believe, Church, fear, God, growing, Spiritual legacy
After I decided Jesus was legit, and after I started reading the Bible some, the next logical step was for me to start attending a church. (Logical to the believers around me, that is; the concept was lost on me for quite awhile). But that idea terrified me. So I...
believe, Bible, faith, God, growing, Spiritual legacy, truth
(For the story of my salvation, read Part I, Part II, and Part III.) I became a Christian through a long process that culminated in November, 1999. Once I decided that Jesus was really who He claimed to be – the One True God and the only Savior that could make...
believe, faith, growing, Spiritual legacy, testimony, truth
(For Part I of my story, read Spiritual Legacy: I Once Was Lost. For Part II of my story, read Spiritual Legacy: What Difference Did God Make?) I was 16 when I relied on God for the first time. It was more like I threatened God, telling Him that it was His...
God, Spiritual legacy, testimony
(For Part I of my story, read Spiritual Legacy: I Once Was Lost.) There I was, 14 years old and finally willing to believe that there was a God. But my everyday life didn’t change. I was still a disgruntled teenager with no hope for the future. I was bitter...
Spiritual legacy, testimony
I was not raised in a Christian home. My parents were both raised Catholic, but neither practiced that religion once they became adults. In fact, they raised my brother and me without any religious influence whatsoever. They wanted us to choose for ourselves what...
God, parenting, remember, Spiritual legacy, trials, writing
Soooooo many times in the Bible people are encouraged to remember what the Lord has done for them. Why? Because we tend to forget His work in our lives. When we don’t ACTIVELY pursue remembering, we forget. And when we forget how He has been faithful to us,...