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-->The Source of My Life
Becoming a Christian on April 28, 1974 radically changed my life. I totally get the “born again” concept. Prior to that I was an aimless, empty person with no thoughts of God. None. At 18 years of age, Jesus Christ accepted me and turned my life around. I didn’t have to advertise it, everyone who knew me did that for me. I was “saved” in the streets, so there was no denomination, no outside influence, I just had a Scoffield Reference Bible given to me and I began to read it slowly & carefully all day, every day. I couldn’t get enough. I literally read the Bible completely through several times the first year. After several years of no one but God in my life, God brought real scholars into my life that I would never have met own my own. I’m not, nor have ever been a “networker”, so God brought them as I needed. Some are still alive and in my life presently. In those days my prayer life for many years was exactly as the Bible taught when Jesus said, “when you pray, enter into your closet and your Father who sees in secret will reward you openly”. I threw a pillow in a closet and would pray for hours inside with the door shut every day for years. Jesus and He alone has been my source from the start. That has been the secret of victory for me. I’ve been blessed beyond what anyone one person should have. The High School Home-coming queen became my wife, my sons are blessed beyond our wildest dreams and prayers, the favor of God has been upon us not just daily, but it seems like hourly and we don’t share the half because many cannot understand or comprehend. Through it all I’ve discovered that Jesus Christ is real, personal, and everything He claimed to be. I’ve never played the ministerial, political game. I’ve never “Loved” preaching, I love Jesus. I don’t love my position, my things, the accomplishments, the crowds, or the other outside things that can become traps. I have so much that I am blessed with, but I know that the blesser is the one who brings my fulfillment. My hope is that you will discover Him. He IS the source of real life. What He has done for me, He wants to do for all of us. He can provide, guide, encourage and be the strength of your life. It would be a shame to have a life that has racked up the years and never found the true source of life. Try Him. You’ll be glad you did.