What's My Story
nathan jones
One particular Sunday (I was just a kid) I realized I was a sinner bound for hell. Unless I asked the Lord to forgive me of my sins. It took a couple more Sundays before I went up to the alter. The Pastor always gave a alter call. Over the years I watched many souls saved from hell there. So I went up to the front of the church and the Pastor was still calling people to be saved. There was a man there and he asked me if I wanted to be saved and I said "yes, yes, I do". So, he led me in the Sinner's Prayer. Keep in mind, though, I was a 10 year old kid, half scared, half confused of what to do to be saved. So the man prayed but I could not hear him over the music being played. So I didn't pray. I just knelt down. It probably looked like I was praying but I wasn't.
The years went by and I did the bad things teenager boys from Detroit do. Got into some trouble but nothing really bad. At 16 I started working construction and the crew would take me to the bar for a beer on rainy days. Then that turned into drinking with friends from school and the neighborhood.
A couple of years went by and I moved back in with my parents to save money to put down on a house of my own. At night I didn't sleep and I would think about if I was saved or not. After about 2 months of this, one late night I got down on my kneez in my bedroom and prayed the Sinner's Prayer and asked the Lord to save my sinful soul and have mercy on me.
After that night, the Lord has poured out his blessing on me. The Lord had always blessed my life but I realize it more now. There have beenn up's and down's and I do not claim to be the perfect christian or even a good one. I just claim to be one and believe in the Lord Jesus. I thank the Lord almost every day for His sacrifice on the cross for our sins.