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When my eyes became open.

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What a powerful and mighty thing.
I was blind. I had no idea if there was a God. In fact my faith in man and what they taught was shattered. So many lies, from Santa Claus to the Easter Bunny. Then man taught me science in schools. Taught me all the more there is not a God. More doubt and lies crept in. Washing all trust and belief away. No matter. HE had this.
My girlfriend at the time was wanting me to go to a church. Kept annoying me with it. Then she had this friend. A true believer. She has this faith, that I could see. I noticed it. That faith that you can only see in one that has JESUS inside.
Well I was rather annoyed being asked over and over. She had no respect of my beliefs. lol Which I had none. So after she asked this last time. I am a man of my word. God knew that. So after she asked this last time I was in the car driving home. Suddenly my head turned and without my control I might add, and the word was like poured out my mouth that had opened without my control and the word "yes" came out my mouth. I was like, um that was weird. I said it and must of had the most confused look on my face. I didn't do it. I was not controlling my body. HE was! Or some angel. Either way, it was not me.
So I am committed. I go to this church. Because that in my mind is where God is at. I get there and it is full of people. They are everywhere. Okay. Everyone is happy and shaking my hand. Not cool with me. I am miserable. This is not my crowd. I rather punch them, than shake their hands. I am a fighter. 200 fights plus. Never beaten. I get this power that comes out of me. It in there deep. So I am really wanting to put it on them if they don't leave me alone.
So the church has maybe 200 people. Packed into this small building. It was a cold day. Chilly in the church. So I am sitting there and asking God over and over to show Himself to me. Nothing over and over. All through the service. Not really paying any attention to the preaching. That woman must have been praying while I was there. They had an altar call. I remember watching people girls and guys walking up, crying and acting like babies. I was looking at them like what is wrong with these nut cases? So I went back to asking. More intensely. More desperate this time. Over and over. You show me YOU are and I will believe and follow YOU. Then I felt someones right hand. The hand was more narrow than mine. Longer thinner fingers. I was getting upset. I did not want someone to touch me. I mean I was getting hot. My back was starting to get sweaty from this guys hand being on me. So finally after a couple of minutes, I turned to see who it was.
Um, no one is there. I looked to the left, to the right. No one was there. I still felt that hand. Firmly on my back. My mind paused for a moment. ...... I began to turn back around. As I nearly got back to facing forward I said, "YOU ARE".
I felt this power washing over and into me. It was mighty. It poured into me like a mighty rush. No way to explain it. It poured in and filled me. Completed me. That gap, the gap in my heart was stuffed full. Totally full. All my heart ache. My pains, my burdens. Gone. Outa there. I was trembling, shaking. Amazed. Filled. Empowered. What is this?? Who cares!!! I LOVE IT!!! ITs GOD!!!
My girlfriend seen it in front of her eyes. She was shocked and amazed. You believe??? YES!!!!! I was excited. Full of happiness, full of love. It was incredible.
On the way home, I was in the passenger seat. I was praising and glorifying God after I was done telling my gf what happened. Then God did something new. He opened up my heart, soul, everything so that I could see in the spirit. It took all of me to see, and I could not contain it, nor explain it. It was the largest most powerful thing I ever seen. It was to big, to grand to much. It was God, His love. All of what could be seen. It was incredible. Still in this place. I began to weep. HE asked me, What is wrong? I said, "I can't love you like YOU love me". There was nothing to be said after that moment until later. So, I have this belief, then seen the love. I am home, overwhelmed. Amazed. There is a service in the evening. I can not wait! SO we head to that service. I had no bible at this point. Nor have I read one. So I had no clue what was coming. No idea what so ever.
I am sitting there. I feel the intensity of the Holy Spirit. It fills me, and the entire room. I am sitting there and the glory on me is overwhelming. Amazing. I am standing during one of the songs in the beginning of the service. There is a piano player. I am watching and praising God. I say to God, "I just live to see YOUR face," then outa no where. This bright light appears above the piano player. It was in the shape of a lick of fire, or a tongue. Brightest light you could ever behold. 7 times brighter than the sun. However it did not harm the eyes. No. It was like healing them. I seen this, the purest of white that ever could be seen. Whiter than the whitest snow. Amazing. I looked at it mouth wide open. Amazed. Then I head HIS voice again. "DO NOT LIVE TO SEE MY FACE, LIVE TO COME HOME." I Trembled, shaking, glorifying, amazed. In awe. (Sorry, the Spirit is taking hold of me, just glorifying GOD right now, taking much longer than I expected to type this.) Woo. Praise YOU JESUS!!!! Nearly in tears of joy. Can not help it. What he did for me, you just don't know. It was more than i can say. I am so grateful. In tears now. Smiling, glorifying HIM more.
So this is the day that I believed. In the first I lead 7 people to Jesus. 7 more the next week. They feel HIM too. I am so praising God right now. They saw that love in me. Him. He is awesome. I have a feeling it might be good to read this to someone. Someone there needs this. They need HIM. I have to go. He is sweeping me up in HIS glory. Know He takes it all away. All that pain. All that hurt. My mother told me she hated me, and then died a painful death. It killed me. HE came and took it all away. He can take yours too! Let Him have you. All of you! Be a blessing. Live the love. In Jesus. GotoGOD
 
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GoToGod, excellent testimony...I believe it with all my being. That's how God operates on those who truly seek His face. Many Christians will live their entire life and never have a Damascus experience like yours. Why? they are to settle in to their little box and calling it good. I to was dramatically saved, Trust me I'm not plugging the book to you. But, I just had a book published which tells the story how God came into my life. And it's like your experience, and I wrote it to tell the story how Christians can rise above to a new level of faith as you and i did. And it is also for those who have never met Christ. Thank you so much for taking time out to tell your testimony. HOLD ON TO IT....SATAN IS ALWAYS TRYING TO STEAL IT FROM YOU. Thank you Jesus for touching GoToGod Lord. HALLELUJAH!!!!!!!!!!
 
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Kea44 There are a lot of wonderful and helpful verses that can really help you out. You can do topical searches on it or Go to like Proverbs 31.
I Peter 3:1Likewise, wives, be subject to your own husbands, so that even if some do not obey the word, they may be won without a word by the conduct of their wives, 2when they see your respectful and pure conduct. 3Do not let your adorning be external—the braiding of hair and the putting on of gold jewelry, or the clothing you wear— 4but let your adorning be the hidden person of the heart with the imperishable beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which in God’s sight is very precious. 5For this is how the holy women who hoped in God used to adorn themselves, by submitting to their own husbands, 6as Sarah obeyed Abraham, calling him lord. And you are her children, if you do good and do not fear anything that is frightening.

This may seem like hog wash. It matters. It really really matters. Its the Word. Of course you know that.

There are plenty of others that can and will help you. If there is women who have the option, avoid the uneven yoke. Do not suppose you can change us so easy. We have hard stubborn hearts at times, and we will fight all you want. Easier to win us by love. You will move mountains. Be patient. Know it is an uphill battle. Do not give up, and never get defeated.

He who is given is much, expected is much. I was spoiled by the prayers getting answered with my new faith. Took a hard bath in reality many times. I was young, got puffed up, and it was difficult going from point a to point b. My wife is like a rock frequently compared to me. Always telling me, all this stuff has happened for you, look at how you are. I think, yeah, I am not where near as awesome as she is. Without all that I have been given, I would really be in trouble.
 
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The first part of my testimony, was day 1. Sunday morning and evening. This is the next part. Monday. Monday, I got to work at the dealership. There were some 63 of us mechanics there. All different backgrounds. In the morning, everyone noticed the love of Jesus in me. I was confronted with a Jehovah Witness first. He told me about his church and everything that was different with his faith. Then a Morman came, and he shared his faith and all the ways he believed. Then a Muslim came, and he too shared his faith and all that he believed. Then A Christian scientist came and he too shared his beliefs. This went on for a while. Didn't know we had that many people with such radical thoughts and beliefs. I pulled away from work. On the way home God knew I had all those beliefs bouncing in my head. He spoke up and told me. Open my bible. I am going to show you what you need to believe. Trust me. Men will lead you astray. Trust my word. Only trust it. So, I put all those other things out of my head and I believed Him, and HIM alone. This was the second day.
The third day I had a bible and read it. I met a guy at work. On lunch her quietly read his bible. I started talking to him and he shared with me that he was learning the Jewish language and he was learning to read the Jewish (Hebrew) words. He was also learning the Greek words. He had a bible that taught him both. I asked why, and he told me if I remember correctly, that it was more accurate and you understand better what each word meant. Now this would come back to serve me much later in life. This is the end of the 3rd day.
The forth day. I went back to church. We had like a bible study and at the end we could testify. I was scared to death but I really wanted to testify. So God said clearly to me, "Raise your hand." God, I can't speak good. I am not comfortable speaking in front of people, I am nervous. He said, "Raise your hand." So I put my hand on the chair in front of me. Nervously, I only had the courage to raise my index finger. It went up. The second it elevated off that chair, the guy leading the class looked instantly and said, "You will be next." Oh I was so nervous now. I told God, God you know I can't speak well. What am I going to do? He said, "I will help you speak, just relax and I will help you. Trust me." So, I just sat there and waited for the last person to finish. The teacher turned and called my name, fear struck me, and then.....my lungs drew a breath. The air was being moved out, and my voice utter sounds without my control. I felt like a human accordion. Being played and the utterance was flawless, and the breaths perfect. Everything flowed as if I was the greatest orator in the world. When He was finished speaking through me, I had nothing to add, it was completely well said. I paused and there was an applause and everyone glorified God. I trembled again. So excited I just didn't know what to do. I could hardly sit still. Just amazed and glorifying God. We went to eat afterward at some pancake restaurant and I told people what happened. I was so excited I just couldnt stop smiling and glorifying God. This was the end of the third day.
By time Saturday came around I had learned how to lead people to the Lord, because everyone asked me how this happened to me and they wanted to feel what I felt and be happy like me. I had lead 7 people to the Lord I believe in the first week.
I can tell you, my walk has been filled with times and days like this. Not because I am special. I doubt I am in any way. I think I just was being held in Gods arms for a long long time. Being there was wonderful. He slowly put me down to walk. I didn't want to walk. I wanted to be carried. He needed me to walk though.

I might add more in the future. God bless. I hope you enjoyed it and glorify in God for it. He is mighty and wonderful, worthy of all our praise.
 
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