Prayer Link
(Updated September 15 2018)
1. 20th Biennial Conference, September 24-28 2018
a. Pray for the Local Planning Committee as they make final plans for the Conference. Pray for their next planning meeting on September 20.
b. Praise God for the more than 200 people who have registered for the Conference. Pray for a great time of connecting, learning and fellowshipping. (Click here to read the updated FAQs about the Conference.)
c. Pray for the participants who come will have a teachable heart to learn and to grow in their knowledge of God and to grow in Him through ministry.
d. Pray for Dr. Daniel Block, our Keynote Speaker that God will use him to teach us how to appreciate the Book of Ezekiel more and to preach and teach from it. (Click here to see how you might make personal preparation for his teaching on the Book of Ezekiel.
e. Pray also for the workshop leaders of the Conference – Dr. Daniel Block, Deacon Sau Wing Lam, Rev. Ting Yik Leung and members of the two Panel Discussions.
f. Pray for journey mercies for those travelling to the Conference.
2. Church Planting Initiative
a. Praise God for the 50 church planters who serve faithfully and tirelessly in the 70 churches, bible study mission points, and fellowship groups each week.
b. Pray for the people they have reached and continue to reach for the Kingdom through preaching, teaching and caring for those in their communities.
c. Praise God for our good working relationship with NAMB in church planting. Pray that God would call out workers into His harvest field.
d. Pray for the next Church Planters Retreat in Oklahoma, November 2-4. Pray for a great time of learning, sharing and fellowshipping with one another.
Click here for reports and sharing from our Church Planters.
3. Care of Ministers Ministry
a. Praise God for Mrs. Sarah Chiu and Mrs. Kate Leong as they reach out to the wives of ministers to provide affirmation, encouragement and support to this group of faithful partners in ministry. For a report of their ministry as featured in the October issue of the NEWSLINK, please Click Here.
b. Praise God for the ministry to pastors and their wives for their emotional well-being.
Please click here to read the report and view pictures of the gathering of the wives of ministers in the San Francisco Bay Area; and here for the gathering of pastors and wives in the Vancouver, B.C. Canada area.
4. The Health of Churches
a. Pray for good working relationships between ministers and their leaders as they serve together in ministry.
b. Pray for the discipling and equipping emphasis of each church that will help believers to become more Christ-like as they grow in their love for God and people.
c. Pray for an effective pulpit ministry that is God focused, Bible centered and relevant for life.
d. Pray for Pastors who serve faithfully each week as they fulfill the calling God has for them in ministry. May God bless them to have strength from on high to serve His church.
e. Pray for churches as they seek wisdom and understanding to discern the times and to make changes in their ministry focus and structure.
f. Pray for churches that are in need of ministers. Pray that in the search process that they will use that as an opportunity for spiritual growth as they assess their ministry needs, discern who they are looking for, seek the Lord for His provision and keep their eyes open to see who the Lord might lead them to.
5. Executive Director Pastor Amos
Praise God for positive experiences he had in his ministry in LA in August and Honolulu, Hawaii in early September. Click here to read his blog, “A Yokefellow’s Chronicle” – his musings, reflections and spiritual insights on his visits to churches and pastors. Continue to pray for his health.
聯手禱告
(2018年9月13 日更新)
1. 第二十屆年議會（ 九月廿四至廿八日）
a. 為籌備委員會禱告。他們在本月廿日的會議作出最後籌備。
b. 為超過200名已報名參加大會的弟兄姊妺及教牧同工讚美神。為大家彼此聯繫, 學習及團契的好機㑹代禱。請點擊這裡閱讀有關「常問問題」。
c. 為參加者有一個受教及願意成長的心禱告。
d. 為第二十屆年議會要達成的目的禱告 – 就是幫助參加者能得著一些實際的方法，帶回教會，來幫助他們更有效的服事。
e. 為大㑹講員博達理博士 (Dr. Daniel Block) 禱告。 求神用他帮助我們更認識及欣賞，熱愛學習以西結書而如何教導及指引他人。 點擊這裡有關你如何準備博達理博士在以西結書的教導。
f. 為工作坊的講員禱告 — 博達理博士, 林修榮執事, 梁庭益牧師和其他帶領討論小組的成員。
g. 為參加者來自美國和加拿大旅途平安代禱。
2. 植堂事工
a. 為我們50位的植堂傳道人在70多間教會，查經班及團契忠心服事讚美神。為接觸到没有機會聽到福音的人禱告。
b. 為他們每天傳講福音, 教導信徒, 接觸人群及関心社區禱告。
c. 為美加華浸與美南NAMB在植堂事工友好的合作讚美神。求神差派工人去收割衪的莊稼。
d. 為十一月二至四日「植堂退修會」在奧克拉河馬州舉行代禱。
請點擊這裡閱讀植堂人的報告。
3. 教牧關懷
a. 為招世超師母和梁德舜師母感謝神。 他們带領這事工的一部分, 接觸同工的師母, 向這一群忠心事奉的伙伴提供肯定鼓勵和支持。 請點擊閱讀「美加簡訊」十月份刊登「師母關懷事工」報告。
b. 請為關懷事工小組, 今年計劃關心牧者及師母心理健康代禱。
請點擊閱讀在三藩市湾區舉行的聚會的報道。及請點擊閱讀在加拿大溫哥華舉行的聚餐。
4. 教㑹的康健
a. 為教牧同工之間及他們與教會領袖之間有良好的關係，同心在主的事工上有美好的配搭禱告。
b. 為教㑹在安排培訓及裝備的事工上能幫助信徒更像耶稣基督，愛神愛人的心代禱。
c. 為教㑹講壇的事奉更加能够讓焦點放在神與祂的話語上及實際生活化禱告。
d. 為教㑹教牧同工每天忠心的擺上感恩代禱。求神賜福他们給他们有從天而來的能力。
e. 為教牧同工及教會領袖們「…通曉時勢和知道當怎樣…」帶動教會面對社會的變化而改變教會事奉的方向及結構。
f. 為需要傳道人的教會禱告。 為他們正在尋求過程中, 了解到教會的需要, 認定誰是適合的人選, 等候主的帶願及供應, 藉着這時刻帶來教會會眾一個成長的靈程。
5. 總幹事李英柏牧師
為他八月份在羅省及九月初在檀香山的事奉感恩。請在此點擊 “同軛手記” 參閱他探望教㑹或參加不同聚㑹時深切感受和反思 。為他的健康代祷。
