Oct 17th, 2020: Pray for Peace

 

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Now is the time to pray for Peace in the world. It appears that we are heading to a global conflict as China prepares herself to take over Taiwan. Although it is not the first time we hear about such a threat, this time, however, it is more imminent than what we have seen in the past. The world has changed a lot since Covod-19, and no one seems to be able to do much to help with what happened in Hong Kong. It is not going to be a pretty world when this happens. Many people I know in Vietnam have also expressed the sentiment that China might do the same thing to Vietnam as well. Maybe China has to go to war against the rest of the world because she is afraid that she might have to face an internal one against herself. So how do we pray?

We pray that the church in China will be able to sustain the persecution as her government is going to restrict the freedom of Christians there. Pray that the lessons the church learned through the years of the cultural revolution, will not be forgotten, and she will rise to stand for what is right.

We pray that the church around the world will wake up to the simple message of the Gospel. The world is in great need of redemption. What we have learned during Covid-19 is that we cannot trust the knowledge of the world alone. We must know what it means to listen to God with wisdom and discernment.

We pray that we have the unity to fight against what is evil. We cannot do that when our society might not even have any understanding of immorality. We see the fight against racial discrimination and the unjust treatment of some indigenous people. However, the same group of people might now propagate discrimination against other groups of people.

By the way, I do not doubt that Chinese scholars will spy for China due to their tie to their social contract and national duty to their nation. It is not safe not to do so when their government ask them to do it in many ways.

Philippians 4: 6-7
“Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God; and the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.”

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