Prey Veng province has been experiencing drought and the people are starting to suffer. It seems that an Angkor-Wat like temple is being built there and the faithful are praying against rain to speed construction and appease the local grandfather-gods.
Then, a few weeks ago 36 leaders from 8 churches in the surrounding area met and prayed. They called upon God and repented on behalf of their country. The following week it rained constantly.
My friend and her husband felt lead by God to organise the meeting. She tells me that despite being here for 17 years "I don't think this would have happened even two or three years ago". Only now were they and the local churches ready to see such a miracle.
The crux of it was repenting of sin - recognising it and asking God to ruthlessly eliminate it. My friend shared that for the last two to three years God had been targetting sin in her own life until she, like the Israelites after 40 years in the desert, is totally "sick" of her sin.
My friend is now hoping to begin teaching the church leaders James 5:16. "Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous man is powerful and effective." Perhaps more miracles will follow.
It makes me think about how ofter we whitewash our sin calling them "personality", "foibles", or "they way we were raised" and then wonder why our prayers lack power.
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