Prayers: September 19, 2021

Prayers

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

• Thank you, Lord, for the opportunity to worship in Your sanctuary.
• Thank you, Lord, for working out the details of my life.
• Thank you, Lord, for the peace I experience when I release more cares to You.
• Thank you, Lord, that I am Your Child, protected for eternity.
• Thank you, Lord, I am firmly rooted, built up, established in my faith and overflowing with gratitude. Colossians 2:7

Pray for our brothers and sisters in Christ:

• For those who are shut-in their homes or nursing facilities
• For those adjusting to the loss of loved ones
• To act with humility like Jesus as we think of others before ourselves.
• To experience the perfect peace promised to those whose minds are focused on God. Isaiah 26:3
• For those who continue dealing with the obstacles with which the world has challenged them
• For those starting new jobs
• For those who are suffering health issues
• That fear of the unknown does not stop them from moving forward
• For cultivating positive relationships with family and friends

Pray for CCC:

• To choose daily worship either in a public or private setting. Great is the Lord and most worthy of praise; his greatness no one can fathom. Psalm 145:3
• That in-person worship for all congregations will be God-honoring
• For wisdom to continue what is profitable for making disciples and take on what is needed to reach more
• For our Board members to work in unity with the Holy Spirit as they return from summer break
• To develop solid education opportunities for all age groups in the church
• To keep our guard up against the workings of Satan
• For the addition of new security measures in the church to run smoothly
• For support for our Ministry teams to be able to plan and execute

To Think About: What’s needed most if we are to be disciples of Christ? Life-Style Worship.  Our worship must be a choice to give God the glory He deserved and fulfill the purpose for which we were created.  All the rest of creation worships the Creator automatically (Psalm 148).  The Scriptures say, But the time is coming—indeed it’s here now—when true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and in truth. The Father is looking for those who will worship him that way. John 4:23 To become mature disciples, we must give God the glory He deserves all the time, wherever we are.

禱告事項 

感謝主每日同行：

• 感謝主讓我們有機會在您的聖殿中敬拜。
• 感謝主規劃我生命中的各樣細節。
• 感謝主當我將更多的憂慮交托給你，我就經歷平安。
• 感謝神，我是你的孩子，可以蒙你保守得永生。.
• 感謝主我可以“在他裡面生根建造，信心堅固，正如你們所領的教訓，感謝的心也更增長了。（歌羅西書2:7）”

為主內弟兄姊妹禱告：

• 為行動不便，不能離家外出的弟兄姊妹禱告。
• 求主安慰失去親人的弟兄姊妹。
• 讓我們效法耶穌的謙卑，在行事為人時，優先考據他人的利益。
• 讓我們經歷神在以賽亞書 26:3中的應許：堅心倚賴你的，你必保守他十分平安，因為他倚靠你。
• 為一直在應對生活中挑戰的弟兄姊妹禱告。
• 為開始新工作的弟兄姊妹禱告。
• 為健康狀況不佳的弟兄姊妹禱告。
• 為害怕未知事情的人禱告，願他們不要因此而阻礙前進的道路。
• 為在家人和朋友之間營造健康的關係禱告。

為教會的需要禱告：

• 在每日的生活中，讓我們不論在公開的場合還是私下的環境中，都選擇敬拜神。因爲“耶和華本為大，該受大讚美，其大無法測度。（詩篇 145:3）”
• 願全教會會衆的實體敬拜蒙神喜悅，榮耀神。
• 讓我們有智慧做有益於門徒培訓和福音外展的事工。
• 讓我們的董事會成員在暑期休整歸來時在聖靈中合一事奉。
• 願我們為教會所有年齡段的人提供機會，接受扎實的聖經教育。
• 求主保守我們有堅固的信仰根基，保守我們不受撒旦作為的影響 。
• 願新增加的安全措施能保護教會運作順利。
• 求主加添力量，保守教會事工各小組在事工的計劃和實施上順利進行。

思考：我們要成為基督的門徒，最需要什麼？答案就是：在生活中敬拜神。我們的敬拜必須是為了給予上帝應得的榮耀並實現我們被造的目的。創造的所有其餘部分就是受造物自發地敬拜讚美創造者（詩篇 148）。經上記著說：時候將到，如今就是了，那真正拜父的，要用心靈和誠實拜他，因為父要這樣的人拜他。（約翰福音 4:23）。    要成為生命成熟的門徒，我們必須隨時隨地給予上帝應得的榮耀。