Baptism & Membership Encounter Weekend (May 2006)

Wednesday, May 10, 2006

Oliver Ho (CG-Kok Poh Sim, PJN4)

Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ, who gave himself for our sins to rescue us from the present evil age, according to the will of our God and Father.
Galatians 1:3-4

I was eagerly waiting that day to arrive, my BMEW, finally it arrived…I’m so happy because we (me and my wife, Karine) had this plan for BMEW a long time ago but every time when we about to sign up for the program, there will surely be something that will pop up on that particular weekend …wedding dinner, sick, family gathering, best friend’s birthday, working etc you name the works. This time we manage to escape all of that because we decided to put all this to a stop as we have really set our mind to go for it before it’s too late. Thank God for making it happened for both of us, we had wonderful sessions indeed. We thank and praise you lord.

I would like to start my testimonial with “Why am I here (BMEW)?” Why? It’s because I want to answer a call, or rather a will to accept Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior. I still remember clearly, two years ago while I’m still courting Karine, I used to follow her to church. In one of the celebration, a question was thrown to all of us and me particularly during Pastor Daniel’s sermon and he asked “Are you ready? Are you ready to open the door of your temple (Heart) when this man knocks on your door? Are you ready to welcome him (Jesus Christ)?” I don’t really know why it struck me so hard and it hit right at the center of my heart. I cried and I had lots of flashes in my mind. Flashing on how dirty and polluted my temple was. How I rejected Him while He was knocking my door and how I refused to know Him. I thought I wasn’t ready, which was very wrong because I realized we’ll never be ready for anything in this world after attending BMEW. So from then on I strive to know Him and work on my life, beginning with my temple. That explained why I was there and also partly because it is a requirement by DUMC.

One of the most important spiritual lesson I have learned during BMEW is “I Have Sinned Against The Lord”. “I am my greatest enemy!” This was what Pastor Chris mentioned during the lesson and it is so true that I can’t say a word to deny it. I have to admit, I have lots of sins that I struggled in life. I realized from Pastor Chris that we must not hide but confess and repent to God and God will give us a second chance to live a life with Him. I renounced all my sins by writing it down onto a piece of paper and make a decision to start a new life in Christ after laying it down before Lord. The entire session was so touching and I felt really loved, joyful and relieved after that. The feeling is so blessed and my shoulder is so light that I cannot explain what's happening. I will never hurt God from now on and His Spirit will cry every time we sinned. I have learned how to deal with it. The Lord has died, suffered and shed his blood for us because of our sins, would you ever want to hurt and grieve His heart again?

Throughout the whole weekend I felt true loved, joy and freedom that I can’t explain. I felt the presence of the Lord and the company of Holy Spirit whenever we call their names. One experience that I will never forget in my life was when we all together pray for the spiritual gift of tongues. I would not want elaborate more because for those who doesn’t know may want to participate in BMEW to learn and experience that. I would like to encourage those who want to experience true love, joy and happiness, those who want to experience God’s presence, those who wants a prayer partner and of course an up, close and personal experience with Pastor Chris Kam, do not miss the life changing opportunity of your life time.

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