受洗

     

2008年1月11日，我如愿受洗。好朋友们来到教会观礼，接着聚会庆祝。我非常非常开心。感谢主！ 

我的三分钟简短受洗见证如下，希望对朋友们有所帮助。由于时间有限，不能详述细节，以后有机会再写。 

After six years, I have reached the point that I know God and trust Him enough to put myself into His hands. I love God as He is. All I want is to be closer to God because He is so good. In Jesus, I have real joy in my heart and peace of mind. 

I came from China and had hardly any Christian knowledge before I came to Canada. I went to church in 2003 because I got curious when a guy told me he had a PERSONAL relationship with God. A few months later I became busy and stopped going. But God didn’t leave me while I was away. He arranged Christians around helping me learn about him. I actually grew through the discussions.

I was so far away from God that I never could imagine being a Christian. I thought I must first settle all the doubts as well as make sure I can do the things God wants us to do. Back then, it seems almost impossible. When I prayed to God, I asked Him to show me He is real in any way and if He guided me I would not resist. Since then lots of amazing things happened. I still have the questions but my heart was changed by God. I became humble and obedient. I was really connected to God at the end of 2006 

Soon after I came to XXChurch in 2007, strangely I had this feeling that I would certainly be a Christian eventually, I was not there yet, but I would be there. And I was not anxious at all. 

Then one day at the end of 2007 I was sure I wanted to be baptized. I didn’t get there through the way I expected at all. God made it happen in His own way, which I have no idea how, and with the opposite order. I believed in Him and learnt to trust first, and then he showed his work on me. Thus I figured out what faith was. We sometimes have to make our first move. It is like the Israelites [Isereilaiz] at the sea with the Egyptians behind them. They walked into the ocean. There were no signs of how God was going to support them. The first steps were in the water but when they continued with faith, at that moment, the sea split.  

Talking about Grace, I am grateful whenever I remember it is not only me who looked for God but also and more it is God who drew me close to Him. Grace is given to us because God loves us, not because of our goodness or efforts. 

Today I am ready to declare proudly to the world that I belong to Jesus and have started the journey following Him. I am all excited and full of joy.  

Thank you, my heavenly Father.

I want to finish with one of my favorite scriptures: 

Cause me to hear thy lovingkindness in the morning, for in thee do I trust; cause me to know the way wherein I should walk, for I lift up my soul unto thee.

Praise Lord!

[盈袖2006]

回复北美枵君的评论:
thank you. May God be with you!

[北美枵君]

God bless you！

[盈袖2006]

回复尔尔的评论:
谢谢尔尔。神爱世人，他也爱你。呵呵

[尔尔]

盈袖, 恭喜你! 真为你高兴! 愿神永远保佑善良的人!

[盈袖2006]

回复饼姐姐的评论:
最近贴的文章有点长，但是真的值得花一点时间读读。我很受启发，它们出自资深基督徒，回答了很多普遍的问题，我希望能够帮助一些刚刚听到福音的朋友，也是我花很多时间打出来的原因。

[盈袖2006]

回复沙漠玫瑰123的评论: 太感谢你了
愿神的眼目眷顾你, 愿神的手扶植你, 愿神的灵带领你, 从现在直到永远.
还有比这更好的祝福吗？：）我也这样祝福你。

[盈袖2006]

回复苗青青的评论: 谢谢青青，我做了，才知道这个仪式比我想的要重要。保罗是我仰慕的，他的经历显示了神的大爱和作为。我敬佩他在神的带领下做的一切以及他的激情，恳切，和坚定。真的是基督徒的骄傲。
也许我们不会有这样的RADICAL CALL, 但我们也可以这样生活。 A HOLY LIFE OF HEAVEN ON THIS CORRUPTING EARTH.

[饼姐姐]

我慢慢看，谢谢分享!

[沙漠玫瑰123]

恭喜呀~~~~在主内得到了新生命. 愿神的眼目眷顾你, 愿神的手扶植你, 愿神的灵带领你, 从现在知道永远. 阿门.

[苗青青]

恭喜盈袖，迈出受洗这一步！

我三年前受洗，经历了很多事。如今我最喜欢保罗的人生境界：“我已经学会无论在什么景况都可以知足。 我知道什么是缺乏，也知道什么是富足。我已经学会了在任何情况下都满足的秘诀， 不论饱足和饥饿， 富足或缺乏。 我靠着那加给我力量的， 凡事都能做。”

有一次我们教会一位执事祷告， 他说的的很简单: 神啊， 你有永生， 我还要什么呢。

信主就是追求一个这样的单纯， 很美好的路。 这也是我目前的理想， 因为我还在过程中。

愿神赐丰富生命和你同在！

[盈袖2006]

教会现在在我的生活里占很重要的地位。我也深切体会得到你说的话的意思。那天查经几个老基督徒说如果没有了神，她们的生活将有一个无法弥补的缺陷，一个很大的失落空间。

[小米和小麦]

回复盈袖2006的评论:
我们对特别的日子总是记得牢。
我比你早三个月来到这里。
关键是，不能有一刻脱离教会。

[盈袖2006]

谢谢米麦，很多人以为我已经受浸了的，我已经开始了基督徒的生活。因为教会日程的原因，从去年一直拖到今年。
我不敢相信你写的日子！2001年8月26号是我来温哥华的那天。
是的，感谢主，只有尝过这甘甜的人才深信神的存在和爱。我希望今后的日子他也一直与我们同在。EMMANUEL!

[小米和小麦]

感谢主！

我以为你已经受浸的了。这时候一定是最甜美的时候，祝贺你！
我是2001年8月26号受浸的，和我的一个从温哥华去多伦多的同学是同一天，也是她最开始向我传福音的。

这几年，我也是反反复复，但感谢主，一直保守我们！