Post by ForChrist-=Of-God=- on Jul 23, 2006 0:31:15 GMT -5
I wrote this originally as a response to a question that Ezra asked in the bible study section. And since I hadn't told my testimony yet. I thought I would re-create here in the testimony section.
In my case, when I got saved, I was 24 years old and I wasn't looking for a Saviour. The Saviour came looking for me.
And that was because my older brother, who was in prison at the time(you can read his testimony here), was praying for me non stop. And his prayer was simple and continuous. He prayed, "Lord, whatever it takes, save my brother Jeff". Keep in mind that I didn't know any of this was going on. I didn't find this out till years later. And the time that he prayed directly corresponded with the time that my life was going down hill. Because of his prayers, I was being put in a position to receive. It was said during WWII that, "There are no such things as atheist's in fox holes". You have to be in a position to receive, where everything in your life that you trusted in and thought was the truth just doesn't work anymore. Notice I said earlier that I wasn't looking for a Saviour. Until my brother started praying for me, I had everything in life I thought I needed. A good job, car, my own apartment and a lot of money. But all that began to change. I had lost my job of five years and I had gotten a girl pregnant that I did not love. It got so bad in my life that suicide looked like the only answer. That was were I was when I got saved. I had several guns that I owned, laid out on a coffee table and was going, "eeny, meeny, miny moe". At that moment I had a vision. God took me and showed me a glimpse of what Hell was like. It was horrible. When I came out of it, I was in tears. I was thinking, "well, now what!?! I can't go there but I can't stay here either!". The Lord gave me a simple thing to do and said if I would trust Him that I would see the difference in my life that I was looking for. I had very expensive, let's just say, "magazines". He told me to rip one up. Immediately I heard myself say that if I did that, nothing would change and I would just be out the money for the magazine. This voice, unlike the first one, which was soft and peaceful, was loud and pushy. Tearing up that first magazine was like tearing through a phone book. I could feel the struggle inside of me. But when I finally got it torn in half. I felt an immediate release! I felt light. I tore up another one and felt even lighter! This was amazing! I started going through my apartment to do a spiritual house cleaning. I ended up with a trash bag full of stuff and I went out to the dumpster, singing to myself and doing a little dance and laughing. I remember thinking that my neighbors probably thought I had lost my mind. LOL. But it didn't matter. Nothing seemed to matter any more. I was really free for the first time in my life. I had known about Jesus since I was 10. Jesus had come to me back then and tried to get me to follow Him. I should have listened then! I would have avoided a lot of grief in my life.
Bro Jeff
a.k.a. [shadow=red,left,300][glow=red,2,300]†_FC_†™[/glow][/shadow]
In my case, when I got saved, I was 24 years old and I wasn't looking for a Saviour. The Saviour came looking for me.
And that was because my older brother, who was in prison at the time(you can read his testimony here), was praying for me non stop. And his prayer was simple and continuous. He prayed, "Lord, whatever it takes, save my brother Jeff". Keep in mind that I didn't know any of this was going on. I didn't find this out till years later. And the time that he prayed directly corresponded with the time that my life was going down hill. Because of his prayers, I was being put in a position to receive. It was said during WWII that, "There are no such things as atheist's in fox holes". You have to be in a position to receive, where everything in your life that you trusted in and thought was the truth just doesn't work anymore. Notice I said earlier that I wasn't looking for a Saviour. Until my brother started praying for me, I had everything in life I thought I needed. A good job, car, my own apartment and a lot of money. But all that began to change. I had lost my job of five years and I had gotten a girl pregnant that I did not love. It got so bad in my life that suicide looked like the only answer. That was were I was when I got saved. I had several guns that I owned, laid out on a coffee table and was going, "eeny, meeny, miny moe". At that moment I had a vision. God took me and showed me a glimpse of what Hell was like. It was horrible. When I came out of it, I was in tears. I was thinking, "well, now what!?! I can't go there but I can't stay here either!". The Lord gave me a simple thing to do and said if I would trust Him that I would see the difference in my life that I was looking for. I had very expensive, let's just say, "magazines". He told me to rip one up. Immediately I heard myself say that if I did that, nothing would change and I would just be out the money for the magazine. This voice, unlike the first one, which was soft and peaceful, was loud and pushy. Tearing up that first magazine was like tearing through a phone book. I could feel the struggle inside of me. But when I finally got it torn in half. I felt an immediate release! I felt light. I tore up another one and felt even lighter! This was amazing! I started going through my apartment to do a spiritual house cleaning. I ended up with a trash bag full of stuff and I went out to the dumpster, singing to myself and doing a little dance and laughing. I remember thinking that my neighbors probably thought I had lost my mind. LOL. But it didn't matter. Nothing seemed to matter any more. I was really free for the first time in my life. I had known about Jesus since I was 10. Jesus had come to me back then and tried to get me to follow Him. I should have listened then! I would have avoided a lot of grief in my life. Bro Jeff
a.k.a. [shadow=red,left,300][glow=red,2,300]†_FC_†™[/glow][/shadow]
Thanx Andrew 