Lord’s Day Meeting – 9:30 AM
- In-Person at the Bellevue meeting hall: 1835 Bellevue Way NE, Bellevue, WA 98004
- Zoom
Announcements
- The international Chinese-speaking conference will be held in Anaheim, CA, Friday, February 13 through Lord’s Day, February 15, 2026. Additional details are available at www.icsc2026.org. If you would like to request hospitality, contact Michael Lu before January 31st.
- The annual business meeting of the church in Bellevue will be held February 8.
- We will start with week 1 in the Holy Word for Morning Revival from the fall International Training for Elders and Responsible Ones on “Crucial Aspects of Matthew 5 through 7”. Copies are available in the bookroom.
- Please refer to the prayer meeting schedule below:
| DATE | PRAYER MEETING LOCATION (7:30 PM)Prayer Burdens, Zoom |
| February 3 | Bellevue Meeting Hall (all languages) |
| February 10 | Bellevue Meeting Hall (all languages)Redmond/Sammamish/Issaquah (English), TBD |
- We will read the Life-study of Ephesians messages 73 and 74 this week.
- The website (https://500lifestudies.org/) provides great resources for how to get into the Life-study messages; the Life-Study mobile app is available for download
- To join a Life-study reading group, use the link below: https://www.cognitoforms.com/Churchinbellevue1/LifeStudyReadingGroupSignUpChurchInBellevue
- The Life-Study of the Bible radio broadcast is every Lord’s day at 8:30 pm, KGNW 820 AM
- Please refer to the table below for the cleaning schedule.
CLEANING SCHEDULE
| TIME PERIOD | CLEANING GROUP (Zip Codes/Cities) |
| February 1 | 98052 |
| February 8 | 98074, 98075, 98027, 98028, 98029 |
| February 15 | Medina, Clyde Hill, Kirkland, Kenmore, Bothell, Woodinville, Marysville, Carnation, Mercer Island, Seattle, Newcastle, Renton, Federal Way |
| February 22 | 98004 |
| USHERING SERVICE SCHEDULE | LORD’S TABLE SERVICE SCHEDULE | |||
| Date | Team | Date | Team | |
| February 1 | C | February 1 | 2 | |
| February 8 | D | February 8 | 3 | |
| February 15 | A | February 15 | 4 | |
| February 22 | B | February 22 | 1 |
Schedule
International Chinese-speaking Conference, February 13-15
Prayer Meeting
Matt. 6:9-13 You then pray in this way: Our Father who is in the heavens, Your name be sanctified; Your kingdom come; Your will be done, as in heaven, so also on earth. Give us today our daily bread. And forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors. And do not bring us into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one. For Yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen.
This prayer can be divided into three sections. The first section has to do with the things of God. It is a prayer with three desires concerning God (Matt. 6:9-10). This is the foundation. The second section has to do with us; it is our request for God’s protection (vv. 11-13a). The third section is our declaration; it is our praise to God (v. 13b). Let us consider the prayer section by section. The first section covers three desires concerning God.
The Third Desire: “Your Will Be Done, as in Heaven ,So Also on Earth”
Many people have the wrong concept that the reason man prays to God is to initiate something and ask God to do something. But the Bible shows us that God first has a will and wants to do something, next He shows us His will, and then we speak out with our mouth the will that we have come to understand. This is prayer. The Lord taught us to pray. God Himself wants His name to be sanctified. God Himself wants His kingdom to come, and God Himself wants His will to be done on earth. Yet God will not do these things alone. He is waiting for the church to pray. If you pray, I pray, and all of God’s children pray and if the prayers are numerous enough, His name will be sanctified, His kingdom will come, and His will will be done on earth as it is in heaven. God’s children must learn to pray this kind of prayer. We have to always remember what God desires and what He wants to do. Although God has determined to do something, He will not do it; He has to wait for His children to be motivated and willing to express His will through their prayer before He will answer their prayer. Although the ultimate fulfillment of His name being sanctified, His kingdom coming, and His will being done on earth will be in the millennium, the timing of it, whether it will come early or late, depends on the prayer of His children. The basic principle is that God will not do anything according to His purpose alone; He will wait for His children to pray on earth before He does anything.
Some matters can be considered only miscellaneous matters in God’s will. But God has a very great will, and the miscellaneous matters of His will are included in this great will. When we pay attention to God’s great will, all the miscellaneous matters will be accomplished. God has His will in heaven, and His Spirit conveys this will to us. Therefore, we can echo with the cry, “God, we ask that You accomplish this.” When this happens, God accomplishes His will. This is the principle of prayer as revealed in the Bible. God’s move today is affected by our prayer on earth. We have to ask God to open our eyes so that we can see that the move in heaven is affected by our prayer on earth. Our Lord has revealed this mystery to us which was hidden from the ages. Brothers and sisters, if we are willing to make a sacrifice and set aside the time to pray, we will see that this kind of prayer will not only receive God’s answer but will also receive a reward.
God’s will is like a river, and our prayer is like the channel. If our prayer is big, the accomplishment of our prayer will also be big. If our prayer is limited, the accomplishment of our prayer will also be limited. The revival in Wales during 1903-1904 was the greatest revival in the history of the church. God brought in a great revival through a coal miner, Evan Roberts. He did not have much education, but his prayers were profound. Later he did not engage in any public work for seven or eight years. When a brother met him, the brother asked, “What have you been doing all these years?” He answered with one short sentence, “I have been praying the prayer of the kingdom.” Brothers and sisters, if there is no prayer, the kingdom will not come. If the channels are blocked, the water cannot flow through. In teaching us to pray, the Lord revealed God’s mind and God’s demand on us. Whenever God’s children place their will in harmony with God’s will, God’s name will be sanctified, His kingdom will surely come, and His will will indeed be done on earth as in heaven.
Taken from “Prayer Ministry of the Church”