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The Real God is With Me

I love my church life, not because I made a lot of friends in the church, or because they offered me a job opportunity, but because I finally found the Lord Jesus Christ. This was about 2-1/2 years ago and during this whole time He has been real to me.

Before I got saved I always thought I was a good person. I never did any criminal things. Also, I always obeyed my parents and listened to whatever they said. I never realized I had an evil power in my heart (Romans 7:17) until I came to the United States as a foreign student. During that time my parents weren't around me all the time, so I could do whatever I wanted. But I still pretended I was a good child in front of them. Finally I realized I had the same rebellion in my heart. I could not stop myself from doing bad things. At that time I felt so disappointed in myself. I felt there was a battle in me between my conscience and my flesh (Galatians 5:17). My conscience always lost. This made me sad all the time. So I asked a friend to bring me to church and she took me to a Christian meeting in a home. At first I didn't like it and didn't want to come back. Before leaving, a brother in that meeting said, “If you feel down and sad ask the Lord to be with you. If you don't believe it, just try it because He is real.” At that time I didn't keep this in mind, but one day when I was in a hotel room by myself, I felt so alone. All of a sudden I remembered what that brother said, so I prayed and asked the Lord to be with me and also to be real to me. Nothing seemed to happen that night. The next morning I was walking in the hallway of the hotel and saw an old lady gambling and she seemed so lonely, and I felt so afraid to become just like her when I grew old. I also felt dirty and the entire hotel felt dirty. Everyone in there seemed dirty and I hated staying there any longer and asked my friends to take me home.

Later I again met some brothers and sisters in the church and felt they were different. They always had big smiles on their faces. During that trip with them I was very happy, even though we weren't doing any fun activities, and I sensed the difference between Christians and non-Christians. So the Lord actually answered my prayer, showing me how dirty I was and that He is the only One who can cleanse me. He is my only enjoyment and I don't need to seek it anywhere else. Later on I got saved and baptized.

During these 2-1/2 years my life has been so valuable and I never feel disappointed in myself anymore. I don't live or face problems by myself anymore because the real God is with me and all the brothers and sisters are there helping me and praying with me. I don't feel alone anymore and my life is full of hope and happiness.

Karen Lai | Back to List

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