It may be long but please read through. You will certainly be blessed. I am not joking. Forget about what’s going on with you or with me and read this post.

There are all kinds of prayer we can pray to God. Praying is talking; praying to God is talking to God. It’s still a mystery why Christians don’t like to pray; in fact they don’t see the need. Oh well, I am not talking about that in my post today. I am going to share with you a testimony, one great testimony. No matter what we pray or how we pray it or what words we use, God still looks beyond the mind and speech and into the heart – and He listens, weighs our prayer and answers according to His will.

People don’t see the need of having something when they already have everything – or so they think! Have you ever tried sharing Jesus with someone but he just seems not to be interested in hearing? I admit it is really hard for someone to see why they need Jesus or salvation when they are living in a luxurious lifestyle. You try your best to share the Gospel with them but each time they brush you off and shoos you away.

Why the need for Jesus when I have everything?

Pastor John shared a pretty long time ago; in February 2007 during the 50 hour Prayer event in church. He shared about how he prays for his non-believing relatives. It is hard for him to get through to his relatives because they don’t see the need for Jesus. These people lives in big houses packed with plasma TVs and filled with so many rooms that you need a map to go around the house. They have a well paid job and sit in a position where everyone looks up to them. They have beautiful family, uncountable cars and so on. With all these things no wonder they do not see the need for something else – Jesus.
Now before you go on reading, I am not discriminating those who are rich in the secular world ya, read on and I will explain.

Ouch!

Pastor John told us that he prays a rather not-so-good prayer for them. Well, in short; a devious prayer fueled by Christian motive and agape love.
He prays something like, “Lord, shake up their lives. Pull the rug off their feet and give them problems. So that at times of desperation and confusion, they may be more receiving towards the Gospel. Amen.”

And boom! It then occurred to me to start praying that too. In fact he has shared this with me last year but I don’t recount praying it.
You see, my dad and elder brother are non-Christians and they are so called free-thinkers. Only my mum and I have come to know Jesus. So it has been my heart’s cry for years for my dad to get saved. And my dad is very hardened when it comes to Christianity. Once he told my mum’s friend who tried to share the Gospel to him, “You are very welcomed to come to my house anytime but there’s only one rule; don’t try to preach to me.”

Here’s the juiciest part! Read on!

So I prayed that prayer... And recently a lot of bad happenings have been going on in my family and especially my dad. He has been going through a lot of problems and it affects the whole family including me. I may be putting on a happy face when you see me in church, but you do not know how much I am crying inside. You do not know what I am going through and please don’t judge, I have enough of problems. If it weren’t for shoulders I could cry on, friends whom I could talk to, friends who pray for me, I think I would have fallen away. But I am not going to!

Problems after problems have been coming my way. And for the past 2 months, it got worse. You have no idea what my family is going through and what is going through in my personal life. Well, just to give you a glimpse, it involves a court case – that’s all I am going to say. Stop judging and start praying for me. So yea, I prayed that prayer for my dad and suddenly everything is coming so fast!

WOO HOO!!! YAY!!!

God is a good God. He answers prayer! After all these bad happenings and problems there, I almost wanted to give up but there it was – a ray of hope! I see signs of dad starting to open his heart to the Gospel!

1. Two Fridays ago, on the 13th, at 11.30 pm I went downstairs to watch the Gospel of John DVD, and I was praying that dad would watch too. I played the DVD and dad saw the starting a bit, then he when and took a newspaper and PRETENDED to read but I know him well enough, he was actually watching the movie. It was a 3 hour movie and he sat through till 2am! Praise the Lord!
Last time when I played any Christian videos he wouldn’t watch and would sometimes ask me to turn it off. God is good!

2. One day during this week dad suddenly asked my mum about Jesus! Wow! Dad asked is it true that Jesus told us to forgive people not 7 times but 7 times 7. Gosh!!! I wondered where he heard that or read that from. It is true, Jesus said that in Matthew 18:22 and Luke 17:4. It doesn’t mean we have to count how many times to forgive, but it means we have to have complete and unlimited forgiveness. Number 7 is the number of Completion and Perfection for God created the world in 6 days and rest on the 7th.

3. Dad claimed that he heard Jesus talking to him! Wow! I don’t know whether it was in a dream dad heard that or what but what I do know is that God does speak to people through dreams and through circumstances. I do not know whether dad was telling the truth or he was just mistaken, but one thing is for sure –
GOD IS STARTING TO ANSWER THE SECOND PART OF MY PRAYER...

Pray together with me for the salvation of my dad and brother. Continue to pray that through this hard time my family is going through, there will be a joy to reap. A joy of seeing my whole family going to church together one day... Continue to pray with me.

It is now your choice whether you want to pray the very same prayer for your family or relatives or friends. But remember; this is a very dangerous prayer, God answers and you better be prepared to go through what He will send.

Standing firm,
Zlwin Chew




Family Potrait taken two years back. I look so different back then haha.