July 10, 2016 Announcements
7/10 The Next HWMR – The Increase of Christ for the Building Up of the Church, is now available for purchase. English and Spanish versions are available at the bookroom; Chinese and Korean versions are available in the respective meeting locations; DC saints can purchase at the school. Cost for this publication is $6.00. 7/10 HWMRs for Israel/Europe (Service for the Building Up of the Church) – If you would like to donate your HWMR copy in to the saints in Israel and Europe, please leave it in the box at the Service Office TODAY. 7/10 Video Training Open Meeting – July 10, 2016, 6:55...
Read MoreJuly 3, 2016 Announcements
7/3 SST Registration Deadline – The Summer School of Truth will be in Beltsville, MD from August 1-7. The registration deadline is TODAY and the fee is $70. Please turn in your form and fee to Jackson Lao. 7/4 The Holy Word for Morning Revival – Service for the Building Up of the Church – Week 8: A Life-ministering Service. 7/4 Life-study Reading Schedule – Life-study of Exodus, Messages 173 and 174. 7/6 No Prayer Meeting due to the Video Training. 7/9 No Corporate Morning Revival due to the Video Training. The 2016 Summer Video Training Schedule is as follows: Message 1 – WED,...
Read MoreHow the Lord Led Me Into the Oneness of His Body
Jesus prayed in John 17:21, “That they all be one; even as You, Father, are in Me and I in You, that they also may be in Us; that the world may believe that You have sent Me.” For the first 21 years of my life I lived in darkness and separation from God because I was ignorant of His love and salvation. Although my parents did their best to raise me with a Christian perspective, I did not have faith in God or see any real value in going to church. While still a teenager I gave up on religion and began to pursue living my own life. I finished school, but still did not know the...
Read MoreMy Human Spirit
I have a Bachelor of Law degree, a masters degree in Taxation, am a CPA, and have been an international tax advisor for many years. I have been a Christian since I was a young child. One thing that has impressed me most about the church is the understanding of our human spirit. The Bible says that man is created with three parts: the spirit, the soul, and the body (1 Thes. 5:23). The Bible also says that God is Spirit, and we must worship Him in spirit (John 4:24). Our spirit is the deepest part in our being made to contact God. If we don’t use this organ to contact God within, we will not...
Read MoreThe Search for Something Real
I was fortunate enough to have been raised in a family, who through the ministry of Watchman Nee and Witness Lee, came to know and love the Lord. God has always been a very important part of our family life and has been the core part of my entire life. My earliest memories of my family life include sitting in the basement with my mother singing “Jesus loves me this I know” and concluding every evening with the thrill of Bible stories, whether it was Daniel having survived a night with lions or Moses crossing the Red Sea. Every Sunday I would go to children’s service and there we had a lot of...
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