What has Jesus done for you?
2007-03-22 05:00:27 · 16 answers · asked by nic h 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
OVER 30 YEARS AGO A YOUNG MAN 31 YEARS OF AGE TOOK A TRIP THAT WOULD CHANGE HIS LIFE FOREVER. THIS YOUNG MAN WAS MISERABLE. HIS WIFE WAS SUICIDAL, HIS FRIENDS LOVED HIM ONLY IF HE HAD FOOD, DRINK AND DRUGS FOR THEM, AND HIS WHOLE LIFE REVOLVED AROUND HIMSELF. FINALLY THERE WAS A POINT IN HIS LIFE WHEN HE ALSO ATTEMPTED SUICIDE. OH HE GAVE LIP SERVICE TO GENUINE CARE ABOUT OTHERS, AND HE EVEN BELIEVED WITH ALL HIS HEART THAT HE REALLY DID CARE ABOUT OTHERS, BUT HE REALLY WAS JUST LIKE EVERY PERSON ON EARTH IS AT HEART. HIS LIFE MOTTO IN THE END WAS LOOK OUT FOR NUMBER ONE. WHEN IT CAME DOWN TO A CHOICE TO HIS CONCERNS AND THEIRS; HIS PREVAILED NEARLY EVERY TIME. HIS OLD MASTER SATAN HAD HIM THOROUGHLY DECEIVED.
You see, the story of this young man began long ago when he was a lad of 8. At that time his father was a truck driver, and he was seldom home. When his father was home he never really acted like a father at all. He virtually ignored the children, argued with and hit his wife, and then left and spent his earnings on playing cards, chasing other women and drinking. When the boy was 8 his father decided he didn't want him or his older brother anymore and put them in his tractor trailer truck without their Mother's knowledge, and left. He took the boys from their home in Pennsylvania to a home in Michigan and dropped them off never to return. There were a lot of negative things in that house but to keep this brief let me say that within a year the boys Mother found him and the people who he was with drove from Michigan to Pennsylvania to bring him home.
This was the beginning of a period of time where his Mother tried to raise 5 children by herself and work a job to support them. Finally, at the age of 11 the boy's Mother was forced to put three of the children in an orphanage about 20 miles from home where they lived for the next five years. After that the Mother remarried and the children were returned home. To add to the misery of this boy and his siblings the second father drank and hit their mother and was finally taken away by the police and the children's Mother divorced him. After one more year of high school the boy decided to join the United States Air Force and on August of 1960 he began almost 8 years of military service
It was in the military that the boy learned to drink and party. After being honorably discharged from the Military in 1968 he entered into the drug culture and the next six years were mixed with all that life entails. Every day was a party from waking to sleeping, and some days there was no sleep as he learned to go on speed binges and stay up for days at a time. To keep up with the habit he was developing he began to deal drugs he obtained from a contact in Philadelphia and his brother and he found themselves renting a house where they partied continuously seven days a week. He and two companions left for Ft. Lauderdale, Florida where he was arrested and imprisoned for possession of about a pound of marijuana.
First let me say that this young man should have been sentenced to fifteen years in prison according to the arresting officers, but because he did not fight with the police or argue with them and because he had no previous record of arrests or convictions he was given only 18 days in prison. Now there were no friends around because the two who came with him returned to Pennsylvania and left him behind. Now there were no drugs to keep him high so that he had to face reality with a sober mind.
The young man began to pick up and read a Bible placed in the prison cell. It was the only book available to the prisoners. As he was reading it he would ask the prisoners questions, but they didn't have the answers. Finally he prayed, "God, if you are real and you can prove it to me, I will give you my life. I am tired of living like this and I want to change."
Upon completion of his sentence God led this man to some people who knew God personally and they helped him understand what he was trying to understand from the Bible. On February 19, 1974 in an old traveling gospel tent a long-haired hippie just like him shared the gospel from the stage of the tent, and this young man ran forward, fell to his knees and received the gift of salvation that comes through Christ alone.
Since that time God has used this man in ministry to alcohol and drug addicted people as well as people with other life controlling problems. He has also graduated from Bible college, successfully raised seven children to serve the Lord and is currently in the process of publishing his first book.
THAT IS WHAT GOD HAS DONE FOR ME, and then He gave me a burden to see others set free as He has done for me. There is no greater thing anyone could do with their life!
If you are reading this, and want the real answers to life, you only need to cry out to God to forgive you for your sins and ask Christ to come and rule and reign in your heart! This is life at the highest level and is the only totally satisfying experience there is on earth and on into eternity. You will finally find the peace and joy you have searched for in many other avenues that never satisfied just as I did.
2007-03-22 05:24:57 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Jesus is not here to "do" for anybody, he gave his life as a ransom so that mankind might be able to be acceptable to Almighty God, his Father. Only by "us" doing the will of the Father, do we become deserving before God, how do we find out his will? John 17: 3 This means everlasting life, their taking in knowledge fo you the only true God, and of the one you sent for, Jesus Christ. 6 {Jesus states} I have made your name manifest to the men you gave me out of the world. [This is why the gospels were written] Do you know what God's name is?
2007-03-22 05:15:34 · answer #2 · answered by Nancy 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
He gave me a precious child 7 years ago. Since then, he has taken inside my womb 2 more. But I realized he needed them more than I did and I thank God I didn't have to bring them into this crazy world like I had wanted to.
In July, he got me through depression and a feeling of complete aloneless, sorrow, confusion when my husband went to jail for 63 days. I needed the Lord the most then and he was there.
Get a chance, listen to THE ALTER by Ray Boltz.
2007-03-22 05:06:44 · answer #3 · answered by jean d 6 · 2⤊ 2⤋
He kept me in my right mind during a very devastating time in my life. He has increased my faith and trust in Him and I can't thank Him enough for that. I give Him all the praise and honor and I thank Him for saving me!!! THANK YOU JESUS!!!!!!
2007-03-22 05:19:10 · answer #4 · answered by Moni B 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Fist of all he saved me,then he has helped me study the word of God and i know his word is alive, He has healed my body, called me to teach, to preach and be a light unto the gentils as a whole he has made me a minister of his calling not mans and i love it. It is a Spiritual excitment it is a riot.
2007-03-22 05:10:28 · answer #5 · answered by Fisherofmen 4 · 2⤊ 1⤋
He died and rose from the dead....so I dont have to die....Thank You Jesus...
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2007-03-22 05:09:24 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
He died for me and my sins are forgiven. He's provided for me and my family in more ways than I have time to explain. He's given me a hope and a peace about things. He's helped me see beyond myself and look at others and their needs. He's blessed me abundantly. He's been there for me when no one else would.
2007-03-22 05:04:28 · answer #7 · answered by VW 6 · 2⤊ 3⤋
To long and involved to get into here.
2007-03-22 05:03:37 · answer #8 · answered by chris p 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
He took me out for beers at a strip club on my birthday. Nice guy!
2007-03-22 05:04:07 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 3⤋
He made me the nice person that I am.
2007-03-22 05:04:21 · answer #10 · answered by Me, Myself & I 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋