Prayer Burdens & Weekly Pursuit – Week 1 of June

Prayer Burdens:

Azerbaijan

Pray that the saints would have their hearts, spirits, and time released to participate in the 15-minute Life-study pursuit in the local language each evening.

Bangladesh

Pray that the saints would be raised up to become functioning members of the Body and practice the God-ordained way.

Laos

Pray for the college students who are regularly reading the Bible with the saints, that they would come to know and begin to participate in the church life.

Nepal

Pray that each saint would set aside time for gospel preaching, lead at least one person to baptism this year, and continue to practice the new way together.

Sri Lanka

Pray that the churches in Sri Lanka would be registered as government-recognized organization, and for the purchase of the meeting hall in Colombo, so that the preaching of the gospel will not be hindered.

Tajikistan

Pray that the door of the gospel would be opened on the campuses and that high-quality students would be gained, so that the saints can bear six remaining fruit in the new year.

Weekly Pursuit:

Verses:

Rev. 22:1 “And he showed me a river of water of life, bright as crystal, proceeding out of the throne of God and of the Lamb in the middle of its street.”

Excerpts:

In the whole city [of the New Jerusalem] there is only one street, and in the midst of that street is the stream of living water. It flows throughout the entire city, and the whole city can have fellowship only through or by this stream of living water. This reveals that the fellowship of the Body of Christ is the stream of divine life. As the stream of the divine life flows within us, there is the fellowship of the Body among us. We are in this stream of the fellowship of the Body, and this flowing is ever increasing and being enriched. The more it flows, the greater and the richer it becomes.

Where this stream flows, there is also the testimony of the Lord Jesus Christ. If you follow the stream, it will bring you to the place where the Lord Jesus is. This means that the stream will bring you into contact with the Lord. In other words, this stream of living water will cause you to know something of Christ; it will testify to you something of Christ.

This stream is also the stream of God’s work. Where the stream flows, there is the work of God. God works along the flowing of the stream of the divine life. On the day of Pentecost this stream of divine life flowed out of God Himself in Christ with ruling power from the throne. By flowing, God works; by flowing, God preaches His gospel; by flowing, God brings people to be saved. There is a stream that we could call the stream, or the current, of the work. Where it flows, there is the work of God. (The Divine Stream)