Prayer Request 9/11 - 9/17

Tuesday
Some churches in China impose restrictions on the pastor's wife or ignore her roles which depresses her and impairs the pastor's service also. Pastors should protect and promote their wives and teach the church to respect them, not to take the wives for granted. We pray for believers who will pray and care more for their pastor's family. As more sisters befriend their pastor's wife and encourage women in churches to serve together, they can bring about revival in their churches.
Wednesday
The pastor's wife is very important because she stands guard with the pastor to provide counseling and care for the women in the church whether they are married or single. Many single women in the church are pressured to marry non believers, partly because there are no eligible brothers available. We pray for God's comfort and joy for them, having the wisdom to fend off pressure from their unbelieving parents.
Thursday
In China, there are many indigenous heretical groups with names like "Eastern lightning", "Disciples", "Three servants", "Ling ling jiao", "Cold water", "Crier", and "King". These heresies have much influence on the rural churches but are less a threat to the more educated urban churches. May the Lord have mercy on those believers who have fallen victim to the cults and deliver them from deceit and bondage. We pray the truth of Jesus Christ will set them free and give them the true salvation of the mind and soul.
Friday
In rural China, many pastors and believers are ignorant of or lack basic Biblical truths, and they are easily swayed by false doctrines spread by the cults. Lack of spiritual teaching means that believers are easy prey for the cults and heresies. We pray that our Lord will give them the wisdom to discern what the false is and not to spread it.
Saturday
Many heretical groups and cults lure church leaders with bribery or sex. They also intimidate pastors with bodily harm. It takes a long time and great effort, through counseling and orthodox teaching, to recover from the ravage of wolves. We pray for wisdom for believers to discern truth from falsehood and to prevent the savage attacks by the cults. We also ask the Lord to comfort His children when their church suffers turmoil, vicious lies, and a split, knowing that our Lord is on His throne.
Sunday
In many parts of China, heresies and cults are rampant, many have infiltrated the local churches and forced believers to leave. Despite official suppression, cults are still active. We pray for pastors and believers to possess the basic Biblical truth. Many leaders are content to have a large congregation, but fail to provide the solid teaching and lack faithful workers who desire to do His will.
Monday
Churches in China have benefited from the South Korean missionaries, but the heresies and extreme teachings from South Korea have also done much damage to many churches in China in recent years. False teachings from Korea have been particularly active in major cities, attracting students and even intellectuals. We ask the Lord to corrupt the trickiness of these wolves in sheep's clothing. May the Lord protect His own sheep that they "will be no longer infants, tossed back and forth by the waves, and blown here and there by every wind of teaching and by the cunning and craftiness of people in their deceitful scheming." Ephesians 4:14


星期二
有些教會長期對牧者的妻子寄予無形的壓力和冷落，易導致她們抑鬱，更使牧者的服事大打折扣。因此，不僅傳道人需更關心愛顧自己的妻子，教會也要防止將師母「落單」，要敬重師母，而不是希望「買一贈一」。求主興起更多信徒去關心傳道人家庭，尤其是師母。讓更多姊妹成為師母的屬靈同伴，藉著姊妹們的熱心參與，使教會整體一同成長。
星期三
許多中國教會的師母都有很重的服事：一方面照顧事奉忙碌的丈夫和家庭，另一面亦要輔導、關心教會中已婚和未婚的姊妹。教會裡許多姊妹都面臨極大的張力，尤其教會女多男少，是要堅持按神心意還是因社會壓力而與不信的人結合。我們要為面對這壓力的姐妹們禱告，求主安慰她們，賜下喜樂，也能有智慧應付父母「趁早嫁人」的壓力。
星期四
中國自生的異端邪教有「東方閃電」、「門徒會」、「三班僕人」、「靈靈教」、「冷水教」、「呼喊派」、「被立王」等。這些異端對農村教會和城鄉結合地區影響力比較大，對知識分子群體影響較小。求主憐憫拯救那些落入異端的信徒，帶領他們脫離邪教的控制與欺騙，讓他們真正認識耶穌基督的真理，得到身心靈的自由和永恒的救恩。
星期五
在中國農村很多傳道人和信徒由於不明白或是缺乏基要真理的教導，很容易被邪教的歪理迷惑。因著信徒缺少屬靈教導，往往成為異端邪教擄掠的對象。求主憐憫廣賜信徒們智慧，能分別何謂錯誤的教導，而不是老被欺騙甚至將其謬道輾轉傳播，也能預備更多靈性紮實的信徒彼此守望，堅守真理。
星期六
許多異端行賄教會領袖們，或以色財引誘教會帶領人，或恐嚇殺害不從者，軟硬兼施最後達成目的。被異端衝擊過的教會，需要經過相當長時間的牧養和教導才能扭轉康復過來。求主賜信徒智慧，能分辨真理並拒絕傳遞歪道，免得落入異端的陷阱，被披著羊皮的狼吞吃。又求主安慰祂的兒女，當教會受盡困難，內爭分裂，離經叛道時，讓他們看見耶和華仍然坐著為王 ，神一直掌權。
星期日
中國有許多地方的異端邪教猖獗，甚至滲透佔領教會，造成信徒離開。儘管政府予以壓制，邪教仍然活躍。我們為牧者和信徒都有基本聖經真理知識禱告。願我們儆醒禱告，彼此提醒：教會不是以人數多為滿足，而是有堅固真理的教導為根基，且有忠心遵行神旨意的信徒為柱石，一同建成的堡壘。
星期一
韓國宣教士曾為中國教會做出很多貢獻，但來自韓國的異端和極端對中國教會的破壞也不少。近年，活躍於各大城市的各式各樣韓國異端，吸引了不少學生，甚至高知識分子的興趣。求主敗壞魔鬼的詭計，喚醒中國教會要警醒守望。「使我們不再作小孩子，中了人的詭計和欺騙的法術，被一切異教之風搖動，飄來飄去，就隨從各樣的異端。」(弗4:14)