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CONTENTS web1

Tue, 3 Mar 2009 12:00:03 -0500

TABLE OF CONTENTS

DEDICATION
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
INTRODUCTION

CHAPTER 1 MY BEGINNING
CHAPTER 2 GROWING UP
CHAPTER 3 STILL IN SEARCH OF LOVE AND ACCEPTANCE
CHAPTER 4 INVITED TO GO TO CHURCH
CHAPTER 5 TAKING UP A NEW DRUG
CHAPTER 6 PICKING UP ON SURVEILLANCE
CHAPTER 7 TALKING WITH THE DEAD
CHAPTER 8 ALMOST KILLED BY THE POLICE
CHAPTER 9 GOD REVEALS HIMSELF TO ME
CHAPTER 10 FIRST TIME WITNESSING
CHAPTER 11 FIRST TIME READING THE BIBLE
CHAPTER 12 TIME TO MAKE A CHANGE
CHAPTER 13 MY FIRST TIME GETTING BUSTED
CHAPTER 14 BACK TO THE SAME OLD THING
CHAPTER 15 MY TIME IN COURT
CHAPTER 16 GOD BEGINS TO TEACH ME HIMSELF
CHAPTER 17 BACK IN COURT
CHAPTER 18 MY LAST DAY IN COURT
CHAPTER 19 MY TIME IN THE FEDERAL PRISON
CHAPTER 20 MY STAY AT THE HAFWAY HOUSE
CHAPTER 21 MY STAY AT THE HOMELESS SHELTER
CHAPTER 22 MOVING OUT OF THE HOMELESS SHELTER
CHAPTER 23 MY CLOSING THOUGHTS
CHAPTER 24 AS WORDS FLOW THROUGH ME TO YOU
CHAPTER 25 THE SECOND COMING OF CHRIST
CHAPTER 26 WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU DIE?
CHAPTER 27 THE BIBLICAL SABBATH--SATURDAY OR SUNDAY?
CHAPTER 28 A CALL TO SURRENDER
CHAPTER 29 WHAT AM I DOING NOW?

DEDICATION web2

Mon, 2 Mar 2009 00:01:43 -0500

This book is gratefully dedicated to the following:

To Jesus Christ, the Lamb of God, for loving me and revealing Himself to me at a time in my life when I thought it was about to end; and for showing me an example by which I am to live my life. For His blood that cleanses me from my sins; for His intercession on my behalf and much more.

To God the Father, for giving His only Son to redeem us from the snares of Satan; a gift of love that will be spoken of for all eternity. I will praise You and will share my testimony with all and forever praise Your name.

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS web3

Sun, 1 Mar 2009 23:59:03 -0500

With loving acknowledgements:
To my son, who has loved me unconditionally and has encouraged me in trying times. I thank him for his patience and sharing me with others that they too may come to know Jesus Christ. Thank you, my son, for your love, compassion and being supportive of the ministry the Lord has called me to. May God manifest Himself to you in a greater way than He has made Himself known to me.

To my son’s mother, who was there for me when nobody else was and always made sure that I could stay in contact with my son and in her own way ministering to me while i was incarcerated. Thank you for showing me compassion. May God open your eyes that you may behold His Son Jesus Christ in a way that you have never seen Him before, that your life may be greatly enriched.

To my brothers and sisters in Christ Jesus who ministered to me when I was in prison out of their Bible School. , sending me the Amazing Facts Bible Studies and words of encouragement. May God richly bless this ministry.

To all those at 3ABN who made it possible for me to share my testimony around the world. Thank you and may God bless this ministry and those who wach 3ABN with a outpouring of is Holy Spirit.

I also praise God and give thanks to Him for raising up Remnant Publications to be a tool in His hands in spreading the Gospel in various ways. Thank you for my book editor, cover artist and advisors offering directions and advice. I pray that God’s blessing and grace will be upon all for their help.

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INTRODUCTION web4

Fri, 27 Feb 2009 23:58:33 -0500

I have written this book after being inspired by God to do so. It is a short story of my life growing up in search of love and acceptance. I have never done anything with my life except cause pain to others as well as myself. I never thought that there was hope for me after living a life consumed with alcohol, drugs, and immoral living.

My friend, if you are currently living a life of pain and misery, a life that you believe has no other hope, please read the testimony of my life and my experience with Jesus Christ. My desire is for those that have traveled down the same pathway of crime and wretchedness to know that hope can be found in the name of Jesus Christ, the Son of the Living God.

Jesus is waiting for all that will call upon Him for help. I can testify to the fact that it is scary to travel down on unfamiliar road. You see, I knew that to continue my chaotic life of drugs and corruption would, in the end, only leads to death. Sadly, because I was familiar with this environment, I was all to willing to except this fate.

There are so many people in the world today that feel comfortable living abusive, corrupt, and destructive lifestyles that they are afraid to venture down a different path, even if it means a better life. They know what to expect in the lifestyle in which they are currently living, and to travel down a new path is frightening. I know it certainly was for me.

It is now my desire to reach these people by sharing the love Jesus Christ has shown me as He has lifted me up out of a life of misery, healing my broken heart and leading me down a new road of peace. A few passages from the book of Psalms sums it up:

“He brought me up also out of an horrible pit, out of the miry   clay, and set my feet upon a rock, (and) established my goings.”  Psalms 40:2

“He (God) will regard the prayer of the destitute, and not despise   their prayer. This shall be written for the generation to come   and the people which shall e created shall praise the Lord. For   He hath looked down from the height of His sanctuary; from   heaven did the Lord behold the earth. to hear the groaning of   the prisoner; to loose those that are appointed to death.”

Psalms 102:17-20

May your faith be increased as you read how God heard my cry and reached out to help me.

CH 1 My Beginning web5

Thu, 26 Feb 2009 23:56:25 -0500

From the few conversations that my mother had been willing to have with me concerning her past, I have been able to gather a little background of her life. She was raised in New York in a physically and mentally abusive family. Her mother was an alcoholic and a very short tempered woman. I don’t know anything about her father, since she has never spoken of him.

At an early age my mother rebelled and got pregnant when she was only 13 years old. She didn’t know what to do, scared and confused she entered a Catholic convent. Here they helped her through her pregnancy and found someone to adopt the son she gave birth to. When she was 18 she left the convent and was looking for a way to get out of the city.

Mom started dating a man who served in the US Navy on an aircraft carrier called the USS Exess. They moved to near the harbor, for his ship was docked in that area. Shortly after, my mother secured false identification, that showed her to be old enough to wed without parental permission--and that she did.

Not long after their marriage they moved again to a small town and happily settled in to raise a family with me and my sister, Gidget.

Perhaps the quick growth of the family was to much stress, or there were other troubles in their young marriage, but shortly thereafter my parents separated. My mother kept no information or pictures to show me. Only recently has she shared the basic circumstances of my birth. In fact, imagination has filled in the possible happenstance of their actual meeting. It is my prayer that one day I might meet my father.