The KL/PJ June analogs

OK, guys... Eunice the Wong here.
I've been meaning to put up the reports of our KL/PJ LYPGs but time hasn't been on my side for the past few weeks. But if God is for me who can be against me right? So like it or not, time will have to end up on my side too. ;)

These are the lightnings (notes from God) for our June LYPGs.
For a forewarning you may not piece the puzzle pieces together so quickly as you are reading - it will sure look like shrapnel flying in the air - but I pray that as you read prayerfully, you will slowly get the BIG PICTURES that we are seeing now!

For background, we entered the month of June with a sense of waiting and expectation. The whole idea was to get the Lord's direction, and we would seek Him until we got it. That's why we felt the month of June was so crucial. We were going to enter a new phase.


Week 1
On the first week itself, we received a confirmation when someone said "We are entering Phase 2". We also received a picture of an angel drilling a hole in a wall with a machine gun. This gave us some clues how Phase 2 will be like - strategic, focused, and requiring perseverance.

Then we got the marching orders for next week -- Come before me in celebration.


Week 2 (right after FWP)

After some lightning from Deut 29, Psalm 96 and John 17 - (about Jesus' prayer that we will be one), and a sharing about the 3 things blocking the unity of churches to pray (disunity, laziness, and loss of focus) we moved into worship. Gene Harn led us with "Mighty to Save". It felt like the praise was lifting us to the next level of strategic intercession!

We continued with worship for some time, until a few people felt like we weren't really breaking through. It was like "we're standing around a hole and no one is digging, we're all just looking."

We needed to plough the ground. Sounds familiar? The remember of the Word received at FWP came back to haunt us.

And so the ploughing began. Led by Yvonne, our prayer began taking a form of its own. Unity among the broken and divided churches. Yvonne asked us to confess and repent as churches, and then press in together as one.

Cool stuff. Wai Yan then shared Nehemiah 9, which begins with a gathering to fast, weep, and repent. She said each paragraph was like a telling of their history. The people came before God with their whole history and laid it before Him.

True to the theme, we ended with a celebration of praise. ;)

Now we were a little like "eh?" because God had spoken celebration, but had led us into repentance. But we would understand later on. =)


Week 3
I was not here, so anyone who took ntoes can fill in this space.


Week 4
Because the PPBC-ians were at a wedding, we gathered this week at the MNPN prayer tower, formerly known as the Wall. This week's prayer was spent more in voluntary rest and soaking.

Here are the notes:
Josh - Isaiah 40 - perseverance of the saints
Kenneth - Matt 5: 15 - light for everyone to see
Peter - Fire and water, opposites but symbols of HS
- saw chicken stock (ya the cooking one)
- in order for two chicken stock to be one, need fire to melt two blocks together
- Fire breaks it down into atoms, into particles, only then can it transform the water around it
- in order to be one, we need to be small
- it follows the current of water (like how we are led by the Spirit) bringing impact wherever it goes.
Jess - the down times are when God reminds us we need Him. This is where our faith lies.

A lot of the prayer for this week had to do with returning to resting, abiding, and dependence on the Father. Dunno... maybe that's what we needed that week, as most of us were drained out from our respective lives. It was a good rest and preparation for the gun-battle coming up...


July - Week 1.
To be continued...

"Govt-run Shelter for Disabled becomes their Jail"

I was reading an article on The Straits Times (Singapore newspaper) entitled, "Home's residents caged and chained". It was taken from The Star, reporting on abuse of human rights in Malaysia, specifically in Kuala Kubu Baru, Selangor.

Government-run Taman Sinar Harapan home, tucked away in a secluded area, supposedly a home and hope for the mentally disabled showed scenes on abuse of human rights. One of its few stated objectives were to provide the disabled with self-management skills to be independent, to allow interaction with friends and public through social activities.

Instead, these were the conditions of the home.
When the Sunday Star team entered the home, it was filled with a stench of faeces and urine, a pool fresh blood at one corner of the room, naked men being chained and locked up in cages. Most of them no older than 50. There will normally only be 2 caretakers to 50 residents.

The two caretakers stationed at the block were seen watching TV and chatting. "The caretakers don't do much. If it’s time to feed them, they would just walk one round with a bowl and feed whoever wants to eat. Those who don’t are left alone". Food donated by organisations would be thrown away to reduce the faeces needed to be cleaned after eating.

Asean Federation for Psychiatry and Mental Health president Prof Dr Mohamad Hussain Habil recognized that, "It is an obvious case of sheer abuse and inhumanity." However he did not comment on future actions to be taken to solve the problem.

It was also commented that there were many other cases of improper treatment given to the disabled throughout Malaysia but NOTHING has been done.

Is the government ignorant of these? They are government-run! What about the law on human rights protection? This is one of the areas where light is needed to expose darkness.

"Defend the cause of the weak and fatherless,
maintain the rights of the poor and oppressed.
Rescue the weak and needy;
deliver them from the hand of the wicked.
They know nothing, they understand nothing.
They walk about in darkness; all the foundations of the earth are shaken."
Psalm 82:3-5.

When such people are wardens of justice, the whole nation order crumbles. Take your positions, watchmen of Malaysia!

When our prayers lack the words, pray Psalm 83:1,

"O God, do not keep silent; be not quiet, O God, be not still."

Wei

Do not fear!

Hi everyone!
I jus wanna share something I got from God when I was reading Numbers 14:1-10. It talks about the Israelites complained of the suffering that was upon them and that they wanted to choose a leader to bring them back to Egypt. But Joshua & Caleb that were asked to explore the land, tore their clothes and said that the land were exceedingly good. Do not rebel against the Lord adn He would bring them through.

Noted Number 14: 9--

"Only do not rebel against the Lord. And do not be afraid of the people of the land, because we'll swallow them up. Their protection is gone, but the Lord is with us. Do not be afraid of them."

I felt that God was trying to tell that running Recess Revolution and Prayer Group are not easy. [For those who do not know what is that, log onto http://www.urtherevolution.com/] Witnessing to people is not easy too! But we shall not be afraid of them, because God's protection is with us. No matter whether we're well-prepared / well-trained, but if the Lord's not with us, we'll not suceed. But if the Lord is with us, we'll prosper in everything that we do. As long as what we do is pleasing to Him and that we do it for Him & in Jesus' name.

I suddenly felt this has nothing to do with LYPG/MYPG but I believe God'll work through what I've shared.

Hallelujah! Amen!

-Blessings!-

-Jasmine xD-