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24 March 2024

  1. Thetford 2024
  2. Live Semi-annual Training (1-6 July 2024)
  3. Weekend Retreats
  4. One-Week Training (13-18 May)
  5. London Internation Blending Conference (20 -21 April)
  6. Life-Study of John 39 & 40
  7. Morning Revival – Week 6
  8. Upcoming Events
  9. Reminders

1. Thetford 2024

The registration for the young people’s and family camp in Thetford (May 25-27) is now open. This year we have capacity for 180, and will have meetings and activities for young people, and also activities for children with parents. We are looking forward to the Lord’s advancement this year with our own children and young people and their friends and family. Please remember this time in your prayers, specifically that many friends would come and receive the Lord and come into the church-life.

More details are available: https://forms.gle/kKHmzRVnZZCqZcqy9. Registration deadlines are below:

Young People: Monday, 6th May 2024
Serving Ones: Monday, 22nd April 2024 (An earlier deadline for serving ones is necessary to allow DBS validation. )

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2. Live Semi-annual Training in Anaheim (1-6 July 2024)

When: 1-6 July 2024 (Monday to Saturday)
Where: Anaheim, California, USA
Cost: £165
Registration: Complete this form: Semiannual Training Registration Form and submit payment (registration will not be submitted without payment). You must be 18 years and over to register.
Strict Deadline: 30 April 2023 (no registrations will be accepted after this date)
Hospitality: Hospitality can only be requested (through LSM) for those aged 18 to 25 (no children). Those over the age of 25 will need to make their own hospitality arrangements.
Travel: In making arrangements for air travel to Los Angeles Airport (LAX) or the Orange County Airport (SNA) please plan your arrival during daylight hours.

This registration is only for those living within the United Kingdom. For those outside the UK, please register through a locality within that country. 

 

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3. Weekend Retreats

Weekend Retreats is a residential weekend providing a rich infusion of the ministry of the Word, the opportunity for blending with the saints and overnight stay in comfortable and high-quality cabins at Woodland Camp. Below are the proposed dates for possible groups.

We encourage all the saints to register for this time, either as a day visitor or staying on site The event is free from 10am until 4pm, and £12 to stay for the evening meeting. If you stay overnight on Saturday and through the Lord’s Day, the cost is £45.

  • 30-31 March Midlands, North, Scotland and Ireland, including Belfast, Birmingham, Coventry, Dublin, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Leeds, Liverpool, Manchester, Newcastle, Nottingham, Sheffield and other cities in that region.
  • 6-7 April London Hall 4 and Hall 5
  • 11-12 May London Hall 1 and South-west, including Bristol, Cardiff, Exeter, Oxford, Paignton, Reading, Southampton and other cities in that area
  • 18-19 May London Hall 2 and Hall 3

The details and registration for the Weekend Retreats are available online at https://amanatrust.org.uk/page/weekend-retreats

For those unable to join the Weekend Retreats but only available for Saturdays at Woodland Camp (9am-4pm), please use the link below for details and registration. https://amanatrust.org.uk/page/saturdays-at-woodland-camp

Registration deadline is the Lord’s Day before the weekend event.

As we are burdened to help all the saints to participate including those with children, there will be designated areas for parents with children to watch the meetings via webcast. We encourage the groups to coordinate childcare.

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4. One-week Training, 13-18 May

Amana Trust would like to invite all the saints to join the Spring 2024 One-week Trainings, which will be held at Woodland Camp on 13-18 May (1-6 April has been cancelled). The messages and materials are based on the four great matters—truth, life, the church and the gospel. Each series of One-week Trainings explores these four areas using different materials so that those who attend repeatedly will steadily broaden their appreciation of these areas. These times are profitable both for the saints and the new ones we are caring for.   

The burden of these one-week trainings is the “perfecting of the saints unto the work of the ministry, unto the building up of the Body of Christ” (Eph. 4:12). These times are for us to receive an infusion of the truth, to be perfected for our functioning in the church life, and to become equipped and vitalized for the gospel.   

For more information and the online application, please go to https://amanatrust.org.uk/page/one-week-training or phone +44 (0)1708 380 301. Due to limited space, please register as soon as possible. 


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5. London International Blending Conference (20 – 21 April)

Praise the Lord for the upcoming London International Blending Conference!

Date: 20-21 April 2024
Place: Hammersmith Novotel, 1 Shortlands W6 8DR
Parking: Parking at the hotel can be booked using justpark.com; £1.50 per hour for hotel residents and £3.50 per hour for visitors. Free parking is also available on local steets.
Lunch: There are eating places within walking distance of the hotel.

Cost:
£30 per adult
£15 per 12 -17 year old
Free per 0-11 year old
Everyone is required to register including those under 18 years old: https://www.churchinlondon.org.uk/ibc-reg (Deadline: Lord’s Day 14 April)

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6. Read 500 Life-studies – Gospel of John 39 & 40

The church in London reading schedule will move onto the Gospel of John. Next week we will cover Messages 39 & 40of the Life-study of John. This would be an ideal time to have a new start if you have fallen behind in your reading, or have not yet started a reading schedule.

Life-Study of John Order
To order the printed Life-study of John please submit the following form: https://forms.gle/HqiuVMnYPzxv7dFfA (limited stock, first come/first served).

Resources:
a) Brother Minoru Chen has given a series of talks on the matter of getting into the Life-studies: TalksOnLife-studies the outlines of which can be downloaded from Outlines.

b) The website https://500lifestudies.org/ provides recommendations and resources.

c) Mobile app (iOS and Android) to enable you to make reading schedules, read in the app and track progress ( https://500lifestudies.org/mobile-app).

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7. Morning Revival – Week 6

We will be on Week 5 of the HWMR for the 2023 Thanksgiving Conference, “The Enjoyment of Christ and Our Growth in Life unto Maturity”

HWMR printed copies
For those who don’t yet have a copy, physical copies can be purchased from Amana Trust:

HWMR ePublications
HWMR links
Google Play
Apple
Kindle

Corresponding Message
The printed messages are available in the Ministry of the Word (Ministry Magazine) publication which are available in print or online.
The audio message (Message 3 and 4) that corresponds to this week can be downloaded from https://www.lsmwebcast.com/ArchivesDtl.cfm?cat=C&subj=414 – cost $1 (registration required).

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8. Upcoming Events 2024
  • 20-21 April, London International Blending Conference
  • 3-5 May, Paris Conference, France
  • 3-5 May, Conference in Warsaw, Poland
  • 17-19 May, Spring CEEB Conference, Bratislava, Slovakia
  • 24-27 May, International Memorial Day Conference, Bellevue, Washington

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9. Reminders:
  1. Ministry Meeting: Monday, 25 March
    FTTA Fall Ministry Meeting: The Crucial Points of The Truth in Paul’s Epistles – 1 Corinthians
    Message 14 Living in the Blending and Reality of the Body of Christ
  2. Family Zoom Time every Tuesday at 4:15pm
    Family Zoom Time 2024
    If you have any queries, please feel free to email: children@churchinlondon.org.uk

Reading Schedule for Recovery Version with footnotes, Week 62; see website for schedule: https://www.recoveryversion.bible/reading-schedules.htm

Church in London website: https://www.churchinlondon.org.uk/
Living Stream Ministry Announcements: https://www.lsm.org/announcements/

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17 March 2024

  1. Weekend Retreats
  2. One Week Trainings
  3. London International Blending Conference
  4. Life-studies – John 37 & 38
  5. Morning revival – Week 5
  6. Upcoming Events
  7. Reminders

1. Weekend Retreats

Weekend Retreats is a residential weekend providing a rich infusion of the ministry of the Word, the opportunity for blending with the saints and overnight stay in comfortable and high-quality cabins at Woodland Camp. Below are the proposed dates for possible groups.

We encourage all the saints to register for this time, either as a day visitor or staying on site The event is free from 10am until 4pm, and £12 to stay for the evening meeting. If you stay overnight on Saturday and through the Lord’s Day, the cost is £45.

  • 30-31 March Midlands, North, Scotland and Ireland, including Belfast, Birmingham, Coventry, Dublin, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Leeds, Liverpool, Manchester, Newcastle, Nottingham, Sheffield and other cities in that region.
  • 6-7 April London Hall 4 and Hall 5
  • 11-12 May London Hall 1 and South-west, including Bristol, Cardiff, Exeter, Oxford, Paignton, Reading, Southampton and other cities in that area
  • 18-19 May London Hall 2 and Hall 3

The details and registration for the Weekend Retreats are available online at https://amanatrust.org.uk/page/weekend-retreats

For those unable to join the Weekend Retreats but only available for Saturdays at Woodland Camp (9am-4pm), please use the link below for details and registration. https://amanatrust.org.uk/page/saturdays-at-woodland-camp

Registration deadline is the Lord’s Day before the weekend event.

As we are burdened to help all the saints to participate including those with children, there will be designated areas for parents with children to watch the meetings via webcast. We encourage the groups to coordinate childcare.

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2. One-week Training, 13-18 May

Amana Trust would like to invite all the saints to join the Spring 2024 One-week Trainings, which will be held at Woodland Camp on 13-18 May (1-6 April has been cancelled). The messages and materials are based on the four great matters—truth, life, the church and the gospel. Each series of One-week Trainings explores these four areas using different materials so that those who attend repeatedly will steadily broaden their appreciation of these areas. These times are profitable both for the saints and the new ones we are caring for.

The burden of these one-week trainings is the “perfecting of the saints unto the work of the ministry, unto the building up of the Body of Christ” (Eph. 4:12). These times are for us to receive an infusion of the truth, to be perfected for our functioning in the church life, and to become equipped and vitalized for the gospel.

For more information and the online application, please go to https://amanatrust.org.uk/page/one-week-training or phone +44 (0)1708 380 301. Due to limited space, please register as soon as possible.

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3. London International Blending Conference (20 – 21 April)

Praise the Lord for the upcoming London International Blending Conference!

Date: 20-21 April 2024
Place: Hammersmith Novotel, 1 Shortlands W6 8DR
Parking: Parking at the hotel can be booked using justpark.com; £1.50 per hour for hotel residents and £3.50 per hour for visitors. Free parking is also available on local steets.
Lunch: There are eating places within walking distance of the hotel.

Cost:
£30 per adult
£15 per 12 -17 year old
Free per 0-11 year old
Everyone is required to register including those under 18 years old: https://www.churchinlondon.org.uk/ibc-reg (Deadline: Lord’s Day 14 April)

Hotel Accommodation is available at Novotel at a special rate per double room per night:

  • £162 single person per night
  • £172 for two people per night
  • One child (up to 15 years old) can stay with parents for £10 per night

The rates include VAT and English breakfast for 19th, 20th and 21st
To book please email h0737-re@accor.com (or call 0208 237 7798 9 am – 5:30 pm Monday – Friday) and give the name of the event “International Blending Conference” with the booking code: INTERBLENCON24.” Strict booking deadline 20 March

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4. Read 500 Life-studies – Gospel of John 37 & 38


The church in London reading schedule will move onto the Gospel of John. Next week we will cover Messages 37 & 38 of the Life-study of John. This would be an ideal time to have a new start if you have fallen behind in your reading, or have not yet started a reading schedule.

Life-Study of John Order
To order the printed Life-study of John please submit the following form: https://forms.gle/HqiuVMnYPzxv7dFfA (limited stock, first come/first served).

Resources:
a) Brother Minoru Chen has given a series of talks on the matter of getting into the Life-studies: TalksOnLife-studies the outlines of which can be downloaded from Outlines.

b) The website https://500lifestudies.org/ provides recommendations and resources.

c) Mobile app (iOS and Android) to enable you to make reading schedules, read in the app and track progress ( https://500lifestudies.org/mobile-app).

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5. Morning revival – week 5


We will be on Week 5 of the HWMR for the 2023 Thanksgiving Conference, “The Enjoyment of Christ and Our Growth in Life unto Maturity”

HWMR printed copies
For those who don’t yet have a copy, physical copies can be purchased from Amana Trust:

HWMR ePublications
HWMR links
Google Play
Apple
Kindle

Corresponding Message
The printed messages are available in the Ministry of the Word (Ministry Magazine) publication which are available in print or online.
The audio message (Message 3 and 4) that corresponds to this week can be downloaded from https://www.lsmwebcast.com/ArchivesDtl.cfm?cat=C&subj=414 – cost $1 (registration required).

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6. Upcoming Events 2024
  • 20-21 April, London International Blending Conference
  • 3-5 May, Paris Conference, France
  • 3-5 May, Conference in Warsaw, Poland
  • 17-19 May, Spring CEEB Conference, Bratislava, Slovakia
  • 24-27 May, International Memorial Day Conference, Bellevue, Washington

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7. Reminders:
  1. Ministry Meeting: Monday, 18 March
    FTTA Fall Ministry Meeting: The Crucial Points of The Truth in Paul’s Epistles – 1 Corinthians
    Message 13 The Manifestation of the Spirit – the Divine Trinity in the Divine Operations, Ministries , and Gifts
  2. Family Zoom Time every Tuesday at 4:15pm
    Family Zoom Time 2024
    If you have any queries, please feel free to email: children@churchinlondon.org.uk

Reading Schedule for Recovery Version with footnotes, Week 61; see website for schedule: https://www.recoveryversion.bible/reading-schedules.htm

Church in London website: https://www.churchinlondon.org.uk/
Living Stream Ministry Announcements: https://www.lsm.org/announcements/

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9 March 2024

  1. Weekend Retreats
  2. One Week Trainings, 1-6 April & 12-18 May
  3. London International Blending Conference, 20 – 21 April
  4. Spring European University Confernece, 22-22 March
  5. Read 500 Life-studies – John 35 & 36
  6. Morning Revival – Double-Up Weeks 3&4
1. Weekend Retreats in Spring 2024 

Weekend Retreats is a residential weekend providing a rich infusion of the ministry of the Word, the opportunity for blending with the saints and overnight stay in comfortable and high-quality cabins at Woodland Camp. Below are the proposed dates for possible groups.

Next week  (16-17 March)is the turn for Hall 6 – the deadline is today (Lord’s Day, 10 March). We encourage all the saints from Hall 6 to register for this time, either as a day visitor or staying on site The event is free from 10am until 4pm, and £12 to stay for the evening meeting. If you stay overnight on Saturday and through the Lord’s Day, the cost is £45.

Dates Groups
16-17 March
London Hall 6 and East, including Cambridge, Chelmsford, Ipswich, Luton, Milton Keynes, Norwich and other cities in that area
30-31 March
Midlands, North, Scotland and Ireland, including Belfast, Birmingham, Coventry, Dublin, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Leeds, Liverpool, Manchester, Newcastle, Nottingham, Sheffield and other cities in that region.
6-7 April
London Hall 4 and Hall 5
11-12 May
London Hall 1 and South-west, including Bristol, Cardiff, Exeter, Oxford, Paignton, Reading, Southampton and other cities in that area
18-19 May
London Hall 2 and Hall 3

The details and registration for the Weekend Retreats are available online at  https://amanatrust.org.uk/page/weekend-retreats 

For those unable to join the Weekend Retreats but only available for Saturdays at Woodland Camp (9am-4pm), please use the link below for details and registration. https://amanatrust.org.uk/page/saturdays-at-woodland-camp 

Registration deadline is the Lord’s Day prior to the weekend event. 

As we are burdened to help all the saints to participate including those with children, there will be designated areas for parents with children to watch the meetings via webcast. We encourage the groups to coordinate childcare.  

 

2. One-week Trainings, 1-6 April and 13-18 May

Amana Trust would like to invite all the saints to join the Spring 2024 One-week Trainings, which will be held at Woodland Camp on 1-6 April and 13-18 May. The messages and materials are based on the four great matters—truth, life, the church and the gospel. Each series of One-week Trainings explores these four areas using different materials so that those who attend repeatedly will steadily broaden their appreciation of these areas. These times are profitable both for the saints and the new ones we are caring for.   

The burden of these one-week trainings is the “perfecting of the saints unto the work of the ministry, unto the building up of the Body of Christ” (Eph. 4:12). These times are for us to receive an infusion of the truth, to be perfected for our functioning in the church life, and to become equipped and vitalized for the gospel.   

For more information and the online application, please go to https://amanatrust.org.uk/page/one-week-training or phone +44 (0)1708 380 301. Due to limited space, please register as soon as possible. 



3. London International Blending Conference (20 – 21 April 2024)

Praise the Lord for the upcoming London International Blending Conference!

Date: 20-21 April 2024
Place: Hammersmith Novotel, 1 Shortlands W6 8DR
Parking: Parking at the hotel can be booked using justpark.com; £1.50 per hour for hotel residents and £3.50 per hour for visitors. Free parking is also available on local steets.
Lunch: There are eating places within walking distance of the hotel.

Cost:
£30 per adult
£15 per 12 -17 year old
Free per 0-11 year old
Everyone is required to register including those under 18 years old: https://www.churchinlondon.org.uk/ibc-reg

Deadline: Lord’s Day 14 April

4. Dieppe/Rouen Fellowship – Lord’s Day @ 6:30pm

The church in London will be hosting a time with Brother Don Pullen tonight at 6:30pm GMT to fellowship the burden and need for Dieppe and Rouen. 

The churches in the UK have been asked to bear the burden for Rouen, the capital of Normandy. This burden is not just for the gospel trips – it includes blending with and strengthening the saints in Dieppe in the months beforehand and after as well as during the Olympics. We may arrange some trips to Dieppe beforehand to get to know the saints and situation in Dieppe and scout out Rouen.

This time will be crucial in releasing further details about this burden. We encourage all the saints, whether or not they’ve signed up for a gospel trip or indicated openness to this burden before, to attend the session.


5. Spring European University Conference (22-24 March)

Subject: The Center of the Universe
Location: De Hoof, Someren, The Netherlands (https://goo.gl/maps/bKnSVsr8qbYSqVZeA)
Registration Link: https://unistudents.eu/uni-conference/spring-2024
Cost: €92  
Coach from London: https://form.jotform.com/240386548548367
Deadline: Lord’s Day, 10 March 2024

6. Read 500 Life-studies –  Gospel of John 35 & 36

Now that we have completed Matthew, the church in London reading schedule will move onto the Gospel of John. Next week we will cover Messages 35 & 36 of the Life-study of John. This would be an ideal time to have a new start if you have fallen behind in your reading, or have not yet started a reading schedule.

Life-Study of John Order 
To order the printed Life-study of John please submit the following form: https://forms.gle/HqiuVMnYPzxv7dFfA (limited stock, first come/first served).

Resources:
a) Brother Minoru Chen has given a series of talks on the matter of getting into the Life-studies: TalksOnLife-studies the outlines of which can be downloaded from Outlines.

b) The website https://500lifestudies.org/ provides recommendations and resources. c) Mobile app (iOS and Android) to enable you to make reading schedules, read in the app and track progress ( https://500lifestudies.org/mobile-app). 

 

7. Morning revival – double-up weeks 3&4

We will be on Week 3 and 4 of the HWMR for the 2023 Thanksgiving Conference, “The Enjoyment of Christ and Our Growth in Life unto Maturity” 

HWMR printed copies
For those who don’t yet have a copy, physical copies can be purchased from Amana Trust:
– One-off purchase: https://amanatrust.org.uk/pd/1916
– Standing order (each new issue sent to you for a year): +44 (0) 1708 380 301 
Note: The bookshop recommends you phone in to set up your standing order; prices are available on https://amanatrust.org.uk/pd/1528.

HWMR ePublications
HWMR links
Google Play
Apple
Kindle

Corresponding Message
The printed messages are available in the Ministry of the Word (Ministry Magazine) publication which are available in print or online.
The audio message (Message 3 and 4) that corresponds to this week can be downloaded from https://www.lsmwebcast.com/ArchivesDtl.cfm?cat=C&subj=414 – cost $1 (registration required).


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Upcoming Events 2024
20-21 April, 2024 London International Blending Conference
3-5 May, 2024 Paris Conference, France
3-5 May, Conference in Warsaw, Poland
17-19 May, Spring CEEB Conference, Bratislava, Slovakia
24-27 May, International Memorial Day Conference, Bellevue, Washington


Reminders:
1. No Ministry Meeting: Monday, 11 March 
2. Family Zoom Time every Tuesday at 4:15pm
Family Zoom Time 2024 Registration link https://forms.gle/81vanBUHNLaDNDvu7
If you have any queries, please feel free to email: children@churchinlondon.org.uk
 
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Reading Schedule for Recovery Version with footnotes, Week 60; see website for schedule: https://www.recoveryversion.bible/reading-schedules.html

Church in London website: https://www.churchinlondon.org.uk/
Living Stream Ministry Announcements: https://www.lsm.org/announcements/

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Letter from the Co-workers in the Lord’s recovery

27 March 2020

English: Letter from the Co-Workers in the Lord’s recovery PDF

Chinese:

March 26, 2020

To all the dear saints in all the churches in the Lord’s recovery:

Who shall separate us from the love of Christ?
Shall tribulation or anguish or persecution or famine or nakedness or peril or sword?…
But in all these things we more than conquer through Him who loved us.

— Romans 8:35, 37

Grace and peace be multiplied to you all. May this message find you going on in the fear of the Lord and in the comfort of the Holy Spirit. In these difficult days all the churches and the saints across the earth are being carried in our hearts and are borne on our shoulders before the throne of grace. We write to share with you a word of assurance, comfort, and encouragement as we face the pandemic that is ravaging large parts of the globe and upending many of our lives in an unprecedented way. We are petitioning on your behalf that the Father would strengthen you with power so that you may be firmly established and unshaken in Him. We are interceding with you that the Lord’s testimony in His recovery would be upheld as we pass through this extraordinary time together.

In the recent feasts we have seen Christ in His all-inclusiveness and all-extensiveness as our God-allotted portion. He is the all-sufficient One who is able to meet our every need in every situation. Such a Christ was enjoyed and ministered by the apostle Paul while he was in prison. Paul’s pattern should be most meaningful to us in our situation today. The more restricted we are outwardly, the more we should spend time with the Lord to absorb His riches and enjoy His provisions. May we redeem this opportunity by drawing closer to Christ, by opening to Him and to His Word, so that we might be infused with Him and be one with Him. Then we can live Him in His all-fitting life with joy and contentment, free from anxiety, fear, and turmoil.

During this time of seclusion in our homes, we should exercise to stay connected to each other, considering one another and inciting one another. All the saints need the supply of the Body. Even though we may be unable to gather physically, we must not forsake our assembling together but rather meet often with the help of modern technology. Let us reach out to one another to enjoy mutual fellowship and prayer by twos and threes or in small groups. Do not forget to care for the older and weaker ones among us or neglect to shepherd those who are young or needy. As we care for each other as members in these ways, we will find that our hearts are being enlarged and that we are being knit together in love. In these days the church life ought not to be suspended at all but rather be thriving and growing.

These are days to be sober unto prayers. We should first pray ourselves into God to receive His supply and then, following the inner anointing, stand with the Lord for His interests in intercessory prayer. We can pray for God’s economy to be carried out, for His will to be accomplished, for Christ to administrate the world situation, for those in authority to have wisdom, for people to be saved, for the lukewarm to turn back to God, for all the saints’ spiritual life to be uplifted and their material needs to be met, and for the recovery to prosper. If we devote adequate time to petition and supplication, this list is endless. Moreover, we should realize that behind this tumultuous outward environment, there is a spiritual war taking place in the heavenlies in which Satan is trying to frustrate God’s move and wear down His saints. As the Body of Christ, let us put on the whole armor of God to stand and withstand, that the enemy would be bound and defeated.

Our Savior God desires all men to be saved and to come to the full knowledge of the truth. These days we should be full of burden for the unsaved around us. While we have Christ as our shelter in times of trials, the unbelievers who do not know Christ have no such refuge and easily become distressed and gripped by fear and despair. They desperately need to hear the gospel of peace and receive the God who is peace. Now is an opportune time for a fresh spread of the gospel to our relatives, friends, neighbors, and colleagues. In season and out of season, we should rise up and preach the Word, boldly testifying of Christ and the great salvation we have in Him. We are a people with a great hope, a hope that is not in this age or in the things of this age. Our hope is in our dear Lord Jesus and in His coming back. We seek to hasten His return because we love His appearing. Thus, we cooperate with His transforming work in us to be prepared as His Bride, we co-labor with Him to carry out His divine enterprise in the midst of this satanic chaos, and we watch and pray for His coming back. This worldwide calamity is part of the birth pangs that anticipate greater tribulation at the end of this age. Now is the time for us believers to awake from our sleep and to heed the prophetic word of the Scriptures as a lamp that guides us to the dawning of the day when the King returns.

Dear saints, this is not a time to shrink back but to come forward. We are assured in the Lord that after passing through the current upheaval with endurance, the Lord’s recovery will emerge stronger and more prevailing than ever. Even in the midst of the present environment, the Lord has afforded us a marvelous way to advance with Him, particularly through our practice of the God-ordained way in the home-based and vital group church life assisted by technology. History tells us that when the church undergoes suffering and persecution, Christ has a way to advance His move even more. Let us be energized by His inward operation to sail on!

The God of all grace, He who has called us into His eternal glory in Christ Jesus,
after you have suffered a little while, will Himself perfect, establish, strengthen, and ground you.
To Him be the glory and the might forever and ever. Amen.
— 1 Peter 5:10-11

Our love in Christ Jesus be with you all,
The co-workers in the Lord’s recovery

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Prayer for the church in London

During this time when many of us are confined to our homes, pray that the Lord would advance in every household and that there would be a building-up, not a tearing-down atmosphere:

a) That the Lord would bless every family (Gen 12:3) – that they could eat and communicate together and even pray and enjoy the Lord together and participate together in all the church activities online. Even that this would be a time of restitution and oneness in every family (Mal. 4:5-6).

b) That in the corporate living situations, this would be a time to share the Lord together

c)  That we would use this time in our personal life to build up many good christian habits: spending time with Lord to be rooted deeper in Him, reading something of the Word (getting into or catching-up on the church Bible-reading schedule), having fellowship in two and threes, taking care of one another in our small groups in things like shopping, maintaining the Lord’s day meetings .