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Alex Chan Testimony

I grew up in a Christian household all my life. My mom was a Christian but my dad wasn’t so sometimes I felt a split connection between that with my dad. I have to admit my early elementary school life at church was boring, I wasn’t involved in much and just thought church was a waste of time. I would dread the long sermons and be bored out of my mind in Sunday school. I felt like all they did was re-teach the same stories and lessons all the time. I just didn’t really have a relationship with God and didn’t realize how much it might cost me if this relationship wasn’t real. It wasn’t till about 6th grade when I entered middle school. Maybe it was because I hit puberty or my great Youth Pastor Justin, or something else, but I started getting it. I realized that I was just going to church maybe for the fun of it or because I had to, not because I want to. I also feel like I just wanted to accept Christ so I wouldn’t have to go to hell. Something changed me that year where I wanted to come to actually learn and grow closer to God. I started reading a lot of books like Don’t Waste Your Life by John Piper or Crazy Love by Francis Chan. I just felt an actual satisfaction in my life with Christ. I learned to realize that I shouldn’t be of this world and materialize my time with this world. We are only here for a bit and I should use it for the best of God’s interests. I definitely have a new mindset now even though I give way to worldly distractions a lot but I definitely feel closer to God then before. There was no dramatic change but it was a simple movement of God into me.