My Personal Testimony

Before I accepted Jesus in my life, I was a horrible sinner. I would lie to my parents; I would steal; I would even curse. But I didn't see anything wrong with it. I would listen to other sinners on social media to justify what I was doing. I was usually mad and wasn't happy about my life complaining about everything. I hated my family for no reason. I struggled with anxiety, depression, anger management and didn't want help. I was mad at the way I was living but didn't want to change anything. I was deceived by what people on social media would push. So I got into Horoscopes, palm reading, and "New Age Spirituality," but I never thought I would convert to Christianity.

I didn’t grow up believing in God. My parents wanted to let me and my sibling “pick out our Religion.”. My family isn’t Christian, just me, so it’s hard for them to understand some things. And as a teenager going through different things, I feel as if im lonely sometimes.

I remember the day I repented like it was yesterday, August 7th; it was a regular day catching up on schoolwork, watching tv, and being ungrateful. I watched a show, and then I decided to go to my room and open Tiktok (a social media app). I was scrolling on the app; then, I came across a video of a guy preaching the gospel. I’ve seen multiple videos of people preaching the gospel, but this time, it was different. The guy in the video was talking about how Jesus died for my sins. I was curious, so I downloaded three other apps Glorify( a free bible app), Abide( a Christian meditation app), and Youversion(a guided prayer app). Then I randomly opened Glorify. I was scrolling through the books in the Old Testament and didn’t feel interested, so I clicked on the list of the New Testament. Still scrolling, the name of one of the books caught my eye, so I opened it; it was the book of Revelation. As I was reading it, tears were rushing down my face. My bitter, prideful, greedy heart turned to a spirit of repentance. I started reading the book of Revelation that evening and finished that night on the very same day. After I finished, I opened Youversion. I did a guided prayer and repented and asked God to forgive me of my sins. Then I felt forgiven and felt inner peace.

Now that I have chosen to walk with Jesus, I have been nicer, helpful, more forgiving, and loving towards family, friends, and started to cherish the times that I have with them.

Jesus helped me change in ways I thought I never would. He took away my depression, anger issues, and my anxiety.

I don't have to worry about Eternity because I trust that my savior Jesus Christ will lead me up the path to Heaven