1. Increase and spread (John 15:1-11, 16)—Let us pray that all the saints, from the youngest to the oldest, would have the burden for the gospel:
a. Prayer for the gospel meeting being held this upcoming Friday, August 28, exclusively online via Zoom
b. Prayer for the next in-person church gospel meeting which will be held on Saturday, October 17, in Hall 1
2. Thanksgiving to the Lord for His blessing on all the summer events and prayer for the church’s further going on for the rest of the year:
a. The shepherding of all the saints and all the new ones, that not one would be overlooked
b. The strengthening of all the families and households in the church life
c. The strengthening of the church meetings and small group meetings this week
3. The upcoming new school year:
a. That all the children and the young people would be preserved and “let (their) light shine” (Matt. 5:16)
b. Prayer for the new arrangements in the children’s meeting and young people’s services in all nine halls
c. Prayer for all the college students on all the campuses throughout the NYC metropolitan area
4. The strengthening of the churches in Upstate NY, New Jersey, and Connecticut
5. The Lord’s move in Australia and the burden for the raising up of the next generation for the church life–This upcoming Friday there will be a Teachers’ Training in Sydney, Australia for all the churches in Australia in preparation for the summer school of truth (which will be held at the end of this year); then over the weekend there will be a conference for the parents and serving ones of the children and young people
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.)