Prayer Pointers – 12 August 2021
“The Lord has done great things for us; we are glad.” Psalm 126:3, ESV
Singapore celebrated her 56th National Day on 9 August with a ceremonial parade and an aerial fly-past across the island state. While the celebration is muted due to covid restrictions we could sense the united heartbeat and resolve of those residing in Singapore. The theme song for this year’s celebration is aptly titled, “We did it before, and we’ll do it again!” As people of God, may we add, “by God’s grace and mercy.”
PRAYER POINTERS
12 August 2021
Praise God for Singapore’s progressive rollout of covid vaccination program resulting in a high level of completed vaccination of over 70% by the National Day.
Pray for:
More international and local students to join EAST multicultural community onsite or online for the equipping of servant leaders and fulfilling Christ’s mandate in bringing His love and good news to our neighbours, near and far.
God’s wisdom for our government to protect lives and livelihoods and provide a socially cohesive and peaceful environment conducive for economic recovery and missional effectiveness.
We are One Body
Romans 12:5, NIV: “so in Christ, we, though many, form one body, and each member belongs to all the others.”
Paul in most of Romans 12 explains that the worship of our God is to become living sacrifices with Romans 12:3-8 detailing our responsibility as a living sacrifice. As the body of Christ, the church and everyone in it has a part to play. Our individual gifts are to work together to achieve glory to Christ.
As the church, Christ’s body on earth we are often spread across many different places with vastly different jobs, but together we are one unified “being,” a single entity with a single purpose.
In addition to this, we are to remember that we form ONE body. No one is left out, and everyone has a responsibility and should be wholly accountable to each other.
Happy 56th National Day, Singapore!
Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord,
the people whom he has chosen as his heritage!
– Psalm 33:12, ESV
Happy 56th Birthday, Singapore! Together our Singapore Spirit! God bless our Nation! 🇸🇬
Let’s celebrate our unity as a country of diverse cultures.
Together, we will rise from these uncertain times… we did it before, and we will do it again.
Tsubasa@Tokyo 2020: Failure & Faith
Tsubasa: A Manga on the Failure and Faith of Christian Athletes
The newly released manga, Tsubasa: Searching for Wings, has been providentially timed for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics and Paralympic Games season. Many athletes will be able to identify with the characters in the manga – seeking success and significance, fame and glory in winning (tsubasa is wings). Ultimately, however, one’s true joy can only be found in knowing Jesus Christ as the Saviour and realising one’s identity as God’s beloved.
The manga is based on a story of Reina, a reporter who is herself once a figure skating competitor who had to retire due to an ankle injury in her younger days. She had to interview three real life Christian Olympians and “research key to mental toughness” among these athletes – Brazil’s Paralympian Daniel Dias, American Sprinter and Bobsledder Lauryn Williams, and Japanese Taekwondo Athlete Yoriko Okamoto.
Experience of 1st Year MA Leadership Student from Mongolia
Boggii (Oyunbolor Munkhtuvshin), 1st year MA Leadership student & her family
Hi, my name is Boggii and I am a first-year student at EAST studying MA Leadership. As a mother of three young children, the last 10 years or so have been me feeding, changing tons of diapers, cooking, cleaning and driving kids to and from school. Many nights were sleepless and days endless, where I felt hopeless and weary not just physically but spiritually as well.
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