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Several posters have asked for specifics regarding my experiences with God. I thought it best to put them – as much as I can recall at the moment – in a thread, so it can serve as a “referral” or go-to-thread whenever someone ask for specifics in the future.
Many have had their own encounter or God experience(s). A former atheist came to and he excitedly gave his testimony to me in a parking lot! That experience was what converted him to Christianity! Another (a stranger), gave his at our garage sale!
I know that there are also some folks here who had given their own testimonies before, and others who may have had their own experiences too.....they are welcome,
and invited to give a recount of their experience(s).
Just so to be clear – I never stopped believing in God, however I was not a practicing Christian.
I really went astray, and I embraced the liberal way of life and materialism. My second husband and I were both the same.
These testimonies are not meant for any validations.
A significant incident had happened years before I became a born-again Christian.
I was newly-hired and working as a casual when I applied for a permanent regular position within the same workplace. I desperately needed a regular income so I could move out from my current residence at the time, since I did not feel safe in it. The lady from human resources told me that I didn't stand a chance of getting the job since there were 6 or 7 employees more senior than me who had also applied for it. I remember crying as I prayed that night. The next morning the lady from human resources called me and said, “I don't know what happened there but all of them turned down the job! You have it if you still want it!” So I got the job, and was able to move out.
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A few months before I found my way back to Christ, there were what seems to be “signs” that either I was yearning for God................. or, God was reaching out to me. Or, both.
There was that feeling of “restlessness,” that sense of “void” deep inside me. I knew my faith was in trouble. At the time too, I wanted to be like my father who read the Bible every day, but I never really got to doing it. I found the Bible too hard to read and understand.....so I kept putting it off. Around that time, I remember asking a question (to myself), and was really surprised when I heard a clip of a dead Pope's speech played on the radio: the part of the speech played seemed to have been an answer to my question. I didn't put too much into it. A few days later, I was surfing the channels on tv when I found a pastor talking about faith.
His name is Charles Price (from The Living Truth, now retired). He got me glued to the screen – he was talking about the "Rocky Road To Faith," he was reading passages from the Scriptures and he was explaining them. He made it look so easy to read and understand the Bible that I went and got a Bible to see and read it for myself.
Since then, I started reading the Bible everyday.
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The turning point for my husband and I happened at a very scary and low point in our lives.
We were losing our business, and the threat of losing our home too, was very real. I remember the two of us in our shop reading the papers – the headline was about a Christian farmer who'd lost his pregnant wife along with his 9 or 10 children in a fire. The photo showed the farmer clutching the smallest coffin and he was asked about his faith. He said his faith in God is stronger than ever, that he relies on Him!
My husband and I were both in tears, and humbled. Here we were crying about material things when this farmer had lost everyone he loves.
My husband and I decided to give our problem to God. We'll rely on Him – however He may choose to do so. We were no longer afraid to lose everything. We were prepared to accept that, and wholly place our trust and rely on God.
As if a big and heavy burden was lifted off my shoulders. For the first in such a long time, I had the sleep of someone at peace.
Btw, we did not lose our house.
Many have had their own encounter or God experience(s). A former atheist came to and he excitedly gave his testimony to me in a parking lot! That experience was what converted him to Christianity! Another (a stranger), gave his at our garage sale!
I know that there are also some folks here who had given their own testimonies before, and others who may have had their own experiences too.....they are welcome,
and invited to give a recount of their experience(s).
Just so to be clear – I never stopped believing in God, however I was not a practicing Christian.
I really went astray, and I embraced the liberal way of life and materialism. My second husband and I were both the same.
These testimonies are not meant for any validations.
A significant incident had happened years before I became a born-again Christian.
I was newly-hired and working as a casual when I applied for a permanent regular position within the same workplace. I desperately needed a regular income so I could move out from my current residence at the time, since I did not feel safe in it. The lady from human resources told me that I didn't stand a chance of getting the job since there were 6 or 7 employees more senior than me who had also applied for it. I remember crying as I prayed that night. The next morning the lady from human resources called me and said, “I don't know what happened there but all of them turned down the job! You have it if you still want it!” So I got the job, and was able to move out.
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A few months before I found my way back to Christ, there were what seems to be “signs” that either I was yearning for God................. or, God was reaching out to me. Or, both.
There was that feeling of “restlessness,” that sense of “void” deep inside me. I knew my faith was in trouble. At the time too, I wanted to be like my father who read the Bible every day, but I never really got to doing it. I found the Bible too hard to read and understand.....so I kept putting it off. Around that time, I remember asking a question (to myself), and was really surprised when I heard a clip of a dead Pope's speech played on the radio: the part of the speech played seemed to have been an answer to my question. I didn't put too much into it. A few days later, I was surfing the channels on tv when I found a pastor talking about faith.
His name is Charles Price (from The Living Truth, now retired). He got me glued to the screen – he was talking about the "Rocky Road To Faith," he was reading passages from the Scriptures and he was explaining them. He made it look so easy to read and understand the Bible that I went and got a Bible to see and read it for myself.
Since then, I started reading the Bible everyday.
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The turning point for my husband and I happened at a very scary and low point in our lives.
We were losing our business, and the threat of losing our home too, was very real. I remember the two of us in our shop reading the papers – the headline was about a Christian farmer who'd lost his pregnant wife along with his 9 or 10 children in a fire. The photo showed the farmer clutching the smallest coffin and he was asked about his faith. He said his faith in God is stronger than ever, that he relies on Him!
My husband and I were both in tears, and humbled. Here we were crying about material things when this farmer had lost everyone he loves.
My husband and I decided to give our problem to God. We'll rely on Him – however He may choose to do so. We were no longer afraid to lose everything. We were prepared to accept that, and wholly place our trust and rely on God.
As if a big and heavy burden was lifted off my shoulders. For the first in such a long time, I had the sleep of someone at peace.
Btw, we did not lose our house.