Hey everyone!
I just wanted to take some time to tell you all my story, and what it means to me to be a christian!
As with many people, I didn't have the best upbringing. I had an angry alcoholic father who would beat my mother and I, and I was exposed to many varieties of drugs as a young child. We never had any money, and life was horrible.
At the age of 7 my great grandmother died, which was absolutely horrible for me. But something changed after that. Not 2 months after she died, my father miraculously stopped drinking and smoking. He became a new man, and we all believe it was by the grace of God!
I wasnt exactly a christian back then, so I was skeptical about the whole thing.
I went through a bit of a "I hate everything" phase, which led me down some terrible paths. I got into heavy drinking, pot, cigarettes, and LSD between the ages 13 - 16, and I also delved into stuff such as Wicca and forms of satanism, hoping I would find something to change me. I was changed. One day, when I was 14, I tried black magic. I felt a really dark presence come over me, like I was covered by a soundproof sheet. I was invisible, I was falling. Nobody could hear me cry for help. I was alone.
This all changed for me slightly when I first met Jesus at the age of 17. I was with a girl named Brittany, and she took me to a beach mission thing which resulted in me asking questions and making the initial decision to try and give my life to God. That was one of the happiest days of my life!
I was still stuck in really bad habits, like drinking, smoking and other forms of self harm, spiritual and mental, but i made a step in the right direction.
It wasn't until later that year when I started attending my youth group and church that I started understanding what it meant to be a christian. It was at this point that I turned my life around. I saw a councellor for my depression, I put down the drink and slowly put down the cigarettes (I am 7 weeks off the cigarettes!) but it still wasnt enough. It wasnt until April of 2009 that my life changed forever. We were hearing about Jericho at youth, and how the people of Israel marched around the walls of Israel and Shouted praise to God and the walls collapsed, and so we were told to think of a personal barrier we had between us and god, and we treated it the same. We each took 7 steps and shouted praise to God, and the second I did, I fell straight to my knees and I cried like a baby for exactly 30 minutes, then I laughed for 30 minutes more, and that was the point where I changed into the christian I am today!
I hope my testimony can help someone!
All I can say is God is amazing, God does amazing things and God loves each and every one of us! And with Gods love inside of me, I cant help but love everyone as well!
God bless you all!
I just wanted to take some time to tell you all my story, and what it means to me to be a christian!
As with many people, I didn't have the best upbringing. I had an angry alcoholic father who would beat my mother and I, and I was exposed to many varieties of drugs as a young child. We never had any money, and life was horrible.
At the age of 7 my great grandmother died, which was absolutely horrible for me. But something changed after that. Not 2 months after she died, my father miraculously stopped drinking and smoking. He became a new man, and we all believe it was by the grace of God!
I wasnt exactly a christian back then, so I was skeptical about the whole thing.
I went through a bit of a "I hate everything" phase, which led me down some terrible paths. I got into heavy drinking, pot, cigarettes, and LSD between the ages 13 - 16, and I also delved into stuff such as Wicca and forms of satanism, hoping I would find something to change me. I was changed. One day, when I was 14, I tried black magic. I felt a really dark presence come over me, like I was covered by a soundproof sheet. I was invisible, I was falling. Nobody could hear me cry for help. I was alone.
This all changed for me slightly when I first met Jesus at the age of 17. I was with a girl named Brittany, and she took me to a beach mission thing which resulted in me asking questions and making the initial decision to try and give my life to God. That was one of the happiest days of my life!
I was still stuck in really bad habits, like drinking, smoking and other forms of self harm, spiritual and mental, but i made a step in the right direction.
It wasn't until later that year when I started attending my youth group and church that I started understanding what it meant to be a christian. It was at this point that I turned my life around. I saw a councellor for my depression, I put down the drink and slowly put down the cigarettes (I am 7 weeks off the cigarettes!) but it still wasnt enough. It wasnt until April of 2009 that my life changed forever. We were hearing about Jericho at youth, and how the people of Israel marched around the walls of Israel and Shouted praise to God and the walls collapsed, and so we were told to think of a personal barrier we had between us and god, and we treated it the same. We each took 7 steps and shouted praise to God, and the second I did, I fell straight to my knees and I cried like a baby for exactly 30 minutes, then I laughed for 30 minutes more, and that was the point where I changed into the christian I am today!
I hope my testimony can help someone!
All I can say is God is amazing, God does amazing things and God loves each and every one of us! And with Gods love inside of me, I cant help but love everyone as well!
God bless you all!
