Hi guys,
I wasn't planning on giving a testimony tonight but after reading Kermit's (called "thank you Jesus") testimony I feel like I should share this one with you all.
I play the guitar, I was never good at it but for the past year I've been really serious that my guitar playing skill has improved by miles... around about this time last year, I bought myself a really cheap electric guitar. It wasn't that good to learn on.. it was just cheap! "action" was high and "tone" knobs weren't that effective... I've always secretly wanted to play for church... at the time I didn't even attend church, I was a christian.. but wasn't really a faithful one if you know what i mean. October last year, I was invited to "Promise Keepers" and that's when I truly gave my life to Christ and was born again. Slowly but surely I started joining the band at church around about April!
Anyways, earlier this year I laid my eyes upon a Les Paul and fell in love with it. The original Gibson LP costs thousands! the one I was after is an Epiphone Les Paul... Epiphone is owned by Gibson
but a brand new Epiphone LP is still quite costly for a student like me, so I planned on getting a second hand.
Before my birthday last June I saw a Les Paul style guitar (made by an unknown maker) for sale on an internet auction website and battled to win the auction and only to lose in the end by $5 haha... I prayed so hard for God to let me win that auction! but I lost and I was heartbroken for a couple of days. By then my birthday is now a few weeks away and an Epiphone Les Paul (the one I want) is always there on the auction site from day one.. but asking price was too high!
I threw a party and asked my mates to pitch in to help me get that guitar. I got a good 3/4 of the money I needed and I had some money in the bank that I could use... so I went back to the auction site and to my surprise the asking price has now been lowered that it became affordable to me! I contacted the guy and we met... The guitar was in pristine condition, just like new! I couldn't believe my luck! as I was testing the guitar and talked to him I noticed a bible book marker on his table and I asked if he was christian.. he said Yes! and he's been using that guitar for church!!
So I bought the guitar... I was over joyed I couldn't stop smiling and laughing on my way home.
That Sunday I played in the worship team.. and since then I'm nearly on every service!
At the beginning when I prayed to God and asked for an Epiphone Les Paul, it seemed so selfish... coz I WANTED it.. I already had an electric guitar, I didn't need another. But then God answered my prayer and at the end I got what I wanted...
I guess when I thought I wanted it, God saw that I needed it... This guitar has a much nicer and cleaner tone... easy to play and sounds great, but most of all my confidence has grown so much!
I do believe that God is using me and lets me be a part of the worship team that just gets better every sunday... not just the guitar part but others too! believe me 6 months ago, the church worship team were not as energetic and lively as it is now. The drummers have improved a lot, there are now two guitarists, we too now have many more singers in the team and worship leaders have started bringing out fresh and new songs for the church, and I've started noticing how people are now so much more focused onto God during worship which is great to see... and man do I feel the presence of the Holy Spirit in the house of God!!
I am not boasting about me and my guitar and what difference I've made.. no.. NOT at all... I'm merely sharing my experience and how God has been so generous to me and uses me to be part of His plan for His church. A few weeks ago my pastor said to me "I look at you, and I see leadership in you... I do believe that God will use you in the future for His music ministry"
Praise the Lord!!
I do hope that this (very long) testimony will encourage at least some of you in your walk with God... God Bless you all!
Take care!
I wasn't planning on giving a testimony tonight but after reading Kermit's (called "thank you Jesus") testimony I feel like I should share this one with you all.
I play the guitar, I was never good at it but for the past year I've been really serious that my guitar playing skill has improved by miles... around about this time last year, I bought myself a really cheap electric guitar. It wasn't that good to learn on.. it was just cheap! "action" was high and "tone" knobs weren't that effective... I've always secretly wanted to play for church... at the time I didn't even attend church, I was a christian.. but wasn't really a faithful one if you know what i mean. October last year, I was invited to "Promise Keepers" and that's when I truly gave my life to Christ and was born again. Slowly but surely I started joining the band at church around about April!
Anyways, earlier this year I laid my eyes upon a Les Paul and fell in love with it. The original Gibson LP costs thousands! the one I was after is an Epiphone Les Paul... Epiphone is owned by Gibson
but a brand new Epiphone LP is still quite costly for a student like me, so I planned on getting a second hand.Before my birthday last June I saw a Les Paul style guitar (made by an unknown maker) for sale on an internet auction website and battled to win the auction and only to lose in the end by $5 haha... I prayed so hard for God to let me win that auction! but I lost and I was heartbroken for a couple of days. By then my birthday is now a few weeks away and an Epiphone Les Paul (the one I want) is always there on the auction site from day one.. but asking price was too high!
I threw a party and asked my mates to pitch in to help me get that guitar. I got a good 3/4 of the money I needed and I had some money in the bank that I could use... so I went back to the auction site and to my surprise the asking price has now been lowered that it became affordable to me! I contacted the guy and we met... The guitar was in pristine condition, just like new! I couldn't believe my luck! as I was testing the guitar and talked to him I noticed a bible book marker on his table and I asked if he was christian.. he said Yes! and he's been using that guitar for church!!
So I bought the guitar... I was over joyed I couldn't stop smiling and laughing on my way home.
That Sunday I played in the worship team.. and since then I'm nearly on every service!
At the beginning when I prayed to God and asked for an Epiphone Les Paul, it seemed so selfish... coz I WANTED it.. I already had an electric guitar, I didn't need another. But then God answered my prayer and at the end I got what I wanted...
I guess when I thought I wanted it, God saw that I needed it... This guitar has a much nicer and cleaner tone... easy to play and sounds great, but most of all my confidence has grown so much!
I do believe that God is using me and lets me be a part of the worship team that just gets better every sunday... not just the guitar part but others too! believe me 6 months ago, the church worship team were not as energetic and lively as it is now. The drummers have improved a lot, there are now two guitarists, we too now have many more singers in the team and worship leaders have started bringing out fresh and new songs for the church, and I've started noticing how people are now so much more focused onto God during worship which is great to see... and man do I feel the presence of the Holy Spirit in the house of God!!
I am not boasting about me and my guitar and what difference I've made.. no.. NOT at all... I'm merely sharing my experience and how God has been so generous to me and uses me to be part of His plan for His church. A few weeks ago my pastor said to me "I look at you, and I see leadership in you... I do believe that God will use you in the future for His music ministry"
Praise the Lord!!
I do hope that this (very long
) testimony will encourage at least some of you in your walk with God... God Bless you all!Take care!
