WALKING IN MY DESTINY
StartFragment I was saved in 1986, which is the year that I prayed the sinner’s prayer for a real time. I was raised in a small Baptist church, but really didn’t have a relationship with Jesus. I moved to the City in 1991 and started experiencing life in a larger way from what I had been used to for a lot of years. I became involved with someone that began to have total control over me. A man that I thought I Loved and he Loved me. I would do anything he asked me too. I didn’t know what Real Love was, coming from a very troubled upbringing. I was so “caught in a spell” with this man that my life was whirling like a tornado. In 1995 I was arrested for promoting Prostitution. I was involved with a man that wanted me to put an "Escort Service" in my name as a business. I thought this was a legal business; I was blinded again to believe that the women that worked for such an establishment was doing "Legal" Massages. I believed they were going on "Dates" for money to just be companions. Boy was I wrong. I even went on "appointments" myself, and oh, how I soon found out the Life of a Prostitute. It felt good to know that men wanted me. It felt good to get "paid" for the feeling. It was a lifestyle that involved "Power, Money, and Drugs". You had to do the drug to do the job. That was the way the Devil was binding my life. I was given 5 years’ probation for the crime. This was on a State Level. Then it got worse, 2 years later the Feds picked up the case and I got arrested again and was charged with Money Laundering, Conspiracy, and Interstate trafficking across state lines to Promote Prostitution. These crimes were considered Organized. Well, This time God got my attention. I was at the point that if I didn't do some surrendering to the Almighty God and what he had called me to do, I was looking at 30 yrs. in Prison. This is when I said OK God, now what?I knew that I had to repent. I knew that what I had been doing was wrong. I got down on my knees and cried out to God. God, please forgive me. I know I stayed away from you, and I know I have been trying to do things the way I want to do them. But God, I know that you can change this situation, so I repent, I am sooo, so sorry for grieving you, Please forgive me and set me back on track. To God be the Glory, that is what he did. You know, God Commands All to Repent to Be Able to Receive Eternal Salvation Through Jesus . In these verses, Jesus is literally "commanding" that all repent before they can actually be saved and converted. Here they are: "Truly, these times of ignorance God overlooked, but now commands all men everywhere to repent. " (Acts 17:30) ,,, "Repent therefore and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, so that times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord." (Acts 3:19) ,,,"I tell you, no; but unless you repent you will all likewise perish. " (Luke 13:5),,, "Those who are well have no need of a physician, but those who are sick. I did not come to call the righteous, but sinners, to repentance. " (Mark 2:17) Its been 20 years ago that my Life was a total wreck of “Sex, Drugs, and Rock and Roll”. God saw my future so much brighter that the darkness I was walking in. My journey of trusting and living for the Lord continues, It has been a daily walk that I would never trade anything this world has to offer. His Grace and Mercy daily is what keeps me going, and It can keep you going as well. God moved on my behalf in my “Dilemma of my own choices”. He never gave up on me, and He will not Give up on You. Oh and by the way, I NEVER went to Prison or done a day in Jail. Had it not been for the book of Psalms I would not have had the strength to make it. Psalms 46:1 God is our refuge and strength, A very present help in trouble. Psalms 94:17-18 Unless the LORD had been my help, My soul would soon have settled in silence. If I say, "My foot slips," Your mercy, O LORD, will hold me up. Psalms 46:1 God is our refuge and strength, A very present help in trouble. I have been actively doing Jail Ministry since 2011, and going into some Prisons sharing the Love of Jesus Christ! That is what He created me to do, and I am Nothing with out Him! God is no respecter of Persons, what he done for Me, he can do for anyone. Acts 10:34 Then Peter opened his mouth, and said, Of a truth I perceive that God is no respecter of persons. If anyone would like to contact me feel free to do so at debrockman2003@gmail.com Be Blessed!!!EndFragment
