Prayer and Fasting: A Response to Crisis in Mission
2015; Volume: 11; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês
10.32597/jams/vol11/iss1/2/
ISSN1553-9881
Autores Tópico(s)Christian Theology and Mission
ResumoFasting-God's Promise to His People "If my people who are called by my name humble themselves, pray, seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin and heal their land" (2 Chr 7:14).This passage has not only encouraged me to pray more, but has also encouraged me to fast whenever contemplating a potentially life-changing decision.God has graciously grown my own understanding of the connection between fasting and mission to the point where fasting and prayer are now my basic response to a crisis in mission.A recent example in Adventist Frontier Missions (AFM), the ministry where I serve, will demonstrate the relationship. Fasting and Prayer in Mission-A 2013 ExampleIn early 2013, our project leader in a West African country received a threat from a previously unknown group demanding that AFM stop teaching Bible at our school of more than 300 students.After prayer and counsel with the AFM leadership, the project leader visited with local officials, and to his dismay was instructed to cease morning prayers and open the school for classes each Sabbath.After a season of prayer, AFM decided to close the school for 10 days.The AFM leadership team back in the home office gathered together and called for 10 days of prayer and fasting.For each of the 10 days, colleagues fasted and prayed.We fasted and prayed to humble ourselves before God and ask that he would be glorified in the local region.We claimed the promise of 2 Chr 7:14.Around the world, AFM family members and supporters joined in solemn prayer and fasting.On the first day of prayer and fasting, a local official visited the school and addressed the students in an assembly, instructing them to refuse to participate in the morning worship service.The students rejected his
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