MY LIFE TESTIMONY
By George Lal Nun Tluanga
I was born in a Christian family. Both my parents are believers. So, I was familiar with Christian teaching since I was young. However, I did not know that my knowledge was just head knowledge and not heart knowledge. I knew all the stories in the Bible, but I did not know how they related to my life and how God loves me and he has a great and wonderful plan for me. I felt guilty whenever I did something wrong. But, I did not know how to overcome it. Besides, I did not have inner peace. I was very selfish and very life center. But whenever I thought about death, I felt so scared.
When I was in grade two, my Sunday school teacher shared the gospel to me. At that time, I came to know that Jesus is my Savior. He died for my sins, and resurrected on the third day. The Scripture says, “But God demonstrates His now love toward us, in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us”, (Rom 5:8) this verse touched my heart. I felt God’s passionate love for me even though I was a sinner. I realized I am a sinner in the sight of God and I became to know I really need God to save from my sin. So, I admitted that I was a sinner and I couldn’t reach God through my own efforts. Then, I invited Jesus Christ to come into my life and let him control the throne of my life. I allowed Him to make me the kind of person he wanted to be. After that, I was sure of my salvation.
Since then, I started to grow in my Christian life. In my high school and college, I was an outstanding student. At that time, my family was in a financial crisis and AI had to trust in God for everything I needed. And my mother died on May 29, 1990. At that time, my family was in difficult situations. But, I notice some changes in my life. I started to love and help people around me and God helps me and comforted us. However, the Lord comforted our family and we later regained a happy life through Christ. Not only that, we could bear our grief, we were filled with joy. I can honestly say that He is my every thing despite our loss. Actually, my emptiness and loneliness are filled up by the Holy Spirit. I wanted to share this most wonderful experience I had discovered in Christ to my friends. So, I shared about the goodness of Jesus Christ with them. I invited them to attend the church and they had a opportunity to know the goodness of Jesus. Although my Christian life was growing, I was still struggling in some areas of my life. But, Jesus was good to me. He did not leave me alone in confronting the issues and problems in my life. He always protects and cares at me.
And during my college days, I had to stay at dormitory and I had to adjust many things staying with many people in dormitory. I did not have anyone to share my feelings, my parents were not nearby, and my friends did not have time to take care of me, but God was with me and gave me the strength to deal with it. When I was in despair, He comforted me. When I was losing sight of my goal, he guided me. When I could not understand my lessons, he helped me to understand. What a great adventure to walk with God daily; in my life.
As I had experienced God’s faithfulness and goodness in my life, I decided to follows Jesus day by day. I would like to be more equipped to serve God and he call me to serve him so I became a pastor of Evangelical Free Church of Myanmar. That is why I am happy and no more lonely and worry about my life. And God brought me to study in IGSL, that is why I am in IGSL now. I hope that I could serve Him better after this course.
Yours In Christ,
Rev. Lal Nun Tluanga ( George )
The Evangelical Free Church of Myanmar
