Wade’s Story
Before I knew Jesus as my Lord and Savior I was very Self centered, judgmental, I was very discontent. I needed to be popular, I needed attention, I was struggling to find my lot in life. I mean all my plans didn’t work out. I always had to control things.My life was all about me and how much fun I could have. I got my kicks from going to parties and drinking with friends. I found security in my youth and the thought that I had all the time in the world to do whatever made me happy.
The day after a party I always felt less fulfilled than the party I went to before it. So I thought if I partied harder that I would feel better the next time. I struggled with dating or the lack there of. When I was seventeen just before my junior year of high school I had a near death experience in which I was 30 minutes from dying. It was then I asked myself “why am I still here?”
Then After high school I moved out to Los Angeles CA. It was in California where I really felt the Lord calling out to me. I didn’t know it was God at the time however. When I moved back to North Dakota I enrolled at MSUM. During my second semester I remember opening up my brand new bible that was given to me by my home church.I started to read it everyday and I don’t remember the date and time but shortly there after I received Christ as my Lord and Savior.
I grew up going to church and had always heard the gospel of Christ. However I only had a head knowledge of it. I had no real faith. I thought that being a christian was a title. I thought that you were a christian if you went to church on Sundays. I struggled with the idea that I wasn’t going to be able to hang around the same people anymore and do the same things I had always liked to do. When I received Christ I got plugged in at a bible study and just yearned to grow in my faith.
The Lord gave me a passion for youth ministries. I wanted to be a example to the young people in my church. I was completely absorbed in youth ministries after that. The Lord had made His passion for youth my passion for youth. I think its because on the inside I’m just a big kid. I had a new reason to live. I had the assurance that I was going to be in heaven someday with Jesus. I no longer ask myself “How can I live for myself?” but rather “How can I live for Jesus?” I am now motivated to live a life honorable and pleasing in the eyes of God. I want to radiate Christ everyday.
Jennafer
Feb 23, 2010Awesome testimony, Wade!
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