Book excerpt: This issue of The Ministry contains a complete record of the six messages given in the 2004 Thanksgiving Conference held in San Francisco, California, November 25-28, 2004. The subject of the conference was the intrinsic need in the Lord's recovery--purification, education, reconstitution, separation, protection, and expression. The burden of these messages can be summarized by the following four statements: 1) in the Lord's recovery, we need to be purified of every kind of mixture in order to become pure in heart, in conscience, and in spirit; 2) God's intention is to reconstitute us with Himself so that we may become His corporate expression, the Body of Christ, consummating in the New Jerusalem; 3) by living in our spirit and eating Christ as the hidden manna, we can overcome the world to become God's building; and 4) today in His recovery the Lord is working to restore the normal condition of Christ within the proper church as His expression. We also include a report concerning the Lord's move in Poland.