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A New Creation

February 5, 2012

Before Christ (I got saved) all I ever did was work and focus on money,cloths,the right home, schools for my kids and everything materialistic. You see, I grew up without a dad, with seven brothers & poor. So, when I became of age.. all those things became important to me because to me they were a sign of success and made me feel important. As I grew older, I hardly ever went out or had much of a social life or fun. For me, It was work work work. I was in a unhappy marriage but learn to deal with ...

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Atheist to Jesus Freak

February 1, 2012

I grew up going to church in a family of professing Christians. I read my Bible every day and prayed every day. Slowly I let the world work itself into my life. The first thing was masturbation. I considered masturbation a “grey area,” not necessarily sin, so I let it slide. I’m here to tell anyone in the same place, it’s SIN! And that sin will eat you like no other that I know of.
Every day it seemed like I was in front of the computer screen pleasuring myself. At some point I stopped reading my Bible and praying. ...

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The Danger of Procrastination (The Final Call)

February 1, 2012

I am writing to warn you against the very real danger of procrastination, meaning deciding later on to accept Christ as your Savior. In the Bible, Paul writes,For He( God ) says:In an acceptable time I have heard you,And in the day of salvation I have helped you. Behold, now is the accepted time; behold, now is the day of salvation.[2 Corinthians 6:2]
Please Christians, pass this link on to others so they may in turn pass it on to others. It’s my hope that thousands read this and understand the dangers of procrastination. If you are reading this and are ...

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The Prodigal Son: A Time for Everything

February 1, 2012

Although I have been growing up in church all my life, I never really personally believed in God until I was entering grade five. The time I first accepted Christ into my life was during a summer bible camp they were doing a play on the prodigal son how the son did so many horrendous things to his father taking all his father’s fortune and leaving home, once he spent all his money he was in the dumps, feeding pigs and as poor as he has ever been. One day after many years he mustered up all his courage to ...

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Keeping My Promise to God

January 31, 2012

January 3rd and April 18th will always be very special days in my life. As the reader of this letter, I must let you know that it is by the grace of God that I may be able to share this testimony with you.
My story begins on May 9th 1996. I was arrested and booked into the Santa Clara County Jail on Marijuana possession charges. Though, the events which lead up to this are relevant, it is not the focus of this story. Let’s just say, what the Officers did was unethical and I should not have been arrested.
After being ...

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Delivered from a Confused Mindset

January 29, 2012

My name is Maeshell Matthews. I was born on a southern plantation 68 years ago. My parents were sharecroppers. Our parents were seldom home and us kids had the run of the house. There were eleven of us children. Me being the fifth child between seven brothers helped me to become a rough tom boy. Our home was always noisy, something was always happening. Daddy and mudda (we called our mother “Mudda” were often cussing and fighting each other, we tended to do the same. When our parents fought we would stand huddled together in fear. I was always afraid ...

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The Light in My Darkness

January 29, 2012

I was nine when I started in a long, downward spiral. It would take two years to hit rock bottom, but I did. I am afraid (yet thankful) that, if I was not so protected, I would have been in a lot more trouble. But, I did not know what was coming nor did I notice the gradual slope down.
It started at home. My mom yelled at me for the tiniest things. She always criticized me. I had no one to talk to about their, either. I kept it bottled up inside. Every night I would cry for about two ...

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My Road to Damascus

January 29, 2012

For decades I tried just about everything to find happiness, self respect, love and the answers to the questions, why am I hear and what is life all about. That journey led me from having most everything I wanted and still not being happy, to pain, sorrow, loneliness, homelessness, hopelessness, alcoholism, drug addiction and thoughts of suicide. After years of trying and when the pain was just too much to bear, I fell to my knees and asked God to either end this miserable life of mine or show me how to live the right way. I asked him to ...

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God Changed Me

January 27, 2012

I’m 16 years old, TRULY living for god. I gave my life to Christ about 1 year ago. Being 15 year old, empty inside looking for things to complete me in all the wrong places. Hurt by a broken family, parents divorced, brother passed away, grandparents passed.
I use to look to be filled with love by having boyfriend after boyfriend after boyfriend. I use to drink, and smoke marijuana, all of this just made me feel worse and more lonely. One day, i was giving up. i prayed and asked god to help me and to ...

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Hope is Coming

January 26, 2012

I was saved by God’s grace towards the end of July, 2010, and I thank God that he saved me at that time when he did. I wasn’t a teenager going around drinking and smoking, but I had a lot of problems and things happening in my life that I never thought I could overcome.
Growing up I never went to church and none of my family were Christians, but my friend invited me to a gospel concert her church was holding, and I decided to go along, at this time I had no intentions to accept God into my life. ...

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