“… call on me in the day of trouble; I will deliver you, and you will honor me.” (Psalm 50:15)
I successfully defended my doctoral dissertation on Sept 20th, 2019. I was so grateful for the help and deliverance by God’s mighty hand. This January I was desperate for insufficient progress of my research to graduate. I cried out to the Lord for help. Inspired by Jeremy Lin’s testimony of God about the Linsanity, I decided to write the thesis for the Lord and to dedicate it to Him. I even made a covenant with Him that, if He helps me to finish my thesis, I will work for Him in the future. The Lord is faithful, He gave me great inspiration and insight on the topic which I started to work on this January. I finished the first draft of my dissertation this July. To give thanks to the Lord, I decided to give the following opening prayer in the public before my defense:
Heavenly Father, You made the earth by Your power, founded the world by Your wisdom, and stretched out the heaven by Your understanding. Who has the wisdom to fully understand Your work? The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom, for You gives wisdom, from Your mouth come knowledge and understanding. Lord, please give me the strength and courage, help me speak and teach me what to say, and put Your words into my mouth, so that my thesis defense will be a testimony to You and Your name be glorified. In Jesus name I pray, Amen!
After this prayer, I felt peaceful and calm during the rest of my presentation. The Lord be with me and the presentation was successful.