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My Story
I grew up in a Christian family in America with great parents and every opportunity. When I was 11 years old I inherited my grandfather's acoustic guitar and label maker (the inspiration for my logo). I started taking classical guitar lessons and a couple years later I joined my first band as a rhythm guitarist. In high school I started to rebel against my parents and abuse alcohol and drugs. I also started writing and recording my own music. By Christmas break my freshman year of college I had destroyed my life by chasing my dream of being a rockstar and taking all kinds of drugs. I had ruined my relationships with friends and family, my health was in serious trouble, I had been kicked out of the college dorms, and my grades were plumetting. I had become an atheist and was saying that there is no God and that religion is a mental crutch for the weak. One night, laying on a futon in a dingy basement apartment, I asked God if He was real to show me. Over the next few weeks I sobered up just in case He did. And He did. It turns out that it is obvious that there is a God. The world could not exist otherwise. But I wanted to know the true God, so after thinking about it I decided to read the story of Jesus. After all, He is the center of the world's dating system (it is 2024 years since Jesus was born). I think I read the Gospel of Matthew, and I researched the ancient manuscripts to see whether what I was reading could be trusted. My conclusion was that if even half of what is written about Jesus is true, He is the Son of God. After wrestling with it for awhile I finally asked God to forgive me for my sins, thanked Him for sacrificing His own Son in my place, and gave my life to Him. In the following months He miraculously healed my body and brain and restored my relationship with my family. My grades improved, I got a job, I read the entire Bible twice, I was going to church, and I was even producing Christian music. However, after a couple years I started to fall away from the Lord. I moved to Los Angeles, California where I lived a very sinful life. I still believed in God, and I often debated people about His existence, but my actions were telling a different story. For many years I wandered spiritually, sometimes turning back towards God only to drift away again. Finally in 2021 God woke me up through the world events at that time and the death of a cherished friend. I started going to church again and bought a Bible. I hated my wayward tendencies and prayed that God wouldn't let me go again. I asked others to pray for me too. I read the Bible again, this time backwards (book by book), and I was amazed that despite being written by around 40 authors over approximately 1,500 years it tells a consistent story about an unchanging God. I read Psalm 22 and realized that not only did history point back at Jesus, but ancient prophesies pointed forward to Him. As I grew closer to the Lord, I started to realize that it is impossible to follow Jesus with my own will. I discovered that the Kingdom of Heaven is actually a kingdom, not a democracy, and that the compromised life I had been living was what Jesus called the double-minded man. Jesus said the way that leads to life is narrow and few find it, but the road that leads to destruction is wide and many go there. If you are reading this I encourage you to read the story of Jesus in the Bible and do what He says.
The Story of Jesus
The Jesus Film
Additional Resources
Essential Reading
The Bible is big and has many books, so you might not know where to start. Here are the books I recommend in the order you should read them: 1. Matthew 2. Mark 3. Luke 4. John 5. Genesis 6. Exodus 7. Deuteronomy If you read these you will have a good understanding of the teachings of Jesus, the beginning of the world, and the Law of God. The essentials.
Addiction Prayer
Father in Heaven, I thank You that You gave Your only begotten Son to pay the penalty that I justly deserve for my sin, and You raised Him from the dead. I thank You that You have promised if anyone prays in His name, the name of Jesus, You will hear them and answer according to Your will. And so I come to You about [ADDICTION]. I confess that it is a sin. I know it is wrong. I confess that I choose to keep doing it. I know that it is not Your will for me to sin, and Your will for me is good, so I give You permission to take [ADDICTION] away from me. In the name of Jesus I pray, Amen.
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