the second thing i noticed was that i was so not holy and not good. i was in a really dark place. i was really lonely. really depressed. and a friend of mine reached out and invited me to a conference. i m thinking, why not? my mind was blown when i got there. i had never seen anything like it. i saw guys with bullet wounds and ex-gang members who loved jesus. i had never seen anything like that before. so i was intrigued. i will never forget the pastor. he started talking about jesus and talking about it in an intense way i had never thought
you come to the cross by repenitenre penitenpe repentance and faith. jesus took this on his own back for me. i remember bowing out, head touching the ground saying i m sorry, god, i m sorry. one step led to another which led to another. you know, i was back drinking, sleeping around with women. the conviction that i was now feeling was so strong. i remember driving on the highway just thinking to myself, god, you ve got to do something. if you don t do something, i might hurt myself or hurt somebody else. i don t know what s going to happen. just don t kill me. i get cut off by a truck and my truck just starts tipping until it flips over and starts rolling
today, i m asking you to put your trust in christ. i m going to ask you to pray this prayer sentence by sentence after me. dear heavenly father, i know that i m a sinner. and i ask for your forgiveness. i believe you have died for my sins and rose from the dead. i turn from my sins. i repent of my sins. i invite you to come into my heart and life. i want to trust and follow you as my lord and savior. in jesus s name, amen. he s alive. i have given my life not to a
it was like god is saying, i love you. i know you re tired of the way you have been living and i will make you new if you will let me. my heart just said, yes, i need that, i want that. please. that s why i woke up the next day. i just felt such a peace and a joy almost that i had never felt before. [ baby crying ] jesus saved my life. on top of everything else, the life of my son and the new baby. that wouldn t be if jesus hadn t entered me and rescued me. the almost overwhelming thing is
righteousness. our works are like filthy rags to god. jesus lived a life i could not live and died a death i should have died. you know, that gets me every time just to think, man, i gained everything. i m putting my trust in him. if god had looked at me and said, go away forever, he would have been right. it would have been justice. at the same time i felt that, i felt him invitinging me to an embrace of grace and love unconditional.