Prayer Burdens & Weekly Pursuit – Week 4 of July

Prayer Burdens:

Azerbaijan

May the Lord strengthen the spirit of the gospel, that there would be a breakthrough in the gospel propagation. Pray that more young people and families would be gained, and that at least one son of peace would be baptized by this month.

Bangladesh

Pray that the saints would be led into the riches of the Lord’s word, receive supply and nourishment, and learn to treasure and appreciate the Lord’s speaking through the daily online Life-study pursuit.

Cambodia

Pray for the relationship between Thailand and Cambodia, that the Lord would open the way for the saints in Cambodia to join the conference in Thailand in this August.

Sri Lanka

Pray that more saints would participate in the National Blending Conference on August 2–3, and that all the churches would be blended together in the Lord’s timely speaking.

Tajikistan

Pray for the four saints to be released in order to have stable home meetings with the saints.

Vietnam

May the Lord strengthen His testimonies in the local churches through the co-ordination between the trainees and the local saints.

Weekly Pursuit:

Verses:

S. S. 6:13 “Return, return, O Shulammite; return, return, that we may gaze at you. Why should you gaze at the Shulammite, as upon the dance of two camps?”

Excerpts:

After he saw the two armies of God, Jacob did a marvelous thing. He divided his wives, children, and the rest of his possessions into two groups, or “two armies.” This is full of spiritual significance. These two groups are not just the singular army of God but “two armies.” This means that we are more than conquerors. It also signifies a strong testimony. God does not want “giants.” He wants only the feeble ones, the weaker ones, the women and children. They can become His armies because the fighting is not in their hands but in His hands. He needs a people who are one with Him, a people who are submissive to Him, signified by the plaited hair, and obedient to Him with a flexible will, signified by the neck
with strings of jewels.

When we consider how to arrive at the high peak of the revelation in Song of Songs, we should not trust in ourselves. We may think that because the apostle Paul was strong, he could do it. But the apostle Paul himself says that he was less than the least among the saints (Eph. 3:8). He says, “Who is weak, and I am not weak?” (2 Cor. 11:29) In Romans 9:16 Paul says, “It is not of him who wills, nor of him who runs, but of God who shows mercy.” We may think that we can run, but we cannot. It is Christ who can run. Paul also says, “It is no longer I who live, but it is Christ who lives in me” (Gal. 2:20a). (Crystallization-study of Song of Songs, ch. 7)