1. That the faith, love and hope of all the saints would grow and be established, and that all the saints would put on “the breastplate of faith and love and a helmet, the hope of salvation”
1 Thessalonians 5:8 – But since we are of the day, let us be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love and a helmet, the hope of salvation.
2. Thanksgiving to the Lord for answering the prayers of the church for last weekend’s Northeast Middle Schoolers’ Conference on the general subject The Bible–The Word of God; let us pray for all of these dear young people, for the development of their ongoing relationship with the Word of God and that the word of the Lord released in the conference would not return to Him empty but accomplish what He sent it forth to do
3. The salvation of all the children in grade 5–The ongoing preparation of the hearts of all the fifth graders and the salvation of each one and the citywide gathering this upcoming Saturday at Hall 9 in Staten Island
4. The Lord’s move in Europe:
a. The Central and Eastern European and Balkan Blending Conference which will be held in Bratislava, Slovakia this upcoming weekend
b. The first Lord’s Table meeting in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, which will be held this upcoming Lord’s Day, May 21
5. The International Memorial Day Blending Conference being held in Chicago, IL over the weekend of May 26-29
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.)