Prayers: May 22, 2022

Prayers

Always be joyful. Never stop praying.  Be thankful in all circumstances, for this is God’s will for you who belong to Christ Jesus. 1 Thessalonians 5:16-18

Thank you, God:

• that we can trust You to be the “light on our path.” Psalm 119:105
• for being a Wonderful Counselor
• for the long-awaited fellowship shared at the English congregation picnic
• for the eagerness of Wah Luck Bible Study group to learn and fellowship together.  Thank you for providing coworkers to carry out this ministry.
• for every day that we can wake to bless and be blessed

Pray:

• for those who are ill or frail
• for those who are homebound or hospitalized
• for those mourning the loss of Mrs. Yuk Woo
• for those who are victims of hate and cruelty especially those at the Dallas Hair World Salon, Geneva Presbyterian Taiwanese Church in Laguna Woods, CA, and the TOPS grocery store in Buffalo, NY
• for Eva, Pastor Charles’ niece, who has been released from the hospital to begin the slow recovery process from COVID infection at home.  Pray for others who are still being infected or quarantined due to COVID.
• that God will fill our hearts with grace for one another and help us tend to our hurting communities and families with His perfect peace.
• that we may live together in unity and receive God’s blessing. Psalm 133
• that our college graduates may use what they have learned from their studies to serve God’s purposes in the world
• for understanding and trust when we can’t make sense of what is happening around us
• for safety and perseverance for our missionaries serving in difficult environments
• for discipline that helps us to say ‘no’ when we should stop and ‘go’ when we should act
• that God will provide peace, comfort, and reconciliation for our brothers and sisters in Ukraine. Be with those who are anxious, fearful and bereaved.  We fervently cry out for an end to this conflict trusting in God’s mercy and compassion.

To Think About:

Our brothers and sisters have certainly had a torrent of difficulties to deal with this week – aside from coronavirus, people are suffering from war, fire, hate crimes, hail, floods, anxiety, and uncertainty, just to mention a few.  But God has put the body together, giving greater honor to the parts that lacked it, so that there should be no division in the body, but that its parts should have equal concern for each other. If one part suffers, every part suffers with it; if one part is honored, every part rejoices with it. 1 Corinthians 12:24-26  In the body of Christ, we are spurred to compassion and action when we discover someone else’s pain. We might pray, offer a word of encouragement, or do whatever it takes to aid the healing process. That’s how the body works together.

禱告事項

“要常常喜樂， 不住的禱告， 凡事謝恩。因為這是 神在基督耶穌裏向你們所定的旨意。”

帖撒羅尼迦前書 五章 十六至十八節

感謝神：

• 我們可以相信你是“我們路上的光”。（ 詩篇 119:105） 
• 是我們最棒的咨詢師。 
• 讓我們有期待已久的英語會眾野餐和團契分享。
• 讓華樂大廈查經班渴望一起學習聖經和團契分享。感謝您為華樂事工提供同工。
• 我們每天可以醒來祝福別人、得神的祝福。 

祈禱：

• 生病的肢體和居家行動不便的弟兄姊妹滿有神的同在。
• 周玉珍姊妹的家人在失去親人的哀傷中得從神而來的安慰。
• 神除去人心中的仇視和殘暴；為最近發生在紐約州、加州和德州的几起槍擊案中的遇難者禱告。
• 辜漢然牧師的甥女伊娃（Eva）治療新冠病毒感染的過程有明顯改善，在醫生解除了她的誘導昏迷狀態后，她目前在家中逐漸康復。也為其他仍因新冠病毒感染或隔離的人祈禱。 
• 上帝的恩典充滿在我們彼此的心中，並幫助我們帶著他無限的平安去願意看顧受傷的社區和家庭。 
• 我們和睦同居，一同領受神的祝福。（詩篇 133） 
• 我們的大學畢業生可以用他們從學習中學到的知識，按照神對他們在世上的心意來服侍神。 
• 我們可以凡事信任和信靠神的美意，儘管有時我們無法理解周圍發生的事情。
• 我們的傳教士在艱難環境中的福音事工蒙主保守他們的安全和服事中的毅力。 
• 神的引導和規範，幫助我們在應該停下來時說“停”，在應該採取行動時說“去”。
• 神為我們在烏克蘭的兄弟姐妹提供和平、安慰與和解；願神與那些焦慮、恐懼和失去親人的人同在。讓我們迫切地禱告呼求神以憐憫和同情結束這場衝突。

思考：

        這個星期，我們兄弟姐妹們一定要處理一大堆問題——除了冠狀病毒，人們還遭受著戰爭、火災、仇恨犯罪、冰雹、洪水、焦慮和未知，這裏僅列舉幾例。神配搭了我們這肢體，把加倍的體面給那有缺欠的肢體， 免得身上分門別類，總要肢體彼此相顧。若一個肢體受苦，所有的肢體就一同受苦；若一個肢體得榮耀，所有的肢體就一同快樂（哥林多前書12：24-26）。同爲基督的肢體，當發現別人的受苦時，我們會有同情心和關愛的行爲，會爲此禱告，鼓勵他們，或給與任何幫助來扶持他們。 這就是身體的協同工作。