Prayer Burdens & Weekly Pursuit – Week 4 of December

Prayer Burdens:

Azerbaijan

Pray for the visas of the overseas saints, that the Lord’s move may advance without hindrance.

Bangladesh

Pray that the saints would grow in life, co-labor with the Lord, and become useful vessels and vital homes for His move.

Bhutan

Pray that the seeking ones would enter into the printed ministry and see the Lord’s recovery.

Tajikistan

Pray that the Lord would strengthen the gospel work on the campuses, release the sons of peace, and bring high-quality students into the church life, so that the saints would bear four remaining fruit this year.

Vietnam

May the Lord increase the trainees of each term, that more young people would be trained to be useful vessels, ready for His move.

Pray that the Lord would have a way in the following countries and region where there is currently no testimony of the Lord: Afghanistan, Iraq, Maldives, North Korea, Palestine, Syria, Turkmenistan and Yemen.

Weekly Pursuit:

Verses:

Dan. 12:3 “And those who have insight will shine like the shining of the heavenly expanse, and those who turn many to righteousness, like the stars, forever and ever.”

Excerpts:

Not only is Christ Himself the star, but also His followers, the shining ones in the churches, are stars. What does it mean to be a star? Daniel 12:3 gives the answer. The stars are those who shine in darkness and turn people from the wrong way to the right way. Now, during the church age, we need brothers and sisters who shine; we need the shining stars. It is by the shining in today’s darkness that people receive the guidance and are turned from the wrong way to the right way. Anything that is wrong is unrighteousness; whatever is right is righteousness. Those who turn many to righteousness are the stars that shine forever and ever. In the beginning of the New Testament there was mention of only one star in the heavens, but at the end of the New Testament there are seven stars in seven local churches. In every local church there is a star; in every local church there is something shining, leading people to the right way.

How do we have the New Testament service? It is simply by following the star. And where is the star?…Today the star is in the local churches. The Bible ends with this word: “I am the Root and the Offspring of David, the bright morning star. And the Spirit and the bride say, Come!.” Today the star is with the Spirit and with the bride. Where the Spirit is, there is the star; where the bride is, where the church is, there is the star. (New Testament Service, ch. 6)