- Jan 9, 2004
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Albert - Adelaide, Australia
My wife Joan was baptized and filled with the Holy Spirit seventeen years before me. Most people in the assembly thought she was a widow! I never wanted to get in Joan's way, I let her go to all the meetings, and let her convince me it was the truth. I was very wary of churches and it took me all those years to be convinced it was not the Jehovah's Witnesses.
I came to my first meeting on Sunday the twenty eighth of June 1992, it was my birthday. I was convinced then it wasn't the Jehovah's Witnesses as the readings came from the Bible, it was not their own words. It was good, so I got baptized that day. Three weeks later at the meeting I received the Holy Spirit, I felt lifted up and I was really sure it was the right thing to do and I was
happy with that.
I was a regular smoker for fifty years and had prayer to be healed of this and the next morning I would have normally smoked a cigarette to start the day but I just didn't think of it, and never wanted to smoke again.
Now I get up every morning refreshed, look after my garden and fruit trees and get to every meeting I can. I love the choruses, and have always had an excellent memory for all their numbers. I used to play the trumpet, harmonica and even the drums occasionally.
We have a wonderful life with the Lord together.
From a friend, Kevin:-
I used to smoke and drink heavily, I did not want to smoke but I was dependent on nicotine. I gave up every New Years Eve, birthday and often on Monday after a "hard" weekend. I tried Hypnotherapy and Acupuncture. All failed, I proved I didnt have the will power to give up smoking. I looked at Eastern religion, self-defence, yoga, etc. searching for a purpose in life. I never considered that the Bible could contain any wisdom because of my experiences with mainline Christianity.
In 1982 I read from a friend's Bible and, while I read, I received the Holy Ghost. I tried to speak to my friend and I spoke in another language that I had not learned. I had little understanding of what had happened, as I had never heard of speaking in tongues before.
I began searching for a church that could answer my questions. I visited numerous churches but gave up and asked God to show me where I could find the answers.
A few days later I walked into a Revival Fellowship meeting and was shown Bible scriptures clearly proclaiming speaking in tongues and full immersion baptism as commandments from God. I was baptized
and I spoke again in the prayer language that God had given me. I realized then that the Lord had healed me of smoking six months earlier when first I spoke in tongues!
Obey God's simple wisdom which is to seek his power and focus on that.
My wife Joan was baptized and filled with the Holy Spirit seventeen years before me. Most people in the assembly thought she was a widow! I never wanted to get in Joan's way, I let her go to all the meetings, and let her convince me it was the truth. I was very wary of churches and it took me all those years to be convinced it was not the Jehovah's Witnesses.
I came to my first meeting on Sunday the twenty eighth of June 1992, it was my birthday. I was convinced then it wasn't the Jehovah's Witnesses as the readings came from the Bible, it was not their own words. It was good, so I got baptized that day. Three weeks later at the meeting I received the Holy Spirit, I felt lifted up and I was really sure it was the right thing to do and I was
happy with that.
I was a regular smoker for fifty years and had prayer to be healed of this and the next morning I would have normally smoked a cigarette to start the day but I just didn't think of it, and never wanted to smoke again.
Now I get up every morning refreshed, look after my garden and fruit trees and get to every meeting I can. I love the choruses, and have always had an excellent memory for all their numbers. I used to play the trumpet, harmonica and even the drums occasionally.
We have a wonderful life with the Lord together.
From a friend, Kevin:-
I used to smoke and drink heavily, I did not want to smoke but I was dependent on nicotine. I gave up every New Years Eve, birthday and often on Monday after a "hard" weekend. I tried Hypnotherapy and Acupuncture. All failed, I proved I didnt have the will power to give up smoking. I looked at Eastern religion, self-defence, yoga, etc. searching for a purpose in life. I never considered that the Bible could contain any wisdom because of my experiences with mainline Christianity.
In 1982 I read from a friend's Bible and, while I read, I received the Holy Ghost. I tried to speak to my friend and I spoke in another language that I had not learned. I had little understanding of what had happened, as I had never heard of speaking in tongues before.
I began searching for a church that could answer my questions. I visited numerous churches but gave up and asked God to show me where I could find the answers.
A few days later I walked into a Revival Fellowship meeting and was shown Bible scriptures clearly proclaiming speaking in tongues and full immersion baptism as commandments from God. I was baptized
and I spoke again in the prayer language that God had given me. I realized then that the Lord had healed me of smoking six months earlier when first I spoke in tongues!
Obey God's simple wisdom which is to seek his power and focus on that.
