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Malaysia's Destiny

Description: Malaysia Day Prayer Rally 2011

Malaysia's Destiny

20 Sept 2011

FOURTY-EIGHT years since Malaysia's formation in 1963, the local Church is seeing the country's destiny in God's global plan take shape. Will the Church press on to see its fulfillment?

Malaysia Day which fell on 16 Sept 2011 was celebrated by churches nationwide through the Malaysia Day Prayer Rally. The prayer rally also marked the ending of the 40-Day Fast and Prayer for 2011. In Petaling Jaya, over 1,000 came to the event at GA611 Bread of Life Prayer Tabernacle Church. There were similar rallies at a dozen other churches in various states.

David Demian

At GA611, Egyptian-Canadian speaker Dr David Demian, Director of Watchmen for the Nations, preached on Malaysia's role in fulfilling the movement of the Gospel which he said is now in the phase of "returning to the Middle East" (Isaiah 19). Events such as the Arab Spring of 2011 are indicative of this.

Malaysia is a bridge in facilitating the Gospel's return to the Middle East due to the country's multicultural and multi-religious composition, Demian said.

"In chess, even unimportant pieces must be moved to trigger the next move. Malaysia is at the forefront of the pieces God wants to move. If Malaysia doesn't move, the whole game comes to a standstill," he said in his exhortation.

Demian added that the Kingdom of God which Malaysia would help to establish would not be a political one, but a spiritual one in which Christ would reign and rule in human hearts. To this end, there would also be greater "clashes between the kingdoms of darkness and light", a hint of what the Malaysian Church should be expecting.

Capping the jubilant mood of the evening was the following Declaration for Malaysia (edited) proclaimed in faith that God will answer:

  1. Malaysia, as we celebrate the 48th year of your formation, we declare that your time has come! Be healed of racial divisions and conflicts.
  2. Malaysia, let your destiny as a model of a prosperous, united, multiracial and multicultural nation begin to take place from this day forth.
  3. Arise to dispense justice and freedom of worship for all your people, regardless of race. We declare defeat over religious extremism and racial superiority. We declare a righteous and able government to arise. Let righteous, good and capable men and women be elected. We declare for the Federal Constitution to be upheld in its original spirit and in its undiluted form.
  4. Malaysia, you will win the battle against corruption and mismanagement of wealth. You will share and distribute wealth among all communities, so that no community will marginalised.
  5. We declare righteousness and justice in every aspect of this nation. We declare the judicial system be fair and just to all. Let bad judges be removed.
  6. We declare for the Election Commission to be clean and fair in conducting elections. We declare that election candidates will refrain from unethical practices during the campaign period.
  7. We declare improvements in the quality of education. Let bias, inaccuracies and hidden agendas be removed from the school curriculum.
  8. We declare God's favour and blessings upon this nation so that more citizens will return to work, live and find good education for their children here. Let us not lose our citizens to other nations!
  9. We declare God's people to take their place in prayer and as agents of change to see Malaysia transformed. Let God's people live to see the fulfilment of His destiny in this nation!

Amen!



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