I AM RE-POSTING THIS FOR SOMEONE THAT MAY NEED TO HEAR THIS. I PRAY THAT YOU WILL BE BLESSED BY THIS MESSAGE. HAVE A MAGNIFICENT DAY!
FOR MANY YEARS MY HEART HAS BEEN TO SHARE JESUS WITH OTHERS. I WANT PEOPLE TO KNOW HOW WONDERFUL IT IS TO BE A CHRISTIAN AND HOW IT WILL TOTALLY AND COMPLETELY CHANGE YOUR LIFE. I WAS RAISED IN CHURCH AND I LOVED GOING TO CHURCH. MY PARENTS NEVER HAD TO MAKE ME GET UP AND GET READY TO GO, IT WAS A PLACE I WAS DRAWN TO. MY FIRST PASTOR WAS A FEMALE..YES A FEMALE..AND SHE LOVED THE LORD WITH ALL OF HER BEING. HER NAME WAS REVEREND FARRAH IN BELLEVILLE, NEW JERSEY. THE NAME OF THE CHURCH WAS LITTLE ZION AND IT WAS LOCATED ON STEVENS STREET. OF COURSE I HAD BEEN TO OTHER CHURCHES, BUT THAT PLACE WAS SO FULL OF THE LOVE OF GOD. NO ONE IN THERE WAS PERFECT, BUT YOU KNEW YOU WERE LOVED.
FOR MANY YEARS MY HEART HAS BEEN TO SHARE JESUS WITH OTHERS. I WANT PEOPLE TO KNOW HOW WONDERFUL IT IS TO BE A CHRISTIAN AND HOW IT WILL TOTALLY AND COMPLETELY CHANGE YOUR LIFE. I WAS RAISED IN CHURCH AND I LOVED GOING TO CHURCH. MY PARENTS NEVER HAD TO MAKE ME GET UP AND GET READY TO GO, IT WAS A PLACE I WAS DRAWN TO. MY FIRST PASTOR WAS A FEMALE..YES A FEMALE..AND SHE LOVED THE LORD WITH ALL OF HER BEING. HER NAME WAS REVEREND FARRAH IN BELLEVILLE, NEW JERSEY. THE NAME OF THE CHURCH WAS LITTLE ZION AND IT WAS LOCATED ON STEVENS STREET. OF COURSE I HAD BEEN TO OTHER CHURCHES, BUT THAT PLACE WAS SO FULL OF THE LOVE OF GOD. NO ONE IN THERE WAS PERFECT, BUT YOU KNEW YOU WERE LOVED.
I FINALLY ACCEPTED CHRIST WHEN I WAS 15 AND REVEREND FARRAH
BAPTIZED ME IN MONTCLAIR NEW JERSEY.
WHEN SHE TOOK ME DOWN IN THE WATER AND SAID “I BAPTIZE YOU IN THE NAME
OF THE FATHER, SON AND HOLY GHOST”…SHE PULLED ME UP, LOOKED ME STRAIGHT IN MY
EYES AND TO MY SURPRISE AND PARTIAL FEAR…SHE DID IT AGAIN. I DON’T KNOW TO THIS DAY WHY SHE DID THAT,
BUT SHE SAW SOMETHING.
WHEN I WAS 18 I BACK SLID WHILE STILL IN CHURCH..SINGING ON
THE CHOIR AND STILL LOVING JESUS. I WAS
NOT LIVING THE LIFE OF A CHRISTIAN, BUT ON SUNDAY I WAS IN CHURCH. YET IN STILL I WAS NOT LIVING THE LIFE THAT
JESUS DIED FOR ME TO LIVE. IT WOULD
AMAZE ME THAT PEOPLE WOULD ASK ME IF I WAS A CHRISTIAN AND I WOULD SAY
YES…ALMOST TOO QUICKLY AT TIMES. I ALWAYS WANTED TO HELP SOMEONE AND I KNEW IN
MY HEART THAT I WAS NOT BEING WHO I WAS CREATED TO BE. I KNEW THAT I WAS NOT EVEN LIVING THE LIFE MY
PARENTS RAISED ME TO LIVE.
WHEN I WAS 26 I REDEDICATED MYSELF TO THE LORD. I WILL NEVER FORGET THAT DAY. IT WAS A SUNDAY MORNING AND EASTER DAY. MY SISTER-IN-LAW BRENDA AND HER HUSBAND
HUMPHREY WERE WITH ME THAT DAY. WE WERE
ALL AT GILL CREEK BAPTIST CHURCH IN COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLINA, WHERE PASTOR NEAL
PRESIDED …….AND HE DID AN ALTAR CALL LIKE HE DID EVERY SUNDAY, BUT ON THIS DAY
MY HEART WAS BEING PULLED TO THE FRONT AND OF COURSE MY BODY HAD TO
FOLLOW. BRENDA AND HUMPHREY CAME UP
TOO. WE WERE ALL RE BAPTIZED AND IT WAS
WONDERFUL. I WILL NEVER EVER FORGET
IT. FROM THAT MOMENT MY LIFE CHANGED.
THE THREE OF US ALONG WITH OUR KIDS WOULD GO TO REED STREET,
WHICH AT THAT TIME WAS A ROUGH AREA AND WITNESS TO PEOPLE. WE WOULD SET UP IN AN EMPTY LOT WITH BARS ALL
AROUND. SOMEONE ASKED ME ONCE IF I WAS
AFRAID AND I TOLD THEM THAT GOD WAS IN ME, WENT BEFORE ME AND SURROUNDED ME, SO
NO, I WAS NOT AFRAID. I MISS SHARING THE
WORD OF GOD WITH OTHERS, SO I HAVE DECIDED THAT IN THE AGE OF BLOGS I COULD
STILL SHARE AND PRAYERFULLY MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN THIS WORLD.
THIS BLOG SITE WILL BE UPDATED FROM TIME TO TIME WITH NEW
MESSAGES. SOME OF THEM WILL BE MESSAGES
THAT GOD GAVE ME TO TEACH IN THE PAST; SOME WILL BE MESSAGES I HAVE HEARD;
LIFES EXPERIENCES; AND NEW MESSAGES THAT GOD HAS PUT IN MY HEART TO SHARE. IF ANYONE HAS A REQUEST OF A MESSAGE THEY
WOULD LIKE TO SEE POSTED, PLEASE LET ME
KNOW. THIS BLOG SITE WILL NOT BE ABOUT POLITICS
OR ABOUT BASHING ANYONE ELSE. I SIMPLY
WANT TO SHARE WHAT HAS BEEN ON MY HEART FOR YEARS TO SHARE AND LIKE I SAID TO
PRAYERFULLY MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN SOMEONES LIFE.
IF AFTER READING A MESSAGE AND SOMETHING TOUCHES YOUR LIFE
OR THE LIFE OF SOMEONE YOU SHARE IT WITH, PLEASE LET ME KNOW. I WOULD LOVE TO HEAR FROM YOU. I WILL NOT RESPOND TO ANY NEGATIVE POSTS, SO IF
YOU GO IN THAT DIRECTION, KNOW IN ADVANCE THAT YOU WILL NOT HEAR FROM ME. THANK YOU ALL IN ADVANCE FOR BEING A PART OF
THIS BLOG MINISTRY. GOD BLESS.
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