I trusted Jesus Christ as my Savior on November 22, 1992, at the age of twenty-three.  I was raised by a father and mother who believed that going to church was important.  I learned about the crucifixion and resurrection of Jesus Christ, and many other Bible stories, but was ignorant to my own sinful condition and eternal destiny.  I didn't realize I was lost and on a course that was leading to eternal damnation to a place called hell.  By the age of twenty-three, I had tried the things that I thought would fill the emptiness I was feeling, but nothing satisfied the longing that was in my heart.

    Just about the time I was thinking there must be more to life then this emptiness, the Lord brought a man by the name of Tom Hardy by my way who invited me to church.  I went to church with him a few times, and for the first time in my life, during an evening service at Calvary Heights Baptist Church, I realized my lost, sinful condition, and that Jesus Christ's crucifixion and resurrection were for me to be saved.  That evening I prayed to Jesus and asked Him to forgive my sinfulness, to save me, and to help me to be the best Christian I could be.  From that moment on I have had assurance that when I die, heaven is my eternal home.  Jesus says in John 3:7, "Marvel not that I said unto thee, Ye must be born again." 

     Though I had made a profession of faith at the age of 7, I don't believe, at that time, that I truly understood and realized that I had sinned against God.  My parents became born-again Christians when I was about 4 years old, and, having been brought up in church, I knew all the right answers about sin, Christ's death on the cross, and how to be saved by asking Jesus into my heart.  There is a vast difference, however, between head knowledge and heart knowledge.

     The Lord began dealing with me about being saved during the summer that I turned 11.  I was experiencing fears of the rapture happening and my being left behind.  I was under deep conviction for several months, until one Sunday morning, August 16, 1987, that I repented of my sins and trusted Christ as my Saviour.  What a peace flooded my heart that day, and I praise the Lord for His mercy and grace.

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