<div class=".entry excerpt_meta2"><a href="https://staging.elijahhouse.com.my/wp/my-distant-father/"  rel="cat-testimonies-2" class="excerpt_thumb_link" title="View post  " ><img id="excerpt-image-304" src="https://staging.elijahhouse.com.my/wp/images/locationmap-150x150.jpg" class="excerpt_thumb  cat-testimonies-2 " alt="locationmap" width="150" height="150" /></a></div>{"id":1051,"date":"2016-08-16T21:50:09","date_gmt":"2016-08-16T13:50:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging.elijahhouse.com.my\/wp\/?p=1051"},"modified":"2017-10-06T22:42:36","modified_gmt":"2017-10-06T14:42:36","slug":"my-distant-father","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.elijahhouse.com.my\/wp\/my-distant-father\/","title":{"rendered":"My Distant Father"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By Choy Yen<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-1139 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/staging.elijahhouse.com.my\/wp\/images\/tree-dawn-nature-bucovina-56875-300x188.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"418\" height=\"262\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.elijahhouse.com.my\/wp\/images\/tree-dawn-nature-bucovina-56875-300x188.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/staging.elijahhouse.com.my\/wp\/images\/tree-dawn-nature-bucovina-56875-768x480.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/staging.elijahhouse.com.my\/wp\/images\/tree-dawn-nature-bucovina-56875-1024x640.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/staging.elijahhouse.com.my\/wp\/images\/tree-dawn-nature-bucovina-56875-50x31.jpeg 50w, https:\/\/staging.elijahhouse.com.my\/wp\/images\/tree-dawn-nature-bucovina-56875.jpeg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 418px) 100vw, 418px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I came from a troubled family, there was no love and peace. Many times, I just felt like running away.<\/p>\n<p>Little did I realize that I had formed bitter root judgments against my parents. I judged mum for\u00a0nagging and dad an angry man. As a result, I became just like them. After I repented, I realized that I\u00a0stopped nagging and I rarely lose my temper.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Also, I did not realize that by judging my dad as distant and a disciplinarian, it somehow affected the way\u00a0I see God. After I repented, I began to see God as a loving Father. In my prayer time, I felt His presence,\u00a0comforting me, pouring out so much love that I could not contain. I had never felt so much love in my\u00a0entire life. All the void in my heart was quickly filled up with His love, overflowing and it was so\u00a0overwhelming.<\/p>\n<p>I wanted more and before long, I found myself in School 202. While we were in our small group, God\u00a0showed me a vision. The prayer minister asked me to go home and seek God for answers. Four days\u00a0later, the Lord gave me revelations. From this experience, I learned to lean on Him for answers to my\u00a0problems, and He began to show me more, as I seek Him daily.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want. He maketh me to lie down in green pastures; he leadeth me\u00a0beside the still waters. He restoreth my soul; he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name\u2019s\u00a0sake. Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil; for thou art with\u00a0me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me.\u201d (Ps 23:1-4)(KJV)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Choy Yen &nbsp; I came from a troubled family, there was no love and peace. Many times, I just felt like running away. Little did I realize that I had formed bitter root judgments against my parents. I judged mum for\u00a0nagging and dad an angry man. As a result, I became just like them. 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