Chapter 76: Born As An Evangelist

“Only Jesus will give us the true freedom.”

Last Friday, I had a preaching exam to 2pm. My lecturer only had one comment, saying “He is still a step nearer to evangelist. If he continues to preach like that, he will be born as an evangelist soon.”

I was very touched when he said that. I really love to preach the Word of God. This is one of God’s Glory – to proclaim the good news to the people. My life is changed because of Jesus. Jesus is the Word of God. I know it is extremely serious to preach about Jesus. I always take opportunities. I know I need to improve my articulation. This is to prepare me to speak the good news to the world in the future.

I will have one more chance to preach. One more preaching exam on this coming Thursday. I will grab hold of every opportunity to preach about Jesus Christ. Yet next week is not an easy week for me. I wanna pass all the exams and bring Glory to God. After the exams, I will need to hand up another 5 more assignments during the first week of August. May God show His path to me!

The Power of God's Word
The time is near, I know I will do what I need to do. No one will accept my vision, yet God will understand. I will follow Him through the end. God, You have placed a heart of preaching in me. You had showed how great You are in my life. I wanna preach to the whole world about Your Glory. Through my life, You have showed me the wonder of Your name. May Your name shine in my life so people can see You in my life.

Preaching about Jesus is the duty of every Christian. I believe my goal will lead me to a stage where I can stand in front of the world and proclaim “Jesus is my Lord, my Savior.” One day, I know this will happen if I continue to pursue God-given vision. God, You always bless me.

Lift me up God. I will glorify Your Holy Name!

1 Corinthians 9:14
"In the same way, the Lord has commanded that those who preach the gospel should receive their living from the gospel."

Chapter 43: Miss the Feeling

During the fellowship of family group, Dr Frank Gee, my lecturer, asked me, “Do you have any good news to tell us? How has God blessed your week?”

“2 new friends who are non-Christians accepted Christ on last Saturday.” I gladly answered.

“That was indeed GREAT news, Jack! Praise the Lord!” he joyfully exclaimed.

Dr Frank Gee and his wife, Diane
These 2 new friends are the ones who will attend the Youth Alpha as I had mentioned in previous chapter. During the Earth Hour, I challenged the 2 new friends who were Non-Christians in youth cell. I was really glad that my youth really started to bring new friends into youth cell. I know that I need to grab every opportunity to share gospel to non Christians. I believe that it is not easy to bring new friends to church. My youth must be putting a lot of efforts to invite her friends to church. I did not want to waste her efforts and we bring no fruit in the end.

The good thing is that when the 2 new friends received Christ, my youths (two girls) were so happy! It seems that ASC youth has no one who received Christ for a long time. The moment I approached them and said, “Good news! The new friends had just received Christ. Follow them up properly. Write this in your cell report.”

One of the girls was so joyfully that she was jumping up and down, lifting up her hands saying, “Yahoo! Today is really my good day.”

This is the real joy which I had mentioned in Chapter 35: Unspeakable Joy. Even though I did not react like her, I was so joyful in my heart, praising God, saying, “God, all glory be to You. Thank You for using me in Your Kingdom”

It has been a long time that I did not share gospel. I have challenged only 6 persons to receive Jesus Christ last year: 2 in KK, 1 in Australia (through MSN) and 3 in Tawau. I know "6 persons" is very little, quite shameful. It is really joyful though when you see someone whom you challenge has received Christ.

ASC youth leaders and I

I kinda miss the feeling of evangelism.
God, I still remember my prayer request
– to preach the gospel in front of millions.

I wish that really happened in my life.
God, please fulfill my wish.

Please... God... (begging for God's mercy)

Romans 10:15
“And how can they preach unless they are sent? As it is written, "How beautiful are the feet of those who bring good news!"