Hallelujah! Let the heavens rejoice!

9th March 2008. Stevenの洗礼式！

Happy Birthday to you, Steven!

Pastor Elmer praying for Steven with Pastor Shingo in the pool with him.

Steven baptised in the name of the Father, and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit.

他哭了...tears of joy? touched by God's love ;)

Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has gone, the new has come!

だれでもキリストのうちにあるなら、その人は新しく造られた者です。古いものは過ぎ去って、見よ、すべてが新しくなりました。

(2 Corinthians 5:17 / 第2コリント5：17)

これが意味するのは、クリスチャンになった人たちは新しい人になるということです。クリスチャンになった人はもはや同じではありません。過去の人生はもうありません。新しい人生が始まったのです)。イエスさまを受け入れると人生が変わります。これは本当なのです。

Stevenの証しはすごく感動した！Check out his testimony at http://www.shalom3.com/

(the video is available till 16Mar 08)

What touches me most was the faithfulness of God through it all. The very first service Steven attended was the service when Pastor Eugene, from Singapore`s Faith Community Baptist Church, gave a message about us being God`s dream.

Indeed, God never ever gave up on us even when we thought we were so unworthy.. thank you God, for loving us beyond all measure and understanding. We don`t deserve it, that is why GRACE is so precious.

And while I was excited and happy for Steven, God also used this opportunity to reveal His love to me and showed me that He has been in control all along, never taking His eyes off any of us. I felt something tingling inside me and realised that it was the warmth of a fresh baptism of God`s love upon me.

「愛は忍耐強い。愛は情け深い。ねたまない。」第１コリント１３：４

Because love is patient, love is kind.

And God is love.

これからも神様とともに歩まれ、祝福を豊かに体験されますように！Amen!

神様に感謝します！All glory be to God!