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 yeah, I started to, started to kind of live this secret life
Started to give in to sin
Sometime around junior high I just started to get I don't know, really curious about like all the things
That weren't in this, like, you know, christian-church bubble
So, I went out to explore and, um, really watered a seed of sin and it grew and grew and grew

Long story short, by the time I got into my freshman year of college
I uh, I, I remember 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 till 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 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
I saw this church service had a Wednesday night service for, like, the 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
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 everything was 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 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, yeah amen

I mean, just to pause there
It's like the spiritual realm is so interesting because
We can't see him
We can't see him, but he is a person

So 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 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 a home, I found life, I found

Amen, and um
Lord, take all my stuff, take my career, take my house
Whatever, but just give me Jesus, I'm telling y'all, it's

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's 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 granddad I found that video of him on YouTube
I didn't even realise, it's just so crazy
He's like 93 now, I ask him
Granddad, what is, what is 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 just want to spend more time with Jesus
Which is crazy 'cause he's about to you know, be spending more time with Jesus
He said I woudln't wish anything but to just spend 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
So 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 it 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 and you're feeling that burning just say
Lord, I ask that you, 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 me, lord?
Holy spirit, make me a new person
I believe that you died and rose again for my sins

In Jesus' name
Amen