Jehovah, revive Your work in the midst of the years." Revival is a matter of life, not excitement. We have daily, weekly, monthly, and yearly revivals, but we still need more reviving. Lord, grant us stronger and more consistent life revivals and bring a greater number into these revivals.
Go to the Highways
Luke 14:23: "The master said to the slave, Go out into the roads and hedges and compel them to come in, so that my house may be filled." The Lord's desire, and even His command, is that we go to bring people in so that His house may be filled. In this verse many versions have "highways" instead of "roads." In this century the biggest "highway" on the earth is the internet. Let us ask the Lord to send some of us specifically, two by two, to the internet to gain people for His house.
Santa Barbara
Please pray for 1) the strengthening of the saints in Santa Barbara, 2) the nourishing of the students wherever they are for the summer, and 3) gaining of local families with homes open to church life.
Monterey Bay, California
Santa Cruz, at the north side of Monterey bay, is home to a University of California campus with 16,000 students. It is the only one of ten UC campuses in a city without a local church.
Seaside, at the south side of the bay (about 10 miles from the church in Salinas), is home to Cal State Monterey Bay with 5,000 students, over half of whom live on campus.
Lord, raise up churches in these cities and reach the campuses to gain students for Yourself.
Olympic Games
Saints from around the world have come together to distribute the New Testament Recovery Version and Basic Elements of the Christian Life, vol. 1, in London. We are stationed at locations where many teams and officials and workers from all over the world enter and come out all day long. We will be here through the 12th when the Olympics end. We need prayers for:
- our teams (including new comers) to be blent and coordinated;
- all the local saints who are serving here 12 to16 hours a day;
- all the religious groups to be neutralized;
- all the authorities to be blessed, saved, and to be our and the Lord's servants under the ruling and reigning of our heavenly King;
- the rainy weather in London to stop or else not to be a hindrance;
- all the saints participating to be strengthened and preserved spirit, soul, and body, complete;
Lord may You have Your way in, through, and out of every brother and sister for Your building, unto Your glory. To You be glory in the church, Amen.
(photos are in a separate .pdf page)
Europe and Beyond
Please continue pray that the Lord will 1) have mercy on the readers of the free literature distributed by Rhema and Bibles for Europe, 2) richly supply the local saints and full-timers laboring in the follow-up contacts through Europe and beyond, and 3) will shepherd many recipients into the church life.
Announcements
- Morning revival: week 4 of The Genuine Oneness of the Body... (Memorial Day conference).
Prayer Requests, July 29, 2012
Lord, Open the Doors and Close the Gates
"And to the messenger of the church in Philadelphia write: These things says the Holy One, the true One, the One who has the key of David, the One who opens and no one will shut, and shuts and no one opens" (Rev. 3:7). Christ is the real David, the One who has the key of God's dominion. We were created by God both to express Him with His life and to represent Him with His authority. We are able to do both by being one in life with Christ to touch the heavens and thereby to loose and bind here what has been loosed and bound there.
- Lord, open the door of the gospel more in our hearts—release us to speak Your gospel frequently.
- Lord, we ask You to eliminate any spiritual or psychological death from Your recovery. Lord, grant us mercy to cooperate in every way with Your cleansing and purifying.
Young People
Ask the Lord to give a profitable continuation of the Summer School of Truth in a) on-going contact between young people and college students, b) the words spoken to operate in each young person (1 Thes. 2:13), c) a definite consecration by each young person, and d) their daily revival by contacting the Lord.
Thousand Oaks and Cal State University Channel Islands
We have an English-speaking group gathering every Saturday evening. The burden of this group is three-fold: 1) for the building up of local saints, 2) for college campus work (especially CSUCI), and 3) for the building up of local young working adults. Please pray for
- the Lord's bountiful supply to this group, so that we will continually have the enjoyment of Christ;
- attraction of college students and young adults for Lord's recovery.
New Testament Distribution in London
The Olympic Games are July 27 to August 12. There will be distributions at two locations in London Tuesday through Saturday of this week. Continue to pray for a rich blessing on the distributions and for much grace to the saints in follow-up contacts with the recipients.
Middle-Age FTTA
Please ask the Lord to thrust more saints into the training, especially couples with elementary school age children. Ask Him for 36 English-speaking trainees (new plus returning) to attend for the full term.
European Young People's Conference
The conference is July 29 to August 4 in Poland. The goal is to provide an atmosphere that imparts light and life, and builds up and inspires the young people to consecrate their lives to the Lord and take positive directions in their Christian walk. Young people from all over Europe will attend, with some from outside Europe to extend the scope of blending.
Full Time Training in Caacupe, Paraguay
Please pray for the new semester in FTTC starting on August 6th. We are expecting eleven new candidates from Argentina, Bolivia, Colombia, Honduras, and Peru plus 14 returning trainees. Pray that:
- the Lord may open all the necessary doors so that all will make it to the training;
- His gracious presence and perfecting speaking may saturate the atmosphere of pre-training week;
- more will be able to come to the training for a short-term;
- the Lord may provide the teachers to cover the classes this coming semester.
Frankfurt, Germany
In July two families moved to Frankfurt, Germany. Please pray that the Lord release jobs and suitable houses for each family. We feel that the Lord is answering our prayer to establish His testimony in this important city. May He also release all these practical needs for the saints to live there.
Announcements
- Morning revival: week 3 of The Genuine Oneness of the Body... (Memorial Day conference).
- An invitation to the Northern California Labor Day conference, at a hotel near San Francisco is at https://churchinlosangeles.org/prayer/. It will be a review of the Memorial Day conference with a mix of messages and prophesying meetings. If you are in the church in L.A. and plan to attend, please send an email to laserviceoffice@gmail.com by mid-day, Saturday, August 4, with your name and the number of adults and young people in your car or group.
- Two special meetings will be held on August 4 (7 pm) and 5 (9:30 am) at the LSM Ministry Conference Center. These meetings will be the final sessions of the New Jersey Chinese-student extension training, which is being held in five locations around the US, including Southern California. The burden for the meetings on August 4 and 5 is "Gaining Typical Americans by Practicing the God-ordained Way to Meet the Lord's Present Need." As a result of fellowship among the North American co-workers during their three days of prayer this week, a decision was made to enlarge these final two sessions to include the saints of other languages as well. All who are burdened may attend. Translation will be provided in English, Korean, and Spanish; those who require translation need to bring FM radios. There will be no child care; please do not bring children.