Prayer Request 7/5 - 7/11

Tuesday
Traffic accidents are common in China, with more than 250,000 traffic related deaths yearly. Long-distance buses are popular as a cheap way of travelling between cities. Competition between bus firms can be fierce, but there are plenty of safety concerns. Many church workers must travel between meeting points far away or in other provinces. We pray for those who travel frequently, not only for their physical safety but also protection from all temptations.
Wednesday
Cults are particularly active on​ college campuses in China where students lack Biblical and theological understanding and are easily led astray. Some cults are very aggressive, well-trained, and good in recruiting students. ​Most​ campus fellowship groups do not cross paths with each other because there is competition involved but cults exploit these gaps in communication and steal new Christians from them. We pray that campus ministries will evaluate their strategies and co-operate to keep the cults away from the young people.
Thursday
Cults among college students have mushroomed, ​ and​ they have branches on​ different campuses. Their expansion and growth build on their appeal to students. Urban churches must be alarmed and warn their young people. Some students with a ​church background believe falsely they are with ​an ​orthodox church group but are actually ​in ​cults. We must pray that churches will teach their youth how to discern ​which groups are ​cults and not become their victims.
Friday
Trafficking of children has a long history in China,​ so​ it is often not seen as a crime but rather a tradition. We pray for the protection of children across the country and ​that​ churches will really focus on the spiritual health of the little ones. We pray for a change in the attitude that enables child trafficking. May the Lord raise up more churches who will speak against such evil.
Saturday
Child trafficking has become a major concern in China, as traffickers seek to profit off from​ a growing demand for healthy babies from potential adoptive parents in China and beyond. We thank the Lord for believers who are involved in orphanages and caring for​ handicapped children. The Lord sustain their strength, add to them the love of Jesus Christ and provide all the resources they need.
Sunday
Whenever a city in China open​s​ up a safe-harbor to accept abandoned babies, it invariably quickly shuts​ down, because so many parents drop off their unwanted babies and overwhelm the system. ​ The most common reason parents leave their babies is that they are too poor to pay for their medical care when they get sick.​ We pray for the needs​ of all the orphanages​ run by Christians or churches. May the​ Lord richly reward them because what they have done is for Jesus Christ Himself.
Monday
Many rural believers fall ​victim to cults because they know little of what they believe and there is a dearth of well-qualified church leaders​ who can discern orthodoxy. So many churches have been destroyed by cults, and even their leadership kidnapped. We must pray for all the believers trapped in cults,​ that​ the Lord ​will ​lead them out of their captivity, and ​they will ​be free again in the Truth.


星期二
中國一年有25萬人死於道路交通事故。長途大巴士因為費用相對便宜，是很受歡迎的交通方式。但巴士公司之間的競爭激烈，也常有車禍傷亡。許多傳道人需要常常出門往返於遠距離的聚會點，甚至穿梭在不同城市服事。求主保守他們的腳步，賜給他們出入交通的安全，更是保守他們的心思意念，免受各樣的試探和引誘。
星期三
異端在中國校園中非常活躍，且他們訓練有素，積極地接觸學生群，甚至比基督徒還要火熱。學生普遍地對聖經真理陌生，神學知識匱乏，很容易被迷惑。由於各校園的事工往往互不聯絡，甚至彼此搶羊，因而造成異端趁機而入，吸引剛信主的學生走岔。求主保守各地校園的事工，能在防備異端上多有反省及合作，不讓披羊皮的狼得逞。
星期四
異端在大學生群體中發展急速，許多城市的大學已有分支，他們的發展模式較有迷惑性，這是值得城市教會警惕的地方。有來自基督教家庭的大學生誤以為參加正統團契活動，卻不知已落入異端中。求主幫助眾教會牧者和領袖，積極教導信徒分辨似是而非的謊假信仰，特別幫助年輕信徒打穩真道根基，免受迷惑。
星期五
長久以來一直存在著兒童被誘拐、當做商品出售的現象，綁架和販賣兒童在中國是積弊多年的問題。求主保護中國的孩童，教會更是要關心小孩子的靈命成長。也求主改變人們默視社會上持續發生走私兒童事件的心態，願更多教會積極出聲，強烈反對如此敗行。
星期六
兒童走私已經成為嚴重的社會問題。走私者能夠藉此牟利，全因在國內外均有巿場，越來越多有能力認養孩童的父母需要健康的嬰兒。感謝神，感動一些基督徒參與孤兒院和殘疾兒童的事工，求主大大加添他們力量，賜他們有主耶穌的愛，並供應他們一切的需用。
星期日
每當開闢新的僻護所來接收棄嬰， 往往是被迫迅速關閉，因太多家長將孩子棄置，最常見的理由是無法承擔殘疾嬰兒的醫療費用。因而造成收養機構的照顧人力、財力資源與設施無法負荷。我們為基督徒或教會舉辦的孤兒院禱告，求神大大地賜福他們，因為他們所做的，都是做在主身上。
星期一
農村家庭教會因為缺乏有扎實真理裝備，能分辨真道的帶領者，信徒往往受異端迷惑而流失。許多教會遭受異端毁壞，甚至連領袖亦被「綁架」。我們要為陷入異端的信徒祈求，求神開啟他們的眼睛，引領他們走出迷惑，再次得著真理和自由。