Just to keep a 30 year story short I went to church a few Easters and Christmas' and couldn't stand it my flesh rebelled so badly at even the idea of God. At the age of 12 I started using drugs (mostly to be heroin and methamphetamine) I started really getting involved in sexual immorality and treated woman terrible. Between the ages of 12-30 I was incarcerated 18 times, went to 11 treatment centers, 3 psychiatric hospitals, overdosed 4 times, during all that time I was reading of all different religions and pray to all sorts of false God's, I really truly lived as an enemy of the Christ. Arguing against Christ and Christians. When I woke up from the last coma I was in, I remember clearly thinking maybe I should pray because I always did when I was going to jail but this thought came that I was so hopeless that I didn't have a prayer left. I knew if Jesus is God I had blown my chance at that and I tried every other "god" and by God's grace slowly Jesus has shown me his love and mercy. I got set free from drug and alcohol addiction, from nicotine addiction and a whole lot of other stuff but most importantly Jesus set me free of eternity in hell, and by his blood paid my way to heaven. He is just an awesome God. I pray I can continue to grow in his grace.
He's still setting captives free
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It is truly amazing to me what God accomplishes in us to create a new man. It is God that calls us and directs our steps. God calls the most wretched of us that he can confound the worlds wise, seemingly mighty and worldly pure.
1 Cor 1:27 But God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise; and God hath chosen the weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty; (KJV)
This scripture seems more and more true as time goes by. I'm thankful that God has turned your life around and turns the lives of others around as well. So many of us have been brought out of wretched places and into the light. May God continue to light your path and allow you the chance to bring healing to others as he instills the fruit of his Spirit with in you.
1 Cor 1:27 But God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise; and God hath chosen the weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty; (KJV)
This scripture seems more and more true as time goes by. I'm thankful that God has turned your life around and turns the lives of others around as well. So many of us have been brought out of wretched places and into the light. May God continue to light your path and allow you the chance to bring healing to others as he instills the fruit of his Spirit with in you.
Glad you are healing.
God helped me give up all intoxicants too.
He just took the desire away and placed a desire for Him in me instead.
I pray you continue to grow in His Grace
God helped me give up all intoxicants too.
He just took the desire away and placed a desire for Him in me instead.
I pray you continue to grow in His Grace