恩典见证 11. …

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Jesus, I have thought many times that if it weren’t for you, maybe I would have left this cruel world long ago.
I’m not a strong person, and although the whole world uses those two words to describe me, you know, I’m not.
I owe so much to what you have given me. But, I know, you love me and never thought of asking me back.
It’s how much I want to pay it back, even a little.

Jesus, I have not seen you, but you have mercy on my prayers when I am lonely and helpless—this is not my delusion, it is true. If it’s just a thought, then my life is just an illusion.

Those who have never tried to rely on you, say it’s all psychological, it’s all imagination. They are imagining the experience that we experience in a way that they don’t know because they have never experienced it. After all, knowledge cannot make people experience the joy of walking with God, because reason and logic cannot explain or speculate on the existence of such a transcendent wisdom.
 
Your teachings are different from other people’s teachings, and those teachings that are high and unattainable have nothing to do with us in the world. But you are different, you have said it yourself – you are the Tao. Those who follow you do not have to search for or rely on their limited wisdom to figure out what the Tao is, as long as they follow you, they are already walking in the Tao.
 
Jesus, I am content to know you.

But you must also know that I cannot always be satisfied, and as long as I am in the world, my weaknesses cannot be completely removed.
No one can be like you, no one has been able to truly emulate you since ancient times, and although countless people are willing to emulate you, no one has been able to do it.

You are the Word in the flesh, and no one can imitate that alone, especially since you were crucified and died for the sins of man, and then rose from the dead. You see, who in the world can do it but you?

Therefore a man’s weakness cannot be removed, and he cannot be like you.

Because there is no perfect person in the world, only you are perfect.

But from the time you were born in the dirtiest manger, from the time you chose to walk the hardest way in the world, from the time you were willing to humble yourself to wash the feet of others, from your utter immaculate patience and victory over all temptations… You have proved your love for the world with all your life in the world.
 
Jesus, although I cannot be as white and spotless as you are, I know that from the moment I fully accept you, you have completely forgiven me for all my sins and transgressions.

You have forgiven all my weaknesses and possible transgressions in the world.
I know, but I can’t be pure.

You have the authority to forgive sins, and I have the weakness to continue to make mistakes. I can predict that no matter how hard, strong, and devout I am in the world, I will not be able to escape the darkness completely. So I can’t praise myself in any way.

Because I know my weaknesses too well. Sometimes in the face of challenges, I will tremble, sometimes I will face loneliness, I will complain, sometimes I will face the fog of the future, and I will indulge in darkness.

Jesus, the only thing I have in perfect faith is that you won’t let go.

Even I hate myself to the extreme. You still love me, as you always do.

Jesus, calling your name pierces and nourishes the deepest part of my soul more than the name of anyone I love.
 
Jesus, I believe you will teach me how to be strong and courageous.

I believe that you will eventually show me what you have promised—the land of Canaan flowing with milk and honey.

I trust in your faithfulness, even as my flesh wavers, yet my heart is as firm as death.

Jesus, I have no idols, because the people born of you do not need idols.
I am weak, but I can stick to right and wrong, good and evil. For the people born of you will not be slaves to sin.
I’m not a kind person, but I can serve those who hate me. For the people born of you do not need to show off their semblance of hypocrisy, but we love because you first loved us.
 
Jesus, this generation—without you, there are no truly saved souls.

恩典见证 12. …

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“Love” is a “nutrient” that human beings have been inseparable from since ancient times, what is true love, and how to love so that it will not be hurt? In the face of love, do you choose someone who loves you or someone you love?

Christian artist Kou Naixin talked about the “true meaning of love” through her own experience on Beijing Satellite TV’s “I Am a Speaker” program.

She admitted that she has lived in a loving environment since she was a child, just like a princess, so when she falls in love, she hopes that her boyfriend will treat her like a princess, which is also what most of the audience here raised their hands in agreement.

In college, she had four boyfriends in one go, with different styles, but the same thing was that they all loved her. Among the four boyfriends, No. 1 is the Prince of Stars, who can fold 3,650 colored stars in one go; The second boyfriend is erudite and talented, and he can talk about astronomy and geography; The No. 3 boyfriend is a long-legged uncle, who is diligent and takes care of Kou Naixin; Boyfriend No. 4 is a tragic saint, and when two people quarrel, he will run in the rain shouting Kou Naixin’s name.

In addition to the above four, after that, she met the fifth “Heavenly King”, which combined all the advantages of the above four boyfriends and can be called a “perfect man”, so the two held a luxurious engagement ceremony. But when she felt that she was about to become the happiest princess and marry the prince who loved her the most, she found that before the marriage, the groom ran away and mailed her the engagement ring with a long letter attached, and she was puzzled at that time, “Why is this happening, doesn’t he love me very much.”

When she opened the long letter and read it, she understood the reason why her boyfriend ran away from marriage. The letter said, “Kou Naixin, you don’t know me at all, you don’t love me at all, you don’t know what food I eat, you don’t know what movies I like to watch, you only love me for being good to you.”

Encountering such a huge blow, Kou Naixin washed her face with tears every day. When she read the letter repeatedly, she began to reflect, how can my love be so selfish? In this world, no one wants to be the one who gives more and loves more. When he doesn’t get anything in return, his heart will be cold, and he will go. She understands that although she chose someone who loves her very much, she did not get the happiness she expected, so she learned from the pain and decided to learn to love someone well.

Later, she fell in love with a man who was willing to love him without looking back and was willing to give everything for him. When she truly loved, she understood, “Love is giving, not plundering, and love is sharing rather than possessing.” ”

However, people are weak sinners, and even if you find someone you love very much and are willing to give everything for him, you must know that if the other person has not responded, you will not be able to love to the end on your own. So you need to learn the love of Christ, when you receive the unconditional love of Christ, and then love the other person, whether the other person is willing to reciprocate or not, you can endure and love to the end.

“Since he loved his people in the world, he loved them to the end. (John 13:1)

God is love! Jesus’ love for us is unconditional and enduring to the end, and only by understanding this love, receiving this love, entering this love, and living this love, can you have the most beautiful and happy marriage. Kou Naixin, born in a Christian family, is the granddaughter of the famous Chinese pastor Kou Shiyuan, whose father is an elder of the Taiwanese church, and her uncle is a famous Chinese pastor and former Taiwanese TV anchor Kou Shaoen. Graduating from the Department of Foreign Languages of National Taiwan University, a famous entertainment program host in Taiwan, he became famous on the mainland in 2012 for serving as an emotional mentor on Guizhou Satellite TV’s “Very Perfect” program. Husband Huang Guolun, a famous Taiwanese musician, entered the Chinese pop music scene with the song “I Do” and became a well-known music talent.

恩典见证 13. …

别对你爱的人飙狠话-施迦南 

你有对所爱的人飙过狠话吗？是否想过自己逞一时的口舌之快，有可能成为一辈子的遗憾。在北京卫视《我是演说家》节目上，基督徒艺人寇乃馨深刻解剖自己曾经言语上的过错，提醒大家“别对你爱的人飙狠话”。

3月22日凌晨，寇乃馨在其微博发信息说，“我被网上热传的反响吓到了！当初决定讲这个主题《别对你爱的人飙狠话》，我祷告很久，几乎是发着抖流着泪写完的讲稿；有雅量容许我挑战他，感谢我的父母和老公@黄国伦老师 宽容我曾经任性的言语伤害，若我的自剖能提醒大家更珍惜所爱真太值了！” 过一会儿，黄国伦留说，“老婆@寇乃馨妳很棒，我以你为荣啊。”
在《遇见更好的自己》这个主题中，寇乃馨坦言自己刚经历一个阵痛难产的过程，“我今天站在这里，变得更勇敢了，”她也坦言，在遇见更好的自己这个“阵痛期”之前，首先你会遇见自己的不够好。然后才有可能经历成长之后，遇见更好的自己。
接着她便通过亲身经历自剖曾经如何用言语伤害最爱的两个男人。“说话是我的工作，也成为了我的武器，而且我用这个武器伤人无数，我这辈子最爱的两个男人一个是爸爸，另一个是丈夫，可是我这辈子说过的最狠毒的话都是用来对付这两个男人的。”
“我跟黄国伦最初交往受到父亲严重反对，在座姐妹们的父亲可能都希望自己的女儿嫁给高富帅，或者可以保障你未来的男人。我爸爸觉得黄国伦长得不帅，不年轻，而且还离过婚有一个孩子，对我爸爸来说，我的女儿怎么可以嫁给这样一个男人，为此我们吵过很多次。有一次他非常火爆，拿着电话说了最狠的话，‘寇乃馨，你要是真的跟这个男人交往，我就不认你这个女儿。’”

她坦承自己真的很爱爸爸，但当时这句话对她来说无法承受，她很伤心也很生气。当时她用极其冷静冷血的语调跟父亲说，“好啊，那你觉得从什么时候开始比较好，是你告诉家人，还是我来转告家人。”那天爸爸我气到差点要送去医院急救。她妈妈打电话告诉说，“寇乃馨，你真的要把你爸爸逼死吗？”当她回过神来觉得很后悔，自己怎么可能在疯狂的时候用这么狠的话对付最爱的父亲，我能够面对用一句话把父亲逼死的结果吗？

看起来她真的很爱黄国伦，竟然可以这样跟父亲翻脸，“但是通常伤他最深的也是我本人。”接下来的内容寇乃馨是流泪讲完：他们两人个性都很强，谁也不会让谁。有一次，她气到不行，决定一定要打败他，便决定挑他最痛的讲，就说，“黄国伦，你凭哪一点配得上我寇乃馨啊，你知不知道你离过婚，你是二手货，你配不上我。”

当时黄国伦没有回嘴，转身收拾行李，拉着行李箱走到家门口，回过头对她说了一句，“乃馨，有些话是不能出口的你知道吗？”然后他就走了。

这件事让寇乃馨非常后悔，她告诉观众，“有时候，越会说话的人，越容易用你的言语去伤人，越会说话的人，越会用你的话语形成一种暴力，我第一次发现，我自己有可能是一个家暴者。”

“我想在这个舞台上遇见更好的自己，首先我要做到的就是改正我在愤怒的时候的情绪跟语言暴力，让我们都遇见更好的自己，我们都可以在愤怒的时候，更多地控制我们的言语，我们要让我们的言语，造成疗伤的能力。而不是创造更深的伤痕，我们要用我们的言语，让我们爱的人得到鼓励，不是让他去死。”她鼓励大家学会处理自己的愤怒情绪。

《圣经》告诉我们，“这样，舌头在百体里也是最小的，却能说大话。看哪，最小的火能点著最大的树林；舌头就是火，在我们百体中，舌头是个罪恶的世界，能污秽全身，也能把生命的轮子点起来，并且是从地狱里点著的。”——雅3：5-6
在生活中，我们必须学会勒住自己的舌头，凡事都要说造就人的好话，而非毁灭人生命的话。

台大外文系毕业的主持人寇乃馨，出生于基督教家庭，是华人著名牧师寇世远的孙女，其父为台湾教会长老，叔父为华人著名牧师，原台湾电视主播寇绍恩。寇乃馨打从念北一女开始，就是成绩拔尖的好学生，当年她以第一名考进外文系，脑子里想的却是要当明星，一些她的大学同学看到她在电视上模仿章小蕙的模样，都不敢相信这是她们班上的女状元。

毕业于台大的寇乃馨，不但声音甜美、口齿伶俐，更拥有姣好的外貌与身材，她常担任各项综艺节目主持人，忙碌的除在电台主持节目外，并身兼英文教学工作，且九月份更将演出舞台剧。寇乃馨曾与赵自强一起主持过“谁是大厨师”节目达两年之久，因此对美食也有相当的认识。…

寇乃馨是台湾大学校花，追求者甚多，曾和《LKK不要看》制作人常立欣拍拖长达5年，并踏入订婚阶段，但后来分手。自2003年与台湾知名音乐人黄国伦传出绯闻；2008年中，两人关系转为半公开；2009年3月30日，与黄连袂上节目接受专访，提及两人有结婚意愿，2010年3月19日被爆料已于2009年11月在耶路撒冷结婚，并与2010年3月22日召开记者会承认。

由旅游卫视一手打造的全新升级版、王牌美容节目《美丽俏佳人》正在北京紧张的拍摄之中，剧组开放媒体探班。改版之后《美俏》以全新的闺密分享形式、毫无产品植入的负责态度引起圈内外众多好评，并邀请到台湾知名主持人寇乃馨担纲主持大任，探班当天，正巧著名音乐才子黄国伦到片场力挺老婆寇乃馨，现场两人大秀恩爱，羡煞旁人。

进军内地市场的寇乃馨放言：“毫无压力，充分发挥自身主持特点将《美俏》做到最好！”，而对于电视上出现两个美俏的现象，寇乃馨显得很坦然：“节目这种相互竞争的方式，会促进我们都变得更好，有竞争才有进步，对观众也是好事情，不过希望大家记住，寇乃馨只在旅游卫视的《美丽俏佳人》出现哦”。

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In the United States, where Christianity is the foundation of the nation, there was a great president in history, and Tolstoy of Russia commented after Lincoln’s assassination: Lincoln has become a legendary figure in the eyes of the people of the world because of his “unique spiritual strength and great personality.”

During the Civil War, Lincoln’s subordinates advised Lincoln to pray to God for God’s side. Lincoln replied, “No, it’s not that God is on our side, but that we’re going to be on God’s side.” In a word, it expresses the true meaning of the Christian faith. For God is the truth, and to be on God’s side is to be on the side of truth, and to be on the side of truth will prevail over the forces of evil.

Lincoln’s parents were very devout Christians, and they named Lincoln “Abraham” for his profound religious significance. Lincoln grew up in this family environment, laying a strong foundation for his faith growth.

At the age of twenty-two, Lincoln left his hometown to do business in New Orleans in the South. He saw the scene of the auction of black slaves, a black mother and daughter struggled to hug each other, but the black slave dealer beat them with a whip, and one of them forced them away, the mother kept reaching out and grabbing them, and the girl cried as if she was about to die, and her whole body convulsed and twisted. Lincoln trembled with excitement, his hands clenched into fists, he couldn’t stand it any longer, and rushed out of the auction market. “How can such a thing be allowed to exist under a fair sky?” The scene was deeply imprinted on Lincoln’s heart, and he swore to himself, “I will do all my power to abolish slavery!” then he began to think about how to free the slaves, and he thought, “Unless I am a politician, no matter how hard I try, I will not be able to save a slave!”

So, he plans to go to the Illinois State Congressman, because his family has moved there for a while, and he is confident that the people in the village he knows will support him. After being busy and running around for months, Lincoln did not expect the election results to be announced, and Lincoln was defeated. However, he was not discouraged at all, but worked harder and more self-motivated, relying on odd jobs to make ends meet, and at the same time using his leisure time to study books on law, literature, history, and politics.

Two years later, he ran again for the Illinois State Assembly, where he was successful, and the following year, he was admitted to the bar with the highest scores. At this time, he was only twenty-five years old.

Lincoln practiced as a lawyer for fifteen years, during which time he continued to advocate justice for his innocent fellow citizens and preached the idea of “regaining the freedom of black slaves.”

To preserve the unity of the United States, to abolish slavery, Lincoln decided to run for president of the United States. In his campaign speech, he said in a sincere and firm tone: “Everyone knows that a country in which half the people are slaves and half the people are masters can never exist forever! 」

This straightforward and concise speech deeply touched the hearts of the people, and Lincoln was finally elected as the sixteenth president of the United States, defeating all opponents. Soon, the seven southern states that claimed slavery angrily withdrew from the Union and took the opportunity to bombard the northern bunkers. Thus began the famous “Civil War” in history.

Lincoln immediately gathered more than 70,000 volunteers to meet the Southern army. At first, the Northern army was repeatedly defeated, and to boost morale, Lincoln often went to the barracks, hospitals, and prisoner camps to talk to his subordinates, and the Northern army gradually turned defeat into victory. The following year, while the war was still raging, Lincoln signed the Emancipation Act, publicly declaring the abolition of slavery, and the four million black slaves in the United States were given precious freedom.

Later that year, Lincoln delivered his famous speech at Fort Getsburg, concluding: “Our nation, under God’s blessing, will be given a new liberty, and a government of the people, by the people, and for the people, will live forever in the world.” 」

Since then, “government by the people, by the people, and for the people” has become the highest indicator of American founding.

On the night before Easter in 1865 (April 14), Lincoln was assassinated by an actor named Booth, a Southerner who was dissatisfied with Lincoln’s emancipation of black slaves.

Lincoln’s death shook the world like a bolt from the blue, and even though the facts were still alive in front of them, people still asked blankly, “Is such a good person dying like this?”

Today, in Washington, D.C., there is a Lincoln Memorial with a beautiful statue of Lincoln.

When people look at him and pay homage to him, they will always perceive the aura of honesty, perseverance, and wisdom in that warm smile, which comes from Lincoln’s devout faith in Christ. He drew wisdom and strength from God Jesus Christ to give America a new lease of life and to enable blacks to return to their homes, a great benevolent man who preached the love of Jesus Christ like a lamp that never goes out to illuminate the hearts of all good human beings.

I. The Life of Lincoln

At dawn on February 12, 1809, in a log cabin 3 miles south of Hall in Harding County, Kentucky, a little boy was born. He was none other than one of the greatest figures in history, the 16th president of the United States, Abraham Lincoln.

In Lincoln’s own words, his childhood was “a concise chronicle of poverty.” As a child, his family was poor. When he was 9 years old, his mother died. For a variety of reasons, Lincoln’s combined education as a child was less than a year. He also worked as a farmman, a stonemason, a boatman, etc.

In 1830, the Lincolns moved to Illinois, where he made his first political speech at a political rally and began his political career. In 1860, Lincoln was elected the 16th president of the United States as the Republican candidate. Shortly after taking office, Southern slave owners provoked the Civil War. In September 1862, Lincoln issued the famous Emancipation Proclamation, announcing the abolition of slavery. In June 1864, the Civil War ended with a Northern victory. Lincoln was assassinated on April 14, 1865, and at 7:20 the next day, he stopped breathing.

II. Lincoln’s Faith

Lincoln was not a Christian in his early years. When he came to Springfield, Illinois, he made a group of friends who were atheists. They gave him a copy of “Ruins” by Wallnay. It was a sharp-tongued, vicious attack on the Bible. Instead, through these people and books, God made Lincoln read more of the Bible and found the power to shape and change him. During the tragic years of the Civil War, Lincoln became more aware of God’s omnipotence and eventually became a devout Christian. Everything Lincoln did after that was deeply impregnated with the words of the Bible.

According to his dear friend, Pastor Leed, “He was in the White House, praying every day, never stopping. According to Mr. Brooke of the New York Tribune, with whom he was a close friend, “Lincoln read the Bible and prayed, and he kept watching. ”

III. Lincoln’s famous remarks

During the Civil War, his subordinates learned that Lincoln believed in God and suggested that he pray that God would be on their side. Lincoln replied, “No, it’s not that God is on our side, but that we’re going to be on God’s side.” In one word, he expressed his trust in Christ. For God is the truth, and to be on God’s side is to be on the side of truth, and to be on the side of truth will prevail over the forces of evil.

President Abraham Lincoln once lamented the evils of the times: “We have received the greatest favor from our Heavenly Father, and since the founding of our nation, we have grown in peace and well-being, far surpassing other nations in terms of population, wealth, and power.” But we are ungrateful, forgetting God, forgetting that his hand blesses us. And again: “We are so addicted to our own achievements that we are complacent and complacent, that we do not need God’s salvation and protection, and Lelu is so arrogant and conceited that we do not pray with thanksgiving to the God who made us.” “President Lincoln’s words are a cause for deep reflection!

President Lincoln’s “statecraft” is as follows:

1. If you want to prosper, you must not abandon frugality. 2. Help the small people, and do not defeat the great men. 3. Inspire the weak, not weaken the strong. 4. Preferential workers, not ridicule employers. 5. Relief for the poor. 6. Get rid of your troubles, not by squandering. 7. Promote the love of fellow citizens and do not incite class hatred.

Lincoln made Christianity the foundation of the United States and showed the people of God the greatness and omnipotence of God. His unique spiritual strength and perseverance have also made him a legendary figure in the hearts of people all over the world. May we, like Lincoln, choose to be on God’s side.

恩典见证6.林肯：…

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Wu Qixian profile: Malaysian singer, music producer, host. In 1994, he released the album “Too Stupid”, and the title song of the album of the same name became one of his masterpieces. In 1995, he starred in the movie “Tsz Wan Shan Thirteen Taibao” and won the Best Newcomer Award at the 15th Hong Kong Film Awards. In 1996, he released the album “I Can’t Feel You” and won the Best Male Singer Award at the 8th Taiwan Golden Melody Awards World Chinese Works Awards. In 2007, he won the Best Singing Actor Award for the Public Image of Chinese Performing Arts Celebrities in Hong Kong and Taiwan.

Usually look at life as good as it goes

Wu Qixian had a painful childhood. When he was eight years old, his biological mother passed away, and in his growing days, his father would only scold his children, so he did not feel love since he was a child. In his early years, he knew many friends with complicated backgrounds, drug addicts, gambling money, and all kinds of bad habits, but in retrospect, he found that God had always favored him, “God gave me a kind heart, I said no to marijuana, no to ecstasy, and rejected many bad things. 」

Two miraculous healing experiences

The year 2007 was a turning point in his life. One day that year, he was in Beijing and suddenly received a call from his wife from Taipei, when the baby, who was only a few months old, suddenly cramped for no reason, did not respond, and was sent to the hospital for rescue.
Due to the weather, he could not immediately take a flight back to Taiwan, but in Beijing, he remembered a Christian friend, whose wife prayed for his daughter, and some Christian friends in Taiwan prayed at the same time, and then the daughter miraculously woke up. The cause is still a mystery to this day, how can it be recovered? The doctor couldn’t explain. After this incident, Wu Qixian and his wife began to know God.

Isaiah 53:5 — By his punishment we have peace, and by his stripes, we are healed.

A few years later, he experienced another miraculous healing, but this time he was praying for others. Once, after a performance in Singapore, he had a gathering with a few brothers, during which an old classmate called for help, and his four-year-old nephew was admitted to the hospital for emergency treatment due to a bacterial invasion of his lungs. The other party knew that Wu Qixian had become a Christian, so he wanted to ask him to pray for his nephew. Wu Qixian immediately rushed to the hospital, when the child’s throat was full of throats, his head was badly swollen, and his family was heartbroken. He knelt beside his bedside and prayed to Jesus, while some Christian friends were praying outside. “I didn’t have a lot of confidence at the time, I just felt like I was going to do what I had to do. Later, the child miraculously recovered, was out of danger, and was discharged from the hospital after a week or two.

Quitting 20 years of smoking

When asked what changes he had made since his conversion, Wu immediately talked about the miracle of quitting smoking. He had a 20-year addiction to smoking, smoked two packs of cigarettes a day, and tried to quit but failed every time. One day, when a brother urged him to pray for quitting smoking, he listened and did so. “I stayed in the hotel alone that night, and I dropped all my cigarettes in the trash and didn’t look at them all night. He never touched a cigarette again, he lived alone in Beijing, and it was supposed to be very tempting, but he never thought about smoking again, and he still hasn’t. He emphasized that in the process of quitting smoking, “there is no pain, no uncomfortable feeling. He said it was the greatest miracle that had ever happened to him.

Faith also changed his relationship with his wife, and the Bible helped them resolve their conflicts. Personal values have also changed, in the past, I would spend all day drinking with my friends to relieve my boredom, and I would take a look at beautiful women when I saw them, but now I just bless them in my heart, and I don’t have the mentality of keeping them for myself.

Artists must have faith in evangelism

There are many opportunities for Christian entertainers to preach the gospel, and Wu Qixian said that he has no specific plans to serve the Lord, but many churches indeed invite him to testify, and he will ask his friends how to choose, and if time permits, he is happy to bear witness for the Lord. Most of the songs he writes now have gospel content, and he plans to release them at his own expense, but he has not yet released them. “I want to do the biggest publicity in all of Asia. He said that businesses don’t usually bear the big bills for the Gospel albums and that he is now praying that if it is God’s will, it will be done. “If it succeeds, it can influence other artists to do the same thing, and evangelism is not a one-person business, but everyone has to do it together. 」

On August 9, 2014, Wu Qixian witnessed in Shenzhen

He has seen a transformation in the entertainment industry in recent years, and many artists will publicly thank the Lord, which was rare before. But if artists want to preach the gospel, they also need to have faith, and he hopes that artists will not be afraid that evangelism will affect their future. He once held a commercial concert in Hong Kong with Tai Zhengxiao, although it was not a gospel meeting, at the press conference, he explained that he invited the pastor (Lin Enoch) to the stage as a guest, and he was not afraid that the false god worshippers would not come to the audience, and the audience was full. “We also talked about the feeling of believing in Christ at the concert, don’t be afraid, you must have faith, Jesus is the greatest. However, I have also experienced the ups and downs of life, crossed many hurdles, and thought that I was lucky because I had friends to help me, but now when I look back, I realize that there is no such thing as a coincidence, and I believe that the hand of the Lord Jesus has always held him.

“All things are God’s goodwill, and God thinks that he should give you a good wind, so he will give you a good wind; God thinks that he should teach you a lesson against the wind, so he gives you a headwind and tells you to fall because if you don’t fall, you don’t know how to get up. So in fact, I have been under God’s teaching, today I look at things with a normal heart, and I have done it successfully, thank the Lord, and if I don’t succeed, I thank the Lord, there must be your (Lord) meaning. 」

God’s headwinds make the proud humble before them. At the miracle concert, Wu Qixian asked the audience, “Am I sharp?” He said that he used to think that he was so sharp that he could compose without learning music, and he could sing without learning to sing, and all his CDs have sold a total of 6 million copies so far. “I used to think I was too sharp, you were too ordinary. He confessed that he used to be proud and arrogant, but after he came to faith, he realized that everything was God’s grace, including musical talent and opportunity, and now he knows that he is very small.

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Jeremy Lin, the NBA’s first Chinese American, has skyrocketed in popularity since signing with the Golden State Warriors last July, winning the love of Chinese Americans and Taiwanese NBA fans. In his nearly one-year NBA career, he experienced successes and failures, glory and humiliation, and finally overcame the dark valley by faith, regained his strength, and truly understood the truth of life: to live for the rewards of heaven.

The ups and downs of an NBA career

Amid a round of applause and cheers, Jeremy, the tall man standing on the stage, had no pride and shared his faith and career in the NBA for nearly a year as a Christian brother.

Jeremy said when he signed with the Golden State Warriors last year, he felt as if his life had changed overnight. He felt as if he was standing above the whole world, and for a while, the media rushed to interview him. At first, he found it cool, fun, and confident to face the challenges of the NBA. However, after the start of the NBA training camp, he quickly collapsed. In training camp, Jeremy didn’t play very well, not even as good as many non-NBA players. Although the coach kept encouraging him, he had lost confidence in himself. He specifically mentioned that he had only scored 10 points in a group match at the end of December last year.

He was full of pressure on himself, fearing that he would be kicked out for poor performance on the day of the elimination deadline on January 21. He was even more worried about not knowing how to deal with his family and friends who had always supported him. That night, he stayed up all night and wrote this sentence in his diary: “This is probably the last time in my life when I was depressed, I lost confidence on the court, basketball was no longer fun for me, and I didn’t want to participate in any group tournaments anymore.” On the day of the elimination deadline on Jan. 21, Jeremy wrote, “I wish I had never signed with the Golden State Warriors.”

Jeremy laughs and says that looking back now he thinks he was crazy, but that’s exactly how he was at the time. The pressure he put on himself has become too much for him to bear, and he has lost the joy, enthusiasm, and purpose of playing basketball. The high treatment, prestige, and ambitions that NBA stars have no longer make sense to him.

Trust in God and regain your strength

At the very moment when Jeremy was on the verge of collapse, God’s Word awakened his spirit, made him see the gap in his life, and turned his eyes to God again.

“It dawned on me that basketball had become my idol,” Jeremy said. Basketball became so important to me that it even became the first in my life. That’s why basketball consumes his joy. When his joy is based on how well he plays basketball, his emotions fluctuate dramatically. Jeremy uttered an inner cry: “I began to realize that I needed to trust God. ”

Growing up in a Christian family, Jeremy went to church from an early age, but he confessed that he was the worst child he could be, and even tried to make his Sunday school teacher cry. It wasn’t until he joined the Church’s youth fellowship in the ninth grade that his faith began to mature and he was baptized. Even so, at that time, he only knew in his head that he had to “trust God”, but it was still very difficult to put it into practice in his life. During the low point of his NBA training, Jeremy reflected on the footprints God had left in his life and realized how unreasonable it was not to “trust God.”

Jeremy began documenting the series of miraculous leads of God in his life that led him to the path to becoming a professional player in the NBA. First of all, his parents and two brothers are very ordinary, and he is the only one in the family who has a height of 1.91 meters, it is because of this unique figure that he can be selected for the NBA. Although his two brothers enjoyed basketball as much as he did, the school coach appreciated his performance and nurtured him as a mentor and friend. In addition, when choosing a university, although Jeremy initially missed the opportunity to enroll in Stanford University, which he had been dreaming of for a long time, he was fortunate to receive an invitation to Harvard University under God’s guidance. Jeremy is thankful to God for the excellent platform and resources at Harvard University that have allowed him to rise to the level of an NBA player. After becoming a professional footballer, Jeremy also found a Christian golf friend who loved Christ and worked with him to support each other spiritually between games.

Jeremy describes, “None of them are directly controlled by my power, and all these things and people in my life are blessings from God. With this in mind, every time he was about to lose hope and faith in God, he reminded himself of the work God had done for him.

Pursue the rewards of heaven

During the NBA group game, a pastor encouraged Jeremy to spend an hour a day to draw close to God. As he tried to do obediently as the pastor had taught, his life was greatly renewed by God’s Word.

“Do you not know that those who race on the field run, but only one person gets the prize, so that you may also run in the same way, that you may receive the reward? All who strive to win have moderation in all things, but they want a perishable crown, but we want a crown that cannot be broken” (1 Corinthians 9:24–25)

Jeremy says that this passage in 1 Corinthians had a profound impact on him and made him change his outlook on life. “I used to play basketball for the ‘Bad Crown,’ and I’ve always played for good games, good scores, glory for the Golden State Warriors, contract extensions, and other people’s expectations, and I’ve played for myself. ”

“Hold fast to the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus” (Philippians 3:14)

This passage in Philippians is also a wake-up call for Jeremy. In Christ Jesus there is a “prize from above,” which is to enjoy eternal presence with Jesus Christ. “I have learned that the true reward we are seeking is in heaven. Jeremy testifies, “The reward that the apostle Paul refers to in 1 Corinthians is the eternal reward for which he lived so that his life became meaningful.” I’ve learned that I should stop chasing bad crowns and personal glory. I want to learn to put my best foot forward to God and commit the results to God. I want to learn to trust in His grace, in His great and perfect plan. I’m going to learn to give God all my thoughts, my desires, my dreams, and pray, ‘God, I’m going to do my best to play for you, and I’ll give you the results.'” Jeremy prayed from the bottom of his heart, and his spirit was set free, and his performance on the pitch improved greatly, scoring an unprecedented number of points in a short period, and successfully passing the test of the group stage.

Jeremy said that the past year in the NBA has indeed been a fun, fun, and dream life for him, and he knows that it is also a dream for many people. Fly around the United States on a private jet with your teammates, eat and drink, and have a lot of entertainment. But now Jeremy has seen through this worldly life, and wants to tell all young people that “these things can only give you short-term happiness, but not eternal joy.” ”

An appeal to unbelievers and Christians

Jeremy asks questions of unbelievers and former believers, challenging them to reflect on the meaning of life. He said to his unbelieving friends, “I invite you to come and see for yourself what you are living for.” Are you looking for something that will perish or a crown of heaven? What is the first thing that comes to your mind when you wake up every day? Is it your studies, is it money, is it a job, is it a video game, is it pornography, is it a girlfriend?”

He encouraged unbelievers not to give up the opportunity to know God and leave, but to know God well and not to become Christians right away. He hopes that every seeker will find that God’s salvation, God’s plan, eternal peace, and joy await them.

At the same time, Jeremy exhorted his brothers and sisters in Christ to check if they had put God first in their lives. Just like he used to be, even if he knew God but didn’t put Him first in his life, he would easily fall. Jeremy also advises every Christian to stay close to God every day, take the initiative to spread the gospel to those around them, give generously to those in need, and have the courage to show love to those who love.