Pastor Keith Chow在2017年12月31日,洛杉磯錦光教會舉辦了年終感恩聚餐。感謝神聽了禱告,當天竟超過100人赴宴!除了數十位新朋友外,還包括了弟兄姊妹的家人。當日,高朋滿座,笑談盈室,歡度除夕,樂也融融。

早在籌備時,我們禱告神:讓我們在2017年結束前,經歷一個「百人聚餐」。我們不但盼望透過這次聚餐來傳福音,更特別希望籍此讓弟兄姊妹的家人,能更認識這個屬靈的大家庭。因著這個異象,我們不斷鼓勵弟兄姊妹邀約家人,並持續為家庭守望禱告。因著禱告,奇妙的事情便發生了:有些平日不願出席教會活動的父母,竟都答應了赴宴!我們知道這是神在人心裡動的工,感謝神。

當天,神的奇妙恩典更充滿了整個的筵席。透過弟兄姊妹分享的見證,上帝把愛的種子撒在人的心裡。當弟兄姊妹為還未信主的家人禱告祝福時,場面更是感人!甚至感動得場內的服務員也為之下淚,更特地走過來跟我們說:「你知道嗎?這個餐會是我們在2017年裡舉辦過的餐會中,是最有意義的一次!」神的心意真的是遠超過我們所想的,連一個站在場邊的服務員也不會遺漏,神的愛是何等長闊高深!

回顧2017年,如經上說:「你以恩典為年歲的冠冕,你的路徑都滴下脂油。」(詩六十五11)神不僅讓我們經歷人數上的增長突破,一次又一次地顯出祂榮耀的作為,更堅固了我們的信心。我們深信在「2018納新之年」中,神必帶領我們在曠野裡開道路,在沙漠中開江河!願一切榮耀頌讚歸給我主我神。

 

 

The year end thanksgiving feast of LA Kam Kwong Church was held on 31 December 2017. Praise be to the Lord for He has answered our prayers! Over 100 people joined the feast and there were dozens of newcomers as well as family members of our brothers and sisters! The hall was filled with love and laughters as we spent the New Year’s Eve together with our friends and family.

As soon as we first started the planning process, we prayed to the Lord our God: let us experience and witness a feast for a hundred people before the end of 2017. We hoped not only to share the gospel through this feast but also to introduce the whole spiritual family to the parents of our brothers and sisters. Because of this vision, we kept on encouraging everyone to invite their family and kept praying for them. Because of these prayers, miracles happened: those parents who had been disinterested in church activities said yes to the feast! We knew for certain that this was the work of God. Hallelujah!

On the day of the feast, God’s amazing grace filled the banquet hall. The Lord sowed the seeds of gospel in people’s heart as brothers and sisters testified for Jesus. The scene was even more
touching as brothers and sisters prayed for their family! Even a server came to us in tears and said, “You know what? This is the most meaningful banquet we have hosted in 2017!” God’s plan is truly beyond our imagination: not even a server is neglected! How great is His love!

As we looked back, this year 2017 is exactly as it is written in the scripture, “You crown the year with your bounty, and your carts overflow with abundance.” (Psalm 65:11; NIV) Not only did God build our church in the size of congregation, showed His marvelous work repeatedly, He also strengthened our faith. We strongly believe that in 2018, the “Year of Newness”, God will lead us to make a way in the wilderness and streams in the wasteland. Glory be to the Lord our God!

 

Pastor Keith Chow