About 19 years ago three people from a local church visited me at home. I was asked “when you die do you think you will go to heaven.” I said “yes” for afterall I had been baptized as a youth. I was then asked “why” and I did not have an answer. After the visit I began to ask myself questions. Why was I not able to explain? Why did I always attend church as a youth but not in recent years? Was the Bible true or not? What about my children who were visiting the church; would they go to heaven? Was I not being a good father?

I found my Bible, dusted it off, began attending church, began listening to what was being said, began reading the Bible, and began praying. Some time later I can remember gripping the pew during the invitation telling myself I want to go forward but I am not certain the Bible is true. That night God convicted me. I tossed and turned getting no sleep. The next morning I prayed to Jesus and the conviction immediately disappeared.

A short time after my life changing experience, I asked myself why did God bother with me. I tried to fight off the conviction all night long but He kept the pressure on. Soon after I was reading Matthew and when I reached to chapter 7 verse 7, God told me “here is your answer.” The verse says “ask and you will receive, seek and you will find, knock and the door will be open.” God has blessed me without reason. And he will bless you too if you ask, seek, and knock.