Beginning:
On Wednesday, 2nd of May. My family and I were in the lounge room spending time together, everything seemed normal, we enjoyed lunch together, however, later that afternoon, things just went completely wrong! As my family noticed something was wrong with dad sitting on the couch, we saw him turn completely white and his face looked like he just saw a horror film. He said that he was probably just sick from something he ate previously or just a minor fever that he had. He then started to shake uncontrollably and said he was very cold, from what we saw we knew this sort of sickness or fever was very serious. We tried calling the ambulance but he kept on applying that there was no need. However, we managed to take him into the car to the hospital, my mum was driving and my younger sister was sitting in the front, I was at the back trying to make sure dad was ok. About two minutes later, suddenly I felt such prompting by the Holy Spirit to pray for my dad, at first I felt very hesitant because my parents were people who did not aprove of my Christian faith, however I felt such conviction laid upon my heart to pray, so in faith I started to pray in tongues. Suddenly, dad started to struggle as though he was in a mental fit, as I kept on praying and praying my dad started to lose his complete control squealing and making horrible noises, his eyes started to roll up and his neck twisted back. At the time the condition he had seemed as though he was under demonic influence so I began to question in faith and demanded whatever was in him to come out in the name of Jesus! Each time I had metioned Jesus’s name he would struggle even more as though someone was constantly punching him onto the chest. He tried slamming his head onto the glass as though he wanted to get out, but I kept holding onto his hand tightly, and continued on praying and praying in Jesus’s name! As I saw my dad lose complete control in front of me, constantly smashing his head onto the glass window and hissing at me like a snake I felt like dad dissapeared, my heart was pounding so fast, I was in tears and I was so afraid. As I kept trying to hold onto his hand tightly trying not to let go, that time I just kept on praying hard, not knowing that the Holy Spirit could have wanted me to keep fighting on for dad’s life. I cried and cried praying continuously that the Lord would help stop all this nonsense! My mum in the driver seat was panicking, driving past moving cars and red lights towards the hospital as soon as possible! Two situations just losing complete control at the time! It was just crazy! My mum and younger sister did not witness what was happening at the back but just hearing the cries of my prayers and my dad lose his complete control was enough to cause them panick attacks!
Arriving at the hospital my mum ran out and cried for help, paramedics arrived finding my dad unconscious and took him into the emergency room as soon as possible. My family was outside crying and confused about everything, a doctor then came and said that we were really lucky just to come in time or else he would have died. Awhile later, thinking about that moment and what the doctor has told us reminded me a while ago when my mum went to visit a medium and the spirit working behand the medium told my mum, that my dad was going to die in some sort of car accident or incident in a car in MAY! It hit me!!! Imagine the Holy Spirit did not prompt me to pray in the car and lucky I chose to say yes to pray in faith when I feared my parents would get angry at me, my dad would have already died even before arrving at the hospital! All glory to God because it was God who prompted me to pray and gave me the courage to! Doctors then examined him and found a bleed on the left inside his head, however, haven’t confirming what sort of condition had just happened to him. They then transferred him to PA hospital that night because the condition was very severe and serious. That night at the PA hospital my family and I waited from about 10.30pm to 11 am waiting to hear the news whether it was going to be good or bad. Yes! It was intense hours waiting in prayer, stress and tears. However, spending that whole night in prayer I felt God’s presence just continue to comfort me all the way and for the first time in many years my mum gave me a prayer request, she was someone who had walked away from God when she was younger due to facing persecution from people who call themselves “Christians”, for years my mum’s heart had been shut off from God, as a teenager she was even a host for a Christian radio but she swore she would never turn back to God! but that night her heart wanted to open up again desperetely crying out for His help. All night it was just me, my younger sister and mum huddled together in stress and tears, we thought we were gonna lose dad.. That morning news finally arrived and a surgeon took us into another room to share what was happening. Once again they confirmed it was a bleed inside the left of his head called an anneurysm however, not able to confirm yet the reason behind it. That was all that they were able to share so far. We came back home a few times to shower, and tried to get a bit of rest, although neither of us could eat or sleep, all we could think off was being able to see his face again.
The news:
More news came and doctors say because of the blood clot he will possibly fall into a deep coma if he doesn’t wake up. Doctors say we have to keep trying our best to wake him up as soon as possible or he will go into a deep sleep for a very long time because of the bleed, if he sleeps they can’t examine him and decide on which operation to undertake as soon as possible. Doctors tried to wake him up but couldn’t so they got us to try and wake him up, we were all crying in tears and stress, just crying out for dad to wake up and then suddenly moments later he opened his eyes and he held our hands tightly and from that moment I knew there was still hope! He will make it! In a situation like this I could only want to speak faith! Finally more news arrived and doctors said because of the severe condition of his bleed they said possibly he wasn’t going to get another chance in life. We were all completely devastaded and our hearts just sank! As I spent my moments of cries before God on my own in the waiting room, all I could do was cry out for the Lord to help pull my dad through, I continued on claiming back dad’s life. I wanted to trust in God’s name Hosanna “God who delivers” and at that moment I felt the Lord just lay rest and peace upon my heart. It was such a challenge for me to trust in God towards the situation! Moments later I herd a scream and I ran out! I saw my mum collapsed on the ground and my sister bursting in tears saying “dad is gone, dad died”! His heart had stopped and machines that operated on his condition had shown no sign of life left! At that moment, my heart just sank, I did not know what to think or do, whether I was suppose to cry or not, and I kept on denying to myself what had just happened. I ran out and just laid on the ground lost and selfless. After trying to fix my mind, I gave Torch a call and shared to him that dad had just passed away, and Torch then prayed in the background! Moments later a peace began to penetrate into my heart, a supernatural peace that pierced through all my transgressions and fear! It was the same peace that I had experienced from God in the past, a peace that you cannot compare to the usual type of peace, it was different because the peace was from God and it was cutting through all the fear and pain that was inside my heart! Although the situation seemed like a complete mess, that peace in my heart assured me that God was doing something and He was still in control of the situation. At that time God began to challenge me, out of all the times He could of chose to challenge me, God challnged me during that moment and gave me “If your dad never came back would you still….? questions”! I realise during the toughest times of your life, is when God will hear the ultimate truth of our own hearts and desires before Him.
Moments later a nurse ran out to me saying that it is a miracle! He’s back! I ran back to my family trying to keep everyone strong. I felt so relieved and at the same time I couldn’t believe what had just happened! I knew it was the hand of God intervening! Imagine during that moment I never called Torch and Torch never prayed! The surgeon shared that she could not confirm anything for sure just yet but it could have possibly been his brain telling his heart to stop due to the bleed, however his condition is still severe enough to trigger fatal death, which can happen any time soon. The longer he is left untreated, the chances of him surviving are very minimal. The only option that was left was if they took him straight into operation immediately without precautions, however as a surgeon there role is also to share the truth and she said truth is that most people who have taken this sort of operation similar to a situation like this have not made it, and if they were lucky enough to live they will end up in permanant disabilities such as memory loss and loss of body function because of how much damage the blood had affected his brain. However, there was no other choice, he was about to die any second so we agreed to take up the operation, it was either disability or death. As I watched my family lose complete control all I could do before the Lord was claim into my heart that I will not lean on my own understanding, in the Lord I find justice and those who place there hope and trust in Him, His hand is never too short to save! God is the only one who could make the paths in my life straight again. The supernatural peace continually dwelled upon my heart and I knew God was in this with me, giving me strength to pesevere on in faith, only faith could activate my prayers or I would of really lost it! Surgeons came back in and said his heart beat had just come back again and they have rushed him into operation theatre straight away. The neurosurgeons were curious about his come and go, but it was not the time for them to reason things yet but focus on the operation to get his life back as soon as possible! Something was trying to keep his body alive and blood still pumping, although what just seemed as though he had already died.
God’s deliverance:
The operation was taking quite awhile, and as I was trying to keep everyone stable, praying and submitting this situation into the very hands of God, more support came in which, I was so thankful for, some of the leaders including Lisa’s mum aunty Looee came to support my family in this. That moment was very touching for my family praying together and sharing tears waiting for the news whether he was going to make it or not. My family still holds that very memorable moment dearly to us. I knew it truely touched my mum’s heart because at her old church people persecuted her but with the family of God in Hope, we witnessed such genuine care and concern for us!At the time honestly that feeling of not knowing whether dad has made it through the operation alive or not is a feeling that hits you to the pitt of the stomach, I felt like vomiting at times from the level of stress and fear that was killing me inside. As we spent about an hour and a half in prayer suddenly news arrived, news that we all desparetly prayed and hoped for! And it was a success! My dad made it through! Praise God! At that point after such a rough time, God brought my dad back. We were in tears of joy! God had delivered my dad! God still made a way, despite how difficult the situation might have seemed in the natural! I was in tears and my heart was overwhelmed with joy!Watching his life being supported with wires and machines was definitely an unpleasant sight to see however, we still had a joy to our hearts because he made it through the operation alive. The surgeons said it is amazing that he has made it this far however, after he wakes up he will either lose his memory or half his body or even both due to the amount of blood that has damaged his brain. It was very devastating to hear however, we would rather have him alive just to talk to him, be with him and see his face again. I had my dad back thats all I need out of a situation like this. The writing on the paper:Later on that afternoon, as we watched him still in an unconscious and minor state of coma after the operation, suddenly dad’s left arm raised into the air and his finger was pointing up as though he wanted to write something, then the nurse took out a note paper and he wrote these three very words ” I God Wait”, the second time he was still asking for more paper and the nurse handed him another peace of paper on a writing board and once again he tried to write the sentence twice this time. After writing these sentences 3 times, suddenly his hand fell back onto the bed. We were all surprised as well as the nurse who was taking care of him, watching a man in this sort of deep sleep and unconsciousness be able to write. We were all very shocked indeed! We were all completely stunned!
God’s miraculous healing over my dad:
The next day, there was good news, he had waken up and as we rushed to see him he started showing off that he could move both arms and legs, wriggling his toes and fingers! There was no sign of dissability as the doctors have mentioned! Not only that but he had recovered so fast that there was no sign of memory loss! Hallelujah! Praise the Lord! This was definitely the supreme and divine power of God bringing him into such full recovery as this! God had proved doctors and surgeons wrong! A few days later, he had further tests and checks and not only that but his strength recovered so fast that he could walk, eat and shower on his own when doctors said it would take him several weeks to months! God proved everyone wrong! Nurses and doctors said they have never witnessed such a miracle as this before! And wait! There’s more! My dad had suffered a heart condition for several years ago and had undertaken operation to replace his heart with a valve. Because of his heart replacement he had to take medication for the rest of his life, medication for 30 years to survive until his heart is replaced with a new one and from then on continuing his medication to survive further on! But God worked through a miracle once again, He had healed the severe condition of his heart and from now on my dad doesn’t have to live on any more medication! Praise God! It is incredible what God has done! He did more than what we even prayed for! A glimpse of life after death.After his recovery, during our visit in the hospital, we asked him about the writing he wrote. Why he wrote God’s name three times! and why he wrote those particular words “I God wait” repeatedly. At first he didn’t quite remember because during that time he wasn’t conscious at all after his operation. Moments later after some time of thought, he told us that he knew he had already been dead when his heart had stopped and he began to share his remarkable experience and encounter with a bright light figure! He said he could not see anything except a bright light figure stand beside his bed, he felt safe with this bright light beside him and he felt it was the bright figure who had helped him to write these very particular words! He didn’t know we were all around him watching what was happening because all he could see was this light, nothing elese. We then asked him what that message meant. He then shared how the bright light figure was telling him that He was God and God told him to wait!He began to share his experience of life after death and a glimpse of what it was like to be in the midst of eternity.
After his heart had stopped beating he sat up, turned around and saw his own figure laying on the hospital bed, at that point he realised he had just died, he saw himself in a form of a spirit. Suddenly, a group of Roman-like soldiers marched beside his bed, he described them wearing Roman armour and had stripes coming down across there legs. He couldn’t see there faces because they were all covered in armour head to toe, however, had felt such fear from them. Suddenly the Lord appeared once again infront of the soldiers and He told the soldiers that He was God and to stop and not take him away! Immediately the soldiers obeyed and backed away from dad! My dad thought could this really be God Himself? He described the Lord appeared in a spirit form of a man with long hair in complete white robes. He glowed and gleamed with such glorious light!Suddenly the Lord took him into a new place, he arrived at a place filled with people, people who were all complete strangers to him, people who he had never ever met in his life, some of all ages and nationalities. He described looking at all those people’s faces, some were crying, with miserable and horrified faces, some looked like they had just died from something. He described the people as floating-like spirits. He said some were at this place probably for a few days already lost and terrified. People were everywhere and crying and weeping swept through the place. Some tried to follow each other and some formed in small groups. Some came up to him and asked him where there loved ones are? He asked the same question back. He then began to describe this place he was at, he said there was no where to go, all he could see was killing fields everywhere, demonic soldiers roamed the area all over the place, destroying and crushing souls after one another, people tried running back and forth looking for a way to escape but there was no escape. He described where he was to be a place of complete suffering. At that point he realized could this place be some sort of hell? As he shared what he had witnessed, with his own eyes he started to weep and for the first time I have never seen my dad shed a tear and to see him weep like that I knew it must have been such an overwhelming and tormenting experience for him to witness. Standing in the very midst of a place of what possibly could be hell.
He then said however, he was not on his own because the Lord was constantly by his side protecting him all the way and the Lord spoke to him constantly, the light told him to “stay here, to wait here and not go anywhere”. He said because of the Lord and His guidance, the soldiers could not go near him. They feared God greatly!Moments later suddenly the Lord took him into a new place. He described the Lord being an open gateway to a new place, as he looked through the opening the Lord showed him a beautiful garden, he described this beautiful garden with so many good and wonderful things and he felt such peace and joy just gleam out from the place! He saw a new world and everything there was so beautiful, he never imagined he would ever see a place such as this before! He thought could this place truly be heaven? A myth he once had thought? God was showing him what it is like to be in this complete new world! A place of joy and security! Suddenly the Lord began to question his heart, “heaven or hell?”. The Lord then brought him back into his body.
As he shared what had happened, my whole family was in tears and we were all completely breath taken away! He said if it was not for God, he would have not been able to come back. God had reunited him back to his family! For my mum and I to hear my dad say this himself is a very big thing, I could not believe what was coming out from his mouth, a man who was against the Christian faith, my mum said she’s been married to him for 20 years and he has always been so atheist and for myself I know it is a big thing because he has always been against a living God and always thought it was just nonsense, but God proved him wrong! I knew God wanted to show him something special! God exposed him His truth and reality! I was completely overwhemled and still am, words can’t describe through all that has happened, word’s aren’t enough to describe my praises onto God! I just don’t know what to say anymore…
Jesus bringing salvation to the whole family
For my family to share this whole experience, we have encountered a new turning point in our lives! On Sunday some of the wonderful leaders in Ablaze including aunty Looee (Lisa Toh’s mum) paid us a visit in the hospital. And that very night my family accepted Christ into there hearts! Praise God! It is so amazing! I thought it would take years to come to this day that they would finally receive Christ, my dad atheist gone Christian and mum who once hosted a Christian radio and was a passionate praise of worship leader, who had closed her heart completely from God now coming back to God. God had touched their hearts completely. I also believe it was the support from God’s family which had also softened their heart, proving that there are still good Christians out there!That night when dad shared his heart he said these particular words that blew me away because it reminded me how important our walk with the Lord is, he said what he knows now is that whether life now or life after death it does not matter, it doesnt make a difference “without God we will suffer.” These very words spoke so deeply into my heart.After all these remarkable blessings from God, God still wanted to do something more.
My grandma from Melbourne came up to witness what had happen. She was also someone who had once walked away from the Lord in relation to mum’s story, but God touched her heart and she had received God back into her life again! I am so speechless and ever praising God! God is so so Good! I believe God stratergised this plan since February when we had Oceania Convention in Melbourne and after the convention Ablaze had a few days off to visit Melbourne. I visited grandma because she was very ill, she couldn’t eat anything because she had lost her ability to taste food, she was weak and too sick to step out from bed aswell and this condition had been happening to her for years. When I visited her, Nick, a fantastic leader from Ablaze with a huge heart to always help dropped me off and also came in to support me in prayer for grandma. I knew she was really touched by Nick! When she came up to Brisbane, she looked like a completely new person physically and I saw such a new joy I havent seen in grandma for years. I knew it was the remarkable work of God! God had also healed her from being unable to taste food! Now she can eat and enjoy food shes never tasted in several years! Praise God! I am so speechless! God had given her strength back that enabled her to come up to Brisbane and witness dad’s miracle. Word’s can never contain the amount of thankfullness from my heart onto God!
It was an emotional rollercoaster for my family, a season that challenged us to stay strong, persevere and place trust and faith in the Lord, but in the end God brought deliverance and completely turned a situation around which seemed so hopeless and impossible. Yet God made it possible! He proved us anything is possible as long as you believe and I also believe perseverance and prayer played significant key roles for God’s power to flow through! God truely heard us from the heavens! My family witnessed miracles and I witnessed my parent’s hearts change. Today my dad is very healthy and back home, he came out a man stronger than before not just physically but mentally as well and now he desires for more of God. He has been getting into the word. And everyone he comes across my dad would always share his story no matter how ridiculous people think he is! My family are also choosing Hope Brisbane to be apart off and mum is stepping back into church along with the rest of us! I am just so speechless how God moved and how He brought restoration to my family. And all this had happened in less than two weeks! This experience has truly changed the way I thought about life in many areas! Know that God is sovereign and the God that did all this to my life is living in your life today as well!!!
Hope this has blessed you with a new perspective!
