Category: Testimony

——Finding God Amid Diabetes, Blindness, and Kidney Failure By Patricia Chua When I was 10, my mother noticed ants crawling around the toilet bowl after I had used it. I had also suddenly become prone to fainting spells, and could not put on weight no matter how much I ate. So my mum brought me to a doctor, and it was then that we learned that I had diabetes. Here’s a quick rundown on diabetes: it is a chronic condition that affects the way our bodies regulate sugar in our blood. People with diabetes have high sugar levels in their body which, left unmonitored, could cause complications such

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Francis Collins tells the story of his conversion from atheism to faith as a young doctor. As he began a journey looking for evidence of God, he expected only to strengthen his atheism. Instead he encountered Jesus and made the decision to follow him. —– In the home where I grew up, faith was not something that was talked about very much. My father was a professor of drama, my mother was a playwright. When I went to college and those discussions in the dorm late at night about religion began to occur, I found no reason to attach value to a faith worldview. I assumed that any

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Reprint permission © Lausanne Movement/24 Jul 2024 By Vinoth Ramachandra Kingdom Impact in Every Sphere of Society Jesus began his public ministry in Galilee with these words, ‘The time has come, the kingdom of God is near. Repent and believe the good news!’(Mark 1:15). The phrase ‘the kingdom of God’ appears on the lips of Jesus more often than any other. In the synoptic gospels Matthew, Mark and Luke, it appears 104 times. If we look at comparable expressions, for instance, the word ‘faith’ or ‘believe’ appears only 70 times on the lips of Jesus, the word ‘love’ 36 times, and ‘the Holy Spirit’ 35 times. So all

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Rev. CY Yan Hudson Taylor – a name widely remembered for his love for China.  But, myself an ethnically Chinese person, I have to ask a question – what is it about China that made the place and the people so loveable to Hudson Taylor?  He indeed sacrificed so much while he was serving as a pioneer missionary there.  But was it simply because of his love for China? Let’s take a look at the many situations and events that he had to suffer through during his time there: In 1853, the Taipings rose in insurrection against the ruling Manchu government. Outwardly, they presented themselves as a Christian

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By Truth Seeker  “It is a mere and miserable solitude to want true friends, without which the world is but a wilderness …” (Francis Bacon)  When I read of the “miserable solitude” of one who wants “true friends” and the contrast between the “world” and ” wilderness” in this quote, I could not help but think of our workplace! I have worked for many years in the corporate world and found that it is not easy for people in the workplace to develop into good friends! As I tried to observe and reason for a while, it could be the high mobility of people in the workplace, their

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Author: Trustworthy Message I want to ask the reader how you feel when you step into a church. What is a church? A church is a place where believers of Jesus Christ get together. So let’s look at how a church in Toronto walks with people during the difficult time of the pandemic. When Covid-19 broke out in 2020, this church had only a tiny congregation. The church members were physically separated because there were no longer in-person gatherings. However, their minds were closer than ever. They knew very well that Jesus the Lord would like them to share His love under all circumstances so that people could

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Dr. Luke “Yet I hold this against you: You have forsaken the love you had at first. Consider how far you have fallen! Repent and do the things you did at first. If you do not repent, I will come to you and remove your lampstand from its place.” (Revelation 2:4-5) Vision without sharing dissipates, faith without test weakens, and love without renewal fades. When I first practiced medicine thirty-plus years ago, loving people with passion filled my heart. I spent a long time listening to their concerns, healed their illnesses, and frequently led people to Christ. My heart was full of joy. I built a library in

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Cindy Shum  2022-08 Now Moses was tending the flock of Jethro his father-in-law, the priest of Midian, and he led the flock to the far side of the wilderness and came to Horeb, the mountain of God. 2 There the angel of the Lord appeared to him in flames of fire from within a bush. Moses saw that though the bush was on fire it did not burn up. 3 So Moses thought, “I will go over and see this strange sight—why the bush does not burn up.” 4 When the Lord saw that he had gone over to look, God called to him from within the bush, “Moses! Moses!”  And Moses said, “Here I am.”  5 “Do not come any closer,” God said. “Take off your

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Cheung   2022-08 In a ‘blink’, I have worked as a real estate agent for over 20 years. Although this job didn’t give me a prestigious title or a profession that people admired and respected, I liked it because I could control my working hours.  I also love real estate investments and helping others find the right place to their liking as home. My husband and I were both at retirement age. We were self-employed with no long-term pension but only a tiny portion of the RRSP we had saved over the past few decades. We spend most of our income on our children. As a result, we want

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