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Nov 14 09 12:45 PM

Re: let us know you are here

Hello Brothers and Sisters, and thanks to Bigrichie for inviting me.

As my screen name implies, I am still just a babe in Christ. I came to know the Lord Yeshua the Messiah as my Lord and Savior and was born again by the Spirit of God about a year ago. I've been eagerly seeking knowledge of Him ever since. I came from a background of agnostic parents. We didn't attend church at all and other than christmas trees easter eggs and school plays about baby Jesus, I had no knowledge of the Lord or His Word. My parents divorced when I was 16 and that left a deep scar in my heart and a bitterness that I turned on my perception of what God was. I always knew there was something more than just life then death and if I had been exposed to the Bible, I probably would have understood it but I had no clue other than what my own imagination could fathom and some strange sense that something much greater than myself was watching and in total control of everything. I used to look around in awe at the beauty of the Lord's creation and I even remember when I was very young maybe around 3-5, being in this warm presence that I couldn't explain most of the time. As I got older and more corrupted by the enemy and the world and more rebellious by my own fallen nature, that feeling slowly faded and I spent many years seeking it again. I was looking in all the wrong places. I tried everything except the Bible and Messiah. I read on everything I could get my hands on in regards to pagan religion, new age, druidism, wiccan you name it, I checked it out and dabbled in it. I stayed away from those areas that seemed too dark or on the side of evil but I had no idea that they were all tools of the enemy to draw me into hell. For a long time, I believed in the original lie from the father of lies in Genesis 3:5 For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil. I got sucked into a movie and book called "The Secret" and spent a couple of years trying to unlock my so-called "divine" nature and creative "power of the mind". I was completely deceived and reprobate and Praise God and Messiah that I got away from all of that. It took a very painful time in my life to draw me to the Lord. The first time I picked up a Bible seeking help from the Lord was during a separation from my wife which I thought was going to lead to divorce. I was in a motel room, had just lost my job, was running out of money, in the middle of December with below freezing temperatures at night and I was a complete wreck in all ways. I found the Gideons Bible in the desk drawer and turned to the index of life situations and passages to bring comfort when facing certain things. I ended up in Mathew 21:22 And all things, whatsoever ye shall ask in prayer, believing, ye shall receive. Even though I wasn't saved at the time, I got on my knees and I earnestly prayed that my family be restored and I claimed Matthew 21:22 for my marriage to be restored. I had no idea what I was doing at the time but I knew that there was power in the name of Jesus and I knew that if nothing else, he was a wise teacher. Over the next year, things got worse and I long forgot my prayer and the Lord's promise. One year later, I was in pain again and desperate for peace and I cried out to God for peace and a vision of a cross of bright white light appeared in front of my eyes and His name popped into my mind and I knew that my peace was in Yeshua so I called out to him. My pastor happened to work with me so I started asking him questions and within a month or so, I was Baptised. Oh yeah forgot to mention, the Lord restored my marriage the month before I got saved and my pastor had been witnessing to me for several weeks before that so miracle after miracle and when me and my wife got back together, I immediately remembered that evening in the motel room praying in tears and claiming Matthew 21:22 and I knew that God's grace was working in my life. I could go on and on about what the Lord has done in my life since then but for now I will let this be enough. I'm 37 years old, I live in SW Colorado, and I love the Lord with all my heart and hunger for knowledge of Him.

YBIC
Rob