SILICON VALLEY ALLIANCE CHURCH Prayer List (09/05/2012)

Scripture Reading: II Chronicles 6:18~21; 7:11~16 ____________________________________________________________________________

“The Secret of all failure is failure in Secret prayer!!” “所有失敗的主因(秘密)往往可歸咎於秘密禱告的失敗!!” -The Kneeling Christian-

Please pray for the World and America & California… 1. Please pray for the upcoming Presidential Election. 2. Please also pray for protection on the people who live in the areas that might be affected by the Hurricane Isaac! 3. Please pray for CALIFORNIA! Please pray for our Governor! Pray for the SPIRITUAL and the worsen budget crisis! 4. Please continue praying for God’s mercy on our States…as the Court has overturned the Proposition 8! Please pray as the battles will go on. 5. Please continue to pray for our President as he leads this country! 6. Please continue praying for the weaken US economy. Pray for divine protection on brothers and sisters’ jobs and businesses.Pray for those who are looking for jobs.

Pray for Mission 1. Rev. & Mrs. Brett, Celine Bower (Amelie & Aidan). Please continue praying for them as they start their mission in Paris.(Sign up to pray: [email protected]). 2. Rev. Tenny and Stephanie Hong (Gaius & Crispus)! Please continue praying for their ministry! (Sign up to pray: [email protected]) 3. Thank you for praying. Our Youth Short Term Mission Team to Mexico is safely home. Many of them have gone on to the BAAYF! 4. Pray for the MISSION we support: Mission Field of Quito, Ecuador (Pastor & Mrs. W.K. Lai) 5. Short Term Mission Team: Oakland STMT

STMT to the Restaurant Workers

Pray for Our Church Prayer Focus: (09/05/2011): VBS Reunion-Bird Show on 9/9/2012 (Christine Chan) 1. We thank God for giving us this precious opportunity to have another opportunity to reach out to the families God brought to us during the VBS. 2. Pray for safe journey to SVAC on Sunday for the Bird Show Team.

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Please join our hearts together to pray… for the Alpha Course (begins on 8/31) Praise the Lord, over 40+ people has come to the Alpha course. Pray that the Spirit will speak to the non-believers and lead them to Christ. Pray for divine protection on the decisions of these people. Pray for strength and unity among the Alpha team members Pray for spiritual protection and victory in this spiritual warfare as we making headway to bring people to Christ Pray that the name of Jesus will be exalted and known to many people through this ministry.

Upcoming Prayer Focuses for the week of… (09/12/2011): Nomination Process for 2013 (09/19/2011): Cantonese Christian Education (Kenneth Chung) (09/26/2011): Mandarin Ministry

Events to come… 1. Alpha Course begins 2. Mandarin Bible Study 3. Mandarin Fellowship 4. Electing the Nomination Committee

(weekly on Friday)

9/7/2012 9/15/12 9/9/2012

(1 member from each of the 3 Services)

5. Children Ministry-VBS Reunion Bird Show 6. Cantonese Sun School New Term Begins 7. Church Wide Prayer Meeting

9/9/2012 @ 2 PM

9/16/2012 10/07/2012 @ 1:30 PM

Outreach: 1. Line Dance: Please pray for the 2 new ways we will be trying to close in to this group of people. Please continue praying for our Monthly Line Dance Fellowship as we are trying to reach out to the line dancers. Please pray as we are trying to gradually trying to incorporate all the Saturday Morning Outreach activities into this Fellowship. Please continue praying for our Computer Class as we try to close in to the non believers God brought to us. 2. Please pray for our Outreach ESL class. Pray that we will be able to reach these students with the Gospel. New Quarter will start in September. 3. Restaurant Fellowship—Pray that God will continue encourage and motivate these brothers and sisters to serve in this very challenging ministry! Pray that our own brothers and sisters would gradually involve in this ministry! Church Ministry Needs: 1. Please pray for the Pastoral Search for a Cantonese Pastor! 2. Please pray for Divine Protection on our Staff and their families! 3. Please pray for God’s guidance in the Mandarin Ministry. 4. Pray for our Board members and departmental heads! Please pray that God will use them mightily to serve His church. Pray for divine protection upon our board members and pastoral staff’s health, spiritual lives, family and marriage. 5. Please pray for wisdom for the English Ministry Team (EMT) as this team seeks to serve our English Congregation. 6. Please pray that God would raise up more teachers to teach and more students to attend the English, Sunday School classes

PRAY FOR OUR CONGREGATIONAL NEEDS 1. Pray for those who are in Theological Training and those who are seeking God’s guidance in Full time ministry. 2. Pray for those who are seeking for jobs. 3. Pray for God’s protection on marriages and Families. 4. Expecting Parents:  Cathy (Warrick) Leung (Pastoral Staff, Sept 2012)  Sandra (Alex) Wong (Noah, Dec 2012)  Frances (Andy) Au (Noah, Feb 2013)

PRAY FOR Grace of God Alliance Church 1. The GGAC Board - clear guidance from God, wisdom and energy. 2. Pray that God would motivate more brothers and sisters to serve. 3. Please pray for the Spiritual health of brothers and sisters!

SPECIAL NEEDS: Please pray for Healing upon: There are many among us who are coping with different kind of pain and sickness, please remember to include those you know in your prayers. 1. Please continue praying for Pastor Warrick (Cathy) Leung’s father, Philip (Rebecca) Leung (Elijah). Philip’s condition really needs our prayers. He was out of the ICU, but went right back in on this Sunday (9/2) because of his fever. His fever is subsiding and his condition is more stable now. And he is out of the ICU by Tuesday (9/4) afternoon. Please keep this family in your prayers. Pray for strength and pray for divine healing. Pray especially for Pastor Warrick (Cathy) Leung’s mother, Rebecca, that she would be comforted during this time. She's holding well together and she's surrounded by many family members and friends, but she's feeling a little pessimistic about the situation. Pray also for Pastor Warrick (Cathy) Leung’s brother and sister-in-law who are here with the family from Massachusetts. Pray also for Pastor Warrick and Cathy that they would be able to deal with all the things going on. Cathy is due to go into labor in the coming few weeks so they could go without the additional stress. 2. Pray also for Jessie (Pastor Jake) Hawney as she recovers from her surgery over the weekend. 3. Please pray for Christine (Daniel) Yip’s (Lighthouse) mother. She is diagnosed to have stage 4 cancer. Please pray for God’s healing upon her and pray that God would sustain the family. Christine’s mother attends the West Valley Alliance Church. 4. Please continue praying for Ivy (Bill) Wong‘s (Bethel) older sister’s daughter-in-law Debbie, (i.e. her neice-in-law). She has been diagnosed with liver cancer, both left & right sides have tumors. And the latest update was that the cancer has spread to Debbie’s bone. Debbie is only 41 years old and she has 2 girls ages 5 & 7. They live in Utah. Please pray for wisdom in deciding what treatments to take after hearing what the oncologists have to offer. 5. Please pray for Ed Yum’s (Bethel) sister in law, the wife of his 3rd brother, Susanna. She has started chemotherapy treatment for her breast cancer which will last for about 24 weeks. Please pray for her strength in handling the side effects and her confidence in dealing with the changes. Please pray for healing and her salvation. 6. Please keep praying for Lisa's (Peter) Ting (Canaan) aunt's 5th daugther, Angel Lai, 14 yrs old who is a very good Christian. She has been fighting her ovarian cancer. Please pray for this young little girl that our Lord would heal her and that our Lord would lessen her pain and discomfort. 7. Please pray for Monica Loo (Bethel), she has been having this excruciating pains in her knees and some joints. Pray that God would sustain her to have strength, emotionally and spiritually to endure during this difficult time. 3. Please pray for divine healing upon the mother of a family in the English Congregation, Joey (Andrew) Lai (EC). Joey's mother has cancer and it has spread to her liver. Please pray...the family needs us to stand with them. 4. Continue to pray for Alice Ng (Jabbok)’s sister-in-law, Esther as she continues to recover from her tonsil cancer! Please continue praying for healing and strength. 5. Cecilia Wong’s friend, Lancy – She’s a Christian and married with 1 teenage kid. Pray for healing upon her insomnia and her stomach issue.

Prayer Requests…Please send to [email protected]