On a Journey

"There, by the Ahava Canal, I proclaimed a fast, so that we might humble ourselves before our God and ask him for a safe journey for us and our children, with all our possessions. I was ashamed to ask the king for soldiers and horsemen to protect us from enemies on the road, because we had told the king, 'The gracious hand of our God is on everyone who looks to him, but his great anger is against all who forsake him.' So we fasted and petitioned out God about this, and he answered our prayer." - Ezra 8:21-23

Church may seem like a routine week after week, but when we look back to where we have been over many years, it looks much more like a journey. Hopefully people grow and mature in Christ, while those who don't know Jesus are brought in. Many new relationships are established and skills learned as we serve the Lord. There are also spiritual dangers as Satan exploits divisions and tries to bring us down, both individually and collectively. We need to pray for this journey regularly, as individuals and also joining together as a group. Pray for our upcoming mini prayer retreat as we join together to call out to the Lord. Also give thanks for a successful joint Prayer Mountain meeting of the Mandarin congregations from the various Home of Christ churches in the Bay Area.
HIGHLIGHTED PRAYER REQUEST

On October 10th, we have a tentative plan for a mini prayer retreat. This will be for adults, youth and children. Pray for the planning of this. May the Lord unite us in prayer, and also give us unity of purpose and vision.

PRAY FOR OUR CONGREGATION

We are praying about the next step in serving and building bridges with our neighborhood. Please pray that God will inspire us and lead us in the right direction(s).

Our theme this year is "Learning to Share". Pray that we will all learn to share from our material resources, our time, our abilities, and our faith.

As we begin this new ministry year, we have new leaders and some new plans. Please pray for our new group leaders: Kenneth Huang, Ben Hsu and Douglas Stillman. Pray that God will give grow them and use them this year for the building of his Kingdom.

PRAY FOR THE REST OF OUR CHURCH

Please pray for Rev Mark Cheng (Also spells like Pastor Zheng, Guo), who is very sick and very weak recently. Please remember him in your constant prayers to the Lord.

The Home of Christ united prayer meeting was held on Saturday at Prayer Mountain. Praise God that all 6 HOCs sent people to join together in seeking the Lord. May this be a start to a more united vision of how we can serve the Lord together and strengthen one another.

We are considering offer kids programs during the time when Mandarin adult Sunday School is going on from about 9:45 am to 10:45 am. Pray that we will have enough coworkers to handle this new task.

Two sisters from the Cantonese congregation, Polly and Mandy Leung were once touched by God's words. Pray that the Holy Spirit will bring them back to Him.

PRAY ABOUT HOW GOD IS LEADING YOU ON HIS MISSION

PRAY FOR THREE(3) OF YOUR UN-CHURCHED FRIENDS/FAMILY

In the name of our Lord Jesus Christ,

Amen.