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Prayer of Confession

Father God, you said that “if My people who are called by My name will humble themselves, and pray and seek My face, and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin and heal their land.” Forgive us for our weaknesses, foolishness, blindness, and wickedness. We have sinned against you so much and for so long that we no longer know what is right, what is true and what is of you. We have fallen in love with the world and its ways, we have hardened our hearts and we are none righteous, not even one. We come before you today, God of all creation, the Holy One of Israel, asking for mercy & grace, for you to stay your hand before judgment befalls us. We ask for a new heart and a new spirit, that we may walk in righteousness, holiness and humility.

Lord, in Your mercy – hear our prayer.

Prayer for the world & China
Father, we repent for rebelling against you, turning to all kinds of idolatry, including worshipping of self, of wealth, of power; the new age movements, all forms of divination, fung shui, sorcery & witchcraft. We are so full of ourselves and seek only to indulge our selfish desires that our minds have become depraved. We want to take your place as the creator rather than acknowledge that we are the created. Out of pride we do things in the name of science, not observing your divine order across the universe. Lord, and as we witness the devastation in Szechuan, Myanmar, Georgia, and other places, our hearts remain largely unmoved. We pray for your church everywhere to have compassion and be prepared in disaster relief.

We cry out, O God, for a world-wide awakening to your truths that we would be convicted of our sinfulness. We pray also for the grace to overcome the world, the enemy and our fleshly desires by the blood of Jesus. Arouse your Church to a lifestyle of regular fasting & incessant prayer that Your Holy Spirit may flow in freedom and your government released in power on earth as it is in heaven.

Lord, in Your mercy – hear our prayer.

Prayer for Israel
Lord, we remember the nation of Israel in our prayer as well. We pray for real peace to come upon your nation and especially for protection over the integrity of Jerusalem, Gaza, Golan Heights & the West Bank. We close the door to all ungodly plans that call for division of the land, in Jesus’ name, and we speak a blessing of peace from our city of HK.

Prayer for HK
God, we pray for our government and lift up the elections for the legislative council that is taking place today. We pray for godly wisdom on those you choose to be elected, that they may have high integrity, moral standards and compassion.  We ask you for a holy reformation in our city, that the laws would close all doors to abortion, oppression of the poor, and all forms of immorality. Free us from the spirit of Sodom & Gomorrah, especially among our leaders. We pray also for your church to raise up prayer warriors who are willing to intercede day and night for those in government. Father, we pray for a government that is righteous and merciful, walking in your ways, in Jesus’ name.

Father, we pray also for unity in the Church, among the various congregations in HK. We repent for disunity and for caring more about our own programs than understanding Your heart for the city. Specifically, we pray for You to take the lead in the Christmas event on December 21, when believers from different denominations will gather at 12 different locations across HK, Kowloon and the New Territories to celebrate the first commandment through praise & worship to You, the everlasting King. We pray especially for those without families to join in the Lamb’s feast in the evening in West Kowloon, that the love of Jesus would be spread far & wide in our beloved city.

We pray also for the preparation work for the Global Day of Prayer and Global Day of Missions for 2009. We ask for divine strategies and favor to be released to those having been entrusted with the responsibility to organize these events. Lord, we do not want just to have more events, but we want You to be present and for lives to be forever changed, to the glory of God. We pray for HK and China to walk out their God-given destiny at this kairos moment, as You continue to unfold Your end time plans in our city and our nation.

Lord, in Your mercy – hear our prayer.

Prayer for families 
Lord, Your desire is for the parents’ hearts to be turned towards the children, and the children to the parents’. We agree and intercede for the restoration of families in HK. We repent, as parents, bringing idolatry into the home and opening the door to internet and gaming addictions because it is easier that way and we do not want to take the time to spend with our children, teaching them. Forgive us for not protecting our children who are our inheritance. We pray for the discernment to shut out ungodly toys, games and entertainment from our homes. Give us the love, the faith and the wisdom to show our children how to live in holiness, mercy and humility, day by day, moment by moment.

Lord, in your mercy – hear our prayer.

Prayer for St. Andrew’s
We pray for the Lord’s blessing upon this new season for our youth and children’s programs. We thank you, Lord, for the new staff members– Darren Pollock & Zara Villalba. We pray that you would anoint them and use them mightily to bring transformation into the lives of our young people. Lord, do a new thing with our young, release your Holy Spirit in them in a powerful and personal way that they may lead our church in the way towards revival. Raise up a new generation of young believers in our church who are not satisfied with the status quo, but who yearns for intimacy with You and are committed to a lifestyle of radical holiness and purity in complete devotion to you. Release Your call on them in order that they may respond. We ask also that the older generation would continue to invest in the youth, pouring out their hearts, their time, their resources and begin to walk with the younger generation in love and with purpose.

We pray also for the ongoing project to expand our church premises. God, we don’t want to run ahead of you nor fall behind, help us not to veer to the left nor to the right, but wherever we go and whatever we do, be the voice that speaks to us, “this is the way, go in it”. Help us to wait on You, to have faith and to choose to obey You above any fear of man. We ask that Your mercy goes before us as we embark upon this plan.

Lord, in your mercy – hear our prayer.

We pray in Jesus’ mighty name.

(last updated: 12 Sept 2008)

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