Steven's testimony

I accepted Christ in another church when I was in my primary school days back then. My uncle brought my brother, Peter, and myself there to get to know Jesus. However, my parents are Buddhist and they are quite skeptical towards this new religion of ours. They did not stop my eldest brother but they felt I was too young to decide for myself, therefore, they were not pleased with my decision. As such, I stopped going to church and did not know the Word of God.


I came to the house of God through my sister in Christ, Cindy Leticia. I happened to get to contact her and out of the sudden, we started to get into the topic of religion. She told me about the marvelous things that had happened in her family. It impacted me and I decided to accept her invitation to Westside Anglican Church.


Before I was a Christian last December, I felt no aim and purpose in my life. It was just a routine of strolling and fooling around along Orchard Road every weekend. I was also a very pessimistic person. Furthermore, I was being trapped in the sin of gambling. It is only after I got to know about Christ and the discipline we need to have as a Christian through my friends, mentor and cell leaders in church that I changed! I am now more optimistic in my thoughts and stopped betting totally, not even $0.50 of TOTO. God has been working mightily in my family especially my brother, Benny, who accepted Christ during Easter Day this year. I really want to thank God for saving my brother. My parents have also been much more receptive towards Christianity as they did not stop me from attending church regularly. I would also like to thank God for giving me the courage to speak to my mother about my baptism service two weeks ago. The burden that has been placed in my heart for so long has been removed and I am really happy to have the acceptance of my parents of me getting baptized. Furthermore, I am also baptized in the Holy Spirit to be able to speak tongues mid this year, which I felt the presence of God so greatly.

Therefore, today, I am really honoured to get baptized with the support of my brothers and sisters in Christ right here in the midst with me and I want to thank Pastor Timothy, my cell leader, Si’er, and mentor, Raymond, especially for guiding me to grow spiritually and also the rest of the brothers and sisters in church as well. I appreciated the love from all of you and the care and encouragement that have been showed on me all these while. Last of all, I want to thank God for using Cindy to spread the gospel to me because if it wasn’t so, I will not be a Christian today, standing right here to speak to all of you, rejoicing in the love that God has showered upon me. I will continue to pray to God to reach out to my parents and will be waiting for the salvation of my parents!