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I just thought that it would be encouraging and interesting as well as a good witness to share our testimonies of how we came to The Lord.
I posted this some other place , so sorry if you have already read it , I find it really inspiring the way God works , please feel free to witness , thanks.
I was saved about 25 years ago , I was brought up to attend an Anglican High Church and was a Choirister and enjoyed much of my time there.
Yet even though I heared the Bible , sermons , and the occassional discussion , they all meant ZERO to me , I had no real understanding and NO-ONE had ever told me I needed to Be Born-Again , no-one had told me that I had to give my life to the Lord ........... so I went on both Religious and spiritualy dead at the same time.
On rare occassions at this time I read my Bible (NEB) and was really interested in the accounts of Jesus last hours on earth ..........
Now I had some faint awareness that Jesus was very different from ordinary men , that I had gleaned shortly before leaving the Anglican Church was that something was "happening" on that hill outside the city walls called Calvary and it was something strange , something highly symbolic and beyond any normal occurence , the picture of Three Crosses and the amazing interaction and DETAIL around the crucifixion were telling the reader , me , something , but i didn't know what ......... I just accepted that Jesus Christ was no ordinary human.....
A number of years past and one night , a guy who I knew from School passed by where I lived .... he told me The Answer to all my problems was Jesus!! ....
He told me I just HAD to give my Life to The Lord , I was almost dumb struck , for secretly I had always believed in God , and had no real understanding about any message from Him........
I muttered (in my defence) "yes , I am certain Jesus was a very important figure , that the detail in the Gospels is staggering , and that I hold Jesus in high regard , but how can I be sure that He is alive , speaking , calling me right now , I , I must have some sign , I must see something first ...."
I looked up at that moment and the heavens lit up with a shooting star !
I was so moved , that I was jumping up and down , saying "yes , I see , yes , Jesus is Lord , He is The One "
My friend looked bewildered , for he had seen nothing .........
About a Month later , the Methodist Church had an outreach week , it was run by University students , and they spent night after night giving testimony to what Jesus had done for them , I was really moved , and on the last night an altar call was given , and I could see the gap from me to the altar was but a couple of feet , it seemed like a thousand miles , because all my friends were behind me , watching and seeing what would happen , it was that night I turned my back on the world , and came home ............ God had called me in a deep very personal way , and I knew He had spoken directly to me.
ps, a week later I attended the Anglican Church to Check out my NewFound experience , and surprise surprise , I heared a message from the pulpit that confirmed my beliefs , it was the only time I have ever heared God speak in that place , my ears were now open , and my journey had just begun.....
Praise The Lord!
I posted this some other place , so sorry if you have already read it , I find it really inspiring the way God works , please feel free to witness , thanks.
I was saved about 25 years ago , I was brought up to attend an Anglican High Church and was a Choirister and enjoyed much of my time there.
Yet even though I heared the Bible , sermons , and the occassional discussion , they all meant ZERO to me , I had no real understanding and NO-ONE had ever told me I needed to Be Born-Again , no-one had told me that I had to give my life to the Lord ........... so I went on both Religious and spiritualy dead at the same time.
On rare occassions at this time I read my Bible (NEB) and was really interested in the accounts of Jesus last hours on earth ..........
Now I had some faint awareness that Jesus was very different from ordinary men , that I had gleaned shortly before leaving the Anglican Church was that something was "happening" on that hill outside the city walls called Calvary and it was something strange , something highly symbolic and beyond any normal occurence , the picture of Three Crosses and the amazing interaction and DETAIL around the crucifixion were telling the reader , me , something , but i didn't know what ......... I just accepted that Jesus Christ was no ordinary human.....
A number of years past and one night , a guy who I knew from School passed by where I lived .... he told me The Answer to all my problems was Jesus!! ....
He told me I just HAD to give my Life to The Lord , I was almost dumb struck , for secretly I had always believed in God , and had no real understanding about any message from Him........
I muttered (in my defence) "yes , I am certain Jesus was a very important figure , that the detail in the Gospels is staggering , and that I hold Jesus in high regard , but how can I be sure that He is alive , speaking , calling me right now , I , I must have some sign , I must see something first ...."
I looked up at that moment and the heavens lit up with a shooting star !
I was so moved , that I was jumping up and down , saying "yes , I see , yes , Jesus is Lord , He is The One "
My friend looked bewildered , for he had seen nothing .........
About a Month later , the Methodist Church had an outreach week , it was run by University students , and they spent night after night giving testimony to what Jesus had done for them , I was really moved , and on the last night an altar call was given , and I could see the gap from me to the altar was but a couple of feet , it seemed like a thousand miles , because all my friends were behind me , watching and seeing what would happen , it was that night I turned my back on the world , and came home ............ God had called me in a deep very personal way , and I knew He had spoken directly to me.
ps, a week later I attended the Anglican Church to Check out my NewFound experience , and surprise surprise , I heared a message from the pulpit that confirmed my beliefs , it was the only time I have ever heared God speak in that place , my ears were now open , and my journey had just begun.....
Praise The Lord!