Testimony…
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This happened three and a half years ago; I had this idea because I’ve been a missionary and pastor in Hong Kong for almost five years. But two and a half years ago, I was actually struggling: “Do you really want to go back to Singapore?” Because I am a Singaporean, I have been serving in China, the Philippines, Hong Kong and other places for the past few years, and I have also shepherded children in different churches, different businessmen, and different university fellowships.
Two and a half years ago, I actually thought, “I’m tired, I’m tired – I really want to go back to Singapore to rest and give up my ministry in Hong Kong!” But one day I came back from a mission trip in the Philippines, and I went to McDonald’s, and I saw a young man over there, who was dressed neatly (shirt, tie), but he seemed very unhappy. After I bought the meal, I sat down next to him, introduced myself as a pastor, and said to him, “Hey, young man, “Hi, is everything OK? Is there anything I can pray for you?” The young man said, “What’s wrong with you, what’s your business?” But when he said that, his eyes were red.
So I said, “Okay, can you ask the pastor to pray for you and bless you, and you can tell the pastor what’s going on?” Then he waited a little and looked at me and said, “Yes, pastor, you pray for me!” “Actually, I went to apply today, but I don’t know if I can pass the application? I am the eldest in the family, and when I go back today, my parents will ask me to move out, because there is not enough room to rest at home, and the family does not have enough funds. In addition, my job is unstable because I have been working as a casual worker, part-time worker, and contract employee since I came out of university.” When I heard this, I actually felt heartache.
A young man in Hong Kong said to me, “Not having money is one thing, not having a place to live is another, and I feel tired of running every day.” I asked him, “Hey, young man, what is your dream?” If God gave you a dream, He wouldn’t take it away! He will look at you and fulfill your dreams and everyone’s dreams on His time and schedule!
“Pastor, I don’t know if I’ll have enough for my next meal, and I don’t know where I’m going to stay… Don’t talk about dreams, I don’t even dare to think about a dream!” To me, a 22-year-old kid who had just graduated said such things to me! I felt so heartbroken, so I decided to stay, and I said, “All right, God… We changed the name of the church to “Dream Ministry”! Because when we took the church back, the name of the church had not been changed. REVER IS A FRENCH WORD FOR “DREAM,” SO WE’RE CALLED REVERSER MINISTRIES.
At that time, we blessed the child with God’s Word and said to him, “God actually has a dream for you, and that dream is to give you a “future”, so don’t let your future be affected by your current difficulties! When the young man heard this, he was amazed and said, “Even though I am not a Christian, I feel a very comfortable peace!” I went on to tell him, “Your dreams will enable you to fulfill what God wants you to do!” I asked him again, “What do you want to do?” 「 Pastor, I want to be a banker” (it turns out that he just went to Citibank to apply, but he didn’t know if he would be able to pass).
I encouraged him, “If God gave you a dream to be a banker, He wouldn’t take it away! He would look at you and fulfill your dream and everyone’s dream according to His time and schedule!” In human thinking, dreams are always considered unrealistic. Especially for children in Hong Kong.
But what I’m saying is God’s promise that it will be fulfilled and that it will be won! Then I said to this young child, “Every human being is God’s dream, and God has a plan and a goal for you!” That’s how I encouraged him, and then I prayed for him.
After a week or two, he called me back and said, “Pastor, I want to believe in your God! Because I have never seen such a god make man’s dream come true! I believe in miracles, and my dream will come true!” Then a month later, he received a letter from Citibank saying that he had been accepted! Then I used this opportunity to preach the gospel to him, saying, “God loves you, and God uses His love and dreams to build people’s careers.
God gives a dream to everyone, and God will give you a dream, and God will fulfill it, because God is a faithful God!” I’ll give you an example, Walt Disney, the founder of Disney, doesn’t he own a Disneyland? But when Walt Disney died, Disneyland in Florida was still unfinished, but his workers said, “This dream has been fulfilled!” Walt Disney’s idea and purpose was to create a “world where people go.” The happiest place” as the goal!
God said, “I have a plan for you.” So you know, God is preparing, preparing a dream for you. And everyone’s dreams are unique, and everyone’s dreams are very different.
As long as you believe and have hope, God will fulfill your dreams. Because He has chosen you and given you the destiny, the plan, the goal, and the will to accomplish what He wants to do! I want to encourage you to ask, when you get tired of running, “God, what dreams can I have, what can I accomplish?”
Because what you can become must be based on the dreams God has given you. And it’s not what you can do, it’s what you can become! For God is a faithful God, amen. The young man said to me, “Pastor, I want to be a relationship manager in a bank. Today he has been promoted, and in these three short years, following God, he has risen from manager to director. Although he is not in my church, God allowed the two of us to have this communication, and from this communication, God told me to bring a dream, a hope, and bless the young people in Hong Kong, so that they can know that God’s love is eternal and eternal! Through this experience, although it was only a very short hour, I was there to have breakfast with this young man in Hong Kong and pray for him, which could not have been easier, but through this young man, I changed me and made me want to stay in Hong Kong so that I can bless the young people in Hong Kong.
I would love to bring down the secrets of heaven and bless the people of Hong Kong and bring them hope, hope and expectation. Because God loves people, and God loves you Hong Kong people! Amen.
