By Ajing, Germany After graduation from the junior high school, I left my hometown for another place to work. Before I left, my mother repeatedly exhorted me: “You need to remember to call out to God at all times. God is by your side at every moment and is your only reliance.” However, I paid no attention to these words and did not take them into my heart. I did not truly realize that God is the only One whom…
By Chengyi On December 11, 2013, it was overcast, sometimes it rained, and there was also a norther. It was icy on the road. That day, I drove to the nearby downtown to deal with my business. After I drove some distance, my eyes felt dry and uncomfortable, because I stayed up till past 2 a.m. the last night. Later on, my eyelids started to droop and I could hardly keep my eyes open. So I stopped my car at…
By Guomin One afternoon, Liu Qiang, with a spade over his shoulder, came to his vegetable plot to dig the ground. As soon as he arrived at the field, he found the straight trench had become crooked like a crescent. When he approached and saw, it turned out his neighbor occupied the place on the edge of his field, and an anger immediately welled up inside him. He thought: “You really don’t take me seriously. Why do you occupy so…
By Meng Hui I’m a believer in God. In the past, not taking my belief seriously, I didn’t gain much knowledge of God or have true faith in Him. It was not until God saved me from an illness that I saw His grace and mercy for me and became certain about Him, and thus had true faith in Him. It was one afternoon in August, 2002. On my way home after shopping for the groceries, I suddenly felt a…
By Jingxin After I returned home, my father told me, “Peipei has divorced.” Hearing this, I was astounded and asked in surprise, “When did that happen?” “Several days ago. The custody of their child was awarded to the father and she has brought all her dowries back,” my father said thoughtfully. After these words, I felt very puzzled: Peipei (my cousin) is beautiful and capable. When she married her ex-husband, their relatives and friends all looked favorably upon them. But…
By Jingxun There was an extended family, including my family, my parents-in-law’s family, and my brother-in-law’s family. Our three family owned our respective kitchens and rooms, and we crowded together into the house. Before we believed in the Lord, we often got into arguments over small matters. Every time we looked at each other, we got angry and pulled a long face. At that time, my husband and I had just started our business, and did not have much money.…
By Zheng Zhigang The Bible says: “Because you have made Jehovah, which is my refuge, even the most High, your habitation; There shall no evil befall you, neither shall any plague come near your dwelling. For he shall give his angels charge over you, to keep you in all your ways” (Psalms 91:9-11). Reading this scripture passage, I couldn’t help thinking of that day … One day in 2016, a brother and I drove to another city to do some…
By Lin Qinqin After I graduated from a normal university, I worked at a training school as a teaching assistant. My work was mainly to contact schools and provide foreign teachers for them, and to assist the foreign teachers in preparing lessons. Within a couple of years, because of my outstanding work, I became the head of the training department, and was in charge of a team composed of over a dozen foreign teachers and six teaching assistants. Not only…
By Li Min “Yes, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for You are with me; Your rod and Your staff they comfort me. You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies: You anoint my head with oil; my cup runs over. Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life: and I will dwell in the house of Jehovah for ever” (Psalms…
By Xiaoxin The Bible says, “God is a refuge for us” (Psalms 62:8), and “A thousand shall fall at your side, and ten thousand at your right hand; but it shall not come near you” (Psalms 91:7). In the past, when I read these words, I just verbally acknowledged that they are true but didn’t have real experience or understanding of them. It was not until I personally witnessed God’s great power and gained His care and protection at a…
