Weekly fellowship
International
- Pray for the new ones in each locality to continue to be fed and perfected under the shepherding of the saints, and pray for the Lord to continue to build the saints together in each locality, including doing a thorough blending of the local saints, the full-timers, the saints who recently migrated, and the saints visiting on shepherding trips.
- Pray that the Lord will raise up at least three new lampstands in 2025, and will eventually raise up new lampstands in Rouen, Lille, Versailles, Mertzig (Luxembourg), Geneva (Switzerland), Marseilles, Toulouse, Caen, Nantes, and Montpellier.
- Pray that a number of saints will receive the Lord’s burden to serve in French-speaking Europe for one to three months to meet the urgent need for continued shepherding of the new ones the Lord has put into our hand.
- Pray that the Lord will increase the team of full-time serving ones in Paris to take care of the Lord’s needs throughout France and French-speaking Europe, and pray for the release of long stay visas for these saints.
- Pray that many students, families, and mature saints will migrate to France within the next several years for the Lord’s interest.
(Reports concerning the ongoing short-term shepherding trips can be found on: https://www.amanatrust.org.uk/page/reports. An invitation letter to participate in ongoing short-term shepherding trips to care for the seeking ones in French-speaking Europe is available at: https://www.lordsmove.org/reports.html. Those who are burdened for the migration to France can find information at https://www.lordsmove.org/application.html.)
- Pray that the Lord be wisdom to His Body in taking advantage of this opportunity to sow Christ as the seed of the kingdom into many who attend these events.
- Pray that the Lord will use the coming months to prepare the hearts of many seeking ones to receive Christ in His word and be added to the Lord’s testimony in Italy.
- Pray that the Lord will grace the serving saints to prepare the most effective ministry publications for distribution to the seeking ones.
- Pray that the Lord will blend the saints together for the spreading of the lampstands in Italy and further His move in His recovery.
- Pray that the Lord’s throne will control everything that is happening in Israel, Iran and the Middle East.
- Pray that amidst conflict, peril and uncertainty, the white horse of the gospel will run and many in that region will seek and find Christ as the reality and as their fortress.
- Pray that the Lord will strengthen the saints with His power so that they will stand steadfastly as the Lord’s testimony, shining Him forth in the midst of a dark situation.
- Pray that the saints would have their hearts, spirits, and time released to participate in the 15-minute Life-Study pursuit in the local language each evening.
- Pray that the churches in Sri Lanka would be registered as a government-recognized organization, and for the purchase of the meeting hall in Colombo, so that the preaching of the gospel will not be hindered.
National
- Pray for social stability in Los Angeles and Southern California and throughout the United States amidst the current unrest.
- Pray for the Lord’s mercy on the people of this country, that they would be open to the gospel and the truths concerning God’s economy so that more could be rescued from the present evil age and participate in God’s building of the church as their practical salvation before the Lord’s return.
Local
- Pray that the Lord will gather all the saints this day for the encouragement, consolation and edification of all and for the building up of the Lord’s Body in Irvine.
- Pray for the Summer School of Truth Exhibition presented to the whole church, that this will be a glorious conclusion to the Summer School of Truth and feed and satisfy both the young people and all the saints.
- Pray that the children will continue to enjoy God’s word through Bible reading and singing with their families, and that what they heard in the Children’s Bible Camp will take deeper root in their hearts to help them develop a proper humanity and to love God.
- Pray for all the gospel friends, that strong connections will have been established so that the children can continue to participate in the children’s meetings among us and their parents can enter into the fellowship of the saints to come to salvation and enter into the church life.
- Pray for this year's Summer School of Truth, that this time would be set apart for the Lord and that the young people would treasure up God's word in their hearts.
- Pray that the hearts of the young people would be turned to the Lord and the eyes of their hearts enlightened, that they would receive a vision of God's purpose.
- Pray that each young person would consecrate afresh to the Lord and have companions to encourage one another and run the race together.
- Pray that through the blending with other young people, the visitation of other localities, and the interactions with the saints, the young people will touch the reality of the Body of Christ.
- Pray that the graduating seniors would take the Lord's presence as their living road map and that they would continue in the church life wherever the Lord would lead them.
- Pray that during the summer break the college students would continue to run the Christian race and remain in fellowship with the saints, whether in Irvine or in the locality where they spend their summer.
- Pray for the new ones who attended the recent gospel meetings (young people, English-speaking, Chinese-speaking, Korean-speaking), that the ones who received the Lord would be shepherded into the church life, and that in the ones not yet saved, the sanctifying Spirit would continue sweeping in their hearts.
- Pray that the saints will do the critical work of shepherding these ones, laboring out of a heart of intimate concern and by being vitalized with others who are blended together to bear remaining fruit in a corporate way.
The above are some of the current prayer burdens that the saints may bring to the Lord in their personal or corporate prayer; however, the saints should be exercised to follow the leading of the Spirit in their prayer.