Prayer Focus 4: A World Evangelised

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"You will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be My witnesses in Jerusalem and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth."
~ Acts 1:8 ~

Pray for greater synergistic partnership among churches, mission agencies, humanitarian networks, international corporations and foundations to transform the nations.

Be bold today and ask the Lord to enlarge your vision and show you a glimpse of His work in the world-at-large. Allow Him to break your comfort walls, enlarge your heart, challenge your mind and stretch your spirit to accommodate the Kingdom He desires to establish in the world, beyond the shores of our home and nation.

Prayer Focus 3: A Nation Transformed

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"Those who are wise will shine like the brightness of the heavens, and those who lead many to righteousness, like the stars forever and ever."
~ Daniel 12:3 ~

Pray for Singapore to be:-

• A bright shining star where Christ is feared and honored in every level of decision making, every expression of society, every arena of national life and influence - Home & Family; Justice & Law; Defence; International Relations; Education; Health care; Life Sciences; Home affairs; Info. Technology; Media & the Arts; Entertainment & Tourism; Environment; National & Community Development; Manpower; Transport; Sports, etc.
• A bright shining star in the arena of public administration, human resource development, economic innovation and entrepreneurship. That Singapore will bless the world in big ways to bring strategic change and practical benefits, with no strings attached.
• A bright shining star in the arena of foreign policy and international affairs. That Singapore will be a peacemaker and a bridge builder, God's ambassador of reconciliation.
• A bright shining star in the arena of humanitarian concerns, servant-leadership and volunteerism.
• A bright shining star in the arena of media and the arts. That Singapore will showcase world-class works that are clean, creative and contemporary to unlock nations of His glory!

Pray for Singapore as the Spirit leads. Pour out your dreams, hopes, desires and burdens for this nation before the throne of grace. Ask the Lord to reveal to you His heart for this nation.

Prayer Focus 2.3 - A Church Revived (GAC)

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The General Conference (04th - 07th Dec)

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This year, the Methodist Church of Singapore will be electing a new Bishop at the General Annual Conference (GAC). Pray that all the representatives from the 3 Methodist Conferences (TRAC, CAC & ETAC) will carefully seek the Lord and cast their votes wisely.

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Ask the Lord to prepare the heart of the leader that He has set apart for His purpose in such a time as this. Pray that the Spirit of the Lord will rest mightily upon this person as he takes on the mantle of representing the Methodist churches of Singapore to the world.

Pray also for members of the GAC Executive Board as well as the Finance and Administration Committee that God will grant them wisdom to handle matters pertaining to the work of the Methodist Church in Singapore

Prayer Focus 2.2 - A Church Revived (TRAC)

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TRAC 33rd Annual Conference (17th - 20th Nov)

This year, our new TRAC President will be elected. Pray that the hearts and minds of delegates will turn towards the Lord Jesus Christ as they deliberate and decide on matters.

Pray for unity in the Spirit as our leaders discern and elect various office bearers for the next quadrennium.

For the new TRAC president, that God will grant him wisdom, discernment and strength as he leads the TRAC churches with vision and vigour to pursue a collective spiritual breakthrough in the 21st century.

Prayer Focus 2.1 - A Church Revived

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"Do everything without complaining or arguing, so that you may become blameless and pure, children of God without fault in a crooked and depraved generation, in which you shine like stars in the universe as you hold out the Word of life."
~Philippians 2:14-16~

In this day of revival, ask God to brand your heart with the fire of His holiness. That you will fear Him, love Him and serve Him with singleness of heart, renouncing all other gods and worthless pursuits that drain energy, waste resources, and distract us from our true mission - to be ambassadors of Christ and herald of the Gospel.

Ask God to change you and your church inside out to be His blazing torch to light up the world! To be a people of distinction, a people of destiny: victorious, visionary, visible, vigilant, valiant, vibrant and vocal!

That we would mould and mentor a young generation in the fear of the Lord, passing a legacy of humility, unity, compassion, servanthood, prayer and passion for the lost.

That you and your church will be the compass and conscience of our nation, rightly representing God.

Ask the Lord to speak to you regarding your church. What is His heart for our church? What does He say about her now? What is He saying about your role in our church? Journal your response and act out your obedience where appropriate.

Prayer focus 1: A life changed.

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"If anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has gone, the new has come!"
~2 Corinthians 5:17~

Thank the Lord for every person alive in Singapore today!
Stand in agreement with God our Maker that every person matters. Every life is a gift from Him, precious.

Praise Him for the people in your web of relationships. Bless every one of them in Jesus' name. Ask God for His grace to open their eyes and awaken their hearts to experience His love for them.

Praise God for every effort and project in our nation that aids transformation and a renewed life. Bless and pray for these efforts as the Lord leads. Example of projects you can pray for are:

• Yellow ribbon project
• Works done by various rehab centers (eg: The Helping Hand, etc)
• Initiatives by Workforce development agency

Is the Lord speaking to you to respond in any other way? Trust and obey.

Pray-a-thon 2008

Pray-a-thon 2008 has begun.
In case you have not managed to get a copy of the prayer guide, I'll be putting up the prayer focus along the way to help you pray along with us.

But before that, here are the instructions and guide:

1. Begin your devotion thanking the Lord - for His faithfulness: To you, to your family, to your church and to your nation.
2. We encourage you to dedicate at least a good half-hour for the Lord as an offering to Him to this purpose.
3. Meditate upon one of the four prayer focuses. Do not attempt to meditate all four prayer focuses in the same sitting. We want you to really take your time and dig deep as you allow the Holy Spirit to speak to and through you. You may be led to pray on a prayer focus more than once during the course of this pray-a-thon. Obey the leading of the Spirit.
4. Press in deeper as the Spirit leads and reveals. Journal your reflections, thoughts, response and other things that the Lord may be speaking and showing you.
5. (Optional but encouraged) If you receive anything that you feel the prayer leaders of the church should know (visions/encouragement/verse/etc received for the church or nation, etc), please feel free to email your responses to Sue or Serene.

It's Back...

God of all possibilites...

Another thanksgiving to share :)

Our wireless keyboard suddenly stopped working. Mun Loong thought it was battery problem so we changed new battery but it didn't work. So Mun Loong went to buy a new one today. However, it didn't work too. So he called Meng Piow to borrow a cabled keyboard to try to trouble shoot the problem. The cabled keyboard also didn't work.

He was on his hands and knees with tools, opened up the desktop system and tried to fix the problem. At that moment, it was time for me to fetch Samuel back from taekwando.

Samuel asked where was daddy. I told him fixing the keyboard problem. He was hopeful (the boys needed the keyboard to play computer games) and asked if the keyboard could work. I told him cannot.. Buy new one also cannot.

So, I suggested to Samuel to pray. He shook his head and said keyboard is non-living thing To that I replied, "So? Our God is a God of all possibilities. Non-living also can pray." He said Mommy prayed.

As we were walking up the stairs, I prayed and asked God to help us solve and fix the keyboard and just finished praying when we reached our doorstep.

After Samuel changed, we went to the study room and then Mun Loong exclaimed with relief that the wireless keyboard can work. Hallelujah! Prayer works :) I told Mun Loong that we just prayed and related the incident to him about Samuel's response about non-living thing cannot pray for God to work.

A seed of faith has been planted in Samuel's heart today, I believe, that God can answer our sincere prayers, whether living or non-living things. He saw with his own eyes his daddy with tools all over, system opened up and trying to fix the problem. He experienced first hand experience that it's not our human effort that counts. It is God who works through our simple faith in prayer.


John 16:24 in BMC we learnt that, "until now you have not asked for anything in my name. Ask and you will receive and your joy will be complete."
We are grateful to God for allowing us to share this testimony to Samuel.. And tomorrow morning, Daniel and Gabriel will hear about this miracle as well :)
With A Grateful Heart,
Lucy