In his 40s, Pastor G has served in an East China church for many years. He has been married for many years, with two healthy children — a boy and a girl. However, Pastor G's life was not smooth sailing. He has a certified disability.
This is part 2 of his testimony (see part 1 here):
Road to marriage
Pastor G and his wife were serving in the same church before they got to know each other. At that time, Pastor G was in charge of preaching, while his wife was responsible for the prayer ministry.
At that time, the church was located in an area with many sex workers around. As a single young man at that time, he admitted that working in such kind of place was quite a temptation and test for him.
Pastor G knew that he couldn't win that battle alone, so he contacted his mentor. His mentor asked him to go over and pray with him. Coincidentally, his future wife was praying with them too.
At last, after the prayer was over, Pastor G felt that he no longer felt tempted. Though the environment had not been changed, Pastor G knew that he had won the battle because God had helped him.
At that time, Pastor G served God wholeheartedly. He often led other believers to worship God. Pastor G said, "I'm a good colleague and friend. But I was not confident to be a good husband. None of the girls would be willing to marry me."
Once, Pastor G went back to his hometown and stayed there for two months to handle some business. During that period, his phone was out of service due to overdue charges. But he could not pay the phone bill in his hometown because his phone number wasn't a local one.
So Pastor G contacted a sister of his church with other people's phone and wanted her to pay the phone bill for him. Coincidentally, that sister was living with his future wife. At first, she didn't notice their conversation. But when they started to argue, the future wife recognized the voice of Pastor G. So she told that sister that it was Pastor G instead of a fraud and charged some phone fee for him.
Pastor G said that the bonding between his wife and God was quite strong. And that was why she was pretty and excellent in many aspects. At that time, many brothers in the church liked her and wanted to be with her, while no sister in the church ever wanted to marry Pastor G. His wife told the reason for her love for him, "Because you really believe in Jesus and love Jesus."
After they fell in love with each other, it took Pastor G and his wife three years before they got married. They had experienced many hardships, especially the opposition from the parents of his wife.
The other pastor of his church told Pastor G, "Marriage must be granted by your parents. If one of them disagrees with your marriage, you can't get married." Thus, since then, Pastor G and his wife could do nothing but pray. And many brothers and sisters also prayed for them. At last, the thoughts of the parents of pastor G's wife were changed.
Pastor G said, "I have nothing except my faith for Jesus. I have no house, and I don’t even have any kitchenware. I'm not even a complete man and I could not work like any common man. I told her that if we got married, I wouldn’t even know how to raise our kids. But she said it was okay and she would take care of me and our kids. She really touched me by that."
Getting married
Getting married is always a big deal. When Pastor G got married, he had nothing. Pastor G said that he had 15 dollars at that time, but he put it into the offering box. He prayed to God, "Father, I wondered about what I can buy with 15 bucks. But now I decide to give it to you. I don't count on this 15 bucks. I would only count on your help!"
"Originally we had nothing. But when we were getting married, someone offered some money to us to buy new clothes, someone offered the golden ring which was for her the future wife of her son, and someone offered money to us to take wedding photos. People just gave all the kitchenware we're gonna need. Now we've been married for years, and we've had a son and a daughter. They're both healthy and I'm quite grateful," he added.
Path to ministry
When they were meeting in the church, Pastor G would sing the hymn, his wife would play the piano, and their daughter would play the drums.
Because Pastor G is always dedicated to serving the church, sometimes they may lack money to cover the daily necessities. Pastor G is not alone. Many grassroots pastors would face this problem. He shared his experience of God’s preparation when he was lacking money.
Now Pastor G is leading two churches. But sometimes the church dedication couldn’t even cover the expenses. A schoolmate of Pastor G in seminary suggested that he should stop leading a church, but he said, “Even if there is only one believer in this church, he or she would still be entrusted to me by God. I do this not for money, but for God’s entrustment.”
Pastor G never receives any regular support. But God’s help has always been there whenever he prays to God. Sometimes he may face some difficulties. For example, his kid was sick once. He took his kid to the hospital and paid the registration fee. But the fee for medical examination was 105 dollars. Pastor G didn’t have that much money at that time.
A sister of Pastor G’s church was working near that hospital. So the pastor called that sister and said, “Sister, I need some money to cover the medical expense of my kid. I only have 45 dollars, and I need 60 dollars.” That sister said, “Pastor, I don’t have enough cash. Here is my bank card. I’ll tell you the password of it, and you can go to the bank and withdraw the money you need.”
But Pastor G refused. “Why should I do that? I don’t want to use other people’s bank card! I think that would not be God’s arrangement. If you have cash, you can lend it to me. If you don’t have any, then I won’t borrow any money from you.”
Then Pastor G took his kid home. But a miraculous thing happened just the next day. A car suddenly stopped by Pastor G and another pastor who he had only met once got off the car. “Pastor G, I’ve prepared this sum of money for you for a long time, but I never got a good chance to give it to you.” After saying that, that pastor left. He opened the envelope and there were 60 dollars inside. Then Pastor G took his kid to the hospital.
Recently, when the school fee for Pastor G’s kids was about to be paid, he didn’t have the money or know how could he get this sum of money. However, the next day, Pastor G received a call. Someone called him and said, “Pastor G, I have a sum of money for you. I wanted to give it to you long ago, but I never got that chance to do that.” He always remembered that sum of money clearly. The money he received was 320 dollars, and that sum of money was exactly the school fee for his kids!
- Translated by Nicolas Cao
G牧师今年40多岁，在华东一城市教会服事多年，也已进入婚姻多年，现在有两个健康的孩子，不过，G牧师人生并非一帆风顺的。他有国家正式发放的“残疾人证”。
（续：信主之路）
（二）、结婚之路
相识
G牧师和师母以前都是在同一所教会服事的，但是两人并不熟悉。那时候G牧师做传教，师母从事祷告方面的工作。
那时候G牧师传教的地方，周围有很多女性从事色情行业。G牧师说他那时候又是一个单身的大小伙子，因此对他而言，这是前所未有的极大的诱惑和试探。
G牧师知道自己遇到了极大的试探，是他自己无法得胜的。于是就联系了他的老师，老师就让他过去然后为他祷告。那时候有一名姐妹也就是后来的师母她做祷告方面的工作，就跟G牧师他们一起祷告。
最后，一起祷告完以后，G牧师受到的试探就顺利解除了。虽然所要面对的环境依然是那样的环境，环境并无任何改变，但是G牧师确信自己已经得胜了，能够奉耶稣的名抵挡和得胜试探。
相知
那时候，G牧师在教会参与很多的服事，而且还有赞美的恩赐，经常带领赞美。“做同事和朋友都很好，但如果要做自己的丈夫的话，很多姊妹就吓跑了，没有这个信心吧。”G牧师如此回忆。
有一次，因为一些事情，G牧师回了老家并且在老家呆了两个月的时间。在这期间，G牧师的手机欠费停机了，无法使用。由于手机号码是异地的，在老家那边根本充不了电话费。
于是，G牧师就用另外一部电话联系了一个认识的教会的姊妹，想要让她帮助自己充话费。
那时候师母跟那个姊妹一起住，刚开始她在忙自己的事情，没有注意发生了什么。后来发生了争吵以后，她就听出来是G牧师的声音，就给那个姊妹说“确实是他，不是骗子”。然后又给G牧师充了50块钱的话费。
相恋
G牧师说他家姐妹和上帝的关系特别坚固，人也长得非常漂亮，各个方面都非常优秀。因此那时候，在教会里面有很多单身弟兄喜欢她，想要追求她；而喜欢G牧师的姐妹却连一个也没有。她的回答只有一句话：“因为你是一个真信耶稣的人，也是一个真爱耶稣的人。”
G牧师和师母的恋爱历程差不多有三年左右的时间，在这个过程中他们一起经历了很多难关，特别是师母家人尤其是父亲的反对。
G牧师所在教会的牧师告诉他，“婚姻必须要得到父母的祝福，如果父母不同意的话，就不能结婚。”因此，那个时候，G牧师他们就除了祷告以外，别无他法。同时教会的很多弟兄姊妹也为他们祷告。最终她父亲的想法完全改变了。
G牧师说：“我除了耶稣之外，可以说是一无所有。房子没有一间，连碗筷也没有一双，甚至就连健康都没有，没有正常成年人的劳动能力。我就给她说，如果我们结婚的话，将来我都不知道如何养活你还有我们的孩子。但是她说，没关系，我来养活你和孩子。”她的话让我非常感动。
结婚
无论在那里，结婚都是好事，大喜事，但是G牧师他们结婚的时候面对的是一无所有的情况。G牧师说他那时候原本还有100块钱，但是也被他投进了教会的奉献箱里面。他给上帝祷告说“上帝啊，本来我还寻思着拿这100块钱能买点什么东西，但是现在我把这100块钱给你好了，我不靠这100块钱，我要单单来靠你。”
“本来是什么都没有的，但是我们结婚前后，有人给我们奉献钱特意让我们去买新衣服，有人把给自己儿媳妇预备的金戒指奉献给我们，有人给我们奉献钱让我们去拍婚纱照。这个人给我们一只锅，那个人给我们一个盆……现在我们已经结婚多年，也有了两个孩子，一个男孩一个女孩，他们也都非常健康，我非常感恩。”
三、服事之路
常常聚会的时候，师母弹琴，女儿打架子鼓，G牧师唱诗赞美……
由于专心服事教会，他们家庭经常出现经济方面缺乏的状况。G牧师的情况并不是个例，很多基层牧者都在经历许多经济缺乏的状况。G牧师分享了常常自己经历当出现缺乏时候上帝的恩典和预备。
G牧师现在带着两间小教会，但是由于一些原因不能够得到供应，反而由于教会需要的缘故，需要不断往里面投钱。以前读神学时候的同学也劝G牧师，“放弃吧，不要再带那所教会了。”但是G牧师却说，“哪怕教会只剩下一只羊，那也是上帝托付给我的。我不是为了钱去服事的，单单地因着上帝给我的托付而选择服事的。”
G牧师没有任何固定支持，但是虽然如此，当他选择完全仰望上帝的时候，上帝就信实地供应他。有一些特别艰难的时候，比如有一次跟G牧师的孩子生病了，G牧师带着孩子到了医院，前面挂号费交了，但是到了后面需要做检查的时候，检查费用需要700元，但是G牧师没有。
就在那所医院附近，就有一个教会的姊妹在那边上班。G牧师就给那个姊妹打电话说：“姊妹，我给孩子看病需要一些钱，我这里有300，还需要400。”那个姊妹说：“牧师，我这里没有现金，但是有银行卡，我告诉你银行卡密码，你拿着卡去银行取钱吧。”
但是，G牧师拒绝了。“为什么呢？我不愿意直接用人家的银行卡，知道银行卡的密码。我感觉这不是出于神的。如果有现金那可以借给我，没有现金的话那就算了。”
于是，G牧师就带着孩子回家了。但是非常奇妙的是，第二天一辆车就突然停在了G牧师旁边，从车上下来了一位牧师。这位牧师认识G牧师，但是“其实真的不熟，应该只是听过我的一次讲道”。“G牧师，这个信封早就给你准备好了，但是一直没有时间给你。“ 然后就走了，G牧师打开信封，里面是400块钱。G牧师就这样带着孩子去了医院。
最近一次孩子上学交学费也是，G牧师手里面真的没有钱，也不知道从哪里能够得到这些钱。但是就在第二天，G牧师接到了一个电话，一个人给他打电话，在电话里面，那个人说：”G牧师，我这边有一笔奉献，早就想要给你了，但是一直没有得着机会。“ G牧师基督时报激动地说：”直到现在我还记得很清楚，那是2135块钱，正好两个孩子上学交学费就用上了。“
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见证|一位80后残障牧师的恩典人生路（下）：结婚和服事中上帝的供应
In his 40s, Pastor G has served in an East China church for many years. He has been married for many years, with two healthy children — a boy and a girl. However, Pastor G's life was not smooth sailing. He has a certified disability.
This is part 2 of his testimony (see part 1 here):
Road to marriage
Pastor G and his wife were serving in the same church before they got to know each other. At that time, Pastor G was in charge of preaching, while his wife was responsible for the prayer ministry.
At that time, the church was located in an area with many sex workers around. As a single young man at that time, he admitted that working in such kind of place was quite a temptation and test for him.
Pastor G knew that he couldn't win that battle alone, so he contacted his mentor. His mentor asked him to go over and pray with him. Coincidentally, his future wife was praying with them too.
At last, after the prayer was over, Pastor G felt that he no longer felt tempted. Though the environment had not been changed, Pastor G knew that he had won the battle because God had helped him.
At that time, Pastor G served God wholeheartedly. He often led other believers to worship God. Pastor G said, "I'm a good colleague and friend. But I was not confident to be a good husband. None of the girls would be willing to marry me."
Once, Pastor G went back to his hometown and stayed there for two months to handle some business. During that period, his phone was out of service due to overdue charges. But he could not pay the phone bill in his hometown because his phone number wasn't a local one.
So Pastor G contacted a sister of his church with other people's phone and wanted her to pay the phone bill for him. Coincidentally, that sister was living with his future wife. At first, she didn't notice their conversation. But when they started to argue, the future wife recognized the voice of Pastor G. So she told that sister that it was Pastor G instead of a fraud and charged some phone fee for him.
Pastor G said that the bonding between his wife and God was quite strong. And that was why she was pretty and excellent in many aspects. At that time, many brothers in the church liked her and wanted to be with her, while no sister in the church ever wanted to marry Pastor G. His wife told the reason for her love for him, "Because you really believe in Jesus and love Jesus."
After they fell in love with each other, it took Pastor G and his wife three years before they got married. They had experienced many hardships, especially the opposition from the parents of his wife.
The other pastor of his church told Pastor G, "Marriage must be granted by your parents. If one of them disagrees with your marriage, you can't get married." Thus, since then, Pastor G and his wife could do nothing but pray. And many brothers and sisters also prayed for them. At last, the thoughts of the parents of pastor G's wife were changed.
Pastor G said, "I have nothing except my faith for Jesus. I have no house, and I don’t even have any kitchenware. I'm not even a complete man and I could not work like any common man. I told her that if we got married, I wouldn’t even know how to raise our kids. But she said it was okay and she would take care of me and our kids. She really touched me by that."
Getting married
Getting married is always a big deal. When Pastor G got married, he had nothing. Pastor G said that he had 15 dollars at that time, but he put it into the offering box. He prayed to God, "Father, I wondered about what I can buy with 15 bucks. But now I decide to give it to you. I don't count on this 15 bucks. I would only count on your help!"
"Originally we had nothing. But when we were getting married, someone offered some money to us to buy new clothes, someone offered the golden ring which was for her the future wife of her son, and someone offered money to us to take wedding photos. People just gave all the kitchenware we're gonna need. Now we've been married for years, and we've had a son and a daughter. They're both healthy and I'm quite grateful," he added.
Path to ministry
When they were meeting in the church, Pastor G would sing the hymn, his wife would play the piano, and their daughter would play the drums.
Because Pastor G is always dedicated to serving the church, sometimes they may lack money to cover the daily necessities. Pastor G is not alone. Many grassroots pastors would face this problem. He shared his experience of God’s preparation when he was lacking money.
Now Pastor G is leading two churches. But sometimes the church dedication couldn’t even cover the expenses. A schoolmate of Pastor G in seminary suggested that he should stop leading a church, but he said, “Even if there is only one believer in this church, he or she would still be entrusted to me by God. I do this not for money, but for God’s entrustment.”
Pastor G never receives any regular support. But God’s help has always been there whenever he prays to God. Sometimes he may face some difficulties. For example, his kid was sick once. He took his kid to the hospital and paid the registration fee. But the fee for medical examination was 105 dollars. Pastor G didn’t have that much money at that time.
A sister of Pastor G’s church was working near that hospital. So the pastor called that sister and said, “Sister, I need some money to cover the medical expense of my kid. I only have 45 dollars, and I need 60 dollars.” That sister said, “Pastor, I don’t have enough cash. Here is my bank card. I’ll tell you the password of it, and you can go to the bank and withdraw the money you need.”
But Pastor G refused. “Why should I do that? I don’t want to use other people’s bank card! I think that would not be God’s arrangement. If you have cash, you can lend it to me. If you don’t have any, then I won’t borrow any money from you.”
Then Pastor G took his kid home. But a miraculous thing happened just the next day. A car suddenly stopped by Pastor G and another pastor who he had only met once got off the car. “Pastor G, I’ve prepared this sum of money for you for a long time, but I never got a good chance to give it to you.” After saying that, that pastor left. He opened the envelope and there were 60 dollars inside. Then Pastor G took his kid to the hospital.
Recently, when the school fee for Pastor G’s kids was about to be paid, he didn’t have the money or know how could he get this sum of money. However, the next day, Pastor G received a call. Someone called him and said, “Pastor G, I have a sum of money for you. I wanted to give it to you long ago, but I never got that chance to do that.” He always remembered that sum of money clearly. The money he received was 320 dollars, and that sum of money was exactly the school fee for his kids!
- Translated by Nicolas Cao
Part II of Disabled Millennial Pastor’s Testimony: God's Providence for Marriage, Ministry
