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Haggai 1:5
Now therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts; Consider your ways.
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Posted by: Jerry Gaffney on Tuesday, May 28, 2002 - 08:13 PM
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I GOT HOOKED ON DRUGS SO I HAD TO RIP PEOPLE OFF TO MAKE MY HABIT HAPPY.
Dear Jerry:
The first night I thought this was a show, Jerry, you going by and touching people; I prayed to God to not let me judge you so I stuck around. The Holy Spirit spoke to me saying, "This is meat." While the Holy Spirit was talking to me, you turned to me and said, "This is where it's at, God wants to use you."
Oh man, did I feel dumb after God and you ministered the same thing. Thank God He used you. I've been praying for the Spirit to move like this for about two years. I knew right away the next two weeks would be fun.
You may be wondering how I know about this fire of the Holy Spirit. Well, five years ago I was dying. The devil had me as his puppet.
I'm from California. As a freshman in high school I loved to be around people and have friends that would be there for me. So, as dumb as it might sound, I got into a gang. Before I knew it I WAS SELLING DRUGS--SOMETHING THAT I DIDN'T WANT TO DO. Not long after I GOT HOOKED ON DRUGS SO I HAD TO RIP PEOPLE OFF TO MAKE MY HABIT HAPPY.
I didn't know what I was doing. What I thought might be fun wasn't. Sure my friends and family thought I was all right, but inside I had no hope.
Then one night I put a friend in the hospital. I didn't know what I did to her until I came down from my high on drugs. That I found myself in bed saying, God, if you're really there take my life or it will be meant for death.
The next day a little black man came up to me and asked if he could pray for me. I said do what you feel like man. So he placed his hand on my head and started to talk in the weirdest language then I started to cry. I felt like I was alone and then I HEARD A VOICE SAY, "HERE'S A NEW LIFE TAKE IT."
I took it -- my new life -- and ran with it! All my old habits were gone. I felt Jesus in my life. He gave me meat and that's what I needed. I preached everywhere -- school, streets, even in the jails -- everywhere that there were people. I saw hundreds of gang members saved. I think they saw the joy Jesus gave me. It was no longer the girls or drugs that kept me high. It was Jesus.
I've been on a spiritual high for four years and when I moved here I thought it was dead. BUT THROUGH YOUR MEETINGS, JERRY, GOD HAS SHOWN ME IT'S NOT DEAD. I have been blessed to see so many people touched by God, especially my family.
Thanks, Jerry, for letting God use you. You have shown me this is where it is at, in Jesus, praise the Lord
God bless you
Christian T |
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