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Hello! MY name is Jonathan, I'm 35 with a beautiful GOD given wife and 2 wonderful GOD given daughters(15, 10)

Grew up in a "christian home" rebelled strongly in my teen years and at 19, 16 years ago I decided to seek GOD to know if HE was real or not so I could live my life accordingly. At that time I set aside everything in my life and did everything I could, holding nothing back to discover if HE was real and alive and who HE says HE is or not. For 2-3 months I locked myself away and when I learned fasting I did that, when I learned of sack cloth I wore ripped old clothes, I slept in ashes. Wanting to leave GOD no excuse to hide HIMSELF from me and to know without a doubt if HE was real or not and I found HIM.

Deu 4:29 But if from thence thou shalt seek the LORD thy God, thou shalt find him, if thou seek him with all thy heart and with all thy soul.
Jer 29:13 And ye shall seek me, and find me, when ye shall search for me with all your heart.

At that time I knew very little scripture, very close to nothing at all but when I would pray(in my heart, not even out loud) many times in those days I would open my eyes and be somewhere else with HIM. In those experiences I would see JESUS in different characters from the bible, though I had almost no idea what I was seeing at the time, from the suffering servant to the triumphant king of kings, with eyes like flames of fire and a voice that shook heaven and earth.

At that time I also endured great persecution for my faith, most of my family turned against me and I was even delivered to court for my faith(long story) where THE LORD put words in my mouth and had both lawyers thrown out of the court room and HE delivered me according to HIS WORD.

Now it has been a long time(15+ years) since I found HIM and HE made HIMSELF real in my life. HE has done so many wonderful things that I would be here writing a novel if I were to testify of all of it and I am in awe of HIM!

All I have said to express that I love HIM so much! HE is my everything! HE has taught me HIS word by revelation and application in my life and HE is my best friend!

I wonder if there are brothers and sisters out there who can relate to this kind of relationship with HIM?

Also as HE has taught me such profound things from HIS WORD even to a fool like myself I desire greatly to share/witness of HIM and to relate these experiences to my brothers and sisters.

May this find you blessed. HE is alive! HE is coming soon!
 

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Hello! MY name is Jonathan, I'm 35 with a beautiful GOD given wife and 2 wonderful GOD given daughters(15, 10)

Grew up in a "christian home" rebelled strongly in my teen years and at 19, 16 years ago I decided to seek GOD to know if HE was real or not so I could live my life accordingly. At that time I set aside everything in my life and did everything I could, holding nothing back to discover if HE was real and alive and who HE says HE is or not. For 2-3 months I locked myself away and when I learned fasting I did that, when I learned of sack cloth I wore ripped old clothes, I slept in ashes. Wanting to leave GOD no excuse to hide HIMSELF from me and to know without a doubt if HE was real or not and I found HIM.

Deu 4:29 But if from thence thou shalt seek the LORD thy God, thou shalt find him, if thou seek him with all thy heart and with all thy soul.
Jer 29:13 And ye shall seek me, and find me, when ye shall search for me with all your heart.

At that time I knew very little scripture, very close to nothing at all but when I would pray(in my heart, not even out loud) many times in those days I would open my eyes and be somewhere else with HIM. In those experiences I would see JESUS in different characters from the bible, though I had almost no idea what I was seeing at the time, from the suffering servant to the triumphant king of kings, with eyes like flames of fire and a voice that shook heaven and earth.

At that time I also endured great persecution for my faith, most of my family turned against me and I was even delivered to court for my faith(long story) where THE LORD put words in my mouth and had both lawyers thrown out of the court room and HE delivered me according to HIS WORD.

Now it has been a long time(15+ years) since I found HIM and HE made HIMSELF real in my life. HE has done so many wonderful things that I would be here writing a novel if I were to testify of all of it and I am in awe of HIM!

All I have said to express that I love HIM so much! HE is my everything! HE has taught me HIS word by revelation and application in my life and HE is my best friend!

I wonder if there are brothers and sisters out there who can relate to this kind of relationship with HIM?

Also as HE has taught me such profound things from HIS WORD even to a fool like myself I desire greatly to share/witness of HIM and to relate these experiences to my brothers and sisters.

May this find you blessed. HE is alive! HE is coming soon!
Welcome to the forums, and thank you for the detailed introduction.

I grew up not too far from Gananoque and actually worked a few ambulance shifts in that town a long time ago. Pretty place to live.
 
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I wonder if there are brothers and sisters out there who can relate to this kind of relationship with HIM?

Also as HE has taught me such profound things from HIS WORD even to a fool like myself I desire greatly to share/witness of HIM and to relate these experiences to my brothers and sisters.

May this find you blessed. HE is alive! HE is coming soon!

Yes. Worldwide there are Ekklesia, called and chosen and set apart for Himself by Yahuweh , immersed totally in Yahushua Hamashiach's Life all the time , daily.

Fellowship on the internet is nearly impossible.
 
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Wow!, I didn't know it was going to show my home town let alone find another living person who has heard of it! The ambulance station is at the end of my road.

Thanks for welcoming me.
Yep. Grew up in Kingston. Spent a summer working for the Red Cross promoting occupational first aid courses in Gananoque, so got to know the town quite well. And then, as I said, did a few shifts on ambulance there a long time ago in the late1980s.
 
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Hello! MY name is Jonathan, I'm 35 with a beautiful GOD given wife and 2 wonderful GOD given daughters(15, 10)

Grew up in a "christian home" rebelled strongly in my teen years and at 19, 16 years ago I decided to seek GOD to know if HE was real or not so I could live my life accordingly. At that time I set aside everything in my life and did everything I could, holding nothing back to discover if HE was real and alive and who HE says HE is or not. For 2-3 months I locked myself away and when I learned fasting I did that, when I learned of sack cloth I wore ripped old clothes, I slept in ashes. Wanting to leave GOD no excuse to hide HIMSELF from me and to know without a doubt if HE was real or not and I found HIM.

Deu 4:29 But if from thence thou shalt seek the LORD thy God, thou shalt find him, if thou seek him with all thy heart and with all thy soul.
Jer 29:13 And ye shall seek me, and find me, when ye shall search for me with all your heart.

At that time I knew very little scripture, very close to nothing at all but when I would pray(in my heart, not even out loud) many times in those days I would open my eyes and be somewhere else with HIM. In those experiences I would see JESUS in different characters from the bible, though I had almost no idea what I was seeing at the time, from the suffering servant to the triumphant king of kings, with eyes like flames of fire and a voice that shook heaven and earth.

At that time I also endured great persecution for my faith, most of my family turned against me and I was even delivered to court for my faith(long story) where THE LORD put words in my mouth and had both lawyers thrown out of the court room and HE delivered me according to HIS WORD.

Now it has been a long time(15+ years) since I found HIM and HE made HIMSELF real in my life. HE has done so many wonderful things that I would be here writing a novel if I were to testify of all of it and I am in awe of HIM!

All I have said to express that I love HIM so much! HE is my everything! HE has taught me HIS word by revelation and application in my life and HE is my best friend!

I wonder if there are brothers and sisters out there who can relate to this kind of relationship with HIM?

Also as HE has taught me such profound things from HIS WORD even to a fool like myself I desire greatly to share/witness of HIM and to relate these experiences to my brothers and sisters.

May this find you blessed. HE is alive! HE is coming soon!
Hello Jonathan, WELCOME TO CF :wave: Thank you for your excellent and informative introduction too :)

I can definitely relate to your story. I was baptized as an infant and raised (so to speak) in the church. I loved it, attending Sunday School and then church itself regularly through college, was confirmed, sung in the choir, did the retreats, you know, the whole 9 yards. I stopped going to church during college and ended up leading a very worldly and sinful life during my 20's (the kind of life that the world would call very successful and very fun).

Through it all, however, I always believed in God, and I always believed that I was a Christian as well (why wouldn't I have?), until the day that I finally became one that is, 2 months after my 30th birthday.

That's when ~everything~ changed :)

Like you, I lost a lot as soon as I came to Christ, both a number of friends (including my girlfriend), a number of family members (who to this day keep me at arms length .. BTW, most of these friends and family members would identify as Christians if pressed :sigh:), and eventually my job.

God bless you!

--David

1 Thessalonians 5
23 May the God of peace Himself sanctify you entirely; and may your spirit and soul and body
be preserved complete, without blame at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.
24 Faithful is He who calls you, and He also will bring it to pass.
 
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Jonathan, thank you for sharing! I know you must only be scratching the surface. I love hearing the testimony of the brethren!

I'm also brand-new here. I actually have been trying to connect to Christians and talk about God and faith like this on facebook for years but almost never got any bites... (most of my "friends" on there were my friends BEFORE I got delivered in Christ....so.... yeah.). And I finally got so fed up (and lonely and heartbroken) with it that I went looking else where, and I found this place, and then the first post I read is yours. and I said, "YES!! THIS is real!"

SO THANK YOU for sharing even the little you did. You never know how your story is going to hit someone, now and in the future!
 
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Jonathan, thank you for sharing! I know you must only be scratching the surface. I love hearing the testimony of the brethren!

I'm also brand-new here. I actually have been trying to connect to Christians and talk about God and faith like this on facebook for years but almost never got any bites... (most of my "friends" on there were my friends BEFORE I got delivered in Christ....so.... yeah.). And I finally got so fed up (and lonely and heartbroken) with it that I went looking else where, and I found this place, and then the first post I read is yours. and I said, "YES!! THIS is real!"

SO THANK YOU for sharing even the little you did. You never know how your story is going to hit someone, now and in the future!
Welcome to CF! I hope you find friendship and fellowship here.
 
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Hello Jonathan, WELCOME TO CF :wave: Thank you for your excellent and informative introduction too :)

I can definitely relate to your story. I was baptized as an infant and raised (so to speak) in the church. I loved it, attending Sunday School and then church itself regularly through college, was confirmed, sung in the choir, did the retreats, you know, the whole 9 yards. I stopped going to church during college and ended up leading a very worldly and sinful life during my 20's (the kind of life that the world would call very successful and very fun).

Through it all, however, I always believed in God, and I always believed that I was a Christian as well (why wouldn't I have?), until the day that I finally became one that is, 2 months after my 30th birthday.

That's when ~everything~ changed :)

Like you, I lost a lot as soon as I came to Christ, both a number of friends (including my girlfriend), a number of family members (who to this day keep me at arms length .. BTW, most of these friends and family members would identify as Christians if pressed :sigh:), and eventually my job.

God bless you!

--David

Thank you for the warm welcome David!

Bro!,
Mat 16:25 For whosoever will save his life shall lose it: and whosoever will lose his life for my sake shall find it.

Jonathan, thank you for sharing! I know you must only be scratching the surface. I love hearing the testimony of the brethren!

I'm also brand-new here. I actually have been trying to connect to Christians and talk about God and faith like this on facebook for years but almost never got any bites... (most of my "friends" on there were my friends BEFORE I got delivered in Christ....so.... yeah.). And I finally got so fed up (and lonely and heartbroken) with it that I went looking else where, and I found this place, and then the first post I read is yours. and I said, "YES!! THIS is real!"

SO THANK YOU for sharing even the little you did. You never know how your story is going to hit someone, now and in the future!

PRAISE THE LORD! HE is so good!

I'm also encouraged to read your response, so much! I want to run with the testimony HE's given me but I ask HIM "LORD, where do I run?" and so I came here looking for my brothers and sisters just like you! I know apart from HIM I can do nothing, HE is so good!

I pray you are blessed and encouraged sister!

1Pe_4:11 If any man speak, let him speak as the oracles of God; if any man minister, let him do it as of the ability which God giveth: that God in all things may be glorified through Jesus Christ, to whom be praise and dominion for ever and ever. Amen.
 
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