http://www.itellthestory.com Everyone has a story. What's yours. Tue, 03 May 2011 17:55:00 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I was raised in a Christian home, taught to pray and was fortunate enough to hear His praises sung daily. All of this still did not keep me from becoming saturated with alcohol, drugs, sex, music and the overall opposition to the desires of Christ until my early 20's. I was ... http://www.itellthestory.com/index.php/scott-emory/ I grew up in a home without a father. When I was 8 months old my father was arrested for armed robbery. I tried to fill the void in my life with many things. None of them satisfied the longing in my heart. One night when I was 21 years old ... http://www.itellthestory.com/index.php/diane-young/ Well this says to tell of your life before Christ. Well I didn’t know Christ till I was an adult, so that will be a little long…You see I was born to an atheist home, my mom and dad were divorced when I was only 2, so I was truly ... http://www.itellthestory.com/index.php/terry-bostain/ I feel very fortunate to grow up in “Mayberry”.  My extended family consisted of cousins, aunts and uncles that lived within a 5 mile radius.  My pastor lived next door.  So when I say Mayberry, I mean Mayberry.  Andy would be envious. The doors of our church opened each Sunday mornings ... http://www.itellthestory.com/index.php/darren-stroud/ I was the owner of a large Automobile Agency. I had it all, I married my first love, I lived in a mansion on the ocean. I thought I was the king of Florida. On May 24, 1997 I prayed to receive Christ. I had suffered my first wife divorcing me, ... http://www.itellthestory.com/index.php/jon-simone/ I can’t remember a time I was not in church. Church is just what our family did. I was a good kid with a long string of Sunday school perfect attendance pins on my lapel. On the outside everything looked great. I was polite and didn’t get in trouble at ... http://www.itellthestory.com/index.php/rex-blanton/ <!-- /* Font Definitions */ @font-face {font-family:"Cambria Math"; panose-1:2 4 5 3 5 4 6 3 2 4; mso-font-charset:0; mso-generic-font-family:roman; mso-font-pitch:variable; mso-font-signature:-1610611985 1107304683 0 0 159 0;} @font-face {font-family:Calibri; panose-1:2 15 5 2 2 2 4 3 2 4; mso-font-charset:0; mso-generic-font-family:swiss; mso-font-pitch:variable; mso-font-signature:-1610611985 1073750139 0 0 159 ... http://www.itellthestory.com/index.php/makayla-meyer/ I grew up in a home where I was raised in church. My father died when I was seven years old, and my mother was left to raise three children on her own. I was the oldest of the three. Due to her heartbreak over the loss of my father, ... http://www.itellthestory.com/index.php/denise-coffey/ My earliest memories are of home where there were many struggles.  My dad became an alcoholic when I was very young. His lifestyle included having numerous affairs, disappearing for days while drunk or with one of his many girlfriends. When he was at home, he was very abusive. Once when ... http://www.itellthestory.com/index.php/ken-mayfield/ My second marriage ended and I knew that I needed to be in church. I had wanted to go but my second husband didn't want to. He felt his church had let him down in the past and didn't want to try again. A friend of mine and I started ... http://www.itellthestory.com/index.php/mary-lu-saylor/