My story begins as a child who attended church and listened and one day got the message that God died for me and loved me. For some reason this was important to me, but I did not understand it much until a Sunday School teacher made it clear.
My teacher, Bill B. Brown, taught us that we need to accept Christ as our Savior and that if we didn’t we would not go to heaven. He did not try to scare us but lovingly taught us. Through his teaching and my conviction that I needed Christ, I accepted Jesus when I was 11 or 12 years old. But this was just the start of the journey.
As I got older I knew I was not doing what God wanted me to do. After I graduated from high school I drifted away from God and fell out of fellowship with Him. I was not happy and knew I needed God, but the world was very enticing. A friend of mine invited me to a small church, and I actually went. Through His fellowship and God’s grace I have found peace and happiness ever since.
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I grew up in Western Australia. My father had been in the first world war and had lost his faith because of the war. He became a Communist and an Atheist. My sister and I were consistently told that there was no God. But he was a kind and honest man and a good father, except there was no God in our family. So I became very rebellious as a teenager. I married, and the hippy days came. My children were brought up without boundaries and my life was extremely dysfunctional. Then after 34 years of marriage my husband met another woman and left me. Because I was so devastated, I ended up at the age of 55 at a church where I asked Jesus into my heart. As the song goes, “Floods of joy o’er my soul Like the sea billows roll, Since Jesus came into my heart!”
Since then my life has become so exciting. My daughter who lives in New York, my son and my sister, plus my daughter in law have all become Christians. God has answered so many prayers and done so many miracles since I met Him 8 years ago. My life is so full of peace and joy. I wish my father could have know Him, but I am just so eternally grateful that He drew me by His Holy Spirit into His Kingdom of Light where I can share in the inheritance of His beloved Son who has forgiven me. Amen!
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I was brought up in a Christian home. We went to church Sunday morning, night, & Wednesday.
When I was in middle school, I went to a retreat with the youth at my parents church. That was when I asked Christ to come into my heart.
I have a good & loving husband who is a Christian. If it wasn’t for God, I probably wouldn’t have gotten Alan. I just finally left it up to Him to send Alan to me. I have good Christian friends also.
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I grew up in a Christian home and attended church regularly. My parents taught me about God in many different ways, but as a young child I realized that while I knew a lot about God, I didn’t really know Him personally. I began asking more and more questions about salvation, Heaven, and Jesus.
I knew that God was speaking to me about becoming a Christian. After many conversations with my Mother, I knelt down in my bedroom and prayed for God’s forgiveness and surrendered my life to Him. I was very young - only 5 years old, but I knew that God had heard my prayer.
I am so thankful for my relationship with Christ. Though I still struggle with sin, I have the power of Christ in my life and He is changing me daily to become more like Himself. Even in tough circumstances I know that my life has purpose and meaning. Most of all, I now have a personal relationship with God - I know Him! Phillipians 2:1-16 is my prayer for my life “…holding fast to the word of life, so that in the day of Christ I may have cause to glory because I did not run in vain or toil in vain.” (v.16)
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