Saturday, March 14, 2015

HE HEARD A VOICE....



Juan (name changed) was on the run.  He had briefly belonged to a gang in Mexico, but quickly discovered he disapproved of the unnecessary killings and extreme violence.  It's impossible to quit a gang and remain alive.  He had to hide.

Juan had connections to our church in Nuevo Progreso but he had never been a Christian.  His family and the church were praying for him to become saved and to make a new life for himself.  Now it looked impossible because he was out of their reach.

Recently something happened to Juan that will change him forever!  While on the run, someone on the street gave him marijuana to smoke.  Some time later he put the marijuana to his mouth when all of a sudden he heard a voice calling him!  He looked all around and saw that he was totally alone.  The voice warned him not to smoke the marijuana if he valued his soul.  It must have been a voice from God!

Suddenly he was overwhelmed with guilt and remorse and he began to sob and cry.  Cleansing waves of emotion came from deep inside of him. He cried all night.

The next morning Juan called his family and told them he had heard a voice warning him to change his ways.  Then he called the pastor.  They prayed together over the phone and Juan accepted Jesus as his Savior.

  "The Lord our God will we serve, and His voice will we obey."  Joshua 24:24

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