SERVANTS TESTIMONIES
I was born in 1963 to a 15 year old Mother and a 43 year old Dad.I grew up in an abusive home. I know what it’s like to be whooped instead of whipped. I can remember times having blood welts on my legs, butt, back and others places on my body where my Dad whooped me.I know what it is like to be beat with a tree limb and not just a switch. I remember
crying myself to sleep in a closet where I had hid to get away from my Mother and Dad screaming and fighting.
I got saved in a little church that was pulled behind a pick-up truck into the trailer park where we lived when I was 12 years old. At 16, I was called to preach.I preached my sermon at a little church in Powdersville, SC called Riverview Baptist Church, Rev. Turner was the Pastor then. I was in Church Sunday morning, Sunday night, Wednesday night, Thursday night Bible study, I sang in the Adult choir and helped lead the youth choir. I was doing everything I knew to do for God. Yet God had not fixed my family even though I prayed for it consistently.
At 17, my Dad got into an argument with my mom one night and got up off the couch to hit her. I stood up in front of him and he pulled a gun on me. He pointed it at me then put it on the mantle and pushed me. He wanted to hit me but my mom begged him not to. He finally walked off. I went to the bathroom and he followed me, he grabbed me around the throat and started choking me. I thought he was going to kill me but he let go just before I passed out. That was the last straw. My Mom filed for a divorce and my family split up. I felt that if God could not fix my family he was not real. I bought my first bag of pot and hit the streets running from God.
I ran for 21 years before I came to the end of the line. I went through 2 marriages, 2 divorces, houses, bikes, cars and more money than I care to count. I spent 7 years in the military. I drank partied and lived hard in the world. I was a male stripper and a bouncer in a strip club. I went to bike rallies and partied with hardcore people. I lived the Devils life for along time before I realized I needed God more than anything else.
I rededicated my life and surrender back to the ministry in 2001. I would not trade my life now for anything in my past. God has blessed and given me many opportunities to minister and share in prisons, churches, bike rallies, alcohol and drug programs and the streets.
I have a lot to share; this is just a small part of the story. God has brought me through so many things. I pray that if you have gone through or are going through some of these things that you will understand that God can forgive you and change your life if you let Him. If your not sure how to do that please visit the “If you were to die today” section on this web site. If you have any questions please call, write or e-mail us.
May God bless you and yours,
Rev
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