Dear beloved,
There seems to be contentions in the realm over our nation and it is getting more and more intense. It looks like our nation is going through a birth pang and we do not know what will come out of this. But positive changes always come with a price. We may not be politicians or somebody of great influence but we can “Be Agents of Change” as what NECF has declared in this month’s prayer booklet.
Jesus said in Mat 5:13-14 "You are the salt of the earth, …and You are the light of the world”. What better agent, other than salt which makes life taste better? And what brightens up lives in this dark and evil world other than the light?
Beloved, I would encourage you to join in these 40 days of fasting and praying beginning from 7th August to 15th September which is our Malaysia Day. Allow me to speak to you as Mordecai spoke to Esther during one of the most crucial time in the history of Israel. “Est 4:14 For if you keep silent at this time, relief and deliverance will rise for the Jews from another place, but you and your father's house will perish. And who knows whether you have not come to the kingdom for such a time as this?"
Most Holy God, as You have said we are the salt of the earth and the light of the world, help us to be an agent of change. In Jesus’ Name we pray, Amen.
Pastor Ling Bek Sing
亲爱的，
在我国领土上似乎有争论的事情，而且局势变得很紧张。看来，我国正经历着一场“生产的剧痛”，我们也不知道这之后将要来临的。但是，实际的改变是必须付上代价的。我们也许不是政治家或有影响力的人物但我们可以成为‘改变的动因’；正如基督福音团契在本月导告小册子上所宣告的。
在马太福音5：13-14，耶稣说：“你是地上的盐，世上的光。”还有什么比盐更好的中介使生命变得更有味道呢？在这黑暗和邪恶的世界，除了光，有什么能照亮生命呢？
亲爱的，我鼓励你参与这次从八月七日至九月十五日的四十天禁食祷告。容许我对你说话就像末底改对以斯帖说话一样；当时是在以色列的历史上最关键的时刻。以斯帖记4：14：“此时你若闭口不言，犹大人必从别处得解脱，蒙拯救；你和你父家必致灭亡。焉知你得了王后的位分不是为现今的时刻吗？”
至圣主，你说我们是地上的盐和世上的光；帮助我们成为改变的动因。奉耶稣的名，阿们。
林必信牧师
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