MY TESTIMONY

I WOULD LIKE TO SEPARATE MY TESTIMONY INTO THREE PARTS
       1. INOCENCE AND A CHRIST LIKE START
       2. SLOW METHODICAL LOSS OF CHRIST LIKE SENSATIVITY
       3. REBIRTH INTO TRUTH
          #1  I WAS BORN INTO A  CHRISTIAN FAMILY.MY DAD WAS A PASTOR AND MY MOM A DEDICATED JESUS LOVING CHRISTIAN.THE FIRST THINGS I WAS TAUGHT WERE BIBLE STORIES AND A PRECIOUS SONG ' JESUS LOVES ME THIS I KNOW FOR THE BIBLE TELLS ME SO '.LITTLE DID I KNOW THAT LATER IN LIFE THESE GODLY TEACHINGS WOULD REVISIT MY MIND IN MY DARKEST HOURS.
          LIFE WAS VERY EVENTFULL AND HAPPY AS I GREW INTO A YOUNG MAN. I WAS VERY ATHLETIC AND EXCELLED AT SPORTS AND SCHOOL.AS I ENTERED MY TEENS I DEVELOPED SOME BAD RELATIONSHIPS. AT THE TIME I WAS NOT AWARE OF THE DANGERS THAT I WAS BEING EXPOSED TO. BY THE TIME I WAS IN MY TWENTIES I WAS MARRIED AND HAD A VERY GOOD CARRIER.
          #2 MY WIFE WAS A CHRISTIAN TOO AND WE ATTENDED CHURCH WEEKLY. WE FOCUSED ON WORK, FAMILY AND PLEASURE. BY THIS TIME I HAD LOST MY SENSATIVITY TO JESUS AND NEVER PRAYED OR READ THE BIBLE. I HAD TRADED TRUTH FOR POPULAR LIES EMBRACED BY GODLESS PEOPLE. I STILL WENT TO CHURCH TO SET A GOOD EXAMPLE BUT I WAS BY NOW WONDERING IF THE BIBLE WAS EVEN TRUE. UNEXPLAINABLE THINGS CONTINUED TO HELP ME IN DANGEROUS SITUATIONS WHEN MY LIFE AND WELL BEING WAS THREATENED.
          MY WORK TOOK ME FROM THE ROUTINES OF LIFE RIGHT TO THE CUTTING EDGE OF ITS EXTREEMS.VIOLENCE, DEATH,DESTRUCTION,ACCUTE PAIN,ON AND ON. I WAS FORCED TO MASK MY EMOTIONS AND MY PERSONAL THOUGHTS AS I DID MY BEST TO HELP MY FELLOW MAN.HOWEVER THE NEGATIVE THINGS IN OUR SOCIETY KEPT SPIRALING DOWNWARDS. AS SOCIETY CONTINUED TO LOSE ITS MORAL COMPASE, SENSATIVITY TO OTHERS WELL BEING WAS LOST AS WELL. INSENSATIVITY SELFISHNESS AND GREED WAS CAUSING SELDOM HEARD OF THINGS TO GREATELY INCREASE.
          #3 AS I FACED THE REALITY OF AN INABILITY TO REVERSE OR EVEN SIMPLY CONTAIN ORDER IN SOCIETY, A SENCE OF APPATHY STARTED TO SET IN.I BOUGHT A FARM AND STARTED LOOKING FORWARD TO AN EARLY RETIREMENT. ALCOHOL ABUSE BECAME A REPRIEVE FROM REALITY.BY THIS TIME I WAS 38 YEARES OLD WITH A BEAUTIFUL WIFE AND THREE AWSOME CHILDREN.AS I CONTINUED ALONG WITHOUT ANY REAL PURPOSE IN LIFE FOR ITS BETTERMENT I STARTED TO GIVE UP. AT THIS TIME A SEQUENCE OF EVENTS HAPPENED TO BRING ME BACK TO THE REALITY OF TRUTH THAT JESUS IS REAL AND HAD NEVER STOPPED HELPING ME EVEN THOUGH I HAD COME TO IGNORE HIM. I ASKED JESUS TO PLEASE RESTORE OUR RELATIONSHIP AND HE INSTANTLY DID. I FELT  A GREAT WEIGHT GO OFF MY SHOULDERS AND A WARM PEACE TAKE OVER.
          EXCITEMENT AND HOPE RETURNED AS I WITNESSED THE POWER OF JESUS BEING RELEASED INTO NEEDY SITUATIONS BY PRAYER. BEAUTIFUL CHANGE AFTER BEAUTIFUL CHANGE WAS TAKING PLACE ONE PRAYER AT A TIME.WHAT AN INCREADIBLE  WORLD WE WOULD HAVE IF EVERYONE FOLLOWED JESUS. NO MORE WAR NO MORE CRIME NO MORE BROKEN FAMILIES ON AND ON.
          I KNOW THE IGNORANT AND THE LIARS WILL DISAGREE. THAT IS THE PRICE WE PAY FOR HAVING A FREE WILL. PEOPLE BLAME GOD FOR WHAT REBELIOUS MAN WITH A FREE WILL DOES.
          JESUS DID NOT FORCE ME TO CONTINUE TO FOLLOW HIM.LIKE A FOOL I SLOWLY WANDERED AWAY FROM HIM ,FOLLOWING ONE LIE AT A TIME.
          TAKE THE TIME TO PUT JESUS FIRST IN YOUR LIFE, LIKE I HAVE DONE AND I CAN TELL YOU FROM EXPERIENCE HE IS FAITHFULL AND TRUE .WILL YOU HAVE TROUBLE FROM TIME TO TIME ? YES BUT HE WILL CARRY YOU THROUGH.NOT NECESAIRLY THE WAY YOU THOUGHT BUT LOOKING BACK YOU WILL SEE HIS WAY WAS BETTER. WILL YOUR LIFE BE BETTER ? I KNOW IT WILL BUT YOU HAVE TO CHOOSE TO SEE FOR YOURSELF.THAT IS WHY I DID NOT INCLUDE A LOT OF EXAMPLES BECAUSE YOUR WALK WITH JESUS WILL BE UNIQE AND EVERY BIT AS EXCITING IF YOU GIVE YOUR ALL TO HIM. NOTE .
         STOP FOLLOWING MAN. HE WILL LEAD YOU TO DESTRUCTION. FOLLOW JESUS AND HE WILL LEAD YOU TO  HEAVEN . GET YOUR BIBLE ,GET ON YOUR KNEES WHEN APPROPRIATE, SEEK JESUS WITH ALL YOUR HEART AND YOU WILL NEVER BE PUT TO SHAME WHEN THE VEIL LIFTS AND ALL TRUTH IS EXPOSED.
          WE ALL NEED PRAYER SO PLEASE DO NOT FORGET TO PRAY FOR ME TOO. IHAVE BEEN PRAYING A LONG TIME FOR YOU.