Mother's Day with Gurmit Singh

On Mother's Day, we had the opportuniy to hear Gurmit Singh sharing his testimony in our Church. Despite his fame, Gurmit hardly takes pride in his own success. A very humble man.

Although already well-known that he is born into a Sikh family, many still thought he looked "very Chinese" - but, in fact, he is a cross between his Punjabi father and his Chinese-Japanese mother, who had become his main mentor at home.

Here is his testimony:
"I always thought our mother was like a super-mother. She was the strongest woman in the world, who could work 24 hours a day without feeling tired at all," he said.

"Therefore, when the specialist told us that Mother had cancer and it was lready very advanced into Stage Four, I was devastated. "Mother had only six months to live. Her health was deteriorating fast. It was obvious that we were sure of losing her."Back then in 1984, he was only 19 and still single.

"I knew my parents loved children. I wanted my Mother to live on to see her grandchildren, hold them and play with them. I prayed for a girlfriend, and before long, God found me a girlfriend, who later became my wife," he said, referring to his Chinese Cantonese wife, Melissa. "Together, we have two lovely children, Gabrielle and Elliot."

Mother lived for another 16 years. Gurmit was quick in attributing the miracle of his mother’s healing to God’s answer to his simple prayer. "Even the doctor was surprised when he carried another test on my mother. I remember his face as he told us, `Gurmit, whatever you are doing outside of this hospital, please continue on. We have checked for the spread of her cancer cells, and they are totally gone!’"


In 2000, when Mother’s cancer relapsed, initially, he was angry with God until he heard a still small voice saying: ‘Gurmit, remember that little prayer of yours 16 years ago? I have kept her all this while so that she could enjoy her grandchildren.’"

He traced back his faith in God to a rally by a renowned evangelist and faith healer, Reinhard Bonke. "Before this, I used to be a brother who slapped his sisters. When they claimed that they had become born-again Christians, I used to persecute them," he said.

"But that evening of 13 November 1985 at the stadium, with 60,000 other people around, I felt like I was alone, and I heard that little voice, just calling out to me, `Hi!’ I knelt down, prayed and surrendered my life to God," he said.