I like to share a testimony as what the Lord has done in my life as I prophetically announced to the spiritual realm a year ago that I am a marketplace minister and as the pastor of the whole building where our accounting practice is located. The building houses a large magazine concern, a fashion house, an Occupational Therapy Office, a printing outlet and our accounting practice. In total there are approximately seventy permanent people working in the building. Before I took the stand as a pastor of the building, the people in the building were unfriendly and always rushing around without even acknowledging your presence when we passed each other in the hallway. That atmosphere changed when I make the stand that I am a marketplace pastor for the building.

Nowadays I see smiling faces and every time I walk pass anyone, we acknowledge each other and even at times we have the opportunity to stop and chat. During one of my chats with a lady that works in the building, she told me that her friend was diagnosed with cervical cancer. Immediately, I stood with her and prayed for her friend.  She was so happy and she readily re-committed herself to the Lord. Nowadays, we often talk about spiritual matters.

Now everyone in the building seems to know me by name, and often I spend time fellowshipping with them and be their friend. I know when the opportunity arises I will be able to share the gospel with them.

As for my accounting practice, I pray everyday with my key staff for God’s direction and guidance in our daily work. Often, we will pray for our clients who are going through financial and personal problems; some even ask us to pray for their health. We take these requests seriously and commit them to prayers in our morning devotion.

One such client is a recently converted Christian from a strict Hindu background. When he came to see me, he was in such a mess in his personal and business matters and has no clear vision of what the future lies. He was divorced and his business interests were giving him sleepless nights. We prayed for him on one of our Tuesday fellowship lunch (we have a weekly fellowship every Tuesday from 12pm to 1 pm) and the Lord spoke to me and directed me to tell him to forgive his ex-wife. He was not happy as he told us his ex-wife was the culprit in the divorce and he was the victim. We shared with him that the Lord commanded us to forgive before He can forgive us. He reluctantly accepted our explanation and proceeded verbally to forgive his ex-wife. Immediately after the lunch meeting, he felt so convicted that he went to see his ex-wife and asked for her forgiveness. She was surprised of his action. Because of what he has done, the Lord honors him. Nowadays, he can have access to his daughter anytime of the day and even allows him to take his daughter for an overseas trip which was denied previously. Now he knows that the Lord is behind all this. His faith has increased and he is now reading the Bible which is the first book he has read in his life and I was in awe when he related to me many times what the Lord spoke to him through His words. Not only his personal life but his business activities have also improved.

We praise God for that.