Let me tell you about Jesus.....

Just a note including my story and how Jesus became the lover of my soul.

I have always been a church go-er. My next-door Neighbor evangelized and discipled my family and I when I was 6 years old. I had a genuine salvation experience at that time. Jesus came in and changed my life! I started out with fire and ran hard and fast for Jesus, loving him with my whole heart, mind, soul and strength. But like most unchallenged believers, as time wore on, I learned the church game. I learned to look like a "Christian" on the outside, and yet my heart was cold and empty inside. I stopped going to Jesus as my source and looked for many things to fulfill the void.

I looked to friends... if only I was popular! I looked to boyfriends... if only he would show me the affection that I need. I looked to ministry... maybe that would fulfill my soul! Nothing seemed to work. I tried everything I thought would make me happy. Even when I achieved everything I thought I wanted, I was still empty and miserable.

I was more depressed then ever! Nothing could satisfy. The more I tried, the emptier I felt, the emptier I felt, the harder I tried to fill that void with more of the same! As you can imagine this led to a cycle of pain and humiliation. I was in bed in my dark room, all I wanted to do was die, but by the grace of God, I couldn't muster up the strength to kill myself. The next thing I knew, I was falling further and further away from Jesus and it even became evident on the outside. My life was a total mess. It was at this time that I finally, began to face my emptiness and admitted that I was in sin, and God was the only one who could help.

I turned to him, gave him my life anew and realized my need to rely on him for everything. I had a hard time finding a church for about 9 months until Jubilee Worship Center had it's birth! At this time I was ready for God's presence, I was in need of a place of worship that I could trust, and God provided all I needed right then. (Thank you Jesus!) I finally began to grow in the Lord, I was reminded of the importance of personal prayer, of knowing the God of the Bible, and I received a burden for REVIVAL.

God has moved in mighty ways. He has changed me inside and out! He broke the hold of the sin in my life, he smashed the depression that held a death grip at my throat, he turned my life around. I was marching my way to death and he pointed me in HIS direction--and this is living! Now, because I have surrendered my life to him, he is giving me life more abundantly. Jesus is AWESOME!! He is helping me to pick up my cross and follow him. I am constantly being challenged to lay down my life, to forget about myself and worship him alone. Every time I surrender, God brings me to mighty and awesome places. He is SO wonderful. There's nothing like following Jesus! No one has ever loved me like this, and no one has ever touched me like this! Lord, help me to cultivate a place within myself that you can abide in your GLORY!