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CCM Committee 2006

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

From left to Right:

FlorenceYip – Marketing
Kelvin Chia – Secretary
Ming Zeng – Treasurer
Judith Leung – Treasurer
Franscis Wee – Logistic
Nilla Wen - Communication Assistant
Xi Liu – President
Seya Ong – Communication
Issac Lui – Vice President
Jimmie Thongkul – Event
Ruth Fung – Operational
Steph Chan – Event Assistant

Once a backslider (inspired by John Park)

Gotta love John Park’s testimony which he shared on Sunday. Why?

Because it was like listening to my own testimony. Why?

Because what happened to him also happened to me 2 years ago and God just did exactly the same thing like what He did to John. Here is my strory:

I have been in Hope Brisbane for 5 years, I came here when I was 15 years old and I joined the powerful youth group of Hope Brisbane (I am not mentioning the name) . As what I have lerned from my home church Hope Suratthani, that wherever I go, I need plant myself in a good church and continue to serve God faithfully. So, I commited myself to Hope Brisbane and served God passionately that group.

After a while, a leader challenged me if I want to take on a leadership position in the group. At that time, I was 18 years old and I agreed. So I became part of Joshua Generation.

I was serving God passionately. However, I was so caught up with my personal assumption that people in the group didn’t love me enough. My spiritual mentor didn’t care for me. I felt that I was all alone. I kept it to myself. I had a feeling that people didn’t care who I am. No one cared about me. But in fact, they did love me and care for me. But at that very time, those feeling which I made based on my own assumption kept attacking me. So I decided to leave the church by not tell anyone. I went back to Thailand for holiday and promised leaders and people in the groip that I will come back but i never came back. I made a decision not to come back to Hope Brisbane anymore. So, I left God, I left my ministry. I left the church!

People in the group wondered why Jimmy had gone to too long, so they e-mailed me, called me, sms me but I never responsed. I made a decision not to come back to Hope Brisbane anymore. They started to realised that something wrong with Jimmy. 

It has been nearly 1 year that I didn’t go to church. Every morning when I woke up, God knocked and my heart and asked me what I am doing? I felt so hopeless. Life-time in Brisbane was passing slowy slowy. I was wandering around Brisbane with no purpose in my life.

I wanted to come back to church. God really knocked on my heart. But I thought, how am I gonna go back? It has been too long. I didn’t know what to do. I decided to tell my shepherd back in Hope Suratthai that I hasn’t been to church for 1 year. She encouraged me, prayed for me, talked with me until very late at night.

Then, I couldn’t stand my life without going to church anymore! God I want to come back to You! At that very time, God was so evidenced in my life. God was really calling me back to Him. So, I picked up the phone, called a leader whom kept calling me, e-mailing me, asking me to come back to the church. I called him. He didn’t say anything but was so glad to hear my voice. We decided to meet up on the next day.

Then I shared to him why I wanted to leave the church. We resolved the issue. We cried! I am back again in God’s arms, I am back in His church once again. After prayed, they decided for me to join QUT group, Daniel

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Now it has been 3 years since that incident happened. I am now functioning as a JG in Daniel 2. I was a privillage in the past that I was function as a JG at the age of 18. I was regretted that I left the church at that time. I regret. It took me a long time to get over it. But I believed it was God’s plan for me to left the church, so that I can understand more about His love for me and how important the church is. I learned so much during the time that I left the church.

 I haven’t had tears in my eyes before when I listen to people testimony but John’s testimoy made me had tears in my eyes. The story was like me and I understand exactly how he felt. God reassured me again about His plan and His purpose for my life through John’s testimony.

Friends, trust me, I experienced life without God, without church and It was so dangerous. I understood the true meaning of life with no purpose espcially if you have been to church before and decided to leave the church like me. I know very well how it feel.

God, May you use my testimony to speak to people who are thinking to give up their walk with God. May You change their heart and bring them back into Your arms. God, I pray that whatever happened, they will never let You go. In Jesus’ name I pray.

My definition of “BUSY”

… “Being Under Satan’s Yoke” …

 

What is yours?