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As long as I can remember I have always believed in Jesus Christ. I have always believed that He is my one true savior. My Mom and Dad brought me up in a Catholic church and I am very thankful to them and to the church for my teachings. Later in life I would go to church off and on and when I had a buck or two I would give it in the plate. Going to the Assembly of God Christian Center the first time was very uncomfortable and I never believed I would go back there again. For two years, my wife had been secretly praying for us as a family to belong to a church that felt like family and have more fellowship with God and his people. Something deep inside me (the Holy Spirit) told me to return to church. Keep in mind that I was a Catholic going to a Pentecostal church where people show their emotions and love for God and with each other. This past year there was a family in our church who lost two of their daughters 14,18 years old in a car accident. The parents were not the only ones that hurt, the whole church body hurt. The small town of Vergennes, Vermont pulled together and even the public school system asked our church leaders to come in and pray with the kids. The school told our Pastor that they have never seen so much love and caring from any church. What I am saying is that even a public school can see how amazing God can heal and work in all of our lives.
I want to make this very clear I have always told my wife in the past that I would never go to any other church except a Catholic church. I believe in all of my heart that God lead me to this church. The first Sunday I returned to The Assembly of God Christian Center, I was welcomed and felt every spiritual need filled inside me. I have never been so excited to go to church every Sunday. Our Pastor Arthur Adams (Senior Pastor) speaks like nobody I have ever heard. I receive a gift every week from his sermons and can't put in words how much he and others in our church have changed my life. I am nowhere near perfect and need to continually work harder, but I know when my Father takes me home I will be ready and He will be proud of the things I have done in my life for Him.
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