This is a story of how a homosexual, whose life God has touched and brought back to the right track. God is truly amazing! His breakthrough came about through his parent's earnest prayer to God to show mercy on their son.
Matthew 12: 36 But I say unto you, That every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment. In the past, whenever I read this verse, I am very much afraid because I am always guilty of saying many worthless words. However, now I began to see this verse in a different perspective. This verse is meant for our protection, a reminder and also our guiding principle in the way we talk and relate to people because there are consequences in our spoken words. In Proverbs 18:21 we see that Death and life are in the power of the tongue. There is power in our words, it may either bring life or death to the hearer. The Psalmist also knew there are consequences in men's spoken words and thus they sought God's help:- Psalm 141:3 Set a watch, O LORD, before my mouth; keep the door of my lips. May this be our prayer : "Let my speech be alway with grace, seasoned with salt, that I may know how I ought to answer every man. Col 4:6
Thanks for sharing with other the amazing work of God in my family's life. He truly is amazing!
ReplyDeleteAre you Chinese and do you understand Mandarin? If so, here is a video of me and my parents sharing our testimony at the Gospel for China Conference. It was posted in September and it has over 80,000 views.
http://www.smyxy.org/avsource/videoplayer.php?id=10
My mom and I just finished writing our memoir titled Out of a Far Country: A Gay Son's Journey to God, A Broken Mother's Search for Hope. It will be released on May 3, 2011 by WaterBrook Multnomah (division of Random House). It's a memoir from two perspectives—a prodigal and a prodigal mom—which makes use of an evolving parallel narrative with alternating chapters.
We hope that it gets into the hands of those who have given up or are about to give up hope. And we pray that prodigals discover that they can always come home—no matter how far the country. Our Heavenly Father is waiting!
Hi, Bro Christopher,
ReplyDeleteGlad to receive a reply from you. Our God is truly amazing. Just watched the chinese videoclip and praise God for His great work in your family. It is touching and encouraging!
2 verses came to mind while watching the video clip. Isaiah 43:19 Behold, I will do a new thing; now it shall spring forth; shall ye not know it? I will even make a way in the wilderness, [and] rivers in the desert. Joel 2:25 And I will restore to you the years that the locust hath eaten, the cankerworm, and the caterpiller, and the palmerworm, my great army which I sent among you. May God bless your family to exhalt Him always!