To Die Is To Live

Before i received Christ in my life as my eternal Savior. I was afraid of dying. I felt disappointed, guilty and ashame of my life. I picked up a life of bad habits and addictions. I was living a life of loneliness and separated myself from others. I felt a sense of emptiness in my life. I knew that i could not continue to go on living this kind of life any longer. I needed inner peace. I needed purpose. I needed to trust in God's plan and not my habits. I needed divine confidence, assurance, and security.

I remember back then, all i could think about was, where will i end up after death, if i don't survive this habit? I got tired of the life i was living, and i began to cry out to God. I tried to read the Word of God, and I would get angry when I could not understand it. A female Christian told me, that i cannot do this on my own, she said, i needed to ask God to help me get through this. I began to cry out and ask God, for His help. He heard my cry and He began to open doors of answered prayers for me. I made up my mind on Oct.31st of 2005 that this is my last hit of cocaine, this is my last pull off of cigarettes and my last drink of getting drunk. There was a preacher that had open doors for testimonies at the alter on this particular Sunday. I testified how God had delivered me from the life that i was living. I felt assurance in God, an assurance of God's unconditional love for me. I confess to Him all past my sins. God has forgiven me for all of my mess-ups. I feel a high level of divine hope now. I feel content and peaceful now. Because God has freed me from the bondage of my past life of shame, guilt and sin.

I stood before the congregation and gave my testimony of God’s transformation in my life. many people came forward after my testimony and gave their testimony of God’s deliverance in their life. People surrendered their life over to God the same day as i did. Those who had drugs on them at that particular time, laid their drugs at the altar. They all confess Christ…… this particular Sunday i felt God's true love through such a highly divine atmosphere. I received Christ in my life as my eternal Lord and Savior.

I have received and chosen a positive way of living now, which is only through Christ Jesus. I totally and confidently trust in God's plan for my life, and now that i have chosen Christ as my Lord and Savior. I have a means of purpose and security. I have been given a second chance at life. I am content with the peace that God has given me. A peace which surpasses all my understanding. I am building my hope and assurance on nothing less than Jesus Christ righteousness. He has promised me that i will make it to heaven. I have confessed my past sins. I confidently by faith, believe in my heart that Jesus Christ is Lord!! The Son of the living God. And by faith I believe that I have been forgiven of my past sinful life that i once lived. I believe by faith the i no longer have to fear death. Because I confess Christ as my eternal Lord and Savior.

I now have an incredible peace about dying because a second chance has been granted to me. The negative life that i once lived, was a life of vainglory and without purpose. Since i have received Jesus Christ, as my Lord in Savior. I don't have to worry about Him coming as a thief in the night. I don't have to worry about going to hell, because of a life of past sins. Jesus has made a way for me to have a chance to experience a positive life, a peaceful life, a life that leads from life on earth, to eternal life in heaven. After i have taste the goodness of God.....in doing that, i have decided to follow Jesus.

(John 3:16) say For God so loved the world that He gave His only Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life. (Romans 10:9) says, that if you confess with your mouth, Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. The moment i believed in my heart and confessed with my mouth. I believe at that moment, i was made right with God. God has cleansed me of the past sinful life that i once live. He forgave me for sinning against Him. When I openly confessed my sin and declare my belief in my Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ by faith. I believe that through His death, blood, and resurrection, I am saved. Jesus gave me the right to become a child of God. I received eternal life as a free gift. For the gift of God, which is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord. He came that i can spend eternity with Him. He promised me in His Word, that if He go to prepare to a place for me, that He will come back and take me with Him, that i may be where He is. So i confidently believe for sure that i will have eternal life with Him in heaven, when i die!