My Story
Before I had a relationship with Jesus I was scared to death of dying. I knew that if I were to die without Christ Jesus in my heart and life, that my destination would be hell, eternally separated from God. I knew that meant that I would never again see my relatives who were born again when they died and that I would be eternally separated from God.
Many of my friends believed in God but they, like me, had no relationship with HIM. When I did things that I knew God would not approve of, in my attempt to fit in, I felt a lot of guilt and I felt a big void inside.
One evening in November of 1977, while I was watching a Christian evangelism program on TV and I felt such conviction in my spirit that I was a sinner in need of the Savior. I prayed the sinner's prayer and the following Sunday, I announced to the church that I was attending that I had invited Jesus into my heart and life and that I wanted to follow Christ in baptism. The Sunday after, I was baptized. Ever since then, I have had the assurance that I have eternal life and that when I die, I will go to heaven.
From the moment that I invited Jesus into my life and my heart, my thoughts and actions changed. I wanted to fellowship with other people who were Christians and I found a lot of joy in praising God and reading my Bible and praying. The weight of sin was no longer on my shoulders.
I recall being invited out by some former friends to go dancing. I declined and I had no regrets for having made that decision. I was asked why I declined and I said that I had invited Jesus into my heart and for me, going to a place where there would be consumption of alcohol and such would be like being unfaithful to my husband.
The full life with Jesus surpasses anything that this world can offer and I know without a doubt that if I were to die right now that I would spend eternity with God in heaven. No one can ever take eternal life away from me.
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