Tuesday
A badminton scandal took China by storm when the Chinese Olympic badminton players deliberately lost their game. This scandal stemmed from the team's' objective of purposely losing games so they would be placed higher in the knockout portion of the game. We all know that God judges us by our hearts and our motives. Like everyone else, Chinese believers must guard themselves lest they become religious in appearance and words only. We pray that the Holy Spirit will always convict us of insincere love for God and His people.
Wednesday
China has dominated in table tennis, badminton, diving, and women's weightlifting in the Olympics but such an advantage is like a "double-edged sword" which can choke off the future competitiveness of the nation because so many of the players never advance into the national team. Our Lord requires each of us to be faithful in serving Him. We lift up all those who serve in the capacity of teachers and those involved in caring ministries in the church. May the Lord bless them as they diligently and humbly serve Him. We look forward to the day when He will call each of us "My good and faithful servant"!
Thursday
China's Olympics system is all about state-run schools focused on the best, brightest and youngest athletes. Children as young as six are handpicked to be the next generation of Chinese medal winners. They get some education, but the focus is on training - and more training.Many Chinese churches do not see far enough or give excuses for not providing spiritual training for the little ones in church. What a great loss. Let us pray for the Sunday School teachers, for seeing their responsibility as utterly important and urgent, and to teach with passion each Sunday.
Friday
Chinese coaches and athletes go through great pain and hardship for glory. Across this country, there are roughly a thousand schools, costing hundreds of millions of dollars to a government that wants each one to be an Olympics dream factory. When a church neglects training her young people, a whole generation is lost. Again, we pray for burden and passion in ministering to the young people in the church. Children in church must be trained with God’s Word and the adults need to provide godly examples for them.
Saturday
Hong Kong encountered a lot of opposition when they tried to implement the Chinese National Education lessons which detractors say will stifle independent thinking. The new textbooks will give a pro-Communist Party account of China's history and political system. Hong Kong has many schools that are run by individual churches or denominations and they are very strong academically. Let us pray for the students in all of the Christian schools throughout Asia. May they have strong faith, Biblical values, and the desire to glorify the Lord.
Sunday
In China, temporary workers are often used as convenient scapegoats when something goes wrong. When “chengguan” (local police in charge of enforcing regulation) officers severely beat a street vendor, the incident was blamed on "temporary workers". When the wrong building was demolished, "temporary workers" got the blame, too. In general urban churches do not reach out to the large number of temporary workers (migrant workers) from the villages because they consider them to be uneducated or not sophisticated. We pray that we all will learn to love those people Jesus welcomed, the sinners and the social outcasts.
Monday
The majority of China churches are so-called House Churches, which comprise about 70% of all believers. But, among the open churches or the Three-Self churches, there is segment of “independent” churches, of which Wenzhou churches are known for. We want to pray specifically for believers and pastors in the Three-Self churches. May the Lord add to their numbers and bless their fellowship, especially their youth ministry. We also pray that open churches will be passionate about sharing the Gospel.
A badminton scandal took China by storm when the Chinese Olympic badminton players deliberately lost their game. This scandal stemmed from the team's' objective of purposely losing games so they would be placed higher in the knockout portion of the game. We all know that God judges us by our hearts and our motives. Like everyone else, Chinese believers must guard themselves lest they become religious in appearance and words only. We pray that the Holy Spirit will always convict us of insincere love for God and His people.
Wednesday
China has dominated in table tennis, badminton, diving, and women's weightlifting in the Olympics but such an advantage is like a "double-edged sword" which can choke off the future competitiveness of the nation because so many of the players never advance into the national team. Our Lord requires each of us to be faithful in serving Him. We lift up all those who serve in the capacity of teachers and those involved in caring ministries in the church. May the Lord bless them as they diligently and humbly serve Him. We look forward to the day when He will call each of us "My good and faithful servant"!
Thursday
China's Olympics system is all about state-run schools focused on the best, brightest and youngest athletes. Children as young as six are handpicked to be the next generation of Chinese medal winners. They get some education, but the focus is on training - and more training.Many Chinese churches do not see far enough or give excuses for not providing spiritual training for the little ones in church. What a great loss. Let us pray for the Sunday School teachers, for seeing their responsibility as utterly important and urgent, and to teach with passion each Sunday.
Friday
Chinese coaches and athletes go through great pain and hardship for glory. Across this country, there are roughly a thousand schools, costing hundreds of millions of dollars to a government that wants each one to be an Olympics dream factory. When a church neglects training her young people, a whole generation is lost. Again, we pray for burden and passion in ministering to the young people in the church. Children in church must be trained with God’s Word and the adults need to provide godly examples for them.
Saturday
Hong Kong encountered a lot of opposition when they tried to implement the Chinese National Education lessons which detractors say will stifle independent thinking. The new textbooks will give a pro-Communist Party account of China's history and political system. Hong Kong has many schools that are run by individual churches or denominations and they are very strong academically. Let us pray for the students in all of the Christian schools throughout Asia. May they have strong faith, Biblical values, and the desire to glorify the Lord.
Sunday
In China, temporary workers are often used as convenient scapegoats when something goes wrong. When “chengguan” (local police in charge of enforcing regulation) officers severely beat a street vendor, the incident was blamed on "temporary workers". When the wrong building was demolished, "temporary workers" got the blame, too. In general urban churches do not reach out to the large number of temporary workers (migrant workers) from the villages because they consider them to be uneducated or not sophisticated. We pray that we all will learn to love those people Jesus welcomed, the sinners and the social outcasts.
Monday
The majority of China churches are so-called House Churches, which comprise about 70% of all believers. But, among the open churches or the Three-Self churches, there is segment of “independent” churches, of which Wenzhou churches are known for. We want to pray specifically for believers and pastors in the Three-Self churches. May the Lord add to their numbers and bless their fellowship, especially their youth ministry. We also pray that open churches will be passionate about sharing the Gospel.
星期二
排名第一的中國女子羽球代表隊為確保可以包攬奧運女雙金、銀牌 ,女雙組在分組賽與韓國隊碰面時，雙方均頻頻犯下低水平失誤，最後因消極比賽而被取消參賽資格。鋻察人心的神知道我們的心思意念，在祂眼前沒有一事能夠隱藏。求神時常提醒祂的兒女，千萬不要只有敬虔的外貌，卻背棄了敬虔的實意；更求主幫助我們行事為人，沒有偽善、假冒，竭力實踐切實愛神愛人。
星期三
在奧運中，中國選手在乒乓球、羽毛球、跳水、女子舉重等項目擁有絕對性的優勢，但這種優勢就像柄「雙刃劍」，也威脅著這些項目的生存環境，造成國內非常優秀卻無法代表國家的選手沒有「出路」。主對我們信徒的要求是忠心服事。我們為每位在中國教會做教導與關懷的同工禱告，求主加添能力與謙卑的心志，殷勤服侍，因當主來的那一天，願我們的主都誇獎我們是忠心良善的好僕人。
星期四
中國奧運選手育成是透過全面向的國家監督體系產生。 國營的體育學校極力培訓年輕運動員，大多數運動員在六歲左右就被選為培訓對象, 接受全天候的訓練，成為中國下一代奪金人選。 許多中國教會沒有在下一代的靈命上做栽培的投資，或許是沒有遠見，或是有種種的藉口，其實這對神國造成極大的損失。我們為每一位參與主日學教導的同工禱告，叫他們看見自己有極其重要和緊迫的責任，在教學時以火熱的心和真誠的愛來栽培我們孩子的靈命.
星期五
為了得到奧運金牌，中國教練和運動員付出極大的堅苦與代價。全國大概有一千多家體育學校，國家每年耗費數億美元，這是中國的奧運夢工場。當教會忽略了培植年輕一代靈性的重要性，臨到要承傳交棒之時，相對的將失去這一整個世代。我們再次為中國教會有服事年輕人的負擔和感動來祈求神。我們必須負責教導這些神所托付給我們的孩子們，用神的話語，以我們自己敬虔的榜樣，使他們從小就敬畏神，到老也不偏離。
星期六
香港各級學校將要開始實行「國民教育」課程，大體而言就是愛國(共產黨)教育。香港部分政治人士和學者擔心，國民教育內容偏向「報喜不報憂」，無法讓學生學到真實、客觀的國情，甚至淪為「政治洗腦」。香港有許多由教會開辦的學校，在知識傳授之餘，亦會向學生傳遞信仰，是家長們公認的好學校。我們為在亞洲地區(包括內地) 基督徒開辦的學校及其學生禱告，求主賜他們信心，堅守聖經的價值觀，一生高舉神、榮耀神，服務人群。
星期日
「臨時工」顧名思義乃「臨時招聘的工人」，也常被利用為社會問題的「替罪羊」。「城管」取締、建築物拆除，出事「惹禍」，都歸罪於他們；臨時工出事、畏罪潛逃、官府抓捕云云，事情就此可以不了了之。中國大部份的城市教會不能吸引臨時工或農民工，推諉於因他們教育程度不高，不夠文明，難以融入以中產、高知識份子為主體的城市教會。主耶穌在世時常與罪人及社會邊緣人物為友，求主幫助我們能體會祂廣施救贖的博愛心腸，明白祂盼世間人人得救的心意。
星期一
目前中國基督教的主體是「家庭教會」，約占信徒總數的70%，「三自」教會占30%。在「三自」中還有一種稱為「獨立教會」。即在政府裏有登記，但主導權在教會手裏，名義上是「三自」，但實際上有很大區別。溫州就是獨立教會的代表，人稱之為「不三不四」。我們為在三自系統的信徒，尤其是牧者同工們祈求。願主多加添他們得救的人數，興旺他們的團契，特別在青少年事工上，求主加添他們的力量和祝福，也為「開放教會」更有傳福音的異象與熱忱來禱告。
排名第一的中國女子羽球代表隊為確保可以包攬奧運女雙金、銀牌 ,女雙組在分組賽與韓國隊碰面時，雙方均頻頻犯下低水平失誤，最後因消極比賽而被取消參賽資格。鋻察人心的神知道我們的心思意念，在祂眼前沒有一事能夠隱藏。求神時常提醒祂的兒女，千萬不要只有敬虔的外貌，卻背棄了敬虔的實意；更求主幫助我們行事為人，沒有偽善、假冒，竭力實踐切實愛神愛人。
星期三
在奧運中，中國選手在乒乓球、羽毛球、跳水、女子舉重等項目擁有絕對性的優勢，但這種優勢就像柄「雙刃劍」，也威脅著這些項目的生存環境，造成國內非常優秀卻無法代表國家的選手沒有「出路」。主對我們信徒的要求是忠心服事。我們為每位在中國教會做教導與關懷的同工禱告，求主加添能力與謙卑的心志，殷勤服侍，因當主來的那一天，願我們的主都誇獎我們是忠心良善的好僕人。
星期四
中國奧運選手育成是透過全面向的國家監督體系產生。 國營的體育學校極力培訓年輕運動員，大多數運動員在六歲左右就被選為培訓對象, 接受全天候的訓練，成為中國下一代奪金人選。 許多中國教會沒有在下一代的靈命上做栽培的投資，或許是沒有遠見，或是有種種的藉口，其實這對神國造成極大的損失。我們為每一位參與主日學教導的同工禱告，叫他們看見自己有極其重要和緊迫的責任，在教學時以火熱的心和真誠的愛來栽培我們孩子的靈命.
星期五
為了得到奧運金牌，中國教練和運動員付出極大的堅苦與代價。全國大概有一千多家體育學校，國家每年耗費數億美元，這是中國的奧運夢工場。當教會忽略了培植年輕一代靈性的重要性，臨到要承傳交棒之時，相對的將失去這一整個世代。我們再次為中國教會有服事年輕人的負擔和感動來祈求神。我們必須負責教導這些神所托付給我們的孩子們，用神的話語，以我們自己敬虔的榜樣，使他們從小就敬畏神，到老也不偏離。
星期六
香港各級學校將要開始實行「國民教育」課程，大體而言就是愛國(共產黨)教育。香港部分政治人士和學者擔心，國民教育內容偏向「報喜不報憂」，無法讓學生學到真實、客觀的國情，甚至淪為「政治洗腦」。香港有許多由教會開辦的學校，在知識傳授之餘，亦會向學生傳遞信仰，是家長們公認的好學校。我們為在亞洲地區(包括內地) 基督徒開辦的學校及其學生禱告，求主賜他們信心，堅守聖經的價值觀，一生高舉神、榮耀神，服務人群。
星期日
「臨時工」顧名思義乃「臨時招聘的工人」，也常被利用為社會問題的「替罪羊」。「城管」取締、建築物拆除，出事「惹禍」，都歸罪於他們；臨時工出事、畏罪潛逃、官府抓捕云云，事情就此可以不了了之。中國大部份的城市教會不能吸引臨時工或農民工，推諉於因他們教育程度不高，不夠文明，難以融入以中產、高知識份子為主體的城市教會。主耶穌在世時常與罪人及社會邊緣人物為友，求主幫助我們能體會祂廣施救贖的博愛心腸，明白祂盼世間人人得救的心意。
星期一
目前中國基督教的主體是「家庭教會」，約占信徒總數的70%，「三自」教會占30%。在「三自」中還有一種稱為「獨立教會」。即在政府裏有登記，但主導權在教會手裏，名義上是「三自」，但實際上有很大區別。溫州就是獨立教會的代表，人稱之為「不三不四」。我們為在三自系統的信徒，尤其是牧者同工們祈求。願主多加添他們得救的人數，興旺他們的團契，特別在青少年事工上，求主加添他們的力量和祝福，也為「開放教會」更有傳福音的異象與熱忱來禱告。
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