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I was brought up in a Christian home, my mother had a great
influence on my life she was born again and committed to Jesus. My mother
went home to be with the Lord 2 years ago. My mother sent me to church
twice on a Sunday, as well as this I attended the boys brigade so I
guess I always knew that Jesus Christ died on a cross for me. At the
age of fifteen I left school and started work. During this time I continued
to attend church on Sunday morning, basically just to please my mother.
My big aim in life was to be a disc jockey, so I decided that I didn't
have any time for God. My childhood dream was fulfilled and for ten
years I traveled the country as a disc jockey performing at many discos
and clubs. Around 4 years ago or there abouts I was asked to go to a
Christian bible study in a place called Bangor. I remember very clearly
the preacher asking the question what would happen if you were to die
tonight without Christ. The Holy Spirit really began to work on me and
all I thought about that night was the fact that if I died without knowing
Jesus personally I was going to end up in hell.
The following day I put these thoughts to the back of my mind and went
of to work. My friend David Orr said that he was always praying for
me as he knew that I was under conviction. His prayers were answered
for one night after again attending the Bible study I could take it
no more while lying on my bed unable to sleep the Holy Spirit spoke
to me again concerning the state of my soul and I got up out of bed
and onto my knees and asked Jesus to save me, and He did on the 22nd
of April 1993, I did go a little cold for a while but now I am amongst
friends in the Elim Christian Centre serving Jesus. My prayer for you
reading this simple testimony friend is that you to will come to know
Jesus Christ in a personal way. God Bless
Hello, I would like to publicly thank the Lord Jesus for what He has
done for me. I was always encouraged by my parents to go to church,
at the tender age of four I began to attend Sunday school, then I joined
the Girls Brigade as well as the Christian Endeavor Movement.
I was conscious of the fact when I entered my teen age years that if
I ever wanted to make it to heaven then I needed to be Saved. But as
was and still is common amongst must young people I continually delayed
making a decision for Jesus.
After the sudden death of my father and a few other different family
situations, I realised that my life was at a crossroads, surely there
had to be more to life than discos and pubs, and all that came with
them. In all these things I found no happiness, I guess that at this
time I was under conviction of sin. One night a friend of mine who happened
to be a Christian invited me to come round to her house and talk to
a Christian counselor, I accepted that invitation and it turned out
to be the best move that I have ever made, everything that he had to
say made sense and applied to my situation.
So that night on the 22nd of June 1993 I asked the Lord Jesus Christ
into my life, that night I repented of my sin and gave my life over
to Him. Friend I have never been so happy in all my life. Whatever your
situation you now find yourself facing, let me say to you that Jesus
is the answer.
Hi all you internet fans out there. My name is Lorraine and
I would just like to share with you what the Lord has done for me and
what He means to me.
First of all He is my everything He is my all He is my life.
Well now, I give my life to Jesus way back in 1980 when I was just seventeen.
I went along to Sunday school when I was very young, but when I hit
my teens I rebelled against God.
I suppose I was a typical teenager I loved going to discos, and enjoyed
drinking, and at this time I definitely had no time for God. But I praise
Him for not giving up on me.
A friend asked me to come along to church one night it was a Pentecostal
church, and it was here that God spoke to me. Above the Pastor was a
picture of the Lord's supper, and when he gave out the call for salvation
I saw myself sitting there and God said to me "Lorraine this is
your last chance."
I couldn't control my body my hand shot up in to the air in response,
I could do nothing else and I'm glad I did what I did.
I was really worried how I was going to keep the faith, but I shouldn't
have been because I now realise that God keeps me. Praise Him! Greater
is He that is in me than he that is in the world.
God has been so faithful to me. When I got married and had children
God was still my everything. Mt daughter was only four when her appendix
burst and she was given a fifty fifty chance of survival. I prayed my
friends and family prayed and praise God He brought her through and
she is now fourteen years old. God really does care.
Things were not always easy my marriage broke up and it was really hard
going with three kids to raise on your own. But God again seen me through,
10 years later I find myself happily married to a wonderful Christian
man and God is still first in our lives.
God is the same yesterday and today and forever. God Bless!
Lorraine Madden
My name is Brandon White, and I have been a Christian for four
years. I was fortunate enough to have two very loving parents who took
me to church even when I was young and didn't know what was going on.
I thank God now that they took me, because for several years, I never
even realised that there were people who didn't go to church every Sunday.
I was something of a pervert in my early teenage years, and I was constantly
striving for the approval of others, to the point that I became annoying
to those around me. I came to not even like myself. Oddly enough, the
tool that God used to bring me in was not pizza, but a beautiful girl
named Elizabeth. I played a role that caused everyone around me to believe
that I was "a perfect little boy" until one day, when I was
talking about the local football team, and all the "bad things"
they were doing. Here's the good part: Elizabeth's grandmother told
me that she knew that I would never do anything like that, because,
in her words, I was a "nice boy."
Right then, God spoke to me in a voice that He had used before, but
I had never recognized. In my mind, I heard Him say three small words: "No you're not."
From there on out, He began to deal with me strongly. I told myself
that I was going to change on my own, but that only lasted for about
two weeks, at which time, I committed one very lustful, very fleshly
sin. I realized that there was in my flesh no good thing, and that I
didn't personally have the power to overcome all my evil. I cried out
to God one Wednesday night, and I prayed quite possibly the simplest
prayer a sinner could pray when he is crying out to God: "Lord,
I need you!" For twenty minutes, I repeated this over and over
again, and suddenly, I felt so pure, and so holy, and so... wondrously
forgiven by a power that transcended anything I'd ever experienced before.
The Holy Spirit came into my life immediately, and I started serving
the Lord with all my heart.
I struggled at first, as I had no teacher except the Holy Spirit, and
I had no Christian friends my age. As I grew, I discovered the wonders
of living for Christ and serving Him. I am still growing in Christ,
but I have never experienced such love, such power, or such abundant
grace. I am so thankful that Jesus died for our sins, and that He still
cares about mankind, despite all our faults.
I am eighteen years old now, and in my first year of college. God is
using me in a way that He never has before, and I am closer to Him than
I've ever been. I praise Him everyday for lifting me up out of my sins, "setting my foot upon a rock, and establishing my goings!"
Wow, I don't even know what I want to write. All I know is that about
a year ago I let Jesus Christ into my life and ever since then, things
have been going SO well. He has answered so many of my prayers from
the smallest to the biggest. I have been tempted to do so many unchristian
like things, being a teenager and all, but He has given me the strength
to resist. I love God and what he has done for me. Prayer is so powerful
. I am really looking forward to this Christmas where I can remember
what our Lord did for me. Thanks
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