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"This is God's doing"

"This is God's doing"

THERE seems to have been a convergence in prayer in the last few months! NECF, which stays in touch with prayer networks around the country, began to notice an aligning of prayer initiatives and campaigns, all focusing on the same plea - for God to revive His Church and transform Malaysia!

It has been exciting to see the prayer groups of various denominations all picking up on the same theme of national transformation. The spiritual focus is clear - there is the 13th General Election on the horizon and the 49th anniversary of Malaysia Day on 16 September, when Malaysia will also enter her Jubilee (50th) year. The election will be a definitive moment in Malaysia's history, and her Jubilee a time for Christians to be God's vessels of renewal, restoration and release in all spheres of society.


40-Day Fast & Prayer launch at the Rumah Doa church in Tawau

NECF announced Hope of Jubilee as the 2012 theme of the 40-Day Fast & Prayer campaign earlier this year. On 1 August, we launched the campaign at the Sungei Way Methodist Church (SSMC) to a full-capacity crowd. Prayers that night focused on revival of the church, national transformation and a clean, fair and peaceful general election. The campaign was also launched in different churches in other states across Malaysia. Fasting and prayer began on 7 August and will end on 15 September. It will climax with the Hope of Jubilee Celebration on the following day, Malaysia Day, at Full Gospel Tabernacle (FGT) Subang Jaya.

Prior to the launch, the leaders of a few Klang Valley churches (SSMC, FGT, SIB KL, FGA KL and DUMC) felt led to unite in prayer. They took turns to host combined prayer meetings over five weeks from June. These mass gatherings drew believers from different churches together in corporate prayer for the nation.

And in a historic moment for Protestant churches here, representatives from 19 churches and prayer networks across the country gathered on 5 July to form 'Prayer United', the first inter-denominational prayer movement dedicated to praying for national transformation. The chairman of Prayer United is Bishop of the Methodist Church Malaysia, Rev Dr Hwa Yung and the joint secretariat is coordinated by NECF and the Council of Churches Malaysia (CCM). Prayer United aims to coordinate prayer and enhance unity among Christians, and to challenge the whole church to pray together for the elections and Malaysia's Jubilee. It even made news headlines!1

"This is God's doing. Many have tried for the longest time to form a nationwide prayer network but it hasn't happened until now," said Rev Andy Chi, the NECF Executive Secretary for Prayer at the Hope of Jubilee launch.

What do these developments tell us? "God can, God wants to and God will restore truth, righteousness and justice to this land, because that is His nature," said Pastor Dr Ng Swee Ming of SSMC. "But there are conditions," Ng added. "The church must return to unity, holiness and prayer."

The church is beginning to set aside differences and to stand in unity. May we not falter in this! Next, we need to repent of our selfishness and indifference to the problems in Malaysia. Then the church must pray like never before and take action through transformative works. This exhortation has been made before. Will we act this time?

 


1 Unprecedented nationwide prayer for M'sia Day and GE, Malaysiakini, 1 Aug 2012



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