God Answered Prayer For Restoration Of Lost Ring
Earlier this year, I lost the ring that my aunt had given me for my 21st birthday. I was upset because it had great sentimental value and a unique design. I’d searched high and low for the ring, but when I couldn’t find it, I felt condemned. I reproached myself for being careless and forgetful, as I have a habit of removing my accessories when I work.
During the service at the Indoor Stadium on 27 September 2009, Pastor Prince preached on restoration. At the end of the service, he prayed over us and told us to ask God for three things that we wanted God to restore. Finding my ring was one of my prayer requests.
In November, I went to the GenRev camp and the main message that Pastor Benjamin preached throughout the camp was on restoration! While Pastor Benjamin was preaching, I thought about my lost ring but brushed it aside, thinking that my ring was probably lost for good since it had been a while. But praise the Lord! He never forgets and is faithful!
This morning, in the office, I accidentally dropped my pen cap into my stationery can. Initially, I thought of ignoring it but decided to empty the can to take out my pen cap. What I saw at the bottom of the can blew my mind away! I found my lost ring! There is no way the ring could have gotten in there! But I thank God that He found it and kept it safe for me. God is never too late! He restores and remembers everything that we’ve said to Him. Thank you, pastors, for always sharing with us the Word in season.
Tan Hong Choo
Lost Car Key Found Intact On Busy Road
My wife and I have been attending New Creation Church since early last year. Although we have been Christians for more than 10 years, we have never felt so encouraged and sure of our walk with Jesus. One of the things we learnt in the last few months was to pray and believe — no matter how big or small the problem.
It was a regular weekend, and my wife and I were at Suntec City Mall before we decided to head over to a nearby building while waiting for our next appointment. About 10 minutes later, I discovered that my car key which I’d kept in my front jeans pocket was no longer there. Our immediate reaction was, of course, to panic. But soon, an assuring voice in my heart told me to pray and trust in the Lord. My wife and I prayed, and we traced our way back to Suntec City Mall.
Five minutes later, I saw my car key lying on the road at the roundabout where we’d crossed earlier. We were amazed and knew that it had to be God. Not only did we find our key but it remained intact on a busy road. There was not even a scratch on it.
All glory to Jesus!
Ridwan Soenoto
Free Favours In Studies
Our awesome God made my long-deferred dream of obtaining a Bachelor’s degree come true! It started with my brother’s suggestion to study for a business degree on a part-time basis in October 2007. I believe that God was using him to spur me on.
I was hesitant at first and set many “obstacles” to verify if this was really God. When I finally submitted my application to the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT) University, the university surprised me by recognising my old polytechnic diploma and offered me my choice of programme.
Going back to school after such a long time was really daunting. It was also challenging to juggle my work with thrice-weekly night classes, plus projects and assignments. But Jesus was with me every step of the way. Despite the challenges, I just felt so blessed, loved and happy every time I was in class.
This is the fulfilment of a dream that I thought would never materialise. I also thank God for the strong support from my husband and family, which made my journey possible. By God’s grace, I have completed my course and scored straight distinctions! And the icing on the cake is that I am also one of the top two students specialising in Marketing.
This is certainly a dektos year for me where the free favours of the Lord profusely abound! Thank you Jesus for blessing me exceedingly, abundantly above all that I could ask or think!
Sarah Lim
God’s Grace During Pregnancy
My wife and I were blessed with our son John Yesudass in 2006 after 15 years of marriage. Then in 2008, we were blessed by Jesus with another baby. During the first seven months of my wife’s second pregnancy, God’s favour was upon us all the time, and my wife and unborn child were well-protected.
However, towards the end of the eighth month, the doctor said that our baby was not growing and weighed only 1.8kg. The placenta was not functioning well and the doctor said that our baby was stressed.
We were troubled, but God had connected us to a care group earlier. I called our care group leader and explained the situation to her. That evening, she and another church member came to visit us and prayed over us with the anointing oil. They also gave us several Bible verses to hold on to.
As we prayed, my wife and I felt
The doctor told us that our baby had increased in weight, from 1.8kg to 2.105kg, and was doing fine. Praise the Lord! However, the doctor still told us to have our baby delivered earlier to be on the safe side.
Finally, my wife and I agreed, trusting that it would be God’s right timing for us. So on 28 May 2009, my wife delivered our healthy baby girl who weighed 2.205kg at birth. And because our Lord Jesus has given us such an abundance of grace, we named our daughter Grace Ashwini.
N Kelyvanan
God Restored A Healthy Baby After Multiple Pregnancy Losses
The past three years have not been easy for my husband and me. We grieved when I had to terminate my pregnancy due to the abnormality of the foetus. I kept questioning our loving Abba Father why He allowed something bad to happen to us. Nevertheless, during a Christmas service at New Creation Church (NCC), I received a pack of cards containing scripture verses. God spoke to me through this verse in Exodus 15:26, “I will put none of the diseases on you which I have brought on the Egyptians. For I am the Lord who heals you.” I realised that He is not the one who allowed the bad happenings, but it was the evil one who came to steal, kill and destroy. I was already blessed with a daughter and was hopeful that God would give me another child.
Alas, a year later, I had to go through a similar ordeal, this time involving twins. I was extremely distressed, angry and refused to talk to God as I felt that He had betrayed me. I wanted answers from God, so my husband and I went for counselling. In the depths of my despair, I really thank Daddy God for bringing the right persons, Pastor Joshua and our previous care group leader, to share God’s Word, counsel us and agree with us in prayer.
I began to focus on Jesus and His finished work at the cross instead of focusing on my losses. At the same time, I started attending NCC regularly to hear God’s Word and “forced” myself, as I was still angry with God, to listen to Pastor Prince’s sermon CDs daily. Gradually, I began to forget about the past. I was unknowingly building my faith and replacing my negative thoughts with positive life-enriching ones. Indeed, faith comes by hearing the Word of God. I felt closer to Daddy God and was experiencing His love. And I became happier and more positive about life. My friends noticed and commented on the positive change in me. All glory to Jesus!
In the meantime, my husband and I decided to let go and let Daddy God take over, and restore to us another child. He is indeed faithful! He restored to us another child, a daughter, who was born on 13 September 2009. Daddy God’s fingerprints on this pregnancy were apparent. During my pregnancy, my boss and colleagues commented that I was very energetic for a pregnant lady (supposedly for a not-so-young mother in the eyes of the world) with no symptoms of vomiting. I told them that I had been focusing on my Daddy God’s strength rather than my own. The most amazing thing is that this blessing of strength has also overflowed to my baby girl.
I was listening to Pastor Prince’s CD message preached on 27 September 2009 about receiving our restoration. God has restored to us a baby and I believe that she will be greatly blessed by the Lord!
The writer has requested to remain anonymous.
Liberated By The Gospel Of Grace
I am from Australia. I have just finished reading Destined To Reign for the second time and will read it again for the third time.
I am 60 years old and have been a born-again Christian for most of my adult life. As a teenager, I was baptised, yet no one ever, ever, ever, told me that I am forgiven of all my sins — past, present and future — and that by God’s grace, I am forever righteous in His sight because of Jesus’ finished work on the cross. And I still struggle to comprehend it!
After years and years of stressful living under a mixture of law and grace, and always failing and constantly living under condemnation, I am beginning to think that maybe God still has a purpose for my life.
I have never read nor heard anyone preaching grace the way Pastor Prince does. At first, I had my suspicions that Pastor Prince might be a false prophet, but I now know that he is a true servant of the Lord. Praise God!
Now, I really need a revelation that God actually loves me as an individual as I am so used to thinking that God is displeased with me because of my constant failures.
Thank you, Pastor Prince, for writing the book and for your sermons which I watch every weekday on Christian television. May God bless you and your family!
The writer has requested to be known as Mark.
Lost Weight Simply By Letting Go And Trusting God
Due to some family problems, I started binge eating during my secondary school days and became overweight. I struggled with dieting and exercising for about a decade, even though I was very active in sports. I am 1.63m and was at my heaviest at 70kg.
The more I tried to stop myself from eating, the more I ate. So I binged on unhealthy food almost every day. I felt condemned each time I ate, saw my ugly self in the mirror, looked at slim girls, and when I shopped for clothes as I could not fit into anything nice.
I tried many different diets, exercises and even psychological techniques to no avail. I also prayed countless times. But my problem worsened and affected other areas of my life as I began to have very low self-esteem and was preoccupied with slimming down.
After coming to New Creation Church for a few years, I had heard many messages by Pastor Prince about not condemning myself, letting go and letting God (take care of my problems), trusting God’s grace even in the area of diet and exercise, as well as Pastor Mark’s messages and testimonies about slimming down God’s way. Eventually, I decided to let go and trust in the Lord.
I gave up dieting and exercising. I ate whatever I wanted and did sports only if I enjoyed them. Whenever I ate, I thanked God that there’s no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus, and also thanked Him for making me slim, fit and beautiful. Each time I looked into the mirror and felt condemned, I would say the same thing.
One day, I realised that I had not been binge eating for a few months. And I no longer felt condemned whenever I ate or looked into the mirror even though I was still overweight. Over a year, my weight stabilised though I had two knee surgeries and could no longer exercise as I used to. But I kept confessing that I am slim.
The following year, my weight started creeping downwards and my appetite just shrank. In all, I lost about 15kg and have maintained that weight. Now, I enjoy the freedom of eating whatever I want. I also started doing sports again, but not for the purpose of slimming down.
Like what Pastor Prince has shared before, I believe that if I had slimmed down by my dieting and exercising, I would probably have to struggle to maintain my weight. I’m still amazed at this miracle and believe that other miracles will also manifest in my life as long as I let go and let God, and keep on believing in His Word. Thank you, Pastor Prince and Pastor Mark, for your messages.
Chua Li Lian
God Restored Marriage And Family Relationships
I have been married for 20 years, with three children. My marriage can be described as a rollercoaster ride because my husband and I often had conflicts. We hardly communicated and whenever we did, it would often end up in an argument or quarrel. I was not submissive to my husband while he was always very defensive, angry and not family-orientated. As a result, I had never felt happy in my marriage.
Four years ago, I became a Christian in another church. I tried to share the gospel with my husband and nagged him to join me in church, but to no avail. We fell further apart when he started drinking with his friends and spent less time with the family.
I also found out that my husband was having an affair and I became depressed. We began quarrelling and fighting a lot, and he became abusive towards our children. Because of this, I obtained a Personal Protection Order against him. Once, we had a terrible fight and I called the police for fear that he might harm our children. As a result, he spent a night in prison and was very bitter towards me.
Later, when he found out that I had filed for a divorce, he asked for my forgiveness. However, he continued with his affair and still drank nightly with his friends. He then lost his job and ended up with huge credit card debts. It was very difficult to forgive my husband, but God gave me the strength to do so. Eventually, my husband decided to end his affair.
In 2008, I started attending
The writer has requested to be known as Emily.
Employee’s Visa And Work Permit Miraculously Extended
I’m a Singaporean and have been living in
My current cook has been with us for over four and a half years, and recently, we have been getting his visa renewed every three months. So it came as a surprise when the immigration department refused to give him a visa extension and his last day with us was to be on 27 August 2009. We hired lawyers to get an extension, but were refused.
We were really in a spot as it was our restaurant’s peak season. When our cook leaves, we would have to close the restaurant immediately. To find another cook was not easy and would cost us a lot more than we could afford.
The immigration department told us that if our cook did not leave the country by the time his visa expired, they would have the police escort him to the airport. We had no choice but to buy his air ticket back to
On 25 August 2009, my husband approached the head of our town council for help. The town council only deals with the day-to-day issues of the town and not immigration issues, so I didn’t know why my husband did that. But I later realised that he had been guided by the Holy Spirit. The head of our town council was very kind and told my husband that he knew the head of the immigration department very well, and would call him to check if anything could be done.
The Lord at one fell swoop gave us our miracle on 26 August 2009 (a day before our cook was due to leave the country)! Not only did our cook get a three-month visa extension, he was also granted a permit to work in our restaurant till the end of November 2009. This would give us enough time to sell off the restaurant as we have been planning to retire.
It was only this year that I started listening to Pastor Prince’s teachings every day. I have come to love the Bible and received fresh revelations. I am so blessed to have rediscovered Christ and glad that my daughter brought me to New Creation Church when I was in Singapore.
Liz Ollhoff
Restoration Of Lost Diamond Earrings
I lost my expensive diamond earrings, which are of sentimental value to me, 15 months ago. A few months back, I started listening to Pastor Prince’s CD message on restoration that he had preached in June 2001 and began trusting God to restore my earrings.
Today (18 August 2009), I had an urge to search the accessories section of my wardrobe, specifically a small box which I had searched many times before, finding nothing. This time, I found my precious diamond earrings! I was speechless and tears started rolling down my cheeks. I was overwhelmed with joy! God is so real and faithful to remember even the small things spoken to Him.
When I lost my earrings, I worked out how I could save up to buy a new pair. But when I had saved enough, there was just no desire within me to buy a pair although there were many good promotions.
Now, I know that God had a better plan for me and I did not have to spend a single cent! Thank you, Pastor Prince, for faithfully sharing God’s Word all these years. That Word is still effective even after eight years! Praise be to God!
The writer has requested to be known as Janice.
Restoration Of Lost Data
I was in
On the very first day of the training, my laptop suddenly crashed and my thumb drive which had been connected to it could no longer be accessed. I panicked because I had four more days of training to go. All my materials were only available in my thumb drive, and no one was able to help me retrieve the data.
Then, I recalled that one of the pastors in our church had shared the testimony of a church member who could not retrieve some important data from his computer, but God restored it for him temporarily. I immediately told God that if He could do it for that person, He would also be able to do the same for me. I entrusted everything to God and asked Him to give me rest.
My colleague advised me to prepare new training materials immediately, and if necessary, work through the night to complete them. Instead, I told him that I wanted to take a good break and rest after a day’s work. I was at peace, and went out to have a nice and relaxing dinner.
When I returned to the hotel, I felt panicky when I tried to turn on my laptop. I plugged in my thumb drive, but I was so disappointed to find that there was no data in it. I even asked God why He didn’t answer my prayer.
When I was about to shut down my laptop, I saw an option on the screen that allowed me to access “Recent Items”. I clicked on it and was able to retrieve all the lost data from my thumb drive!
I saved the data into my laptop immediately. When I tried to access my thumb drive again, it did not work. But I was glad that I had already made a copy of the data. With the recovered data, I was able to complete the training programme smoothly.
When I returned to my office a week later, my colleague from the IT department told me that there was a virus in my laptop and one of the drives was corrupted. When I handed him my thumb drive, he could not access it and told me that it was damaged. There was no way I could retrieve any information from it.
I thank God for His faithfulness despite my lack of faith. I also want to thank the church member who had shared his testimony — it was truly a blessing to me in my time of need.
Joanne Lin
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