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“But if the servant plainly says, I love my master, my wife, and my children; I will not go out free; Then his master shall bring him to God and shall bring him to the door or to the doorpost, and his master shall bore his ear through with an awl; and he shall serve him forever” (Exo. 21:5-6). This week we conclude the series titled, “Having a Heart for People”, with speaking from brother Minoru Chen on having a listening ear that enables us to sustain the weary with a word. This meeting was held in June 2016 in the San Francisco Bay Area, California. The video and original recording can be found at: https://livingtohim.com/2016/08/perfect-training-message-for-working-saints-by-minoru-chen-in-the-bay-area-june-2016/

This week we continue the series titled, “Having a Heart for People”, with speaking from brother Minoru Chen. In this episode he shares regarding the substantial personal help he received from the book The Normal Way of Fruit-bearing and Shepherding for the Building Up of the Church. This meeting was held in June 2016 in the San Francisco Bay Area, California. The video and original recording can be found at: https://livingtohim.com/2016/08/perfect-training-message-for-working-saints-by-minoru-chen-in-the-bay-area-june-2016/

“Now when Daniel came to know that the writing had been signed, he went to his house (in his upper room he had windows open toward Jerusalem) and three times daily he knelt on his knees and prayed and gave thanks before his God, because he had always done so previously” (Dan. 6:10). This week we continue the series titled, “Having a Heart for People”, with speaking from brother Minoru Chen on twelve practical points for developing a vital living that builds up the church. This meeting was held in June 2016 in the San Francisco Bay Area, California. The video and original recording can be found at: https://livingtohim.com/2016/08/perfect-training-message-for-working-saints-by-minoru-chen-in-the-bay-area-june-2016/

“During our time with the Lord, we should not allow any distractions to come in. If someone calls us on the telephone while we are having a time with the Lord, we should have the attitude that since we are fellowshipping with the Lord, we are absent from everything else because we are fully occupied by Him. In order to have a profitable time with the Lord, we must be absent from everything and occupied only by Him.” (Witness Lee, The Collected Works of Witness Lee, 1977, vol. 2, pp 158-159, Living Stream Ministry) This week we continue the series titled, “Having a Heart for People”, with speaking from brother Minoru Chen on guarding, and being freed from distractions during our time with the Lord. This meeting was held in June 2016 in the San Francisco Bay Area, California. The video and original recording can be found at: https://livingtohim.com/2016/08/perfect-training-message-for-working-saints-by-minoru-chen-in-the-bay-area-june-2016/

“Near the end of his life Paul wrote 1 and 2 Timothy and Titus…because he realized from his experience that there was the need for training. The training builds us up in the growth of life, in character, and in dealing with the natural disposition. Strictly speaking, it is not our nature but our disposition that needs to be touched and dealt with.” (Witness Lee, The Collected Works of Witness Lee, 1973–1974, vol. 2, pp. 522-525, Living Stream Ministry) This week we begin a new series titled, “Having a Heart for People,” with speaking from brother Minoru Chen on our need for training and encouragement concerning how we spend our time. This meeting was held in June 2016 in the San Francisco Bay Area, California. The video and original recording can be found at: https://livingtohim.com/2016/08/perfect-training-message-for-working-saints-by-minoru-chen-in-the-bay-area-june-2016/

“Now I exhort you, brothers: You know the household of Stephanas, that it is the firstfruits of Achaia, and they have set themselves to minister to the saints; You also be subject to such ones, and to everyone co-working and laboring” (1 Cor. 16:15-16). This week we conclude the series titled, “Markers along Our Spiritual Race,” with testimonies from brothers and sisters in response to brother Minoru’s speaking. This meeting was held during the 2015 Thanksgiving Day Conference in Jacksonville, Florida. The video and original recording can be found at: https://livingtohim.com/2015/12/working-saints-fellowship-at-the-2015-international-thanksgiving-day-conference/

“In order for an Israelite to serve as a priest, he had to be between thirty and fifty years old. This signifies that in order for us to share the responsibility of serving in the testimony of God, we need to be more mature and without deterioration. The Lord Jesus came out to serve at the age of thirty (Luke 3:23). This signifies that according to spiritual reality, He was mature, strong, rich, and able to maintain the testimony of God when He began to minister on the earth.” (Witness Lee, The Collected Works of Witness Lee, 1960, vol. 1, p. 84, Living Stream Ministry) This week we continue the series titled, “Markers along Our Spiritual Race,” with speaking from brother Minoru Chen on ministering to the Lord and to the church during our adult life as working saints. This meeting was held during the 2015 Thanksgiving Day Conference in Jacksonville, Florida. The video and original recording can be found at: https://livingtohim.com/2015/12/working-saints-fellowship-at-the-2015-international-thanksgiving-day-conference/

In the book of Numbers, God asked Moses to number His people according to their age. In particular, God charged a specific group of Levites “to do the work of service and the work of bearing burdens in the Tent of Meeting (4:47).” Although these age groups are Old Testament types and not to be applied literally in the New Testament, we can apply their spiritual principles to our experiences in the church life today. This week we continue the series titled, “Markers along Our Spiritual Race,” with speaking from brother Minoru Chen. This meeting was held during the 2015 Thanksgiving Day Conference in Jacksonville, Florida. The video and original recording can be found at: https://livingtohim.com/2015/12/working-saints-fellowship-at-the-2015-international-thanksgiving-day-conference/

“I have fought the good fight; I have finished the course; I have kept the faith. Henceforth there is laid up for me the crown of righteousness, with which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will recompense me in that day, and not only me but also all those who have loved His appearing” (2 Tim. 4:7-8). This week we begin a new series titled, “Markers along Our Spiritual Race,” with speaking from brother Minoru Chen on having a proper evaluation of our responsibility according to our station in life and in light of the Lord’s appearing. This meeting was held during the 2015 Thanksgiving Day Conference in Jacksonville, Florida. The video and original recording can be found at: https://livingtohim.com/2015/12/working-saints-fellowship-at-the-2015-international-thanksgiving-day-conference/

“But if I delay, I write that you may know how one ought to conduct himself in the house of God” (1 Tim. 3:15). “Do not upbraid an elderly man, but exhort him as a father, younger men as brothers, elderly women as mothers, younger women as sisters, in all purity” (1 Tim. 5:1-2). This week we conclude the series titled, “A Man of God Caring for the Church of God,” with speaking from brother Ron Kangas regarding the function of the younger saints bearing responsibility in the church. This meeting was held in August 2015 with working saints in Orange County, California. The original recording can be found at: https://livingtohim.com/2015/09/working-saints-fellowship-august-12th-2015/