Prayer

A. Church Needs - Church Office Relocation Logistics (Bobby)

• Efficient planning of #02-12 to cater to ministries & their expansion plans.
• An increase in rentals by other organizations.
• Smooth running of logistics for relocation of office.

B. Church Sunday Service on 3rd December (Kelvin Su)

• Everyone will pray for someone whom they can invite for Sunday service.
• Visitors who are invited for special video screening will be ministered by strong presence of God.
• Openness to Pastor’s sermon that visitors will find God’s Word to be real and relevant to their lives.

C. New Ministry: Tweenies (Mei Cheng)

• Protection over toddlers & caregivers that they will be strong physically & spiritually.
• Good rapport to be built between caregivers & children, so children would feel secure and safe at Tweenies, especially those who are fearful when mom or dad is not around.
• Wisdom, direction for ministry leaders to make sure ministry is running smoothly, kids are well taken care of and caregivers’ spiritual health to be looked after too.
• Wisdom, stamina, direction and inspiration in coming up with a program for toddlers in future.

D. Tuition project (Gary)

• Logistics for publicity drive on coming Monday, 4th Dec will run smoothly and yield good results.
• There will be more volunteers to avail their time for knocking door-to-door publicity.
• Strength for volunteers, direction & wisdom to select the right areas for publicity drive.
• Program would help us to reach out to the students with the hope of enriching their lives.

E. Sunday school (Seth)

• More teachers will join in imparting godly values and virtues to nurture God-fearing children with a love for Jesus & His Word.
• Wisdom, direction to plan and reorganise the logistics of running Sunday school after the relocation.
• Protection over all the children and ministry members/leaders will be strong physically & spiritually.
• Parents who came for Children’s Day party will be able to bring their children for Christmas party. Subsequently their children will join Sunday school too.
• Children will enjoy Christmas Party and song presentation during Christmas service.

F. Youths/Young Adults Ministry (Colin)

• For each individual to discover their strengths & talents in Christ, and be proactive to use them for God’s purposes in their lives.
• Increase in faith & boldness to reach out to their friends, colleagues and family.
• For faithfulness & perseverance in their personal relationship with Jesus that they may pursue it with great fervor & diligence daily.

G. Christmas Production: Singapore Okkk! & Christmas Service (Hock Kee)

• Raymond will be able to film the movie with tight deadline.
• Acting crew will commit & be united for the filming this weekend.
• Favour to be upon all whom we are working with.
• Everyone will be able to invite friends whom we have committed in last prayer service, for our Christmas service.
• Pastor’s sermon will impact all about Jesus who’s the ultimate gift.

H. Come Celebrate Christmas in Singapore: Blessings under A Star, 16-25 Dec. Christmas in Chinatown: Sharing God’s Love, by Chinatown Network Churches, 16-17 Dec (James)

• Strength & anointing as Jack & worship team join in the combined “Praise & Worship” on 17th Dec with other Chinatown churches.
• Everyone will take this opportunity to invite friends & families to witness and experience God’s presence & power as God’s people gather together in worship.
• People all over the world who visit Orchard Road & Chinatown will experience the true meaning of Christmas.
• Souls to be ushered into the Kingdom of God all over Singapore as churches unite together for outreach during this festive period.
• Generous donations & many volunteers will participate in this event.

I. Church Camp – 10th to 13th Dec (Louis)

• For ourselves to come with expectations God will move mightily during the Singapore’s pre-camp (8 - 9 Dec) and KL’s camp (10 - 12 Dec). And, pray for God’s mighty hand to be in ALL services.
• To prepare our hearts to receive the messages from God during these services. And for His grace, to make changes in our lives, both individually and corporately, to change what is not pleasing to Him.
• For God to speak to Pastor Arcovio and that he will be sensitive to God and will bring us the message for the season.
• God’s richest blessings to be upon Pastor Arcovio, his family and his church even as he avails himself to bless us during this time of the year.
• Lord will go before us and prepare the campsite; that no work of the enemy will prosper there and that it will be sanctified for God’s purpose and His people. An atmosphere of high faith accompanied with prophecy to be in operation.
• We’ll have a smooth logistics arrangement. Encounter no problem with the Malaysian customs. Ask God for journey mercy and safety for everyone for the entire period of camp.

A. Church Needs - Church Office (Bobby)

1. For God’s direction & guidance with regards to where He is leading us.
2. Efficient use of church office premise & for greater utilization in terms of other organizations renting our place.

B. Church Sunday Services (Jeffrey)

1. Our services to move in the supernatural accompanied with signs and wonders.
2. More visitors to fill our seats for our Sunday services.
3. Healing & prophecies to take place during our services.
4. God’s presence to be strong throughout service.
5. People would be attracted to our services and they would find our sermons relevant to their lives.

C. New Ministry: Tweenies (Cynthia/Pauline/Cher Ching)

1. Protection over toddlers and caregivers (due to age group, toddlers are very susceptible to all sorts of things)
2. Wisdom, stamina and creativity, love and patience for all caregivers in taking care of the kids.
3. Good rapport to be built between caregivers & children, so children would feel secure and safe at Tweenies, especially those who are fearful when mom or dad is not around.
4. Wisdom, direction for ministry leaders to make sure ministry is running smoothly, kids are well taken care of and caregivers’ spiritual health to be looked after too.
5. Direction and inspiration in coming up with a program for toddlers in future.
6. Blessings over all who serve especially those whose kids are not in the ministry, ie, Chrisine Tang, Patricia Lai and Jazlyn.
7. Fruitful fellowship & ministry when caregivers are on duty together each Sunday even though they cannot be in service.
8. More suitable people to avail themselves for this ministry next year.
9. Passion & stamina for all who serve.

D. Christmas Production: Singapore Okkk! (Victor)

1. For Victor & Choon Kiat, as well as the rest of the team to be able to execute & complete the project on time.
2. Raymond to be able to produce & film the movie with the budget given.
3. Acting crew to be able to commit themselves for this production & for cohesion.
4. Favour to be upon all whom we are working with.
5. For all of us to be able to invite our friends to church and pack the whole auditorium for our Christmas service.

E. Come Celebrate Christmas In Singapore: Blessings Under A Star, 16-25 Dec; Christmas In Chinatown: Sharing God’s Love, by Chinatown Network Churches, 16-17 Dec (Paul)

1. For people to donate generously for this event.
2. Volunteers for the various positions to be filled.
3. People all over the world who visit Orchard Road & Chinatown will experience the true meaning of Christmas.
4. Souls to be ushered into the Kingdom of God all over Singapore as churches unite together for outreach during this festive period.

F. Community Projects (Bobby) - Dip/ Adv Counselling program

1. Sign-ups from other churches via mass mailing of brochures & emails.
2. Counsellors in training would be equipped for work in the community.
3. Program would help to generate more finance for God’s work.

G. Tuition centre (Mei Cheng)

1. More response from all flyers that have been distributed so that we may start some classes.
2. Currently there are some responses but we need more students for this project to be viable.
3. Program would help us to reach out to the students with the hope of enriching their lives.

H. Church Camp – 10th to 13th Dec (Kris)

1. For ourselves to come with expectations that God will move mightily during the Singapore’s pre-camp (8 - 9 Dec) and KL’s camp (10 - 12 Dec) services. And, pray for God’s mighty hand to be in ALL services.
2. To prepare our hearts to receive the messages from God during these services. And for His grace, to make changes in our lives, both individually and corporately, to change what is not pleasing to Him.
3. For God to speak to Pastor Arcovio and that he will be sensitive to God and will bring us the message for the season.
4. God’s richest blessings to be upon Pastor Arcovio, his family and his church even as he avails himself to bless us during this time of the year.
5. Against any hindrances that will stop saints from the KL churches who have made arrangements, to attend our services.
6. Lord will go before us and prepare the campsite; that no work of the enemy will prosper there and that it will be sanctified for God’s purpose and His people. An atmosphere of high faith accompanied with prophecy to be in operation.
7. We’ll have a smooth logistics arrangement. Encounter no problem with the Malaysian customs.
8. Ask God for journey mercy and safety for everyone for the entire period of camp.

- Theme -

Ministry

This month’s prayer theme is on the topic of Ministry. Have you ever wondered what the meaning of minister is? A quick check defines it as “one who serves or assists someone else; an exercise of one’s gifts and resources.”

Let’s take a closer look at Deut 6:5

“Love the Lord your God with all your heart and all your soul and all your strength”

What does loving the Lord mean? To spend time with Him, to develop a close relationship with Him. In other words, to minister to Him.

Looking further, how do we serve Him with all our heart, soul and strength? According to Deut 10:18, we are to defend the cause of the fatherless and the widow, and love the alien, giving them food and clothing. This defines what we can do when we talk about ministry to others.

Last but not least, we have personal ministry. God is not only interested in our spiritual well-being but also our physical wholeness. He is able to meet any needs that we have at this hour. He is the same yesterday, today and tomorrow. Even as He met the needs of the Israelites, what more can He do since He dwells in us this day!

- Order of Prayer -

We will be focusing on three main areas,

1. Ministry to God;
2. Ministry to Others; and
3. Personal Ministry

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- Theme -

Basically the Epaphras ministry has been on the theme of “Repentance, Restoration & Revival” so we decided that we wanted to continue with the same flow in mind and hence we settled down with a theme that asks ourselves what is the next move after we ask for revival?

The answer is Reaping! we want to go forth and reform our areas of influence & receive the rewards that we have sown in this past few months through prayer & fasting.

- Order of Prayer -

Real Stories: 2 testimonies that testifies of the goodness of God @ work!

Rejoice: A time of jubilation & celebration.

Read: A scripture verse is read.

Remembrance & Reaffirmation: Pastor to lead in a corporate prayer.

Requests I: Presenting prayer requests to God

Rejoice Again: 1 song of praise

Reports: Quick updates & prayer requests of key ministries in church.

Requests II: Prayer for the key ministries.

Reflect: A time of moving in the gifts of the Spirit, where we wait on the Lord to speak to His church.

Rejoice rejoice: 1 song of the redeemed!

Real Story: Another testimony to encourage the saints that the Lord is really moving in our midst.

Requests III: How we can ask Jesus to make Himself “Real” through us in our areas of influence, eg @ the marketplace & our communities.

Round-abt-Rejoicing: We’ll end with a song of declaration!

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