CERC is my very first church! Before CERC, I used to doubt the existence of God and to the extent that I’m not that pious in religion where I would rather put my faith in myself because life doesn’t seem to become better regardless I believe in God or not. I used to have a very small view of God until I was invited to CERC whenre the God’s story series started, where the bible challenged my presupposition about God and also my worldview. I have never in my life thought that humans can have a relationship with God and our purpose of life is clearly defined by him. The repentant moment is when the bible emphasizes how God's view of sin is so different from how I view sin. I was taken aback when I came to know that sin is not some moralistic issue but sin is about me being blind in not acknowledging God, not wanting to submit under his divine rule, not worshipping him, and falling short of his glory, since then by God’s grace, I realized my life doesn’t reflect a life of worshipping God and I recognized my worldview needs to be calibrated and therefore I became a Christian. As a Christian now, I’m renouncing my old self including the way I think and my life application. My priority in life changed where I no longer follow my family beliefs or traditions like holding incense or being superstitious in feng shui and most of the time I would spend my weekdays and weekends for church and the ministry, to the extent that my family and friends would think I have changed or being extreme, they would advise me not to push myself too hard and respect others belief, the frustration is real when no one is on God’s side and I’m alone in this fight among the non-Christian surrounding me. Thus, my life as a Christian now has never been easy and it is indeed a tough path as my whole pattern of thinking and lifestyle is striving to be God orientated, which is in opposition to the world, and sometimes I have to struggle with my fleshly desires, but I’m grateful that God put me in this position as he’s leading me to the way of truth and the journey is meant to sanctify my soul, in keep learning to be a worshipper of God, to be like Christ. I have been trained and equipped by CERC to sharpen my exegeting skills in the bible and exercise expositional listening, this is crucial as God’s will is revealed in his word and it matters to take the scripture seriously so that we may be able to discern God’s voice and not led astray by false teaching. I also have been taught that the entire point is not just only knowing the bible well but also being able to reflect on the word and live out the word, so that the body of Christ is being built up with every member of the church united in one faith and thus the holiness of the church is preserved.