Testimony: Thankful For God's Grace.

jesse's testimony "Thankful For God's Grace." on 1/18/2013, 9:29am...

My name is jesse and this is my testimony that ALL will get the message from my testimony and make a diffirents in someone's life.I grown up in a small town of forest and did not have many frind's,for the most part I was a loner.My dad and mom had a rocky marrige and there was not much love in are house hold at all.

My parents went to bars alot togeather and lots of times I had to go to.going to bars and drinking was normal to me cause of my parents but many my dad.Well they split up and was no longer married.for a little time of two years in forest I went to church off and on.I never found God but did here about him dieing for me (salvation).

Soon we moved to kenton a little bigger town and mom and I lived togeather in a apartment house.I went to a little church in kenton for a while off and on still hered about Jesus and getting saved.well this time I was so mastup with a bad attiude and being disrespectful I got kicked out of church.the church tryed working with me.my dad still ran in and out of bars mom and I was not close.

I was very young about 3rd or 4th grade doing weed and started drinking some.seeing sex in movies was a normal way life for me as well and that still affects me today.my mom hung out with friends that drank and did drugs and I had to call 911 on a pay phone 2 diffirent times.To keep it short my family and I had many problems and needed God.when I was 13years old I lost my dad to heart problems and a stroke.This was hard for me and asfar as I know my dad never got saved.

Before I move on, I want to say I never opened up like this so I hope all this makes a change in someones life today.I had two family members do bad (sexual)things to me (touching).so alot of bad things and surroundings.I found bad friends and all the bad that goes with it.

I got in highschool and got good grades and found some better friends.drinking I did not do much or weed either,that was good.but I got a bad mouth. I cursed alot and my attiude was still bad.I also picked up smoking cigarettes alot about half a pack a day for 3 years but I did quit really easy.I moved back to forest and join the wrestling team in school and did well and had a good coach who cared for the kids on the team.I forgot I had a good councilor in 5-7 grade school and was a big help in my life.she cared for people and wanted to help me.we will move on ok so now I was 19 teen years old and worked two jobs.I was a good worker and worked hard for my money.I found more bad friends and drank beer and smoked lots of weed agian.

My life seemed to go up then down ALL the time.I was now have sex with people and doing this not caring for what I was doing.I said before this sex on tv still caused problems for me.but now sex was a way of life and porn as well,still I was not happy.I drinking 3 times a week was,that was normal and weed everyday.I went though depression and toke meds for it.I hated my life,I told myself there had to be more in life then just a dead end job and a little town with nothing in it.also to me life was emity,life was the same old thing everyday.

I lived with my mom well I tryed killing my self and I took all my meds for depression and drank just one beer away from a six pack.I went up to my room at my mom's turned on some music and laid down on my back to die.I already felt funny and not normal.it took about 15 mins for my meds to start kicking in so that's when I laid down to die.well I got real sick and my bodie fought off the meds and I was sick for about two days but I was ok agian.

I still smoked weed and still was drinking beer, but I movied out with my girlfriend who was a good girl and was saved though Jesus christ, but was backslidin but was truly saved.I still was not and we dated for 2 years and got married.before we got married we went to church to gather.I ONLY went to please her and her only.it was weird we went to the same church that I got kicked out of a long timeago.well one sunday morning the Paster was preaching to the church people and I was starting to feel uncomfortable,hot,red in the face and start shaking some and my heart was racing fast.all this was happening when pastor was telling us about God and Jesus and about geting saved before it's too late.

So pastor gave an invitation for any person TO come up and get saved.well every one's eyes was close and heads bowed in prayer I know God was calling ME to get saved,just from how I felt.That feeling did not go away.I siad to myself I was not going up to get saved or talk to anyone of the church to show me how to go to heaven and I did not!

I went home that morning doing what I wanted fighting that feeling I HAD.I told my self IF the samefeeling's was to happen to me agian at the 6:00 pm service then I would get saved and let someone show me how I can KNOW FOR SURE I CAN KNOW HOW TO GET TO HEAVEN.well My wife and I went back to church and set in the second pew at church.the message was good but that feeling I had before was not there. so I just set there ready to go home and wanted play my game or watch a movie.so pastor was talking about The word of God and his only son Jesus dieing for are sins and what God gave up was a part of him self and the love he had for us would free us from are sins.at this piont pastor finshed his message and had everyperson bow there heads and close there eyes and started praying then EVERYTHING started AGIAN.I felt hot,red in the face,uncomfortable,and started shaking agian and having a racing heart!I knew God was calling me to get saved,I knew it was the holyspirit calling me.The pastor said here's your chance to get saved and went on saying,'We can have someone show you how you can get saved,is there ANYONE like that here tonight raise your hand.I raised my hand and went to the other room and ask God to forgive me and I ask to Go to heaven and I belived Jesus died for me.I felt a little diffirent and from that moment on I grow and grow and grow, I know I got saved that night at the 6:OO pm service.This happen 2008 around fall time at Berea Baptist Church and still there today serving God and being used by God in diffirent ways, me and my wife.

Also God has gave us a child a little girl,a house,a good running car,good friends and kept be drug free and alcohol free.I also have had other family members get saved as well.with that God and I broke a family chain.My dad's dad and my dad was alcoholics.I still battle a bad mind set about (sex/porn) and ask God to help me with this problem and it helps alot and he gives me victory.so from 2008 to 2013 to date I have been saved by God's Grace. I am so Thankful for God's Grace and if you are saved too,I am sure your thankful for God's Grace as well.This my tesimony and prayer some get's saved today.Behide every problem and every bad choice God still cares and problems can be fixed and I have leared faith in my self mad me see the need of the Father,son,and holy ghost.I pray you all know christ and know him as your christ.God speed and God bless all jesse.

 

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