Children of The Light#33 Power of prayer ( 17th Sep 2016)

Children of The Light#33  Power of prayer  (Sunday 11th Sep 2016)

Dear…

For whoever calls on the name of the Lord shall be saved.
Romans 10:13

This evening I was watching the dubbed Mandarin version of Nicky Gumbelś Alpha course. The topic was on Godś healing. Nicky shared that God will heal us spiritually for eternal life. As to physical healing, sometimes He does, sometimes He does not.
But it should not stop us from praying.

For the eyes of the Lord range throughout the earth to strengthen those whose hearts are fully committed to him….
2 Chronicles 16:9

Prayers might not be answered our way, but God will always answer prayers asked in His will, His way. But our hearts must remain fully committed to Him, much as we seem not to be getting the answers that we desire.

As I penned these thoughts, a news flash from ChannelNewsAsia just popped up in my handphone. There are now 8 pregnant women diagnosed with the Zika virus.
Will we be committed to pray, much as we might not get the desired result. And will we trust in Godś way?

Victory comes through faith in God and obedience to His Word

A book I read eons back on the trials of a Korean woman of faith in Japanese ruled and oppressed Korea pre World War 2 had this important truth. God might not always take us out of our circumstances but He will always prepare us for the refinerś fire, and He will be with us through it, and victory is assured, His way, not ours.

So then faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the Word of God
Romans 10:17

Many times, it is in the desert of life that our parched soul will thirst for our Lord Jesus Christ. And it is also in the stillness of the arid desert that we seek and connect better with our omnipresent God.




For my heart is steadfast I will sing praise to the heavens
      Psalm 57:7

Time with God in His Word, time of communion in prayers with Him, a thankful heart much as we are encapsulated by an oppressive and burdensome cloud, this will to do what our Lord has taught us, this submission to His will. Then can we overcome.
Therefore, I urge you, brothers and sisters, in view of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God—this is your true and proper worship.
Romans 12:1

Rise with the Oriole. These were the words of a resonant and thunderous voice that I heard as I felt myself lifted up from my sonś bed . Oriole is a bird of colorful plumage that I knew. But as I consulted the dictionary the next morning to be sure. Juxtaposed next to Oriole was this unfamiliar word Orison. To pray, and indeed since that eventful night, a night that I truly experienced the verse described in Ezekiel, the voice of our Lord like the roaring waves of the sea, Prayer ministry has been where our good Lord has placed me. Something that I had never envisaged being involved in that fateful night back in early 2000.

and behold, the glory of the God of Israel was coming from the way of the east. And His voice was like the sound of many waters; and the earth shone with His glory.
           Ezekiel 43:2

And the Spirit lifted me up and brought me into the inner court; and behold, the glory of the LORD filled the house.
            Ezekiel 43:5

Why continue to pray even when we seem not to be getting the results that our finite self desire?
Most if not all of us when we pray, we tend to prescribe to God how things should be. Is that prayer or a shopping list for our Lord? We define to God our needs, when we should be willing to be refined by Him.

Prayer is an act of faith. It is also a living sacrifice to our omnipresent God. That we will trust and obey and that we believe that He is Sovereign, and His ways are always better than ours.
On bended knees, how well that symbolizes what prayer truly means, an act of submission to our Sovereign and Almighty God.


God Blesses

Eng Hieang
11 Sep 2016(Sunday)



An afterthought (Sep 12th Mon)

This morning, as I take time to read my Daily Bread. I was reminded that my reading on Sep 11th was on the topic of prayers. Interesting often God affirms by preparing us, but it only dawn upon us much later.

Be my strong refuge. To which I may resort continually. You have given the commandment to save me. For You are my rock and my fortress.
         Psalm 71:3

Indeed, we often pray to God for our desired conclusion. God wants us to seek Him in obedience. And in seeking Him in prayers, He comforts us, and sustain and strengthen us, much as He makes us wait for His saving grace, His way.
For in all circumstances, He is in control. And He is refining us.

…..This I know: God is for me. …..In Him I trust. I shall not be afraid..…..For God has delivered me. …...That I may walk before Him in the Light of Life.
      Psalm 56:9-13