Prayers: May 9, 2021

Prayers

Pray in thanksgiving for God’s presence in our lives:

• Thank you, Lord, for the gift of mothers.
• Thank you, Lord, for your commitment and love for us, your people, for the promises you have kept for a thousand generations. 1 Chronicles 16:15
• Thank you, Lord, that You have made me a light in the world. Help me to find ways to light more paths for those in darkness. (Matthew 5:14).
• Thank you, Lord, for brightening the world with the colors of your creation.
• Thank you, Lord, when we don’t know what to pray, we can call on the name of Jesus and just be still.

Pray for our brothers and sisters in Christ:

• For those who are recovering from illness or adjusting to isolation
• That we may all act responsibly in stopping the spread of COVID 19 by practicing recommendations of the health department. Thank God for the myriads of people involved in vaccinating.
• For those who commit acts of violence against others; pray God will intervene in the lives of the attackers and the victims
• For God’s protection for those who seek the Lord in countries where it is not legal to do so
• For those fighting spiritual battles
• For those suffering from weather storms
• For college students finishing up last assignments before finals

Pray for CCC:

• To be diligent in her planning for reopening church for worship and wise in asking God’s blessing on those plans
• To be leaders in changing our community to be a Kingdom people
• To never grow weary of doing good
• To be strong and faithful in the midst of trials and change
• That the church will be a strong presence in helping to teach the ways of the Lord to our children from infants to adulthood
• That we may focus not so much on our restrictions during the pandemic, but on what we may still do in the name of the Lord

To Think About: We often have questions that can rock our faith such as ‘why do bad things happen’. We live in a broken world so we are going to experience hard things until we are in the presence of God in heaven.  However, if we build a strong foundation, hearing and doing what Jesus says, we will be able to withstand any “storm” or difficult circumstance.   “Anyone who listens to my teaching and follows it is wise, like a person who builds a house on solid rock. Though the rain comes in torrents and the floodwaters rise and the winds beat against that house, it won’t collapse because it is built on bedrock. But anyone who hears my teaching and doesn’t obey it is foolish, like a person who builds a house on sand. When the rains and floods come and the winds beat against that house, it will collapse with a mighty crash.”  Matthew 7:24-27 NLT

禱告事項

感謝主每日同行：

• 感謝神賜給我們有母親。
• 感謝您給我們，即您的子民，允諾和慈愛直到千年和萬代。（歷代志上16:15）
• 感謝主使我成為世上光。 幫助我知道如何為黑暗中的人們點亮人生的道路。 （馬太福音5:14）。
• 感恩上帝創造了色彩使世界明媚燦爛。
• 謝謝神！當我們不知道該為什麼禱告時，我們能夠呼求耶穌的名，安靜在他的面前。

為主內弟兄姊妹禱告：

• 為接受治療身體康復和適應隔離狀態的弟兄姊妹禱告。
• 讓我們每個人都願意各盡所能地執行防疫措施，阻止疫情擴散。感謝神大家按照計劃參與疫苗的接種。
• 為施行暴力行爲的人禱告；求上帝在施行暴力者和受害者的身上做改變生命的工作。
• 求神在仇視耶穌基督的國家中保護仍然尋求上帝的人。
• 為我們在屬靈征戰中得勝而禱告。
• 為遭受惡劣天氣影響的人禱告。
• 為大學生完成期末考試前的作業禱告。

為教會的需要禱告：

• 為積極準備重新開放教堂的計劃禱告，求神使我們能有智慧尋求神的心意，求神賜福各項計劃。
• 讓教會成爲引領社區邁向神國度的先鋒。
• 讓我們行善不致厭倦。
• 讓我們在考驗和變化中能忠實於信仰、行走有力。
• 在對我們的子女的基督信仰培育上，讓教會在從嬰幼兒開始到成年階段的教導方面都發揮重要的作用。
• 禱告我們不要把重心太多地放在被瘟疫限制的方面，而是要多關心我們合神心意的事工上。

思考：我們常常遇到足以動搖我們信念的問題，例如“為什麼有壞事發生”。我們生活在一個破碎的世代，因此，在我們與上帝在天堂相聚之前，我們縂會經過一些艱難的事情。然而，如果我們建立牢固的信仰根基、聆聽並按照耶穌的話行事，我們將能夠承受任何“暴風雨”或困難的情況，在其中站立得穩。馬太福音7章24節到27節說：“所以，凡聽見我這話就去行的，好比一個聰明人，把房子蓋在磐石上。雨淋，水沖，風吹，撞著那房子，房子總不倒塌，因為根基立在磐石上。凡聽見我這話不去行的，好比一個無知的人，把房子蓋在沙土上。雨淋，水沖，風吹，撞著那房子，房子就倒塌了，並且倒塌得很大。”