This Week's Prayer Guide
November 17 - This week, we pray for Christians in Guangzhou and Foshan as they seek to love their cities well. Pray for the churches in the Pearl River Delta to be a “city on a hill,” salt and light to their communities around them.
November 18 - A pastor in Guangzhou says, “Our ministry must pass the test of these three views: money, power, and sex. We must have open and transparent financial management. In terms of power, we have elders to provide checks and balances. Regarding sex, we must strengthen the building of covenant families.” Pray for churches in Guangzhou to follow Christ blamelessly in areas of money, power, and sex.
November 19 - A pastor in Guangzhou says, “Another struggle is that we cannot deviate from Christ for a moment. It's easy to shift from a God-centered to a human-centered approach. You focus on yourself, your ministry, the effectiveness of your ministry, the number of people in the church, all of these things. This is actually a big struggle for us.” Pray for Christians in the midst of this struggle.
November 20 - A pastor in Guangzhou says, “Pray for Christians, especially ministers, to have a high regard for marriage. Pray that their marriages may exemplify Christ’s faithfulness and love, that husbands and wives may be images of Christ’s love for the church.”
November 21 - A brother who was imprisoned shares how God used prison to break through his numbness and rigidity. “I used to be quite rational and rigid. My wife would say I was unemotional, unable to consider other perspectives, especially the weaknesses of our brothers and sisters. But now, when I read letters from my wife, from brothers and sisters, even postcards from around the country, I'm moved to tears. My emotions are much richer. Even reading the Psalms feels different. Before, it was just reading, nothing special. Now, many of the Psalms deeply resonate with me.” Pray for this pastor, and other Christians in Guangzhou, to have a rich emotional life with Christ.
November 22 - A pastor in Guangzhou says, “For me, if I don't look to Christ and pray for a moment, I become very afraid. Everything seems dark. But if God calls me, if he transcends life, and if I don't constantly look to Jesus Christ through prayer and inner spiritual disciplines, then my future feels very uncertain, and I am very afraid.” Pray for Christians in Guangzhou to pray fervently.
November 23 - A pastor in Guangzhou says, “This year, I feel that we need to cultivate the soil of the church first. We want believers to enjoy God, understand their identity in Christ, and rely on God in their lives. When the church has this soil, people will come, and the seeds will fall and take root. Otherwise, we have done a lot of ministries before, but I found that these ministries actually have little effect.” Pray for God to cultivate this good soil for the church.
11月17日——本周，我们为广州和佛山的基督徒祈祷，让他们尽心地去爱自己的城市。为珠江三角洲的教会祈祷，愿他们成为“山上的城”，成为周围社区的盐和光。
11月18日——广州的一位牧师说：“我们的事工必须通过金钱、权力和情欲的考验。我们必须拥有公开透明的财务管理。在权力方面，我们有长老制来制衡。在情欲方面，我们必须建立和加强圣约家庭。” 为广州的教会祈祷，让他们在金钱、权力和情欲的领域中毫无瑕疵地追随基督。
11月19日——广州的一位牧师说：“另一个挣扎是我们一刻也不能偏离基督。从以神为中心转向以人为中心很容易。你会关注自己、你的事工、事工的成效、教会的人数，所有这些事情。这对我们来说实际上是一个很大的挣扎。” 为挣扎中的基督徒祷告。
11月20日——广州的一位牧师说：“请为基督徒祷告，特别是传道人，让他们重视婚姻。请为他们祷告，愿他们的婚姻成为基督信实和爱的典范，愿夫妻二人成为基督对教会的爱的化身。”
11月21日——一位被囚禁的弟兄分享上帝如何利用监狱来打破他的麻木和僵硬。“我以前非常理性、僵硬。我的妻子会说我没有感情，不能考虑其他人的观点，特别是我们兄弟姐妹的弱点。但现在，当我读到妻子、兄弟姐妹的来信，甚至全国各地的明信片时，我都会感动得流泪。我的情感更加丰富。 甚至读《诗篇》的感觉都不一样了。以前只是读读而已，没什么特别的。现在，许多诗篇都能引起我的共鸣。” 为这位牧师和广州的其他基督徒祈祷，让他们与基督一起拥有丰富的情感生活。
11月22日——广州的一位牧师说：“对我来说，如果我不仰望基督，不祈祷片刻，就会变得非常害怕。一切似乎都变得黑暗。但如果上帝召唤我，如果上帝超越生命，如果我不通过祷告和内在的灵修不断仰望耶稣基督，那么我的未来就会变得非常不确定，我会非常害怕。” 为广州的基督徒祈祷，让他们能更虔诚地祷告。
11月23日——广州的一位牧师说：“今年，我觉得我们需要先耕耘教会的土壤。我们希望信徒享受上帝，明白自己在基督里的身份，在生活中依靠上帝。当教会有了这样的土壤，人们就会来，种子就会落地生根。否则，我们之前做了很多事工，但我发现这些事工实际上收效甚微。”求上帝为教会培育这片良田。 |
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