Testimonials

C Testimony

I was brought up in a Christian home, Dad was a minister for Assemblies of God, mom
was a Sunday school teacher for preteens, I was a prodigal son, I was walking
farther from God each day, drugs, alcohol, and women, that was my life, then I
found crystal meth, and it was all great...well I thought so, I was a slave to all
of it, chained to the life of drugs and porn, I was crying out to God to save me
from all of this, but I could not do it alone, as much as I tried to, I could not
brake the chains that bound me, till the day Christ intervened and pulled the rug
out from under my feet, I lost all that at once, my home, my new truck, everything
that I thought was important to me, I was put in the hospital with pancreatitis,
heart problems, form all the sin in my life, but God was working in me, and for me,
I was close to death the doctors told me, and I cried out to God to save me! Today
I am grateful for each day that I am granted here, and I will serve Him every day
that I draw breath, for it was by His mighty hand that I was saved by His grace and
His merciful hand. I thank God for my life today, my new wife, and the world He has
shown to me all anew. Thank you Abba Father for loving me so much.

B.B Testimony

As soon as I was released from active duty in the Navy, I felt a strong desire to party as much as possible. From 1992 thru 1995 I went from a casual drinker and drug user to a full-blown alcoholic and drug addict. I spent the next 8 years in and out of jails and institutions. By 2003 I had racked up 9 felony convictions and 2 six-month stays in rehab. At the time I was married with two small children; my marriage was on it’s last thread and my children were afraid me. I wasn’t around them much; they interfered with my endless search for my next high. In fact, the days leading up to the birth of my son, I was on a six-day run. My ex-wife tracked me down and found me three days after my son was born. In May 2003, I was on another run. I came home a week later to find that my family didn’t live there any more. Me ex-wife got fed up and moved to her parents house. The landlord told me to leave or he was going to call the police. It dawned on me that I was actually homeless. I had burnt so many bridges that nobody was willing to let me crash on their couch for a couple days. My breaking point came sitting in front of the old Hardware Store in Sun City Plaza. I sat by the pay phone all night realizing that there is no one I could call that would want to hear from me. I waited until daybreak to call (collect) for a ride to The Salvation Army. The same rehab I had been through twice before. As I sat in the intake office waiting to be checked in, I looked up at the ceiling and said, “God, I know I don’t deserve your help, but I don’t know what to do.” I spent the next month or so praying and reading the Bible, always distracted by the thought of my family. I couldn’t concentrate on anything because I was trying to solve my problems my way. No matter what I did, I was consumed by the thought of how was I going to win my family back. I believe God got my attention the only way he could. At about 45 days in the program, I was unloading donations off the trucks on a Saturday work detail. I opened the back door of a truck and noticed something familiar. Upon closer inspection, I realized that my ex-wife had donated everything we owned to The Salvation Army. I spent the next two hours having to unload and let go of all the memories of my children and 5 years of marriage. Baby cribs, photo albums, wedding presents, you name it. Being in the program I was not allowed to keep anything that was considered a donation. Later that day I crawled in my bed crying out to God, “How could you let this happen to me?” It was there in my brokenness that I saw God had allowed this to happen so I would focus fully on Him. There was no question that my family wasn’t coming back. Although the actual experience was one of the hardest things I have ever been through, I will always thank God for that day. Since then, God has blessed me abundantly. All the despair, loneliness, and guilt that I carried around with me daily, is gone. God gave me a scripture that led me to that belief, * II Cor. 5:17 * Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new. I also believe that Jesus died for my sins so there is no reason to carry them around with me. Through the Lord, I have learned to live a life of principle and patience. It is because of this life that the Lord has taught me, that my children are in my life again, (and I actually get along with my ex-wife). The Lord has given me a Godly woman in my life and a new chance to be a Husband and a Father. I know in my heart that as long as I keep God at the center of my life, and act like He is, all things will work together for good. As an example of this, the Lord has opened the opportunity for me to go back to that recovery center; twice a month I get to share my story with guys that are without hope like I was. Posted by Brian Briggs.

J.S Testimony

INSPIRED BY THE HOLY SPIRIT WRITTEN BY JOHNNY, THIS IS THE TESTIMONY OF MY LIFE: GOD WORKS IN WAYS IN WHICH HE UNDERSTANDS AND SOMETIMES WE FORGET WHO HE REALLY IS, AT THE EARLY AGE OF 11, I HAD SMOKED MY FIRST JOINT, IN THE BEGINNING YEARS OF THOSE DAYS AS A CHILD I BEGAN TO WONDER OF WHAT LIFE HAD IN STORE FOR ME. AS I GREW OLDER DRUGS BEGAN TO CONSUME MY LIFE, AND AS TRUE AS NOT KNOWING WHAT HAD HAPPEN. IT SEEMED AS IF DEATH WAS ALL TOO FAMILIAR AND AS TIME WENT BY MY HEART WAS HARDENED BY ALL OF IT. MY FRIENDS WOULD OVERDOSE, AND THERE WERE TIMES WHEN I WOULD BE RUSHING THEM TO THE HOSPITAL IN HOPE TO SAVE THEIR LIVES, NOT KNOWING WHEN MY DAY WOULD COME. IN THE END OF 1982, I MET YVONNE WHO IS NOW MY WIFE. AND I THOUGHT THAT MY LIFE WOULD CHANGE, AND TO MY SURPRISE THAT WAS NOT THE CASE. I BEGAN TO VERBALLY AND PHYSICALLY ABUSE HER, AS DRUGS MADE ME LOSE SIGHT OF WHAT WAS TRUE, I OFTEN WOULD ASSAULT HER WITH A GUN, BUT ONLY GOD KNOWS WHY I NEVER TOOK HER LIFE. AS MY LIFE WAS PASSING BY, IN 1990 I WAS ALREADY FACING 15 TO LIFE IN PRISON. I ENDED UP SERVING ONE YEAR IN JAIL, I GOT OUT REALITY IS, I BEGAN TO LOSE SIGHT OF REALITY. BY THE TIME I WAS 13 YEARS OF AGE, I WAS ALREADY A GANG MEMBER, AND I WAS SHOOTING UP DOPE, MY HOMEBOYS BECAME MY FAMILY. EVEN THOUGH I HAD A MOTHER AND A FATHER WHO LOVED ME, I REJECTED THEM. PUSHING AWAY THOSE WHO REALLY LOVED ME. I WOULD GET LOST FOR DAYS, AND AT TIMES I WOULD WAKE UP IN A TRASH CAN, AND I WENT BACK TO MY OLD WAYS.I REMEMBER ONE INCIDENT, I WAS IN FRONT OF MY KIDS, I HAD PULLED OUT A SHOTGUN ON MY BEST FRIEND, I HAD PULLED THE TRIGGER, BUT THE GUN DID NOT GO OFF. ALSO I JEOPARDIZED MY NEW BORN SON, HIGH JACKING A CAR, RUNNING FROM THE POLICE, RUNNING RED LIGHTS AT A 100 MPH. EVEN AS AN UN-SAVED PERSON COULD GOD HAVE BEEN WITH ME?? I STARTED TO REALIZE HOW LOST I WAS AND NOT UNDERSTANDING WHAT LIFE WAS ABOUT. SEEING HOW YVONNE STARTED USING DRUGS I DECIDED TO LEAVE HER. WE KNEW WE LOVED EACH OTHER, BUT HAVING 4 KIDS ALREADY, I THOUGHT THAT WAS THE BEST THING TO DO, SO I LEFT BACK EAST. AND YVONNE MOVED TO MEXICO. THE ONLY THING I HAD WERE 2 KIDS AND THE CLOTHES ON OUR BACKS, A BACK, TRYING TO STAY SOBER I GOT A JOB, I ENDED UP MEETING A FRIEND AT WORK, WHO BEGAN TO TALK TO ME ABOUT THIS GOSPEL OF JESUS CHRIST. I BEGAN TO BE INTRIGUED, TWO DAYS OF FELLOWSHIP WITH HIM, I FELL IN LOVE WITH THIS ONE WHO THEY CALLED JESUS CHRIST. HE TOLD ME THAT HE CAN CLEANSE ME OF ALL MY SINS AND MAKE ME A NEW MAN. IN FEBRUARY OF 1997 I ACCEPTED JESUS CHRIST AS MY LORD AND SAVIOR, AND FROM THAT DAY I NEVER WENT BACK TO DRUGS OR TO MY OLD LIFESTYLE. I WAS TRANSFORMED IN A MIRACULOUS WAY. PHILIPPIANS 4:13 SAYS; “I CAN DO ALL THINGS THROUGH CHRIST WHO STRENGTHENS ME.” EVERY TIME I WOULD WANT TO GO BACK, I WOULD GET THE STRENGTH FROM GOD, FROM THAT VERSE. I AM BLESSED TO SAY THAT MY WIFE YVONNE LOVES THE LORD AND ALL MY CHILDREN SERVE YEAR LATER, I DECIDED TO COME HIM AS WELL. IF GOD CAN USE ALL THE MEN IN THE BIBLE, WHY CAN’T WE ALL HAVE FAITH THAT HE CAN USE ALL OF US?

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1 John 4:18
“There is no fear in love; but perfect love casteth out fear: because fear hath torment. He that feareth is not made perfect in love.”

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