Youths, Arise... Seniors, Cheer Them On
Chinese Prayer Prayer Camp
This is the generation for our youths to arise and work out the 'visions' they see. For the older generation, they must release the youths to do what God has put in their hearts and cheer them on. This is the message participants at the July Chinese Prayer Camp took home.
Over 200 people, including five Sarawakians, representing 47 churches attended the three-day annual camp organised by the NECF Malaysia Chinese Commission in Genting Highland. The speakers were Dr Eddie Ma who spoke on renewal and passion for national transformation, and Rev. Wong Kim Kong who shared about the current challenges and opportunities facing the Malaysian Church.
In his message on the Church's role in light of the current political upheaval in the country, Rev. Wong said he believed that God had granted the Malaysian Church five to 10 years' grace period to intensify intercession for a genuine reform within the authorities and society, and also to actively pursue God's Kingdom expansion plans. He impressed on the participants the urgency of this period of grace given to the Malaysian Church.
Dr Ma conducted a teaching session on intercession and the importance of keeping silence so as to hear God. He shared that in Hong Kong, pastors from 18 districts would regularly gather for intercession and during their sessions, they would listen to God first and then pray.
The camp concluded with a time of ministry which saw many participants, young and old, finding healing from the hurts they suffered from the lack of care from their pastors and leaders. It was a highly emotional time with much weeping that ended with a commitment from the pastors and leaders present to be more caring 'fathers' and 'mothers'.
Reflecting on the camp, NECF Executive Secretary Cheong Tze Ying observed a growing unity among the Chinese-speaking churches and that this annual camp has finally become an event in their church calendars. "I feel that the walls separating the churches are coming down, and the camp has inspired the participants to really want to pray and seek God," she said.
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