PRAYER CORNER  祈禱

Prayer Requests
If you would like for the Prayer Ministry and/or the Ministerial Staff to pray for your needs, please indicate your requests by filling out the Prayer Request Form in the bulletin, tear it out, and kindly drop it in the Prayer Request Box outside the Prayer Room. If you have a prayer request for a ministry or committee, please come in the Prayer Room and write down your request in the Prayer Notebook. Be assured that someone from the Prayer Ministry will pray for your needs. Lastly, if you have an unsaved loved one that you would like us to pray for, please write their name in the Prayer Notebook.

The Church-Wide Prayer Meeting is held on Thursday evenings, in the Education Building (Room 134) from 7 - 8 pm.

The weekly satellite prayer meetings are at the locations below:

  • Bellaire on Monday evenings (Tommy and Mabel Ligh)
  • Katy on Thursday evenings (David and Jennie Liang)
    

Please contact  William Gaw, Mabel Ligh, David Liang or the church office to join a church-wide prayer group.

The Sugar Land group is currently on summer break. Please check back for information when and where the group will meet again.

Weekly Prayer Requests
 

And He [Jesus] said: "I tell you the truth, unless you change and become like little children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven. Therefore, whoever humbles himself like this child is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven."
Matthew 18:3-4



 

     Prayer Requests for September 2 - 8, 2010
               Church-wide Prayer Meeting

                Download in English (.pdf format)



Concerning our Ministries

Pray for the following:

    1. Pray for God to change each of our hearts so that we will be right with God (Psalm 66:18) and that we will pray according to God's will (1John 5:14-15). Pray that we will all have a desire to come to worship service. And when we come, we will worship God in spirit and truth (John 4:23-24).
    2. Pray for the praise teams, choirs, speakers and all those who serve in the English and Chinese worship services:
      1. Sunday, Sept. 5: Dr. Jeff Ward will speak in English service and Pastor George Lim will speak in Chinese service.
      2. Sunday, Sept. 12: Bob Livesay will speak in both services.
    3. Pray for God's wisdom and strength for the CBC pastoral and administrative staff.
    4. Pray that God would bring many with changed hearts to pray at one of the corporate prayer meetings: Monday nights at Tommy & Mabel Ligh's in Bellaire; Thursday evenings at CBC and at David and Jennie Liang's in Katy.
    5. Pray for church unity based on John 17:23 and Ephesians 4:3. Pray that our words and actions will be edifying and based on truth and love.
    6. Pray for God to continue to provide vision for the Youth Ministry through Scripture, revelation, and circumstances.
    7. Pray for Stewardship and Finance Committee and the Church Council as they work diligently on the church budget for the new year.
    8. Pray for the Church Council (Pastor Ricky, Pastor Justin, Gene Yee, Nancy Lo, Sylvia Tam, August Lau, Mabel Ligh, Jimmy Ong, and Henry Wong) for wisdom and direction.
    9. Pray for Pastor Jeff Ward that God will give him wisdom and discernment as he begins to lead our church.
    10. Pray for God to do a mighty work in each of our lives during the English Revival services on Oct. 1-3. Pray for Dr. Larry Hipps as our guest speaker.
    11. Pray for the Evangelism Conference in October.
    12. Pray for the CBC vocal workshop to be pleasing to God in rebuilding all singers in choir and on the praise teams.
    13. Pray for the Annual Business Meeting on Sept. 12 for churchwide unity.
    14. Pray for the physical and spiritual needs of certain people.

Concerning our Missionaries

Pray for our missionaries: Karen and Mitsu Nakamura and family, Cenia Wong, and others.

Pray for Colling Tam as he is serving with an IMB couple.

Pray for Harmony Choi (daughter of Kai Yuen and Josephine) who will be doing humanitarian work in Haiti as a physical therapist beginning on Aug. 15 for six months. Pray for calmness, stamina, protection, and the ability to connect with the Christian missionaries and workers in Haiti.

Pray for The Frealy Family who are on furlough from Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Concerning our Nation and City

Pray for President Obama that God would give him wisdom, protection, and strength to lead this nation.

Pray that righteousness would prevail in our government at the national, state, and local levels.

Pray that President Obama would remove his legal brief in support of repealing the federal Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) which declares marriage is between one man and one woman.

Pray that the US Congress will not overturn "Don't Ask, Don't Tell."

Pray that God will raise up churches to pray and do sidewalk counseling at the newly opened Planned Parenthood nearby Univ. of Houston Central Campus. For more info, please go to www.texasfamilies.org or www.bound4life.com.

Pray for all US courts and judges to "follow justice and justice alone." (Deut. 16:20)

Thank God for helping BP stop the oil leak in the Gulf of Mexico. Pray for clean-up and recovery efforts to go smoothly and quickly.

Pray that traditional marriage will be upheld in this country in spite of a US federal judge (Vaughn Walker) overturning Prop. 8 in California.

Pray that God will help the Chilean people to rescue the trapped miners.

Concerning our World

Pray for the US troops and other NATO allied troops who are fighting courageously in Afghanistan. Pray for God's peace and comfort for the families who have lost loved ones.

Pray for the safety of missionaries and all Christians in Afghanistan. Pray for the families of the ten aid workers killed by the Taliban.

Pray for the families who have lost loved ones in the deadly flooding in Kot Addu, Pakistan. Pray for the 3.2 million people affected by the flooding.

Pray for the families in the northwestern province of Gansu in China who have lost loved ones due to severe flooding. Pray for the many who are displaced.

Pray for expanded Christian outreach to Muslims across the globe and for Muslim nations to receive the good news of Jesus Christ during Ramadan, which started on Aug. 11. Pray that many Christians will pray during the thirty days of prayer for this outreach. For info, go to www.30-days.net.

Pray for the peace of Jerusalem. (Psalm 122:6) Pray for God to intervene at the peace talks between the Israelis and Palestinians. Pray that God would intervene to stop Iran from building nuclear weapons. Pray that God would draw many in the Middle East to His Son Jesus, Who is the only source of lasting peace. Pray that many Christians will pray on the International Day of Prayer for the Peace of Jerusalem on October 3rd.