Prayer Burdens for January 23, 2024

1. The citywide gathering of the church in NYC this upcoming Lord’s Day, January 28–Let us pray that all the saints will be able to attend, for all the practical services related to this gathering, and for the release of the Lord’s speaking to supply all the saints and to take the church on this year

2. The FTTA gospel trips taking place these next two weeks in Africa, Asia, Europe and North America:
a. The gospel trips in Africa, Asia and Europe consist of 18 teams and will reach 21 countries, such as Ethiopia, Japan, Singapore, Philippines, Ireland, Portugal, Spain, France, Germany, Italy, Poland, and Switzerland
b. The gospel trips in North America consist of 18 teams in various locations throughout Canada and the United States
c. Pray specifically for the team of 6 saints which will labor with the churches in Upstate NY; this week the team is laboring in Rosendale (SUNY New Paltz) and Albany

3. Thanksgiving to the Lord for His blessing on the special fellowship held last Saturday for the parents and serving ones of the young people and prayer for the going on of the young people, specifically, that each young person would be reached by personal shepherding

4. Thanksgiving to the Lord for all the children in the church and prayer for the special fellowship being held on Saturday, February 3, in Hall 1 for the parents and serving ones of the children in all nine halls of the church

5. The spring term of the Full-Time Training in Anaheim extension in Boston (FTTA-XB) which begins this week; two brothers from NYC (Dean Deng and Benjamin Cooley) are currently participating in this training

6. Prayer for the churches in New Zealand and the Lord’s move there and for the national conference this upcoming weekend with brother Ed Marks

7. Prayer for the Lord’s move in South America and specifically for the truth schools being carried out this week in Brazil, Argentina, and Chile

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