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The Strength of the Multitude <\/span><\/strong>\n\/ Chan Sing Ming<\/span><\/strong><\/pre>\n
It never came to mind I would be able to fast for three whole days. I now realize how great the power of the multitude can be as I fasted together with the children of God. On the first day, the fasting was not that bad, but the words of God coming to mind were very scattered as I prayed. During evening prayer, they became clear and were all under the same theme. God was telling me how selfish I was and I repented.<\/p>\n
On the second day, it became difficult and I wanted to give up. However, many encouraging messages helped me to go on. I prayed for our country and our church and God asked, \u201cDo you Love Malaysia?\u201dTo be honest, I do but not that much!<\/p>\n
On the third day, my hands and feet felt numb, my heart palpitated rapidly. But I persisted. I prayed for my family and children. When evening came, the peace of God engulfed me. I knew God is in Sibu, presiding in His church. I ended my fast, observing a rainbow hanging in the sky. Thanks to the Lord for this wonderful spiritual experience and breakthrough in my life.<\/p>\n
Perseverance in Fasting<\/span><\/strong>\n\/ Rev Samuel Law<\/span><\/strong><\/pre>\n
This fast was more challenging than before. However, while praying with all the participants, I succeeded without hunger pangs. During this time, my elder sister\u2019s family came to visit and I acted as their tour-guide. It was a trial as we dined out most of the time. The temptation was there with my family acting as \u2018tempters\u2019. It was a struggle indeed watching people eating!<\/p>\n
I was grateful, though I was under such circumstances, I was not drooling at all and there was no hunger pang. Thinking how others in our team had thrived, I could withstand the temptation as well. I also faced hard times and even had squabbles with my wife. Even so, we got to know and understand each other better. We prayed for our weaknesses. As I reflected on this fast, I realized the temptations the Muslims faced during Ramadan as they couldn\u2019t even drink and I will be a more understanding person. Keep up this good work!<\/p>\n
An Unbelievable Fasting Experience <\/strong><\/span>\n\/ Pr Jackson Lee, Zhuo En MC, Saratok<\/strong><\/span><\/pre>\n
As I was outstation I delayed my Fast & Pray starting from 13-15\/12 instead. One of the church members accompanied me in this walk and I accomplished it even to the awe of my dear wife. It was unbelievable indeed!<\/p>\n
I did want to give up but thanks to the Lord for helping me persevere even in discomfort situation. When I thought how others had done it, I cried to the Lord for help and felt the blessing and protection coming from our Lord.<\/p>\n
Sleep till dawn<\/strong><\/span>\n\/ Rev Wong Nyiik Hung, Wan Ming MC, Sibu<\/strong><\/span><\/pre>\n
Due to gastric problem, I often cough and vomit I couldn\u2019t join full fasting so I took partial fast. But I really enjoyed these three days of fasting . As I prayed over the posting struggles, God promised that \u201cNot that we are competent in ourselves to claim anything for ourselves, but our competence comes from God.\u201d(2Corinth 3:5) His word strengthened and healed me. My gastric problem didn\u2019t occur during my fast and I could sleep well till dawn. Praise God!<\/p>\n
I felt at Peace<\/strong><\/span>\n\/ Rev Chua Siew Chen, Zion Bible Correspondence School<\/strong><\/span><\/pre>\n
When I was learning mediation and observation one morning, I looked into the sky and saw layers upon layers of clouds. I felt profound peace at heart. God is calm, steadfast and unchanging; I could rely on Him as He is the sovereign King ever!<\/p>\n
Thanks to Rev Tie for initiating this Fast & Pray and we could pray together as a team. I really enjoyed it as I knew there are many out there traveling with me. God also showed me my weaknesses and I could rely on Him to overcome them. I hope I will have more opportunities to fast and pray together with my fellow pastors and church members!<\/p>\n
A Two-Day Fast <\/span><\/strong>\n\/Ho Ming Hing, Logos MC, Sibu<\/span><\/strong><\/pre>\n
As I was traveling and couldn\u2019t participate in the Fast & Pray call, I followed my own fasting schedule: 1st day 1 meal off, 2nd day 2 meals off and another two days of full fast.<\/p>\n
During this time, I prayed for our new President Rev Tie and the new leaders. I felt blessed after praying as I could handle tough task with wisdom and I saw changes in my children as well.<\/p>\n
With some shame, I admit that this was my very first time to have fasted for two full days and I had wanted to give up many times due to unbearable hunger. With this experience, I would seek the Lord with fasting in future. Fasting helped me yearning the Lord more. As I put my hard decision making matters into the hands of God and entrusted the needs of the church into his hands, I experienced a renewal in my life too.<\/p>\n
I also prayed that God will pour upon us his grace and revival through this type of action.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The Strength of the Multitude \/ Chan Sing Ming It never came to mind I would be able to fast for three whole days. I now realize how great the power of the multitude can be as I fasted together with the children of God. On the first day, the fasting was not that bad, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":48980,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[196,208,10],"tags":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/scaccmm.sarawakmethodist.org\/new\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20850"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/scaccmm.sarawakmethodist.org\/new\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/scaccmm.sarawakmethodist.org\/new\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scaccmm.sarawakmethodist.org\/new\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scaccmm.sarawakmethodist.org\/new\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=20850"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/scaccmm.sarawakmethodist.org\/new\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20850\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scaccmm.sarawakmethodist.org\/new\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/48980"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/scaccmm.sarawakmethodist.org\/new\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=20850"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scaccmm.sarawakmethodist.org\/new\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=20850"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scaccmm.sarawakmethodist.org\/new\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=20850"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}