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 2024:
• Loving the brotherhood (1 Pet. 2:17)–That the mutual shepherding in the church life would be strengthened and all the saints would experience the reality of “the brotherhood” (the family of the brothers, the brothers in the feeling of brotherliness)
• Serving in the priesthood (1 Pet. 2:5, 9)–That all the practical services in the church would be spiritual services, part of the holy and royal priesthood, for the building up of the church, the house of God
• Overcoming (John 16:33)–That by the experience of the peace of Christ all the saints may overcome the anxieties of the age in order to live a quiet and tranquil life, an enjoyable church life, in godliness and gravity (1 Tim. 2:2)
2. Thanksgiving to the Lord for all the children in the church and prayer for the special fellowship for the serving ones and parents of the children in all nine halls of the church being held this upcoming Saturday in Hall 1
3. The International Chinese-speaking Conference (ICSC) to be held in Taipei, Taiwan over the weekend of February 10-11
4. The final week of the FTTA gospel trips taking place in Africa, Asia, Europe and North America–Let us pray for all the gospel teams preaching the gospel all over the globe and let us pray specifically for the team of 6 saints which is laboring with the churches in Upstate NY (this week the trainees are visiting Ithaca, Rochester and Syracuse)
5. The Winter Retreat for all the young people in the church in NYC which will be held at Camp Penuel (KPCC) from February 18-20
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.)