God listens to our prayers! God has been preparing His people to serve Him full-time even before we pray. But it just feels so good to pray and feel like God has listened and responded to our prayers. Qi Heng is the person many have been praying for. Listen to his journey to GPC in his own words:
I have been attending Glory Presbyterian Church since my childhood, where my parents worship and serve in the Chinese congregation. GPC has been a formative community in my life — I learnt about God in Sunday School; many church uncles and aunties saw me grow up; I grew up and served alongside many of my peers in church.
Before joining the pastoral ministry, I was an engineer with the RSAF and then a PE teacher with MOE. Looking back, I see how God used these stations to mould, mature, and equip me. I also thank God for seeing me through my theological studies in Trinity Theological College which I recently completed in May.
I have been married to Isabelle since last June, and I am thankful for a supportive spouse who has a heart to serve. It is our prayer that God will use us to bless those around us, even as we learn to love each other with the love of Christ and try to point each other to Him.
The GPC community has been God's grace to me, and I thank God for calling me into the full-time pastoral ministry here. I look forward to continue growing with, fellowshipping amongst and serving alongside His people here. I pray that God will use me as an instrument of His blessing, to encourage and build up His church.
May we all grow to behold in greater measure the riches of His glorious grace in His word, in our lives, and in our GPC community, that we may gratefully render to Him all that He has given us, back in service and witness to Him. Amen.
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Let us unite in steadfast support and fervent prayer for Qi Heng as he continues his journey with us. May our collective prayers be a source of strength for him.
In Missional Spirit,
Pastor Forest