TESTIMONY

Amen The Bible says there's power in testimony I grew up in a Christian family, I didn't miss a Sunday or a Wednesday My mom was in the worship team And um, yeah I started to Started to kind of live this secret life, started to give in to sin Sometime around Junior High, and just started to get, I don’t know, really curious about Like all the things that weren't in this, you know, Christian church bubble So, I went out to explore and, um Really watered a seed of sin that grew and grew and grew and Long story short, by the time I got into my frеshman year of college I uh, I, I rеmember I went into college saying, "I'm not going to go in as a Christian" Like, I believe, I believe God is real But I'm just going to put that off 'til later Because I want to go see what the world has to offer me You know, I want to go have fun I want to go do what everyone else is doing that I felt like I couldn't And um, so that whole year I just, I just let loose And uh, I did everything that I wanted to and um I led myself down a path of destruction Every single decision that I made for myself led me Not only nowhere, but led me just to the end of myself And so I woke up my sophomore year, just completely broken, fully insecure I mean, I was not full of joy It's laughable if you see me now versus who I was back then I was not the same person It's hard to even look back at pictures of myself The facial expressions I'm making, that's just that's not me And um, in that lowest, lowest point, I was sitting at this coffee shop And uh, I heard this gentle voice in my head And it was telling me to go to a church service And uh I tried everything, and you know, "Alright, I'll see it through" So I googled where to go to church And I saw this church service had a Wednesday night service for, like a college ministry And so I showed up like an hour late to that, and um I walked out; the parking lot was empty, the foyer was empty everything and I opened up the doors, and just this, I walked into this rich aroma of worship, really It was like this spirit-filled thing where like the whole church had fasted for three days And they were doing this like an extended six-hour worship, and I walked right in the middle of that And uh, I just remember walking through the doors, and being like "Man, I feel lighter already" Like, I feel like, you know, I feel like this baggage left me And then, I walked into the sanctuary I can’t explain, I can't, I can't explain it, but I encountered Jesus I encountered the Holy Spirit, and uh, yeah, amen Yeah, I mean, just to pause there It's like the spiritual realm is so interesting because We can't see, we can't see Him, but He is a person And uh, so, yeah, I walked into that room, and I met a person I spoke to a person, I was held by a person I was breathed life into by a person, and uh See, I got on my knees, and I cried out to Jesus I said, “Jesus, I'm, I'm sick and tired of living life for myself" "I'm sick and tired of the decisions I'm making" "I want you to come into my life" "I want you to make me a new person" "I'm living my life for you" "Whatever, whatever this is, whatever I just found" "I found home, I found life, I found" Uh, amen And um, "Yeah, Lord, you know, take all my stuff, take my career, take my house" "Whatever, but just give me Jesus" I'm telling y'all, it's, um He's been so good, and uh, here I am, I mean, I'm whatever, eight years or so Into my walk with- my true walk with the Lord And I'm telling you from the bottom of my heart It is the only way, it's the only source of life Jesus is the only source of life Everything else fails, and I just think it's so powerful I can't believe that my grandad–I found that video of him on YouTube I didn't even realise, it's just crazy, so Yeah, he's like ninety-three now, and I ask him "Grandad, what's the, what's the meaning of life" You know, when you look back on your life, it's a pretty heavy conversation He handles it lightly; he's just like, I really were to spend more time with Jesus Which is crazy 'cause he's about to you know, be spending more time with Jesus And he's saying on earth, "Hey, I wish I would've spent more time with Jesus" So, yeah, if, uh, if I could summarise all that into two words It would be 'don't wait' Because Jesus is coming back soon And when He comes back, are you going to go with Him, or are you going to stay here? And I just, I know some–at least one person out there has that same burning in their chest that I had And I just want to let you know Maybe you're resisting Jesus because you think you're too full of shame You've done too many things; there's no way Jesus could love me There's no way; I've done so many things I can't speak on The Bible says that while we were still sinners, He died for us And it says that there is nothing that we could ever do to separate His love from us So there's no There's no sin too great that He didn't die for That is why He died; He came to die for our sin And the Bible also says that if you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord And believe in your heart that He died and rose again you will be saved So, in your heart right now, if that's you, if you're feeling that burning, just say "Lord, I ask that you would–Jesus, would you come into my heart?" "Would you make me a new person?" "Would you lift the veil from my eyes?" "When I read scripture, would you enlighten it, Lord?" "Holy Spirit, make me a new person" "I believe that you died and rose again for my sins" "In Jesus name, Amen."