Today’s Sunday Service – 22 August 2021

ICS Online Service
ICS 线上聚会

Join our online service as we prepare the following online agenda so that you will still be able to connect with ICS during this period. ICS continues to minister to fellow Christians and Church members through our Praise and Worship, studying the Word of God via online sermons (both audio and video), questions and answers, and also prayer requests.

欢迎参加 ICS 线上聚会。我们致力于提供以下的聚会流程,协助你在这段期间连结ICS ,让我们与你同行。ICS会持续地透过线上主日信息(音频、影音)。包括赞美敬拜,读经,问题讨论,代祷,来服事基督肢体和教会家人们。


Today’s Sunday Service
今日主日证道

Speaker: Pavel Hoffman
Title: Maturing In Christ
Main Scripture: Ephesians 4:16

讲员:Pavel Hoffman
讲题:在基督里成长
章节:以弗所书4:16


For any queries, please refer to our Finance Manager, at finance@icshq.org
如您有任何疑问,请联络我们的财务主管finance@icshq.org

ICS thank you for your Giving.
我们非常感谢您对ICS的奉献。


English Service with Chinese Subtitles 英文聚会 (中文字幕)

English Service with Chinese Subtitles 英文聚会 (中文字幕) Page Link (access and/or download here)
For the password, please click here.

Video Youtube Link (for viewers outside Mainland China)

 

小组问题讨论:

1. 决定灵命成熟的两个方面是什么?描述他们。
(以弗所书 4:16)

 

2. 我们可以通过什么方式为上帝的国度结出许多果子?得着救赎和成为门徒有什么区别?
(约翰福音 15:5-8;约翰福音 14:13;路加福音 11:42)

 

3. 解释栽种在活水旁的树茁壮成长的概念,由此推及我们应该如何饥渴慕义。
(耶利米书 17:8;马可福音 1:35;马太福音 5:6;2 历代志 16:9)

 

4. 你如何理解基督的肢体中“差异中的合一”这一概念,解释拥有独特和不同的恩赐,作为一个团队一起合作而没有分争意味着什么?
(提摩太后书 4:7-8;以弗所书 4:16;哥林多前书 1:10)


English Service 英文聚会

English Service Page Link (access and/or download here)
For the password, please click here.

Video Youtube Link (for viewers outside Mainland China)

 

CG Discussion Questions:

1. What are the two aspects defining the growth into spiritual maturity? Describe them.
(Ephesians 4:16)

 

2. In what way can we bring much fruit into the Kingdom of God? What is the difference between salvation and discipleship?
(John 15:5-8; John 14:13; Luke 11:42)

 

3. Explain the concept of a tree planted by the living waters in terms of growth and how we shoud have hunger and thirst for God’s righteousness.
(Jeremiah 17:8; Mark 1:35; Matthew 5:6; 2 Chronicles 16:9)

 

4. How do you understand the concept of “unity in diversity” in the body of Christ, by explaining what having unique and different gifts to work together as a team and with no divisions mean?
(2 Timothy 4:7-8; Ephesians 4:16; 1 Corinthians 1:10)


Having problems watching or listening?
视频和音频出现异常情况?

 

If you are experiencing difficulty watching or listening to our online services, kindly try the following solutions:
观看线上聚会的视频以及音频出现异常情况,可尝试以下方案:

1. If you can, try to avoid watching or listening through our website on peak hours which is on Sundays from 7am to 12noon.
如果您可以的话,建议您避开网页的高峰期(每周日早上7:00点 至 中午12:00点)观看线上聚会。

2. You can download the video or audio file to your laptops or desktops first and listen at your convenient time. Approximate download time is 8-15 minutes for the video file and 4-10 minutes for the audio file but it may take longer depending on the connection.
您可以把视频和音频档案提前下载到您的电脑,随时可以播放收听。视频下载需时预计8-15分钟,音频下载需时预计4-10分钟, 下载速度按照个人网速而异。

3. If you have VPN, you can watch the sermons via our Youtube Channel.
如果你使用VPN, 可以选择到我们的YouTube频道观看证道,请看以下链接。

Link 链接: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCG5URN47EXVwZRGRPnQVuvw

4. If you have any other issues or problems, please write to Awee at media@icshq.org.
若您还有其他的问题,请联系Awee发送邮件至media@icshq.org咨询。

Thank you for your kind attention.
谢谢你的体谅!


Weekly Prayer Points
每周祷告事项

 

1. Pray for guest speaker Pavel Hoffman, as he ministers to the congregation via online sermon this Sunday. Pray for the Lord’s anointing and Holy Spirit moves among our online service and worship sessions. May we worship the Lord whole heartedly as the He desires. Pray for God’s grace to helps us grow spiritually.
请为 嘉宾讲员Pavel Hoffman于本周日的线上证道代祷。求主恩膏线上讲道和敬拜,圣灵运行在所有的时间当中带领。但愿我们献上的敬拜和奉献都蒙悦纳。求主赐下恩典使我们灵命成长。

 

2. Pray for favor with the authorities in reopening our church services, for wisdom and cooperation for our church staffs and members, Marriott hotel and the authorities in the preparation and precautionary procedures needed. Pray for smooth transition with administrative and technical set-ups and to be operationally and spiritually ready when we resume church services. We pray that our Lord will guard the heart and mind of our dear brothers and sisters in faith. We believe that our Lord is the one in control, as we await His timing. We Pray for the health, wisdom and strength of the ICS staff team across all ministry work.
为政府部门可以允许ICS的复会祷告,教会同工,会友在与万豪,宗教局等沟通协作时,神的智慧临到他们每一个人。也为了所有行政,运营,多媒体设备等各部门在预备复会时,无论是技术协作还是灵命都已预备好。求主保守教会弟兄姊妹们能够坚强,有稳固的信心。我们相信我们的主是主宰者,我们等待主的时间。为着ICS的同工们的身体健康,有智慧和力量的服事祷告。

 

3. We continue to ask the Lord to guide ICS Kids Church, Anchor Youth, and Cell Groups online meetings. May His Word speak into their spiritual life and they can have a transformed life. We also ask the Lord to let the family stay connected through the Word of God and also allow the children to be fed spiritually with His truth and prayers. We pray for the right people to be sent to Anchor Youth and Kids ministries. May more children be coming to know God through our ministries. We also pray for a hungry heart for God’s children as we start off a one-year Bible reading plan from July.
求主继续保守ICS儿童教会,青少年和各个小组的线上聚会,大家的生命靠着神的话语持续增长并更新。我们恳求主帮助每个家庭都能做家庭礼拜而靠主的话语和祷告喂养孩子们。求主为儿童和青少年事工预备合适的同工。透过我们的事工,更多儿童和青少年能认识耶稣基督!我们将从7月开始我们一个新的维持一年的读经计划,我们也为神的孩子们祈求一颗饥渴寻求主的心。

 

4a. Pray for our weekly fellowship to be filled with the presence of God, that our youths online and onsite to be touched by the Holy Spirit and have personal encounter with the Lord. We want to pray that our youth will not fill their Sundays with assortment of other activities but keep Sunday as communion with The Lord and His people.
为每周ICS青少年团契的聚会充满神的同在祷告,使他们的线上,线下的聚会都能被圣灵充满,与主相遇。我们祷告我们的青少年不要用各种各样的其他活动来填满他们的周日,而是把主日作为主和他的子民的交流时间。

 

4b. We pray that His words will breathe freshness to the youths and that Anchor youths are truly anchored in His Word and they blossom and flourish in the Lord. Pray for heart of worship in the youths and commit daily devotion and quiet time with the Lord.
我们祈求神的话语能更新他们的心思意念,真正的扎根在神的话语中,并在主里兴盛成长,有敬拜的心,每日花时间灵修和与主亲近。

 

4c. We pray for good parent-children relationship as well as sibling relationship in the youth’s home.
也为青少年在家庭中与父母及兄弟姐妹关系的和谐祷告。

 

5a. Praise God for good sign-ups of the 3E Social Entrepreneurship Competition (SEC) and mentors who are willing to step up to volunteer. We continue to ask Him for favor as we seek to work with other partners in gathering more contestant teams before the kick-start of the Entrepreneurship Programs in 28 August. Pray for quality partners and corporates to be engaged in sponsoring for the 3E event and deeper relationships can be forged during the process. Our Good Good Father shall supply all our needs according to His will and purpose in Glory by Christ Jesus, may our labor of works truly be the salt and light of this world and touch the hearts of the lost souls through this highly anticipated event on 23 October.
我们为3E社会创业大赛(SEC)有多人报名和愿意服侍的导师向神献上感恩。当我们在招募更多合作伙伴的时候,祈求祂的帮助和恩典。在创业精品课程于8月28日正式启动前招募更多的参赛团队。为我们可以有优质的合作伙伴和企业参与赞助3E活动祷告,并在此过程中与他们建立更深的关系。天父会根据祂在基督耶稣荣耀中的旨意和供应我们所需的,愿我们所做的工真正成为这个世界的盐和光,并通过10月23的活动中触动更多失丧的灵魂。

 

5b. Pray for TEC as we are developing a WeChat mini-program name “BLESS.” With the key objective of building a sustainable 1-stop platform that connects TEC communities, volunteers, charitable organizations, and corporations to a trusted network and combines resources to enable the wider community to contribute, support and do good works in Shanghai. We ask for your covered prayers as the team works on the design, features, functional templates, contents, and many more. Please pray for TEC to have the wisdom and creativity while working with the developers, and for their fullest support during the progress with top efficiency so that the respective phases can be launched in a timely manner. We trust that BLESS mini-program is an idea that is of the Lord’s plan and good purpose to allow TEC to be the platform to bless a wider community, so do pray for key/crucial partnership to support this great cause together with us who will see the common value of this mini-program. Lastly, do pray for protection over TEC as we introduce this initiative to the different partners, for this is a God’s idea and may it serve its great purpose in the city of Shanghai.
为TEC正在开发名为“助福”的微信小程序代祷。其主要目的是建立一个可持续的一站式服务平台,将 TEC 社区、志愿者、慈善组织和企业连接到一个可信赖的网络平台,进行资源整合,使更多的社区能够在上海做出贡献、支持善工。当团队致力于在设计、功能、功能模板、内容等时,为TEC团队在与开发者合作的过程中拥有智慧和创造力祷告,帮助TEC在小程序开发过程中得到他们的全力支持,以最高的效率完成,使各个阶段能够及时启动。我们相信小程序助福是出自神的旨意,能够使 TEC 成为一个祝福更多社群的平台。为我们关键的合作伙伴关系祈祷,使他们能够共同看到这个小程序的价值,与我们一起支持这项伟大的项目。当我们向不同的合作伙伴介绍这个项目时,求神保护TEC,因为这是祂的旨意,要使用它在上海这个城市实现它的重要目的。

 

5c. Pray for closer integration between TEC and ICS as we strive for the common purpose in reaching out to the expatriate and Chinese returnees community, to continue to pray for greater provision as ONE team, to listen more sensitively in our daily devotional and receive direction from God.
为TEC和ICS之间有更紧密的合作祷告,因我们有共同努力为外籍人士和中国海归社群服务,接触他们的目标。神会为这个合一的团队有更多的供应,也祈祷我们在日常灵修中对神的声音更加敏锐并接受上帝的指示.

 

5d. Pray for church members and volunteers who are passionate about TEC (Outreach) Ministry to join forces with the TEC team, for their willing hearts and hunger to serve the non-believer groups out in the harvest field. May they reach out to serve in the different TEC initiatives to fulfill the mission of a family blessed to bless the community and the nations.
为对TEC(外展)事工有热诚的教会会友和志愿者可以加入TEC团队祷告,祈求他们愿意并渴望在禾场为非信徒群体服务。愿他们伸出援手,参与TEC不同的项目中服务,以完成ICS作为蒙福的家庭,也要祝福社群和列国的使命。

 

6. Pray for our missionary Amanda, who’s joined an organization with a vision for Israel. Pray for wisdom as she studies Hebrew classes online through August. Pray for student visa interview on 2nd September and paperwork processing to be smooth and efficient to enter Israel on 3rd October, as she prepares her study and transition from USA to Israel.
为加入新的作为对以色列有异象的国际宣教组织的宣教士Amanda祷告。8月,她在线上学习希伯来语课程,祈求神的智慧充满她,为她9月2日申请学生签证的面试和其他所需的文书工作等流程的顺利祈祷,也为她准备在10月3日抵达以色列学习时提供靠近学校,合适和方便的公寓祈祷。

 

7. We pray for our sisters in Christ who are recovering from chemotherapy. We pray for those suffering from chronic diseases, depression, and difficulties in life. We also stretch our prayers for those who are currently unemployed, under pressure at work, in between jobs, and marital crisis. May the Lord bless us richly with wisdom and in strength, as we believe God’s grace is always sufficient for us! We also rely on God’s love to continue to spread the gospel with family members who are still in sin and of people around us.
为在化疗中的一些姊妹们祷告,为慢性病,抑郁症,和处各样困境中的肢体祷告,也为失业的,工作压力太大的,要换工作的弟兄姊妹们祷告,在婚姻危机中的家庭祷告。求主赐给我们智慧和刚强的力量, 我们相信主的恩典是够我们用的。我们还要用神的爱来继续向罪中的家人和周围的人传福音。

 

8. We ask the Lord to bless each cell group’s prayer meeting and may the Lord ignite their passion for prayers and make us strong prayer warriors within ICS. We pray for God to hear our prayers as we ask for His grace to be upon those who are sick, facing a crisis, churches, and nations. We shall pray in accordance with the Will of God.
求主赐福每个小组的祷告会, 愿主把祷告的火灌注在ICS教会里。使我们成为祷告的勇士。我们为所有病人,在危机中的肢体并且为教会和国家呼求主的恩典的时候求主聆听我们的声音。使我们做合神心意的祷告。

 

9. Pray for God’s protection to be with China and the global condition of the pandemic. May God is merciful with the help for the adequate supply of vaccines to help prevent, and spread of the mutated viruses. We pray for peace and safety upon those children and families abroad is entrusted to the Lord.
求主保守中国国内和世界各地的疫情扩散情况,求主怜悯我们,帮助疫苗的供给,阻止变异病毒的扩散。在国外的孩子们和家人的平安和安全也交托主的手里。

 

10. Pray that God will guide as He leads us according to the vision He has intended for ICS to share the good news and be a blessing to the nations. Pray that we will submit to God’s authority, may the Lord provide resourcefully for us as we carry out His good works.
求神按着主给ICS的异象带领我们去到这世界传福音,成为祝福的渠道!使我们顺服主的带领,为了主的圣工应允我们的祷告,供应一切需要的资源。

 

11. Keep In Christ Singapore, Pastor Sandra Westerdahl, board members, church staff, volunteers and their family members in our prayers. Pray that the Church can reach out and serve those whom are lost and have strayed from God, pray for the younger generation to come of knowing Jesus and be able to cultivate the correct values as His disciples.
请为新加坡分会,Sandra Westerdahl 牧师,董事会成员,志愿者以及其家庭成员代祷。教会能为失丧的,迷失的人服事,能吸引更多的年轻人来认识耶稣基督,能培养跟随耶稣的门徒!


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继续关注 ICS

Please take a moment to browse through the ICS website for more information that you will like to explore. If there is any query you may have, please feel free to email ICS at info@icshq.org

想了解ICS更多详情,欢迎您浏览ICS官网。若您有任何疑问,欢迎您发邮件到 info@icshq.org 查询。