I probably should have started with mine, Huh?
So here we go.
I come from a family of 10, 5 brothers and 4 sisters. I am in the middle. I was not raised in the church and only went on occasion. I didn't know anything about the Bible. When I was 18 I got pregnant with my oldest. He is now 7. Needless to say my boyfriend and childs biological father split up when I was only about 4 months along. I met who is my husband now when I was still pregnant. He was raised in the church and had walked away from God. Then I met his parents. His mom was and still is a gift from God. She told me all about christianity. My husband who had walked away was finally ready to straighten out his life. He had done some stuff and got into trouble and decided to get his jail time over with before the baby was born. At 28 wks. pregnant I was sent to the e.r. I had toxemia and it was extremely bad. Sky high blood pressure. I went in on Thurs. night and on Sunday morning the doctor told me I needed an emergency c-section. My husband's mom decided to skip church that morning to come and see me. They told me that I could have one person in the o.r. with me and asked who it would be. My sister said that she would go in with me and I said no. I needed a mom with me. So she came in and as I was laying on the operation table numb from the chest down, I could feel her praying for me. I started to relax a bit and then out of nowhere I have this overwhelming feeling of comfort. I got saved on the operating table while my firstborn son was being delivered.
In case you're wondering, my son was born 3 mo. early. He weighed 1lb. 13 1/2 oz. and was 13 3/4 in. long. He spent 2 months in the neonatal intensive care unit before he could go home.
My husband and I were married a year later and a year after that my husband adopted my son. We now have 3 kids
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I will tell you the truth; my relationship with Jesus didn"™t start out by wanting a relationship with specifically him but a relationship with my friends. I was about 8 years old when I moved to my new home in Argyle, Texas and most of all the friends I made seem to go to church. Well, guess where I spent a lot of my time, yes, at the church. That was the beginning of God putting building blocks in place to build my relationship with Jesus.
In elementary and middle school, I was involved with the church in overnights at the church, going to summer camp, Wednesday night youth, Six Flags, Wet"™n Wild, going to vacation bible school, singing in the choir, acting in church plays, really just about everything. Again, most of my desire to be at church was not to grow as a Christian and build a spiritual foundation with Jesus but because I was with my friends and we always had a good time in everything we did. I finally accepted Jesus Christ as my Lord and Savior when I was ten. I went through ups and downs with my spiritual growth up through high school, but there was no permanent growth, no real growth, just spiritual highs from church retreats, lock-ins from the past weekend, or any other special events we went too.
I didn"™t start to have a personal relationship with Jesus until something in my life happened and I was told by God that now was the time you will have to rely on me, and only me. Though at the time I didn"™t know why, and felt like I was being punished, it started a growth in my spirituality because I had to rely solely on God. It set a spark in me that drove me to learn more about my faith, who was Jesus exactly and what does he stand for, how to become a stronger Christian, and not just be the bare minimum; from then I learned so much about myself and about God.
The difference Jesus has made in me is at such great links it can not be measured, but only described. I guess I have always been considered along the lines of a good kid on the surface, but deep down I finally realized I didn"™t have God"™s wisdom, guidance or desire in me. Though it took some time the things I learned were: I finally realized it"™s not about me, God needs to be trusted, everything has a purpose, it takes time, get your priorities straight, God has a better view than I do, life on earth is temporary, God"™s grace and love knows no bounds, and Jesus is truly all that we need to make life worth living. This is really scratching the surface of what I learned, but you have to start somewhere, right? By my being forced to rely on God was the best thing that could have happen to me, but at the time I thought it was the worst.
R.C. Sproul said, "śWe are not sinners because we sin; we sin because we are sinners."ť There is so much truth in that statement; we are all sinners and need God"™s forgiveness; the best part is God is ready to forgive, we just need to ask.
It"™s not when you start putting God first in your life that you will see a new outlook on life; things that once mattered so much don"™t seem to matter anymore and things that were neglected are all you care about. Describing having Jesus Christ in your life in words to me can be compared to being in love. You can"™t really see love, but you can feel it and know love when it hits you.
I have a finance driven mind that makes decisions on cost benefit analysis, opportunity costs, net present value, internal rates of return, and bottom line numbers, but Jesus taught me that monetary gain is not the reason to live but to live for Christ by sharing your God given passions in the name of the Lord, telling the good news about Jesus, it"™s about your life lessons, family, and about building relationships.
God never gave up on me and we will never give up on you. Few to none are truly worthy of God"™s grace, but that"™s the beauty of it, we don"™t have to be; all we need is a humble heart that is willing to accept Jesus Christ into our lives. Remember "śSalvation is as close as your own heart and mouth."ť And whether you"™re young or old, it"™s never too late to understand "śwho you are is God"™s gift to you; who you become is your gift to God."ť
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Faith sees the invisible, believes the unbelievable, and receives the impossible.
I generally save my testimony for special occasions[8D]. The Lord has cast it all into the sea of forgetfulness and I don't care to drag it all up again unless I really feel led. Suffice it to say I was pulled up from way down under and Christ has changed my life much to the better.
Early on I was mostley around Catholic and Buddhists and eventually my folks started attending some protestant services on base. After some little amount of church going I became a longtime heathen before I surrendered myself to the Lord and recieved the baptism of the Holy Ghost. Things started making sense then even tho I have studied the Scripture as long as I have been able to read.
Anyway . . .I did'nt want to ignore your post seeing how your a new guy . .uh female and all. My wife posts on here once in a while also.
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Okay since I feel like I'm coming to the faith, I'll throw in my testimonial. First of all, my mother was only 15 when I was born. Her parents tried to force her to have an abortion, even dragged her to an abortion clinic, but she fought it. When they got home, they put some clothes in a paper bag and told her to get out. Not knowing what to do, she went to a friend's house and told them what had happened. They took her in and when shortly afterward, her friend's father was transferred to Michigan, they took her along.
They paid for all the prenatal care and the birth and everything. They said it was a Good Samaritan thing. When she was 16 she went to the court and asked to be emancipated so that she could get a job and take care of me. But the judge made her and me wards of the court instead and told her that he was going to be her father and mine. He had the county arrange housing and health care for us and got someone he knew to give mom a job as a waitress.
The people who took care of us first arranged with their priest to have me baptized so it sort of got started then I guess. Then daddy got involved in my life and I started going to mass with him. He has told me some about it but never pushed me into it. I talked with the priest about not being sure and he said that I should think of myself as one of his flock and also one of Jesus' flock which reassured me a lot.
So I have been asking Mary to pray for me and I asked daddy to show me how to pray the rosary and I have been doing that. So I think I am about ready to make the commitment.I feel more and more drawn to this faith and I feel it's the right thing for me.
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Proud parents of our own "Daddy's Little Girls"
I heard Jesus He drank wine and I bet we'd get along just fine.
I find that sometimes it is hard to tell my testimony. There was some very hard things I was dealing with and some I didn't deal with until just recently. Daddy's girl, Do you have a personal relationship with Christ? By this I mean do you talk to Him? Go to Him with a problem? I read from the New King James Bible. Here are where you can read some verses that should help get you started.....Mathew 6:5-15
Mark 11:22-25
Luke 18:9-14
Phillipians 4:4-7
I am not sure how old you are but as a starter you could try a study bible for teenagers. That might help. If you have any questions don't hesitate to ask.
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Watch therefore, you do not know when the master of the house is coming-in the evening, at midnight, at the crowing of the rooster, or in the morning
Mark 13:35
Okay I better go through all my posts from last night the one above this one is mine. I guess I didn't pay attention. My husband was in here last night and was logged under his name. I didn't even think about it. Sorry.
Okay I better go through all my posts from last night the one above this one is mine. I guess I didn't pay attention. My husband was in here last night and was logged under his name. I didn't even think about it. Sorry.
Yeah, Stephanie and I use the same computer so in order to avoid that we unchecked the "save my info" box and we always log off when each one of us is done.
testimonies?
