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Miracles Do Happen!

Mr Ling Swee Chan was UOB's former Head of Property Department. You may have read press report on 30 May 2005 that a Singaporean was badly hurt after a train ploughed into his car in USA. He wants to share the goodness of God and has requested his ex-colleagues in UOB to forward his testimony to our friends. It's truly a MIRACLE that Mr Ling & his family has been saved from this disastrous accident.

Regards & God Bless

Mr Ling Swee Chan's Testimony:

It is a miracle that my wife, my daughter and I survived the train accident in Alabama, Mobile on 27^th May 2005. During the accident, my spinal cord was severed, my jaw was broken into three parts and my lung collapsed and two of my ribs were broken. My wife was thrown out of the car and suffered a torn ligament. My daughter escaped with no injury. I want to thank God for His protection and for preserving our lives. The worse could have happened.

How did the accident happen? :

It was after our golf game and we were driving out of the golf course on our way for lunch. As we were approaching the train track, which cuts across the road, we could not see the train coming. It was a blind corner and trees blocked the view. To my surprise, when the train came, there was no barrier, no red light and no sound. There was not even a white line across the road. So by the time I saw the train, it was already too late. The last thought that crossed my mind was to stop and reverse the car because there was no way I could beat the train. After the accident, I was airlifted by helicopter to the hospital.

At the beginning, when I regained consciousness, 3 days after the accident, I could not remember about the accident. I thought I had suffered a massive stroke. Anyway, the first thing I did was to pray to God. I told God that I wanted to live because my brother and sisters and many of my friends are still not saved. There is still a lot of work for me to do for Him. Secondly, I told God that it would be nice if I have a grandchild at this time. The next day, when my son visited me, he told me that his wife has just gone to see a doctor and confirmed that she was expecting. Thank God that He answered my prayer so quickly. My granddaughter, Janine, God’s gracious gift, was born on 28^th January this year.

As God promised me in the Bible, He said that He would never leave me nor forsake me. I know that even as I was going through the most difficult part of my life when I was in the hospital, I have no fear knowing that God was watching over me. When I was in the ICU, I had many tubes all over my body. I had a tube through my throat; call the trachea, which was hooked on the ventilator that helped me breathe. I remember sometimes at night I had heavy breathing and it was difficult for me to sleep; so I prayed to God to give me rest because God has told me in the Bible that those who are weary and burden come to Him and He will give us rest (Matthew 11:28). After praying I could fall asleep soundly. I also suffered from having a lot of phlegm. The nurse had to suck the phlegm out through the trachea about every 2 hours. When I was in the ICU room by myself, I could not call the nurses because I could not press the call bell. So when I needed the nurse to do the suction for me, I tried to attract their attention by moving my head. Sometimes it worked but sometimes the nurses walked past without looking into the room. So the best thing I could do was to pray to God to send somebody in to help me. God never failed me because the nurses would come before my phlegm suffocated me.

At the beginning, because of lung infections, I was having fever on and off. Many times the doctor had to draw my blood for testing. I had to be given antibiotics by drips through my hand. These were all very painful experience, but each time when I experienced pain, I thought of Jesus on the cross. It helped me to endure my pain knowing that Jesus had suffered much more pain than me.

As I was lying in the hospital bed, God spoke to me many times through the Bible. He told me to trust him and to persevere. I have never questioned or complained to God about my accident. Our God is an all-powerful God. He is in control of everything. He allowed the accident to happen for a blessed purpose. In John 9:3 Jesus said “…but this happened so that the work of God might be displayed in his (my) life. He has a plan for each one of us. I am privileged to serve Him and to fulfill His will for me. I am happy to submit myself to Him and let Him use me in whatever way He wants.

At the end of November last year when I was still having a lot of phlegm, the doctor was advising me whether I should remove the trachea. I have been praying that after the trachea is removed, I would not have anymore phlegm, but, the doctor cautioned that if I still have a lot of phlegm and if I am unable to cough it out, my family will have to suck the phlegm out through my mouth which is very uncomfortable or to put back the trachea again. It was a borderline case for me because at that time I, with assistance, could cough out the phlegm but sometimes I could not. My family and I prayed for God’s guidance. On 1^st December 2005, God’s message to us in the Daily Bread, a daily devotional book, Psalm 56:11 was to trust Him and not to be afraid. After that, we told the doctor to go ahead to remove the trachea. Once it was removed, I practically have no more phlegm. Thank God for his assurance.

Apart from Janine, my grand-daughter, God has given me many blessings, since the accident. Right from the beginning, when I first regained consciousness, after the accident, God gave me vision of dancers dancing and singing and worshipping Him in front of my hospital bed. God also sent someone from Integrity Music to pass me a video player and many Don Moen’s CDs, my favorite Christian songwriter and singer to listen and to encourage me when I was in Alabama hospital.

Through the accident God has drawn me closer to Him and the family closer together. I thank God for my loved ones and my friends for their love and support and all their prayers. In the hospital, I also thank God for all the nurses, especially the Christian nurses, who took good care of me and prayed for me.

I was also blessed with a physiotherapist who took care of me very well and became my god-daughter. I thank God for my speedy recovery. After about three months in the hospital, I was able to talk again and to eat and drink. I am able to move both my hands more than before. Although I have no feeling in the lower half of my body, I trust that if God is willing, I will be able to walk again. This will be another miracle but is not impossible with God. Ecclesiastes 3:11 says ‘He has made everything beautiful in its time.’

God blessed me with a Christian maid from Myanmar to take good care of me. Even on wheelchair, I am still able to continue my property business with the support of my partner and sometimes my wife. I would thank God everyday for His many blessings. He has provided for all our needs and we do not have to worry. Sometimes when I thought of His goodness I could not help but to shed tears of joy.

So what lesson did I learn from this accident? God impressed upon me that what matters most in life is not how much you have but is our relationship with Him. He is our Creator and He wants us to acknowledge Him as our Heavenly Father. He loves each and every one of us and He wants us to love Him. It is wonderful to have God as our friend that we can talk to anytime. Life is always full of ups and downs. No matter what situation we are in, it is good to know that God is always with us. He is always there to give us the strength and comfort to see us through our difficulties. Man can fail us but not God. God is faithful and unchanging. He is always the same yesterday, today and forever. Our life in this world is very brief. It is good to know that after this world we can be in heaven with God forever and ever. So I hope that those of you, who have not accepted Jesus as your God and Savior, please do not delay. God is waiting to love you and bless you and to give you His joy and peace like He has given me. Thank you and God Bless you.

Ling Swee Chan's Testimony
Singapore
24 Nov 2006

This article had not obtained prior permission of the author. We hope the author would not mind us posting this wonderful testimony.

Ask, It Is Given

"Ask, it is given." I know you have heard of it a million times. You may think this is only true in the stories and movies, and it will never happen to you. But I can tell you that this is a universal truth that works for everyone including you.

Today I am going to reveal to you the real meaning of this truth, and step by step process that you can use to live by this principle. Before I tell you the techniques, I would like to discuss with you why this law works perfectly and why this is an absolute truth.

Scientists have been studying the human brain for centuries, they have known the anatomy of the brain very well, but they fail to locate the place in our brain where our thoughts come from. They probably will never succeed, because thoughts come though our brain , but they are not manufactured in our brain. Where do they actually come from? They come form a pure unified mind field, where everything is manifested. Some people call this field the Universal Mind, or Cosmic Mind, some call it God, or source energy. They basically mean the same thing. It is the unified field that originates thoughts, originates you and me, and everything in this world. We are all extension of this field, and we are all one with the field. Think of the ocean and the wave. When we see waves, we see millions of different patterns, and we think they are all different and separate from each other, but in essence, they are all extensions of the ocean. We are extensions of the unified field in the same sense.

Since we and the unified field or God are one, then our thoughts are God's thoughts, our desires are God's desires. Do you think God will fail to fulfill his own desires? Of course not. Then why should we worry about our desires? Whatever we ask it is given.

Then the logical question is why I am still living a struggled life, why I am still experiencing anxiety and unhappiness? The answer if simple, no matter what you are experiencing now, you have invited or asked at some point in the past. Any time you have a thought of anxiety and worry, you are asking more of the same. We are always asking unconsciously, and most of time, we are asking negatively.

we are living in a negative world. Most people think negatively all the time. We don't need to blame anyone, this is the way how life works. Without overcoming these negative forces, we are unable to grow; just as without overcoming the gravitational force, we could not climb up a mountain. Then the question is how to overcome these negative forces or negative thoughts? We overcome them by replacing them with positive ones. It is easier said then done, I know very few people can do it. Over the years, I have learned some very profound and powerful techniques from the world best masters. These techniques are very easy to apply, but very very powerful. I guarantee you , as long as you apply them, you will quickly see benefits within days, sometime instantly!

Get your intentions clear!

In order to receive, you must ask first, you must get clear on what to ask. We have 60,000 thoughts everyday, which one is important? And many of the thoughts are in conflict. Imagine you have a thought of going to London, but at the same time you have another thought of going to New York. Then which one the universe should fulfill you? In fact there is no way, so the result you get is nowhere. So get clear on what to ask is first important step..

Technique No.1: Intention writing
The first technique for you to get clear of your what you want is what I call intention writing. The origin of this technique is from Brian Tracy, but I have modified it a little bit so that It is works better for me. Here is what you do with this technique, every morning when you wake up and every night before you retire, write down all the things you want in the form of intentions. And here is what it should look like.

"I intent to ....now. I accept this or something better"

If you want to have new BMW car, you should state
"I intend to manifest a new BMW car now. I accept this or something better."

I don't recommend you to change the wording, because I believe this format is very powerful.

After writing down all your intentions, write these words " please make these or something better happen in the ways that are for the highest good of me and of all concerned. Thank you, thank you, thank you."

Do it exactly like what I say, don't change the words and the format if you can't find better ones. I don't have enough space here to explain why these words are so important, but trust me, you will see your results when you use it.

Technique No.2: Make a deal with your inner CEO
This is a technique I learned from Bob Scheinfeld. prepare a small box, and put it in a private place when only you can access. Write your top desires on pieces of paper, and put them into the box. You have to make a deal with your higher self (or God, Bob calls it inner CEO). The deal is whatever you put into this box is important for you.

By using the first two techniques, you will be able to past your request to the unified field successfully.
Get connected to the unified field

Technique No.3: 15 minutes short meditation
Meditate for 15 mins in the morning and 15 minutes in the evening. Simply focus on your breathing, one you find your mind wondering, bring it back to your breath. This technique will help you reconnect with the unified field, and restore your energy. The unified field works best with you when you feel the connection. This simple technique will make a huge difference in your life. Trust me on this.

The next two techniques will help you break all your negative blocks, and work harmonically with the field, therefore it will speed up the process of manifesting your desires.

Technique No.4: 17 seconds of flip switch
This is my favorite technique, I learned from legendary Dr Robert Anthony. (http://www.theultimatesecrets.com/robert.html) It dramatically changed the quality of my life, and will change yours as well. Most of self improvement programs fail, because they don't work at the moment. When we have a negative feeling, we must correct it at the moment, don't allow it to accumulate. This is exactly what flip switch does. From time to time during the day, take at least 17 seconds to think about good feelings. Think of the people or things that you feel good about, and feel grateful about. Think of anything that makes you feel good, and focus on that for 17 seconds. You can do this when you are feeling bad, so you can feel good; you can also do it when you feel good, so that you will feel even better. I suggest you make a list of things that you feel grateful, or things you enjoy doing. Look at that list several times during the day, and focus on it for just 17seconds. You will see dramatically change in your life.

Technique No.5: 3 minutes Power Pause
This is John Harricaran's famous 3 minutes power pause technique.( http://www.theultimatesecrets.com/rd/power.html) It works like a charm. Before you do this exercise, make a deal with yourself that no matter what problem you have right now, you will leave them alone and take only 3 minutes to think about whatever you want to think. In this 3 minutes, you can think of anything. The exercise consists of 3 steps: step one: disconnect with your problems. once you made the deal with yourself, this step is done. Second step is to think of how you would feel if your desires have already come true, really experience it in your mind. Third steps is say thank you, and feel grateful. These are all done within 3 minutes.

Simple? Then do it.

Trust the process.

You will find times when you worry about whether your desires will be fulfilled. When this happens, you must remind yourself the truth.

Her are things I tell myself to remind me the truth. "The life in me is inseverably connected with all life that exists and entirely devoted to my personal advancement"

The second script I use is from Dr Robert Anthony's "Rapid manifesation" program (http://theultimatesecrets.com/rd/rapid_manifestation.html)

Here it goes: That what I seek is seeking me, I let go of how it would come to me and I focus on my heart desires. My higher self within me knows how to make it happen, so I just relax and let go. Everything that is necessary for the fulfillment of my desires is lovingly and harmoniously drawn to me. I accept this or something better, I am ready, receptive and grateful and so it is.

Apply these techniques, I guarantee you will see wonderful results within days.

Song ChengXiang
19 Apr 2007

Song Chengxiang is known to thousands as a teacher in the areas of "manifestation" and is the author of popular titles such as “Rapid manifestation- How to get everything you want fast.” His new volume of online course material is particularly addressed to both teachers and students of manifestation and discloses various methods and techniques to create a life of abundance by rapidly attracting the success you desire. It is recommended that only serious people apply to join his online course, which is free and can be found at http://www.theultimatesecrets.com