Post by Les Brewer on Feb 24, 2012 10:24:15 GMT
Hello to all my friends and family,may God bless you today and every day!
Well I'm not sure if the Computer problem I had is fixed,it seems to have cleared up on it's own.Thank you for your patience.
Continuing my testimony from the day before yesturdayI'll try to be brief,I promise!
As I stated,I began to grow more and more hungry for God and His word,but found myself bound by the sin of cigarettes and was getting desperate for deliverance.Maybe that's what we all need to do,is get desperate for a move of God in our lives?!At any rate,I,like so many christians in today's world,found myself leaning more on the arm of the flesh (my own will power) and the advise of other people who were just as bound by habits,as to how to rid myself of this disgusting habit.But to no avail,I couldn't conquer it,it had me good.
Which brings me to my text of Acts 2;1-4,39.I don't remember how many months I struggled with the bondage of smoking,but I estimate about 8mos.It had gotten to the point that I would light one up and take one puff on it and then through it away.Well,one night while at work (I was working second shift),as I was welding some mower parts together,I had a strange experience.It was as if I was watching a scene from my life pass before me,yet I wasn't sleeping,I was wide awake.After giving it some thought,I told my friend about it,and described to him what I thought it was telling me.He suggested that I could have possibly had a vision from the Lord as to how I would be delivered from this bondage.
In this "vision" I was told to go to a particular church,Central Lake Church of God on Highfalls road in Griffin Ga.At that time Bobby Tatum was the pastor of this church.I was told to be there for the next Sunday evening service,and that when the alter call was made,that I was to go forth for prayer.In the "vision" I was told that I would be the only one who would go forth,and that the preacher,Bobby Tatum,would lay his hands on me and I would receive the Baptism in the Holy Spirit.Now,you must keep in mind that I knew little, if anything at all,about the Pentecostal message.I was there to be delivered from cigarettes,not for the Baptism in the Spirit.As a matter of fact,I was so bound by the habit that I had just purchased a new pack of smokes on the way to this same service,and had only lit one out of the pack as I was headed to the service.
I related all of this "vision" experience to my friend before the eventful night in question.His advise to me was to try the spirits,to see if they were from God or the enemy.I had no clue what he was refering too.He just simply said "do what you believe the "vision" told you to do.If it's from the Lord,it will take place exactly,to the "tee",the way it took place in the "vision".If it's not from the Lord it won't happen."
Well,as a very young believer,I determined to do what I was told.I made plans for that next service,and made up my mind that no devil in hell or any human would deter me from my determined path.The eventful night arrived and it all came to pass exactly the way it happened in the vision,to the "tee".I was baptised in the Holy Spirit with the evidence of speaking in other tongues.I didn't know at the time what was taking place within my spirit and soul,all I knew was it was the most unexplainable experience I had ever had.
My soul and spirit were completely flooded with joy and happiness.What I had not as of yet realised was that God did for me what I couldn't do for myself.I left the service that night,and as I entered my car to leave my eyes stuck fast to the brand new pack of Marlboro Reds that I had just purchased on my way to the service.However,something was different this time.I became accutely aware that I no longer had an addiction to them anymore.I picked up the cigarettes and threw them out of the window,and never wanted them anymore.I never even had a temptation or desire for them after eating,which was always one of my greatest weaknesses I had when I smoked.I had no desire for them whatsoever!
I had been completely delivered from them and their grip on me,all through the power of the Holy Ghost!Praise His name forever!
Tomorrow I will make the subject of my post,the point of what I gave my testimony for in the first place.Please tune in tomorrow for the exciting conclusion to it all...........God bless you in Christ...........JW
Well I'm not sure if the Computer problem I had is fixed,it seems to have cleared up on it's own.Thank you for your patience.
Continuing my testimony from the day before yesturdayI'll try to be brief,I promise!
As I stated,I began to grow more and more hungry for God and His word,but found myself bound by the sin of cigarettes and was getting desperate for deliverance.Maybe that's what we all need to do,is get desperate for a move of God in our lives?!At any rate,I,like so many christians in today's world,found myself leaning more on the arm of the flesh (my own will power) and the advise of other people who were just as bound by habits,as to how to rid myself of this disgusting habit.But to no avail,I couldn't conquer it,it had me good.
Which brings me to my text of Acts 2;1-4,39.I don't remember how many months I struggled with the bondage of smoking,but I estimate about 8mos.It had gotten to the point that I would light one up and take one puff on it and then through it away.Well,one night while at work (I was working second shift),as I was welding some mower parts together,I had a strange experience.It was as if I was watching a scene from my life pass before me,yet I wasn't sleeping,I was wide awake.After giving it some thought,I told my friend about it,and described to him what I thought it was telling me.He suggested that I could have possibly had a vision from the Lord as to how I would be delivered from this bondage.
In this "vision" I was told to go to a particular church,Central Lake Church of God on Highfalls road in Griffin Ga.At that time Bobby Tatum was the pastor of this church.I was told to be there for the next Sunday evening service,and that when the alter call was made,that I was to go forth for prayer.In the "vision" I was told that I would be the only one who would go forth,and that the preacher,Bobby Tatum,would lay his hands on me and I would receive the Baptism in the Holy Spirit.Now,you must keep in mind that I knew little, if anything at all,about the Pentecostal message.I was there to be delivered from cigarettes,not for the Baptism in the Spirit.As a matter of fact,I was so bound by the habit that I had just purchased a new pack of smokes on the way to this same service,and had only lit one out of the pack as I was headed to the service.
I related all of this "vision" experience to my friend before the eventful night in question.His advise to me was to try the spirits,to see if they were from God or the enemy.I had no clue what he was refering too.He just simply said "do what you believe the "vision" told you to do.If it's from the Lord,it will take place exactly,to the "tee",the way it took place in the "vision".If it's not from the Lord it won't happen."
Well,as a very young believer,I determined to do what I was told.I made plans for that next service,and made up my mind that no devil in hell or any human would deter me from my determined path.The eventful night arrived and it all came to pass exactly the way it happened in the vision,to the "tee".I was baptised in the Holy Spirit with the evidence of speaking in other tongues.I didn't know at the time what was taking place within my spirit and soul,all I knew was it was the most unexplainable experience I had ever had.
My soul and spirit were completely flooded with joy and happiness.What I had not as of yet realised was that God did for me what I couldn't do for myself.I left the service that night,and as I entered my car to leave my eyes stuck fast to the brand new pack of Marlboro Reds that I had just purchased on my way to the service.However,something was different this time.I became accutely aware that I no longer had an addiction to them anymore.I picked up the cigarettes and threw them out of the window,and never wanted them anymore.I never even had a temptation or desire for them after eating,which was always one of my greatest weaknesses I had when I smoked.I had no desire for them whatsoever!
I had been completely delivered from them and their grip on me,all through the power of the Holy Ghost!Praise His name forever!
Tomorrow I will make the subject of my post,the point of what I gave my testimony for in the first place.Please tune in tomorrow for the exciting conclusion to it all...........God bless you in Christ...........JW
