The Day I Was Born Again.
I can still remember the Saturday I was partying, drinking, dancing. I got up the Sunday morning getting ready for church. It was a bit unusual to me but I only realized it afterwards that on that particular Sunday my wife, my mom, my aunt, cousin all of us who attended the same church they werent attending church that morning. I took my daughter and we went to church. I wasnt feeling anything just the same as I always did on a Sunday morning, only thing I want was to recover from the previous nights partying.
As the service was going on it was time for God Word to be preach the brother preaching the word was an ex convict who repented in jail .His message was about slaves and women who are slaves. He gave his testimony on what he went through in jail and how he gave his life to Christ in jail. He said that we were free from the day we were born and know we are slaves of the devil why be a slave of the devil when you can live a free life just by accepting Jesus. By hearing his testimony I thought to myself Lord look at what this young man went through in jail and here I am , never been in jail, never been arrested and the Lord carried me through all these years. Suddenly I felt Gods presence, I could feel something happening inside of me, and the testimony touched my heart and the inside of my body that tears begin rolling down my cheeks. I could feel that the Lord was calling upon my name, as the church worship team was singing a chorus the preacher asks if there was anyone who wants to give their life to Christ. By this time I was overcome with emotion and I try to hide the tears but could not contain it, the tears just kept on coming. One of the brothers who previously turned his back on Jesus came back to the Lord. By know I could feel something is pulling me to the front to repent and accept Jesus as my personal Lord and Savior. I was fidgeting, trying to walk to the front but it was like I was in chains that would only let go of me inch by inch.
The worship team was finishing the chorus by know and the Pastor announced that the brother came back to the Lord. I could see the excitement on the church members faces happy for a soul returning back to Christ; meanwhile I was still struggling to what I should do, should I repent or not. The pastor called the preacher to the front and they prayed for him and blessed him, by this time the chorus was playing again and I said to the Lord in my mind maybe I will repent next time seeing that I was in church almost everyday Sunday and there will still be a lot of chances for me to repent as the chorus was coming to an end an indication that after that you dont have to come to the front anymore. As I was thinking this I could clearly hear a voice as one of Jesus himself spoke to me : Saying If you dont come to me today , I will spit you out into the world and you can do as you please , but I The Lord Your God will never give you a chance again. This time I was so overcome with emotion that I made up my mind and walk down the aisle, all I could remember was touching the elders arm told him I want to repent myself to Christ. He asks me if I was sure that is what I want and I said yes. All this time I was just crying, I could not control the emotion. He ask me to say the Sinners Prayer with him ,but could not even say parts of the prayer so emotional I was, but I knew the Lord would understand cause he knew my heart.
When the elder finished prayed for me I went back to my seat and the other elders ask if I gave my life to Jesus and he replied with a great smile on his face and said yes. The pastor knew when I bent my knees it was just a matter of time before he heard the good news. He called me to the front and announced that I gave my life to Jesus. The church members were so happy that I felt it strange that someone could feel so excited about someone coming to the Lord. They hug me and kissed me and today I know what they felt that that day when someone gives his life to Jesus Christ. I was the best decision have made in my whole entire life. My life was completely turn around and today I m just receiving the blessings. I want to encourage everyone who did not make peace with Lord yet to repent and come see the wonders of our miracle working God.
Thank You Jesus for giving me a second chance cause I realize now that without you I am nothing.
I can still remember the Saturday I was partying, drinking, dancing. I got up the Sunday morning getting ready for church. It was a bit unusual to me but I only realized it afterwards that on that particular Sunday my wife, my mom, my aunt, cousin all of us who attended the same church they werent attending church that morning. I took my daughter and we went to church. I wasnt feeling anything just the same as I always did on a Sunday morning, only thing I want was to recover from the previous nights partying.
As the service was going on it was time for God Word to be preach the brother preaching the word was an ex convict who repented in jail .His message was about slaves and women who are slaves. He gave his testimony on what he went through in jail and how he gave his life to Christ in jail. He said that we were free from the day we were born and know we are slaves of the devil why be a slave of the devil when you can live a free life just by accepting Jesus. By hearing his testimony I thought to myself Lord look at what this young man went through in jail and here I am , never been in jail, never been arrested and the Lord carried me through all these years. Suddenly I felt Gods presence, I could feel something happening inside of me, and the testimony touched my heart and the inside of my body that tears begin rolling down my cheeks. I could feel that the Lord was calling upon my name, as the church worship team was singing a chorus the preacher asks if there was anyone who wants to give their life to Christ. By this time I was overcome with emotion and I try to hide the tears but could not contain it, the tears just kept on coming. One of the brothers who previously turned his back on Jesus came back to the Lord. By know I could feel something is pulling me to the front to repent and accept Jesus as my personal Lord and Savior. I was fidgeting, trying to walk to the front but it was like I was in chains that would only let go of me inch by inch.
The worship team was finishing the chorus by know and the Pastor announced that the brother came back to the Lord. I could see the excitement on the church members faces happy for a soul returning back to Christ; meanwhile I was still struggling to what I should do, should I repent or not. The pastor called the preacher to the front and they prayed for him and blessed him, by this time the chorus was playing again and I said to the Lord in my mind maybe I will repent next time seeing that I was in church almost everyday Sunday and there will still be a lot of chances for me to repent as the chorus was coming to an end an indication that after that you dont have to come to the front anymore. As I was thinking this I could clearly hear a voice as one of Jesus himself spoke to me : Saying If you dont come to me today , I will spit you out into the world and you can do as you please , but I The Lord Your God will never give you a chance again. This time I was so overcome with emotion that I made up my mind and walk down the aisle, all I could remember was touching the elders arm told him I want to repent myself to Christ. He asks me if I was sure that is what I want and I said yes. All this time I was just crying, I could not control the emotion. He ask me to say the Sinners Prayer with him ,but could not even say parts of the prayer so emotional I was, but I knew the Lord would understand cause he knew my heart.
When the elder finished prayed for me I went back to my seat and the other elders ask if I gave my life to Jesus and he replied with a great smile on his face and said yes. The pastor knew when I bent my knees it was just a matter of time before he heard the good news. He called me to the front and announced that I gave my life to Jesus. The church members were so happy that I felt it strange that someone could feel so excited about someone coming to the Lord. They hug me and kissed me and today I know what they felt that that day when someone gives his life to Jesus Christ. I was the best decision have made in my whole entire life. My life was completely turn around and today I m just receiving the blessings. I want to encourage everyone who did not make peace with Lord yet to repent and come see the wonders of our miracle working God.
Thank You Jesus for giving me a second chance cause I realize now that without you I am nothing.
