Life Testimony--Free indeed


My Name is Joe, and I am 28 years old. I was blessed to have come to know the Lord Jesus at the age of five. It was through the teaching of my parents that I came to know Christ and began to grow in my faith. I was blessed to be a part of a Christian school where their motto was "training in righteousness." I was baptized in May 1997 in the Jordan River during a college trip to Israel. Based on the presence and conviction of the Holy Spirit living inside of me and based on Eph. 2:8-9 and other related passages in Scripture, I have full assurance of my salvation in Christ.

Despite having known the Lord, However, I struggled with habitual sin for many years. Praise the Lord that although I used to be in shackles to pornography and other forms of sexual impurity, but I am now set free by the precious blood of Christ. I have never been married and at 28 years of age feel so blessed to be set free well before that ever happens! I tried ending the habitual aspect of this sin on my own for three years, but then on August 2, 2000, after crying out to God on my knees for deliverance and confessing that I couldn't do it on my own, I was then freed of my "slavery" to sexual impurity. The struggles lingered, however, with many battles--some of them were intense all the way through 2006. I would win many by the grace of God, but I would also lose some battles. God personally convicted me of certain music I was listening to that I needed to throw away. The Holy Spirit also showed me that I had to stop browsing websites that only gave the enemy an 'open door' into my life. Although the sites were not pornographic, they still appealed to my sinful nature. Since I have eliminated or "radically amputated" these, I have had incredible victory in my thought life, and the Lord is enabling me to take captive each thought --to make it obedient to Christ (2 Cor. 10:5), is enabling me to cancel out every impure thought via the cross of Christ, and is enabling me to be victorious over the enemy on a regular daily basis now! Praise the Lord! In addition, there were other forms of demonic oppression in my life, but the Lord has healed, delivered, and set me free of that as well and I am now walking in freedom by His grace. God has taken the place of all of the worldly treasures I once admired. In other words, I don't have to have this stuff---as my old self used to cry out. I no longer "need" this stuff in my life. All I need is the Lord.

I also want to mention that though I used to be extremely shy and had this social problem of fearing people, I am now on the radio doing what I never imagined doing, and doing what I didn't want to do initially--and that is in addition to anchoring and reporting the news-- hosting a talk show! It is a Christian program where the Lord is using me to speak out against evil and bring the truth to light. It is my goal now to reach out to those who struggle with addictions, demonic oppression, and ones who have been abused in some way via a radio ministry that I hope to be national and international someday. The Lord has allowed my radio show as it is now to be broadcasted live locally in DE and on the internet every week. Praise the Lord, and I couldn't have made it this far without Him!

"Thus saith the Lord God unto these bones; behold I will cause breath to enter into you, and ye shall come to life." Ezek. 37:5

                                     Clothed with Virtue
                      Creative paraphrase of Colossians 3:12-14

12Therefore, as God's chosen people, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience. 13Bear with each other and forgive whatever grievances you may have against one another. Forgive as the Lord forgave you. 14And over all these virtues put on love, which binds them all together in perfect unity.

Though each of us differ in manifold ways
Our hearts can be clothed with compassion and praise
The intense profoundness of Agape love
Manifests itself in a humble, gentle spirit from above

Though each person is distinctly unique
We all can befriend one who is kind and meek
A friendship is squelched through conflict and strife
But patience and Forgiveness sustain its life

When clothed with unconditional love and acceptance
Humility, kindness, gentleness and patience
on stormy waters  the peaceful dove emerges
bringing Divine Love which unifies, cleanses and purges

Even though we are different in so many ways
As with the variety of foods you see at buffets
a mismatch of colors striving to blend
clothed with virtue longing to mend


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Life Testimony--Free indeed


My Name is Joe, and I am 28 years old. I was blessed to have come to know the Lord Jesus at the age of five. It was through the teaching of my parents that I came to know Christ and began to grow in my faith. I was blessed to be a part of a Christian school where their motto was "training in righteousness." I was baptized in May 1997 in the Jordan River during a college trip to Israel. Based on the presence and conviction of the Holy Spirit living inside of me and based on Eph. 2:8-9 and other related passages in Scripture, I have full assurance of my salvation in Christ.

Despite having known the Lord, However, I struggled with habitual sin for many years. Praise the Lord that although I used to be in shackles to pornography and other forms of sexual impurity, but I am now set free by the precious blood of Christ. I have never been married and at 28 years of age feel so blessed to be set free well before that ever happens! I tried ending the habitual aspect of this sin on my own for three years, but then on August 2, 2000, after crying out to God on my knees for deliverance and confessing that I couldn't do it on my own, I was then freed of my "slavery" to sexual impurity. The struggles lingered, however, with many battles--some of them were intense all the way through 2006. I would win many by the grace of God, but I would also lose some battles. God personally convicted me of certain music I was listening to that I needed to throw away. The Holy Spirit also showed me that I had to stop browsing websites that only gave the enemy an 'open door' into my life. Although the sites were not pornographic, they still appealed to my sinful nature. Since I have eliminated or "radically amputated" these, I have had incredible victory in my thought life, and the Lord is enabling me to take captive each thought --to make it obedient to Christ (2 Cor. 10:5), is enabling me to cancel out every impure thought via the cross of Christ, and is enabling me to be victorious over the enemy on a regular daily basis now! Praise the Lord! In addition, there were other forms of demonic oppression in my life, but the Lord has healed, delivered, and set me free of that as well and I am now walking in freedom by His grace. God has taken the place of all of the worldly treasures I once admired. In other words, I don't have to have this stuff---as my old self used to cry out. I no longer "need" this stuff in my life. All I need is the Lord.

I also want to mention that though I used to be extremely shy and had this social problem of fearing people, I am now on the radio doing what I never imagined doing, and doing what I didn't want to do initially--and that is in addition to anchoring and reporting the news-- hosting a talk show! It is a Christian program where the Lord is using me to speak out against evil and bring the truth to light. It is my goal now to reach out to those who struggle with addictions, demonic oppression, and ones who have been abused in some way via a radio ministry that I hope to be national and international someday. The Lord has allowed my radio show as it is now to be broadcasted live locally in DE and on the internet every week. Praise the Lord, and I couldn't have made it this far without Him!

"Thus saith the Lord God unto these bones; behold I will cause breath to enter into you, and ye shall come to life." Ezek. 37:5