I was introduced to my Messiah, Jesus Christ on April 10,1977 at Prairie Creek Baptist Church in Plano, Texas. The key text for the sermon that Sunday morning was from Revelation 3:20, “Behold, I stand at the door and knock; if anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and dine with him, and he with Me.” In a picture in my mind I could see Jesus with His arms open wide, inviting me to be His child. As the congregation sang the hymn, “Just as I am”, I walked down the aisle and prayed with the pastor to accept Jesus and to make Him Lord of my life. I was water baptized the following Sunday. From the moment I asked Jesus to be my Lord, our friendship began. He talked to me and I talked to Him. In spite of having people
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It was described to me as being an experience with God so we could have better fellowship with Him. Curious to see what this was all about my family attended our first charismatic church service. The people raised their hands in praise during worship. People around us were talking funny during prayer and it didn’t sound like English. I could feel the excitement in the room and knew there was something different in the environment. People at this church looked much happier than the people at the Baptist Church we had been attending. The following week, my Mom and I attended a ladies Bible study where the baptism of the Holy Spirit was discussed in depth. After a brief discussion with the Bible study teacher after class I prayed with the teacher to receive the baptism of the Holy Spirit. I immediately had words in my mouth that were in a language I didn’t understand. My mind tried to analyze it but the Bible study teacher told me not to be concerned with it. She let me know that it was the Holy Spirit praying through me. My relationship with the Lord went to a whole new level. Immediately I begged my parents to let me attend every possible ladies Bible study class that was available since there was not a program for teenagers. For the next three years I attended numerous classes, growing and …show more content…
in music theory. As I took classes towards a doctoral degree in 20th Century Music Theory the emphasis in the study quickly shifted to witches, mind control and the contacting of demons as part of the study and alleged understanding of that music. I was invited by key faculty to attend a weekly spiritual session where it was rumored that spirits were conjured up and known to appear to the participants. This was far beyond what I was willing to do as a Christian. My Mom had recently become very ill and money was quickly becoming an issue for the family. Confused and unsure of what to do I dropped out of the doctoral program and took a summer job working as an assistant in a business office. The work was uninteresting but paid well. My parents were extremely pleased, as they had not been fans of me pursuing a life in music. Not wanting to completely give up music, I attempted to continue to teach lessons and play various church services while
It was described to me as being an experience with God so we could have better fellowship with Him. Curious to see what this was all about my family attended our first charismatic church service. The people raised their hands in praise during worship. People around us were talking funny during prayer and it didn’t sound like English. I could feel the excitement in the room and knew there was something different in the environment. People at this church looked much happier than the people at the Baptist Church we had been attending. The following week, my Mom and I attended a ladies Bible study where the baptism of the Holy Spirit was discussed in depth. After a brief discussion with the Bible study teacher after class I prayed with the teacher to receive the baptism of the Holy Spirit. I immediately had words in my mouth that were in a language I didn’t understand. My mind tried to analyze it but the Bible study teacher told me not to be concerned with it. She let me know that it was the Holy Spirit praying through me. My relationship with the Lord went to a whole new level. Immediately I begged my parents to let me attend every possible ladies Bible study class that was available since there was not a program for teenagers. For the next three years I attended numerous classes, growing and …show more content…
in music theory. As I took classes towards a doctoral degree in 20th Century Music Theory the emphasis in the study quickly shifted to witches, mind control and the contacting of demons as part of the study and alleged understanding of that music. I was invited by key faculty to attend a weekly spiritual session where it was rumored that spirits were conjured up and known to appear to the participants. This was far beyond what I was willing to do as a Christian. My Mom had recently become very ill and money was quickly becoming an issue for the family. Confused and unsure of what to do I dropped out of the doctoral program and took a summer job working as an assistant in a business office. The work was uninteresting but paid well. My parents were extremely pleased, as they had not been fans of me pursuing a life in music. Not wanting to completely give up music, I attempted to continue to teach lessons and play various church services while