• We will have a “mini-conference” just for the church in Bellevue on Saturday, February 24 from approximately 10:00 am – 3:00 pm. The details will be shared later.
• This Lord’s day, we will have some time during the prophesying meeting for the saints to overflow their enjoyment of the Life-studies
• The young people in the Puget Sound will have a gospel meeting on February 3rd in Bellevue; please pray for their friends to come and be saved.
• There will be a winter blending conference at the meeting hall of the church in West Richland, 4100 Kennedy Road, West Richland, WA 99353 starting at 10:00 am February 3 and concluding on the afternoon of February 4. 
• The church in Munich has purchased a new meeting hall that also includes a student center; if you would like to participate financially, please designate an offering for ‘Munich’.
• The church in Medford, Oregon is looking to purchase a meeting hall suitable for the region; if you would like to participate financially, please designate an offering for ‘Medford’.
• The new believer perfecting training resumes on February the 18th.
• The annual business meeting will be held on February 25th.
• If you need a tax report for 2023, please email [email protected]
• Starting in May, there will be special gospel trips in France for the upcoming summer olympics. The “Torch Relay” gospel trips last one week each and begin May 6 and continue until July 17. There will be Olympic gospel trips from July 19 – September 10. The application deadline is February 28. Detailed information can be found at: https://amanatrust.org.uk/page/2024Paris 
• We will continue with week 6 from the Memorial Day conference Holy Word for Morning Revival on “Knowing, Experiencing, and Enjoying Christ as Revealed in Philippians”. Please pick up a copy in the bookroom.
• Please pick up the new Holy Word for Morning Revival on “Living and Serving according to God’s Economy concerning the Church”.
• We will read the Life-study of Matthew messages 39 and 40 this week.
  • The website (https://500lifestudies.org/) provides great resources for how to get into the Life-study messages; the Life-Study mobile app is available for download
• The Life-Study of the Bible radio broadcast is every Lord’s day at 8:30 pm, KGNW 820 AM
• Please refer to the table below for the cleaning schedule.

CLEANING SCHEDULE

TIME PERIOD	FIRST FLOOR	SECOND FLOOR
Clean before February 4	Korean-speaking	Somerset, Chinese-speaking
Clean before February 11	Young People	Eastgate, Chinese-speaking
Clean before February 18	East Bellevue	Downtown, Chinese-speaking
Clean before February 25	Central Bellevue	Hall team

Schedule

• FTTA visit (January 28 – February 3)
• YP Gospel meeting, February 3
• March 29-31, YP Retreats
• College student blending (UCSD), March 23-30

Burdens for Prayer

• Israel
• Vital group church life in Bellevue
• Lord’s move to Europe
• World situation/Ukraine and China
• The prayer ministry of the church

• We are sending a care package to our trainees in Anaheim: Joanne Chen, Minsu Gim, Xiaoyan Ma, Mariana Pop, Matt Tang. Please sign cards and bring treats no later than Tuesday, November 14th.
• The Puget Sound conference will be November 10-12; brothers James Lee and Ted Williamson are joining us. The schedule for the Puget Sound Conference is as follows:
  • Message 1: Friday night (11/10), 7:30 pm
  • Message 2: Saturday morning (11/11), 10:00 am
  • Message 3: Saturday night (11/11), 7:00 pm
  • Message 4: Lord’s day morning (11/12) in Seattle (Greenlake meeting hall)
• Registration is open for the December video training. Please register by December 10th: https://www.cognitoforms.com/churchinbellevue1/bellevue2023decembervideotrainingregistrationduebydec10th
• The Thanksgiving Conference will be held in Dallas, at the Sheraton Dallas Hotel, from November 23-26 at the Sheraton Dallas Hotel. Hotel information can be found at https://www.lsm.org/announcements/events.html
• We will continue with week 6 from the Holy Word for Morning Revival from the July Training on “An Overview of the Central Burden and Present Truth of the Lord’s Recovery before His Appearing”. Please pick up a copy in the bookroom.
• The Wednesday Night Ministry Meeting is available for anyone with an LSM Webcast subscription can view the Wednesday Night Ministry Meeting from home.
• The 2024 International Chinese-speaking Blending Conference will be held in Taipei, Taiwan, February 10-11, 2024. Registration for the conference is required to attend. The registration deadline is November 30, 2023. Please contact John Shih ([email protected]) to coordinate. The conference information link https://icsc2024.org
• We will read the Life-study of Matthew messages 15 and 16 this week.
  • The website (https://500lifestudies.org/) provides great resources for how to get into the Life-study messages.
  • The new Life-Study mobile app is now available
• The Life-Study of the Bible radio broadcast is every Lord’s day at 8:30 pm, KGNW 820 AM
• Please refer to the table below for the cleaning schedule.
  

Cleaning schedule

Time Period	First Floor	Second Floor
Clean before November 12	Puget Sound Conference – all saints (11/9)	Puget Sound Conference – all saints (11/9)
Clean before November 19	Young People	Hall team, Chinese-speaking
Clean before November 26	East Bellevue	Central Bellevue, Chinese-speaking
Clean before December 3	Central Bellevue	Overlake/Factoria, Chinese-speaking

Schedule

• Thanksgiving Conference, November 23-26
• December training (Live), December 25 – 30
• Bellevue video training, December 25 – January 2

Burdens for Prayer

• Israel
• Visas for the Chinese-speaking conference
• Vital group church life in Bellevue
• Lord’s move to Europe
• World situation/Ukraine and China
• Puget Sound Conference
• The prayer ministry of the church

Prayer Meeting Ministry Excerpt, November 14 th The Widow This widow was helpless. The word widow shows her isolated situation. The husband on whom she depended for her living was gone, and she had become a widow. This is a good representation of a Christian on earth. Our Lord Jesus has ascended to the heavens. As far as the flesh goes, Christians are helpless and are like widows. The teaching of Matthew 5 tells us of the sufferings that Christians face on earth. They are the weak and have no power to resist anyone; everywhere they go, they are taken advantage of and ridiculed by others. Neither the Lord Jesus nor the apostles taught the believers to have great power or high position in the world. Instead, they should be humble, despised, and persecuted everywhere by others. They cannot base their reasoning with others on justice or the law. This is the portion of the Christians; it is the way that the Lord has prepared for them. If the Son of God was crucified without opposing or murmuring, why should His disciples expect to receive better treatment? Hence, this widow is a true representation of the Christians in this age.

The Opponent

The widow had an opponent. We Christians also have our opponent. This opponent is Satan. The meaning of the word Satan is adversary. An adversary is an opponent. First Peter 5:8 says, “Your adversary, the devil.” The devil is our adversary. We must clearly identify who our adversary is before we can know how to come to our Judge, God, to accuse him. How the devil became our adversary is a long story. Simply put, this hatred began from the garden of Eden. God said, “I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel” (Gen. 3:15). It is because of the devil’s deceiving of the world that God put a hatred in his heart and also a hatred in our heart. We know that the seed of the woman in Genesis refers to the Lord Jesus Christ. He is forever at enmity with the devil. This is what God has ordained. We who have believed in the Lord Jesus belong to His side. As such, we cannot help but take His adversary as our adversary. At the same time, the enemy of the Lord Jesus, Satan, will not let us go easily, with no opposition. He took the Lord Jesus as his enemy; hence, he has to take the disciples of the Lord Jesus as his enemies as well. Those who have not yet believed in the Lord Jesus are children of the devil (John 8:44), and naturally, he loves those who belong to him. But we have believed in the Lord Jesus and are joined to Him. Because he hates the Lord Jesus, he hates us also. This hatred grows deeper as the days go by. Satan is strong and forceful, while we are isolated and helpless like the widow. He oppresses us with his power, suppressing us and bringing great havoc upon us. In the end, we are even wrongly accused by him. The word avenge speaks of much suffering which we must endure under him. We have to pay close attention to this point. Even now, Christians are being wrongly accused by the devil. Unless this wrong is avenged, we will continually suffer loss. What a pity that many children of God are not even aware of their being wronged by Satan!

CWWN, Vol. 1, Prayer that Resists Satan. CWWN Vol 1, Chapter 8.
Copyright Living Stream Ministry

• We are sending a care package to our trainees in Anaheim: Joanne Chen, Minsu Gim, Xiaoyan Ma, Mariana Pop, Matt Tang. Please sign cards and bring treats no later than Tuesday, November 14th.
• The Puget Sound conference will be November 10-12; brothers James Lee and Ted Williamson are joining us.
  • Here is the sign up to serve with the children during the three meetings held in Bellevue: https://www.cognitoforms.com/Churchinbellevue1/_2023FallPugetSoundConferenceChildrenService
• We will have an all-church cleaning time at the Bellevue meeting hall on Thursday (11/9) at 7:00 pm to set up chairs, clean, and finish preparations for the conference.
• The schedule for the Puget Sound Conference is as follows:
  • Message 1: Friday night (11/10), 7:30 pm
  • Message 2: Saturday morning (11/11), 10:00 am
  • Message 3: Saturday night (11/11), 7:00 pm
  • Message 4: Lord’s day morning (11/12) in Seattle (Greenlake meeting hall)
• The Thanksgiving Conference will be held in Dallas, at the Sheraton Dallas Hotel, from November 23-26 at the Sheraton Dallas Hotel. Hotel information can be found at https://www.lsm.org/announcements/events.html
• We will continue with week 5 from the Holy Word for Morning Revival from the July Training on “An Overview of the Central Burden and Present Truth of the Lord’s Recovery before His Appearing”. Please pick up a copy in the bookroom.
• The Wednesday Night Ministry Meeting is available for anyone with an LSM Webcast subscription can view the Wednesday Night Ministry Meeting from home.
• The 2024 International Chinese-speaking Blending Conference will be held in Taipei, Taiwan, February 10-11, 2024. Registration for the conference is required to attend. The registration deadline is November 30, 2023. Please contact John Shih ([email protected]) to coordinate. The conference information link https://icsc2024.org
• We will read the Life-study of Matthew messages 13 and 14 this week.
  • The website (https://500lifestudies.org/) provides great resources for how to get into the Life-study messages.
  • The new Life-Study mobile is now available
• The Life-Study of the Bible radio broadcast is every Lord’s day at 8:30 pm, KGNW 820 AM
• Please refer to the table below for the cleaning schedule.

Cleaning Schedule

Time Period	First Floor	Second Floor
Clean before November 5	Korean-speaking	Downtown, Chinese-speaking
Clean before November 12	Puget Sound Conference – all saints (11/9)	Puget Sound Conference – all saints (11/9)
Clean before November 19	Young People	Hall team, Chinese-speaking
Clean before November 26th	East Bellevue	Central Bellevue

Schedule

• October 27-29, NW College Retreat
• November 10-12, Puget Sound Blending Conference

Burdens for Prayer

• Israel
• Visas for the Chinese-speaking conference
• Vital group church life in Bellevue
• Lord’s move to Europe
• World situation/Ukraine and China
• Puget Sound Conference
• The prayer ministry of the church

Prayer Meeting Ministry Excerpt, November 7th

The Judge This judge was the unique ruler in a certain city. He ruled over the entire city. This speaks of God’s power and authority. Although the world is ruled temporarily by Satan, yet this position is a rebellious usurpation. When the Lord Jesus was crucified on the cross, He cast out the prince of this world. In His death He stripped off “the rulers and the authorities” and “made a display of them openly, triumphing over them in it” (Col. 2:15). Although the world is now under the hand of the evil one, this is not a legitimate arrangement. God has set the time when He will take back the kingdom and put His Son on the throne for a thousand years, even for eternity. Before this time comes, God is merely allowing Satan’s activities; the world still remains under the rule of God. Satan can rule over everything that belongs to him and can also persecute everyone who belongs to God, but this is only temporary. During this temporary period, even Satan is strictly limited by God. He can persecute the saints, but this can be done only within certain limits. Beyond the limit allowed by God, Satan has no authority. We can see this clearly from the story of Job. The judge ruled over the whole city; God rules over the whole world. It was not normal for a person under the judge’s rule to be someone’s opponent. In the same way, it is abnormal for Satan, under God’s rule, to persecute the saints.

The disposition of this judge was that he “did not fear God and did not regard man.” What sort of person does not care for either man or God? However, because of the persistent coming of the widow and her cry to be avenged, and because he was bothered and feared her persistence, he avenged her. The Lord Jesus used this judge as a negative representation of God. God is not virtueless like this judge. He is our loving Father, the One who protects us. He desires to give us the best. Also, He is not unrelated to us like the judge was to the widow. If such a judge would avenge the widow because of her unceasing accusing, will not God, who is more virtuous and loving and is intimately related to His children, avenge them because of their constant prayer? If an unvirtuous judge will avenge a person because of her incessant asking, at the least our God will work for His children because of their prayers. The widow secured her avenging by the judge simply by her unceasing crying. She could not have had any hope in the judge himself, for this judge did not have any virtues. However, our answer to prayer comes not merely because of our unceasing asking, though it is sufficient in itself to gain what we want; our prayer is also based on the goodness of God. This is why the Lord Jesus uses the words “will not God.” The words “will not God” imply a comparison. If the widow who trusted only in unceasing asking received what she wanted, will not we, who trust in our unceasing prayer and who pray on the basis of God’s goodness, receive what we ask for?

CWWN, Vol. 1, Prayer that Resists Satan. Chapter 8.
Copyright Living Stream Ministry

• The July Training is from July 4-12. The remaining meeting schedule is as follows. 
  • Message 8, Lord’s day (7/9), 10:30 am (OPEN MEETING)
  • Message 9, Lord’s day (7/9), 6:00 pm
  • Message 10, Monday (7/10), 7:00 pm
  • Message 11, Tuesday (7/11), 7:00 pm
  • Message 12, Wednesday (7/12), 7:00 pm
• The North American Chinese Speaking Training will be held from July 26-30 (details can be found at https://na-csw.org/) 
• Summer School of Truth (SST) registration is now open and is due by June 30th. There is a registration link for both the young people and serving ones. Summer School of Truth will be held in Bellingham from August 15-20.
  • Students: https://www.cognitoforms.com/Churchinbellevue1/_2023SummerSchoolOfTruth
  • Serving ones: https://www.cognitoforms.com/Churchinbellevue1/_2023SSTServing
• We will continue our church reading schedule of the Life-Study of Romans this week with messages 49 and 50. You can purchase a set of the Romans Life-studies from the bookroom.
  • The website (https://500lifestudies.org/) provides great resources for how to get into the Life-study messages.
  • The new Life-Study mobile is now available
• If you have ministry books in good condition that you would like to donate, please bring them to the bookroom.
• We will continue week 4 from the Holy Word for Morning Revival from the Thanksgiving conference on “The Divine Dispensing of the Divine Trinity for the Divine Economy”. Please pick up a copy in the bookroom.
• The brothers serving in Europe expect significant growth in the Full-Time Training in London and have plans to increase the facility to support up to 400 trainees and up to 1000 saints in a conference setting.  Plans have been drawn up and there is a need for $6 million US dollars to construct the needed buildings. Donations can be marked for “London Training Center”. 
• The Life-Study of the Bible radio broadcast is every Lord’s day at 8:30 pm, KGNW 820 AM
• Please refer to the table below for the cleaning schedule.

Cleaning Schedule

TIME PERIOD	FIRST FLOOR	SECOND FLOOR
Clean before July 9	Young People	Kirkland, Chinese-speaking
Clean before July 16	East Bellevue	Somerset, Chinese-speaking
Clean before July 23	Central Bellevue	Eastgate, Chinese-speaking
Clean before July 30	Redmond	Downtown, Chinese-speaking

Schedule

• July Training, July 4 – 12
• College Training, July 16 – 22
• Bible Camp July 24 – 28
• Camp Canby, August 10-13
• Summer School of Truth, August 15 – 20

Burdens for Prayer

• World situation/Ukraine and China
• GTCA migration
• College work (Bellevue college and Puget Sound Area)
• The prayer ministry of the church

• The July Training is from July 4-12. The meeting schedule is as follows. 
  • Message 1, Tuesday (7/4) , 9:30 am
  • Message 2, Tuesday (7/4), 11:00 am
  • Message 3, Wednesday (7/5), 7:00 pm
  • Message 4, Thursday (7/6), 7:00 pm
  • Message 5, Friday (7/7), 7:00 pm (OPEN MEETING)
  • Message 6, Saturday (7/8), 9:30 am
  • Message 7, Saturday (7/8), 6:00 pm
  • Message 8, Lord’s day (7/9), 10:30 am (OPEN MEETING)
  • Message 9, Lord’s day (7/9), 6:00 pm
  • Message 10, Monday (7/10), 7:00 pm
  • Message 11, Tuesday (7/11), 7:00 pm
  • Message 12, Wednesday (7/12), 7:00 pm
• The North American Chinese Speaking Training will be held from July 26-30 (details can be found at https://na-csw.org/) 
• Summer School of Truth (SST) registration is now open and is due by June 30th. There is a registration link for both the young people and serving ones. Summer School of Truth will be held in Bellingham from August 15-20.
  • Students: https://www.cognitoforms.com/Churchinbellevue1/_2023SummerSchoolOfTruth
  • Serving ones:
    https://www.cognitoforms.com/Churchinbellevue1/_2023SSTServing
• We will continue our church reading schedule of the Life-Study of Romans this week with messages 47 and 48. You can purchase a set of the Romans Life-studies from the bookroom.
  • The website (https://500lifestudies.org/) provides great resources for how to get into the Life-study messages.
  • The new Life-Study mobile is now available
• If you have ministry books in good condition that you would like to donate, please bring them to the bookroom.
• We will continue week 3 from the Holy Word for Morning Revival from the Thanksgiving conference on “The Divine Dispensing of the Divine Trinity for the Divine Economy”. Please pick up a copy in the bookroom.
• The brothers serving in Europe expect significant growth in the Full-Time Training in London and have plans to increase the facility to support up to 400 trainees and up to 1000 saints in a conference setting.  Plans have been drawn up and there is a need for $6 million US dollars to construct the needed buildings. Donations can be marked for “London Training Center”. 
• The Life-Study of the Bible radio broadcast is every Lord’s day at 8:30 pm, KGNW 820 AM
• Please refer to the table below for the cleaning schedule.

Cleaning Schedule

Time Period	First Floor	Second Floor
Clean before July 2	Korean speaking saints	Overlake/Factoria
Clean before July 9	Young People	Kirkland, Chinese-speaking
Clean before July 16	East Bellevue	Somerset, Chinese-speaking
Clean before July 23	Central Bellevue	Eastgate, Chinese-speaking

Schedule

• July Training, July 4 – 12
• College Training, July 16 – 22
• Bible Camp July 24 – 28
• Camp Canby, August 10-13
• Summer School of Truth, August 15 – 20

Burdens for Prayer

• World situation/Ukraine and China
• GTCA migration
• College work (Bellevue college and Puget Sound Area)
• The prayer ministry of the church

• The registration link for the video training is: https://www.cognitoforms.com/Churchinbellevue1/Bellevue2023JulyVideoTrainingRegistrationDueByJune18th
• Bible Camp will be held July 24 to July 28 from 9:30 am – 12:45 pm each day for children entering 1st to entering 5th grade. Registration is due Saturday, June 24.
  • Children: https://www.cognitoforms.com/Churchinbellevue1/BibleCampChildren2023
  • Serving ones: https://www.cognitoforms.com/Churchinbellevue1/BibleCampServing2023
• The North American Chinese Speaking Training will be held from July 26-30 (details can be found at https://na-csw.org/)
• Summer School of Truth (SST) registration is now open and is due by June 30th. There is a registration link for both the young people and serving ones. Summer School of Truth will be held in Bellingham from August 15-20.
  • Students: https://www.cognitoforms.com/Churchinbellevue1/_2023SummerSchoolOfTruth
  • Serving ones: https://www.cognitoforms.com/Churchinbellevue1/_2023SSTServing
• We will continue our church reading schedule of the Life-Study of Romans this week with messages 45 and 46. You can purchase a set of the Romans Life-studies from the bookroom.
  • The website (https://500lifestudies.org/) provides great resources for how to get into the Life-study messages.
  • The new Life-Study mobile is now available
• Anyone with an LSM Webcast subscription can view the Wednesday Night Ministry Meeting from home.
• If you have ministry books in good condition that you would like to donate, please bring them to the bookroom.
• We will continue week 2 from the Holy Word for Morning Revival from the Thanksgiving conference on “The Divine Dispensing of the Divine Trinity for the Divine Economy”.
• Please pick up a copy in the bookroom.
• The brothers serving in Europe expect significant growth in the Full-Time Training in London and have plans to increase the facility to support up to 400 trainees and up to 1000 saints in a conference setting. Plans have been drawn up and there is a need for $6 million US dollars to construct the needed buildings. Donations can be marked for “London Training Center”.
• The Life-Study of the Bible radio broadcast is every Lord’s day at 8:30 pm, KGNW 820 AM
• Please refer to the table below for the cleaning schedule.

Cleaning Schedule

Time Period	First Floor	Second Floor
Clean before June 25	Crossroads	Central Bellevue, Chinese-speaking
Clean before July 2	Korean speaking saints	Overlake/Factoria
Clean before July 9	Young People	Kirkland, Chinese-speaking
Clean before July 16	East Bellevue	Somerset, Chinese-speaking

Schedule

• July Training, July 4 – 12
• College Training, July 16 – 22
• Bible Camp July 24 – 28
• Camp Canby, August 10-13
• Summer School of Truth, August 15 – 20

Burdens for Prayer

• World situation/Ukraine and China
• GTCA migration
• College work (Bellevue college and Puget Sound Area)
• The prayer ministry of the church

Prayer Meeting Ministry Excerpt

God’s intention is to accomplish His own will through the believers’ prayer. This does not mean that believers should not ask God to fulfill their needs. It only means that believers should first understand the meaning and principle of prayer. Every time believers have a lack, they should first ask whether or not such a lack will affect God. Is it God who ordains that they have such a lack? Or is it God’s will that they be supplied? Only after one has seen that it is God’s will that his needs be met, should he pray for God to accomplish His will (with regards to meeting his need). Only after one has understood God’s will, should he pray for the will of God which he has understood and ask that God’s will be accomplished. The question now is not whether or not you have a lack or that you need to be supplied. The question now is whether or not God’s will is accomplished. Although your prayer may be the same as before, your attention is turned to the accomplishment of God’s will in such matters and not to the fulfilling of your own needs.

Here lies the failure of many. Believers think that their own needs are the priority. Even after they have understood that God’s will is to supply their need, they still pray tenaciously for their own needs. We should never pray for our own needs. There is only one legitimate prayer in the whole universe—only one prayer that pleases God—the prayer that asks for the accomplishment of His will. Our needs must be lost in God’s will. Whenever we see God’s will concerning our need, we have to drop our need immediately to seek after the accomplishment of God’s will. A direct prayer for the fulfilling of needs (whatever kind of need it may be) is never the noblest prayer. All prayers for personal needs should only be made indirectly while one is seeking for the accomplishment of God’s will. This is the secret to prayer, and this is the secret to victory in prayer.

God’s goal is that we be filled with His will to such an extent that we forget our own interest. God wants us to work together with Him to accomplish His will. The way to work together with Him is to pray. For this reason He wants us to abide in Him to learn His will in various matters and then ask according to His will.

CWWN, Vol. 8, “What is prayer?”
Copyright Living Stream Ministry