Aug 2026:Doing What Pleases God

Do we want to do things that please God?

 Philippians 4:14-16:

“But it is good that you share my sufferings. You Philippians know that when I first preached the

gospel after leaving Macedonia, no other church provided for me in matters of giving and

receiving except yours. Even in Thessalonica, you sent messengers to provide for my needs on

one occasion and another.”

 Let us look at how the Philippian church provided for Paul's needs and supported him

financially and materially. This shows that this is how we do things in the Lord, things that

please God.

By providing support to missionaries, we are sharing the mission of spreading the gospel!

Sharing of a volunteer

“I was responsible for transcribing the missionaries' recordings. Hearing about their painful

experiences, yet still faithfully, fervently, and wholeheartedly bringing people to God, I was

deeply moved, heartbroken, and ashamed.”

This generation truly needs to seize the opportunity to respond to God. I now invite you to

support us, to pray together, to serve and give together, and to collaborate with God.

Grace

Please pray for missionaries and their families:

 1. Visit to Central Asia:

• Pastor Cai, advisor to the Thrive Mission, and his church brothers and sisters are currently

conducting short-term mission work in Central Asia and will also visit the missionaries we care

about.

• Prayer: May the entire journey be smooth and peaceful, and may the missionaries being visited

be strengthened.

 2. Missionary Families and Children in Central Asia:

• Missionary parents face many difficulties with their children, such as children not wanting to

go back to school or staying in their rooms during summer vacation.

• Prayer: We ask God to grant us wisdom to help missionary parents solve their children's

problems.

 3. Health of Southeast Asian missionary families:

• The missionary couple’s work in building orphanages, relief efforts, and community schools

has made great progress and yielded positive results.

• The missionary couple were distressed because their two children had recently fallen ill and

lost weight. One of their daughters even suffered a perforated eardrum during a medical visit .

• Prayer: There is an urgent need to pray for the health of their two children.

4. Residency and Economy for Missionaries in East Asia:

• Local missionary couples face hardship and financial difficulties and may not be able to obtain

long-term residency.

• Prayer: We earnestly request God’s mighty hand to help them and provide for their needs.

 5. Missionary couple from Northwest Europe:

• A couple shepherds in different cities, traveling to various places and serving effectively.

• They are facing the need for service and economic support and may even need to work to

supplement their living expenses to serve.

• Prayer: Ask the Lord to provide for all their needs!

 There are many missionaries whose needs remain unknown, and many missionaries' children

face cross-cultural difficulties that are little understood.

We earnestly request that everyone pray immediately upon receiving this message and walk

closely with them. May the Lord Jehovah Jireh, the Lord Jehovah Nissi, greatly bless, comfort, guide, and

provide for all the needs of these missionaries.

Pearl Yeung                Pastoral Director