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Our Need to Be Renewed in Our Inner Man Day by Day

“And He who sits on the throne said, Behold, I make all things new.” (Rev. 21:5a)

“Therefore we do not lose heart; but though our outer man is decaying, yet our inner man is being renewed day by day.” (2 Cor. 4:16)

The Christian life is a life of being renewed; we need to be renewed in our inner inner man day by day. In our experience we are in the process of becoming a new creation by being broken and renewed. In the sense of being in Christ, we are a new creation, but in actuality in our daily life, we are not that new because we do not yet have Christ as the only One who occupies us, fills us, and is our life, nature, appearance, and expression.

All the sufferings that God has assigned to us have one unique purpose—to renew us. The renewing of the inner man takes place as the inner man is nourished with the fresh supply of the resurrection life of Christ. As our outer man is being consumed by the killing work of death, our inner man—our regenerated spirit with our inward parts—is being metabolically renewed day by day with the supply of resurrection life.

We need to experience and enjoy the renewing capacity in the resurrection life of Christ so that we may be renewed in our inner man day by day. (Meeting God’s Need and Present Needs in the Lord’s Recovery, msg. 5, V, B, B.1, C.2, D, D.1, E.4)

Southern California Young People Blending Conference

“That He might display in the ages to come the surpassing riches of His grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus.” (Eph. 2:7)

This coming weekend, from February 11 to 13, there will be a hybrid YP Blending Conference for the young people across Southern California. Pray that all of our young people would gather to be blended and be encouraged by the kindness of God.

Bibles for America

Last October, we asked for prayer regarding an issue that prevented some people from being able to order their NT Recovery Version. We made improvements to the user interface in December and were also able to improve the performance of our ads on social media. We’re happy to report that since then, we’ve seen an increase in Bible orders—we’ve shipped out nearly 3,000 more Recovery Versions in January than in December. We’re continuing to make improvements to the ordering process, but are thankful to the Lord for the progress that has already been made.

Please pray that copies of the NT Recovery Version would continue to go out unhindered to seeking people all over this country.

Vietnam

The Vietnamese-speaking world encompasses more than 97 million people within the country and more than 4 million overseas. The publication work in Vietnam started in the late 1960s when some brothers there began to translate the ministry to supply the saints, who were all in Christianity at the time. This labor of love continued through the early 1980s when the saints officially started the church life.

In 2006, after fellowship with LSM, the publication work officially began with 3 full-timers. Currently there are 9 full-timers, along with some volunteers, to feed nearly 4,000 saints in the country. To date, 235 titles have been translated.

In November 2020, Rhema Vietnam was established with the burden of reaching the seeking ones, especially Christians, who account for 8.5% of the country’s population, despite limited freedom. Thousands of e-books have been downloaded and over 400 people have asked for printed sets.

Please pray for:

  1. The Lord to grace the saints laboring in this work abundantly: pray that they would serve Him and the Body in His rest and under His yoke.
  2. The preparation of the Old Testament translation project: pray that the Lord would preserve the serving ones’ being and consecration.
  3. The future translation projects, especially the high peak of the divine revelation titles.
  4. The saints to have their appetite preserved and capacity enlarged to receive even more riches of Christ through this ministry.

To read more, see the January issue of LSM’s newsletter or the most recent issue of the Lord’s Move to Asia newsletter in English and Chinese.

Announcements

  1. Morning Revival: Week 5 of Meeting God’s Need and Present Needs in the Lord’s Recovery.

  2. International Chinese-speaking Conference: Online from February 18 to 20. Please follow announcements in each hall concerning how to participate.

  3. Free e-Booklets: Living Stream Ministry has made a series of free e-booklets available to read and share with others at http://www.lsm.org/booklets.

  4. Ways to Give: Information about the church’s online giving platform, Subsplash, and where to mail checks, are at http://www.churchinlosangeles.org/members/offerings.