Prayer, Week of October 11, 2015
Our Need for a New Revival
We need a new revival because the Lord needs a new revival to prepare His bride for His return. This revival is neither excitement nor activity. “God’s economy is to dispense Himself into us and to work Himself into us that we may take Him as our life and life supply in order to live Him.” (LS of Philippians, ch. 37) The revival we need, we pursue, and we pray for is a strengthening of God's dispensing into us and an uplifting of our taking Him as our life supply for an expansion of our living Him. Lord, revive us for Your return!
The Church in Los Angeles
The whole church in Los Angeles will meet together Lord’s Day, October 18 at LA Trade Tech College. Please pray for a rich time of blending among all the saints across all the languages, ages, districts, and halls for the Lord’s shining testimony in Los Angeles.
Please note that there will not be any lunch provided, so saints are encouraged to make their own plans to continue the blending and fellowship.
Winter Training Registration
The winter training is a time for us to receive the Lord’s fresh speaking. Ask the Lord to release more saints from the affairs of human life to participate in this training in Anaheim or in the videos in Los Angeles. Ask the Lord to stir our hearts to pursue Him actively (not passively) so that He may become our new revival.
Oak Glen Conference Center
Please ask the Lord to release the additional finances needed for the down payment by the end of this week and to release the continuing supply for the on-going monthly payments.
Europe and the Refugee Crisis
With this mass displacement of people, please pray for the Lord’s move in His economy and our response in coordination with Him as the Head. Particularly, pray for
- the Lord’s leading to the brothers serving in Europe about where to focus the gospel preaching;
- key refugees to be saved, those who will proclaim this salvation to others;
- the door of the gospel to be wide open to Europeans disturbed by the influx of refugees.
The Lord’s Testimony in Europe
Please pray for the raising up of the Lord’s testimony in major European cities, including: Lisbon (Portugal); Krakow (Poland); Budapest (Hungary); Vienna (Austria); Sofia (Bulgaria); Thessaloniki (Greece); Zagreb and Split (Croatia); Belgrade and Novi Sad (Serbia); Geneva and Zurich (Switzerland); Barcelona and Bilbao (Spain); Hamburg, Frankfurt and Munich (Germany); and Tirana (Albania).
Announcements
- Morning revival: REPEAT Week 6 of The Need for a New Revival (Memorial Day Conference). Next week we will be in Week 13 in Crystallization-Study of Exodus, vol. 3.
- Junior High Conferences will take place October 23-25 in Riverside (brothers) and Diamond Bar (sisters). Registration deadline is October 11.
- ** High School Conferences** will take place October 30–November 1 in Anaheim (brothers) and Irvine (sisters). Registration deadline is October 18.
- The Southern California Spanish-Speaking Conference will be held on Saturday, October 24 from 4:00–9:00pm at 1855 W Ball Rd, Anaheim. No need for registration or donation. Bring your own meal for the dinner break from 6:00–7:15pm. Child care will not be provided.
- The Thanksgiving Conference will be November 26–29 in Jacksonville, Florida.
- The 2015 Winter Training will be December 21–26 in Anaheim. Some video trainings in LA will begin December 22, some later. Registration for Anaheim should be completed by October 27. Donation is $155 for Anaheim, $80 for video/simulcast.
Prayer, Week of October 4, 2015
A New Revival: Being Constituted with God to Express God
“In order to shepherd according to God, we need to become one with God, be constituted with God, live God, express God, represent God, and minister God.” (HWMR Week 4 outline)
“In His economy, God does not improve us outwardly. Instead, He transmits all that He is into us… God’s way is to transform us metabolically; it is to nourish, refresh, water, enrich, and strengthen us. This is God’s economy…” (Life-study of Philippians, pp. 323-324)
“God is expressed in us by means of His attributes. God is love and light, and He is holy and righteous. When we eat and drink of God, we shall live Him as love, light, holiness, and righteousness. These divine attributes will become our virtues as the expression of God… and this expression is actually God’s speaking.” (Life-study of 1 John, p. 29)
Church in Los Angeles
The whole church in Los Angeles will meet together Lord’s Day, October 18 at LA Trade Tech College. Please pray for rich time of blending among all the saints across all the languages, districts and halls for the Lord’s shining testimony in Los Angeles.
Korean Bible Seminar
The Lord blessed and supplied all the saints who participated in last weekend’s Bible distribution at the LA Korean Festival. We distributed 1000 copies of the New Testament in Korean, 200 in English, and 100 in Spanish. We will have a Bible seminar on Saturday, October 11 at 6:30pm. The subject is “Do you know that you have a spirit in you?”
Please pray:
- For those who received an invitation, that the Lord would soften their hearts and draw them;
- For the serving ones in their preparation, that they would be graced and supplied bountifully;
- For each group table at the seminar, that every member of the Body would be coordinated together.
Children’s Work Perfecting Conference
“Our work for the Lord should have a long-term view. Six years go by very quickly; soon the children in first grade will be young brothers and sisters. When they enter junior high school, we can preach the gospel to their classmates in junior high. When they enter high school, we can lead many of their classmates to be saved. When they enter college, they will be gospel seeds. In this way the young people will multiply year after year. The benefit from this will be very great.” (The Collected Works of Witness Lee, 1967, vol. 1, p. 315)
There will be a perfecting conference for parents and those who serve with the children on Saturday, October 10 from 9am to 3pm at the church in Diamond Bar meeting hall. This conference will consider how we can prepare our children to become little seeds of the gospel in their schools. Saints should plan to attend all three sessions; lunch will be provided for registered saints. More details at SCYP.com.
ITERO
The International Training for Elders and Responsible Ones concluded this past weekend in Brazil with a blending meeting on the Lord’s Day. Many saints are now participating in blending trips to nearby cities or countries. The subject of the training was “The Crucial Points of the Major Items of the Lord’s Recovery Today.” The Lord’s recovery is the recovery of the truth as revealed in the holy Scriptures. Please pray for the digestion of the messages and for all the saints traveling and blending.
Europe and the Refugee Crisis
“Due to the recent changes in Europe, the people there are ready to receive something new…”
(WL, The World Situation and the Direction of the Lord’s Move, ch. 4)
“My burden is not to talk about politics but to show you that since God has a purpose to accomplish on this earth with mankind, He surely has the sovereign authority and power to arrange the situations in human history… Actually, the world situation is under the arrangement of God. It is God who appointed the times for a certain race to do this or to be there. It is God who made the borders of all the different nations (Acts 17:26). It is God who raised up kings and who put down nations.” (WL, The World Situation and God’s Move, ch. 7)
In recent months there has been a crisis in Europe due to the huge influx of refugees from North Africa and the Middle East. Last week, two teams of four brothers from Rhema Literature, supported by other saints from multiple countries, took a first-hand look into the refugee situation. One team went as far south as one of the Greek islands where refugees arrive in small boats; the other went to the far north of Germany, stopping at many refugee camps, border crossings, and train stations. Due to their lives having been turned upside down, many refugees are open to talk. The brothers believe that by listening to these ones with the compassion of Jesus, there will be an opening for the Gospel. Many refugees are educated and some speak English.
Continue to pray for the teams, their assessment of the situation, and the Lord’s enlightening on how the recovery should respond. Pray for Him to open doors and show which refugee camps should be targeted for the Gospel. Pray also for the openness of the native Europeans. The sudden influx of people can be a big disturbance to their lives (for example, one million refugees are expected to enter Germany in 2015). Pray that this situation will open the Europeans to the Gospel.
Bulgaria
The second annual conference in Sofia, Bulgaria will be October 9–11. We anticipate a rich time of fellowship and blending, particularly with many new ones who will be attending. Please pray:
- That nothing would hinder God’s chosen vessels from attending this conference;
- That a word would be released that imparts a clear heavenly vision of Christ and the church;
- That the Lord will take a definite step in raising up His testimony in Sofia and other cities in the Balkan countries, including Novi Sad, Serbia; Thessaloniki, Greece; and Split, Croatia.
Announcements
- Morning revival: Week 6 of The Need for a New Revival (Memorial Day Conference). Next week we will start Crystallization-Study of Exodus, vol. 3.
- Please include brother Justin Lim, justinlim@cantab.net on inputs for future prayer emails.
- The Junior High Conferences will be held October 23–25 in Riverside (for brothers) and Diamond
Bar (for sisters). Registration deadline is October 11. - The whole church in Los Angeles will meet together Lord’s Day, Oct. 18 at LA Trade Tech College.
- The Thanksgiving Conference will be November 26–29 in Jacksonville, Florida.
- The 2015 Winter Training will be December 21–26 in Anaheim. Registration deadline is October 27.
Prayer, Week of September 27, 2015
A New Revival: Shepherding according to God
May we all have the Father’s loving and forgiving heart and the Savior’s shepherding and seeking
spirit to gain people and take care of God’s flock. To cherish people in the humanity of Jesus is to make them happy and to make them feel pleasant and comfortable. To nourish people in the divinity of Christ is to feed them with the all-inclusive Christ in His full ministry in three stages. May all the saints receive the Lord’s commission to feed His lambs and shepherd His sheep (John 21:15-16).
“I hope that there will be a genuine revival among us by our receiving this burden of shepherding. If all the churches receive this teaching to participate in Christ’s wonderful shepherding, there will be a big revival in the recovery.” (WL, The Vital Groups, p. 40)
ITERO
The fall International Training for Elders and Responsible Ones is this Thursday through Saturday,
October 1–3 in Brazil, followed by a blending meeting with many local saints on Lord’s Day, October 4. The subject of the training is “The Crucial Points of the Major Items of the Lord’s Recovery Today.” Message topics will include: the Recovery of the Economy of God; the Triune God; the Supreme Preciousness of the All-inclusive Christ; the Consummated Spirit; the Eternal Life; the Recovery of the Church; and the Oneness of the Body of Christ. Please pray for all the brothers traveling, for the Lord’s rich speaking, and for the blending of all the saints.
Korean Festival Bible Distribution
The 42nd LA Korean Festival will take place from October 1–4. Please pray for the Korean-speaking
saints who plan to go as the Korean section of Bibles for America to distribute the Korean New Testament Recovery Version.
Oak Glen
The Southern California churches are buying Oak Glen Christian Conference Center. The sale of Oak
Glen will be completed in October. At that time the $1.64 million down payment will be due. To help with this, please continue to give through the church, designated for Oak Glen. Let us ask the Lord
- to grace us abundantly that we may participate in this purchase with joy and beyond our power, and
- to complete this purchase and the subsequent sale of Engedi in a timely manner.
Europe and the Refugees
“The world situation has always been the indicator of the Lord’s move on earth.” (WL, The World
Situation and the Direction of the Lord’s Move, ch. 1) In recent months there has been a crisis in Europe due to the massive influx of refugees from North Africa and the Middle East. Due to the human and religious situations in their homelands, these ones are stripped and beaten, half dead (Luke 10:30). They need the oil and wine from the Good Samaritan and to be brought to an inn (vv. 33-35).
Rhema Literature Distributors will go to contact these refugees and distribute literature in Arabic. This week, brothers from Anaheim and Europe, including two Arabic speakers, are taking a first-hand look at the refugee situation. Pray for a rich supply to these brothers and for the Lord’s enlightening on how the recovery should respond, based on these brothers’ report. Pray for an abundant flow of oil and wine to the refugees, and for many of them to be brought to an “inn.”
Germany, Switzerland, Austria
The churches and scattered saints in the German-speaking nations will have blending times in multiple locations the weekend of October 3-4.
Announcements
- Morning revival: Week 5 of The Need for a New Revival (Memorial Day Conference). After week 6 we will start Crystallization-Study of Exodus, vol. 3.
- The prayer email for October 4 will be edited by brother Justin Lim, justinlim@cantab.net. Please send inputs to him. Please also include him on inputs for weeks after October 4.
- A video of the August 22 meeting about Oak Glen is available in English, Chinese, Spanish, Korean, and Vietnamese on http://www.socalblendingcenter.org/updates. A brief video about Oak Glen is at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sp4AgX7zhiY.
- There will be a Children’s Work Perfecting Conference for parents and serving ones on October 10 from 9am to 3pm in Diamond Bar. Saints should plan to attend all three sessions. Registration deadline is October 4 at SCYP.com.
- The Junior High Conferences will be held October 23–25 in Riverside (for brothers) and Diamond Bar (for sisters). Registration deadline is October 11.
- The whole church in Los Angeles will meet together Lord’s Day, October 18, at L.A. Trade Tech College (same location as May of this year and October of last year).
- The Thanksgiving Conference will be November 26–29 in Jacksonville, Florida. A detailed announcement is at https://blog.churchinlosangeles.org/prayer/.
- The 2015 Winter Training will be December 21–26 in Anaheim. Registration will begin this weekend; the deadline is October 27.
Prayer, Week of September 20, 2015
A New Revival: Living the Life of a God-man
We need to see that we are God-men, born of God and belonging to God’s species. This is the beginning of the God-man living. (WL, The God-man Living, p. 9)
The Lord’s God-man living set up a model for our God-man living—being crucified to live God so that God might be expressed in humanity (Gal. 2:20). We must deny ourselves, be conformed to Christ’s death, and magnify Him by the bountiful supply of His Spirit (Matt. 16:24; Phil. 3:10; 1:10-21a). The One who lives the life of the God-man is now the Spirit living in us and through us; we must reject self- cultivation and the building up of our natural man and allow nothing other than this One to fill us and occupy us so that we may live Him and express Him personally and corporately in the church, which is His Body (Eph. 3:16-19; 1:22-23). (HWMR, Week 4 outline)
UCLA
The Lord richly blessed our Fall Orientation Week with our own students. They were impressed with their status as men of God, those exercising themselves unto godliness and fanning their spirits into flame. For the entire week, they were revived every morning, nourished with the healthy teaching, and mutually supplied through visiting saints in their homes.
Please pray that the Lord would grant us a corporate God-man living and a spirit of pursuing and laying hold of Him corporately. Also pray for our face-to-face follow-up with new incoming freshmen (300+ names) and that the Lord would solidify these connections. Finally, please pray that the Lord would bring at least 30 new freshmen to our Fall Retreat at Big Bear from October 3-4.
Oak Glen
“We make known to you, brothers, the grace of God which has been given in the churches of Macedonia, that in much proving of affliction the abundance of their joy and the depth of their poverty abounded unto the riches of their liberality; that according to their power, I testify, and beyond their power, of their own accord, with much entreaty they besought of us the grace and the fellowship of the ministry to the saints.” (2 Cor. 8:1-4)
The Southern California churches are buying Oak Glen Christian Conference Center. The sale of Oak Glen will be completed in October. At that time the $1.64 million down payment will be due. To help with this, please give to the church by Lord’s Day, September 27, designated for Oak Glen. Let us ask the Lord
- to grace us abundantly that we may participate in this purchase with joy and beyond our power, and
- to complete this purchase and the subsequent sale of Engedi in a timely manner.
Europe and the Refugees
“The world situation has always been the indicator of the Lord’s move on earth.” (WL, The World Situation and the Direction of the Lord’s Move, ch. 1) In recent months there has been an increasing crisis in Europe due to the huge influx of refugees from North Africa and the Middle East. Both due to the human situation in their homelands and due to their false religion, these refugees are stripped and beaten, half dead (Luke 10:30). They need the oil and wine from the Good Samaritan and then they need to be brought to an inn (v. 33-35).
Rhema Literature Distributors is gathering all their Arabic language literature and is about to go out to meet these refugees. Please pray for a rich supply to the Rhema brothers, an abundant flow of oil and wine to the refugees, and for many of them to be brought to an “inn.”
Balkan Countries
Please pray for the raising up of churches in Novi Sad (Serbia), Thessaloniki (Greece), Sofia (Bulgaria), Split (Croatia), and in other cities in the Balkan countries.
European Universities
Most universities in the UK and other European countries have started or will start their new academic year soon. This is the most crucial time for making new contacts on campus. Please pray:
- to consecrate the new academic year, the students, the homes, and the labor on campus to the Lord • that the Lord will raise up key students to co-labor on many campuses throughout Europe
- that the Lord will open the way to contact some seeking ones during this critical time and gain
them as remaining fruit.
Israel
Pray for the raising up of churches in the Galilee. Continue to stand with those who are moving for the church life in both Netanya and Tiberius. Pray for those who are new to the church life, for all to see the vision of Christ and the church, and for the blending of the members of the Body.
Announcements
- Morning revival: Week 4 of The Need for a New Revival (Memorial Day Conference). After week 6 we will start Crystallization-Study of Exodus, vol. 3.
- The prayer emails for September 27 and October 4 will be edited by brother Justin Lim, justinlim@cantab.net. Please send inputs to him.
- A video of the August 22 meeting about Oak Glen is available in English, Chinese, Spanish, Korean, and Vietnamese on http://www.socalblendingcenter.org/updates. A brief video about Oak Glen is at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sp4AgX7zhiY.
- There will be a Children’s Work Perfecting Conference for parents and serving ones on October 10 from 9am to 3pm in Diamond Bar. More details at SCYP.com. Registration deadline is October 4.
- The whole church in Los Angeles will meet together Lord’s Day, October 18, at L.A. Trade Tech College (same location as May of this year and October of last year).
- The Thanksgiving Conference will be November 26–29 in Jacksonville, Florida. A detailed announcement is at https://blog.churchinlosangeles.org/prayer/.
Prayer, Week of September 13, 2015
A New Revival: Living the Life of a God-man
If we practice living the life of a God-man, which is the reality of the Body of Christ, spontaneously a corporate model will be built up, a model living in the economy of God; this model will be the greatest revival in the history of the church to bring the Lord back. The only way to live the life of a God-man according to the Lord's model is to set our entire being on the mingled spirit, walking, living, and having our being according to the mingled spirit. (HWMR, Week 3 outline)
I would encourage you to try faithfully to practice living a God-man’s life by contacting Him through calling on His name, pray-reading His living word, praying unceasingly, not quenching the Spirit, and not despising prophesying. May the Lord bless us with Himself as the life-giving Spirit that we may touch Him in the mingled spirit by these life practices. (W. Lee, Living a Life According to the High Peak of the Divine Revelation, ch. 5)
Oak Glen
"We make known to you, brothers, the grace of God which has been given in the churches of Macedonia, that in much proving of affliction the abundance of their joy and the depth of their poverty abounded unto the riches of their liberality; that according to their power, I testify, and beyond their power, of their own accord, with much entreaty they besought of us the grace and the fellowship of the
ministry to the saints." (2 Cor. 8:1-4)
The Southern California churches are buying Oak Glen Christian Conference Center. The sale of Oak Glen will be completed in October. At that time the $1.64 million down payment will be due. To help with this, please give to the church by Lord’s Day, September 27, designated for Oak Glen. Let us ask the Lord
- to grace us abundantly that we may participate in this purchase with joy and beyond our power, and
- to complete this purchase and the subsequent sale of Engedi in a timely manner.
SoCal Spanish-speaking Training
In August we started a new series of trainings on the God-ordained way. To end this age, we have to enter into a new revival, one which has never been seen before on earth. For this revival we need to reach the high peak of divine revelation, to have the God-man living, and to shepherd the flock of God by imparting the life-giving Spirit. We live in a historic time; we are on the threshold of turning the age. We need to keep training ourselves to become the dispensational instruments that the Lord is looking for.
The next training day is Saturday, September 19.
Bibles for America
A distribution tour began Saturday, September 12. BfA staff members join local saints in Northern California, Oregon, and Nevada for two weeks of distributions at college campuses and the 41st Annual Solano Avenue Stroll in Berkeley. Please pray that the Lord would draw His chosen ones to the tables and that His Word would run in this region!
Romania
There will be a conference in Romania September 18 to 20. Pray that the Lord will speak a timely word and that all the saints and churches who attend will enjoy a sweet atmosphere of blending and fellowship.
Please pray for the ongoing seminars that are being held in Bucharest, Resita, and Deva to contact and shepherd ministry readers. Pray that the Lord will organically increase the churches in these cities to strengthen His testimony in Romania.
Switzerland
There will be a conference in Switzerland from September 19 to 20. We thank the Lord for your prayers and look forward to rejoice with you and blend to build the Body of Christ for His prevailing testimony everywhere.
South Africa
James Lee remains in South Africa until Saturday for classes with the trainees in the FTT Pretoria.
Announcements
- Morning revival: Week 3 of The Need for a New Revival (Memorial Day Conference).
- The prayer emails for September 20, 27, and October 4 will be edited by brother Justin Lim, justinlim@cantab.net. Please send inputs to him.
- A video of the August 22 meeting about Oak Glen is available in English, Chinese, Spanish, Korean, and Vietnamese on http://www.socalblendingcenter.org/updates. A brief video about Oak Glen is at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sp4AgX7zhiY.
- The whole church in Los Angeles will meet together Lord’s Day, October 18, at L.A. Trade Tech College (same location as May of this year and October of last year).
- The Thanksgiving Conference will be November 26 to 29 in Jacksonville, Florida. A detailed announcement is at https://blog.churchinlosangeles.org/prayer/.
Prayer, Week of September 6, 2015
Pursue A New Revival
Philippians 3:12-14, “Not that I have already obtained or am already perfected, but I pursue, if even I may lay hold of that for which I also have been laid hold of by Christ Jesus. Brothers, I do not account of myself to have laid hold; but one thing I do: Forgetting the things which are behind and stretching forward to the things which are before, I pursue toward the goal for the prize to which God in Christ Jesus has called me upward.”
This new revival is an inward energizing as a result of seeing what is on God’s heart. We have heard messages, we accept the vision, and we talk about it, but not much change happens in our being. We are positive but passive. Paul did not account himself to have arrived; every day he was forgetting the things behind and stretching forward. We need pursuing, laying hold, and being laid hold of, to the point where this vision energizes us and sets the course of our being. Lord, don’t let us go; don’t leave us content to mouth these words. Lord, we want to advance in seeing, living, and practice; grant us grace to pursue this daily. (from the opening word of message 2 of the Memorial Day conference)
USC, CSUN, Cal State Channel Islands
“And the Lord added together day by day those who were being saved” (Acts 2:47). Please pray that the new ones and gospel contacts would continue to get added to our students and and into our homes to become remaining fruit in the church.
SoCal High School Juniors and Seniors Fellowship
There will be a special overnight fellowship with our high school juniors and seniors Saturday morning through Lord's Day noon at Oak Glen. Our burden is that they could be shepherded and blended with each other and with college students and serving ones while having some precious and practical fellowship about their going on in the Lord and in His house.
Oak Glen - Southern California Blending Center
The Southern California churches are buying Oak Glen Christian Conference Center. For this, we can ask the Lord to:
- strengthen our individual and corporate consecration for His move in Southern California; • complete this purchase and the subsequent sale of Engedi in a timely manner;
- release the funds for the purchase and for the planned improvements of Oak Glen.
The sale of Oak Glen will be completed in October. At that time the $1.64 million down payment will be due. To help with this, please give to the church by Lord’s Day, September 27, designated for Oak Glen.
Cal State Bakersfield
There will be a Bible distribution on this campus next week Tuesday. We do not have a club here. Pray for the Lord to bring people who are hungry for His word and who will remain in contact with our students.
South Africa
James Lee will be in South Africa from September 8 to 19 for a weekend conference and a week of classes with the trainees in FTT Pretoria.
European Universities
Most universities in the UK and other European countries have started or will start their new academic year soon. This is the most crucial time for making new contacts on campus. Please pray:
- to consecrate the new academic year, the students, the homes, and the labor on campus to the Lord
- that the Lord will raise up key students to co-labor on many campuses throughout Europe
- that the Lord will open the way to contact some seeking ones during this critical time and gain
them as remaining fruit.

Slovakia
There will be a conference in Bratislava, Slovakia September 12-13. Please pray that the saints from Slovakia, the Czech Republic, and Hungary will be released to attend, for the Lord’s rich speaking to meet the present need, and for a sweet atmosphere of blending and fellowship among all the saints and churches.
Ukraine
A video update on the progress of the construction of the meeting hall in Kiev, Ukraine, is available at
http://www.lordsmove.org/reports.html. This video also has scenes from their summer school of truth with 355 attending.
Please pray for completion of construction by the end of October and for the financial need to be met.
Announcements
- Morning revival: Week 2 of The Need for a New Revival (Memorial Day Conference).
- The whole church in Los Angeles will meet together Lord’s Day, October 18, at L.A. Trade Tech
College (same location as May of this year and October of last year). - A video of the August 22 meeting about Oak Glen is available in English, Chinese, Spanish, Korean, and Vietnamese on http://www.socalblendingcenter.org/updates. A brief video about Oak Glen is at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sp4AgX7zhiY.
- The Thanksgiving Conference will be November 26 to 29 in Jacksonville, Florida. A detailed announcement is at https://blog.churchinlosangeles.org/prayer/.

Prayer, Week of August 30, 2015
Rise Up to Pray for A New Revival
God became man that man may become God. Such an economy is incomprehensible to both angels and man. This economy is of God’s desire, and it will reach, attain, the high peak of God’s goal….The Triune God and the tripartite man will become a loving couple in eternity as man yet still God. Divinity and humanity will become a mutual abode, and the glory of God will be expressed in humanity radiantly in splendor to the uttermost. (hymn, What Miracle, What Mystery, at end of morning revival week 1)
I hope that the saints in all the churches throughout the earth, especially the co-workers and the elders, will see this revelation and then rise up to pray that God would give us a new revival—a revival which has never been recorded in history. (W. Lee, Life-study of 1 & 2 Chronicles, ch. 2, sec. 3, © LSM)
CSUN (Hall 2 English)
Last week we met over 100 students through our welcome events during the first week of classes and saw about 15 of them multiple times. Thank you, saints, for all of your prayers! Please pray that:
- the students would continue to be built up as a priesthood, bearing the new ones together in prayer;
- we would see the new ones this coming week and attach them to our Bible study and the homes;
- the Lord would show us which ones to focus our labor on, and build up the net to contain them as remaining fruit.
Also, please pray for our club table at the CSUN club fair on Tuesday and Wednesday this week where we have an opportunity to meet more students.
Middle-Age Training
The middle age FTTA begins this week. Eighty-three trainees are registered for the whole term. One-third are from Southern California, others from across the U.S., and some from ten other nations. Ask the Lord to infuse them with life, enlighten them with truth, save them from their natural being, and lead them into coordination for serving Him.
Oak Glen - Southern California Blending Center
On August 22 there was a meeting in Anaheim to present our purchase of Oak Glen to all the churches in Southern California. A video of that fellowship is available in English, Chinese, Spanish, Korean, and Vietnamese on http://www.socalblendingcenter.org/updates.
The sale of Oak Glen to the Southern California churches will be completed in October. At that time the $1.64 million down payment will be due. To help with this, please give to the church by Lord’s Day, September 27, designated for Oak Glen.
Bibles for America
Praise the Lord for His moving at the Crow Fair in Montana! Saints came from many states to support the distribution. Over 400 copies of the NT Recovery Version went out with the vast majority going to Native Americans. Many people, especially many children, prayed to receive the Lord. An encouraging 71 people indicated interest in further contact.
Please pray that the Lord would operate through each Bible given away and would raise up the shepherding for the many newly regenerated and seeking believers among the Crow Nation.
European Universities
Most universities in the UK and other European countries start their new academic year in the coming weeks. This is the most crucial time for making new contacts on campus. Please pray:
- to consecrate the new academic year, the students, the homes, and the labor on campus to the Lord
- that the Lord will raise up key students to co-labor on many campuses throughout Europe
- that the Lord will open the way to contact some seeking ones during this critical time and gain them as remaining fruit.
Asia
Reports from Turkey and Bangladesh about gospel preaching among Moslems and Hindus, baptizing and shepherding new believers, home gatherings, raising up local churches, and contacting other Christians are at:
http://lmasia.org/temp/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/E-2015-08.pdf (English)
http://lmasia.org/temp/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/Asia-2015-08.pdf (Chinese).
Announcements
- Morning revival: Week 1 of The Need for a New Revival (Memorial Day Conference).
- The whole church in Los Angeles will meet together Lord’s Day, October 18, at L.A. Trade Tech College (same location as May of this year and October of last year).
- The Thanksgiving Conference will be November 26 to 29 in Jacksonville, Florida. A detailed announcement is at https://blog.churchinlosangeles.org/prayer/.
Prayer, Week of August 23, 2015
Watering and Spreading the National College Training Seed
The National College Training was not an isolated event but rather the beginning of a new move by the Lord. The seed has been planted and we need to water it by prayer. Pray that these aspects of vital living 1) continue in all who attended, 2) spread to other college students and young people, and 3) spread to all ages in the recovery:
- Loving the Lord and being revived in the morning;
- Reading His word and walking by the Spirit;
- Participating in the prayer meetings of the church;
- Praying with companions regularly and preaching the gospel;
- Freshly consecrating.
USC, CSUN, Cal State Channel Island
We are very encouraged that the students are rising up to pray, to be burdened for the Lord's move, and to contact people. We have had good times of blending and coordination with our students and many good times of contacting and conversing with incoming freshmen and preparing for the start of school. Thank you for your prayers for those times.
This week Monday classes began on these campuses. We have several welcome events this week and next, and we do need much prayer from the saints that:
- the students would remain supplied, maintaining a praying spirit throughout all of the busy activities;
- the Lord would maintain a strong one accord among the students;
- we would have warm and positive contact with many new students, especially freshmen, multiple times in these weeks;
- the students would be bold to speak the Lord to classmates and friends during these weeks;
- the Lord would strengthen the church life net (students, full-timers, and community saints) in vital groups to contain and keep the freshmen as remaining fruit.
SoCal Spanish-speaking Training
We are about to start a new series of trainings on the God-ordained way. To end this age, we have to enter into a new revival, one which has never been seen before on earth. For this revival we need to reach the high peak of divine revelation, to have the God-man living, and to shepherd the flock of God by imparting the life-giving Spirit. We live in a historic time; we are on the threshold of turning the age. We need to keep training ourselves to become the dispensational instruments that the Lord is looking for.
The August 29 training meeting will cover:
- the steps regarding the practice of the God-ordained way, the importance of the home meetings and the need to visit people in their homes.
- the preparation of the home meetings, the four elements of the home meetings and the way to carry out the home meetings.
SoCal High School Juniors and Seniors Fellowship
There will be a special overnight fellowship with all of our high school juniors and seniors throughout southern California September 12-13 from 9 AM on Saturday through Lord's Day at Oak Glen Christian Conference Center. Our burden is that these upperclassmen could be shepherded and blended with each other and with college students and serving ones while having some precious and practical fellowship about their going on in the Lord and in His house.
UK and Ireland Blending Conference
This annual conference is August 29 to 30 in Nottingham, England. We expect a rich feast and the Lord’s blessing in the fellowship and blending among all the saints and churches attending.
Netherlands
Last week universities in the Netherlands began their introduction days (equivalent to freshmen orientation in the U.S.). On August 12 we went to Utrecht University to distribute Bibles (in English, with the Rhema set one book in Dutch). The Lord covered the weather and provided an excellent location for the table. We handed out 91 Bibles, 35 requested further contact, and at least three received the Lord. After the distribution on the campus we had a welcome dinner.
Please join us to pray:
- For the follow-up with the 35 who attend Utrecht University, that they would remain open through the weeks between receiving the Bible and starting school on September 1. We are praying that there will be at least five remaining fruit from this group.
- For the follow-up with seeking ones contacted at other universities last week, that the Lord gain them as remaining fruit, and bring them to our open homes to cherish and to nourish them.
Malta
Before a visit to Malta, there was a feeling in our locality that we should pray that the Lord would give us two contacts (key persons) as an open door to distribute free copies of the NT Recovery Version.
Through internet research, we received a feeling from the Lord to contact the leader of a specific Christian group. We visited two of their meetings and met two of the leading brothers. Both received a NT Recovery Version and were very thankful. With one of them we had a longer time of fellowship, and felt that the Lord was among us. We stayed in contact with this brother. He responded after a short time, thanking us for giving him the Bible and expressing his appreciation for the footnotes. Please pray that:
- both brothers keep reading and enjoying the NT Recovery Version and that through the footnotes they will tap into the revelation of the truth, the spiritual light, and life supply in the Word of God;
- they will express their appreciation to fellow believers and recommend the NT Recovery Version;
- the Lord will reveal to them the church, the one universal fellowship of the Body of Christ, for the raising up of His testimony on the Maltese Islands;
- they will remain open for further contact with saints in His recovery.
Announcements
- Morning revival: Week 8 of The Recovery of the Priesthood for God's Building. Next week we will begin The Need for a New Revival (Memorial Day Conference).
- The Spanish-speaking saints in Southern California will have another series of training meetings on the practice of God-ordained way. They will be in Anaheim Saturdays August 29, September 19, and November 21, plus a conference October 17. Details are at https://blog.churchinlosangeles.org/prayer/.
- The Southern California High School Juniors and Seniors Fellowship will be September 12-13 at Oak Glen. Register as soon as possible but no later than Lord's Day August 30. The cost will be $65.00 with all meals (except for Lord's Day lunch) and lodging provided. We ask all the saints to please register through your serving ones as we do for other SCYP conferences.

Prayer, Week of August 16, 2015
National College Training: Those Who Love His Appearing
Second Timothy 4:8 speaks of all those who love our Lord’s appearing. The prayers of thousands of saints allowed the Lord to take a big step at the training culminating with the students declaring, I will give myself to be an overcomer, To see a heav’nly vision, Keep my flaming spirit burning! I give myself to You, to turn this age.
Now we need the same intensity of prayer by all ages for continuing consecration, more seeing and burning, and increased announcing of the gospel until the Lord can come back.
A larger number of short video testimonies from many students are at http://www.ageturners.com/2015-nationalcollege-training-highlights-page/.
A video overview of the training is at http://www.youtube.com/watch?t=163&v=S8GunuiLZ8E.
FTTA and Boston Extension
FTTA began last week Monday. The Lord brought 155 first termers. The total number of trainees this term is 372. Both numbers are the most ever in FTTA and both are answers to prayer!
This week the first termers learn which team they are on and who is their gospel partner. Please pray for their opening to the Lord and willingness to be blended!
FTTA-xB, the third year training in Boston, also began Monday, August 10. There are 25 trainees, 20 entering and 5 returning. This number is lower than in the spring term; please pray for an increase in Boston. A one-page letter about the purpose and goals of FTTA Boston extension is at https://blog.churchinlosangeles.org/prayer/.
CSUN (Hall 2 English)
The students completed a two week internship where they enjoyed the Lord and prayed together, contacted freshmen at orientations, and prepared for the coming school year. They passed out thousands of tracts and got contact information for over 100, the most ever. Please pray for the follow up labor with all the positive contacts:
- That they would respond to the invitation and personal contact and come to the welcome events on campus
during the first week of school (August 24-28); - That they would come to the home meeting on Friday night, August 28;
- That our students would be built together and in the homes more than ever to contain the fruit.
USC (Hall 4 English)
We have a pre-semester retreat this week with our core students. Please pray that we would:
- Be blent together into one accord and continue to rise up to take the lead at USC,
- Have much prayer for the gospel and the Lord's move at USC,
- Coordinate many practical details to prepare for the semester.
Also, the freshmen move into the dorms on Wednesday. Pray that we would be able to establish many warm and solid connections with them right away. Pray that the Lord would sweep in their hearts and prepare them, stirring up their seeking for the Lord. May our students be empowered with the economical Spirit to boldly spread the word during this critical week!
Junior High Gospel Perfecting Conference and
All Southern California Young People Blending Meeting
There is a burden to change the atmosphere of our work with the young people from a defensive work of preservation to an offensive work of propagation, and to bring our second generation into a normal gospel preaching life. For this, it is with great joy that we announce another Junior High Gospel Perfecting Conference, August 29, 9 am to 7 pm, and open for all going into grades seven and eight.
We also invite all the young people, grades 7-12 to join us for a corporate blending meeting 7 to 9 pm. Both the Junior High Gospel Perfecting Conference and the all Southern California Young People Blending Meeting will be held in the church in Arcadia meeting hall on Saturday, August 29th.
Last year the Lord very much blessed this all Southern California Blending Meeting in a wonderful way. We look to the Lord again this year for another encouraging, enjoyable, and profitable time. We rejoice with you all that the Lord is doing a genuine work among the young people here in Southern California. We would ask that you stand with us in this burden and pray strongly for this time.
Bibles for America
On August 18 BfA staff members will begin a three-week distribution tour in the Midwest. They will visit cities in South Dakota, North Dakota, Minnesota, and Wisconsin, giving away Bibles and books on college campuses and at local venues such as the Minnesota State Fair, a huge event that attracts nearly two million people. Please pray that the Lord would go before the brothers and sisters on this tour, preparing His hungry ones to meet the saints, receive the Word, and taste the riches of this wonderful ministry.
Czech Republic
Please pray for the continuation of the seminars in Prague in September and for the possibility of holding seminars in other cities in the Czech Republic. Pray also for the shepherding of the seeking ones in Prague and in other parts of the country.
Baltic Blending Conference
The Baltic nations’ blending conference will be August 21 to 23 in Latvia.
Announcements
- Morning revival: Week 7 of The Recovery of the Priesthood for God's Building. After week 8, we will begin The Need for a New Revival (Memorial Day Conference).
- The Spanish-speaking saints in Southern California will have another series of training meetings on the practice of God-ordained way. They will be in Anaheim Saturdays August 29, September 19, and November 21, plus a conference October 17. Details are at https://blog.churchinlosangeles.org/prayer/.
- An illustrated report about mass distribution of ministry materials around the earth is at
https://blog.churchinlosangeles.org/prayer/.
Prayer, Week of August 9, 2015
National College Training: Jesus Lovers
The National College Training (NCT) was the beginning of a new era in the Lord’s move on the campuses and we must strongly pray for its continuation. Pray for
- thousands to be captured by the Lord from the generation represented by the 1300 students at NCT
- this generation to be much more consecrated and overcoming than past generations.
By prayer, may we all be a factor to usher in the final revival that will bring the Lord back!
All the NCT messages are at http://www.ageturners.com/audio-for-2015-national-college-training-gods-ageturners/. Short video testimonies from many students are at http://www.ageturners.com/2015-national-college-training-highlights-page/
USC (L.A. Hall 4)
This week we have some USC students participating in a substantial way in prayer, coordination, and planning for the upcoming school year. Please pray that the Lord would continue to operate in the students through much prayer in one accord. Also, pray that they would continue to rise up and bear the burden for their campus, following the Lord according to His fresh leading for how to go on this school year. Last, pray that both the spiritual and practical preparation for this semester could be carried out in a timely way so that the Lord can gain much remaining fruit!
FTT Anaheim and FTT London
The FTTA and FTTL fall terms begin this week. FTTA has the largest-ever incoming group of trainees and probably the largest total number of trainees (a few international trainees are waiting for visas). This increase is mainly trainees from the U.S., an answer to prayer. Please pray for:
- a strong and exercised beginning of the training.
- a renewed consecration from all the trainees (both incoming and returning) that the Lord would have His way to do whatever He needs to do to further His economy.
Oak Glen Christian Conference Center
The churches in Southern California are in escrow to buy Oak Glen, a conference center in Yucaipa where we have held young people’s conferences. Oak Glen is larger, much easier to drive to, and at a lower elevation than Engedi. A detailed review of Oak Glen has not found any major problems. The brothers overseeing this purchase are turning their attention to a master plan for refurbishment and enlargement. The intention is that Oak Glen will be a gathering place for all ages, for small groups, individual churches, and clusters of churches as well as for our young people and college students.
A meeting to present Oak Glen in a full way will be held at the Ministry Conference Center in Anaheim, Saturday, August 22, 7 to 9 pm. This meeting will have translation into Chinese, Korean, Spanish, and Vietnamese. There will be no childcare provided but a room in the same building will be available as an overflow room with live video and English audio for parents with young children.
A brief video about Oak Glen is at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sp4AgX7zhiY.
Bibles for America
The church in Billings, Montana in cooperation with Bibles for America will do a Bible distribution at the Crow Fair in Montana August 12th through 17th. This is the largest gathering of Native Americans in the world, with 45,000 people attending and 1500 teepees set up. The burden is to give away 1000 Bibles at this time. Past BfA distributions have found the Native American peoples in this area to be pleasantly receptive to the Recovery Version.
European Young People's Conference and Children and Parents’ Conference
The 2015 European Young People's Conference (ages 13 to 19 plus serving saints) and the Children (ages 4 to 12) and Parents’ Conference was in Poland July 26 through August 1. Approximately 1,130 young people, children, parents, and serving ones attended this conference. Please pray that:
- the young people will receive the bountiful supply of the Spirit and the Lord’s abundant grace and mercy to be today’s Josephs, who live as sheaves of life and stars of light;
- shepherds be raised up to care for the young people;
- the Lord continue to supply the parents to be patterns to their children and to raise their children to be gospel seeds for God’s economy.
European University Training
The University Training is held each year in August for university students and those going into their final year of secondary school. This year the topic is The Recovery of the Priesthood for God’s Building and the dates are August 10 to 16.
Taiwan
A strong typhoon struck Taiwan last Friday and Saturday. Let us pray for the Lord’s care to all His churches there and pray that this event would turn to salvation for many people.
Announcements
- Morning revival: Week 6 of The Recovery of the Priesthood for God's Building. After week 8, we will begin The Need for a New Revival (Memorial Day Conference).
- The Spanish-speaking saints in Southern California will have another series of training meetings on the practice of God-ordained way. They will be in Anaheim Saturdays August 29, September 19, and November 21, plus a conference October 17. Details are at https://blog.churchinlosangeles.org/prayer/.
- A one-page letter about the purpose and goals of FTTA Boston extension is at https://blog.churchinlosangeles.org/prayer/.
- An illustrated report about mass distribution of ministry materials around the earth is at https://blog.churchinlosangeles.org/prayer/.
- The church in Houston is hosting a Labor Day weekend conference on the gospel to all the nations with emphasis on gaining African-American peoples for the Lord’s testimony. The conference will be Friday night, September 4 through Lord’s Day lunch, September 6. The church in L.A. has a letter about the conference or http://www.churchinhouston.org/contact/.