My personal testimony

Before I received Christ I had Anger, Emptiness/No purpose

I remember being angry that my mom wanted to take me to church, b/c I was raised to believe that Christians were hypocrites. I soon learned during the service that I did not have a true relationship with God and I had judged the people in the church wrongly. I was not taking Faith In God seriously, and I learned I was headed for hell eternally. Have you ever heard of Noah building the Ark? Did you know that no one believed Noah that there would be a flood. He was building this gigantic ark and the people around him were making fun of him. (that is similar to me, I was making fun of Christians who followed God. Only him and his family trusted and followed God. He pleaded with the others to believe, but they never wanted to follow God or have faith that God would keep them safe in the Ark. The rain came and the waters were rising. The people waited too late to get in (100 years) and God shut Noah and his family in the ark, along with the animals. No man could open the door. Hebrews 11:4 By faith Noah, when warned about things not seen, in holy fear built an ark to save his family.

Then I discovered that God wanted to give me eternal life, but I had to Trust and have Faith that what God was saying was true, and that is if I did not repent, turn away from not trusting God, humble myself and believe with my heart God gave his only son on the cross for me b/c of my sins. God wants to spend eternity with me, but my sin was seperating me. My sin was that door on the ark that seperated me from God, unless I listened and took his gift of being in heaven with him eternally (God would save me from hell). I am so thankful I did make the decision to follow Christ and not be like the people outside the Ark. I realized that we are not promised tomorrow on earth and my chance to accept God's gift of eternal life needs to be taken immediately.

Now that I have eternal life I never have to face hell and I have true comfort knowing that following God is the way, the truth, and it gives me life.

I have learned that I don't have to face life alone. The people that I thought were hypocrites (christian's) are actually the people that I am closer with than my family members. Life is never easy and I am so blessed to have support from others who show Christ's love.

I know for certain that the Faith I have in God is real, and I know that when I die it will not be the end of my story. I will not live eternally in misery, but will meet my creator and Savior and spend forever with Him without pain and tears.