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Be Specific for Reality, L.L.

At age twenty-one, I was searching for an answer to the aching question in my being, “What is the purpose of my existence?” Although I was doing well in my college courses, I was not happy or satisfied; I was empty and didn't know why.

“But God, being rich in mercy...” (Ephesians 2:4a) The gospel of the Son of God was preached to me one Sunday afternoon. “Only God can satisfy my soul”, I happily concluded after I called on the name of the Lord Jesus Christ. Everything I tried and was going to try became obviously vanity of vanities to me; Christ is my song of songs! The reality is in Jesus (Ephesians 4:21b).

Having received God's life, I was hungry for growth in His life. I believed in His word. I loved the truths in the Bible, but I was often frustrated when my daily living did not match the teaching of the Bible, when I did not experience Christ as my life. “How can I know God in my subjective experiences? How can I apply Him in my daily life?” I often struggled with these questions.

After college graduation, I decided to come to the Full-Time Training in Anaheim (FTTA) for specific reality of all the biblical truths. Although the Lord was so real to me when I called on Him and received Him for the first time, I continued to ask Him to be real to me day after day in my Christian walk. God was faithful to answer my prayer. He led me to a place, the training, where I would experience and enjoy Him in my spirit daily. Throughout the past three semesters in the FTTA, I have been learning to know my human spirit (1 Thessalonians 5:23), know the Lord Jesus who is the Spirit (2 Corinthians 3:17), and live in the reality of 1 Corinthians 6:17 which says, “But he who is joined to the Lord is one spirit.” The FTTA encouraged and helped me to know my Lord in a personal way by having a continual fellowship with Him through prayers, praises, thanksgiving, singing and reading the Bible. The more I know the Lord Jesus, the more I love Him; the more I experience the Lord, the more I enjoy Him. The FTTA provided the best environment and atmosphere for me to build up an intimate and personal relationship with the Lord. The Lord is nearer and dearer to me than He was before I came to the FTTA. I will thank God and praise Him eternally for leading me to the FTTA! Christ is the reality; and I've found Him to be even more real to me now than when I first believed in Him.

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