Prayer Burdens

1. Increase and spread (John 15:1-11, 16)—Let us pray that the Lord would add remaining fruit to the church this year through the fruitbearing of all the saints and for the spread of the Lord’s testimony within NYC and to Long Island

2. Thanksgiving to the Lord for His speaking in the International Chinese-speaking Conference (ICSC) held last weekend; let us pray that the burden of the word would impact all the saints in the recovery

3. Thanksgiving to the Lord for His blessing and speaking in the Young People’s Winter Retreat; let us pray for the going on of all the young people during the remainder of this school year; let us also pray for the monthly citywide young people’s meeting which will be held this upcoming Saturday at Hall 1

4. The College Conference for the students in the churches in the Northeast being held in Ivoryton, CT this upcoming weekend

5. The various needs related to the construction, renovation or acquisition of meeting halls in Atlanta, Orlando, Pittsburgh, and Virginia Beach, and the strengthening of all the local churches on the East Coast

6. The various needs of the saints both locally and in other localities (e.g. physical and emotional, health-related, job-related, family-related, etc.)

1. Blending—within the church and among the churches (1 Cor. 12:24)–That the blending among the saints and the churches will result in more of the reality of the Body of Christ this year

2. The International Chinese-speaking Conference (ICSC) being held in Anaheim, CA this upcoming weekend; the general subject of the conference will be Noah, Daniel, and Job—Patterns of Living an Overcoming Life on the Line of Life to Fulfill the Economy of God

3. The Winter Retreat for all the young people in the church in NYC being held at Camp Penuel (KPCC) beginning this upcoming weekend (February 15-17); the general subject of the retreat will be Joseph—A Master of Dreams and Feeder of the World

4. The College Conference for the students in the churches in the Northeast being held in Ivoryton, CT over the weekend of February 21-22

5. The follow up of the gospel trips which took place in the United States and Europe over the past several weeks–Let us give thanks for the hundreds that were saved through this endeavor and let us pray for the strengthening of the saints in all the localities which hosted gospel trips, that the local saints would rise up to shepherd the many seekers among those who were contacted and the newly saved and baptized ones; let us pray specifically for the gospel outreach and labor in Italy which will continue through February 23

6. The strengthening of all the church meetings, small group meetings, and practical services in the church this week

7. The various needs of the saints both locally and in other localities (e.g. physical and emotional, health-related, job-related, family-related, etc.)

1. Thanksgiving to the Lord for the citywide gathering of the church in NYC this past Lord’s Day and prayer for the Lord to take the church on this year according to the three banners for the church in 2026:

• Blending — within the church and among the churches — 1 Cor. 12:24
• Increase and spread — John 15:1-11, 16
• Walking in the truth — 3 John 4

2. The ongoing corporate truth pursuit in the book of Genesis

3. The Winter Retreat for all the young people in the church in NYC which will be held at Camp Penuel (KPCC) from February 15-17

4. The International Chinese-speaking Conference (ICSC) being held in Anaheim, CA over the weekend of February 13-15

5. The strengthening of the churches in Upstate NY, New Jersey, and Connecticut

6. The various needs of the saints both locally and in other localities (e.g. physical and emotional, health-related, job-related, family-related, etc.)

1. That all the saints, from the youngest to the oldest, would know the truth (1 Tim. 2:4), be girded with the truth (Eph. 6:14), and walk in truth (3 John 4), so that the church may have the reality of being the pillar and base of the truth (1 Tim. 3:15)

2. The citywide church gathering this upcoming Lord’s Day, February 1–Let us pray for the Lord’s speaking to the church [Note: We are not encouraging the saints from all the halls to come to Hall 1 this Lord’s Day due to a forecast of inclement weather; in-person meetings will be conducted in each respective hall for the Lord’s table meeting and then all the halls will be linked via Zoom for the ministry of the word.]

3. The going on of the young people and college age saints this semester and the upcoming Winter Retreat for all the young people in the church in NYC which will be held at Camp Penuel (KPCC) from February 15-17

4. The FTTA gospel trips–Let us pray for the follow-up of the gospel team’s labor in NYC last week and for their labor with the churches in New Jersey this week

5. The Lord’s move in the United States–That the Lord would strengthen all the believers throughout the nation to not be ashamed of the gospel and to hunger for the truth, and that He would preserve this nation for the preaching of the gospel and the spread of His testimony

6. The International Chinese-speaking Conference (ICSC) being held in Anaheim, CA over the weekend of February 13-15

7. The various needs of the saints both locally and in other localities (e.g. physical and emotional, health-related, job-related, family-related, etc.)

1. The strengthening of the prayer ministry of the church–That the church would pray with the Lord’s authority and from the position of ascension, and release prayers that bring in and spread the Lord’s kingdom; let us pray for the strengthening of all the prayer meetings in the church

Ephesians 2:6 – And raised us up together with Him and seated us together with Him in the heavenlies in Christ Jesus
Matthew 6:10 – Your kingdom come; Your will be done, as in heaven, so also on earth

2. The citywide church gathering, which is being postponed to Lord’s Day, February 1 in Hall 1–Let us pray for every aspect of this gathering, including the attendance of the saints, the Lord’s speaking to the church that day, the weather, and all the related practical services, particularly the children’s meeting, the ushering and the audio/visual services

3. The FTTA gospel trips presently being carried out in more than 20 states in the U.S. and 10 countries in Europe; let us pray:
a. That the Lord will fully cover the travel, safety, security, and health of all those involved
b. That the sanctifying Spirit will go before the saints to prepare the hearts of those whom the Lord has chosen
c. That remaining fruit will be borne in each place visited, and that the Lord will add to the churches as His testimony in each of these places
d. For the team of trainees laboring in NYC this week and in New Jersey next week

4. The new lampstand in Lille, France–This upcoming Lord’s Day, the first Lord’s table meeting in Lille, France will be held (this will be the third new local church raised up in France since the gospel trips related to the summer Olympics held in Paris in 2024)

5. The various needs related to the construction, renovation or acquisition of meeting halls in Atlanta, Orlando, Pittsburgh, and Virginia Beach

6. The FTTA-XB–The new semester of the FTTA extension in Boston which begins this week

7. The various needs of the saints both locally and in other localities (e.g. physical and emotional, health-related, job-related, family-related, etc.)

1. The strengthening of the prayer of the saints, personally, by 2s & 3s, between the couples, in the families, in the brothers’ houses and sisters’ houses, in the small groups, in the sisters’ prayer groups, in the service groups, and in the weekly church prayer meetings

Ephesians 6:18 — By means of all prayer and petition, praying at every time in spirit and watching unto this in all perseverance and petition concerning all the saints.
1 Timothy 2:1 — I exhort therefore, first of all, that petitions, prayers, intercessions, thanksgivings be made on behalf of all men.

2. The strengthening of all the families and households in the church life–Let us pray for the strengthening of the relationships and the oneness in every household, that the enemy would be bound (Matt. 12:29), and that in every household there would be household salvation (Acts 16:31), household service (Josh. 24:15), and household rejoicing (Deut. 12:7)

3. The ongoing FTTA gospel trips–From January 2 to February 10, FTTA gospel trip teams will go out to more than 20 states in the U.S. and 10 countries in Europe (France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Poland, Portugal, Spain) to join with local saints for the preaching of the gospel; a total of 216 saints will participate in these trips; let us pray:
a. That the Lord will fully cover the travel, safety, security, and health of all those involved
b. That the sanctifying Spirit will go before the saints to prepare the hearts of those the Lord has chosen
c. c. That remaining fruit will be borne in each place visited, and that the Lord will add to the churches as His testimony in each of these places
d. For the team of trainees who will be laboring in NYC and in New Jersey

4. The citywide young people’s meeting to be held at Hall 1 this upcoming Saturday, January 17

5. The citywide church gathering on Lord’s Day, January 25–Let us pray for every aspect of this gathering, including the attendance of the saints, the Lord’s speaking to the church that day, and all the related practical services

6. The various needs of the saints both locally and in other localities (e.g. physical and emotional, health-related, job-related, family-related, etc.)