Weekly fellowship

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International

  • Pray for a good beginning to this new term of training, which began on August 18 with 47 total trainees, of which 14 are first-termers.
  • Pray that the Lord will cover the training during the transition while the new training center is being constructed.
  • Pray that many more European young people will be burdened by the Lord to come to the training full time, and that the Lord will release them from any preoccupation to offer themselves willingly in the day of His warfare.
  • Pray that the Lord will provide the necessary funds and serving ones to carry out the construction of the new training center for Europe.

(Video and written updates on the construction project for the full-time training center in London can be found at https://amanatrust.org.uk/page/reports.)

  • Pray that the Lord will bring the saints to this conference and bless the speaking and the blending in these two days.

  • Pray that the Lord will gain many young Germans, Swiss and Austrians as remaining fruit in all the cities in which the saints will be laboring during the gospel trips at the start of the fall university semester.

A link to more information, including instructions on how to register for these trips, can be found at  https://tinyurl.com/Gospeltrips-2025.)

 

  • 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 new lampstands in Lille, Nanterre and Toulouse in 2025, and will eventually also raise up new lampstands in Rouen, Versailles, Mertzig (Luxembourg), Geneva (Switzerland), Marseilles, 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 in Paris to 50 full-time serving ones to care for the Lord’s needs throughout France and French-speaking Europe; 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.

(A video of fellowship given during the June semi-annual training concerning the Lord’s move in Europe  can be found at:  https://www.lordsmove.org/reports.html. An invitation letter to participate in ongoing shepherding trips can be found at that webpage as well. Reports concerning the ongoing short-term shepherding trips can be found on:  https://www.amanatrust.org.uk/page/reports. 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.

A video of fellowship given during the June semi-annual training concerning the Lord’s move in Europe, and a letter of fellowship and a letter with instructions on how to participate, can be found at https://www.lordsmove.org/reports.html.)

  • Pray for there to be people who will turn from their religion and cultural background to receive the full gospel and the vision of God’s economy, and to come together for the church life according to God’s heart’s desire.

National

  • Pray for the start of the fall term of the Full-time Training in Anaheim, that the training atmosphere would be uplifted and that the Lord would do His perfecting and equipping work in each trainee this term. 
  • Pray that each trainee would consecrate themselves to the Lord and would be an open vessel, allowing the Lord to gain what He wants in them.
  • Pray for the trainers and the serving saints, that they would be strengthened and supplied in their tripartite being.  
  • Pray for stability of the government and society in the United States and for the Lord to keep this country strong for His move and spread here and throughout the world.
  • 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 would use this time to speak a fresh and timely word to the churches in Huntington Beach, San Juan Capistrano, Santa Ana, Lake Forest, and Irvine.

  • Pray for the genuine blending among the saints, the reality of the Body of Christ, and for the spreading of the Lord's testimony in South OC.

  • Pray for the oneness and one accord among all the serving saints, that all the services would be carried out in the Spirit.  

  •  Pray that the children will continue to enjoy God’s word through Bible reading and singing with their families, that the Word would take deeper root in their heart to help them develop a proper humanity.
  • 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 that the young people will consecrate this new school year to the Lord, that they would have companions and "pursue with those", and that they would be seeds of the gospel in their schools.

  • Pray for the Student Parent Orientation Programs (SPOPs) taking place at UC Irvine through the remainder of the summer, that the Lord would lead the seeking ones to our saints who will be tabling on campus, and establish solid connections between the saints and the new students.
  • Pray that the Lord will raise up our own students to participate in the SPOPs and to take up the burden of shepherding the new students.
  • Pray for the gospel friends and the new ones who have been contacted this year, that the Spirit would continue to work in their hearts and their environment to cause more to receive the Lord, and to cause the believers to progress in their organic salvation and participation in the church life.
  • Pray that the Lord will raise up the saints as shepherds, doing the genuine work of praying for the new ones, visiting them regularly, and using the vital groups and home groups to nourish and perfect them.

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.