BROTHER HUANG · FOUR STORY CARDS

I Cannot. The Lord Can.

A halted building project, daily interest, and the brothers who walked beside him.

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I cannot. The Lord can. — Before the buildings rose, $30,000 in daily interest was already weighing on him. — 01 / 04Open / save image ↓

He dreamed of a tower. All he had was a hole. — It took two years to secure a loan. Brother Huang recalled paying US$30,000 a day in interest—the price of a Mercedes. “One day’s delay, and another Mercedes was gone!” Two years of relocation. Two years digging the basement. Then the financial crisis struck. From 1998 to 2000, work stopped completely. He called that enormous pit his greatest “grave” at the time. Whenever I ran into a problem, I did not know how to solve it. There was simply no way forward. But I depended on the Body. — 02 / 04Open / save image ↓

When he saw no way, he did not face it alone. — When he did not know how to go on, he called brothers in Singapore to pray together. He also talked things over with nearby brothers as they jogged. In 1996, amid relocation difficulties, Brother Lee had told him: “You can do it, but you must pray-read, study, recite, and prophesy!” As he worked, the Lord’s word supplied him inwardly. Work resumed in 2000; the buildings were completed in 2002. If I have not touched the Lord today, I have no vitality. If I do not have the brothers and sisters around me, I have no joy. — 03 / 04Open / save image ↓

I cannot. The Lord can. — Later, one of the hotels bore these words: “I am able to do all things in Him who empowers me.” In his testimony, he went on to say: “I cannot. The Lord can.” If you feel you cannot go on,
may this story keep you company. — 04 / 04Open / save image ↓