I grew up in a christian home with christian parents. I have attended church all of my life and, when I was seven I asked God to save me so I could someday go to heaven with him. As I grew up I became more and more active in the church and my youth group and soon became the drummer for the youth praise team and the church Praise team. And one summer on a youth trip to Centrifuge down in FL, I had a life changing experience and during Centrifuge God was working in my heart and it scared me at first because God had never spoken to me like this before. And one evening during the message and Praise and worship I could feel God just Grab hold of me and he told me to let go and let him take control. HE TOLD ME TO SURRENDER ALL. And from that moment on I wasn’t the same person I was when I had enter that sanctuary, and after the worship time was over I went running to my youth pastor and told me what had happened to me and He prayed with my and helped guide from there.
I believe that the reason God wanted me to let go and let him take control was because I had never truly let him take control. I believed in God but I didn’t have a personally relationship with him. I was just playing a role just good enough to get by. But God had other plans.
When we returned from camp I wanted to be baptized. Now I was baptized before when I was seven but I felt like God wanted me to do this. And afterwards I felt like God had washed away the old me and the new me stood before him now ready to follow him. Its been 10 years since I had that experience at camp, and my relationship with Jesus Christ has only gotten stronger Everyday, God continues molds me to be who he wants me to be. And Im thankful for it.
