My Dad Came to Jesus By Marijo Phelps

My Dad Came to Jesus By Marijo Phelps


Picture the German guy with the dry and droll sense of humor, the one with wonderful stories to tell, the one who treated children as people of worth. Kids were to be seen and heard and listened to. He was the one who spent time with the neighbors that the rest of the neighborhood avoided, totally. Yet he had never asked to be forgiven of his sins and was breaking God's heart like we all have. Maybe he thought his "good deeds" would earn him a way into heaven. The Bible doesn't say that's how it works.

Romans 10:9
That if you confess with your mouth, "Jesus is Lord," and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.(NIV)

Romans 10:10
For it is with your heart that you believe and are justified, and it is with your mouth that you confess and are saved. (NIV)

Yes, he went to a Bible study and read to Mom from the Bible each night. We thought that was because he really wanted to please her.

Ding dong. There were two little neighborhood girls at the front door. Mom was back in the kitchen fixing lunch but could hear those eight year olds.

"Mr. Schacht, if you were to die today, would you go to heaven?"

"Well, ahhh, yes, I believe I would."

"Why would you go to heaven, Mr. Schacht?"

"Well, because I asked Jesus into my heart."

"Thanks for taking to us, Mr. Schacht and we are glad you'd go to heaven!"

Mom dropped a few pots on the floor and came into the living room in a BIG hurry, "Richard, when did you ask Jesus into your heart?"

"Ahh, it was when we lived in Hawaii, about either years ago. You remember that Bible study? Well, I decided I had too much sin in my life.."

Shortly after this moment of truth with the neighbor girls Dad decided it was time to be baptized. This meant talking to their pastor and discussing scripture so the pastor was sure that the person being baptized really knew what they were doing before baptism.

Eight years and this German gentleman hadn't told ANYONE in the family (we can safely say that stubborn and silent were his strong suit, when it came to "personal" things, like his relationship with Jesus)

At Christmas that year I couldn't let this rest. We had heard Mom's version of this story but never Dad's so in front of the rest of the family (grandkids who were young adults, my sister, mom and dad) I casually asked him about being baptized and what he told the pastor.

With that prompting all his "testimony" finally came out. What a lot of smiles there were around that Christmas dinner table.

A number of years later, when Dad went from "time" into "eternity", the Lord Jesus very graciously spoke to the immediate family again.

I wrote this prayer in my journal shortly after Dad's memorial service:

Lord God, thank You that Dad "saw" and was excited about angels before he went to see you. Thank You for assurance of his salvation for each one of us, after I prayed to ask You for this without telling any of the rest.

Mick said he "saw" Dad in heaven, young and whole and strong like the photo of me with dad and the fish (dad was 36 then)

I got quiet time scriptures the day he died all about faith and not works, You and not us and how we were "but flesh" I certainly knew You had paid the price and Dad had asked to be forgiven.

Mom saw Dad smiling when she spoke of Jesus, he hadn't been able to smile for months due to the Parkinson's "mask" and his "frozen" face. He smiled and took a last breath and went to be with You!

Ahhh, Lord God, You love us so much and are right there to walk us through. Even in the death of a beloved Dad and Husband. Thank You cannot begin to say what is in my overflowing heart.

(C) Marijo Phelps all rights reserved. Use with with proper credits.




About Self

Saved by His grace in 1974, from 9 years of professing atheism into His loving arms. RN for 23 years, missionary with YWAM then statistical analyst for Every Home for Christ over 9 years. Living with my husband in the middle of a mountain meadow. GRIN! Wanting to spread the good news

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Rapha Boys' Home Visit: Recap

Uncle Peter fixing the ladder..

Preparing the painting tools..

The painting in process..

Lunch after a good job done.

The people involved..!

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Times.

Young people spend a huge amount of time on the Internet.

But how much time do you spend on your daily devotion..??
Or.. Do you do your daily devotion..???

Leave a comment or drop a message on the CBox and let us know.

Thanks.

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Attention, KPC Youths..!!

Attention, KPC youths..!

This blog had already made it through the trial period. It's time for all of us to give a little bit of feedbacks and responses to it, since this blog is quite inactive/idle.

So, what do you have to say..?

Please send an e-mail to here or simply text in a short response to the CBox in this blog. Your responses and suggestions will be reviewed seriously. Thanks very much..!

1 more thing.

If possible, kindly link this blog to all your respective blogs/sites, just to let more peopple know about this blog's existence. Your cooperation is most appreciated..! =)

God Is Great

From the album 'King of Majesty' by Hillsong United.

Dear youths,

What do you think about the new header and the minor changes of this blog, noticeably the template?

Please voice out your opinions at our CBox at the right side. Your opinions are kindly appreciated.



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Manga Bible by NEXT

Hi youths,

There's a new link added to our array of links. Do check it out. The product was available quite sometime ago, but never gained popularity among Christian youths in Kuantan due to unavailability in the local bookstores.

HOWEVER......

Do check out the excerption page. You can have a preview of it there. Don't worry, the link is safe.

Tell me about what you guys think after viewing it, okay?

Sincerely,

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Salvation.

Exodus 15:2 NIV

² The LORD is my strength and my song;
he has become my salvation.
He is my God, and I will praise him,
my father's God, and I will exalt him.



New International Version
Biblica
Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984


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Daniel Cheng: Cambodia and Me

A testimony of Daniel's missionary trip to Cambodia and his personal experiences as a Christian youth at a country he had never thought of going before..

"Going to Cambodia was a totally different experience for me. I'll start with how I ended up there. On a perfectly normal night I came home from tuition and heard my mom on the phone with my sis, and they were talking about going to Cambodia. After the phone conversation ended, I asked her, "Is sis going Cambodia? With who?" Guess what, she gave the most shocking answer ever in my life. her answer was; "Yes, she's going Cambodia and she's going with you and Dad." I was like NO WAY I'm going there, but that 'no way' definitely turned into a 'yes way' because the next thing you know, I'm on a plane flying to Cambodia.

"Our group leader is Uncle Wang. Well, he is something like the discipline teacher in our group, leading a bunch of lost children. He made sure we come for our morning devotion, briefing and de-briefing. Next is my dad, Uncle Peter, which is always the one who shares with old people there. He is the one always going around with Uncle Wang to minister to the adults. Aunty Tay which is like the "mother figure" in our group, who always pack her things tidy and always give good suggestions. She would always share stories with the children too. On top of that, she has a really beautiful voice Aunty Helen. She was really the tun of this mission trip. She was in charge of the children ministry but seriously, she would do alot better if she was in charge with the laughing ministry (joking..!). I think she did a really good job handling the children ministry and I believe many children were blessed by her. Grace, the treasurer of the group. She would count any money we would use as a group like meals, the transportation fees, etc. For your information, she can really count. We were using US Dollars there and everything would seem really cheap when you divide it by 3.5. But unlike me, she was always aware of the that and we were able to go through this trip without overspending. Well, that leaves me and Alex. We are the youngest in the group and we are like the 2 kids they brought along with. They seriously had to take care of us because we got sick. I had a fever and Alex got serious stomach upset. Anyways, I think God really planned us for the trip and make in suce a way that we could go together as a team. No coincidence.

"While we were in Cambodia, there were many shocks for me. Goingthere make me realize that the things we have everyday and take it for granted is actually a luxury for the Cambodians. It also makes me look at things with a different light. What I think I can't live without, they are actually going through it everyday. The best example would be electricity. When we were there, we could not get used to the hot weather, and sweating all over. However, we could not find any place to hide from the sun because there wasn't any. Everywhere was so hot and no air-cons, not even fans. So the best place to hide when we were in Baray was the van. I never thought air-cons can be such a relief. There were also many, many other things that we have and they don't. But these things that they don't have actually made them even happier than us. They know how to appreciate things that are given to them. One night, after diner, we had nothing to do and we saw some kids playing. It was a dark night and my vision wasn't clear. We could not see what they were playing with. Throw up to the sky and see who can catch it first. Later we found out that it was just an ordinary bottle cap.

"In Cambodia, there's someone that I can really look up to- Aunty Esther. She managed the Baray Home Stay, the place we stayed- from scratch. She really cares a lot for Cambodia and gave up her life to serve God there. God worked through her, blessing many people in Cambodia. by creating many job opportunities, spreading the gospel, managing the homestay to generate income for the workers to support their family, and many, many other things she had done as well.

"It's impossible to sum 7 days into this piece of sharing. I encourage everyone to go there if there's a chance. Well, if you're going to ask me "So are you going to Cambodia again then?" I would tell you, "Sure, but only if Aunty Helen is going too. =p"

Daniel Cheng.

An Encouragement From Our Dear Rev. Koshy,

Today was Reverend Koshy's last visit to our KPC, as he won't be able to visit us for a very, very long time. But Rev. Koshy left us a very meaningful verse as an encouragement for all of us, and for all of you young people out there;

2 Corinthians 5:19-20 KJV

=King James Version=
¹⁹To wit, that God was in Christ, reconciling the world unto himself, not imputing their trespasses unto them; and hath committed unto us the word of reconciliation.
²⁰Now then we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God did beseech you by us: we pray you in Christ's stead, be ye reconciled to God.

=New International Version=

¹⁹that God was reconciling the world to himself in Christ, not counting men's sins against them. And he has committed to us the message of reconciliation. ²⁰We are therefore Christ's ambassadors, as though God were making his appeal through us. We implore you on Christ's behalf: Be reconciled to God.

New International Version, King James Version
International Bible Society
Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984


Dear Reverend,

We, youths of the Kuantan Presbyterian Center will always remember all the times you've spent with us.

P.S.: Thanks for the bookmarks you gave us previously very much, Rev. Koshy. We appreciate them very much. =)


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Lost Generation

Shin Wei