“The name of the LORD is a strong tower.  The righteous run into it and is safe.”
Proverbs 18:10

The Testimony of Dave – A Gentleman in our Church

Many years ago, I gave my heart to the Lord, and He saved me, but over time, I walked away from Him and backslid.  For many years, I lived a life away from the Lord.  It was my fault, I had taken a wrong turn, the wrong direction, and had chosen to walk away from Him.  Praise the Lord, during that time, I had people praying for me! 

Within the past year, I started going to church again, and there Jesus started speaking to my heart.  I asked the Lord to forgive me, and He faithfully saved me.  God is so very good!  I can trust Him, for He will NEVER let me down.  I was lost in sin and my destination was hell.  Now, because of Jesus’ saving grace, my destination is heaven!  To me it seems that “Thank you” just seems like it is not enough, for I am absolutely NOTHING without Him!

Let me share with you the change that He has made in my life.  The Lord became my tower of salvation.  And in Him, I have found a peace that passes all understanding.  Inside the safety of His powerful name, I am at peace.  I have found safety and security in the Name of the Lord.  Now, I go to the House of the Lord every service and look forward to the word the Lord will speak to me, from the Word of God.  Every opportunity I have, I go to the altar and spend time on my knees praying and crying out to God on behalf of my family.  At times in the past, I would not go to the altar, but now I go for as long as I can, and I meet with my Heavenly Father there.  Praise the Lord, He baptized me in the Holy Spirit, and now I find the Holy Spirit nudging me and letting me know the places I should not go and the things I would not watch.  I don’t want to disappoint Jesus – the One who loved me so much to give His all for me. It was His love for me that held Him to the cross.   I keep praying for Him to help me to recognize the voice of His Spirit and hear what He has to say to me.  This does not mean that I am now perfect, I still slip and make mistakes, but the Lord picks me up, corrects me and sets me back on the right path.  I want to live a life pleasing to my Savior!

There have been times in my life when the Lord has just washed over me a “wave” of peace.  Once such time was when my wife was very ill.  The Doctor called to tell me that they were going to put a trach in her, I felt in my heart that they were not to do that procedure, that the Lord would intervene.  The next day when I went to the hospital to visit her, she was up walking around and off her ventilator.  Not only did she not need the trach, but the Lord Jesus did what the doctors could not do and healed her.  A couple of years later she did pass into Glory.  When she did, she left with a smile of peace on her face, prepared for where she was going.  I miss my wife, but I do not wish her back to this earth, for she is experiencing a love that I can not fully understand here on this earth.  I am ready for heaven for there I will see my Savior and my wife!

Because of what the Lord has done in my life, I want others to know Him.  I am not a preacher, but every opportunity that He gives to me, I share about Him.  The enemy is a liar and tries to tell me that I am not worthy to share with others, but this is NOT true.   I have been praying for the Lord to speak to my children.  Slowly they have been opening up and coming to me, asking questions.  I can see God working in their lives.  As a parent and grandfather, I can’t think of anything greater than for my children and grandchildren to follow Christ.  Just recently, one of my sons came with me to church and the Lord met him at the altar of prayer and now he has given his life to Christ.  Now He is a changed man.   I am so thankful that He has found the peace that can only be found in the name of the Lord.

I want to tell you in the words of a song, “It is no secret what God can do.  What He has done for others, He can do for you!

** Hallelujah!  The Sunday following Dave sharing this testimony with me, his second son surrendered his life to Christ!  The Lord of peace is faithfully answering Dave’s prayers!  **