By RunNat Admin
RunNat 2012
A new year has dawned upon us and already there is much to pray for. World economies face uncertain short to mid term instability given the Euro crisis that has yet to be resolved. The Mid East is still undergoing change. Some nations being rebuilt while others only now beginning to feel the effect of the Arab Spring. We in Malaysia are faced with an imminent election that could take place at any time though we in RunNat feel it will be later rather than sooner (elections must be held by March 2013).
Yes, there is much to pray for. There is also much to do. Since last year RunNat has adopted a dual- pronged strategy to its activities-prayer and community service. Through the introduction of RunNat GRACE we raised close to RM50,000 for 16 poor and needy families in KL. We intend to push through with this journey of blessing communities.
In our moments of contemplation we have looked at the last few years to see where we have been. We see the fingerprints of God in so many things and we are forever grateful for what He has shown us. We truly believe that we experience God when we get involved where we see Him at work! 2012 will see RunNat go 2 steps further.
In March we will organise our first ever Leadership Conference. It’s important that leaders of RunNat in different cities move forward together as one. It will be a time of listening, sharing and praying together.
In June we will host a RunNat Camp aimed at youth and young adult with the purpose of discipling a generation of nation-builders.
On top of that we will organise a Run for Sabah in August in conjunction with the 40-Days Fast & Pray and to commemorate the Jubilee Year of Malaysia Day.
RunNat Day will be held on the 6th of October in the different capital cities of Malaysia and elsewhere around the world.
So get ready for an exciting year of prayer, discipleship and community engagement. Here’s to 2012!
See you at the Finish Line!
Victor Chua
By Weng Hong
As we countdown to RUN NAT DAY , I began to reflect on how God has been guiding RUN NAT & C58 step by step thru his Holy Spirit with the major theme of ISAIAH 58. Four years ago in 2007 i was asked to share prayer points with my intercessory group in my church. I remember being so moved to share Isaiah 58 that i had not heard/forgotten my leaders instructions to talk/pray about the family. As I shared about the fasting that God wants (not mere outward religion), freeing those wrongly imprisoned, sharing food with the hungry, welcoming the poor wanderer …. there was an awkward silence, I was soon reprimanded afterwards for not following instructions. Never before have i felt so alone, as that day, yet i still felt the Holy Spirit’s strong conviction and comforting hand to speak Isaiah 58 as I went back home, alone. He said, ‘someone else will take up the baton of Isaiah 58′.
Little did I know how prophetic Isaiah 58 was to be. The year I shared Isaiah 58 in 2007 was the year RUN NAT began in FGA. Four years later in 2011 Victor Chua was inspired by the Holy Spirit to set up RUN NAT GRACE and form C58 with the theme of Isaiah 58. Isaiah 58 has also been the major theme of RUN NAT 2011 and the Sponsor Our Run campaign. Praying for Malaysia is really about praying for PEOPLE especially the poor & needy who are so affected by what happens in the 8 realms/spheres. As I see and listen to the desperate cries of the poor and needy, there is an even urgent call/burden to pray for Malaysia.
Finally even in my weekly (BSF) bible study fellowship on Isaiah, it is prophetic how we finished Isaiah 58 on monday 3rd October, five days before RUN NAT DAY. As Victor says, “There is always a flow when the spirit of God is at work thru His people. God is telling us something.” Let us always be ready to hear HIS voice, not 2nd hand or 3rd hand but direct from HIM. HE is speaking to us today, for us to do HIS WILL on earth to bring good news to the poor and needy.
Weng Hong Run Nat Prayer Commission Head
By RunNat Admin
Attention all RunNaters in the Klang Valley
Our Briefing Day at PJEFC is today! From 2pm to 3pm we will be marking attendance, answering queries and giving out RunNat 2011 t shirts. 3pm to 5pm we get down to the nitty gritty of RunNat Day covering rules & regs and the areas we will be covering in prayer. Runners who have not selected a team as at the 15th of Sept will get a chance to meet their team members organised by the RunNat Comm. We will be giving out maps to all the teams and introducing the very important AG Heads.
Teams that have already been formed online are invited to start finding their Team Manager. Team Managers are non runners whose main job is to keep the runners in his team safe by driving close by. They also have the task of sending them back to the starting line. Please invite them to come along for the Briefing Day too.
More important than all of that is that we will be imparting the vision for our run, dedicating our runners to the Lord and praying for the anointing to come upon each one of them on RunNat Day.
RunNat Briefing Day is an integral part of the RunNat programme so we do expect all runners to come. If for some reason you are unable to attend please let us know by emailing us at admin@runforthenation.com.
See you there!
RunNat Comm
By Weng Hong
As we approach Malaysia Day on Sept 16, let us remember Sabah in our prayers especially in these critical areas :
The massive illegal immigrant population in Sabah (a recurring issue over the decades)
It is estimated that there are 1.7 million illegals in Sabah leaving the 1.5 million Sabahans marginalised and disenfranchised in their own land greatly affecting the socio – political and economic, religious fabric and security within the state. (These illegals have to look for jobs, food, shelter, healthcare etc but have no rights) Sabah has the highest number of poor in the country and an increasing crime statistic. (fmt 19/5/11) As of aug 8, 2011, Sabah has recorded the highest in registered illegal immigrants of the 530,625 illegals so far registered from aug 1 to aug 8 in Peninsular Malaysia and Sabah under the Govt’s Biometric 6P Amnesty programme.
Stateless children
A report in 2009 says Sabah is home to 52,000 stateless children and their numbers are steadily increasing. “Stateless children are a by product of the massive influx of illegal immigrants into Sabah” ” They are here because many of their parents who are illegal immigrants (working in plantations) have either abandoned them or left them when they were arrested or deported back” They live on the streets as child labourers, are exposed to drugs, petty crime and are subject to abuse, have no access to education, healthcare. (free malaysia today 19/5/2011)
Prayer
Lets pray that the Government is determined, impartial and sincere in its 6P Amnesty Biometric Registration Programme for illegal immigrants and illegal foreign workers esp in Sabah inorder to stop their abuse / exploitation by syndicates/people who seek to profit from their vulnerablility (as they have no rights). Pray that the Govt is sincere to resolve the huge immigrant population in Sabah which is destroying the socio - political, security, economic, religious fabric in Sabah.
Pray for the Church in Sabah that it would be united and find a new zeal and commitment to bring the good news to the poor and needy there.
Weng Hong Run Nat Prayer Commission Head
