GO-SIN-NO-MORE

NO MORE "ALCOHOL"

I AM A YOUNG MAN FROM TUNICA, MISSISSIPPI, AND I AM A TRUE TESTIMONY OF WHAT GOD DID WITH A LIFE THAT WAS LOST IN SIN AND ON MY WAY TO A DEVIL’S HELL. I ONCE DIDN’T HAVE ANY HOPE.

MY MOTHER DIED IN MY ARMS, AND I HAD NO SENSE OF DIRECTION. AFTER MY MOTHER’S DEATH, I HAD IN MY MIND TO KILL A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT ALWAYS TALKED ABOUT, LIED ON, AND CRITICIZED ME. MY MOTHERS LAST WORDS TO ME WERE “THEY PUT SOMETHING IN MY DRINK.” MY MIND WENT BLANK AND I WANTED TO KILL WOMEN, CHILDREN, AND ANYONE THAT I THOUGHT MIGHT HAVE HAD A PART IN HER DEATH.

I WAS A WALKING TIME BOMB, AND I KNEW NOTHING ABOUT THE CHURCH OF GOD. I HEARD ABOUT A MAN NAMED BROTHER W. WHO DIDN’T ALLOW HIS CHILDREN TO WATCH TV. I MET HIM ON APRIL 24TH, 2003, AND I TOLD HIM I WANTED TO BE SAVED. A COUPLE OF DAYS LATER ON THE 26TH I MET PASTOR EDDIE HODGES OF THE CHURCH OF GOD IN JOLIET, ILLINOIS, WHO WAS IN TUNICA FOR A FUNERAL. I WAS INTRODUCED TO HIM, AND I TOLD HIM ABOUT MY DESIRE FOR SALVATION. PASTOR HODGES AND THREE OTHER BROTHERS PRAYED WITH ME. I ASKED GOD TO FORGIVE ME FOR ALL OF MY SINS, AND HE DELIVERED ME RIGHT THERE FROM ALCOHOL, COCAINE, WHISKEY, BEER, MARIJUANA, WHOREMONGERINING, SHACKING AND HAVING WOMEN TAKING CARE OF ME, AND GAMBLING. I WAS DRINKING TWO CASES OF BEER, AND I WAS SNORTING A 1/2 OUNCE TO AN OUNCE OF COCAINE EVERY DAY. I HAVE NOT BEEN TO ANY REHABILITATION CENTER, ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, OR ANY OTHER TYPE OF PLACE. ALL IT TOOK WAS GETTING ON MY KNEES AND ASKING GOD TO FORGIVE ME OF ALL OF MY SINS, AND I HAVE BEEN WALKING AS A NEW CREATURE IN CHRIST FOR ALMOST TWO YEARS NOW FREE FROM ALL WILLFUL SIN.

WHEN I GOT SAVED I COULDN’T EVEN READ. I HAD SPENT TWELVE YEARS IN SCHOOL AND TWO YEARS IN COLLEGE, BUT I NEVER LEARNED HOW TO READ. SINCE GETTING SAVED, HOWEVER, GOD HAS TAUGHT ME HOW TO READ HIS WORD. I LOVE THIS LIFE, I LOVE BEING CLEAN AND IN MY RIGHT MIND, I LOVE KNOWING THAT I CAN GET ON MY KNEES AND PRAY TO GOD AND KNOW THAT HE HEARS AND WILL ANSWER ME. THERE ISN’T A BETTER WAY TO LIVE THAN AS A SAVED MAN OF GOD,AND I WOULDN’T TRADE THIS LIFE FOR ALL THE RICHES IN THE WORLD. I HAVE A MADE-UP MIND TO SERVE GOD, AND TO FOLLOW HIM WHERE EVER HE LEADS ME. I MEAN BY HIS GRACE TO FOLLOW HIM AND MAKE HEAVEN MY HOME. THAT WILL BE MY REWARD IF I KEEP WALKING IN HIS LIGHT, I WILL HAVE MY MANSION IN THE SKY!

GO AND SIN NO MORE! CURTIS DID!!
BY BROTHER CURTIS,
CHURCH OF GOD OF JOLIET, IL