Prayer Request

Tuesday
Xingjiang has become the hotspot for AIDS in China since eighty percent of the drug users there are infected. Chinese health experts who gathered in Chongqing said that the worst case scenario would be to have ten million people HIV-infected by 2010. In this area drug abusers and Muslim militants are a headache for the officials. Let us pray for the safety of believers, an outreach to Muslims and the vibrant ministry to college students .

Wednesday
A hundred and fifty thousand contestants participated in Super Girls, a singing contest based on “American Idols”. A dream of instant stardom fanned the phenomenal popularity of this TV program. Church choirs are mostly found in the Three-self churches and in Wenzhou. Let us remember all the church choirs as they lead the congregations in worship .

Thursday
Is the Chinese TV audience too gullible? Beijing television stations and advertisers have been thrown into disarray by a new ban on celebrity advertising which applies to endorsing of health foods, medicines, and cosmetics. Several large house church groups have suffered splits over their leadership in the past two or three years. Let us pray specifically for believers whose leaders are charismatic.

Friday
The People's Liberation Army will trim 200,000 from its ranks in the final three months of 2005. This massive army of 2.3 million is now half the size it was in 1985. China's newest and most urgent security threats are from the militant Islamic movement and the minority separatist movement in Xingjian. Let us pray for salvation of this huge army and the millions of veterans. Years of military indoctrination make them hard soil for the gospel message but the common sense of disappointment prepares them for the Message of the Savior .

Saturday
The Saipan islands in the Pacific Ocean used to be bustling centers for manufacturing clothing. They employed up to thirty thousand Chinese female laborers. However, since China joined the WTO, factories have faced stiff competition from China accompanied by economic uncertainty. Hundreds of workers came to know Jesus and received Bible training in Saipan and returned to their home villages. Let us pray for the mission work in there and the workers who have returned home to serve the Lord .

Sunday
A small village of 2075 population in Taishi, Guangdong is making big news. What started as four hundred villagers petitioning to remove the village head for embezzlement has turned into an ongoing “fight for democracy” as villagers clash with riot police. Villages that have corrupt officials are difficult places to live. Let us pray for believers and churches located in areas where officials are unfriendly to the Lord Jesus Christ .

Monday
The Suicide Hotlines in Beijing get over twenty thousand calls monthly but are able to respond to only fifteen percent of them. Suicide is common among the elderly, some of whom don't want to burden their children with their financial or health problems. Loneliness is the most common complaint even in this society which respects old age. Let us pray for those who show the love of Christ through nursing homes and health clinics .

星期二
在新疆，有八成的毒品使用者感染愛滋病，在重慶開會的健康專家學者們表示，最嚴重的情況是到2010年，會有將近一千萬人感染HIV愛滋病毒。新疆地區的藥物濫用者與恐怖份子一直是官方最頭痛的兩群人物，讓我們為當地信徒的身心靈都得以平安康健禱告，也為著當地接觸回民和大學學生的事工禱告。

星期三
由湖南電視台推出的超級女聲歌唱比賽，成為少女們一圓明星夢的最好跳板，吸引了近15萬人報名參賽，也成為風靡全中國最受矚目、的娛樂節目。在中國，只有部分地區的教會有詩班，讓我們在禱告中紀念所有教會詩班的事奉，求主使用他們帶領會眾，用心靈和誠實來敬拜主。

星期四
中國觀眾很容易受騙嗎？由於名人代言的產品問題層出不窮，日前北京電視台與廣告廠商被告知，禁止名人為健康食品、藥品和化妝品等拍攝廣告代言。過去兩、三年來，部分大型教會因帶領者路線不同以致於有分裂的危機。讓我們特別為教會領袖走靈恩路線的信徒們來禱告，願聖靈和聖經中祂自己的話語成為風暴中的領路者。

星期五
人民解放軍的第十次裁軍行動—裁員20萬將進入最後衝刺階段，目前人民解放軍共有230萬名，已經是1985年總員額的一半。現階段中國政府所面臨最嚴重的安全威脅，是回教極端恐怖份子與疆獨運動。軍人雖然多年的軍事訓練，使得心裡剛硬難接受福音，然而軍旅生涯與現實富裕生活間的衝擊所帶來的失望，卻使他們更需要福音，讓我們為廣大的解放軍與上百萬的退伍軍人來禱告。

星期六
太平洋上的塞班島曾經是繁忙的成衣工業中心，至少有三萬名以上的中國女工在製衣廠裡工作。但是隨著中國加入世貿，將為成衣業帶來嚴重的競爭威脅。有上百名女工，因到塞班工作而認識主、接受聖經裝備，但因合約到期而必須返回家鄉，讓我們在禱告中紀念這群信主返家後的姊妹，願她們成為多人的祝福，也為著塞班當地的宣教事工代禱。

星期日
人口僅有2075名的廣東番禺太石村，日前由四百村民請願罷免貪污的村委會主任幹部，甚至爆發了嚴重的警民衝突，成為一件轟動全國為民主而戰的大新聞。由腐敗官員所治理的村落不易生存，這是請願最主要的原因。同樣的，許多地區的官員，對於基督信仰也是抱持不友善的態度，讓我們在禱告中紀念那些的信徒與教會。

星期一
北京「心理危機與干預中心」的免費諮詢專線，每月接到超過兩萬通的諮詢電話，但僅能對其中百分之十五的電話進行追蹤關懷。許多老人為了不讓財務與健康問題造成兒女的困擾，選擇以自殺的方式結束生命。即便在強調尊老尊賢的中國社會，寂寞仍然是年長者經常的抱怨，讓我們特別為從事護理與健康照護的信徒來禱告，盼望他們成為神的愛的分享者與見證者。