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Do tell, everyone wants to know...(awesome testimonies here...you will want to read them!) "He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain that which he cannot lose." - part of Jim Elliot's October 28, 1949 journal entry One life will soon be passed, only what's done for Christ will last! |
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He revealed himself to me. Through revelation of the truth, the bible and the manifestation of the Holy Spirit. Before I was saved the Lord came into my bedroom. The room filled up with the smell of incense and I heard the tinkling of bells as he walked around me. It was not until later that I realized that he came as my high priest and intercessor. The incense were the prayers of the saints and Jesus himself to the father and the bell sound was the bells worn on the bottom of the high priests garment in the OT. I knew the lord was calling me. Matthew 16:13,17 When Jesus came into the coasts of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, saying, Whom do men say that I the Son of man am? And they said, Some say that thou art John the Baptist: some, Elias; and others, Jeremias, or one of the prophets. He saith unto them, But whom say ye that I am? And Simon Peter answered and said, Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God. And Jesus answered and said unto him, Blessed art thou, Simon Barjona: for flesh and blood hath not revealed it unto thee, but my Father which is in heaven. Isaiah 42:8 " I am the Lord; that is my name! And My glory I will not give to another, nor My praise to graven images."
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9/1/2007 4:55 pm |
I didnt grow up in a christian home... far from it.. I got to the age of 14.. and things was going out of control.. I was fighing more with people, getting hurt, hurting others it was a vicious circle.. The stepping stone for me was when my nan died.. I couldnt handle things, I went introvert.. anyway... I brought a bag with some money that she left me in her will and when I had a fight, the girl used the bag to whack me.. and I was more worried about the bag than me or her.. I do remember hurting her bad for doing that.. anyway, I realised that this had gotto stop.. and started a paperround that took me past a church and I got intrigued.. anyway, started going and the rest is HIStory.. T'was then I became a angel..  
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9/1/2007 6:40 pm |
Shortly before my divorce I started going to church. I wasn't sure why at the time, but I was seeking and searching for something or someone to help me get through an awful time in my life. My husband was an alcoholic and an emotional and sexually abusive man. I was 29 and had two small boys when I left him. I didn't realize until a couple years later that it was the strength of our Lord that helped me through all this. The Lord was there for me the entire time. I know I could never have gotten through the whole ordeal without HIM.
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I grew up in a Christian home, went to Cristian schools and had enough at age 15 and revolted. It wasn't until I had my own child that I came to the conclusion that as a parent it was my responsibility to educate her about her creator. I felt I would be held responsible for her salvation if I neglected letting her make an informed decision. My own investment in Christ was a slow process and there was never a specific moment that I can say was the moment I was saved. I one day decided that I did not want to waste my time looking like a Christian but not being one and being doomed to hells fires. I don't do things half way. That was just over 20 years ago.
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9/1/2007 7:10 pm |
busykydad replies on 9/2/2007 1:51 am: Frazzie - an introvert...are you sure? Its amazing how He can use events in our mundane lives, like paper routes, to speak to our hearts. Thanks for sharing! I became introvert when my nan died, I couldnt communicate and let on how I felt.. I still have that problem now to a degree and hard to share really how I feel.. I think im Extrovert in my humour and introvert in my heart of hearts..
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I was 23 years old when I got saved and filled with the holy Ghost. Isaiah 42:8 " I am the Lord; that is my name! And My glory I will not give to another, nor My praise to graven images."
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9/2/2007 2:16 am |
God had been trying to get my attention since I was around 13, but it was finally in my early thirties when I was brought to my knees. I was a single mum with a lot of financial hassles, and I remember crying out to God "are you trying to teach me something or is it just that you don't like me?" The next morning, in the shower, He got my attention by telling me to focus on all the good things I had, and most of all that I had His love. That was the morning I finally allowed Him to take control of my life.....haven't looked back since!    PENELOPE "For I know the Plans I have for you, declares the Lord" Jer 29:11
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hiya, i was adopted by lovely parents and my mum always made me attend church with her , then in my teens i wanted to be cool like all the other kids and to be quite honest at that time church was not the cool place to be seen . alot happened to me during my childhood and i ended up in a violent abusive marriage.i did go back to church for a brief time but i think that the time just wasnt right for me.then my marriage ended in divorce and i ended up hanging around with alot of people that did drugs and alcohol and being very premiscuous.i was always trying to fill the empty sinking feeling inside of me, but it was all short term fixes.i did think many times of returning to church and did try to pray when things got really bad , but i kept hearing this voice inside of me tellin me that i had gone too far to ever be forgiven or indeed loved. then at christmas my mum who brought me up got taken very ill and although they said she may pull through i knew something was different.i called the minister of my mums church , and to be quite honest i believed that he could do something to make her better, a special prayer or something(cant believe the way i was thinking)anyway little did i know what God had planned for me , cos my mum was already saved , i had called the minister to save my mum when it was me that needed saving!! you get a lot of time to think when you are in a room with someone dying for several hours.and over the course of the 2 days a lot changed remarkably quickly.the minister sat and read passages from the Bible to me , as by this time my mum was barely conscious.and i found myself reading them when i was on my own to my mum, and praying. i also broke down and for the first time confessed all about my life to the minister to God and while my mum could still hear me , and told her how sorry i was.and i told the minister how my mum had never once shouted at me turned her back on me no matter how bad i had been .and he said that was unconditional love and that was how God loved me , then he read me songs of Solomon. and i felt for the first time that God was with me and how much he loved me , and how very special i was to Him.my mum died not many days after but God allowed me to curl up and hold her and pray with her and put everything right . what a marvellous, merciful, loving , kind Lord we all have. we may leave Him many times as i have , but He is always there just waiting for us , wow, what a God!!! thanx for all your testimonies they were wonderful to read. God bless u all! bridget
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9/5/2007 8:48 am |
Short n Sweet but awesome My Father died 5 years ago of cancer and he was a Christian. I made a promise to him on his death bed (thinking he was unconscious) telling him I would keep Mum company in church!!! Turns out as I walked to the door of the hospital room he raised his hand to grab mine - the so and so had heard!!! I don't like breaking promises so I did keep Mum company at church and decided to ask Jesus into my heart.
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I became a Christian at 13. God convinced me with several things, but the thing that cemented my faith was science. I looked into several different areas----evolution vs. creation, basic atomic structures, things said in the Bible, etc.----and everything shouted the existence of God. The next step was to discover WHO God is. The Bible proved itself very trustworthy, with incontrovertible evidence that it is indeed God-breathed, so I was able to rely on it to learn. The next step was which church. Again, the Bible told me the framework to look for. And I became a Christian. Best thing I've ever done! Thank you God! I fell away for a few years after my divorce. That time out of the church has actually made me a better Christian today. I empathize with people more, I appreciate God's forgiveness more, and I have more facets to my personality than I did before. God really can use everything for good.
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9/7/2007 6:37 pm |
WOW!! what an awesome blog... its great to see so many testimonies. I dont normally say much bout my testimony coz its a bit strange .. but hey thats how i do things.. but i feel in my spirit to share, so here goes. I grew up being rejected by two sets of parents and was beaten, and molested .. so i was kind of a loner. One night when i was 9 yrs old i was just laying on my bed and i had never heard of Jesus but i knew somehow that He was my brother and i looked up and told God that i loved HIM.. and immediately my room was filled with the presence of God, i had never experienced anything like it, i had tears of joy running down my cheeks. But i didnt get saved at that point. I had my beautiful Grandma .. who was the closest person i had to a mother.. she loved and accepted me and i knew it and hers was the only love i knew in my childhood. One day when i was 9 yrs my Grandma told me that one day the earth would open up and all the bad people would fall into the hellfire, well i just stood there stunned. It seemed to come left of field.. but it was the Holy Spirit coz 1 yr later i tried to kill my brother who was molesting me but God put a vision right in front of me, it was of me .alone and the earth opened up and i was standing on the edge ready to fall into the hellfire. It stopped me long enough for my brother to get the knife off me .. thank God!! For He loved me enough to stop me and loved my brother enough to save his life. Time passed and at 17 i was asked to leave home and was packed up and sent out to live with my two older brothers ( one who molested and beat me and one who just beat me) they were both into drugs, one more heavily than the other and they both had drinking problems. In that time i had gotten a kitten (geisha) my eldest brother one day picked my kitten up and threw her against a cement wall .. she had an operation only two weeks before.. but i cried and it was the first i had cried in 8 yrs coz i decided at 10 yrs old to not let them see that they hurt me, but seeing my poor defensless kitten thrown head first into a cement was too much.. i ran and scooped her up and took her to a vet and she was ok ..i also took her to a lady who found homes for kittens..she didnt need to be around that kind of danger. But the flood gates opened. The same brother oneday threatened to beat me coz he lost his wallet.. so i left coz i knew what it was like to beaten by him before. So i went and asked my dad if i could move back home.. he said no there wasnt enough room .. two weeks later my cousin moved in there for 6 months. I had to live on the streets while going through an emotional breakdown and i was diagnosed manic depressive. I was suicidal and could feel my thoughts slipping away from me .. one day i cried out to God.. i said "HELP ME" and i heard Him say " forgive him ( my brother who molested me) and write a letter to your parents to let them know what happened" so i forgave my brother and painstakingly wrote the letter.. i was afraid it would kill him as my mum had told me to stop taking my problems to my dad coz i would kill him. So finally i did it.. and i gave it to them. it was not received well, but the next morning i was totally delivered of that emotional breakdown and manic depression. I got pregnant while living on the streets and got engaged and was engaged for 10 yrs. I was 18 at the time. For 10 yrs i put up with not being loved by my fiance who was an alcoholic. Then after 10 yrs i broke up with him. His best friends were into satanism and after he left we had a demon and a familiar spirit attacking us.. first they attacked my son who could see them .. he went from being confident to being so scared he would hide under his covers. I always had a fear of spirits coz i had seen them when i was young. It was the most horrible experience. I was on the verge of a nervous breakdown and then one morning i had the tv on and it was a show called Jesus tv.. the preacher .. Phil Pringle.. mentioned how he saw a demon..and it caught my attention. At the end of the show there was the salvation prayer.. and i had no idea what it was about .. just that i needed to pray it.. so i did.. and Praise God my children and i are walking strong with God. My Grandma was christian.. and unbeknownst to me .. she had been praying for me my whole life. She is now in heaven .. we were close..we were best friends and will continue to be in heaven. In my walk with God .. He has totally and utterly delivered me from 22 yrs of smoking.. without one withdrawal symptom.. He has saved my childrens and my life many times. Lately i have been healed of two primary cancers and am now CANCER FREE. Praise God.. i was supposed to be dead but God had other plans and the oncologist is totally baffled as to how nothing spread. That is part of my story. And thank you to all who have added their stories .. you have all encouraged me to do the same. And thanks for the opportunity to share. God bless you all abundantly.
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9/9/2007 11:07 am |
I was brought up going to church and did accept Jesus at age 9, and had a true relationship with God for several years. Around age 16, I turned away from the church (people not living what they taught), headed for the world and later embraced it and totally rejected God. At age 32, I was dying and cried out to "God if you're there." He saved me from a lot of things, including death, and it has been an upward journey since. I used to call myself a "flaming agnostic" and now I', a "flaming Christian." My journey has been awesome and the farther I get the more I can see how far there is yet to go. Thanks, busykydad. Thanks for sharing your stories, all. Very helpful to get to know some *real* stuff about you! To God be the glory! Please see: My Will is not Always His Way but He Will be There With Me and His Plan is Better Anyway and Where in the World is DraeDrae
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9/9/2007 12:13 pm |
Busy Dad thanks for this blog it has been the best I have ever read. Go on and share yr testimony with us Jo
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