On the 27 Feb 2009, I started a whole new journey in my walk with God as i walk through the water of baptism. It was really amazing and heartwarming to see so many who came to support me that day. And especially I was really thankful that my mother came for my baptism and until now still tries to apply what Pastor William Loke preach about patient that day.
The first thing i encountered after i came out from the baptism pool was that i felt very light, almost like the feeling of fainting. I felt very light-hearted and as though i was floating in the air.
I believe that was a sign of the Holy Spirit telling me that my old self has gone and the new have come. The light-heartedness is a representation of my new self. Whereby from that minute onwards I am a new creation.
As I start this new journey, the prayer i made to God was that he would take me, make me, use me and mould me. And i would like to encourage all those who have not being baptised, and are from a yet-to-be-believers family to pray and believe in God. I believe that God can do what he did to me to you! God bless.
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Testimony: Ong Chuan Lian
I was from a traditional Taoist family. And being traditional, my family never shown their love and concern for me. Hence, I grew up without any touch of security, love and concern from them. Because of that, I tend to place my sense of trust, security and love with the friends around me. I was telling myself during primary school till secondary. "No matter what happened, I must get to know all the 'popular' students in the school. And all those high-profile students must be my good friends. That's when I can turn high-profile and hence feel the sense of security, love and care from.
But I was wrong, with so many friends, none of them were truthful. Betrayal, conflicts soon slipped in. I was deeply hurt by all those friends whom I placed my trust in. I start to question, why must they betray me, haven’t I found that sense of belonging already? And many times, I find myself sitting at home, feeling that sense of emptiness and loneliness. In school, I may be a high-profile kid. But at home, I’m still the same nobody. With no attention given and no respect given, I wondered why am I in this world.
Everything changes when my Sec4 best friend, someone who's high-profile in school, invited me to her church camp. I went because it was a FOC camp. Well, free accommodation, food and more friends was the reason I agreed to go for the camp. And after that I became very interested about this GOD that they were talking about during the camp, from which I began to start my research on the internet about this Jesus Christ.
I can’t believe the fact that this JESUS actually like love me so much that he died for me. And to someone who has not experienced love, care and concern, and sense of security, it's kind of ridiculous for someone to die for you. So I decided to give it a try, "No harm anyway right?" that was what I told myself. I gave my life to Jesus on the 18th January 2006, in the small bedroom of mine alone. I approached a classmate of mine during lunch one day and asked her if she was attending any churches. That was when she brought me to Faith Community Baptist Church.
After I believed in God and accepted the fact that Jesus came and died for me. I was free from seeking security, love and care from friends around me. I learn to accept everyone as my friends and not just the high-profile ones. I realized that humans will always fail you and not meet your expectation. But God is the one who's always constant. His love for you is always constant. God was able to exceed the desire of love, security and concern I always yearned for.
I’ve also learned to trust God for all things around. From someone who takes no initiative and discipline to study until now, being the top 10% in my cohort. A verse that I always carry with me through thick and thin, I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me (Phil4:13) allows me to achieve such good grades and now I am, being a living testimony amongst my family and friends.
Not only that, with my cell group supporting every decision I made, and offering any prayers that I needed, I was able to walk out of the invisible wall of defense I built over the years. I really thanked God for this bunch of crazy sisters whom I go through many circumstances together. Without God, I would never ever meet such lovely sisters in my life, and I would probably be too friends-driven. Because of them, I have learnt to be God-driven, putting God as the centre of my life.
Today, I am someone who seeks God for love, security and care. I am also someone who still makes a lot of friends. But the different is that, I’ve learned to let go of things when conflicts sinks in. I’ve learned to let God take control of things happening around me. I’ve learnt to forgive my family for the past, and the fact that they allowed me to get baptize today is an act of love for me. Praise the Lord!
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