A 26-Point Improvement from His Preliminary Examinations in His GCE O-Level Examinations

I scored 39 points for my preliminary examinations. Some of my teachers had given up on me and some of my classmates joked that I would not make it to a junior college despite being in the Direct School Admission programme.

To be honest, I only started studying hard about a month before my first paper. By then, I was panicking and breaking down because there was really too much information to be memorised in a month. But what made me feel better and less stressed was when I attended church services on Sundays, DARE services and church events such as the live recording of I Sing Hosanna last October.

Two days before my English paper, I felt prompted to ask my English teacher to help me with an essay draft. I believed that the draft would be suitable for all the essay topics that would come out for the examination. Sure enough, the topic I had prepared for came out! I was so amazed and touched by how great God is! From then on, I knew that the O-level examinations was going to be a breeze because God is with me.

Before each paper, I would pray in tongues instead of following my friends who would do some last-minute revision. My friends would tease me, give me weird looks and ask me what I was doing. I just ignored them. In the end, I was able to breeze through every paper without falling asleep! In the past, I could not help but sleep for at least an hour during all my examinations even though I really wanted to work on my papers! Praise God that that did not happen during my O-level examinations!

When I got my results, all my teachers and friends were shocked! I got 13 points, which is a 26-point improvement from my preliminary examinations! Even though I only received Jesus into my life five months ago, I know that God is really good! I could really feel His love for me and I witnessed how He conquered all my giants! For instance, I would usually score an F9 for my Additional Mathematics before the O-level examination. But God gave me the desire to learn this subject, as well as favour with my teacher and friends to help me. In the end, I scored a B3 for my Additional Mathematics in my O-level examination, praise God!

To my friends and teachers who thought I would not be able to score well, they were right! I was not able to do it, but God is!

Lim Jia Jun