My Testimony of Saving Grace

GeorgiaPeach · Joined: 20 Dec 2008 Posts: 3 Location: South Georgia

I was saved in July, 1974. Praise God!
I remember it like it was yesterday. I just kept thinking, "Well I am not that bad, and maybe when I get older I will get saved, I have too much living to do now." Doesn't that sound like familiar lies from Satan? Well he had me pretty blinded, I had been a terrible person, deep in sin, and so as not to give glory to Satan in any way, I will not expound on these sins. My husband had gotten saved and he kept telling me,"Oh the Lord is coming back and I am going to heaven, and Honey you are not going to be able to go unless you ask Christ to save you. Well I went two weeks watching and keeping my distance from his Christian visitors and wondering how the Lord could save a rascal like my husband. Then one Sunday we had gone to church and come home and everyone was in the bedroom napping, but me. I was on the sofa in the living room. I never napped there. See.... God had it all set up from the beginning. Well anyhow... this man known as brother Jack came up to the door. He had led my DH to the Lord and he started talking about the Lord and asking if I were to die today was I 100% sure I would go to heaven. I was only 31 years old at the time. Did he know something I didn't know? Was I sick or what, and of coarse I had no where to run or hide. He had gotten me, and the Lord was working in my heart big time by now. I could feel the heat and feel my face flushed. I still wanted to run and hide and then finally I just broke down. The Lord broke through all barriers and I cried out, "NO I AM NOT SURE!"
Jack said, "Wouldn't you like to be sure?"
"Well yeah," I answered, so he read many scriptures and I could feel the Lord tugging at my heart. I kept thinking, "no, no, no!" Finally a peace came over me and crying and exhausted, I bowed my head and asked Christ to forgive me of my sins, cleanse my heart from all evil and to come live inside of my soul. "Oh Jesus," I cried out, "save me,save me now Lord!! Save me!" And guess what? He did! Amen and amen, and I have never been the same since.
I love to tell this Testimony, I always said Satan thought he had me all tied up,snug and fast asleep. His big mistake was that he left me alone. When he came back, Wwll GLORY, I belonged to another Master. I had made Jesus my Saviour and I belonged to Him now. Praise God!! Don't you know how upset Satan was at that? And wow, did he start to attack us then. He surely was not going to let us be happy in serving the Lord.. But.. "Greater is He that is in me than he that is in the world." My God has proven it over and over again through my Christian life. Even before I was saved I can look back and see His mighty hand leading me. I think the smartest and the dumbest thing I ever did was to promise God my children if he would make my husband whole again, My husband had been a Rock Drummer, and into many drugs, well he over dosed one night, and I thought he would never come around again.. But GLORY!!! Little did I know what the Lord had in store for us. I was a lost woman calling out to God to help me, I knew I would not give myself, but offered my children in my place, (so foolish I see now) Well, God did make my precious husband well again and I did keep my promise to God... I sent my children on the Sunday School bus faithfully for over 3 years and then they went to a little Church with only about 3500 members Ha ha.. Through that loving ministry God sent the man out to our home and he told us about Jesus. Oh what a Saviour is this man Jesus! The rest of the story is history. Praise God for saving this wicked old soul. For those of you who do not know, my husband is a Pastor now. God delivered him from ALL evil and changed his direction in life. This is complete repentance.. SO... ladies with lost husbands, hang in there. If God can save mine and make him a preacher, HE surely can save yours too.

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Isaiah 40:31 "They that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength, they shall mount up with wings as eagles, they shall run and not be weary, they shall walk and not faint."

God's Warrior · Posted: Sat Dec 20, 2008 10:40 am Post subject:

Praise the Lord for such a beautiful testimony. Thank you so much for sharing it with us. I hope and pray that all who read it will be touched by the Holy Spirit. Smile

That verse in Isaiah is one of my favorites. I have it posted here at my computer.

smokey the dog · Joined: 18 May 2006 Posts: 468 Location: Michigan

Thanks for sharing that. I was saved in 1976, but God had been working in my heart since 1972. (and probably way before that!)

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