Brothers and Sisters,
Good morning! I am Chris, 17 years old, in F.5 now. When I was a kid, I was good in my studies and activities. I felt I had a good heart. I claimed to be a Christian but I only went to church for celebrations with my family in festivals. Then I also studied in a Catholic school but I went to services and fellowship rather irregularly, I seldom read the Bible or prayed and I knew very little about the Bible.
A big change came when I joined the Secondary school. I being not strong and independent enough, my studies and activities performance fell sharply. This was partly due to my arrogance and I didn’t realize God wanted me to learn humility. I blamed my school, a Buddhist school for I didn’t feel love and care there, I blamed those who betrayed or misunderstood me and I also blamed, rather unreasonably, those teachers whom I thought didn’t care their students at all. In this way, my confidence collapsed. I didn’t trust anyone. I was scared of people in the school and I told a lot of lies to protect myself.
Thank God, I have a loving mother and her two sisters love me very much, too. I believe aside from God, they love me most in this world. Because of them, I was still in touch with church, joined some youth camps and got to know more about God. Thank for their prayers, though I was stupid and even caused them to shed tears over my ignorance, they kept praying for me.
And God never forsakes me, like what’s put in the Bible “Never will I leave you, never will I forsake you.” He talked to me through pastors, mentors, family members and friends, no matter how poor and how arrogant I was.
I started to change. I hated telling lies. I used a lot of time to care for my friends and encourage them. I brought friends and even those newly met to church, inviting them to repent and receive the saving grace to turn from the wrong.
However, I didn’t rely on God. I worked for Him on my own strength. My family didn’t understand me. They worried about me, having no idea of what I was doing outside. I was so proud I didn’t want to explain too much. They were a nuisance to me. This time, I was pressed both from the inside and outside of the family and got exhausted. I realized I became a pressure to my friends and some guys in school hated me simply because I am a Christian, as foretold in the Bible. My family started to feel hopeless about me. Our relationship turned cold. But God cared for me and saved me. Last December, in a camp, I was refreshed by the Holy Spirit and changed fundamentally. In the camp, I really understood God is in hold of everything and it is his spirit that moves people to follow him. My responsibility is only to bring people to church and pray for them. That’s it. I knew further that He has the sovereign power. I can hand over to him everything, big and small, to relieve myself of the unnecessary worries. I got cheerful and experience the joy that b/s always talk about at church. In addition, I have a new understanding of the saying “Faith without works is dead.” Instead of simply enjoying the saving hope of eternal life, it exhorts us to work hard at the moment to attain our purpose in life. Now, I strive to achieve my goal. In my relationship with my family, friends and in my studies, I look up to God and commit them to Him. A pastor once told me, “Don’t regret too much of what kind of person you were or what you did because those past lessons help you to become what you are now. Maybe this is one of the explanations for “forgetting what is behind”. So, no matter what, believe God sees that we are good. He will allow us time to improve. In this 16th anniversary, I wish everyone to be comforted and renewed in God’s love and get strengthened by His words. Thank you!
Good morning! I am Chris, 17 years old, in F.5 now. When I was a kid, I was good in my studies and activities. I felt I had a good heart. I claimed to be a Christian but I only went to church for celebrations with my family in festivals. Then I also studied in a Catholic school but I went to services and fellowship rather irregularly, I seldom read the Bible or prayed and I knew very little about the Bible.
A big change came when I joined the Secondary school. I being not strong and independent enough, my studies and activities performance fell sharply. This was partly due to my arrogance and I didn’t realize God wanted me to learn humility. I blamed my school, a Buddhist school for I didn’t feel love and care there, I blamed those who betrayed or misunderstood me and I also blamed, rather unreasonably, those teachers whom I thought didn’t care their students at all. In this way, my confidence collapsed. I didn’t trust anyone. I was scared of people in the school and I told a lot of lies to protect myself.
Thank God, I have a loving mother and her two sisters love me very much, too. I believe aside from God, they love me most in this world. Because of them, I was still in touch with church, joined some youth camps and got to know more about God. Thank for their prayers, though I was stupid and even caused them to shed tears over my ignorance, they kept praying for me.
And God never forsakes me, like what’s put in the Bible “Never will I leave you, never will I forsake you.” He talked to me through pastors, mentors, family members and friends, no matter how poor and how arrogant I was.
I started to change. I hated telling lies. I used a lot of time to care for my friends and encourage them. I brought friends and even those newly met to church, inviting them to repent and receive the saving grace to turn from the wrong.
However, I didn’t rely on God. I worked for Him on my own strength. My family didn’t understand me. They worried about me, having no idea of what I was doing outside. I was so proud I didn’t want to explain too much. They were a nuisance to me. This time, I was pressed both from the inside and outside of the family and got exhausted. I realized I became a pressure to my friends and some guys in school hated me simply because I am a Christian, as foretold in the Bible. My family started to feel hopeless about me. Our relationship turned cold. But God cared for me and saved me. Last December, in a camp, I was refreshed by the Holy Spirit and changed fundamentally. In the camp, I really understood God is in hold of everything and it is his spirit that moves people to follow him. My responsibility is only to bring people to church and pray for them. That’s it. I knew further that He has the sovereign power. I can hand over to him everything, big and small, to relieve myself of the unnecessary worries. I got cheerful and experience the joy that b/s always talk about at church. In addition, I have a new understanding of the saying “Faith without works is dead.” Instead of simply enjoying the saving hope of eternal life, it exhorts us to work hard at the moment to attain our purpose in life. Now, I strive to achieve my goal. In my relationship with my family, friends and in my studies, I look up to God and commit them to Him. A pastor once told me, “Don’t regret too much of what kind of person you were or what you did because those past lessons help you to become what you are now. Maybe this is one of the explanations for “forgetting what is behind”. So, no matter what, believe God sees that we are good. He will allow us time to improve. In this 16th anniversary, I wish everyone to be comforted and renewed in God’s love and get strengthened by His words. Thank you!
![濕地公園旅行](<table style="width:194px;"><tr><td align="center" style="height:194px;background:url(https://picasaweb.google.com/s/c/transparent_album_background.gif) no-repeat left"><a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/Jubileehk/2011417?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/_tooY6SFifsM/TbLPc8qCHME/AAAAAAAAB3k/SvryXeEXeyw/s160-c/2011417.jpg" width="160" height="160" style="margin:1px 0 0 4px;"></a></td></tr><tr><td style="text-align:center;font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:11px"><a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/Jubileehk/2011417?feat=embedwebsite" style="color:#4D4D4D;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:none;">2011/4/17 濕地公園</a></td></tr></table>)
