givin it a shot

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NoNameMcgee

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#21
Awesome testimony. I'm sure God has done somethings for you that even you don't know about. He is good and faithful to keep us even when we are in sin and he brings us to the right track.

Keep sharing your testimony as The Bible says in
Revelation 12:11King James Version (KJV)11 And they overcame him (Satan) by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony; and they loved not their lives unto the death.
thank you :)

and yaaa

i dont doubt it

im just happy to pick up on the things he reveals to me
 

shittim

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Dec 16, 2016
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#22
Thank you brother!
 

shittim

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#24
I am quite older and am at a place where He is showing me how decisions I made in His Name and by His guidance are bearing fruit today 30 and 40+ years later, He knows the end from the beginning.
bless you
 
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Tabitha4thelord

Guest
#25
welp ive never done a full testimony
hope this isnt too long winded (on a phone and have rhino like skin on my hands please forgive poor grammer, touch screens dont like me)


i was born in detroit michigan august 24th 1990
i was the second born (illegitimate birth)of my mother
the first instance of importance reguarding truth i remember getting a king james bible as a gift at about 5 years old from my mother

why i got king james if im not mistaken is because my uncle was a baptist preacher at the time

i was told to put my name on it... not being very understanding of how things work or having opened the bible yet i grabbed a yellow neon highlighter and wrote it on the side of the closed bible (had to close it tight so the pages didnt bend)

my mom noticed after i was done and said there was a spot on the inside for my name and laughed

well i never opened it to read and lost the bible shortly after

the next important thing i can remember i asked my step father (catholic) a few questions about God at around the age of 7 or 8 years

the answers didnt resonate well
i dont remember what i asked or what he said but that was the first time i felt God may not be real
having already been lied to about the tooth fairy and santa

then at around 10 years of age a teacher in school outright told me he doesnt think God is real

having never been instructed to be weary of teachers i believed him
and no longer felt God was real (unless i was in distress... i would still pray in intense situations)

i became a harder to the truth and softer to the world over time

from 14 (when i was expelled from my 2nd school and emancipated and started working) to my early 20s i became a violent person
my words were filthy
my actions were self fufilling
i claimed to be agnostic when i felt like being honest
or christian when i thought it would benefit me to lie
i would seek girls for fornication and walk around with a puffed out chest

i put my efforts into learning how to fight
and gaining respect from the world
as well as admiration of peers

i went from job to job and moved to different states

well at about 22
i was smacked with a spiritual brick...
i saw how evil i was

it may sound strange but i was gettin really into conspiracy to the point i couldnt deny not just me
but everyone was being lied to by people in positions of power

i wondered why?

went deeper in the rabbit trail, until it led me to understand a little of the occult

i could see music and movies, games, sports and hollywood in a whole new light

i saw how my desires were what these things wanted me to desire

and Satan was the driving force of glorifying these things
or at least thats what certain individuals in high places believed

i then wanted to prove myself wrong
loving the things i put so much time into

but God revealed himself to me

and i realized how wicked i was

so now i felt the Bible was true
but i still hadnt read any of it

my flesh ended up winning over this new information
and i jumped headfirst back into a life of sin

but now... the short pleasures were followed by intense guilt
which would make me cry (very unfamiliar thing to me being hardened)

i got a job offer
back in michigan for more the double the money i was getting paid in wisconsin

so i packed up and left

i went to my older brothers house

and he had a few bibles

i told him i wanted one

(now know he spent most of his life in prison or on the run)

when he handed me a bible

my name was already on it... on the side of the pages
barely able to read it with how faded it was but it was there

i got goose bumps

i asked him where he got it

he said his girlfriends appartment

so i asked her
where did she get it

she said her friend left it there

i had appearently left my bible at my uncles house as a child and his daughter (my cousin) left it at her friends (my brothers girl friend) house over 10 years later


since then ive been growing in the word
denying myself
practicing righteousness and following the truth

im leaving a lot of stuff out
i dont want to gossip about others
or glorify my sin

but God is real guys
and no matter how far we fall away from him
how much we rebel

he wants us to follow him
accept Jesus as our savior
and learn to walk away from our sins


if you have any questions

pm me
i promise ill answer honestly
thanks for takin the time to read this
This Is so awesome, you remind me so much of my oldest son
Im so glad that you and God have found each other at last
I only pray that my kids will find there way back into the hands of the lord
God bless you hun!!!
 
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NoNameMcgee

Guest
#26
This Is so awesome, you remind me so much of my oldest son
Im so glad that you and God have found each other at last
I only pray that my kids will find there way back into the hands of the lord
God bless you hun!!!
may i ask how old he is?
 
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#28
welp ive never done a full testimony
hope this isnt too long winded (on a phone and have rhino like skin on my hands please forgive poor grammer, touch screens dont like me)


i was born in detroit michigan august 24th 1990
i was the second born (illegitimate birth)of my mother
the first instance of importance reguarding truth i remember getting a king james bible as a gift at about 5 years old from my mother

why i got king james if im not mistaken is because my uncle was a baptist preacher at the time

i was told to put my name on it... not being very understanding of how things work or having opened the bible yet i grabbed a yellow neon highlighter and wrote it on the side of the closed bible (had to close it tight so the pages didnt bend)

my mom noticed after i was done and said there was a spot on the inside for my name and laughed

well i never opened it to read and lost the bible shortly after

the next important thing i can remember i asked my step father (catholic) a few questions about God at around the age of 7 or 8 years

the answers didnt resonate well
i dont remember what i asked or what he said but that was the first time i felt God may not be real
having already been lied to about the tooth fairy and santa

then at around 10 years of age a teacher in school outright told me he doesnt think God is real

having never been instructed to be weary of teachers i believed him
and no longer felt God was real (unless i was in distress... i would still pray in intense situations)

i became a harder to the truth and softer to the world over time

from 14 (when i was expelled from my 2nd school and emancipated and started working) to my early 20s i became a violent person
my words were filthy
my actions were self fufilling
i claimed to be agnostic when i felt like being honest
or christian when i thought it would benefit me to lie
i would seek girls for fornication and walk around with a puffed out chest

i put my efforts into learning how to fight
and gaining respect from the world
as well as admiration of peers

i went from job to job and moved to different states

well at about 22
i was smacked with a spiritual brick...
i saw how evil i was

it may sound strange but i was gettin really into conspiracy to the point i couldnt deny not just me
but everyone was being lied to by people in positions of power

i wondered why?

went deeper in the rabbit trail, until it led me to understand a little of the occult

i could see music and movies, games, sports and hollywood in a whole new light

i saw how my desires were what these things wanted me to desire

and Satan was the driving force of glorifying these things
or at least thats what certain individuals in high places believed

i then wanted to prove myself wrong
loving the things i put so much time into

but God revealed himself to me

and i realized how wicked i was

so now i felt the Bible was true
but i still hadnt read any of it

my flesh ended up winning over this new information
and i jumped headfirst back into a life of sin

but now... the short pleasures were followed by intense guilt
which would make me cry (very unfamiliar thing to me being hardened)

i got a job offer
back in michigan for more the double the money i was getting paid in wisconsin

so i packed up and left

i went to my older brothers house

and he had a few bibles

i told him i wanted one

(now know he spent most of his life in prison or on the run)

when he handed me a bible

my name was already on it... on the side of the pages
barely able to read it with how faded it was but it was there

i got goose bumps

i asked him where he got it

he said his girlfriends appartment

so i asked her
where did she get it

she said her friend left it there

i had appearently left my bible at my uncles house as a child and his daughter (my cousin) left it at her friends (my brothers girl friend) house over 10 years later


since then ive been growing in the word
denying myself
practicing righteousness and following the truth

im leaving a lot of stuff out
i dont want to gossip about others
or glorify my sin

but God is real guys
and no matter how far we fall away from him
how much we rebel

he wants us to follow him
accept Jesus as our savior
and learn to walk away from our sins


if you have any questions

pm me
i promise ill answer honestly
thanks for takin the time to read this
Honestly, it crazy how I literally ran back to God because of how I noticed everything in the media literally seems to glorify sin. Almost everything, on TV is about sex, money, drugs, or violence, and I really don't think people realize they are being brainwashed. Anyway, I'm glad God has shown you his wonderful love & mercy.
P.s. my bday is August 23
 
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LittleBit1987

Guest
#29
That was a wonderful read...

thank you for sharing, I know we all have our own stories of how we came to Christ... I just don't think my story is worth the read. But yours was well worth it ^_^

God is always at work in us, we just have to open our hearts to him and allow him into our lives to see the changes happening :)