Hi I’m Warren.

I grew up in this Church when it was known as the Chinese Gospel Mission on 8th St. I would come to church with my mom, brother, and two sisters. I remember being at a Friday nights boy’s club service during junior high school at the bottom basement of the church. Pastor Fung was giving out invitations to receive Jesus Christ as their personal savior. John 3:16: “For God so loved the world, that He gave his only Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have eternal life.”

I accepted the invitation and raised my hand. Then during high school, I started to question my salvation. So, during a Sunday service, I raised my hand when the invitation was given. After meeting with a deacon of the church, he cleared up a lot of my questions and I felt secure of my faith and salvation. I knew the Lord had come into my life and forgave me for all of my sins, and that He had sent His only son to die on the cross to pay for my sins. I continued worshiping the Lord through high school and college.

When I started my career in law enforcement, I slowly started changing and I began to walk away from God. I got mean, but the Lord still loved me and showed me He was slow to anger. I got hard, but the Lord still gave me His grace and showed me mercy. I lost my compassion, but the Lord still showed me compassion by still being there for me.

Three years after I retired and started to decompress, I started to reflect on what I did that had changed me. I realized how empty I was. I praise the Lord for being the Good Shepherd that He is – I had gone astray and He came and searched for me.

Matthew 18:12-14: “What do you think? If a man owns a hundred sheep, and one of them wanders away, will he not leave the ninety-nine on the hills and go to look for the one that wandered off? And if he finds it, truly I tell you, he is happier about that one sheep than about the ninety-nine that did not wander off. In the same way your Father in heaven is not willing that any of these little ones should perish.”

The Lord guided me back to church.

I want to praise the Lord for answering the prayers of my mother, siblings and Marvin Tom. While I was absent from the Lord, they would reach out to me, but never push me. I give thanks to the Lord for giving me the time and chance to reflect on what I had done, and the forgiveness that he has shown me.

I read the Bible and have devotion time with the Lord daily now. I want to know and learn about the Lord more personally. The Lord has shown me He is still working in me. Philippians 1:6: “Being confident of this, that He who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus.”
I want to be obedient and get baptized today and make a public declaration of my personal decision to make Jesus Lord and Savior of my life. I have repented of my sins and commit to following and living in His word.

Thank you.