1. Thanksgiving to the Lord for the citywide gathering of the church in NYC this past Lord’s Day and prayer for the Lord to take the church on this year according to the three banners for the church in 2023:
• Truth constitution (1 Tim. 3:15)–That all the saints, from the youngest to the oldest, would: (1) receive “the love of the truth” (2 Thes. 2:10); (2) contact and enjoy the Word of God daily; (3) be constituted with the truth so that the church would be the pillar and base of the truth and shine forth as the Lord’s testimony in the midst of this dark age
• The prayer ministry of the church (1 Tim. 2:1)–That the Lord would strengthen the prayer ministry of the church so that the church would pray prayers in ascension and of authority for the binding of the enemy, for the building of the church and for the bringing in of the kingdom
• Loving the Lord and loving one another for the building up of the church as the Body of Christ (Eph. 4:15-16)–That all the saints would enjoy the love of the Lord and be renewed in their love for the Lord daily and then love one another and function in the Body out of that love
2. The burden for the gospel and the spread of the gospel in NYC and Upstate NY this week:
a. Thanksgiving to the Lord for the visit of the 6 FTTA trainees who will be going out in the gospel this week with local saints (they will go out primarily to college campuses in Manhattan, such as NYU and Columbia University, and to some communities in Brooklyn)
b. Prayer for the team of 6 FTTA trainees who, together with some brothers from NYC, are visiting Ithaca, Syracuse, Rochester and Buffalo this week in order to labor in the gospel with local saints in each of these localities
3. The young people’s serving ones’ fellowship which will be held at Hall 4 in Brooklyn this upcoming Saturday, February 11
4. The Winter Retreat for all the young people in the church in NYC which will be held in Camp Penuel from February 19-21
5. The International Chinese-speaking Conference (ICSC) to be held in Anaheim, CA over the weekend of February 17-19
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.)