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THE WORD
OF THE LORD
John 3:16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. 17 For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved. 18 He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God. 19 And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil. John 3:1 There was a man of the Pharisees, named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews: 2 The same came to Jesus by night, and said unto him, Rabbi, we know that thou art a teacher come from God: for no man can do these miracles that thou doest, except God be with him. 3 Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God. 4 Nicodemus saith unto him, How can a man be born when he is old? can he enter the second time into his mother's womb, and be born? 5 Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God. 6 That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit. 7 Marvel not that I said unto thee, Ye must be  |
MY
TESTIMONY
I was raised in a Roman Catholic home. We went to church regularly, but although I believed that there was a God, I thought of Him as some far distant being Who really had no impact on my life. Once I was out of my Mother's house, I soon stopped going to church and rarely thought about God. I got married twice, both times for expediency, not love and got divorced twice. In 1994, I met my current husband, Gary, whom I truly fell in love with. Yet, there still seemed to be this emptiness inside of me that I was unable to fill. I started searching for something, not knowing what it was. I checked into new age spirituality, meditation and the like, but couldn't find what I needed. Then, one night, in the fall of 1998, I had a very vivid dream. This was unlike any dream I had ever had before. It was so vivid, so real. Even after I woke up, it didn't seem like it had been a dream, but rather like it was an actual live experience. In this dream I found myself in a very deep, dark, filthy pit. My clothes were filthy, I was filthy and it was dark and scary. I tried very hard to climb up the side of the pit, but as hard as I tried to claw my way out, I couldn't get out. Every time I'd try to climb and claw up, I'd slide back to the bottom. Suddenly, a man appeared at the top of the pit. He told me that all I had to do was to trust him and reach out my hands to him and he would save me out of the pit. So I reached up to him and he pulled me out. The next thing I was back in the place where I had started out in the dream and I was handed a package wrapped in brown paper and tied with string, the way we used to tie up packages for mailing before we used tape. I opened the package and inside it was a beautiful white robe with gold trim. When I woke up, I immediately knew that this dream meant that I had sinned, fallen into the pit, and that I could not save myself, but that the only way out was for me to trust the Lord Jesus Christ to save me. (Later as I studied the bible, I came to understand the dream even better. That the package I received was the gift of the robe of righteousness that is given to every believer, not because we have done anything to earn it, because we cannot save ourselves, but that it is the free gift given to all who put their trust in the Lord Jesus Christ.) That dream is as vivid in my mind today as it was when I first woke up that day and I knew immediately what I had to do. So I got on my knees and prayed and accepted Jesus Christ as my savior, acknowledging that I could not save myself, but trusted him completely. I then went out and bought myself a bible and started studying it. A few days later, my husband, Gary, out of the blue, said to me, I think we should find a church to go to. It turned out that the LORD had been working on him at the same time. Truly, the Lord is good. Praise be to GOD! |
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