Prayer Reuest 7/7 - 7/13

Tuesday
Throughout China, ambitious projects with multibillion-dollar price tags are already underway. These include the world’s largest bridge and the biggest airport. We praise God for the​ many churches ​that ​have reopened and even more undergoing rebuilding since 1980. We pray for that churches in China will see the importance of investing in theological education, training of church workers and have an adequate compensation for pastors.
Wednesday
Some modern audacious engineering feats in China include the longest natural gas pipeline and a canal diverting water 1,500 miles from the south to the parched section of the north (at a price tag of $80 billion)​ Every couple​ of​ days, a new church is completed in China because believers are willing to give toward building project​s​.We pray for churches that are poor or unable to have their own facilities that the Lord will give them courage to spread ​the gospel and be eager in doing His work.
Thursday
Building​ enormous infrastructure projects seem​s​ to be a Chinese tradition, from the Great Wall to the Grand Canal and the Three Gorges Dam. For centuries, China has used colossal public-works projects to showcase its engineering prowess and project its economic might. Believers tend to flock to new churches with fancy and expansive facilities too. We pray that affluent churches will always be channels of God’s blessing​ and​ never forget to help those poor rural churches around them.
Friday
Shanghai, a spectacularly rich metropolis of 25 million residents,​ is considered a model for​ a​ Chinese city. Undergirding the city is a patchwork of supersize infrastructure — huge airports, subway lines, sewage systems and power plants. A competition to build newer churches has become a trend in some affluent Chinese cities. We pray for spiritual building, rather than merely physical construction for many churches that have become “big church building​s​ but with few believers”.
Saturday
Shanghai is building the world’s largest Disney Resort. The city can afford the huge price tags because it is a fast-growing financial center and a major tourist destination. Other Chinese cities try to copy Shanghai but don’t have the means to pay for such huge projects. We can say that some church leaders serve with impure motives​ and attitude​s​, thus creating confusion,​ and​ hurting their sheep in their churches. We pray for the conviction of Holy Spirit on our own motive​s​ of how we serve Him. May the Lord purify His own churches.
Sunday
Tianjin, a city 70 miles southeast of Beijing, has borrowed heavily to create what some have called a replica of New York City. However, that area is a virtual ghost town with dozens of office towers and luxury developments sit​ting​ empty or half completed. In recent years, “success theology” has confused many believers. Churches are judged ​by ​whether God has blessed them by the size of their building and attendance. We pray for grace for those who serve Him faithfully and gives to​ the​ Lord sacrificially.
Monday
The city of Lanzhou is in northwest China, its local government plans to flatten the tops of 700 low-level mountains to make way for a new business district, despite concerns about the damage to the local ecosystem. Many churches have become cold and believers are materialistic, they expect preachers to do the all the ministries because they are paid. We pray for revival, a strong sense that churches are in a crisis and an urgent need to rediscover the passion for evangelism.
 
星期二
造價數十、上百億美元的建設項目已經在中國各地展開，比如世界最長的大橋、世界最大的機場。自八十年代起，許多教會重新開放，近來也有許多教堂重建。我們為這些感恩，也求主幫助教會能同時看見投資建築物以外的神學教育、栽培事奉人員，以及改善同工合理代遇的重要性。
星期三
雄心勃勃的中國建設工程項目也包括了世界最長的天然氣輸送管道，以及耗資800億美元，綿延1500英里的南水北調工程。中國每一、兩天就有新禮拜堂落成，因為有些地方的信徒樂於奉獻建堂。我們要為窮困沒有自己禮拜堂的教會禱告，求主叫他們不失去為主傳福音的勇氣，並熱心興旺神的工作。
星期四
中國似乎有延續築造巨型基建工程的傳統。從長城到大運河再到三峽大壩，數百年來，龐大的公共建設項目展示着非凡的工程技能和經濟實力。許多信徒也喜歡建造新的教堂，擁有新的設備。我們為富有的教會禱告，求主使用他們成為神祝福的的管道，更不忘支援鄉村貧困的教會。
星期五
上海這個擁有超過2500萬居民、無比富庶的大都會，被視為中國城市的典範。由大型機場、地鐵、污水處理系統、發電廠等超大規模的基礎設施構成的網絡，為這座城市提供了有力的支撐。在中國富裕的城巿裡，比拼興蓋教堂也成了風氣。我們要為許多「大教堂、少信徒」的教會祈求，求主賜教會更多注重信徒靈命的建造，而不是攀比會堂的設備。
星期六
上海正建造世界最大的迪士尼樂園。上海負擔得起這個大手筆的投資，因為她是全國的金融中心，又是熱門旅遊勝地，其他城市實在沒有如此雄厚的經濟實力。教會領袖若帶著不純潔的事奉動機與態度，會造成教會的混亂，甚至羊群流失；求聖靈鑒察我們自己服侍的動機和心態，也求主潔淨祂自己的教會，成為聖潔無瑕的教會。
星期日
天津市曾大規模舉債， 在北京東南約70公里處打造一座市鎮，宣稱是形同紐約的翻版。實際上如今這個地方已經成為鬼城，數十棟寫字樓和豪華的住宅區空空如也，處於爛尾狀態。近年來成功神學造成許多信徒的混亂，教會也以禮拜堂的外觀、會眾多寡做為衡量蒙神祝福大小的指標。求主恩待保守那些單纯追隨主，願意為主基督擺上，忠心事奉的信徒。
星期一
在地處西北的蘭州，儘管有人擔心會破壞當地的生態系統，當地政府依然支持了一項削平700座小山來修建新商業區的計劃。許多教會逐漸冷淡，信徒世俗化，事工都期待那些支薪的傳道人去做，求主復興我們，讓我們對興旺教會及拯救失喪靈魂有危機意識，傳福音有逼切感。