My testimony begins around April 2023. At the time, I was just a month into turning 20 and had recently gotten married. At such a young age, I was starting to develop a LOT of questions about the Lord, questions like what does God expect from me ? , how can I gain a closer relationship with Him? And What does the Bible say about certain things that were going on in my life at the time ?
2 years back in 2021, when I was around 18 turning 19, I was attending church occasionally. I didn’t really understand the full purpose behind it, but I FELT like I was getting closer to the truth compared to growing up Catholic, which I felt was a step in the right direction. However, I still felt like something was missing. Certain things that I did learn didn’t always connect. I couldn’t ever find any solid / consistent evidence to support my beliefs / actions , and if I did find anything , there was nothing to confirm it over and over again using just the Bible itself, always relying on “ Someone else said…” or “I just feel like …” Now when I did have the opportunities to ask questions, I was never fully satisfied with the answers I received, and I seemed to have always gotten a different kind of answer every time depending on who I asked , but never consistently what the Bible says. I would always see different Bibles , and never understood why there were so many different versions of the Bible. It eventually led to relying on any online information that I got and just assumed that was the end of the story and that I was doing enough.
After a while, I started feeling complacent , thinking to myself that there MUST be more to this walk with God that I don’t know about. I was just thirsting and hungering in the thought of I could be doing a lot more for God, but HOW? I couldn’t bear to think to myself that God is okay with me having a life with little to no change , and that there are so many different “ways” or “options” to serve Him and that no matter which way you go with , it’s an automatic road to heaven, because we just need to rely on what He did for us , and we’ll be okay. But all of that suddenly changed.
In April of 2023, the door opened, and I started being involved in conversations about God, with Brother Edward (who at the time was just a Samsung Rep at my job ) and my coworker at the time , and I would constantly ask Brother Edward questions and his responses ALWAYS started with “THE BIBLE SAYS … “ and it truly amazed me just how much Bible he knew , and I could only think to myself how I want to think / talk like that, and how I want what HE Has but as the questions continued he would start ending it with “ I’m not a pastor , I can only give you samples , ya’ll NEED to come TO THE Church and be FED THE WHOLE , REAL , MEAT OF THE WORD OF GOD , by an ANOINTED MAN OF GOD “ The next day he told me that he can no longer answer any questions , and that I need to go to the church to get fed. With the job / schedule I had , there was no way to make it with me working all day Sundays , and working late on Thursdays , so he had talked to Pastor Hoffman and Pastor agreed to meet up on my next day off and ask him any more questions I had , and I was READY ( not knowing what I was walking into )
The MOMENT that I stepped into that room with him , shook Pastor’s hand, and we sat down , you just KNOW that there is an anointing coming from him. The words that he spoke to me were never about “ His Thoughts” or “ His Theory” it was always “ THE BIBLE SAYS… “ “THE LORD SAID “. He had an answer for absolutely everything that I had questions on at that moment , not only did he have the Bible for it , but he KEPT backing it up with the Bible , and there is such a peace that comes with that. It was 100% rough , and definitely not what I wanted to hear because it shook everything that I stood for / learned , but it was all what I NEEDED to HEAR. From what felt like maybe only 1 – 2 hours , to being there for 4 hours straight! From that moment , I KNEW that I needed to come visit this church , and that this is what I’ve been looking for as I’ve been hungering & thirsting over THE TRUTH. I told my wife about it on my way home from the meeting , and told her that we’ll be visiting this church and how it’s everything we’ve been looking for , almost seems too good to be true.
Come June 22nd , we made the commitment to go and visit the church that Thursday night. Looking back at that night, I can say for my first visit I did not expect just how amazing the church looked on the inside , how sweet / considerate everybody was ,and how the prayer and worship that was going on was beyond anything I’ve seen at any other church. There was a comfort that you get walking in because it can be nerve-wracking coming to a brand new church , and only knowing 2 people out of the many that were there. Afterwards, Pastor came out and started preaching INSTANTLY. The message that was preached was EXACTLY to the point on what I needed to hear, the answers to more questions I had , and it only being backed up with 1611 KJV Bible ( The ONLY Bible with the TRUE WORD OF GOD). Once I saw that, and felt the anointing that came from this experience , I KNEW that this was it, and my wife couldn’t agree more. We were then later baptized in the name of Jesus , and became part of THE CHURCH, and we’ve been at this church ever since , not looking back once. We’ve witnessed MANY healings , and MANY blessings from God since we’ve been here , both on our own lives , and on our brothers and sisters from the church as well , and the feeling comes from that is just unexplainable on how amazing it really is.
From that point on , we’ve made God the TOP priority of our lives , with everything else coming after that and we couldn’t be any happier with the decision that we made. I know / understand more Bible than I ever thought I could, and am living a life much better than I could imagine doing at someone my age. I want to give God the praise he deserves , the thanks for getting me where I’m at today , and the continual change I’m making to become better. Thank you for your time , and we’re praying to see you soon!
