Transformation Starting From Prayer

Ms. Barbara Chan

Harvest Evangelism (H.K.)Limited

Poverty in Hong Kong

• “According to one calculation, over a quarter of people in Hong Kong are on the edge of poverty” - SCMP 21 May 2017

• “Wealth gap will break Hong Kong if we don't change the economic order – Paul Yip Professor of social work and social administration of HKU” – SCMP 5 June 2014

Nation transformation must be tangible with the premier socialindicator being the elimination of systemic poverty.

“The Son of God appeared for this purpose, to destroy the works of the devil” (1 John 3:8b)

The Solution is: Nation Transformation

Elimination of Systemic Poverty

Must Address All 4 Kinds of Poverty to Eliminate Systemic Poverty:

1. Spiritual poverty – afflicts those who do not know that God is their father.

2. Relational poverty encompasses those whose focus is on themselves at the expense of the community.

3. Motivational poverty is a state of hopelessness –they have no way of facing tomorrow’s challenges

4. Material poverty impacts those who lack the basic necessities to sustain themselves.

Case Study 1 Tin Shui Wai

Dedication of the District to God

Prayer to dedicate the land of the district, schools, businesses, the people, ministries to the Lord.

“The earth is the Lord's, with all its wealth; the world and all the people living in it”. Psa 24:1

In 2009, Pastor Wong Po Ling, Senior Pastor of TSW C.C.C. Church of Christ in China, Chair of the Pastors Network in Tin Shui Wai after returning from the Global Transformation Conference of our Ministry in Hawaii.

together with her team, dedicated the the land of Tin Shui and everything on it and their ministries to the Lord

Prayer Evangelism –Changing the Spiritual Climate

Prayer Evangelism

Pastor Wong and her team began to pray all through Tin Shui Waiusing the principles that Jesus taught the 72 disciples in Luke 10: 5-9 described in the book “Prayer Evangelism” by Ed Silvoso

Jesus sent the 72 Disciples to go to cities and districts ahead of Him. He taught them to do 4 steps:

1. Bless as they went and into the homes v.5

2. Fellowship - build relationships with those they blessed v. 7

3. Minister to Felt Needs of people they fellowshipped with v.9a

4. Proclaim the Kingdom of God has come – share the gospel v.9b

A Canopy of Prayer through Blessing

1. Bless the Land invite the Kingdom of God and His presence to come on the land and its people

2. Repentance prayer to break strongholds caused by historical sins that bring a curse on the land

3. Blessed the whole of Tin Shui Wai systemically starting from their estate to other Estates one by one, doors opened to minister in many Estates

4. Blessing prayer brought a great change to the spiritual climate in Tin Shui Wai.

5. A canopy of the presence of God covered the land.

Testimony of Worship in Ping Shan Ancestral Hall

• Reclaiming Ping Shan the entrance into Tin Shui Wai a significant point of inception for Christ through prayer

• Prayed weekly, and daily for for Ping Shan, blessed every street, every door,

• Worship and prayer in Ancestral Hall –testimonies, sharing gospel, 33 tables banquet, blowing the Shofar

• Spiritual climate shifted in Ping Shan –churches welcomed and the Churches there prospered.

Strategic Prayer in Tin Shui Wai

• Prayed to break a Fung Shui Ley Line from Yuen Long to Tin Shui Wai - a straight line without houses

• Prayed in North, South, East, West, Centre of T.S.W.

• Persevered in prayer from a high place over this area

• Prayed until prayer has wholly saturated the heavens

• Proclaimed that T.S.W. belongs to Christ, at North South, East, West and Central TSW, blowing Shofar

• The sign in heaven - a long line of cloud formation

• The grip of Demonic Stronghold on the District was broken, the spiritual climate is changed positively

An Estate is Reached –Tin Tsing Estate

• Prayed blessing over this new estate development until the development was completed.

• When the estate was ready for occupation they were able to go to 2/3rds of all the occupants of the estate to bless them fellowship with them and minister to them and give them gifts and shared the gospel to them.

• They built relationships with the residents and the Mutual Aid Committee, built a church in their office

• Many residents continue to seek them for help in relation to the 4 Kinds of Poverty and came to Christ

Aligning with Marketplace and Social Services NGOs

• To thoroughly eliminate systemic poverty they t addressed the 4 forms of poverty - spiritual, relational, motivational and material

• Pastors Network worked with Social Services, shared resources to minister to the poor effectively

• They aligned together with Marketplace Christians teaching them how to transform their marketplace and social services to eliminate systemic poverty.

• Case Study - Dr. Lambert Chan Heavenly Joy Family Clinic

Yuen Long District CSSA cases are distributed by category

ElderlySingleParent

DisabilityUnemploy

mentLow

IncomeOthers

Yuen Long 3291 711 766 574 144 164

Countryside 3956 763 1372 670 120 247

Tin Shui Wai 5405 2643 2378 1670 848 346

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2000

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6000(As of 31/12/2012)

Information Source: Social Welfare Department of Social Security Computer System

Total 12652 4117 4516 2914 1112 757

Yuen Long District CSSA cases are distributed by category

ElderlySingleParent

DisabilityUnemploy

mentLow

IncomeOthers

Yuen Long 3343 759 871 570 129 209

Countryside 3446 613 1178 547 89 190

Tin Shui Wai 5459 2371 2326 1442 713 335

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1000

2000

3000

4000

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6000

(As of 31/12/2013 )

Information Source: Social Welfare Department of Social Security Computer System

Total 12348 343 4375 2559 931 734

Case Study 2East Kowloon District

From United Pastors Prayer to Pastoring the District

• 2010 Pastor Lee Ping Nam Chairman of the East Kowloon

Pastors Network received the call to pray in Victoria Peak for

E. Kowloon.

• Praying, the Lord asked him, “Will you become the Pastor of

East Kowloon?”

• He said “Yes if you will teach me.”

• From then the Pastors Network began gradually shift prayer

focus and ministry to the Transformation of East Kowloon

• They built a covering of prayer over the District.

Government Planning for CBD District in East Kowloon Announced

• Shortly after, the Government announced their plan

to build a East Kowloon into a Business District like

the Central Business District

• The Church was prepared through prayer to

welcome the change to build God’s Kingdom

through these changes

• Churches began to minister in the districts closest to

their churches and to adopt the district in prayer

Prayer Evangelism in East Kowloon

• Every year since 2011, the United Pastors Prayer Network of East Kowloon practiced Prayer Evangelism to bless Kwun Tong – the Old District, the Business District, Kwun Tong Ferry Pier, NgauTau Kwok, Sau Mau Ping, Lam Tin etc.

• Prayer Evangelism is from Luke 10:5-9 when Jesus taught the disciples to do 4 steps: Bless to speak peace, Fellowship with those blessed, minister to felt needs, Minister to felt needs, Proclaim the Kingdom of God has come.

Dedication of East Kowloon to the LordOctober 2011

At Lei Yu Mun Lighthouse Eastern Harbour Gate of Hong Kong - Welcomed the King of Glory into East Kowloon

At Yue Man Rest Garden the Centre of Old Kwun Tong –Welcomed the King of Glory into East Kowloon

Raised a Canopy of Prayer on Peaks of East Kowloon

Between June to November

2012 led by the Lord went up

4 Peaks, one every 6 weeks to

build God’s altar at strategic

points to pray for Kwun Tong.

June 2014 the Pastors raised a Canopy of Prayer on 12 Peaks to build prayer altars on each Peak to raise a Canopy of Prayer over East Kowloon.

They declared East Kowloon belongs to God.

East Kowloon was filled with the presence of God

Campus Doors Began to Open

• Campuses opened doors to churches for Ministry

• Ah Yung of U-Fire began to connect with the Pastors of East

Kowloon and they united together to minister to the

students of the campuses to mobilize them to transform the

culture of schools through thanksgiving, appreciation,

blessing of fellowship students, teachers and principals

• Students came to Christ - youth culture being transformed

• Motivational poverty is broken off them so they can reach

their destiny

Ministry to the Elderly in Sau Mou Ping

• Pastor Lee Ping Nam’s Church aligned with the Sau MouPing Pastors Network who had prayed blessing persistently for Sau Mou Ping District over the years.

• Doors opened for ministry to the elderly in Tsui Ping Estate

• A Fellowship was formed in Tsui Ping Estate to minister to the elderly in spirit, soul and body

• Ministry to the elderly to share the Gospel and to bless them in their material, relational and physical needs.

• To break poverty off them in spiritual, relational, and material felt needs. Some came to the Lord.

Mentoring to 100+ Students

• Pastor Lee Ping Nam’s Church and E. Kowloon Praise

Assembly were encouraged by HKCNP to apply to the

Government Children Development Fund

• Each obtained funding to Mentor 100+ teenagers.

• Mentorship of the young people enabled them to come

out of the 4 Kinds of poverty to build their true identity

• This came about as the Church culture changed to

Kingdom culture through the Prayer of the Pastors

• Mentoring young people impact the culture of homes

too

The Power of Prayer• Since summer 2012, after a trip to the Korea Prayer

Mountain, the marketplace Christians in Pastor Lee Ping Nam’s Church requested early morning prayer in the church from 6 a.m. before going to work Monday to Friday.

• This prayer meeting has continued for over 800 weekdays

• This brought continuous change the spiritual climate over the whole of East Kowloon

• God will continue His work of transformation in East Kowloon as His people obey His call to pray.

• The objective of Transformation is to eliminate systemic poverty - the 4 kinds of poverty.

• Poverty is systemic – caused by systemic sin

• “The reason the Son of God appeared was to destroy the devil’s work.” 1 John 3:8b

• “and through him to reconcile to himself all things, whether things on earth or things in heaven, by making peace through his blood, shed on the cross.”(Colossians1:20)

• We have to reclaim what Christ has redeemed through prayer and through ministry (Col 1:20).

Elimination of Systemic Poverty