prayer4MYnation #1

Lord God Almighty, my heart is troubled as I become more and more aware of the times we are living in here in Malaysia.  Malaysia is the nation I was born into.  Malaysia is the nation I grew up in.  I love this land call Malaysia.  And I love the people in this land.

I want to move on from awareness to intercession.  I want to begin to pray for Malaysia the nation I belong to, regularly and meaningfully.

I want to start with praying for the Christians and Churches in Malaysia.  Lord, forgive our prayerlessness.  Young and old, we have been so distracted by earthly things, and/or we are so disinterested in Your Kingdom agendas.  We are so engrossed with trivial stuff.  Some of us are so busy making money and accumulating wealth.  Many of us are just focused on pursuing our self-centered dreams and building our own little kingdoms.  Others are only interested in that which will make us feel good and look good.

Awaken us to seek You O Lord!  Stir us up to intercession O God!  And if we refuse to be aroused, take away from us the things that we have loved more than You.  Do this by sending trials, testings and tribulations; for You have warned us that it is better to enter into life crippled or lame, than to be whole and be thrown into the fire!

And even as You begin Your good work in some of us, help us who have come out our slumber to begin to nudge and provoke our brothers and sisters in the right direction.  We need to realize that we have this responsibility; that You will hold us accountable for what we say and do, as well as what we fail to say or do.

And so Lord, empower us to reach out and help each other to be on guard, to be alert, and to watch and pray.  I want to be part of Your answer to this prayer.  In the mighty Name of Jesus Christ.  Amen.

IMPORTANT NOTES:

Jason Fong believes that the Lord is leading him to pray more meaningfully for our beloved nation Malaysia.  He is sharing these prayers with the church at large through this blog and the Facebook.  He hopes that this series of prayers will further catalyze more Christians to watch and pray… and to act as the Holy Spirit guides us respectively.

Please read Jason’s earlier article: LORD, TEACH US TO PRAY in this same blog, which was posted on 23 March 2011.  It would be a helpful reading for us to learn how to pray with a more biblical perspective.

Please note that the views and opinions expressed in this prayer may not necessarily reflect those of the Christian organization Jason works in, nor the church or denomination he belongs to.