Prayer Burdens for June 27, 2023

1. Thanksgiving to the Lord for the citywide gathering of the church in NYC this past Lord’s Day; let us pray that the Lord would take His church on for the remainder of this year and that the Lord’s testimony in NYC would shine brighter and brighter to every part of the city; and let us pray that every saint would be strengthened by knowing the Lord as both Emmanuel (God with us) and the God who hides Himself (Matt. 1:23; Isa. 45:15)

2. Thanksgiving to the Lord for the salvation and baptisms of the 5th and 6th graders; let us pray that each one of them would have the assurance and joy of salvation and that each one would have a healthy start to their Christian life

3. The strengthening of all the families and households in the church life and the saints of all ages:
a. The strengthening of the relationships and the oneness in every household
b. The children and the young people, especially during the summer months
c. The health and wellbeing of all the elderly saints and the strengthening of their church life

4. The July semiannual training in Anaheim and the local video trainings–Let us pray for the Lord’s anointing on the speaking of the messages, the speaking brothers, the travel of the saints, the health and protection of all the saints, and the services supporting the training, particularly the audio and visual service, both in Anaheim and in all of the localities carrying out a video training

5. All the other summer activities:
a. The North American College Training
b. The Chinese-speaking Perfecting Training
c. The Summer School of Truth
d. The Family Bible Camp

6. The various needs of the saints both locally and in other localities (e.g. physical and emotional, health-related, job-related, family-related, etc.)