30 Days of Prayer And Fasting – Ghost Month – Day 16

Lunar Calendar: July 16

Pray Courageously

Thank you for praying with us during 30 Days of Fasting and Prayer during Ghost Month. For Day 16 click below for the Hokkien audio and written Chinese, and an English summary is also provided.

Luke 11:5-8: ⁵ Then Jesus said to them, “Suppose you have a friend, and you go to him at midnight and say, ‘Friend, lend me three loaves of bread; ⁶ a friend of mine on a journey has come to me, and I have no food to offer him.’ ⁷ And suppose the one inside answers, ‘Don’t bother me. The door is already locked, and my children and I are in bed. I can’t get up and give you anything.’ ⁸ I tell you, even though he will not get up and give you the bread because of friendship, yet because of your shameless audacity he will surely get up and give you as much as you need.

There is an annual event in the United States called “See You At The Pole.” The purpose of the event is to encourage students everywhere to gather at the school’s flagpole and pray for their school, friends, family, church and community. Usually this event attracts a lot of people; however, in one high school only one boy came. This brave young man stood there alone, praying alone. A passer-by was so touched by the young man’s bravery that he took a photo and posted it on Facebook. He posted: “I commend the young man that stood alone at Lake Minneola High School See You At The Pole Day. I weld up with tears, happy tears, proud tears. I honestly didn’t know that it was today until after I had left and heard it on the radio. Please take a moment to pray for our children, our schools, teachers and administrators. Pray for protection over them, guidance, wisdom and a wonderfully blessed year. Please no rude comments”.

The bold and courageous act of this young man inspired many to pray. Even those who professed no faith applauded this young man who was bravely willing to stand up for his faith. Brothers and sisters, please notice that in verse 8 our Lord said to us” I tell you, even though he will not get up and give you the bread because of friendship, yet because of your shameless audacity he will surely get up and give you as much as you need.

This means that he was willing to take a bold risk. The friend got up and gave him bread, not because of friendship, because of the courage of the one who asked. He bravely begged, knowing that he might make his friend angry or cause him to reject him, but he was willing to take the risk. We see the young man in this flagpole story also as a bold witness. He was willing to take a bold risk for the Lord, and even if no one else responded he was willing to take the risk and stand there alone.

The message of the Lord Jesus to us is that if we need any kind of help, we should boldly come to him. Nothing is impossible for him, so we must boldly ask the Lord for strength and help. Ephesians 3:20 tells us that:  God is able to do more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us. Therefore dear brothers and sisters, the courage and boldness with which we pray reflect our belief in God and our confidence in him.

Pray:

Dear Heavenly Father, we pray that you will powerfully shine your truth into our hearts. Enable us to truly believe that you are so very great and powerful, and that nothing is impossible for you. We often dare not ask you for great things, because we do not have full confidence in your greatness and power. Lord, we ask you to help us to be bold and be willing to ask you to perform signs and wonders for our Hokkien speaking family and friends who have not yet put their trust in the Lord, and for all of our Hokkien ministries as well. Allow us to experience your mighty power. We pray this in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, Amen.  

30 Days of Prayer and Fasting – Ghost Month – Day 15

Lunar Calendar: July 15

Praying, Seeking and Knocking

Thank you for praying with us during 30 Days of Fasting and Prayer during Ghost Month. For Day 15 click below for the Hokkien audio and written Chinese, and an English summary is also provided.

Matthew 7:7-11:  ⁷ “Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. ⁸ For everyone who asks receives; the one who seeks finds; and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened.

⁹ “Which of you, if your son asks for bread, will give him a stone? ¹⁰ Or if he asks for a fish, will give him a snake? ¹¹ If you, then, though you are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give good gifts to those who ask him!

Once there was an elderly man who decided to enroll in school. He was a skilled carver in the village, but he really had no formal education. He applied to enroll in classes with the children, but it wasn’t easy for him to persevere. One day he did badly on an exam, and the classmates there made fun of him. He felt very sad and wanted to leave. He walked toward the jungle, wanting to be alone for a while. When he arrived at the foot of the mountain, he observed the water dripping drop by drop, and it landed on a very hard stone. The water kept falling on the same place, forming a hole. He thought, although reading isn’t easy, it’s easier than the effort that it takes for this water to make a hole in this hard stone. Consequently, he decided to persevere, and that would make it possible for him to succeed. So, he went back to school and studied even harder. He was actually considered one of the most well-known scholars of that era.

Brothers and sisters, this is one more testimony to encourage us to persevere as we pray. Asking, seeking and knocking are verbs with continuous action. In other words, the Lord wants us to keep asking, seeking and knocking as we pray. When we do, he will surely let us find what we are seeking, and as we keep knocking the door will be opened. It’s as if the water drops keep dripping on the same place, and will finally break through and make a hole in the hard rock. If we persevere in prayer, in the end he will finally give us what we are requesting. The scriptures once again remind us that the Lord, compared to our earthly fathers, without a doubt would give us the very best. So if we can be moved by the persistence of our own children, how much more our Heavenly Father would be even more gracious to us.

Pray:

Dear Heavenly Father, thank you once again for encouraging us to persevere as we pray. We must keep asking, seeking and knocking. Thank you for reminding us that you have given us even greater gifts than our earthly fathers have given to us. Therefore, help us to hang in there, persevere and not give up so easily. Thank you, Father, for your kindness and love. We pray this in the name of Jesus Christ, Amen.

30 Days of Prayer and Fasting – Ghost Month – Day 14

Lunar Calendar: July 14

Pray – Don’t Give Up

Thank you for praying with us during 30 Days of Fasting and Prayer during Ghost Month. For Day 14 click below for the Hokkien audio and written Chinese, and an English summary is also provided.

Luke 18:1-8: Then Jesus told his disciples a parable to show them that they should always pray and not give up. ² He said: “In a certain town there was a judge who neither feared God nor cared what people thought. ³ And there was a widow in that town who kept coming to him with the plea, ‘Grant me justice against my adversary.’

⁴ “For some time he refused. But finally he said to himself, ‘Even though I don’t fear God or care what people think, ⁵ yet because this widow keeps bothering me, I will see that she gets justice, so that she won’t eventually come and attack me!’”

⁶ And the Lord said, “Listen to what the unjust judge says. ⁷ And will not God bring about justice for his chosen ones, who cry out to him day and night? Will he keep putting them off? ⁸ I tell you, he will see that they get justice, and quickly. However, when the Son of Man comes, will he find faith on the earth?”

Meili and her husband worked as guards on a construction site in a village in India. Their wages were only one dollar a day. One night a man came and said he was the boss and told them to go get some tools, and he removed a truck load of valuable tools. The next day their boss blamed them for allowing someone to come and remove so many things from the construction site because he never gave such an order. He demanded that Meili and her husband pay for the loss. With her eyes filled with tears, Meili explained the situation to her boss.  They really couldn’t pay back the money because they had a limited income. Although Meili was terrified, she remembered the teachings of her group leader. She began to pray, asking the Lord God to help them.

As the days passed she cried and was filled with fear, but she continued to pray. She and her husband were still waiting for God to answer. Six days later, a miracle happened. The man who had lied to them gave them back all the tools, and said that he had made a mistake. Meili’s prayers were answered. Because God saved Meili and her husband, they both accepted Jesus.

Brothers and sisters through this testimony God advises us to persevere in prayer and never give up. This is exactly like the widow who persisted to the end and asked for justice from an unjust judge. Even an unjust judge could be moved to avenge the widow,  and that is definitely true of our God. So keep praying and don’t easily give up.

Pray:

Our Lord Jesus, through this testimony you exhort us to pray always, and never give up or lose heart. We thank you for telling us that you are not like that unjust judge, but you are just and will avenge your people. They cry out day and night and though you endure for a while, later because you are a just God, you will quickly come to them where they are and avenge them. Thank you for encouraging us to earnestly pray. We pray this in the name of the Lord Jesus, Amen.

30 Days of Prayer and Fasting – Ghost Month – Day 13

Lunar Calendar: July 13

Pray To Believe – Even When We Can’t See It

Thank you for praying with us during 30 Days of Fasting and Prayer during Ghost Month. For Day 13 click below for the Hokkien audio and written Chinese, and an English summary is also provided.

Hebrews 11:1: 1 Now faith is confidence in what we hope for and assurance about what we do not see. 2 This is what the ancients were commended for. 3 By faith we understand that the universe was formed at God’s command, so that what is seen was not made out of what was visible.

The story is told that on one occasion, Mr. George Müller’s orphanage had a shortage in their food supply. There was no food for the next morning, and they needed to provide breakfast for hundreds of orphans. Mr. George Müller was determined not to ask for help, nor to borrow money to support the orphans. Instead, he sought the Lord’s provision through prayer. That night, he and his wife along with other workers knelt down and begged the Lord to provide bread for these children.

The next morning, all of the children came and sat at the breakfast table as usual, but there was no bread on the table. Mr. Müller gathered everyone together, prayed and thanked the Lord for the food that was to be delivered. When they had just finished praying, they heard someone knocking at the door. After opening the door, they discovered that someone had come to give them a basket of bread. It turned out that the delivery people from a nearby bakery had just gone on strike after the bread was fully baked. For a while they didn’t know what to do with the bread; however, the boss was moved and decided to send the bread to the orphanage. It just so happened, that following this delivery someone else came to the door. This time they delivered many jugs of milk to the orphanage. The delivery driver’s truck had broken down and since he was unable to deliver it to his customers, he was afraid that the milk would spoil, so he delivered it to the orphanage instead. Brothers and sisters, the prayer of Mr. George Müller is a practical testimony of encouragement. It teaches us to rely on God with full confidence even when we have no real evidence that the Lord will answer our prayers.

Immediately after Jesus’ resurrection he appeared to the disciples. However, Thomas, one of the twelve disciples, wasn’t with them at the time. The disciples told him, “We have seen the Lord”. But Thomas said, “Unless I see the nail prints in his hands and put my fingers in his side, I will not believe it.” After eight days, the disciples once again gathered in this house and this time Thomas was with them. Jesus stood among them and said to Thomas, “Stretch out your finger and touch my hands. Stretch out your hand and touch my side. Do not doubt, but believe.” Then Thomas said to him, “My Lord and my God.” Jesus said to him, “Because you have seen, you believe. Blessed are those who believe without seeing.” Generally speaking, we feel that we need to see to believe. However, the Bible defines faith as: “Faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.” Do we lose faith when we haven’t seen the answer to our prayers? Prayers of Faith are prayers with hope and assurance. Even though sometimes we have not seen any response to our prayers, we must continue to believe.

Prayer:

Abba Father, thank you once again for the assurance that you give us. Thank you Lord Jesus for the words that you said to Thomas and also to us, “Blessed are those who have not seen, but yet believe.” That is, we have not seen you with our own eyes, but we believe in you. We have been richly blessed by your love and presence. In prayer, we also want to continue to have faith in what we desire. And although we can’t see it, we believe we will have a good response, because our prayer of faith is prayed according to you Word, your will and your promise. Thank you. In the name of Jesus Christ we pray, Amen.

30 Days of Prayer and Fasting – Ghost Month – Day 12

Lunar Calendar: July 12

Prayer – Catch God’s Promises

Thank you for praying with us during 30 Days of Fasting and Prayer during Ghost Month. For Day 12 click below for the Hokkien audio and written Chinese, and an English summary is also provided.

2 Corinthians 1:20: For no matter how many promises God has made, they are “Yes” in Christ. And so through him the “Amen” is spoken by us to the glory of God.

A young preacher, after a period of absence from his family, was returning home. He had given his Tithe offering, and as a result he didn’t have enough money to get home. He still drove toward home happily hoping that the Lord would provide for his needs as it says in Philippians 4:19: And my God will meet all your needs according to the riches of his glory in Christ Jesus.He needed to get gas, so he prayed for the Lord to provide for this need. He wanted to use the little remaining money he had to buy oil for the car so he stopped to take care of it. The gas station attendant started adding oil and then went to clean the car windshield. The young preacher was very nervous and said, “Okay, stop! I really only have a little bit of money.” But the attendant didn’t seem to hear him.  “Are you a preacher?”, he asked. “I thought you might be a preacher because I saw your Bible and thought you might be a preacher. There is no church near here, so I have been putting aside my money dedicated to the Lord, and I asked the Lord to tell me how to use it.”

As he spoke, he opened a lunch box and took out a stack of bank notes. He gave these bank notes to the preacher and said to him: ”This money and a tank full of gas should allow you to return home safely and provide for your needs.” Thanks and praise to the Lord. He is faithful to keep all of his promises. This is the assurance that he gave us in his Word as we pray to him in faith. He assures us that his promises are all “YES” in Christ. God is true and faithful. He does not lie and he does not change. Therefore, whatever his promises are, he is sure to fulfill them. All the promises that God has made are recorded for us in his Word. Therefore, we can pray with confidence, holding on to the promises because they are all “YES” in Christ. Hallelujah!

Prayer:

Dear Heavenly Father, thank you for opening our eyes so that we can see your promises to us are answered as “YES”. Thank you Father, because your promises are true. The best people we know, change. But you are God and unlike men, you are steadfast. Thank you Lord. We pray this in the victorious name of Jesus, Amen.

30 Days of Prayer and Fasting – Ghost Month – Day 11

Lunar Calendar: July 11

Pray According to God’s Will

Thank you for praying with us during 30 Days of Fasting and Prayer during Ghost Month. For Day 11 click below for the Hokkien audio and written Chinese, and an English summary is also provided.

I John 5:14-15: ¹⁴ This is the confidence we have in approaching God: that if we ask anything according to his will, he hears us. ¹⁵ And if we know that he hears us—whatever we ask—we know that we have what we asked of him.

Corrie Ten Boom and her family hid Jews behind a false wall in Corrie’s room in the Netherlands during the persecution of Jews in Germany. In 1944, her family was captured and was also sent to one of the worst concentration camps in Germany, where all her family members died. Corrie herself was released because of a clerical error. Later, she went to preach the gospel all over the world. At one meeting, a guard, who had been at the concentration camp where Corrie was held, came down the aisle during the altar call to ask for forgiveness. Corrie remembered him as one of the cruelest guards there. For a moment, it occurred to her that this man had committed very horrific crimes. She also remembered Jesus’ words asking us to forgive any sin. So she took the man’s hand and said, “Brother, I forgive you.” She immediately felt filled with God’s love.

If we are to be greatly used by God, we must be willing to submit to His will, even forgiving those who have brought us great pain in our lives.  What a promise to us that prayers are answered. If we ask anything according to His will, He hears us. Now that we know that He hears all of our requests, we know that we will receive whatever we ask.

First, we need to be sure that God hears our prayers. Praise God that He hears our prayers because He lives. We do not pray to idols, but to a true and living God. We are assured that if we know that He hears our prayers, we know that we will receive whatever we ask of Him. The condition is that we must ask according to His will. Thank God that He has revealed His will to us in His Word. We must first be willing to submit to His will. If we are not willing to submit to His will, how can we carry out His will? What do you want?

Prayer:

Dear Heavenly Father, thank you for revealing your will to us in so many places in the Bible. Thank you also for assuring us that you will hear us when we ask for anything according to your will. You have let us know that when you hear us, we will receive what we have asked of you. Therefore, we can pray with confidence that our unbelieving family and friends will be saved. We also ask you to raise up more co-workers for your kingdom, and we know that you will hear our prayers because they are all requested according to your will.  Thank you for giving us such assurance. We pray this in the name of Jesus, Amen.

30 Days of Prayer and Fasting – Ghost Month – Day 10

Lunar Calendar: July 10

God’s Faithfulness

Thank you for praying with us during 30 Days of Fasting and Prayer during Ghost Month. For Day 10 click below for the Hokkien audio and written Chinese, and an English summary is also provided.

Deuteronomy 7:7-9: ⁷ The Lord did not set his affection on you and choose you because you were more numerous than other peoples, for you were the fewest of all peoples. ⁸ But it was because the Lord loved you and kept the oath he swore to your ancestors that he brought you out with a mighty hand and redeemed you from the land of slavery, from the power of Pharaoh king of Egypt. ⁹ Know therefore that the Lord your God is God; he is the faithful God, keeping his covenant of love to a thousand generations of those who love him and keep his commandments.

One day, a man knocked on the door of a poor family’s home hoping for them to share a meal with him. But when the young woman opened the door, he was very nervous and asked the girl for a glass of water instead. The girl saw that he was hungry, so she gave him a large glass of milk and water. He was very hungry and he quickly drank it. A few years later, the young girl became seriously ill. The doctors didn’t know how to help her, so they hired a specialist who specialized in rare diseases. When Dr. Howard Kelly saw her, he recognized her instantly and was determined to do whatever he could to save her life. After a long time, the girl finally recovered from the illness. Dr. Kelly asked the business office to send him the medical bill for approval. After reading it, he wrote a few words on the bill. The bill was sent to the girl’s room, but she was afraid to open it, because she was fearful that it would take her entire life savings to pay it. Later, when she worked up the courage to open the bill, she saw these words “A glass of milk and water is enough to cover the cost of this. Dr. Howard Kelly.” The girl was moved to tears of joy and filled with joy she prayed to the Lord, “Thank God that your love has spread through the hearts and hands of mankind.”

And whoever gives one of these little ones even a cup of cold water because he is a disciple, truly, I say to you, he will by no means lose his reward.” Matthew 10:42

The Bible tells us that our God is a faithful God and keeps his covenant of love to those who love him and keep his commandments for a thousand generations. The young girl’s kindness to the poor man was thankfully repaid many years later. God’s Word in Matthew 10:42 is true.

And whoever gives one of these little ones even a cup of cold water because he is a disciple, truly, I say to you, he will by no means lose his reward.” Matthew 10:42

Moses said to the Israelites, “God did not choose you for your achievements but for your faithfulness to your ancestor’s promises, and your faithfulness to the Word. What God has promised and said, he will fulfill and he will not violate or go against his own words. 2 Timothy 2:13 says, “if we are faithless, he remains faithful, for he cannot deny himself.”

So dear ones, when we pray for ourselves and others, we may pray with confidence because we know we are praying to God who is faithful, to God who will not deny himself. He is absolutely faithful to what he has promised and what he has said in his Word.

Prayer:

Dear Heavenly Father, we are so grateful that you have chosen us to be yours. It is not because we deserve it, but because you are absolutely faithful to what you have said and promised. Thank you also for loving us and for keeping your covenant of love for us in your son, Jesus. We trust in your faithfulness. We also come to you with confidence offering prayers for ourselves and others in our time of need. We are willing to plead with you because your faithfulness never changes. In the name of Jesus we pray, Amen.  

30 Days of Prayer and Fasting – Ghost Month – Day 9

Lunar Calendar: July 9

Prayer of Faith                                    

Thank you for praying with us during 30 Days of Fasting and Prayer during Ghost Month. For Day 9 click below for the Hokkien audio and written Chinese, and an English summary is also provided.

Matthew 21:21-22: 21 And Jesus answered them, “Truly, I say to you, if you have faith and do not doubt, you will not only do what has been done to the fig tree, but even if you say to this mountain, ‘Be taken up and thrown into the sea,’ it will happen. 22 And whatever you ask in prayer, you will receive, if you have faith.”

Every day an elderly Korean lady attended her church’s morning prayers. Each time she came she brought her husband’s shoes with her and would carefully place them in the front row of the auditorium. Then she prayed something like this: “God you know that my husband needs to know you. Please lead him to join me here and fill these shoes. One year later after she started praying for her husband this way, God answered her prayers.  Now her beloved husband has accepted the Lord Jesus and is by her side.

Do you also have a pair of empty shoes that need to be filled? Bring it to your Heavenly Father, for he is the one who hears and answers prayers. The theme of Day 9 during our 30 Days of Fasting and Prayer is “A Prayer of Faith.” What is “A Prayer of Faith?” Our Lord Jesus tells us in today’s scripture that we  should not have doubts as we pray to the Lord. In other words, we need to believe that what we ask for will be granted.

Prayers of faith that only come from our lips are not real prayers at all. If a person doesn’t believe that his prayers will be answered, why does he pray at all? Does this mean that we need a lot of faith in order to make God hear and answer our prayers? Thank God that he does not answer our prayers according to the size of our faith, but according to his own nature, his thoughts and his words. As a result of this, we can pray with confidence because our faithful God will hear and answer our prayers.

Prayer:

Dear Heavenly Father, thank you for being gracious and loving to us, because you know we are weak vessels. Thank you for not answering our prayers according to the size of our faith. Instead you answer prayers according to your nature, thoughts and the things that you have said and promised in your Word. Thank you also for giving us your Holy Spirit to lead and guide us into your truth, showing us your will and promises and making it possible for us to pray according to the desires of your heart. We pray this in the name of Jesus, Amen.

30 Days of Prayer and Fasting – Ghost Month – Day 8

Lunar Calendar: July 8

Perfect the Saints                              

Thank you for praying with us during 30 Days of Fasting and Prayer during Ghost Month. For Day 8 click below for the Hokkien audio and written Chinese, and an English summary is also provided below.

Ephesians 4:11-13: ¹¹So Christ himself gave the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, the pastors and teachers, ¹² to equip his people for works of service, so that the body of Christ may be built up ¹³ until we all reach unity in the faith and in the knowledge of the Son of God and become mature, attaining to the whole measure of the fullness of Christ.

A pastor sharing his struggles said, “God’s Word commands us to equip the Saints for ministry. But sometimes it is easier and less time consuming to carry out ministry work than to perfect the Saints. Therefore the responsibility of training is often delegated to others. In fact, providing training and teaching is an important ministry. It can empower believers to serve and take on more responsibility. However, in this situation, this pastor delayed this important and difficult ministry because of time needed for church activity and many other activities as well.

Brothers and Sisters, the struggles this pastor faces are common. Even though we know that the Kingdom of God needs more workers, we also know that we need more equipped and trained believers as well. You can be a ministry leader or teacher working along side church pastors. As Christ grows within us, we will gradually arrive at the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ.

We thank God for revealing this vision and burden to us in the Singapore Hokkien Harvest ministry. As a result we established the Singapore Hokkien Harvest Training Centre. Pray that all churches will be able to cooperate with us united with the same vision. This will not only spread the gospel, but also train believers to become effective disciples of Jesus Christ.

Prayer:

Lord Jesus, thank you for giving us churches with apostles, prophets, evangelists, pastors and teachers to perfect the people to do the work of service and to build up your body, so that the Saints are united in faith and can mature to arrive at the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ. Thank you for giving us the vision and burden as your servants and allowing us to establish the Hokkien Harvest Training Centre in Singapore in order to equip your people. We pray that more people will be obedient, dedicated, equipped and trained to serve you and the church. We also pray that they will be willing and obedient to cooperate with the pastors and leaders of the churches to save relatives and friends who speak the Hokkien dialect and have not yet trusted in the Lord. We pray this in the name of the Lord Jesus, Amen.

30 Days of Prayer and Fasting – Ghost Month – Day 7

Lunar Calendar: July 7

The Challenge of Evangelism

Thank you for praying with us during 30 Days of Fasting and Prayer during Ghost Month. For Day 7 click below for the Hokkien audio and written Chinese, and an English summary is also provided below.

Romans 10:14-15: How, then, can they call on the one they have not believed in? And how can they believe in the one of whom they have not heard? And how can they hear without someone preaching to them? And how can anyone preach unless they are sent? As it is written: “How beautiful are the feet of those who bring good news!”

Once, during a church service an elderly woman stood up to testify. She shared, “Last Sunday afternoon I was getting ready to hang myself, but my doorbell kept ringing. I was waiting for the man to go away, but he was very persistent and wouldn’t leave. Finally, I opened the door and saw a little boy standing outside. Standing in the cold rain, he handed me a gospel tract and said, “Jesus truly loves you”.). His words revived my dead heart. When this little angel walked back out into the cold rain, I closed the door and read every word in that gospel tract. Thoughts of suicide no longer crossed my mind, because now I know that Jesus truly loves me and I’m a child of the King. Little angel of God, thank you. You came to me as my life was about to end and rescued me from eternal hell.”

God challenges us in the words of this passage to bring the good news to those who need to hear so that they may believe in our Lord Jesus. We never know who the Lord will save at any critical moment, just like the lady in our example today. If this little angel hadn’t insisted on ringing the door bell and bringing her the good news of salvation, how would she have known that God deeply loved her? God has blessed us with redemption through the love of Christ Jesus. Unless someone brings the good news in Hokkien to our unbelieving relatives and friends, how will they turn to Jesus and be blessed? Who is the person that introduces them to salvation? It’s you and me. Our Lord Jesus has given us the Great Commission to preach the gospel to the whole world. Therefore, we don’t need to wait to be sent, but instead we must act quickly to be the bearer of good news, and bring this good news to all who need to hear it.

Prayer:

Dear Heavenly Father, we receive blessings in order to be a blessing to others. Please use us so that we can be messengers of good news. We want to pass your good news on to our unbelieving Hokkien relatives and friends, so that they can be touched by your love and salvation and be set free from the bondage of sin. Help us to proceed with love and courage. Romans 1:16 says, ^“For I am not ashamed of the gospel, because it is the power of God that brings salvation to  who believes: first to the Jew, then to the Gentile”. We pray in the precious name of our Lord Jesus Christ, Amen.