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W e pray that the C om m ittee for the Y outh M inistry
w ill be strong and courageous in the w ork o f the
Lord and m ake great progress under the guidance
of God. M ay we fulfill H is m ission w ith C hrist into
the future.

(Major Gideon Lam is Chairperson of the Youth
Committee for 1993-95.)

World Day of Prayer (Hong Kong) Committee

These Forty Years
Ms. Elizabeth Lee Li-kyun

In those days G od led the people of Israel in the and sisters w ho have endlessly offered up their
w ilderness for forty years, giving them the true prayers o f faith and praise before God. B ecause of
experience o f the presence o f God and H is care. these fragrant offerings, God has also blessed the
B ut m ore im portant still w as the new hope that He w om en of H ong K ong in m any w onderful w ays,
had given to them as a nation: that H e w ho w as especially in bringing about a positive change in
w ith them for the past forty years had already given their social status. Even in the C hurch, the position
them the Prom ised L and - a land full o f m ilk and of w om en has obviously been up-graded. For
honey. exam ple, during the past decade, m any m ore
w om en pastors w ere ordained into the m inistry and
Now at this m om ent as the H ong K ong C hristian w ere w ell-received and accepted by the church.
Council prepares for its 40th anniversary
celebration, w e are led to think o f the m any T hrough our experience o f the guidance o f G od in
m iracles and w onders that G od had perform ed in the past days, w e are now confident that G od w ill
the w ilderness. F or forty years, G od had in actual be w ith us in the days to com e as w e face up to new
fact also perform ed m any m iracles and w onders in challenges. W ith 1997 approaching, H ong K ong
this sm all land o f H ong K ong. people are experiencing m ixed em otions ju st as the
Israelites did w hen entering the Prom ised Land.
Forty years in the history o f the universe is but a They w ere joyful because G od had truly given them
blink o f an eye. B ut it is enough for us as children a land full of m ilk and honey, but shocked because
of G od to utter endless praise and thanksgiving for from then onw ard, they had to be com m itted to new
w hat H e had done. A s w e count the blessings of challenges. T he M anna in the m orning had
God, w hat has happened in history has becom e our stopped and the quails in the evening cam e no
m ore. W hat w as left behind w as a piece o f
best w itness. D uring these forty years, God has
rebuilt H ong K ong, so m uch devastated by the last boundless land. A s H ong K ong faces 1997, w hat
W ar, and also relieved H ong K ong from the do we see? A piece o f boundless land or the m ighty
econom ic depression o f the sixties. Furtherm ore, w orks o f God?
H e w as w ith us and got us through the political
crisis w hich happened in the eighties. Prayers prove the presence o f God. Praise tells us
o f G o d 's m ighty deeds. Fellow ship rem inds us o f
For the fact that H ong K ong has achieved so m uch the people w hom w e serve. T his is w hat the
today, we m ust give credit to the m any thousands purpose and the spirit of the W orld D ay o f Prayer
and m illions o f people w ho in the past have given is. It is through us, the Body o f C hrist,
their love and contributed m uch to this precious and w orshipping together, in fellow ship, in prayer and
beloved land. O n top o f that and m ore rem arkable sharing, that our eyes are constantly turned to see
still is the fact that there is a large group o f brothers

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