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All Ready for Fasting Season after Prayer Camp

Churches must remember that they are already one body comprising many different parts, rather than separate entities forming one body.
“Since we are already one body, we should live likewise; sadly, we live as if we are fragmented parts, simply because we don’t have the mindset of one body,” lamented Rev. Daniel Ho. He was speaking at the recent Chinese prayer camp held in conjunction with the annual NECF 40-day National Fast and Prayer. “When you see a small church struggling or facing problems, you should grieve because that’s your flesh hurting. You can’t ignore it because it’s like when one tooth hurts, the whole body suffers too,” reiterated Rev. Ho, Dean of the Los Angeles Agape Renewal Centre, a training centre for pastors and leaders ministering in Chinese churches.

The more able churches should care for the weaker and needier parts of the body, he urged. Over 100 pastors and leaders from some 35 Chinese churches attended the three-day camp, which was a move away from tradition as it was held before the start of the nationwide 40-day national fast and prayer in conjunction with the Merdeka Day celebrations.

NECF Malaysia Chinese Commission, the camp organiser, had hoped that holding the camp before the fasting season would rouse the participants to reach out and influence others to join the intercession. The commission’s executive secretary Ngeh Hoong Eng believed the camp had achieved its objective, partly through Rev. Ho’s stirring messages on “Transforming the nation through your life”, but mainly through the move of the Holy Spirit.

“Many participants commented that this was truly a prayer camp because we spent a lot of time interceding for the nation,” Hoong Eng said.
She reported too that as a result of the intimate fellowship experienced at the camp, participants from Petaling Jaya churches have agreed to start a pastors’ fellowship for Petaling Jaya. They will meet monthly to pray and discuss what they can do together to serve the community.

 

 

Malaysian Christians joined over 200 million brethren worldwide in the Global Day of Prayer (GDOP) on June 4, and what an experience it was!

Elder Dr Tan Nget Hong observed, “It was a tremendous event with a very significant spiritual impact on our nation”. Some 1200 people from 50 churches in the Klang Valley attended the prayer gathering at Heritage Centre, Petaling Jaya. There were also GDOP gatherings in Penang, Sibu, Sitiawan and Sungai Petani.

Dr Tan reported: “Many church pastors and prayer leaders called us and said ‘we want to be part of this!’ This helps to speed the momentum of a growing united prayer movement in the Klang Valley, and I believe, a prelude to revival.”
The GDOP gathering was an eye-opener to many participants as they experienced the unity and

passion among the brethren in praying for the world. The hall was filled with many young people and children praying fearlessly and unreservedly.
One participant, Sonny Geh, was mesmerised by the passion of the participants during the worship session. “They were very vocal and full of action, like a crowd of spectators excitedly cheering their favourite football team. This is exactly how the saints will be cheering when Jesus returns, and I don’t want to be left out.”

But the passionate worship was only the prelude to the intercession. Sonny added, “As one of the pastors prayed in Tamil, the Lord convicted me and I had to repent of all the nasty things I had said of and unsavoury jokes I had cracked about the other races. I also vowed not to talk along racist lines as far as a particular race is concerned. Imagine doing so when I’m committed to praying for their salvation. What hypocrisy! Thank God He makes all things beautiful, in His time.”

Another participant said she was moved at the sight of children worshipping God so joyfully.
Spurred by the fervour of this year’s GDOP gathering, planning for next year’s event is already underway. “Next year, we hope to see 10000 people from 200 churches gathered at a stadium on May 27. We also hope to have the GDOP gathering in 40 cities throughout Malaysia,” enthused Elder Dr Tan.

“In fact, next year is our nation’s year of Jubilee (50th Merdeka year) and I believe something special in the spiritual realm is going to happen but God’s people must persevere in praying and seeking His face,” he urged.


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