Quote (CPK001 @ May 16 2018 03:31pm)
That's how it was for me as well. Then when I became a teenager I began to question God and would actively rebel against him. I used to hate God.
Then one day, in my late teens, I would go on a Leadership Camp. Part of the program was to go out into the bush for 4 days and 3 nights, solo.
When I got dropped off to my location I went and scoured the area for a place to setup the tarp. When I found a suitable spot I went to gather my gear.
I took a wrong turn and got lost for a long time. It was also threatening to rain. After wandering around hopelessly something urged me to pray to God for me to find my way back.
After I finished praying I went in a random direction and ended up where my gear was. It was that very moment I would give my life to the Lord.
I felt like the Prodigal Son who was once lost but now is found. I also like to compare my life before and after I gave my life to the Lord.
The world promised riches and joy but it delivered disappointment and sorrow.
Since I gave my life to the Lord I no longer seek worldly treasures as I now store up my treasure in Heaven.
I grew up knowing God and Christ from my grandparents and from some friends of mine. once i got to about age 13 I wasnt even a prayerful type and I had very little concern for my life after death.
I would only go to church cause I liked to pass notes to the cute girls that went to my church. I use to "Token Prayer" all the time ie: God let me do this and have that and I will do this/that.
It wasnt until 2016 where I met a couple and they told me their story of how God had saved them and how he went from being a heavy drug dealer/user and how he put his drugs over everything and now he can wake up and all he wanted to do was pray and read the bible. I spent 8 months with this couple in heavy bible study and heavy prayers. we would wake up at like 10am and from then to even 10am the next day we would be reading out of the bible and praying and going out and spreading the word to other people around the area I live.
Then in 2017 I had some legal troubles and I was in jail for 40 days The whole time I was in jail I prayed tears falling down hitting the floor I had hit rock bottom and the only one who could do anything was The Lord.
God saved me from that cell i was looking at some pretty serious charges and God allowed me to walk away from that place and I have thus given my life to him.
like a Keith Green song I want to make my life a prayer to God I want to tell the world that His not some ancient Fairy tale.
:edit to touch on how you feel like the prodigal son all of us who go away from Him and return to him we are those that, that parable is written and told for.
God's chosen people are We who choose God.
This post was edited by Cpot on May 23 2018 08:19am