Zhao used to be one of the top executives of a company. His wife, Mrs. Liu, suffered from more than 20 diseases and had to take various medications all day, which required visiting the hospital frequently. Because the illness and treatment went on for so long, both the husband and wife were emotionally stressed and often fought. Later on, she developed high blood pressure, insomnia, and cervical spine problems.
One of the couple's neighbors, who was a Christian, invited her to a meeting. That was how she attended church for the first time. She sang hymns along with the others, listened to the sermon, studied the Bible, and was later baptized. After attending church for about six months, Sister Liu's temper became much better, and her husband noticed the change.
The pastor suggested she bring her husband to church as well. "My husband drives me here every time I come; he usually drops me off at the church gate, and as soon as I get down, he drives away immediately. Then after the meeting is over and I have to leave, he comes over to the church gate at the time we agreed before, picks me up, and takes me home."
The pastor suggested that she could come to church one day and say that she was experiencing discomfort in her legs and ask her husband to help her. So, one day, he walked with her inside from the church gate.
He asked the pastor what "Emmanuel" meant. The pastor began slowly with the Prophet Isaiah's prophecy, saying that "Emmanuel" means "God is with us", coming into the world to save us through His only begotten Son.
When he returned, he could not sleep well for three days and nights because he was thinking about what the pastor had said to him. These were things he had never heard before. On the fourth day, he came to the church for the second time and said, "Pastor, I want to talk to you about the faith."
And so, Old Zhao began his journey of faith taking one step at a time. He eventually became a pastor and is now involved in a church ministry. It can be said that "Emmanuel" has changed old Zhao's life completely.
- Translated by Nonye Nancy
有一个弟兄姓赵，曾经是一个公司的顶层高管之一。他妻子刘女士患有20多种疾病，整天吃药，需要往医院跑。因为长时间的生病、治病，夫妻二人的情绪也都变得很不好，常常吵架。后来高血压、失眠等等也出现了，颈椎也出现了问题。
这对夫妻的一个邻居是基督徒，邀请她去聚会。于是，她就这样第一次来到了教会。然后跟着其他人一起唱赞美诗，听道，学习圣经，后来也受洗了。去了大概半年的时间，刘姊妹的脾气变好了很多，丈夫也发现了这个变化。
牧师建议她把丈夫也带到教会。“我每次过来都是我丈夫开车送过来的，然后他每次送我过来的时候，会把我送到教会门口，然后把我放下来他就开车走了。然后聚会结束以后，我要走的时候他就按照之前我们说好的时间过来教会大门口，把我接回家。”
牧师建议她可以在一天来教会的时候，说自己的腿今天有点不太舒服，让他扶她进去。于是，有一天天果然就把刘姊妹从教会门口扶到了里面。
老赵的学历很高，平时也喜欢读书、写字。然后他第一次来到教会以后，看到了教会墙壁上贴着的“以马内利”这几个字，然后他的心就被抓住了，非常好奇这几个字是什么意思。
他问牧师“以马内利”是什么意思。这位牧师就从以赛亚先知的预言开始慢慢讲起，说“以马内利”就是“上帝与我们同在”，通过上帝的独生儿子来到世界上拯救。
回去以后他三天三夜都没有好好地睡觉，因为一直在思考牧师给他说的这些话。这些是他之前从来没有听过的。第四天的时候，老赵第二次到了教会，说“牧师，我想跟你谈谈关于信仰的事情。”
就这样，一步一步的，老赵也开始了他的信仰道路。直到最后成为了一名牧师，如今在一所教会参与服事。可以说，“以马内利”，彻底改变了老赵的人生。
因“以马内利”，公司领导成为牧师
Zhao used to be one of the top executives of a company. His wife, Mrs. Liu, suffered from more than 20 diseases and had to take various medications all day, which required visiting the hospital frequently. Because the illness and treatment went on for so long, both the husband and wife were emotionally stressed and often fought. Later on, she developed high blood pressure, insomnia, and cervical spine problems.
One of the couple's neighbors, who was a Christian, invited her to a meeting. That was how she attended church for the first time. She sang hymns along with the others, listened to the sermon, studied the Bible, and was later baptized. After attending church for about six months, Sister Liu's temper became much better, and her husband noticed the change.
The pastor suggested she bring her husband to church as well. "My husband drives me here every time I come; he usually drops me off at the church gate, and as soon as I get down, he drives away immediately. Then after the meeting is over and I have to leave, he comes over to the church gate at the time we agreed before, picks me up, and takes me home."
The pastor suggested that she could come to church one day and say that she was experiencing discomfort in her legs and ask her husband to help her. So, one day, he walked with her inside from the church gate.
He asked the pastor what "Emmanuel" meant. The pastor began slowly with the Prophet Isaiah's prophecy, saying that "Emmanuel" means "God is with us", coming into the world to save us through His only begotten Son.
When he returned, he could not sleep well for three days and nights because he was thinking about what the pastor had said to him. These were things he had never heard before. On the fourth day, he came to the church for the second time and said, "Pastor, I want to talk to you about the faith."
And so, Old Zhao began his journey of faith taking one step at a time. He eventually became a pastor and is now involved in a church ministry. It can be said that "Emmanuel" has changed old Zhao's life completely.
- Translated by Nonye Nancy
Company Executive Becomes Pastor Because of Word 'Emmanuel'
