Now I Know I’m Born Again
I was nineteen years old and, like many young people that age, I was searching and asking myself, What am I going to do with my life? Where is God in my picture? So I started my search for the knowledge of God, and for two years went from church to church looking for peace, joy, confidence, and assurance of who I was and if God loved me and chose me for His own. This quest left me in a place of despair and spiritually defeated.
Fear began to grab hold of my heart, especially after accepting an invitation from my neighbor to go with her to her church where they were going to show a movie that was circulating in the Christian churches in the area. After watching the movie, where they made reference to the rapture, as they called it, referring to the gathering together of the Church, I lived in fear of the return of Christ. Because the movie did not show me how to get born again, I was not sure I was going to be included in the gathering. This introduced a deep fear in my heart of the return of Christ. I could not be left behind, and I kept watching for my friend that I knew was a Christian and was sure God had chosen her, to make sure she was still here on earth. For twelve months I lived in this encased state of mind with no peace, no joy, no confidence or assurance of my salvation.
But this changed when my cousin who had made a decision to serve God as a Word Over the World Ambassador was sent by The Way Ministry to the state where I was residing. She told me to visit a home fellowship in the city I lived in and that someone was going to call me to give me the address and help me by teaching me the Word. To my wonderful surprise, the fellowship was on the same block as my house! I went to my first Way Ministry home fellowship, and from the very first day of fellowship with ministry believers, I’ve experienced God’s love. Then the Word I learned in the Foundational Class, especially how I can get born again and know that I am born again by speaking in tongues, set me free. This eliminated all the fear in my heart regarding the return of Christ. Now I know I am born again and will be included with all the saints at the return of my lord and savior, Jesus Christ.
It Just Kept Getting Sweeter
For years my Bible lay at the head of my bed in a little cubbyhole. Sitting on my bed one day, I took it out, held it, and brushed the dust off. I sat there looking at the Bible and said aloud to God, “I want to know you and I want to know how to read this.”
That same day I had a job interview. I was hired. And during my training period, someone asked me if I would like to come to a Bible fellowship, and after a few invites, I agreed. We went to a little meeting where I was just thrilled to see people actually carry their Bibles with them in public and literally read to me from them.
That was the most tender loving group of people I had ever met, and I could tell they genuinely cared about each other and me. It seemed odd, but I kept going to see when they’d change, and it just kept getting sweeter. They helped me learn the books of the Bible. I took the Foundational Class where I was just amazed at how you could look things up and not guess or speculate. The Bible came alive for me and changed my life forever.
Learning to operate the worship manifestation of speaking in tongues just without a doubt convinced me that God had truly heard my call and wanted me to be able to read His Word with understanding.
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