Hallelujah, Jesus is Alive!

2007-04-28T07:04:00.000-07:00

A testimony from His Blessed daughter, Rachael Wong (Singapore)

Hi, i'm Rachael Wong and i would like to give a testimony.I'm from a youth group called Maranatha Prayer Ministry and today, we had our usual prayer meetings like we always have every Sat. But this week's prayer session was different. It not only touched my heart but many others in the room.

Last week, I was discussing with my friend, Aaron, on how to do spontaneous prayer. Because I was suppose to lead worship for last week's prayer session. I asked him how does it feel like having the Holy Spirit in you he told me it was a warm and calm feeling. I felt kind of sad because I have not felt that sort of feeling since my CC4 camp.

And then came this week. My friends, Addison and Mark were leading the prayer session and they led into spontaneous prayer. I have always held back during this kind of intense sessions and dared not open up. But something came over me today, something told me to open up and not to be afraid of what others might think because all that I am doing, is for God. And so i listened and started to pray.

I was praying for the Lord to forgive me for all that i have done. I did not go for MPM meetings for 1 month and did not go for mass once. I was also misbehaving in school. I was praying and praying and singing the song 'Empower Me' at the same time. Halfway thorugh my prayer, I started crying. I was crying so intensely that I was shouting out the words of the song. I also started breaking out in tongues which i usually do not do.

We kept on singing words of praises to Him and Ben(my friend) who had dislocated his left shoulder and is recovering slowly was suddenly raising his left shoulder. He was so amazed that he started telling us and praising Jesus. We were all amazed too and i started crying more. My tears were never ending, it kept flowing.

We were still praying when Aaron had visions of the Lord and Mother Mary in the room with us. At that point of time, i felt this strong, tingling and warm sensation flowing through me. Aaron was mentioning about Jesus walking among us and blessing us. He also told the rest(after the session) that he saw the Lord placing his hands upon me.

Indeed the Lord is present among us. After the whole session, we were having a testimonial session and Lynette(my friend) suddenly told me she had a word for me. She said: 'I don't know whether it is true, but i got a word for you. The Lord has forgiven you.' I was shocked at her words! I was praying the whole session for the Lord to forgive me and indeed he listens to our prayers!

The Lord is indeed amazing and wonderful. Praise Him!

2007-03-31T19:23:00.000-07:00

A testimony from His blessed daughter, Victoria Li (Singapore)

What I am about to share is a personal testimony of thanksgiving and praise.

I actually just arrived home from a holiday in Australia and I just want to share about an experience I had in Brisbane the first day I arrived. I actually flew to Brisbane 2 days earlier than my friends so that I could visit and bunk in with an old secondary schoolmate who's currently studying there. Let’s just call her Ann (not her real name though).

So anyway, before I fill you in with the details on what happened, I'll share with you some of my prayers for this holiday. Like most of you would, I prayed for journey mercy, God's hand of protection to be upon me, and for my friends and I to have a wonderful first-time vacation without any parents there with us.

So now to cut the long story short, when I arrived, Ann met me at the airport and told me that that night, she'd be going clubbing with her friends to celebrate one of their birthdays, and invited me to come along. I met several of her friends throughout the day, and found that they weren't the kind of people I would usually hang around with - so interacting with them was a little difficult. For starters, they were a pretty wild bunch (or what we call 'happening'), and I also soon found out that all of them smoke. It was really hard for me to get along well with them, and constantly breathing in second-hand smoke didn't make things any easier either.

That night, after an entire day of persistent persuasion from everyone, I agreed on joining them for their clubbing session. By this time, I was already feeling way out of my comfort zone since I didn't know anyone and clubbing wasn't my kind of scene. I was already on the brink of tears! Silently, I kept asking God why my vacation started off like this, and I started questioning whether or not He was really protecting me and keeping me safe.

At around 11pm, we headed for our first club of the night. It was called Friday's, and when we arrived there, I felt like a fish out of water. If any of you have been to clubs in Singapore, nightlife in Brisbane is way wilder in every sense - their dressing, language, actions, everything you could think of. All her friends seemed to fit in really well, and started drinking, downing shooter after shooter, and bopping to the music. I tried to enjoy myself and act as though everything was fine, and had a couple of drinks with them, thinking that it would be all over before I knew it.

But NO. At around 1am, we headed to a second nightclub, and they had even more drinks. By that time, I was feeling really terrible. I didn't like what I was experiencing at all. I kept uttering short prayers under my breath, but deep inside I was still doubtful to whether God was really there with me.

We soon headed to our third nightclub called The Family. This club was by far the worse of all. Picture a nightclub located in a dingy alley in the red light district, walls made of bricks - exposed and unpainted, and the entrance dimly lit with a couple of spotlights. Then you see a stream of people outside the club, some waiting to get in, some drunk and staggering about, some vomiting at the sidewalk. Yeah, that was exactly what I saw. I thought it could not get any worse, but the moment I entered the club, it was nothing like I ever felt or imagined. The club was horribly dark, and the only source of light was from the strobe lights coming from the dance floor. The music was deafening and the inside was crammed full of people, and everyone was touching me and pushing me aside as they squeezed past to get in and around. At that moment, I lost Ann and her group of friends, and frantically walked around to find them. And to add to my moment of misery, the nightclub was 3 storeys high. Thankfully, I found them downstairs near the bar. I sat myself down on one of the chairs and by then, I felt too scared and miserable to even breathe a prayer. I started crying and soon Ann realized it. I told her I wanted to go back first, so she brought me out, got a cab for me, and gave me the keys to her apartment.

Inside the cab, I kept crying and sniffling, and thinking about how awful the night was. I was upset that God didn't seem to intervene and make the situation better. The cab driver then turned around to ask me whether I was hurt, and I told him I wasn't. He started consoling me and assuring me that he'd take care of me and get me home safely. When we arrived outside Ann's apartment, he stopped his cab and told me he'd chat with me for awhile to make sure I was alright. While he spoke, I absentmindedly touched the back of my blouse. When I looked at my hand, I saw brown disgusting vomit smeared all over my palm and fingers. I started wailing and crying and I told him that someone puked on my back without me realizing it. He hushed me and cleaned my blouse, then walked me up to my apartment, went inside, and waited while I got changed. He sat me down and told me that the nightclub I went into was one of the worst in the area - it's located in the red light district, and they even had gay nights on certain Sundays. They sold alcohol and DRUGS at dirt-cheap prices and he said he wouldn't be surprised if my friends were into drugs. Before he left, he told me never to go back there again and even left me his email address so that I can contact him when I return back to Singapore.

So that was how my first night in Brisbane went. Awfully thrilling, isn't it? Actually, apart from sharing this experience with all of you, I also wanted to share some of my thoughts on it. Remember I told you what I prayed for before arriving in Brisbane? I asked God to keep me safe. And praise God that He did. Somehow, in spite of whatever that has happened, I've realized that God was in the midst of it all. He was there to protect me, keep me safe from harm, and make sure I wasn't hurt, I wasn't drugged, and best of all, He sent me such a sincere and compassionate cabbie to encourage and take care of me when I was at my lowest. I could have been picked up by any cab driver, and anything could have happened to me in the cab since I was alone in a foreign land. But God didn't allow it to happen. This is truly a testimony of thanksgiving and praise, and an assurance that surely He keeps His promise, because God has said, "Never will I leave you; never will I forsake you." (Hebrews 13:5)

Praise Him!

2007-03-30T08:09:00.000-07:00

A testimony from His blessed son, Anthony Pang (Singapore)

This is a testimony about a event that took place recently. It was the annual CC4 camp from 16th-18th Mar and I was there as a facilitator. There, the Lord showed me signs that left me thanking and praising Him up till now.

It all started when I decided that I should confess a sin which I had kept with me for a long time and I found the courage to finally confess it. Thus I went to Novena church. Before it, I really felt like just keeping it in and confessing my other sins, but after praying about it, I decided that I really want to lead a new life and not something that would pull me down. And so I went in. After the confession, I felt alot lighter as if a real heavy burden that has been with me has been removed and somehow something felt different about me. I had this particular easiness in me.

Then I went to the camp a day earlier for the facil spiritual prep, and it was one of the best I ever had, the Holy Spirit was flowing and I rested in the Spirit. It was a really peaceful rest, I could feel the warm on my neck and my faith really got re-ignited. (My faith was at a stagnant stage before that) and so the day went on and the participants arrived.

On the first night of the camp after the participants went to sleep, I decided to say a prayer, I do not know why, but there was somehow this prompting to pray. And so I said a thanksgiving prayer. Halfway through I found my mind wandering off and so I said to the Lord: "Lord, my mind perhaps is the hardest thing that I find to surrender to you. Therefore I offer you my mind." and after I ended the prayer I had a feeling to go and hug a fellow facil who happens to be a little down and tell her that Jesus loves her. I decided otherwise as I thought that perhaps it was just me. But I never managed to sleep as I tossed and turned, I finally got up and decided to just tell her that. After that I managed to finally go into a really peaceful sleep.

The next day during the night, when the teens was having the outpouring of the Holy Spirit. I was in the powerhouse which was going on concurrently and I saw visions and had a word from the Lord. In my visions, I saw a hall from very high up in the sky as if I was looking down from heaven, the room was dark and there was a very bright orange light at the front and I knew there was people but it was very faint. The second was probably the most strong image I ever saw, a vision of a woman in blue and white flowing dress and the words Lady of Guadalupe flashing across my eyes when we were reciting the rosary as part of the powerhouse and I thought I was imagining things until the end when I was sharing with those in the room, I descirbed the vision I got and Iwan, a SACCRE youth member showed me a picture of Our Lady of Guadalupe and I immediately knew it was Her in my visions, Brendan who was also there confirmed my vision of Our Lady and it was the moment when I immediately knew that Mary Our Mother was there at the outpouring. My vision of the hall was also confirmed by both Van and Pearly. Praise The Lord... My first visions and my first word of the Lord which was confirmed by Andrea and Aunty Anna.

I was then healed of my aches in my lower back when I rested in the Spirit when I went back and took part in the Praise & Worship in the hall where the outpouring took place. I rested in a most awkward position, I rested face flat but the amazing thing was that not only it did not hurt, but I was healed. Alleluia. Praise The Lord.

I now feel really loved and that no matter what happens as long as we want to go back to Him, He will embrace us with outstretch arms like the Prodigal son. I just do not know what to say, the joy is simply overpowering and it only spurs me on to want to serve and act as His instrument in His plan on earth. Amen Alleluia.

2007-02-14T09:22:00.000-08:00

A testimony from His blessed son, Oliver (Singapore)

Two Things happened to me on the 9th of feb. I believe this was not by chance but Gods hand working in my life.

Firstly i got back my o'Level results on this day. I did not score as well as i did. At first i was angry with God for my poor results but as i prayed i realised that He has a greater plan for me and he knows the ways for me. So i really want to thank God for carrying me through the o level time and the results. I also believe that He will carry me through to my next part of my education.

Secondly, on fri i had a servers leadership camp. That night we had an examination of conscience. This was followed by the last supper scene where Jesus washed disciplices feet. Behold, the number of participants was 12!!! I am sure this was no concidence but again God working in his wonderful ways

So i really want to thank and praise GOD!!!

2007-01-05T09:09:00.000-08:00

A testimony from His blessed son, Anthony Pang (Singapore)

This happen quite a while back in 2006 during church's feastday.

We put up a performance that night during dinner and it went so well. In the afternoon of the same day, I was still having second thoughts about playing properly that night and was afraid that we mess up. But during mass, somehow I offered up the night's performance to Him and He did the rest. It was probably the best that we've done so far. Many would have said that it is probably we practise well, but, without bestowing His gift of playing music in us, we would never pick up the guitar and play so well.

So I guess this only goes on to strengthen my trust that He truly exits and is always there when we call His Holy Name. Praise The Lord..!!

2007-01-04T09:04:00.000-08:00

A testimony from His blessed daughter, Eileen Chuah (Singapore)

I just want to testify Christ with a heart full of thanksgiving and praises!!

Just recently, my grandpa was diagnosed with cancer at the advanced stage. It was too much for my family to face the truth as my grandpa was fit, even the doctors said so. Fear started to creep into my life as I fear losing my dear grandpa. Even worse, my faith towards God was shaken.

I kept asking God, "Why?" But he did not give me answer. Instead God told me that He will lead my family and myself through this situation. I held on tight to His promise as I know he will never forsake his children. It was also a test of faith I have in Him.

Today, my grandpa's lab result is out. Knowing that there is still fear in me, I still trust Lord in seeing a miracle. True indeed! A miracle occurred! My grandpa's cancer cells (previously scanned around the stomach area...) are gone except for some at his lungs. The doctors find it weird that the cancer cells shouldn't have reach the lungs without passing through the lymph node. Lord kept his promise and glory to my faithful God! God is really at work!! :)

We don't deserve God's grace but He gives it to us graciously. I dont know what to do except to testify for His great works and to glorify Him! I thank God for His mercy towards my grandpa and as God reveal his goodness to my family, they are becoming more open to Christ. Praise God!

"My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness." 2 Corin 12:9

2007-01-01T10:27:00.000-08:00

A testimony from His blessed daughter, Amanda Leo (Singapore)

“I will sing of the mercy of the Lord
And I will shout of your faithfulness, oh God

For there is none like you
Seated in your majesty
Holy One, I come
To worship you forevermore

Evermore, evermore

You are my God, my life my all
And I live for you alone
I am your evermore
Heaven and earth will shout your praise
The Wonder of your name
I’ll proclaim evermore
Evermore, evermore

And I will run into your presence
And I will sing,
Forevermore”

Now, not 15 or 20 minutes ago, I was sick
Sick with the fever, my whole body was weak and I was crying for my mum
Somewhere along the line, I mustered enough strength to go to the computer
There was only one thing I wanted, and that was to hear the song “Evermore” by Planet Shakers
I was singing, and suddenly, I started to SWEAT!
My fever started coming down as I sang!
Before, I had called out for God to heal me, so I put all my faith in him
And while singing this song of praise, I was healed!
Never underestimate the power of praise!
PRAISE THE LORD!

2006-12-24T10:10:00.000-08:00

A testimony from His blessed daughter, Amanda Leo (Singapore)

It was on the second night of our Youth Camp 2006.

After the post-praise and worship session was our reflection time, I saw Jesus, sitting on a particular spot in the room, (This was after some people had already left the room). He was in a pathetic state, sitting down and it seemed like He was in a busy street. He was rocking himself gently, trying to attract the attention of the busy people in the street, yet at the same time, trying to hide himself.

I was there, I didn't feel anything. I just felt there.I was watching him and then he looked at me. His eyes were a crystal light blue, then asked me a question: "What about you?" Jesus was sitting there, like a homeless person, and multitudes of people walked pass him; Like they couldn't see him, or didn't want to. Everyone didn't stop to look, but I was sitting there watching. When someone stepped on the spot, I got a shock. I felt a wave of strong emotion and felt disorientated when someone stepped on the spot where Jesus was sitting. They couldn't see him, only I could.

Then I saw him stand up and walk over to Freda (my room-mate). Freda was sitting next to me with her head in her knees. I wondered if she was sleeping. Suddenly, a bit of noise came from within her and I saw Jesus bend down and hug her. She started sobbing a bit. Then I got an image of Freda as a little girl in the corner, vulnerable, crying. The walls were white. Then Freda got up a left. And Jesus came to sit down next to me. We sat there, I held out my hand to him, we sat side by side, watching people walk past. And I felt him say, with his eyes stay with me...stay with me a little while longer...stay with me...Then after a while, I went out.

Suddenly, I needed to tell Freda what I saw,I was wondering if I should have told her in the room, like go over an say, "Freda, I can see Jesus hugging you..."But I didn't. Later on I asked Joy for her, then I saw her come out of the toilet, all bubbly because there was a cockroach in the toilet. I took her and told her Freda, I saw Jesus hugging you and she sort of stared and was shocked and then she said, "I saw him!! I saw him hugging me too!"

We both stood there, too amazed to speak. What stood out in this experience, is that I saw Jesus as a person. Usually he in my comforter, but this time I saw him as a person. You know, this whole experience, made me realise how real this is,You know, Geri told me something like how we never are aware that each time you sin, you drive another nail through Jesus on the cross. Freda did tell me later on, that she was mad at God a bit, and that I was singing my heart out. And why can't I sing like that? And she was also looking for a sign that it wasn't just happening in her mind. I, myself, during the Praise and Worship session, I was singing, but somehow, I felt a bit detached. I was a bit frustrated at why I didn't feel the closeness I feel usually. So, it was confirmed that what happened was real, and that Jesus was really there. That it wasn't just my imagination trying to imagine things because I wanted to feel God there. Neither was it Freda's. It really happened.

And after that, after I just related this to my father, I realised that that wasn't the end. God has follow-up as well...There was more! You see, I was asked by a facilitator, Matt, to share "my amazing testimony" that he heard about with the rest and Freda and I were reluctant to, we only wanted to share it with the facilitators. The next day, we had an "affirmation" session. We sat in a sort of circle and someone sat in the centre and we affirmed that person. If you don't understand, you will after you read on...See, it was my turn and the last few days I had been feeling a bit insecure and the last few weeks. I feel like I haven't been able to find myself, my identity. I was worried that people wouldn't know what to say about me when I sat down in the centre, Reggie always was the first to start the ball rolling and he said this"Amanda, I was amazed when I met you because you are very blessed". He said that "It is evident that you have the gift of speech". He said that I talk with an eloquence and poise and a deep maturity for my age. I was amazed. I thought I lost my gift, I was told I had it before. But in the few short days and short sharing sessions, I found my gift of speech! I had never lost it. Mark also said that I gave a personal touch to it. I was so touched.

I promise here and now, with you as witness, that I will use it to get through to people, to touch people.This is who I am. I promise to myself. I feel a bit ashamed because I feel like I have been misusing my gift. Using it to destroy rather than build people up...

Well, you see, during the beginning of the camp, I had certain impressions formed towards some people. Now, I hardly knew these people. It was my first time seeing some of them and already I had judged them. But somehow, somewhere during the line of the camp, God proved me wrong. He showed me how wrong I was about these people and that was a lesson to me. For me, as a person, I know that I am quick to judge, but the Lord showed me how to see the beauty in people. During the affirmation session, I learnt that my impressions of each person changed during the camp, and we really, in a sense, bonded and got to know each other. We learnt to accept one another.

Each one of these people affirmed me. After the affirmation, I asked if I could say something. This is what I said:During the last few days, or weeks, even, I've been confused, trying to find myself, trying to look past the different personas, trying to find myself. And these last few days I've been feeling insecure here and there, but I want to thank you guys, for all you have done for meYou've helped me to go one step further in finding myself in finding my identity. Thank you guys so much. And after that, all of them applauded me and Nat reached out to hug meWhich was a surprise, this gesture of warmth, and Mindy as well. They all smiled at me and clapped in appreciation

It gave me the confidence to share it with everyone. I am filled with gratitude. Love is patient, love is kind; love is not envious or boastful or arrogant or rude.... There was a triangle, at the tip was a marker, Reading "God and at the two ends "Me and "My Friends"Love, uncondiitonal Love

Teacher, what is the greatest commandment?
The greatest commandment is to love you God with all your heart, all your soul. The second is to love your neighbour as yourself.

I thought about it carefully
Loving your neighbour is not judging hastily,
It is giving them a chance
Would you want to be given a chance?
I know I would want to be given that chance, for people not to judge me
Loving someone, is treating them with respect and kindness and love
The love that has been shown to you by Jesus!

This is my testimony to God and i hope it serves you in finding him. Each one, every person that reads this testimony, its no mistake. Because each one of you is blessed to be who you are.
"Our God is truly awesome"
God Bless You!

2006-12-23T05:03:00.000-08:00

A testimony from His blessed daughter Freda Seto (Singapore)

Praise and Worship has always been a frustrating thing for me because it just don't struck me and I don't feel the Lord's presence. Or perhaps it had something to do with my faith. On the second night of Youth Camp 2006 after Praise and Worship, we were supposed to sit down and reflect. I was sitting, just calling out for God, asking Him about things. I was angry because everyone around me just seemed to be filled with the Presence during Praise and Worship. Everyone but me. I confessed, that I was one of those who sadly, needed to see to believe, and I asked the Lord with all my heart to show me something, a sign or something to show that I was not talking to myself.

I closed my eyes. It was bright. I felt like a little child and Jesus was right in front of me. It was like those artistic impressions you see of a little child hugging Jesus on His lap. I could only see from neck down to the waist but I knew, I feel it was Jesus. I just felt like hugging him. It was then I started to cry. I was having a headache, giddy but I felt light.

I opened my eyes and doubt slowly faded in. Maybe I was seeing what I wish I could see. Maybe it was nothing, just a dream. Maybe it was something else and not the Lord. Maybe, maybe, maybe. So I asked the Lord for assurance, to again, send another sign that it was really Him. I got up and left the room for the toilet.

When I came out of the toilet, Amanda looked for me. She told me, "I saw Jesus hugging you!" Then she told me about what she saw and we were like "oh my lemons!". Yeah. It was then I knew it was really Jesus.

Now, I can truly believe with all my heart and soul that God really does exist. All you have to do is call out for Him and He'll come to you. Seek and you shall find.

2006-12-20T07:17:00.000-08:00

A testimony from His blessed son, Matthew Heng (Singapore)

I just got home from Youth Camp 2006 and indeed it was one out-of-the-world experience. A beautiful camp that was indeed spirit-led.

Right from the first day of the camp, I was having an awefully bad sorethroat. It was so bad that my loudest roar was a pathetic whisper. I was totally cool with it actually for I was the guitarist for the camp. Thus, it doesn't matter if my voice was really bad. As long my fingers were working, i'm totally worry-free.

well, then of course, we all know our God is indeed one unexpected God. After the first day of the camp, I was asked by my friend Addison to plan a session on the second day of the camp (Sunday), which we did, and I was to lead the worship. I was terribly terribly worried. Even Addison was worried for me.. he didn't want to take lead in the worship as it was his first time, so it was really up to me to "make it happen".

That sunday, we all attended the 7am Mass, and indeed, I was still terribly worried. I prayed and ask God for my voice back... I really needed it... 5pm, my voice was still bad, 8pm, even up till 10pm, there were no improvements. I didn't want to go out of tune singing the songs as I know it will be very distracting for them.

Till 10.30pm, when the whole prayer session started.. I STILL HAVEN'T GOT MY VOICE BACK! the reflection started..and my heart was racing..but still, I trusted in the Lord.. when the worship started, I sung and exalt like I've never exalted before. I felt the spirit of the Lord outpouring over me, as the Lord used me as His instrument and I knew it wasn't me at all. It was a new experience, and I never had that special feeling before. It was my first time leading people I don't know in worship. I usually lead worship within my ministry. and the Lord indeed used me to touch the lives of many. Thank God for His awesome miracle. Truely, in faith we can move mountains!

Praise the Lord!

2006-12-19T07:13:00.000-08:00

A testimony from His blessed son, Addison Wong (Singapore)

What a lark! What a plunge! It was nothing like I've ever experienced before. YOUTH CAMP 2006 was the best thing that happened to me in the longest of time, now. It was truly awesome - fun and spiritual at its peak! Seriously, it was one of those camps, which was fantastic from start to end - no pauses or exceptions - excelling tremendously from how I expected it to turn out. Why? Because it was spirit-led, full fledged.

There were quite a number of changes that were made to the original programme - changes that made so much of a difference, in terms of how spiritually impactful the camp was for the participants.One such change was the prayer session that was planned for Day Two night. As the In-charge for that day, I had originally planned for it to be a normal reflection session for the day. But after Day One ended, I felt a calling to change it. In the end, my friend, Yvonne and I did a reflection session on "How God can play a larger role in my life". This was accompanied by a skit about youths unsatisfied with their lives. After that, my other friend, Matthew, and I led in a worship session, following the same theme. The reflection was executed beautifully, and the worship session that followed was, quoted from my friend Mark Tan, attendee of several youth camps, "one of the most powerful and spiritual sessions ever done in all the youth camps that I have attended. It was amazing!"

With that, I have another testimony to share. Before this camp, I had never led in a worship session before, although I'm from a prayer ministry. I've always used symbols, reflections, rosary or taize for my sessions. So this worship session was my very first. Naturally, I was nervous. Even just 15 minutes before the actual session, I was messing up the lyrics badly. But when the actual session took place, I felt the presence of the Lord, stronger than I had ever before. With the spirit's guidance, I was able to lead worship and pray in such a powerful way, each and every one of the participants and my fellow facilitators were all deep in prayer and worship. It was truly magical. To witness a community that deep in prayer was one of those lifetime experiences. But that was not the end of my experience. As the session became deeper in time, I felt a stronger sense of the Lord's presence and love. Such warmth surged through me. It was the feeling of God's love at its peak. Such a marvelous feeling - so much that, when the session ended, I went to a corner and burst into tears. I was THAT touched by the Holy Spirit. It was a spiritual high for me. I expected to lead worship and ended up experiencing something I haven't experienced for years, since Youth Camp 2003. Truly, the Lord works in such marvelous ways and in such unexpected times. Thank you, Lord, for the experience. You truly are an amazing God.

The next day, a testimony was given by two girls, who said that they saw the same image of Christ during the prayer session. Both were touched by the Lord in such a beautiful way. Hearing them describe what they saw, felt and experienced brought tears to my eyes. It was a very moving and inspirational testimony.

It was such a thrill planning for YOUTH CAMP 2006. It was an even greater thrill being in charge of Day Two, which turned out fantastic with the Vivo Challenge, Yak-a-ti-yak Journey and above all, that astounding prayer session I mentioned. Even in terms of planning, I was being the epitome of organised and professional! Haha! Such satisfaction I receive from thinking about how far I've gone in this youth camp journey and how much I've accomplished for God and for myself.Thank God for the great turnout for the camp.

Thank God for His guidance and strong presence during the camp.
Thank God for helping us achieve what we had set out to achieve through the camp.

There's no need for rewards or payback. There's no need for affirmation or compliments. Seeing the participants grow spiritually to such an abundant extent in just that short period of four days, together with that significant encounter I had with God, has left me with a reward that no worldly possession could take after. It's experiences and wonders like these that just make me want to cry out and proclaim, "Our God Is An Awesome God!"

2006-12-13T06:55:00.000-08:00

A testimony from His blessed son, Keagan (Singapore)

God indeed works and his miracle is shown when you least expect to..

On 12 dec 2006, i sent my guitar to a shop for adjustments and some repair work.. to my surprise, its stil under warranty so i need not fret about the money.. but that is not the main point.. i am leading worship for a cell group retreat the weekend itself, which is 15-16 dec 2006... and i need my guitar fixed as soon as possible!

When i reach the shop, it was extremely crowded, too little staffs to handle all the customers that is in there.. and when its finally my turn, i told the person about the problem with my guitar. and he said the LATEST he can repair it is 1 wk later.. my retreat would be over then!!!

However, by faith i passed the guitar to them for repair work, in my heart i was thinking to borrow another guitar from my friend for the retreat.. i didn't really think about using the guitar for the retreat anymore... to my surprise.. on 13 dec 2006, in less than 24 hrs..!!! the shop called me and told me, "THE GUITAR IS FIXED AND IS READY FOR COLLECTION ANYTIME!!!" i was utterly speechless and shocked.. i can't believe what i heard.. it was so obvious they are packed with a lot of other works and business from other people.. yet my guitar still IS ready for collection in less than 24 hrs..!!!

HOW AMAZING..!!! Now i can use my guitar for worshipping this weekend, and i need not pay for the repair.. even strings are new and is on the house from the shop.. God is indeed a great blesser even when you least expected it..

God bless us with little things in life, and this insignificant items shows how detailed and meticulous when God comes to care for us.. How Great is our God, Indeed...

2006-12-11T19:03:00.000-08:00

A testimony from His blessed daughter Angelina Kwok (Australia)

God sometimes impresses you and works when you least expect it and for that I am so glad. For the past few months I've been having a slightly personal issue that would arise and die down at different points of time and it was really getting to me.

Just the other night a friend of mine (who is partially a lil of the issue) and I started talking and it was a deep and meaningful conversation online that went on for a few hours. Basically, my friend said a couple of things that any normal person in my situation would have been hurt or even angry by but for some strange reason I was perfectly fine. I was okay with it all, I took it in, responded and we carried on talking and sharing and opening up which is something I never thought would happen.

I just want to thank and praise the Lord for allowing to stay calm, have grace and accept the situation and be content with knowledge I've gained and then reward me with this bond and friendship that really means a lot. So, thank you Lord! You've been awesome.

2006-11-24T07:49:00.000-08:00

A testimony from His blessed son, Matthew Heng (Singapore)

God is good indeed! I was asked to play guitar for a church event this coming Sunday and I never noticed that it actually clashed with my driving lesson. (The driving lesson is really important to me as monday is my driving test..I really can't miss it) It was only earlier (friday night) that i found out it clashed! Church event - 1pm, Driving lesson- 12.20-2.45pm. I was terribly disappointed and I called up my friend to apologise (for all the wasted rehersals we had together). It was then that she asked me to see if I could cancel my lesson and re-schedule it to a later timing. I told her it was impossible as you can never find an empty slot just 2 days away. (Meaning all the lessons are probably fully booked, thus, you are able to cancel the lesson, but re-schedule for one probably the next week). I visited the driving centre's site anyway though i had all the negative thoughts in mind. But God proved me wrong..proved me wrong indeed. Somehow, there seemed to be an empty slot at 4.20pm! (and all the other slots were booked). And so I did, I re-scheduled my driving to a later time. Now, not only am I able to participate in my church event, and I'm able to attend my driving lesson too! (trust me, when your driving test is the next day, having one last driving lesson the day before is REALLY important!)

Praise God!

2006-11-05T05:51:00.000-08:00

A testimony from His blessed daughter, Valerie Yeong (Singapore)

Last December, my youth group was organizing a Sports Fiesta to help raise funds for our group and the Children's Cancer Foundation(CCF).

Initially, we had less than 100 teams participating in the event and if we were to continue on, we would have made a loss. We were very demoralized because we faced a lot of difficulties with getting logistics, and the venue and all the planning that we were on the verge of cancelling the event.

After a very heated meeting, we decided to push on, with Faith in God, and we went ahead with the event.

Eventually, on that very day, a total of close to 200 teams participated in the event and we managed to raise a decent amount of money for the CCF.

I truly believe that all that would not have been possible without God's help and it was really a miracle for me. Even though it was one year ago, whenever I look back, I cannot help but feel a sense of awe at what Faith in God can do.

2006-10-26T08:03:00.000-07:00

A testimony from His blessed daughter, Hilda Foo (Singapore)

I'm a 15 yr old, in sec 3.

We were having a major important event out in the open field in the morning, and the weather seemed alright at first. After a while, dark clouds gathered in the distant, and I started to get worried as the event could only be held in the open. So, I prayed. Hard.

It seemed that my prayers had gone unanswered as it started to drizzle and soon threatened to pour. We were all getting desperate.

Then, as we worried, the showers of blessings grew lighter and I spotted a beautiful rainbow arching across the dark cloudy horizon! The rainbow arch grew longer little by little, until it stretched across the dark clouds in the distance, quite a miraculous contrast! Well, I rejoiced and praised the Lord, for I felt God had shown me He was always beside me; just like the rainbow He showed to Noah as a sign of His covenant.

As usual, my friends didn't really seem to appreciate it as much… but I know that being able to thank the Lord and appreciate the simple but beautiful things in life, like the rainbow, the sunrise and sunset, birds chirping, Nature given to us by the Father, is a precious gift that not many people have these few days. There's so much we can be thankful for in life!

So I proclaim... PRAISE THE LORD!

(even for the simplest things like the clear blue morning sky:)

2006-10-25T09:08:00.000-07:00

A testimony from His blessed son, Addison Wong (Singapore)

School started a week ago, and I have to say, I was looking forward to it. I thought I had rested enough during the holidays and spent sufficient time lazing around that I was completely satisfied. It was time to finally get those books out and work hard again.

Unfortunately, I attended a camp with the Youth Council in my parish, the Church of Christ The King, during the 3 days that led to the day when school reopened. Thus, I ended the holidays in a way I had never expected to - on a high.

It wasn't that obvious to me at first. I mean, I did feel a tinge of discomfort being in school, with a silent desire to go meet the people I established a higher level of bond with during the camp, after school. But I kept telling myself "I'm all motivated to work hard, I'm all motivated to work hard". By the end of the week, I gave up. I faced reality. The high I experienced from the camp was too overwhelming for me to keep lying to myself. I got a little worried. "What if this continues and my grades are affected?" I thought to myself.

Last night, I opened up to my classmate on MSN about how I don't think I was as motivated to do well this semester as I was during the last. He said it was the opposite for him. I was on the low upon hearing that.

I said a prayer last night, asking for motivation in school, for the feeling of being high to fade off, and for me to be able to concentrate well and not be complacent by the grades I received last semester.

This morning, I woke up feeling real good. I went to class and boy, did I feel last semester's Addison spirit return! It was all motivation and concentration, and no more feelings of being high from post camp! God answered my prayer when I didn't expect it to be answered so promptly.

That's all I had to do, I suppose - turn to him. That simple. When one does that, and puts the Lord in the center of all that he/she does, be it in church or in the world out there, everything can go smoothly.

Thanks Be To God!

2006-10-24T08:58:00.000-07:00

A testimony from His blessed son, Gerald Ong (Singapore)

This happened many months ago, in around May this year.

For a start, I enjoy going out on social functions together with my company of friends. However, something happened to me differently. An unusual me decided not to go for the social function- the CAYC BBQ after Camp Jeremiah. Somehow or another, I decided to give it a miss. I knew that the Lord was telling me something, but I just didn't know what was it. Till one day when I met one of my poly friends who recently got baptised in Easter this year. She told me that she was getting confirmed on that weekend and invited me to attend the confirmation Mass. I'm sure that was much more important than the social function. The Lord plans my days indeed!

Praise the Lord for His many wonders!

2006-10-08T06:26:00.000-07:00

A testimony from His blessed son, Matthew Heng (Singapore)

God never fails to amaze me indeed. Today, once again, He has done His great work in my life! Today I had a chance to lead worship for my ministry, but I started to panic when I realised that I'm not familiar with one of the songs. The worst part was that I only realise it 5 minutes before the prayer session began. Though I do know how the chorus go, I had no idea how the verse was sung. In addition to that, we had other families attending our prayer session that day. The last thing I wanted was to go blank in front of everyone with a microphone. I turned around and asked my guitarist, Joann, what should I do, and she said,'try, just try'. I had zero confidence at first, but after making my little prayer to God, I told her,'don't worry, spirit-led, spirit-led, I'm sure it'll be ok.'

Just before that song started, Joann asked me again, 'how? can or not'. With all confidence and faith, I told her, 'spirit-led'. Soon after, the song started, and I honestly felt that everything went very well. Words just flowed out of me as I began leading the worship. I sang every part of the song, and somehow, I just knew the tune (to the song which I was not familiar with) as I led my ministry. When the worship ended, a slide presentation was shown. During the presentation, i felt my heart racing and my whole body was filled with warmth. I could feel the tears in my eyes (I didn't dare to let it roll though as I was sitting facing everyone else). Somehow, I knew that I was led by the spirit, God indeed sent His helping hand. And all I needed was to have faith and leave everything up to Him.
Praise God!

2006-10-01T23:41:00.000-07:00

A testimony from His blessed son Denny Daniel (India)

Hebrews 13:5 says "I will never leave thee nor forsake thee". I never really understood this verse, till ...

It was late March of 2003. Everyone was busy preparing for their exams and so was I. All my textbooks were soiled except one, Maths. The only paper that I hated the most. But the exam was at hand. My math exam was scheduled for 9am, the next day. The previous night at around 11pm, i tried to read but i didn't understand anything. Teachers, friends, relatives and mom were expecting good grades from me but i was about to fail my exams. I didn't know what to do. I realised my pitiful state. I knew nothing could be done. Dad went to be with the Lord the previous year and being the eldest son, i was crowned with all the responsibilities. Fear overpowered me.

I quietly approached my mom who had just finished reading the bible and was about to say her bed-time prayers. When I explained to her, she calmly replied, "Son, go and pray. I will pray for you". I quietly obeyed her. The burden was great. I knelt beside my bed, placed my hands on my Math textbook and started praying. Tears wetted my bedsheet. After praying for 10 minutes, I felt an urge to open the book. It was 11:15pm. After 40 minutes of reading, I went to sleep. Surprising enough, I slept peacefully.

Next day, I entered the examination hall at 8:45am. The fear in my compelled me to keep my hands on the question sheet and pray. At 9am, I was told to open the question sheet. All I could remember was opening the question sheet and holding the pen to answer them. But, I don't know what happened next. I felt someone holding my hand and writing the exam. The exam duration was 2 hrs and 30 minutes. I found myself walking out of the exam hall in 2 hrs. When I walked out, i came to my senses. I gazed at my question sheet. I always marked the question that I attended. It had no markings. I didn't understand anything. Slowly, it dawned that it was God who held my hand and wrote the exam for me. Hallelujah. When the results were declared, I stood first in my college scoring 96 in Maths. Praise God.

Isa 41:20 says "That they may see, and know, and consider, and understand together, that the hand of the LORD hath done this..."

In late December of 2004, when Anna (Refer testimony dated September 18, 2006), a good friend of mine, was enjoying her stay at Sri Lanka, I was enjoying my vacation at Cape Comorin which happens to be the southern most tip of India. My friends and I had organised a beach meet on 26th morning. The same day, at noon after we finished and as we returned back home, Tsunami hit those beaches badly. Everything was destroyed but God kept me and Anna alive to testify about his goodness to you all. God is good and His mercies endureth for ever.

And now do i fully trust in the verse, Romans 8:28 - And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.

2006-09-30T23:32:00.000-07:00

A testimony from His blessed son, Addison Wong (Singapore)

I would like to give all praises to our Lord, for giving me the journey of a lifetime the past year.

It was a time when I was really put to the test, with regards to my ability to put my trust in the Lord and to juggle between church and school. It started in May 2005, just before I entered Ngee Ann Polytechnic. I did not expect the first year of my Polytechnic course to already be as challenging as it was. Thus, I agreed, when approached to be part of the 10th Annual Dinner And Dance event committee in church. Boy, was that a slap in the face, when reality in school dawned upon me. It was the beginning of, I would say, one of the toughest and longest obstacles I have experienced thus far. To be the secretary, the treasurer, the publicity head, and the decorations head in the event committee, and at the same time, struggle to complete the truck load of projects in school, without irritating my classmates with my commitment in church, was definitely a cup of hot oil to gobble down, especially considering I wasn't expecting it. To name each obstacle and how I overcame them would make this a very long entry. But to sum up beautifully, this series of obstacles not only gave me strength, which I know I need, considering the level of commitment I have in the various areas of my life, but also developed my trust in the Lord. At the beginning of last year, I realised that I had never been in a situation where I had to fully trust the Lord. Life had been a safe haven till then. This realisation saddened me deeply. I asked for opportunities to grow more in faith and trust towards Him. He gave me just that through the Dinner and Dance planning. I was grateful. Everything turned out better than expected. I fulfilled my duties in the event, in my opinion, impeccably and did well in school, all by His almighty and lovely grace.

Just when one would think that God was pleased with the development of my trust in Him, he lengthens the journey to give me more opportunities to develop on it further. Right after Dinner and Dance was over, up came Youth Prayer Rally 2006, an event, which, when I agreed to lead in the planning, I never expected would be as large an event as it turned out to be. This was the pinnacle of the development of my trust in the Lord and the period, which provided for me, opportunities to witness both His wonders and Him working through me. On the planning side, Lynette and I had to take on the leading roles in almost every sub committee because of the lack of manpower in the main committee itself. The amount of work we had to accomplish was horrendous! But in time, I put more and more of my trust in Him and lifted up everything I did in His name. On Youth Council side, I was appointed secretary, and was part of the Mickey Mouse Championship committee, and other events committees, as well. On the academic side, as usual, piles of work had to be done (I shall not bore you with details). The months between January and August 2006, when all the evaluations and the final report for Youth Prayer Rally was completed, were the most hectic months of my life. But the great thing was, with every obstacle I overcame since May 2005, when I joined the Dinner and Dance committee, I developed greater trust and faith in the Lord. It was a beautiful butterfly effect. My faith just kept growing and growing with every chapter of the journey, only to allow me to achieve even greater things in the next chapter (because I had greater faith).

And now, I'm so proud to be able to say, 'I have faith in the Lord. I have trust in the Lord. I can lift up my life to Him with no worries, for life was never just a safe haven, preventing me from trusting Him'.

With this faith, I was motivated to work just as hard on my academic areas as I did for Youth Prayer Rally 2006. And boy, was it worth the struggle. After Youth Prayer Rally 2006 was over, without the opportunity to take a breather, I delved right into the last few weeks of my semester in school, which are always the killer among all the weeks. Amazingly, I still found strength to complete my final projects and study for my exams to the best of my ability. You know that feeling when, after exams, you don't really care much about how well you've done, because you know that you've put in, literally, your all, and could not have worked harder? THAT'S the feeling I received when the semester FINALLY ended. I reckon it was the faith and trust that I had developed in the Lord that helped me gain strength to accomplish that.

I had aimed, at the beginning of the semester, to achieve All As and Bs for my grades. But that was just reaching for the stars so that I could settle on clouds, which would be just as satisfactory since I had so many things to focus on during that period in time. What I had expected for my 7 modules were, 3As, 1B and 3Cs. But came Friday, September 15th, 2006, 09:00am, I was astonished to see what the Lord had given me!!! 4As, 2B+s, and 1B!!!!! I passed the clouds and reached the stars!!! Praise the Lord for all that He has done for me!! Praise the Lord for His beauty and love!! Praise the Lord for his guidance and compassion!! Praise the Lord for allowing me to grow closer to Him as I so satisfactorily have!!

It was a tedious, most excruciating journey, which was most tiring in all its forms. But, as it has been said and sung, and written so beautifully and accurately that no truth could have more meaning... "WORTHY IS THE LAMB".

I leave you with words which truly showed me how trustworthy our God is, that no matter how many times one doesn't get things his/her way, there is a reason, and that one is actually being provided in other forms.

I asked for Strength...And God gave me difficulties to make me strong.

I asked for Wisdom...And God gave me Problems to solve.

I asked for Prosperity...And God gave me a Brain and Brawn to work.

I asked for Courage...And God gave me obstacles to overcome.

I asked for Love...And God gave me Troubled people to help.

I asked for Favours...And God gave me Opportunities.

I received nothing I wanted...But I received everything I needed.

2006-09-30T09:46:00.000-07:00

A testimony from His blessed daughter Jocelyn Tay (Singapore)

I am sure everyone has gone through a time (or times) when we feel totally disheartened by things happening around us, and start to worry and negative thoughts start to overwhelm us. These thoughts are usually accompanied by questions to God, "God, are You there? God, why aren't You helping?"

This was the exact situation i was going through weeks ago. And i felt so drained, and i reckon that i was carrying too many burdens and was not walking in the right strength at all. I felt so helpless, because i couldnt see God working, i couldnt see that i was getting better when i prayed.

But God reminded me of His presence as i went for a seminar held by my church. that session was about healing and a pastor of my church released words to the congregation, and mostly consisted of people who may have past hurts or traumas. He told the people to come back next week for inner healing. In midst all these, he released one that was totally different from the rest- He asked for someone (or people) who had "800" on their identification number. these numbers were to appear consecutively. He wanted to see the people after the seminar was over.

My heart skipped a beat because i was one of them. I was scared and I asked God, " Do i have a problem You want to deal with? or am i sinning or doing something wrong that i am not aware of?" I was so distracted that i couldnt focus on the session.

During the break, I could not wait anymore (I was supposed to wait till the end of the session). I went up to pastor, wanting to find out what was wrong with me. To my surprise, he told me to not worry and it is not something bad and it is a special word God has for me! He did not tell me yet because he wanted to be sure of it. i was so relieved yet anxious to know what God wants to tell me.

Finally at the end of the session, pastor prayed for me and gave me a word from Psalm 17:8, "Keep me as the apple of your eye, hide me under the shadows of your wings" He told me that he sense God wanting to tell me that i was singled out in the whole auditorium because i was special, because i am the apple of God's eye! He told me his vision that he sees me sitting on God's lap and God is holding me in His arms and cuddling and hugging me! I felt so comforted by all these words, knowing that despite all that was happening in the past week, God is with me.

He added that because i am the special one in God's eye, many good things will pour forth from me. It could be salvation or other good things and whatever difficulties i may face, i should not give up because i am special. He also told me to carve out time for God, and do not live of the world, and focus on dwelling God's presence.

There was another vision of which i was kneeling at my bedside praying, and my pastor told me that when God sees this, He is pleased!

I thank God that He spoke to me through my pastor, reminding me of His love for me, reminding me that He has not left my side. And though we may face trials and obstacles in our lives, God will definitely bring us through it! And He is more than happy to help us carry our burdens and hear us whine...

Do not let present moment difficulties overshadow the reality of God's promise!

2006-09-29T10:30:00.000-07:00

A testimony from His blessed daughter, Victoria Chng (Singapore)

Throughout these weeks, God has appeared to me in different forms. He is Jehoveh Jireh, He is my peace and comforter. He certainly is my strength. My heart is full of praise and joy for Him. I'm excited about the plans He has for me and I'm so happy I'm part of His perfect plan.

There was an altar call that Sunday after 20th Aug, just after my father preached. A call to be a harvester for Christ. As I was being ministered to, I went forward to the altar and as the church and I was praying, I was ministered to so greatly. Then, I said out these words to the Lord without even realising it till after I said them.. "Lord, I will go out and be a harvester for You. I promise that I will do well in my school and after 2 years when I graduate, I will head to full time ministry for You, to harvest souls." I didn't know what made me say them, but I knew I made a covenant with God that day, and there was a distinct impression that I was called into full-time ministry. I was puzzled that day and resigned to pray and meditate upon the Lord for clear directions and confirmation.

The next day, I had dinner with one of my church sister and she was telling me about how we should start praying for this girl whom I had brought to church but she has not been coming for a very long time. Coincidentally, I've been thinking a lot about her too and so both of us agreed to pray for her. Two weeks after that, she came to Youth Service and I was so surprised. I knew it instantly it was an answered prayer and I was wondering to myself who was the angel who informed her about the timing for our Youth Service and all. So out of curiosity, I asked her on MSN and actually found out that she came out of her own accord and she had this feeling that told her she just had to come to church that Saturday. I was greatly encouraged as I begin seeing her returning to church. God was answering my prayers and this was the first sign shown by Him to me.

Following that, my birthday was just last week (2 Sep) and my school mates celebrated with me on Friday (1st Sep). When I opened up their present, it was a mug (something that I needed, and got.. but that's not all.) On this mug was a mural of a Cross and the verse Psalm 37:4 - Delight in the Lord and He will give you the desires of your heart. Shockingly, this verse seemed to jump right up at me and I just knew it was speaking to me. Still, I went back home and meditated upon this verse as I prayed for God to reveal to me His plans as I was getting distracted. On Sat, my youth leaders (Michelle and Jon) passed me a present and when I opened it up, it was a graphic tee shirt, with BIG words - DELIGHT, DESIRE and below it was Psalm 37:4. It was a major confirmation and I knew this was definitely no coincidence. Excitement came over me and I feel so blessed and encouraged. I went home, meditating upon that verse. It's amazing how God can use such instruments to minister to His servant.

The answer pertaining to Psalm 37:4 was delivered to me last Sunday (10 Sep) when our guest speaker, Pastor Steven Teo preached on the pulpit. After His sermon, there was ministry time and initially, I accompanied a friend up to be prayed for. I ended up helping out (becoming the tissue bearer, water girl and blanket carrier) and praying for the people who were at the altar. I was standing beside Pastor Steven while he prayed and was also praying along with Him. It was really fun and then it occurred to me that this is a small step in the start of my ministry. Apart from ministering to other in this manner, I was too ministered to even though I wasn't up for prayer. The Holy Spirit's anointing during that altar call was simply overwhelming. Anyway, so after ministry time, I decided to let Pastor Steven pray for me because he has the gift of prophecy and the last time he did during church camp, he prophesied over me and I was greatly encouraged.

When he laid hands on me, I could feel the Holy Spirit's anointing immediately running through my body. And as he prayed for me, he began to prophesy on me saying - "Vicky, you have a very Big heart. A heart that is reaching out for the poor and the down and out, the very discouraged. Your heart beats compassion for them and you will reach out to them. During times of crisis, you will be there to help them. I picture myself sitting at home, drinking a cup of coffee, switching on the tv and then a major crisis occurs and I see you, a NGO on tv helping out in the crisis. God will bring you to places even your parents fear for you to step into but because of this big heart and your compassion for these people, you'll be there. You've got a great plan and purpose for you life Vicky and you're going to catch that vision. Remember this verse 'I can do all things through Christ who strengthen me.' Open your bible, take a highlighter, highlight the word "all" Remember this verse and hold it close to you."

How emotions flooded the whole of me after that. I was crying, excited, fearful but most of all thankful. For He has revealed to me His great plan and purpose in my life. Pastor Steven was spot on in what he prophesied on me having a big heart. To be honest, my ambition was to be a social worker because I know I have a heart to help others and I love to help other people, encourage them and all. So when Pastor Steven prophesied, I was shocked. No one has really known about my ambition as a social worker. I've spoken to Rachael Guna about it once before when we first met. Suddenly I remembered the verse Psalm 37:4 and how true, how real it is now to me. When we delight ourselves in the Lord, He will grant us the desire of our hearts. Desires we dare not even dream of possessing.

God is an awesome God. He's forever faithful, all knowing and His wisdom beyond our own comprehension. I am so blessed by Him and I'm thankful that He's molding me slowly into His plans. It is indeed true that as we grow closer to Him, our will, will be aligned to His. I'm glad that we are all part of God's great plan.

2006-09-25T07:43:00.000-07:00

A testimony from His blessed son, Keagan (Singapore)

Today, God prompted me to enter an entry when I came home after a friend's birthday party. The birthday party was indeed really special, and it has touched me (even though I wasn't his former classmate and it wasn't my birthday). I want to testify something about God, yet I don't know how to as I have been really far away from him lately.

I felt convicted in service and in my church class today. We talked about the bible during my class and God reminded me that, at the end of time, only 2 things will last eternally- the word, and souls of man. During the service, God told me that, to accomplish great works is not by might, nor by power, but by the spirit. The word was inspired by the spirit of god, expressed and delivered through man. Those men are mighty because they simply followed the spirit of God.

During the birthday party, we had an opportunity to pray for a dear friend of ours (the birthday boy- Ernest). I have not prayed for someone like that in a long time. I was very touched as I could feel God's presence and His spirit in me once again.

As I am sitting before my com right now, I am thinking what can I write to express anything that god want me to. Though my mind is blank, I still feel a strong prompting from the Lord to write in an entry. So I asked God what He wanted me to say. I was brought to this website and there was this verse of the day and a specific verse.

"So do not throw away your confidence; it will be richly rewarded. You need to persevere so that when you have done the will of God, you will receive what he has promised."- Hebrews 10:35-36

The way I should be living my life should be according to God's plan and I should walk as prompted by the spirit, not by what my flesh want. Not by sight but by faith and the spirit.
I am a descendant of Abraham, my God is God of Abraham and he is one who God calls as a friend. God promised him a land flowing with milk and honey and all his children and I too, will share in the same promise.

I cried before the lord, as I was confused and he showed me another specific verse in Zaphaniah 3:17

"The LORD your God is with you, he is mighty to save. He will take great delight in you, he will quiet you with his love, he will rejoice over you with singing."- Zaphaniah 3:17

God is ever-loving and forgiving and is full of grace. He is mighty to save.

I don't know if this is a relevant entry to this site, but I tried my best to express it as I am being prompted by the spirit. I just pray that whoever read this entry will be blessed and will be covered by the spirit of God. A passion will ignite for his name. Praise God. Amen!

2006-09-18T07:21:00.000-07:00

A testimony from His blessed daughter Anna Asha (Singapore)

Christ has touched my life in this way: He preserved me from death on several occasions..

In 2004, I went to Sri Lanka for a holiday near Christmas. When I was at the beach.. I saw the shore reside.. I saw the dead fishes on the shore...so many of them... but little did I realise a World-destructive Tsunami would attack that very same beach I was sitting and swimming in! ... just when I left the beach at 9am and reached the hotel .. 4 hrs later, I was told that a Tsunami had destroyed the whole beach and was heading towards the hotel where my family and I were staying.. we prayed and thanked God for preserving us from death that was so near..

On a second occasion, God touched my life by saving my brother and ensuring that no harm befell him.. In 2000, he was on his way across the road and an oncoming van knocked him down. The impact was so great that he was thrown afar and his glasses flew out onto the grass.. When he regained consciousness in the hospital, the doctors were surprised that there wasn't a single injury on him.. there were no cuts.. no bruises.. no blood... they took an xray but everything was intact and fine.. there was, however this imprint of a hand so large.. much larger than that of my brother's .. on the van.. and the driver was unable to understand how such a huge hand print was on his van.. but we knew and we thanked God for stretching out His hand in protection..

God did so many other miracles in my life especially .. all of which can't be expressed in plain words.. but it is beautiful to share these blessings and how God touched my life with you people out there..

2006-09-15T09:24:00.000-07:00

A testimony from His blessed son, Matthew Heng (Singapore)

Nothing like testifying Christ once again. Today as I attended the weekly Charismatic Prayer Meets in my church, God worked in me again! When I first got seated, the first thing I reflected upon was "So........ How did God worked in me this week". I couldn't get an answer as I knew I was pretty distant from Him the whole week (all work, all play and neglecting the time to pray). It was then that I decided that I've nothing to testify this time. Strangely, God did not let me off! At the end of the Prayer Meet, indeed I had something to testify! Something that had happened during the worship.

During the worship, I began asking the Lord. "What's going on? Where are You leading me? What do You want me to do? Where do I feel like I'm not doing anything at all?". The Lord then spoke to me, and He said "Do not worry, and do not ask. Your every path has been paved for you. Just take the path that is well-paved". To be honest, I find it very hard to believe that it is the Lord who is speaking to me. It could easily be my own thoughts. So I thought to myself "So much for walking in Faith and not by sight, I must not let myself be decieved by my own "consoling" thoughts. That's not God.. I am merely speaking to myself!". Immediately right after that thought, the worship leader said, "There's a brother in this room, and he needs to walk in Faith. God has a path for him and all he need is to walk that path in Faith, of which God has shone His Light upon". I knew it was me. I could have never been so sure. My heart pounded, my pulse rate raced and my every breath became deeper, and slowly peace set in my heart. I knew it was His work. I knew He was confirming His message to me. Praise God!

2006-09-07T10:37:00.000-07:00

A testimony from His blessed son, Joel Er (Singapore)

I was at home with my parents shouting at my sister for not taking care of her health. It was already close to midnight. But still their screams kept me awake. I could hear for the first time my dad being so fierce towards anyone, and my mom raising her voice to the maximum. I was deeply terrified by this. Alone in my room with the lights switched off, I couldn't stop thinking about the whole situation. In moments like these, I start to ponder whether my family would stay this way. Filled with constant shouts over the hall. All I could think of was the worst. I expected it to last for at least a week. Nothing good ever came out of m thoughts. It was then that I instantly did the sign of the cross and spoke to God. Telling him all my worries at that point of time. I finished after 10 minutes. Going to sleep peacefully.

The next day, I saw mom coming into my room to wake me up with a whole changed attitude from last night. Definitely there was something going on I didn't know about. In school I kept wondering what could have happened last night.

When I got home, with everyone at home, there was no more chaos happening anymore. Mom was speaking nicely to sis and sis seemed to be over all that drama. Indeed I have to thank God for this. For I couldn't have asked anything more than to see my family together in harmony. Plus with all the drama happening, I was especially afraid of talking to my sis. However, I got a sweet message from her telling me that she was sorry for being caught in the middle of everything. I love you too sis! And Praise the Lord!

2006-09-06T07:59:00.000-07:00

A testimony from His blessed son, Matthew Heng (Singapore)

Indeed God never fails to amaze me. Last night I was getting a little worried about having testifychrist.blogspot.com to die off, but the Lord assured me while I was going around telling others about this site. An old secondary school friend of mine told me to not worry, and to do all things "in His time". "In His time".. I took a while to absorb that, and I knew it was the Lord's message to me. In fact, He has touched my life today, that I myself have a testimony to share with everyone.

Earlier today, I was seated at Starbucks (at Tampines) enjoying a nice cup of coffee and reading a book, Drawing Near by John Bevere (one of His blessed child who was chosen to spread His Word). I had a church meeting at 8pm and it was merely 4pm then. I had no intention of going home, but neither did i want to stay at Starbucks till 7pm. At 5pm, i realised that I could have went down to Christ the King Chuch (At Ang Mo Kio, which is usually about 1.5 hours away from where I was) for the weekday Mass at 5.30pm. Somehow, I had a strong prompting to head down to Christ the King Church. I never understood why and I told the Lord that there is ABSOLUTELY no reason for me to rush down for I will miss the Mass anyway. Still, the Lord continued to prompt to hurry. In obedience, I took a final gulp of my coffee and rushed to the bus terminal. Many times I really wanted to look at my watch as I kept worrying (and somehow I knew), that I would miss the Mass. It was then that Matthew 6:31 struck me, and that I should not worry. In fact, I had even envisioned myself in church celebrating His presence. Thus, I boarded the bus at the terminal and headed to church. I reached church at 6pm, and I knew I missed the Mass, thus, I made my way to the Adoration Chapel and decided to spend the time to dwell in His presence. 10 minutes later, I heard the church bells ringing (this signifies that the Mass will start in 5 minutes). It was then that I remembered that weekday Masses start at 6.15pm and not 5.30pm! And as how I envisioned it to be, I was together with all my other brothers and sisters in Christ, praising God and listening to His Word. God prompted me to hurry as He knew I was able to make it in time! I didn't have to know what I was doing, rather, I thank God for what He has done for me. Praise God!

In fact, it wasn't just that one incident today, but another just a couple of minutes ago! When I reached home, the first thing I wanted to do was to publish my testimony (refering to the above paragraph) but instead, I had a strong prompting from the Lord that I should do my QT (quiet time), first. I told the Lord that I really can't wait to publish it, and I'll do the QT later. But the Lord accepted no compromises; after restarting my internet, clicking the "refresh" button a hundred and one times, I could never seem to log on to blogger.com. I could go to ANY other sites, EXCEPT blogger.com. For a moment I felt rather irritated, then I realised how much God wanted me to do my QT first. After my QT, blogger.com had ZERO problems. And that's how I ended up here, typing this testimony, to testify His one, true, amazing presence!

2006-09-04T11:00:00.000-07:00

A testimony from His blessed son, Benjamin Tan (Singapore)

I attended a camp during my June holidays. It was the Youth In Spirit Seminar (YISS) camp which is all about praising and worshiping our God. Before we had a healing session, our facilitators taught us about the various gifts that God has for us. I was amazed and I wanted to receive the gift of tongues badly. Apparently, I doubt that I could. Even though one of the facils informed me that I have received it, I was still in doubt...till today!!! 4th of September spells the SHINE JESUS SHINE event!!! After hearing Marion, Moses's sister speaking so fluently in tongues, I tried speaking in tongues too, but i failed twice. It was till then when the priest started praying over us, I prayed for my good friends there at the SHINE JESUS SHINE event...and also for someone special to me....and all of a sudden, I began speaking with the gifts of tongues!! I was shocked by this sudden blessing, but I did not stop. Instead, I went on and on, even though it was the same syllabus over and over again, as one thing i know, is that I'm praising God and praying for my friends too! I'm blessed as I've received my gift of tongues!!! I'm so glad indeed.....THANK YOU LORD!!!!!

2006-09-04T10:51:00.000-07:00

A testimony from His blessed son, Matthew Heng (Singapore)

Hallelujah, Praise the Lord indeed! It all started with a soft prompting from the Lord for me to begin with this website. I thought to myself that it will be utmost crazy (for I'm a total computer nuthead), but indeed the Lord provides! The Lord has provided me with sufficient knowledge and determination to got the site running! In fact, He has even got someone for me to help me with the design! Everything that we see here, is not my work, but it's the work of our Great Lord. I'm looking forward to many testimonies that will be flooding in here, touching the lives of millions who will be visiting this site. I thank the Lord for internet, and for everyone who will be reading all the testimonies. I thank the Lord for everything that He has provided me, and all the things that he has provided to make today, and everyday, a true blessing! Amen! Our God indeed is an Awesome, Wonderful and an Amazing God!