“I was challenged about my faith”
Changed By Jesus #57
By Sally Spohn, Ballard campus
Sunday School Falls Short
I grew up being taught about Jesus and attending church regularly, but it wasn’t until I was a freshman in high school that Jesus changed my heart and helped me pursue a real relationship with him.
Before this time, I did not know what it meant to love Jesus and actively seek him in my life. I knew about Jesus from many years of Sunday school and youth group growing up, but I didn’t have a personal relationship with him.
Knowledge Falls Short
I went to the University of Washington in 2003, and for the first time in my life, I was challenged about my faith by friends and those curious about who I was. This was a very vulnerable time for me, and I felt myself losing sight of Jesus in my life very quickly.
I did not have any sort of fellowship with other believers during my freshman year in college and I rarely attended church except when I would go home to visit my family. When I first came to Mars Hill five years ago, I felt like I had found the missing puzzle piece. No other church that I have attended has ever preached straight from the Bible each and every week, and Jesus used this to slowly change my life.
I felt like I was starting at the beginning in my relationship with Jesus because I began to really understand what Jesus did for me on the cross and who I am as a believer. For the last five years, the desire to live my life for Jesus has grown more and more, and I don’t know what I would do without him as my personal Savior.
Family Falls Short
Over a year ago, my dad walked out of my life. I have never felt the sense of pain and abandonment that I experienced then. I have never needed Jesus so badly. By the grace of God, my mom, brother, sister, and I have stayed strong and looked to Jesus in the midst of the sadness and suffering.
Jesus is Faithful
Without Jesus, I would not be where I am today, and I am truly grateful for every minute of it. I can now honestly say that Jesus has opened up my heart and shown me what it means to be a sinner saved by the grace of God. I truly believe that God sent his son Jesus to die on the cross for my sins and that he is my personal Savior.
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