Pastor John,
I go to bed and wake up so thankful for the life that Jesus has given to me. Sometimes, I’m so overwhelmed I just fall to my knees and cry.
This morning, I watched “Jesus is the only hero”* on Vince’s YouTube channel (thespiritisthewitness). It made me think of my journey.
When I received the holy Ghost, it was wonderful! But I was in Christianity, and without even knowing it, that abomination was dumping so much on my spirit that any love or freedom that I did feel when I received the holy Ghost was smothered! After only a year or so after receiving the holy Ghost, I was so weighed down and confused! That religion was so hard! Nothing I was hearing matched what I was feeling in my heart. I finally just gave up. I stopped praying, I stopped reading my Bible, and I stopped speaking in tongues.
Then one day I was given your book, “Speaking in Tongues at Spirit Baptism”.** There was so much love in what I was reading, I began to feel something flicker in my soul. Then Jesus brought me here, after years of feeling defeated, abused, and nearly dead, I felt Jesus breathe life back into me! That alone is worth everything!
Over these past 12 years, Jesus has dusted, swept, and mopped my heart of the poison that Christianity left. He has been teaching me who he and his Father really are! He is not the God of Christianity. His ways are not hard; his ways bring peace and contentment. He is a tender, loving God, and I know that if you really want to know who He is, He will show you. Every time I stop and think of what Jesus has done for me, I hear Bro Earl singing, “Wouldn’t take nothing for my journey now”. That is the truth Pastor John! I wouldn’t take nothing for my journey now!
This morning, after watching, “Jesus is our only hero”, I was left praying for all of God’s children. I wish that everyone of His children who are still in Christianity could know what waits for them outside that abomination. I wish that every child of God could really know their Father! He is a good God. His precious Son gave his life and sent back his Spirit so that we could all be together. The life that he gives is more valuable than gold.
Jesus gave me an anointed man of God to teach me. Jesus gave me a heart to love him and a desire to serve him. Jesus is teaching me how to serve him. Jesus has given me a family that I love with all my heart. Jesus is my comforter, my healer, my encourager; he is my everything, and I am nothing without him! He is my hero!
Michelle
*Search You Tube for John D. Clark, Sr., Jesus is the only hero.
** Going to Jesus.com – Speaking in Tongues at Spirit Baptism