Philana Tam

Hi there, My name is Philana, and I would like to testify that GOD IS AN AWESOME GOD who is merciful and gracious to all. With personal experience I know that He is the creator of all things yet such a personal God that He died for my sins.

Well, it all really began when I was first born. With both of my parents being Christians, I was fortunate enough to be brought up and guided by Godly values and the teachings that often go against the values of the world. I excepted Christ as a very small child. I was so young that I don’t even remember the details of the event. My parents said that I did accept Jesus into my heart, but I still could not remember. Because I could not remember this event, at all the summer camps and VBS’s I would continue to ask Jesus Christ into my heart just in case he wasn’t there yet. I continued this routine till I was in Grade 10. That year I went to a place called Three Hills (don’t ask where that is) where a Conference was being held. Through the speaker there, he made me realize that I only needed to ask Christ into my heart once and that he would stay there with me forever. It was there I rededicated my life to Christ and I know that he has been in my heart ever since, no doubts. At that moment I felt a peace that I had never experienced in my entire life, a calmness to know that there was someone that loved me so much to die for all my sins, and still continue to love me when I seem to disappoint Him.

Since then, as I look back from there, I can really see God’s guidance in my life and just see his abounding love pouring over me, again and again. I know God has been recently teaching me about my faith and my weaknesses. This summer, I have planned to go on a short term missions trip to Ningxia, China. In about 4 weeks I leave for Hong Kong and go from there to serve the Lord. It is coming soon, and for the past few weeks I have been thinking of all the ways that I could weasel out of this trip. This weekend, I was privileged enough to go to a missions conference and serve on the drime team. At the conference the speaker spoke of every little worries that I had before about my trip. It was there I realized God was talking straight at me!! He wanted to ME to go to on this trip and that this is just the beginning of how he will be able to use me to spread his word globally. He made me realize that, God’s looking for my AVAILABILITY, and not my ABILITY, and saving that one lost soul is worth all the effort. The verse that has kept me on my focus is, Phillipians 3:14 “I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.” AMEN!!!

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