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Topic: A BRIEF TESTAMONY OF MY LIFE
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JCisGOD
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Well my friend I am happy that my testimony touched your heart, I give all the glory to the Lord and daily I acknowledge that it is by His Grace that I am saved from death and sin. Don’t get me wrong I am not saying that I am a perfect Christian I still sin but I do not continually and willingly sin daily. I ask the Lord to keep me and protect me daily from sin and from Satan although I do not serve Satan any more I know that Satan is standing like a roaring lion seeking whom he may devour, but the one who is in us stronger than the one who is in the world. God is awesome. And to get back at your question about my education no I have not gone back to school to complete my education. My high school credits are so low that it will be as I am starting from scratch. All I have is 5 credits, so basically I only passed one class in my 1 ½ years of high school. I did enroll to a seminar here in California but with out a high school education I couldn’t take it with credit. And after I got married it has been really hard to set aside for education but, I am praying so that God will show me a way and give me the wisdom that I need to complete it. God is good and I know that he will show me a way. Once again thank you for your kind response and have blessed and happy thanksgiving.
GOD IS AWESOME ![[Big Clap]](graemlins/clap2.gif) HE IS GOOD.
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Romans 1:16 - For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.
salvation... is in Christ Jesus with eternal glory.
--2 Timothy 2:10
Posts: 14 | From: GLENDALE,CA | Registered: Nov 2002
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njclary
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Arthur; Your testimony has really touched me; IT IS amazing what God can do. and where He can rescue us from. I can empathize, with this testimony. I too, have come a long way.
Tell me, have you gone back to finish your basic education? The reason I ask is hat I believe that God has something more, and more spectacular for you. Your testimony can reach a lot of young people in your area. Even the old friends, [those who may still be living] and the ones in jail.
Pray about that.
God Bless you my Brother.
Joel
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JCisGOD
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Hello to all: my real name is Arthur and I live in Los Angeles. Before the Lord rescued me I was a very bad child. When I was 13 years old I started smoking cigarettes. And at the age of 14 I started using marijuana and at age 15 I was in every drug that there is. I got kicked out of high school because almost every day I would get in fights so the teachers and the principal kicked me out send me to a continuation school which I never attended. So I got a job at some truck stop. All I was doing there was changing oil on the big 18 wheel trucks working 50-65 hours a week and making only $200.00 per week. After a year the owner of the truck stop really like me and offered me a management job for 450.00 a week cash so I didn’t refuse the offer. I started working on my new position. Well my street life was really bad I started hanging around with really bad bad people I was hanging around street gangs and after a while a joined the street gang. And from there my life went down hill. I started stealing anything and everything that I would get my hands on. I got in to drugs more deeper.
And as my addiction grew stronger so I started stealing more money and robbing houses and doing a lot more bad stuff. So as one day I was at work and just thinking how I am going to score for that day and I just started thinking for ways to start stealing from my work place. So I did find a way since I was doing all the inventory and everything else I slowly started stealing from my work place and I remember when first I started I started stealing $100 to $250.00 a day but, I started getting greedier and after a month I was stealing $800 to $1600 a day. So from there as you can imagine I had money I had street power and I wasn’t afraid of any one. My addiction got worst to a point when I would smoke $1000 to $1400 worth of drugs a day. Well after a while after all the arrests and the troubles I went through my mom got sick because of me and they did an operation on here and the doctors told here that whatever she does she should not get mad. Well but with a son like me that would be really hard for my mom. And to make a long story short I got arrested God knows how many times. And I had a lot of my friends that got shot and died and there was this particular time we went and were going to do some crime and we saw one of our rival gangs and this guy as soon as he saw us he took his hand gun out and started shooting at us. And the bullet hit on top of my head were I was sitting. It missed me by 1 ½ inches. At that time I got happy and went and celebrated by getting high. Well there came a time in my life were I was so possessed by the enemy all my friends were calling me (demon) my nickname and I would get happy.
Well I was just getting from bad to worst. I mean no one thought there was hope for me to ever be good or do any good. And the funny thing was that all this bad stuff that I did I always defended Christianity, I was brought up in a orthodox Christian family and I thought just because I say I am Christian I am saved. I didn’t even know what repentance was. I would just go to church from eater to Easter and when some one dies. But I remember that I had a friend who went to jail for murder and this guy got to know the Lord in jail and when he told us we started making fun of him. I mean I hated believers that went to church and prayed and the whole 9 yards.
And my sister had a friend that was a believer and she would always tell her to go to church but, my sister never went. And one beautiful day I went out with my sister and she was just very upset and felt sorry for me how I wasted my life away and she just asked me if I would want to go to church and I had no idea why I said YES. But didn’t know that it was the Holy Spirit. Any way I did go to church and it was a four square church and I didn’t even hear the sermon I was busy smoking cigarettes. And any way the pastor started praying for all the people and they offered to pray for me also and I said no because I had a lot of pride but I ended up going to the side so the pastor would pray for me. And as he prayed I felt the change within me. And as soon as the service finished I felt that I had been touched by God I went and asked for a bible which I had never even touched in my life. And went home read the bible asked the lord into my heart and repented from my sins. And started going to church every time the church was open. After a while my friends started worrying about me because I wasn’t calling them so they came to visit me and I told them that I have repented and I belong to Jesus now. So they laughed at me and thought that I am on drugs and that I will snap out of this phase one day. As time passed they say that I was still on the same grounds so they started questioning them selves and finally came to their senses and left me alone.
Well I had a lot of probations and also my license was suspended so one day I went to court and the judge told me that he feels like taking away my probation and I asked him why and he said that “it is my lucky day” as I left the court room I knew it was Jesus’ hand. And same day I had to go to court to get a print out and as soon as I got the print out I looked at it and saw that a week before my license had been renewed automatically and I went and asked the people if this was true and they said yes it is. I couldn’t believe it and as soon as I got out of court I knew it was JESUS. Any way after a while I started dating the pastor’s daughter and we got engaged after a while. And if I may I would also like to add that before the Lord blessed me with this great job I first got a job in universal studios driving a bicycle and delivering mail. I had never before done any type of job like that in my life. And I worked there for couple of months and the Lord really broke all the pride inside of me. Before I wouldn’t of done any job like that but, I was praising my Lord on a job like that making minimum wage. And the Lord saw I was faithful in the little things and I think that’s why he blessed me with the bigger one. I started praying to the Lord for a opportunity to give me a better paying job. And someone told me that I should go apply for a job in Washington mutual so I was afraid because I didn’t have a high school diploma nor any experience. But I put my faith in the Lord and I did. And after a week they called me to say that I Got the Job. I was so happy that I started jumping up and down. Since then I have been working for Washington mutual as an escrow specialist and God is using me in that work place. So after I got the job I decided to get married and we did. So I have been happily married since and been in the Lord. I mean god is so good I was a no body a lost soul and dangerous to the public no one thought that I would make it in life every one gave up hope except Jesus Christ. God is so good.
Oh and also let me add this now it has been since the day of my salvation that I haven’t done any drugs no alcohol and I have quit smoking for almost 2 years. Now God is working in the inner man. God is so awesome. Now I go to the gym 5 days a week I mean I don’t believe it but I have to because God is the one who does it I just need to believe. If lets say I was the one doing all this which I couldn’t of I would have a reason to doubt but, when God is in control we just have to believe and give Him all the Glory. When ever I am discouraged I just think of all the great things that he has done in my life and I get excited. Now I go to a non denomination church and I am very happy and thank full to the lord because he saved me not only from sin but also death. I have to go now I am getting ready to go to church, words are not enough for me to express and tell all the great things God has done for me. I could go on for hours but, I think this is enough.God is so good. Thank you Jesus. And now I don’t live for my self but I live unto my Lord. Every minute everything I own and due I do it unto the Lord. And thank you guys for taking the time in reading my brief testimony. God Bless
Well as soon as the day I went to church and repented same day I knew that the Lord has touched me. And I felt totally different from inside out. I always had some thing missing inside like an empty place and I didn’t know it till then that was the place for God. And as soon as God entered all the filth left. Well I got delivered from drugs and alcohol in one night. And even now when I think of drugs I can’t believe that I used to do drugs, I mean the Lord has totally changed me. And after all my deliverances from drugs and alcohol I was still smoking cigarettes and at first I wasn’t feeling that smoking was wrong. After a little while the Lord used his mighty word to set me free from smoking also. Before when I was in the world lets say if I didn’t smoke in the morning when I woke up my hands would literally start shaking but, not any more. And same thing with drugs I was a maniac. But we know what the word of God says “whom the SON sets free he is free indeed” and I have experienced that deliverance. God is so Good. I praise him for all that he is doing in my life and the life’s in other Christians. A lot of Christians are looking for signs and wonders –don’t get me wrong the signs and wonders are ok but, I think the biggest miracle is the miracle of salvation.
GOD BLESS
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Romans 1:16 - For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.
salvation... is in Christ Jesus with eternal glory.
--2 Timothy 2:10
Posts: 14 | From: GLENDALE,CA | Registered: Nov 2002
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