FASTING & PRAYER

THE ANSWER TO BREAKTHROUGH

life. FGBMF Malaysia has been around for the past 31 years, and we meet regularly to testify of God's goodness in our lives. We had done more than a thousand evangelistic banquets and outreach meetings to usher in more than 30,000 souls into the kingdom of God over the past 10 years. We were great in organising events and bringing in good speakers and renowned evangelists to our meetings. We had invested much time, resources and energy in channeling the saved souls to the respective churches. All the good works that FGBMF Malaysia had done were commendable, but we still could not experience a breakthrough to impact the marketplace for God.

Last year at our Central Regional AMC, our National Treasurer, James Kui, spoke about the FGBMF identity and hearing from God through fasting and prayer. God used our beloved brother Datuk Tony Tiah to speak about revival. Tan Sri Chan Ah Chye testified on how he anchored his faith in Christ to encourage and edify our brothers from the Northern, Southern, Sabah and Sarawak regions. Our National Board went to Fraser's Hill in early March to pray and seek God for guidance for revival. It was during this time that we received news that Japan had been hit by an earthquake and tsunami and thousands of lives had perished in the disaster.

God already sent a clear message to the Board that people are perishing without knowing Jesus. Then in May this year we invited an anointed speaker from USA, Dr John Tetsola, to share with us at “Change for Revival” men’s camp in Miri, Sarawak.

I believe we have done what is humanly possible to initiate a change of attitude in our fellowship. I believe members’ lives that are oriented to pleasing self influence very few. We must be willing to get out from our comfort zone to evangelise to our business associates, suppliers, customers and friends. If God has called us to be the salt of the earth and light of the world, then we ought to come out of the salt shakers if we desire to season the world with godliness. The heartbeat of influence is compassion, and our foundation of experiencing revival is conviction. The people that most influence us are usually the people who care for us. There must be compelling conviction for us to rise above our own petty motives of self-gratification.

Humberto Arguello Paso, the FGBMFI Nicaragua National President, and his travelling companion, Roger Gonzalez, had just left after visiting us from June 30 to July 6, during which they shared with our members about the transformation of Nicaragua from a dangerous drug cartel country to the safest nation in Central America through the fishing chapters initiated by the Fellowship in fasting and prayer. More than two-thirds of the nation’s population (more than 4 million) were saved through members’ testimonies.

The Psalmist describes in Psalm 127:1-2 what it means to live in our own strength: “Unless the Lord builds the house, its builders labor in vain. Unless the Lord watches over the city, the watchmen stand guard in vain. In vain you rise early and stay up late, toiling for food to eat-for he grants sleep to those he loves.”