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International

  • Pray for the Lord’s blessing on the upcoming Thanksgiving Blending Conference, that He will be with all the saints as they travel, attend the meetings and blend with one another.

  • Pray that all the practical arrangements and services will go smoothly under the Lord’s headship and covering.

  • Pray that the speaking brothers will be fully prepared in their entire being to speak the Lord’s word to the churches, and that they and their families will be protected from any attack of the enemy.

  • Pray that a number of saints will receive the Lord’s burden to serve in French-speaking Europe for one to three months to meet the urgent need for continued shepherding of the new ones the Lord has put into our hand.

  • Pray that by summer 2025 there will be a team of 20 full-time serving ones in Paris to take care of the Lord’s needs throughout France.

  • Pray that the Lord will raise up new lampstands in Rouen, Lille, Versailles, Mertzig (Luxembourg), Geneva (Switzerland), Marseilles, Toulouse, Caen, Nantes, and Montpellier.

  • Pray that many students, families, and mature saints will migrate to France within the next several years for the Lord’s interest.

(A report concerning the ongoing short-term shepherding trips can be found on: https://www.amanatrust.org.uk/page/reports. A recently posted video report, together with a PowerPoint presentation, on the Lord’s present move in French-speaking Europe can be viewed at: https://www.lordsmove.org/reports.html. That webpage also has an invitation letter to participate in the shepherding trips. Those who are burdened to migrate to France can find information at https://www.lordsmove.org/application.html.)

  • Pray for the migration of burdened saints to six critical cities in Europe — Barcelona, Brussels, Dublin, Lisbon, Rome, and Zurich.

  • Pray for the burden to translate the New Testament Recovery Version into Czech and Slovak, and that the saints will progress in the fellowship, coordination and practical preparation for this translation project, scheduled to begin in summer 2025.

  • Pray for the blessing to come to the people of the Czech Republic and Slovakia.

(For an update on the Lord’s move in Central and Eastern Europe and the Balkans (CEEB), including information about the Czech and Slovak translation project, please use this link:  https://churchesceeb.org/reports/2024-reports-english/)

  • Pray that, through the present situation and the prayers of the saints, the Lord would usher in His further move in North India, and that He would gain many seekers of the truth for His testimony.

  • Pray for the campus work, especially at the University of Colombo, to gain highly educated young people for the Lord’s testimony.

Regional

  • Pray that the Lord will continue to gain the college students in this region, that they would see His economy, advance in the experience and enjoyment of Him, and live in the church life in their respective localities.

  • Pray that the Lord will take further steps to solidify the new ones on each campus in the church life before the end of the current quarter or semester.

Local

  • Pray that the recent messages with the revelation concerning the authority of God and the kingdom of God will penetrate the saints, and that we will exercise to enter into the experience and enjoyment of what has been released, so that all rebellion within us will be subdued, Christ will be transfigured in us in a practical way, and God’s kingdom will rule over everything in our life.

  • Pray that this reality will bring the church into a genuine revival, and that we will then be the sent ones to disciple the nations, making them the kingdom people. 

  • Pray for good participation by the working saints and their families, and that the fellowship and blending in this time will help the saints consider one another, incite one another, and exhort one another more, for the living of the church life according to God’s will.

  • Pray that a good number of the friends and neighbors of the saints will also come to this time and that some seeds of the gospel and the truth will be sown into them. 

(For more details concerning the Working Saints’ Picnic, please go to the “Announcements” section of the Weekly Fellowship.)

  • Pray that the saints would persevere in much and thorough prayer for the gospel in Irvine, and that there would be the specific prayer over the names of the people that the Lord has put on each of our hearts.

  • Pray that the saints will live under the Lord’s authority, taking Him as their King and Sovereign, so that they will have His authority in inviting people to the gospel dinner and in preaching Christ to them.

  • Pray that the Lord will now be working in the ones being invited, so that they will accept the invitation and be open to what will be presented to them that evening.

  • Pray that the Lord will release a message through the speaking brother, and also speak through the testimonies of the saints, to touch the hearts and meet the particular needs of each of the invited ones, so that they will see Christ, realize their need of Him, and receive Him.

(For more information concerning the gospel dinner, including links to the invitation flyer and the registration form, please go to the “Announcements” section of the Weekly Fellowship.)

The above are some of the current prayer burdens that the saints may bring to the Lord in their personal or corporate prayer; however, the saints should be exercised to follow the leading of the Spirit in their prayer.