29 December, 2020
💞 Dear Royal Praying Priests, shalom!
💎 “and pray for me when I open my mouth to make known with boldness the mystery of the Good News, for which I am an ambassador in chains. Pray that I may speak boldly, the way I should.” (Eph 6:19-20, TLV)
A crisis can be a turning point for better or worse. It is emotional and it can cause radical change to our lives. There are five principles for the churches that thrive in the crisis. First, they see the reality of unseen. Second, they have the battling mindset and they use the spiritual weapons. Third, they walk in the authority that the Messiah gives them and function in that authority. Fourth, they pray the prayers that only God can answer and their prayers are transformed from self-reliance to Spirit-reliance. In the last week of 2020, let us review the fifth principle. The greater the crisis is, the more opportunities we have to pour out the redemption of Messiah’s love!
5. Churches that thrive in the crisis fulfil the ministries that they could not do before. They join the work of Messiah and harvest the unreached people groups, neighbours, and all nations with Messiah!
The reason that we are right here at this moment is God calling us to greater responsibility, obedience, courage and commitment. There is always a purpose, and there is always a plan. He never leaves us aimlessly or causes us into confusion. His plan for us is to prosper us and not to harm us, and to give us hope and a future! He is calling on us to come and praying to Him so we can seek Him and find Him! (Jer 29:11-13)
A global crisis changes the spiritual atmosphere rapidly, and everyone can feel it and sees to it that lives are at stake. Under the threats of global crisis, God is calling us to join the work of global harvests because His heart is always on the unreached people groups and those who are in need and marginalised. When Apostle Paul’s heart was troubled by the spiritual oppression caused by all kinds of idol worshipping in Ephesus, he sent out two prayer requests so He can participate in the ministry of gospel more effectively. Paul asked for boldness and for the power of speech to make known the mystery of the Good News, and so do we! May the Lord grant us double portions of boldness and eloquence to speak the message of truth, hope and love at the end of 2020 and throughout 2021!
🙏 Dear Heavenly Father, thank You for opening our minds to see how precious it is to live a godly-purpose-driven life in the days of challenges! We thank You for walking us through various storms in 2020 with Your faithfulness, and we commit our lives again to align with Your heavenly purposes in 2021. Please give us the courage and the power of speech to tell the mystery to one and all at the right time. We are jailbird preachers, and we are taking the responsibility for getting Your Words out! In the name of Yeshua we pray and bless you, Amen.