Prayer Request

Tuesday
Internet is making it tougher for China to block bad news. The recent scandal of child slavery in the kilns in Shanxi province was revealed after the parents of the missing children appealed for help online. There are a huge amount of Chinese Christian contents, Bible study material, sermons and praise and worship music online. The majority of them are not censored. We thank the Lord for its availability and remember those ministries who provide them.

Wednesday
A political career in these four major cities, Beijing, Shanghai, Tianjin and Chongqing is a stepping stone to national leadership. Understandably, officials in these cities tend to interpret and enforce the religious regulations more strictly because their career is at risk. Let us pray specially for churches, pastors and believers, as well as the foreign workers in these 4 important cities, where crackdown on unregistered churches and illegal meeting take place more often.

Thursday
In China, the production of fake good is so rampant, but not limited to manufactured goods. In recent years, even couples are faking divorces, for various reasons or excuses- but they all boil down to m-o-n-e-y. Some fake divorces and fake marriage to foreign citizen to go abroad to work. Divorce is accepted easily as a way out of any struggling marriage and that is also not uncommon for believers. We remember all whose marriages are “failing”, may they find clear direction of God’s will and the strength to follow through.

Friday
The Communist Party of China claims that one in three of its members have received higher education. It continues to enjoy great appeal among intellectuals because the Party membership is a requirement to most, if not all government job. Retaining one’s membership is a dilemma for many believers who are thinking about baptism. Many have chosen the path of being a secret believer. We take this time to remember them, pray for close personal walk with the Lord and growing faith and boldness.

Saturday
Myanmar (Burma) has close ties with China historically. Today, China plays an important role in Myanmar; it has lots of investment and supplies much of its military too. China's money, remminbi, is commonly accepted there. Let us pray for all of the churches and believers in this deeply Buddhist nation. May the Lord have mercy on this country. The Chinese churches there need lots of our prayer, for the training of workers, especially for missionary work near the China borders.

Sunday
The Communist Party added 2.6 million members last year, making it the world's biggest political party with a total membership to 72.39 million. More than 19 million people applied to join the CPC in 2006, a highly selective and prestigious process. Being a Christian does little to enhance one’s ability to join the Party. We pray for many college students who struggle with the decision of believing in Jesus or joining the Party which could open doors to better job and advancement.

Monday
Uighurs, who are ethnically Turkic Muslims have fought the Chinese over the land they call Eastern Turkistan, but on the map it is called Xinjiang. Uighurs is the largest minority in Xinjiang and Beijing consider their separatism effort as terrorists. While evangelistic effort to the Muslim minorities continues at slow pace, Gospel is thriving in Xinjiang, particularly among the college students. We uplift the work of the Holy Spirit and pray for the safety of worker there.

星期二
網際網絡的普及化使不良新聞更難封鎖。如最近山西土窯童工的醜聞，就是在失蹤孩童的父母上網求助後被揭露。網上也能很容易的找到大量基督教中文書籍，讀經資料，講章以及敬拜和讚美樂曲。其中大部分內容都未被刪剪。讓我們為這些材料來感恩，並求神記念這些供應及支持事工的單位和個人。

星期三
在北京、上海、天津和重慶四大城市從政，是晉升國家級幹部的跳板。因此不難理解何以當地的官員對宗教條律的詮釋和實行都格外嚴緊。這四大城市裏，未經註冊的教會和聚會常常受到取締或制裁，讓我們為在這些地區服事的教會、牧者和信徒，以及來自外國的同工們的平安禱告。

星期四
中國的贋品汎濫，而僞造品並不局限於貨物。近年來連結婚、離婚也能作假，説穿了都是爲了錢。還有爲了出國掙錢而與外國人假結婚的。在中國離婚為婚姻困境的一條出路的觀念已被廣泛接受，即便是信徒，離婚也並不稀奇。讓我們為所有瀕臨「失敗」的婚姻禱告，求神幫助這些夫婦能清楚看見在神裡的盼望，依靠主重新得力來實踐神的旨意。

星期五
共產黨宣稱三分一的黨員接受過高等教育。由於大部分在政府的工作以有黨籍的為優先考慮，知識分子為謀好的職位而加入共產黨的情況仍然普遍。許多考慮受洗的信徒往往掙扎於是否繼續保留黨籍。有很多寧可選擇把自己信徒身份保密。我們以禱告記念他們時時能與神親密同行，信心和勇氣都能持續在主裏不斷增長。

星期六
緬甸在歷史上曾是中國的「藩屬」，但近年中國在緬甸大量經濟投資，又提供軍火來源及設施，甚至人民幣都能在當地通行，可見今天中國在緬甸的影響力仍然十分重要。緬甸是個篤信佛教的國家，讓我們為該國的教會和信徒禱告，求主賜他們力量面對異教之風，並為主作光與鹽。當地華人教會的工人培訓及中緬邊界貧窮山區的福音事工，更需要我們以禱告的手托著。

星期日
去年中國共產黨增加了二百六十萬新成員，使其黨員共達七千二百萬三十九萬人，成爲世界最大的政黨。2006年申請入黨的篩選過程更為爲嚴謹，但入黨人數仍超過一千九百萬人，增長了6.8%。成爲基督徒對入黨沒什麽幫助，但入黨卻有助於打開事業前景。許多大學生正面對信主或入黨的抉擇，讓我們為他們的掙扎禱告，求神打開他們屬靈的眼睛，能看到永恆生命的價值。

星期一
維吾爾族是新疆最大的少數民族，維吾爾族在種族上屬突厥人，為伊斯蘭教的信奉者，他們不間斷地向中國爭取這塊稱之爲「東突厥斯坦」的獨立。(東突厥獨立運動人士對新疆維吾爾自治區的稱呼)。北京將這股分離運動定位為恐怖主義。在穆斯林少數民族中，雖然福音工作一直進展緩慢，但神奇妙的作為卻正在新疆-尤其在大學生當中蔓延開來。感謝讚美神，我們要高舉聖靈的工作，同時也為當地同工出入的平安代禱。