By Enoch Wong
I had known Jesus Christ the Lord since I was very young. I believed He was the son of God. He had saved and died for me, and shed His blood to cleanse my sins. I had attended church after I was born. I always prayed and He often heard and answered my prayers. I started to drift away from God during high school years. I thought relying on myself was a better way. God was no longer important, and I even thought lightly His existence. I did not care to attend church and serve Him, nor try to work hard at school. I would not take anything into consideration and lost to the real meaning and purpose of life.
Until 2015, my parents made a big decision to move to the United States. I did not want to go and hated the idea. Looking back now I know it was in God’s plan. In a special occasion, God had changed my mind and I was willing for the immigration. Before the move, we had searched for churches, and under God’s guidance, we found Blessed Life Church.
After arrival, I still did not rely on God. Until after the school started and I had to face all sorts of challenge and trials that I did not know how to cope with. I found myself weak and helpless. So I started to seek God’s help and rely on Him to gain strength and wisdom. He touched and calmed my rocking heart. Leaning on Him gave me courage and will to carry on.
In order to meet the high school graduation’s community service hours, I serve at BLC. In addition to knowing more people, I had learned many new things. I found this was very meaningful, so I continued serving. Gradually I become more devoted, but still not totally rely on Jesus Christ. Started in June 2018, my eyes had some problems, and I was very worried that I would become blind. My parents took me aside and prayed with me, and brought me to see an eye doctor. At that time, I clearly saw that men were weak and life was unpredictable. All of a sudden, I came to my senses that I needed to seize the opportunity to accept Christ. At that moment, I felt the presence of the Holy Spirit, and I decided to accept Jesus Christ as my personal Savior and Lord and be baptized.
I thank God that my eyes are stable now. My view point of things has changed forever, that I see God to be more important in my life. Knowing that things are temporal and perishable, we are only travelers to this earth. Only God is the source of eternal joy and hope, so I ought to bring glory to God in all that I do.
I handle things differently now, more positive and with confidence, and I love God with all my heart, with all my soul and with all my will to glorify Him. Though I sometimes lack strength, I pray and ask God to grant me a determined and steadfast will. I try to avoid doing things against His will. Though there is no way to be totally sinless, by the prompting of the Holy Spirit, I will keep myself alert. I know more about Christianity and God now than before. I read my Bible daily and spend time to learn His words and obey them. With God’s help, I will strive to be a good Christian. May you all be like me to lean onto Jesus.
黃以諾弟兄
我從小就認識主耶穌基督，相信祂是神的兒子，拯救我為我死，流寶血洗淨我罪。自出生以來，我已參加教會聚會。我經常禱告，而神亦時常聽允我的祈禱。但自從升中學後，我便開始遠離神，認為靠自己的努力就夠，根本不需要禱告。當時的我認為神並不重要，況且輕視有神的存在。我不但不在乎去教會和參與事奉，我甚至在學業上也不很努力，每天過着得過且過，渾渾噩噩的生活，凡事都敷衍了事，迷失到不知生存目的和意義。
直至2015年，我爸媽做了一個重大決定，就是移民美國。當時我很不願意去，更且討厭這個決定。回想起來，現在便明白這是神的安排。在一次機緣巧合之中，神奇妙地改變了我的想法，我便願意跟隨父母去美國。未去美國之前，我們已開始尋找教會，而在神的帶領下，找到了恩福浸信會。
那時我還是不太倚靠神，直至新的學期開始，接踵而來的挑戰和新環境令我不知所措，我意識到自己的軟弱和渺小。在這困境之中，我開始切切祈求神的幫助，藉著神得力量和智慧，祂安撫我不安的心，靠着祂，我就有繼續走下去的勇氣和毅力。
初時在恩福參與事奉是為了滿足高中畢業所需的社區服務數據，但在教會服事神時，除了認識更多人外，還學了新的東西，我認為做這件事是十分有意義，於是我便繼續做下去。漸漸地我學會虔誠，可是仍未完全信靠主耶穌基督。直至2018年6月，我的雙眼有異樣，出現一些問題，當時令我十分擔心，極害怕自己會失明。爸媽知道後便和我一起祈禱，又帶我去看眼科醫生。那時，我便清楚明白人是多麼的脆弱，領悟到人生的無常，我頓時有所覺悟，了解到趁着還有機會便要即時完全信神，將一切擺上，當時感到有聖靈的同在，便決定要接受耶穌作為我的救主，讓祂進入我的生命裏，決志要受洗。
我非常感謝神，因為雙眼沒有惡化，無大礙。我的價值觀從此不再一樣，我現在視神為最重要的，而且明白到世上的事物是短暫，在這塵世間我們只是寄居的，神才是喜樂和希望的源頭，我要努力生活來榮耀神。
我的處事方法亦有所改變，我做事變得比以前積極和認真，做事時會盡心盡性盡意來榮耀神，雖然有時也會力有不逮，但我會藉着禱告求神賜我不屈不撓和認真做事的心。我會避免做不合神心意的事，雖然沒有辦法完全不犯罪，但我會透過聖靈的提醒，讓我時刻保持警惕。現在我對基督教的信仰和神的認知比以前多了，我每天都抽空去讀聖經，用更多時間去學習和探討神的話語，並遵從神的道和教訓，我會努力去做一個好的基督徒，但願你們也可以像我一樣信靠耶穌。