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I was born again
at the age of 31 in March of 1986. When I came up from off my
knees the enthusiasm and fire I had for life up through my mid-twenties
returned, and a new zeal to some how tell everyone about this
Jesus was also born. The desire to evangelize everywhere I went,
with everyone I was with, could not be quenched. I'm more than
certain people didn't necessarily want to see me coming, because
when I would get into the conversation we would end up talking
about God. I couldn't help it. I was so set free from bondage
and oppression, from a spirit of addiction, lust, suicide, and
pride that I knew that others were looking for the very same
thing.
Unknowingly I made a quality
decision the day I got saved. If in-deed God showed Himself to
be real, If indeed He was truly the God of the Bible, and if
indeed His Spirit would bear witness with my spirit and I would
know that I know that He was the one true God, then I pledged
to do whatever I learned from His Word and apply it to my life.
I was not born again from someone's personal witness or from
a move of the Holy Spirit in Church. No one in my family was
saved, no one in my life was witnessing to me, and no one in
church was witnessing to me because I wasn't going to church.
I was miserable, even though
I had graduated from the University of Wyoming with a degree
in Zoology, having graduated with honors. As far as I was concerned,
earning that degree was the worst possible thing I could have
done with my time because that degree brought me and my family
nothing but hardship and failure. No matter what I did and how
hard I worked at it, I kept failing.. I had a wife and two kids,
no job, and more money due at the end of the month then I had
in my pocket. I was looking for an answer and I my situation
demanded an expedient answer.
I picked up the Bible. I had read it in college, cover to cover
in one semester. I had taken a course where we had studied the
Bible as you would any other piece of literature. When I finished
the last page of the last chapter of the Book of Revelation I
remember having closed the book and saying out loud to myself,
"Either all of that is true or none of it is, it can't be
both". The recollection of that statement made me think,
"All right Lord, if you are real, and this word is true
as I understand it to be, then I'm going to give You the shot
You deserve in my life. Nothing else has worked. I'll give you
a try."
The next thing I know I was reading
in the book of Joshua and I came across the part where the God
told Joshua "This Book of the Law shall not depart from
your mouth, but you shall meditate in it day and night, that
you may observe to do according to all that is written in it.
For then you will make your way prosperous, and then you
will have good success." When I saw that I said to
myself, "I can do that. I can meditate in this word day
and night, do what it tells me to do. If God is who He says He
is, and I am obedient to do what His word tells me to do, then
I will not fail ever again." A few days latter I was on
my knees confessing Romans 10:9&10 and as I said at the start
of this brief biography, when I came up from off my knees I knew
that I knew that Jesus is Lord, God the Father is alive and well
in heaven, the Holy Spirit is the helper that brought me to the
Lord and He was leading and guiding me into all truth. Hallelujah!
I knew that the God of the Universe was for me. Who or what could
be against me?
To keep this writing as short as possible and everyone reading
awake, suffice it to say that I got a job, we never missed a
payment on our debts, the Lord taught me in His word, I applied
it to my life, my wife got saved, my kids got saved, and we started
to prosper just like Joshua. The Lord is no respecter of persons.
He did it for Joshua. He did it for me. He'll do it for you.
When I came up from off my knees
that fantastic Day in March of 1986, the good news that Jesus
is the Anointed One and that His Anointing to remove burdens
and destroy yokes is for anyone who was willing to believe on
Him, I came up an Evangelist called by God willing to preach
anywhere in any season the ever so good news of Jesus Christ.
Never have I been to seminary, or bible college. I am taught
of the Lord driven by an insatiable desire to know Him, knowing
full well that the closer I draw to Him the closer He draws to
me.
The Apostle Paul encouraged me to seek all the best gifts. The
day I was saved I was given the spiritual gift of faith. My wife
and I partnered up with a prophetic ministry in the late 1980's
and the next thing I knew, I also began to operate in the office
of the prophet at times, with the word of wisdom, the word of
knowledge, and the gift of prophecy flowing freely. God's system
works and in it there is no shortage or lack of any kind. Faith
comes by hearing and hearing by the word of God. Faith also works
by love. As people receive that message, all things become possible.
We serve a mighty and awesome
God who wants to give you the desires of your heart so that your
joy may be full. His salvation for you covers the spiritual,
the physical, the mental, the social, and the financial. His
Salvation for us is truly complete and total soundness. He's
coming back for a Church without spot or wrinkle, and His best
for you has yet to be fulfilled. He is after all the God of the
Universe, able to do exceedingly, abundantly, above all that
you ask or think according to the power that works in you.
What are you capable of believing God for today? Therefore I
say unto you, What things soever ye desire, when ye pray,
believe that ye receive them, and ye shall have
them. Desire, Pray, Believe, Receive,
and you Shall Have!
The Most High God is on the job.
Nothing is impossible with Him. You and God are a majority no
matter what the circumstance is. All He is looking for is an
opportunity to show Himself large for you. He paid a serious
price for you. His gift is free and it is eternal. Call upon
Him today.
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