hi, I am Tifani, 16 years old.

I was born as a christian and was baptized when i was a baby. my parents have always broght me to church every sunday. I can say that i have faith in Jesus because of them. i remembered my father alaways telling me about confirmation. i know that when i am mature enough, i have to declare my faith in Jesus in front of His people in church. My father has been asking me so many times to do it, but i was not ready yet. for me, confirmation is not only about declaring my faith, but it’s about taking on a new life and offering myself to God, to be His servant, to do His work in this world, and most importantly living by His will. it is very difficult for me as i have always felt week and have no confidence. i am scared to fail God. before, i had been so depressed and i tend to keep my problem to myself, untill one evening i listened to song “Jesus take the wheel”. then, i realized that as a human, we can do nothing. but when we surrender ourselves to God, ou life becomes purposeful and peaceful. i have nothing to fear as i have the Holy Spirit in my life and Jesus will never fail me. as my faith is growing, i am ready to take God as my father, my true love, Jesus as my brother and my best friend, and The Holy Spirit as my teacher, my guide. so right now, i give my self, my soul, and my future to Him.

(testimony sunday, 24th of May 2009)

Editor’s note:

Tifani shared this testimony at the 8:30 service on 24 May 2009 together with Catherine and Rosie.

You can read Catherine’s testimony here.

Catherine, Tifani and Rosie proclaimed their faith at the 24-May-09 8:30 service.

Catherine shared this with the congregation that morning.

Testimony     by Catherine McVey

I have always considered myself a good person; after all I am a Primary School Teacher, I try to be kind, stick vaguely to the Ten Commandments and go to church when absolutely necessary, like for Christmas or weddings.   I was not raised in a Christian home as my parents always left any decisions about faith entirely up to us as individuals.  When I made a full recovery from a serious illness 5 years ago, my mom decided to become a Christian and ever since then has been gently urging me (her words!) to do an Alpha course.  I have always had every excuse under the sun:  too busy working; having babies; moving (we have lived in 3 different countries in the last 4 years) etc.  We moved to Kuala Lumpur last year and I did not have any more excuses, so I did a Google search for Alpha courses and came upon St Andrews.  One Tuesday evening in February I came to the welcome evening all on my own and feeling very nervous.  I was greeted by heaps of warm and friendly people and left feeling much better although not before bursting into floods of tears in my car afterwards.  I thought this was a bit strange since Christianity is supposed to be joyous but I didn’t then realise the significance of that moment and the ensuing feeling of pure relief and peace that followed and has not left me since. When Pastor Keith asked me early on in Alpha if I attended the church I said not, as Sunday really wasn’t a good day for me, I go to the gym and have lots of other things to do!   I decided that I want to be baptised to make a public admission of how I want to be from now on and how I intend to lead my life.

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