I walked the aisle at 14 years old to accept Jesus Christ. It was a hot summer night at White Oak Conference Center. I had been trying to ignore the feelings in my heart. I tried to silence the Holy Spirit, but he showed me the shameful things I had done. I was covered in filthy, stinking sin. I ran down the aisle, when the Preacher opened the altar. Jesus Christ moved into my heart that day, and life has never been the same since!

 I was baptized at Northside Baptist Church, Orangeburg, SC. I felt the Lord’s call then, but did not answer it. But when I went off to college, I put God in a box on my shelf, taking Him out when I had an exam coming up, then putting him up when I went out with my Fraternity Brothers. I was using God like He was a spare tire. Or a vending machine, just drops a prayer in the slot, and get your blessing out the bottom.

I move time forward to my career ending accident when someone rear ended the marked sheriff’s truck I was driving. This led to two back surgeries, a spinal cord stimulator, and narcotic pain control that I receive through a pain specialist physician once a month, and the stimulator team several times a year. I began to get depressed. Very depressed. Other troubling symptoms then followed.

Then my mental problems escalated, partly due to the chronic pain I have. I found myself on 15 different mental health medications, and then God told me to stop. Cold Turkey. That can be life threatening, but I obeyed, and threw out every one of those pills. I stepped out in faith with God on that, and He drew closer to me because of it.

More than a year later, my family doctor said “I am completely clear of any mental illness, and my past mental illness left no lasting effects." Jesus Christ is still in the Business of Healing. Don’t believe the foolishness of those who say that God no longer heals, for I personally TESTIFY THAT THE NAME OF JESUS CHRIST HEALED YESTERDAY, IT HEALED TODAY, AND IT WILL HEAL TOMMORROW! The power the Apostles had is still available today to those who seek it for the right reasons; to honor the blood sacrifice of Jesus Christ.

Miracles have not ceased, I am living, breathing, and talking truth of that! This was how I stepped out a little in faith and God responded! My wife and I found a solid Christian church that still teaches the truth. We began to tithe faithfully. That started the Holy Spirit moving in our lives. Because I had moved closer to the Lord, an amazing thing began to happen. I felt the call to the ministry, the same one I had ignored in High School.

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