老板的祷告

只要权志勇一祷告，奇迹就会层出不穷。

在南韩，一名生意兴隆的会计事务所老板在祷告之后受圣灵感动，想要建一个新的复临教会，教会领袖就安排他管理一间离家不远的空置老教堂。他在第一年就领了40人受洗加入教会，这位老板就是权志勇先生。

在他持续不断地祷告中，受洗人数在两年半之内增加到了98位。

而权志勇决定，今年的受洗人数的目标是100人。

他向上帝祷告说：“求祢给我100位教友！”

他在祷告后忽然想起了一位已经三年没见的女士，他得知这位女士开了一所儿童艺术学校。他就带着一束五彩缤纷的花到学校去拜访她。

在和这位女士聊天的时候，权志勇就提起他目前负责的教会已经有98人受洗。

接着便说：“你应该加入，成为第100位。”

女士答应他说：“好啊，我想成为第100位！”

 “太棒了！”权志勇欢呼道，“但是你需要先查经，我明天晚上七点半过来给你查经。”

他停了一下，又补充说：“还有你的丈夫也要来参加哦！”

权志勇提到她丈夫是因为他需要增加两个人，才能达到100人受洗的目标。

权志勇离开后，这位女士给她丈夫打了个电话。

 “权志勇明天会来教我们《圣经》。” 她说。

她的丈夫和权志勇一样，都是成功的商人，但他却不是基督徒，他比较喜欢到寺庙里拜祖先和神明。最近他为了拓展市场，决定要加强他的英语能力，就买了一套书来学英语，其中就有《圣经》。

但是他在办公室里读《圣经》时感到非常困惑，因为，他虽然认得许多的英文单词和句子，却不能明白其中的含义。既然碰到了一堵无法跨越的墙，他便向《圣经》里描述的神求助。

 “如果你真的是上帝，请你派人来教我明白《圣经》！”他大声地说。

就在这时他的手机忽然响了，是他的妻子。

他的妻子说：“权志勇明天会来教我们《圣经》！”

他惊呆了，好长时间才回过神来，他感觉好像有一道闪电从头到脚穿过他的身体。

第二天，权志勇来到他们家的时候，发现他们两位都很迫不及待地要开始查经。他们已经成年了的孩子也加入了查经班，因为大家都很想知道，究竟是什么样的神能那么快回应爸爸的请求。

他们一家人通过查经都打开了心门，全然接受了《圣经》的真理，受洗加入了教会。上帝回应了权志勇的祷告，但上帝没有给他100位新教友，而是给了他102位教友。

来源：本文译自《圣工消息》（社会青年季刊）2021年第四季

Business Owner’s Prayers

When Kiyong prays, amazing things happen.

While praying, the owner of a prosperous accounting practice in South Korea felt impressed to plant a Seventh-day Adventist church. Church leaders gave him a former church building not far from his home, and 40 people were baptized in the first year.

As he kept praying, the number of baptisms grew to 98 in 2 ½ years.

Kiyong decided to pray for 100 baptisms.

“Please give 100,” he prayed.

When he opened his eyes, he suddenly remembered a woman whom he had not seen in three years. He asked around and learned that the woman had opened a children’s art school. He bought a bouquet of colorful flowers and presented them to her at the school.

As the two spoke, Kiyong described his church plant. He spoke about how 98 people had given their hearts to Jesus.

“You should be the 100th person,” he said.

“Sure, I will be the 100th person,” the woman said.

“Great!” Kiyong said. “But you need Bible studies first. I’ll come to your home at 7:30 tomorrow evening to teach you the Bible.”

He paused and added, “Make sure your husband is there!”

Kiyong mentioned her husband because he needed two people to reach 100 baptisms.

After he left the art school, the woman called her husband on the phone.

“Kiyong will come to our house tomorrow to teach us the Bible,” she announced.

Her husband, like Kiyong, was a successful business owner. But he was not a Christian. Instead, he worshipped in shrines to ancestors and gods. Recently, he had decided to improve his English to further prosper his business, and he had purchased a stack of English-language books to help with his studies. One of the books was a Bible.

But the Bible was confusing. The man was reading the Bible in his office but was struggling to understand it. He understood the English words, but he could not understand what they meant. Finally, in desperation, he decided to pray to the God of the Bible.

“If You are the real God, then send me someone to teach me to understand the Bible,” he said out loud.

At that moment, his phone rang. It was his wife.

“Kiyong will come to our house tomorrow to teach us the Bible,” she said.

He was stunned. He sat without moving for a long moment. He felt like a lightning bolt shot through his body — from his head, down his spine, and to the soles of his feet.

The next day, Kiyong arrived at the couple’s house and was surprised to find them eagerly waiting to receive Bible studies. Their two adult children were with them, also wanting to learn about the God who had answered their father’s prayer so quickly.

The family studied the Bible with Kiyong and embraced everything that they learned. They gave their hearts to Jesus. In answer to Kiyong’s prayer, God did not give 100 baptisms. He gave 102.

Please find the original article at: https://am.adventistmission.org/mqa21q4-18