RELATIONAL LEADERSHIP

ABLE TO RESTORE

Here’s the restoration story from G.J. I shared last Sunday.

Please take the time to read.  This story is so powerful, it gave me so much hope for families that have been marred by selfishness and broken by sin.

Here it is…

Hi pastor pao! I saw your tweet about any recent testimony and I wanna share something to you and to the rest of the congregation 🙂

I’m the only believer in my family and the past 6mos has been one of the major storm that hit my family. My dad accused my mom for having an affair with his friend, but in fact it was him who has been cheating on my mom since my brother and I were kids. It has been a mess. A lot of people had been involved, so many hearts have been broken into pieces. It came to a point where my dad was physically and emotionally abusing my mom. He was threatening his friend and his family and cops has been involved too. They were in the process of divorced. I hated my dad and I’ve been praying that God will just take him away from my family and disappear forever.

But God had a different plan, instead of changing our situation, He started changing our hearts.

He blessed me with peace and assurance that He is in control and that I just have to trust Him. My mom started reading my Bible, my dad asked me about God and my relationship with Him … I’ve been praying for my parents’ salvation since I got saved in 2006, I had some moments when I was upset with God on why He is not saving my parents and bro, but every sunday I see some people who are getting saved, my patience was really running out, but God knocked in my heart again and told me to wait and just trust Him.

And now, God restored my family. My mom and dad are not pushing through with their divorce, my dad finally apologized and admitted everything that he have done in the past. They’ve been going to church every Sunday and I see them reading the Bible together.

God has been really faithful and whenever I think about it, I can’t stop crying on how God works. He works in a beautiful way. my God is an awesome God. He truly is! 🙂


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5 responses to “ABLE TO RESTORE”

  1. Aj Avatar
    Aj

    It tear my whole being as I read the GREAT TESTIMONY. I can empathize not just thru tears emotions how God restored broken relationship. AMAZING! As I am in my depth of a journey long been waiting to be heal and restore in HIS time! This is an awesome “reminder” esp at this very day to NEVER give-up. NEVER lose hope just ALLOW GoD openly to come into my now hardened heart of pain and suffering. Thank YOu For Sharing!

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  2. Ismael Avatar
    Ismael

    Household salvation has also been my prayer since the day I was saved. My family was against my decision to go full time in ministry, and I was the only believer then, but still I chose to follow God. I trusted Him. I believed He has power to touch their hearts..
    And now, just Monday last week, my younger sister who was really mad at me when I decided to go in full-time ministry and did not talk to me for a month, was one of those who went through Victory Weekend, with one of our cousins. I’m happy to see transformations happening to them, with how they act, with their words, with how they make decisions, in everything. God was just really great, and we are now three, who believe, who pray, and who trust God that the rest of our family members will also know Him and accept the gift of salvation.
    Praise God!

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  3. GJ Avatar
    GJ

    I keep on calling it a beautiful restoration. It’s weird seeing my testimony in a blog :p

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  4. Czarie Avatar
    Czarie

    This reminds me of Psalms 56:8 NIV
    “Record my lament; list my tears on your scroll– are they not in your record?” Just imagine how he cared and will not forget all our lament. I imagine this that He even recorded our tears to make sure everything will be taken care of.

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  5. Dhes Avatar
    Dhes

    Touch ako with his story..it gives me hope that the rest of my family who have not yet accepted Christ will one day be redeemed..but my most ardent prayer is that my husband would return back attending Sunday worship. We were once very active in one of the Christian church in Makati. Me, my children and my husband were part of the Children’s ministry. I was once a member of the Music Ministry but because of what had happened, nawalan siya ng trust with those who claim they are God’s people. Then the church collapsed. Ang daming naging question sa akin but God revealed so many things to me and i considered those issues as blessings. Pero di naka move on ang husband ko. From now on ayaw na nyang mag attend ng Sunday Worship. Nawala na rin yung kanyang daily reading of the Word. Iba na ang pananaw nya sa Christian Church. Parang mas mahirap himukin ulit ang dati ng kapanalig..but I still believe that in God’s perfect timing and will, He will redeemed my husband again. He will finish what He had started with my husband…Please pray for him.. Thanks and God bless..

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