10 | 11
August
“I pray that God, the source of hope, will fill you completely with joy and peace because you trust in him. Then you will overflow with confident hope through the power of the Holy Spirit.”
Romans 15:13 (NLT)
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NEW
SG has wrist tendonitis. Desires healing so she can play her ukulele and worship the Lord.
UPDATES
E was diagnosed with Stage 4 breast cancer in April with spread to her Lymph node and her bones. She is currently undergoing chemotherapy. Pray for rested dependence in the Lord.
Pray for healing of right hip and left ankle for SB’s mother. A miraculous healing as pain is relieved and to walk with ease.
Pray for CL as she receives treatment for severe lymphoedema for both legs. The right medication to be administered for swelling to decrease. Diligent and good aftercare upon discharge. Abdominal mass that has been drained to respond well to medications provided.
C’s undergoing rehab following a blood clot removal from her brain. To have smooth recovery so she can return to work. To regain strength day by day.
A had pancreatic surgery done. Praising God for His mercy as she is recovering well. Pray for:
Courage and faith to trust in God to do a miracle in her life and her family.
Chemotherapy treatment to be effective.
Localised cancer cells found on WL’s pelvic wall. Continuing with treatment and praising God for His faithfulness and His mercy on being able to go back to work.
K’s breast cancer has spread to her lungs with pleurisy present. Fractures noted on T4 due to new tumour growth and hairline crack at T7. Wisdom to decide on surgical or radiotherapy treatment. Pray for:
New chemotherapy treatment to yield effectiveness and the pleurisy to clear.
Good rest and sleep every night that is free from nightmares.
CG’s (mother with two young children) cancer markers have come down with new chemo intervention. Pray for victory over peritoneal cancer.
The Lord’s mercy to restore FY as she continues to walk in faith even though the cancer has metastasised. Thanksgiving for the joy of the Lord and her positive fighting spirit and her faithful volunteering in church. Pray for new chemo drug to stop the spread and her immunity to strengthen miraculously each day.
New chemo drug to stop the spread and her immunity to strengthen miraculously each day.
Lump on her shoulder to shrink in size.
MINISTRIES
Preachers & Pastors
Pray for:
Worship Services |
10 & 11 Aug |
17 & 18 Aug |
Traditional |
Rev Lim Jen Huat |
Rev Gladwin Lee |
Prayer & Praise, TSS |
Rev Adrian Ng |
Rev Benjamin Lau |
Mandarin Ministry |
Rev Raymond Fong |
Ms Alice Hsieh |
Wesley Filipino Fellowship |
Rev Lilian Ang |
Rev Adrian Ng |
Youth Ministry |
Mr Benedict Tay |
Rev Benjamin Lau |
Weekend Worship Services
Pray for:
Our love for God to grow with a greater passion for worship, prayer and the Word, knowing that all things come from Him.
Holiness: Pray for the convicting work of the Holy Spirit that we may seek to be holy as God is holy.
Love: Pray that love and concern for one another will grow and for an atmosphere of love that all will know we are His disciples (John 13:35).
Preaching of the Word next weekend will be uplifting, inspiring and challenging.
Blessings on YM, BeTween, CM and PS Com as leaders, teachers and students grow in the Lord studying the Word together.
Mandarin Ministry and Wesley Filipino Fellowship on site to have attendees blessed and encouraged in their walk with Christ.
Thanksgiving many have returned for community worship services. Worshippers to contribute towards a protected environment for all.
Reconnection, unity and a prayerful heart to envelope the congregation as they worship on site or from home.
Staff
Thanksgiving for:
His protection and grace over the staff team.
Pray for all staff:
To seek growth and excellence in all they do, embrace change, have an open mind, and to faithfully fulfil what they are assigned to do.
To have love, unity and submission to God and to one another out of reverence for Christ.
To embrace Intentional Discipleship and incorporate this theme in their ministry programmes.
Good health and well-being as they seek to balance work, family their ministry programmes.
Thank God for their families’ understanding and support, especially those with children who need their time and attention. God’s protection and providence on each family member; that even as they have sown to the Lord, they will reap abundantly.
Staff to depend on God for strength in times of difficulties, for peace in times of stress, and patience in times of pressure.
Continued protection over staff and volunteers who are keeping the church safe.
Understanding and patience from worshippers as duties are being carried out.
1. Leow Theng Huat
Prayer Needs:
2. Tan Chew Suan – Serving with Singapore Youth for Christ
Thanksgiving for:
For the Boys’ and Girls’ Brigade camps and the evangelistic event, 'This Connected Carnival', conducted during the June school holidays.
Prayer Needs:
For faithful follow-up on those who expressed interest in Christianity in the Carnival.
God to grant Chew Suan wisdom and insight:
to give constructive feedback as she guides two female staff in their teaching; and
3. Asholi and Puii Akamu – Serving in Thailand
Prayer Needs:
Thankful for 75 new believers in a village in M; pray there will be good follow-up.
Wisdom for right timing of leadership training in M, in L.
That the radios with SD card distributions will bless listeners.
The translation work of “Our Daily Bread” to progress well, with the two persons working on it.
Good health for the couple; and leading and guidance upon their children. Also for a fruitful and blessed time with their missions partners in Singapore from 7- 22 Aug.
4. Couple – CN
Thanksgiving for:
The time of sabbatical and leave they had to travel, visit family and rest.
A new season of ministry for C as Director of Knowledge Stewardship overseeing the monitoring and evaluation of church planting strategies, missiological research, best practices and ethics in missions, and archiving.
Prayer Needs:
Wisdom and discernment as C leads his team – to prioritise the workload, build trust and unity, and care for team members from Africa, Europe, UK and the US.
Pray for N in her new role as International Basic Leadership Training Coordinator, overseeing the running of leadership courses internationally to train and equip missionaries in the field.
5. Joel Choong – Serving with Singapore Youth for Christ
Thanksgiving:
Although the application for the creative fair in Singapore did not go through, the team is thankful to God for continued available opportunities to work with the youth on different projects.
For a new volunteer, whose contributions are valued.
Prayer Needs:
God to continue to lead and direct ministry opportunities in the coming academic year with incoming freshmen.
6. Stella and Phil Carter – Serving with Cru Asia
Thanksgiving for:
Thank God that the X-ray and MRI results confirmed that the lump behind Stella's right knee is osteoarthritis and not Baker's cyst (no surgery was required).
Prayer Needs:
God’s protection and good health for her spouse's 74-yr-old brother who was diagnosed with early-stage prostate cancer and skin cancer.
Salvation for her 90-year old mother, for her short-term memory loss to slow down and also thankful her dementia has stabilised. May she continue to get along well with her helper and for helper to take good care of her.
7. Mark Suredhran – Serving with Cru Singapore
Thanksgiving for:
For ministry opportunity openings.
That Mark’s message on Loving One Another at Cru Staff meeting went well with God’s help and strength.
Prayer Needs:
For a special anointing on the next message which Mark will be sharing at the East Asia Theological Seminary Chapel in September.
For the Creative team’s participation in Cru’s fund raiser to help provide for their ministry needs among youths.
Good health and strength.
8. Amos Ang – Serving with Cru Asia
Prayer Needs:
For his youngest son, Josiah, who just enlisted; for good adjustments as he goes though this rite of passage in his adulting journey.
For Amos and his wife, Karen, who just started the second run of the Marriage Preparatory Course. Pray for good connections with the couples especially with the unchurched ones.
9. Karen Hor – Serving with Cru Asia
Prayer Needs:
For her son, Josiah, who just enlisted in the army.
10. Joyce Ho – Serving with Cru Asia
Prayer Needs:
A new public run for TSW (The Significant Woman) began on 18 Jul. Thank God for the 17 ladies who registered and will meet on Thursday mornings from July to November. Joyce will be co-facilitating with two other ladies; pray:
11. Susan Lee – Serving with Cru Asia
Thanksgiving:
Thankful the cataract surgery on her right eye in July was a success. Pray for smooth recovery and for her vision to adjust well.
Thank God that the fundraising artwork is completed. Praying that it will inspire and be used to tell His redemption story.
Prayer Needs:
For continued wisdom in the preparation work of the Mentoring Project for the creatives.
12. Chelsea Koh – Serving Fellowship Singapore
Prayer Needs:
Guidance for the Family Care Ministry team in planning for the beneficiary outing to promote family bonding.
Refreshing staff retreat in September.
Wisdom for PFS and the various stakeholders in handling a pilot programme that aims to reconcile inmates with their families.
13. Jason Huang (TTC)
Prayer Needs:
God to prepare his heart for pastoral training in the field setting as the new semester begins.
Wisdom to be more sensitive in managing relationships and expectations.
God’s grace to bring breakthroughs in theological learning and training.
Good health and protection over his wife, Clarissa and son, Reuben.
14. Angeline Lee (SBC)
Prayer Needs:
As she starts her second year, may God grant her the wisdom and understanding of what she will learn in the new semester.
May the learning bring about the strengthening of faith and building of character.
Strength and guidance to fulfill her responsibilities at home, school and church.
Protection and good health for her husband and three boys.
15. Jonathan & Phoebe Kong – Serving with OMF
Thanksgiving:
Prayer Needs:
For steadfastness in the Lord among the 5-7 believers in the church in Takhro. Pray also for the hearts of the people in the community to be open to the gospel.
May God grant them clarity and focus to discern their ministry direction in Takhro.
16. Stanley and Lucy Ong
Thanksgiving for:
For the Lord's guidance, healing and protection the Ongs experienced in the first term of the school year.
Prayer Needs:
Mrs. Y who serves in the food distribution ministry, as she struggles with a weak heart and several other ailments.
The salvation of the children and mothers who attend the monthly kids' club.
Pray for Stanley as he prepares for and delivers his sermon on 18 Aug.
17. More Wesley's Missionaries to be raised and sent out into the field
Luke 10:2 The harvest truly is great, but the labourers are few: pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he would send forth labourers into his harvest.
Prayer Needs:
God's spirit to stir up the hearts of Wesleyans to be missional and obedient to the Great Commission.
More Wesleyans will hear His clarion call to be missionaries in the harvest fields overseas.
Wisdom, grace, and clarity as they discern their calling and choose to bring the gospel to the least-reached people groups or hard places.
That God will grant them the assurance of peace to remove their fears, anxieties and concerns for their loved ones as He equips them for the field.
Boldness and courage to take the next step to prepare well for the ministry which they are called in the harvest fields.
God's leading and wisdom to mobilise a great missionary movement from Wesley to reach the least, the lost and the last.
Field Development:
Cambodia
18. Functional English Centre (FEC) in Siem Reap
For the students and their families awaiting relocation from the authorities to have sufficient time and resources for the move.
Praise God for sending new students even though relocation of the villages has started.
Favour for the Ath family to rent a place near FEC until their baby is born and they relocate thereafter.
Strength for Pastor A and his family as they face challenges commuting between their new home and FEC which is 20 km apart; for God’s provision to complete the building of his unfinished house.
Good health and strength for all the teachers in FEC as they continue to disciple the youth.
19. Pathway Fellowship in Siem Reap
Pray for the Lord to continue growing the ministry and strengthening those who have opened their hearts and minds to Him; pray for the Pathway team as they follow up with people who have responded to the Lord.
Thank God for a growing children’s ministry in the churches and preaching points. Pray for support for the ministry team as they seek to serve in this area.
For good follow-up and spiritual growth of the children who came to know Christ during village outreach.
Wisdom and strength for the teachers at Mustard Seed School (MSS).
God’s guidance and provision as MSS and the church that worships there need to relocate to a new place.
God’s provision, leading and continued open doors in medical ministry.
20. Wesley Phnom Penh Hostel (WPPH)
For former hostel students who have gone on to university to do well in their higher education. Praise the Lord for some who continued engaging the church community; pray for more to do so
For the Lord to guide the curriculum preparation and recruitment of new teachers for the English Corner Programme.
Pray for God's empowerment upon the pastors to sow seeds and for more students to open their hearts to receive Jesus into their lives. May the youths who have received Him grow deeper in their faith and relationship with God.
Indonesia
21. Batam & Bintan
Sustaining strength and wisdom for teachers to plan for the lessons and engage the students effectively. The students to learn effectively and to be diligent in their studies.
Pray for the students to be nurtured in godly values and to develop godly character.
Protection and good health for the pastors and leaders of GPI churches; wisdom and anointing to provide leadership and pastoral care.
More opportunities to reach out to the community through visitations.
Steadfastness for the congregation in their faith and spiritual growth.
Diligence for those who participated in a sewing workshop in developing their skills.
Wisdom in planning mission trips to Batam and Bintan to support the ministry at the school (English teaching and teacher’s training), and community outreach for families and children (churches).
22. Medan
Pray for the children and youth to grow in their faith and discipleship.
For the ministry workers to be used by God to bless the children, preteens and youth.
For the youth starting their university education to develop in character and find guidance regarding choosing their careers.
Students receiving scholarships to focus well in their studies.
Good follow-up & nurturing of faith for new believers & future youth leaders of the ministry.
All workers with our mission partner in Medan to keep up the spirit of serving God with love and humility.
23. Laos
Wisdom upon the nation’s leaders to find ways to cope with the financial crisis and help the poor who are struggling with inflation and the high cost of living.
Protection, courage and good health for God’s people especially those living in rural areas.
Wisdom, sustaining strength, favour and perseverance for God’s workers serving the least, the lost and the last.
Open hearts and responsiveness to the good news by the locals.
Myanmar
24. Acts Church
The Lord’s provision upon Acts Church, the children’s home and 2 church plants (with a 3rd plant in the works).
A piece of land for the permanent housing of the children in the children’s home.
Praise the Lord that the children’s home has relocated to a new rental premise. May the Lord continue to grant them favour with the community and the landlord.
Pray for the pastor and his wife as they are expecting a third child and have some minor complications in the pregnancy.
Safety and sufficient food for the people in this country.
25. Blessing Centre
For peace and stability to be restored and maintained.
For efforts by the local government together with faith leaders and organisations like World Vision to be strengthened to alleviate issues concerning livelihoods and food security as people rebuild their lives.
For the safety of the WV team on the ground, Win and Zechariah amongst others; for resilience and strength to continue the good work that they are already doing..
Philippines
26. Payatas Zone 1
Wisdom for church and community leaders in selecting the right livelihood projects for various local villages.
For New Hope Antioch Church’s prison ministry to transform lives; good health and strength for pastor VP.
Thank God for new believers in Pinagpala Christian Community Church’s outreach points; for more pre-believing families to be reached and more church members to serve as the ministry expands.
For a safe and suitable venue for Promised Land Christian Church’s new outreach point at a location that floods often; for God’s provision for various ministry needs of the church
Thank God for regular attendance of youth and adult members at Jesus The Mediator Church; pray for spiritual healing and good family relationships for church members and a job opening for AB.
27. High Praise Church (HPC)
Praise God for providing a rental space for HPC Mabuhay for Sunday worship.
For the children to attend weekly Good News Club programs to grow in their knowledge of Christ.
For the availability and faithful commitment of HPC leaders and youth leaders in running these programs.
For a new church plant at Sto Tomas to make an impact in the community; good health and safety of HPC leaders and volunteers who make weekly trips there..
South Asia
28. Community at Tea Plantation
Wisdom and discernment for Pastor L to continue prayer mobilisation and discipleship training.
Teachers and students, as they come and continue to learn from the skills training provided and their lives to be transformed.
Wisdom upon country team and favour with local authorities for their ministry to move forward.
29. Slum Village Churches
BLH*: The school to flourish for Christ and for scholarships for all the needy children; for the Lord’s protection upon the church’s land.
SMG*: Spiritual and numerical growth in the church and God’s protection upon the families in the slums; the Lord’s provision for the church’s needs
TPL*: Spiritual growth for the church and families living in the slums; the Lord’s protection and provision as the church has been asked to relocate in light of construction works nearby.
TPR*: spiritual and numerical growth in the church and to be a good testimony to pre-believers in the slum areas; the Lord’s provision for the needs of the church including outreach and missions work.
[*acronyms for slum areas where the churches are situated]
30. Nepal
Pray for the RB people group, who live in poverty, illiteracy, and are underprivileged; for the Good News to reach them that would bring hope, freedom and peace in their life.
Praise God for media home groups who have been effective in reaching out in Nepal; pray for the Lord’s provision for these ministries.
Thailand
31. Nong Bua Lamphu
For the Lord to continue to minister to the youths to receive His truths and promises and grow in their faith.
For ongoing online English lessons and GYM Isaan Fellowship led by Wesley volunteers to continue to serve the needs of NBLPMC members and their invited friends; for more volunteers to come on board to teach English.
For friendships built at Nongsan to be strengthened and for the people there to come to know Christ personally.
Strength and wisdom for Pastor K to juggle multiple roles and lead the church.
Discipline and discernment for the youths when it comes to using their digital devices.
Healing for members of the congregation who are ill and struggling with family issues.
32. Phrao
For the children at the outreach centre at LK to know God more and progress in their studies; for a church to be built at LK in the future.
Outreach at KP and MS villages to bear fruit for God; more children to join the activities there.
The Lord’s provision for a full-time worker at LK and a more convenient location to run the program there.
For God to touch the lives of families with children and the elderly who are ill and homebound as the church reaches out to them.
Good health & protection for Pastor D and his family.
33. Khek Noi and Chiangmai
For more labourers to join our missions partner; recruitment has been slow over the past few months as travel restrictions ease & tourism related business are on a hiring spree.
For the children residing at the two centres to experience the love of Christ and be renewed in hope of a better future; for those baptised recently to grow in Christ and to always fix their eyes on Jesus in all circumstances.
For our partner’s Thai staff team to have strength & be pointed to God.
34. Timor Leste
For volunteers who are willing to serve 1-2 years as house parents in Sundermeier Home and Dunamis House, and to mentor home-grown leaders to take over the role of house parents.
For organisations and individuals with business or entrepreneurship expertise to come alongside and mentor Timorese in basic business skills.
The missionaries, teachers and staff to be empowered to nurture this generation of youth to be a light and blessing to their community and the nations beyond.
Thank God for the completion of 3 key buildings in the SPMS Development Project in January that can now be used by 795 students in the new school term. Pray for the remaining construction of the admin block and 2 hostel blocks to be completed soon.
35. Wesley Youths in Missions
For God to nurture a heart for missions amongst our youths, and raise a generation of missions-minded youths in Wesley YM with a desire to serve Him.
For God to lead our youths and youth leaders as we seek to learn more about missions.
For God to bring more youth mission trip leaders and trippers to serve Him in the mission fields as YM starts to ramp up missions activities.
For wisdom and love for the youth missions leaders as they reconnect with various mission fields after the Covid-19 pandemic.
For our upcoming youth mission trips to be God-led and for our youth trippers to be good witnesses for God.
“…pray continually…for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.”
Wesleyans, let’s pray together as a Church.
Each week, at the appointed time let us pray for our spiritual health as children of God.
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