蒙福祷告会 Blessed Prayer Meeting

有好一些人都听闻关于我们教会的祷告会，也有一些特别从别教会，甚至外地来参加我们的祷告会。。。

他们听说我们祷告会很有恩膏，能感受神的同在，很多人参加等等，让他们都很羡慕。。。

听了这样的称赞当然很高兴、很感恩。。。有时甚至会沾沾自喜，结果要不断认罪悔改、求主赦免。。。

因为我深深知道也常常都要提醒自己一切都是主的恩典、主的怜悯，还记得当初要叫人来祷告会有多难。。。用劝勉、鼓励、教导，到用压力、责备、管教等等。。。属灵、属血气的法宝都施尽了都不见效。。。最后只好把球丢回给主，说他再不帮忙，不自己感动和“弄”人要来祷告会，我也不管了。。。

耍这“绝招”是因为我知道祷告会对教会和基督徒是何等重要。。。基本上教会没祷告就会死掉！

我告诉神说祷告会太重要了，不容他忽略（好像上帝自己不知道，哇哈哈哈哈哈哈！〕。。。我说他不可以不理，他一定要自己吸引人来，让人感受到他的同在而被感动和吸引（好一个教上帝怎样做神！哇哈哈哈哈哈哈！还好没被雷劈！算神怜悯，哈哈！〕

总而言之，上帝真的是怜悯和亲自做工，才看到今天每个星期六很多人都很认真来祷告会和经历他。。。一切颂赞、感恩、荣耀都归给主，也谢谢他没对付我讲话太不礼貌，阿们！

Quite a few people have heard of our church’s prayer meeting, and some specially come to attend our prayer meeting from other churches and even from outside Kuching…

They heard that our prayer meeting is very anointed, can feel the presence of God, many people attend etc and they are really envious…

Of course hearing compliments like that  I do feel happy and grateful… sometimes I can start floating in cloud nine, as a result I have to keep repenting and asking for God’s forgiveness…

Because I know very well and have to remind myself always that it is all God’s grace and mercy, and I can still remember how difficult it was at the beginning to get people to come to the prayer meeting… I exhorted, encouraged, taught till applying pressure, rebuking, disciplining etc… I exhausted all forms of techniques, both spiritual and carnal, and saw no effect… in the end I had to throw the ball back to God and said if He still refused to help, if He still did not touch people and “make” people want to come to the prayer meeting, then I would not be bothered too…

I engaged this “final technique” as I know how very important prayer meeting is to a church and Christians… basically  churches die when they do not pray!

I told God prayer meeting is too important for Him to ignore ( as if He doesn’t know, muahahahahaha!)… I told Him He must be concerned about it, He must attract people to come, let people feel His presence and be touched and drawn ( Wow, teaching God how to be God! Muahahahahaha! Thank God I was not struck by lightning! Really God’s mercy, haha!)

In conclusion, God really showed mercy and moved His hand, that is why we see now that every Saturday many come to pray seriously and experience Him in the prayer meeting… All praise, thanks and glory be unto Him, and thank God for not punishing me for not being very polite in speaking, Amen!

祷告的画面始终很感人。。。
Picture of people praying is always very touching…

一般上我能够我就会自己带领祷告会，因负担和恩膏对祷告会非常重要，这是神给我的。。。
Basically if I could, I would lead the prayer meeting myself because burden and anointing are very crucial for a prayer meeting, and God has given me such…

我们的敬拜团员若不会祷告绝对不能上台。。。
Our worship team members will definitely not be allowed to go on stage if they do not know how to pray…

感谢主让我们年轻人也会看重祷告。。。
Thank God for causing our young people to have burden for prayer too…

我们也从小就训练小孩会跪拜及祷告在神面前。。。
And we train little children from young to kneel and worship and pray before God too…

有智慧的父母把年幼的小孩都带来，让他们从小就有祷告的熏陶。。。
Wise parents bring even very young children that they might be nurtured by prayer even from young…

基本上我们都习惯脱鞋子跪在地上祷告，老人家或脚不方便的当然可以坐在椅子上。。。
Basically we are very used to kneeling on the floor bare-footed to pray, but of course for the elderly and those who have problems , they can always sit in the chairs…

楼下大堂会爆满到人跪在大门的砖块上祷告。。。
The downstairs sanctuary would be so packed that some have to kneel on the tiles at the main door to pray…

到那地步时，招待员就会把门关起来，不让人再挤进大堂了。。。
Up to that point, the ushers would close the door and not let any more people squeeze into the main sanctuary…

挤不进的没办法就要到楼上去。。。
Those who could not squeeze in have no choice but to go upstairs…

过后楼上也一样会坐满人。。。
Upstairs would also be packed later…

通常祷告后会有简短的真理分享。。。
Normally there will be a short sharing of God’s Word after prayer…

愿神不断怜悯及膏抹以致于全教会都会常常来祷告，也让蒙福教会始终都是祷告的殿，阿们！
May God continue to have mercy and anoint till the whole church will always come and pray, and that Blessed Church will always be a praying church, Amen!