Husband and Wife become Christians together!
Ian:”I
was brought up in a family, most of whom were Christians, therefore
I had always known about God, and had been familiar with the Church.
However, I didn’t realise the importance and benefit of knowing God
personally until after I was married. My wife Joyce began showing more
and more of an interest in Christianity after talking to my eldest sister
Carol who incidentally prayed for us for fifteen years. I suppose this
was the time when I thought more about God and about what my response
to Him should be.
An opportunity arose for us to listen to Billy Graham preach the gospel and this helped us reach the decision that we wanted to know more about God and His plan for us. Later that year with some apprehension we accepted an invitation from Chris to attend a Wednesday evening guest service at Dunston Family Church. We enjoyed the evening and felt happy to go to a Sunday service where we prayed for God to come into our lives.
Since I have become a Christian, I have a security that I hadn’t know before and I am ever hopeful of good things. He helps me and gives me peace in difficult times, and gives me the comfort of knowing that He is in control of my life.”
Joyce: “I had always believed that God existed and was somehow good.
I was brought up to believe in God and attended Sunday School as a child,
but stopped going when my brothers and sister did. I had never thought
of God relating personally to me until long after I was married. I didn’t
feel that I was a particularly
bad person, but nevertheless, many times I thought and did wrong things.
Most of my husband’s family are Christians and it was his eldest sister
Carol who spoke to me about God. She didn’t preach to me, or try to
change me, she simply spoke of God as though He were real and that she
was in relationship with Him. She came across problems and disappointments
in life, as we all do, but seemed somehow more able to cope and be at
peace with them.
After lots of questions on my behalf and her telling me the gospel story
in a way I understood, I decided that I wanted Jesus in my life to guide
me. I accepted that He loved me and that He died for me and had forgiven
me for all the wrong I had done throughout my life.
The one stumbling block for me was going to church and mixing with other
Christians - this I did not want to do! However, knowing from the Bible
that God wants us to meet together, I had to overcome this negative
feeling. Soon, I came to the decision that I would go to a church, but
which one? I hadn’t a clue until Chris came to our door with an invitation
to a guest service at Dunston Family Church. Could this be God already
showing to me that He knew my situation and was helping me? - I now
know that to be the case.
I prayed to God and gradually my thoughts and attitudes began to change,
giving me peace and contentment in many areas of my life.
Since becoming a Christian, I deal with problems and disappointments
differently, as now I have God to guide and help me and to comfort me.
I now have the wonderful security that God is with me forever.”
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