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TESTIMONY OF MARGARET WRIGHT
I'm happy to share with you my testimony. I was born and raised in a Christian home and so I did have a general idea about God, heaven and hell. I went to church and did what I was taught as I did not want to end up in hell, a place of fire. I tried to be good and avoided bad company, bad language, etc. etc. so I was under the impression that I was good enough to get to heaven. As a teenager others began to declare that I was a good girl and even used me as an example for others to follow and this made me feel better still and thought I was pleasing God and surely I will go to heaven when I die. However, apart from having a form for prayers and being good, I never read the Bible (from where we know about God) nor had one. To me God was an abstract figure for He was not real. Even though I did not know Him personally, He knew about me and my desire to make it to heaven and I had a grandmother who prayed much for all of us.
Due to various circumstances I found myself in services where people freely sang and clapped their hands and praised God aloud and lifted up their hands in prayer. They would testify of God’s goodness and His protection and of His answers to their prayers. I found all this very interesting for it was all strange to me as I was used to silent praying and sober gatherings. Periodically I would confess my sins to God and believed they were forgiven but I found I did them again, and again had the need to confess my sins. These people were a happy lot and seemed to know Jesus Christ in an intimate way and their singing was so full of joy and realization. I would sing with them but I was only mouthing words and there was no joy or realization of the words I was singing. From the beginning I kept my eyes opened watching everyone and I was very prejudiced so I did not listen to the speaker and would l walk out when he spoke. The preacher was my mother's brother (Pastor Esyln Vardon) and belonged to the Pentecostal Christian group. After continuing to attend these meetings for sometime, I was truly troubled and felt convicted that I did not know the Lord like they did and I wanted what they had (even though I did not know what they had to give it a name).
One day I decided I would listen to what the preacher had to say only once and then I would continue the way I was for I was not interested in changing my religion. That day his preaching was from the Bible on
1 John 1: 7-10 “But if we walk in the light, as He is in the light, we have fellowship one with another and the blood of Jesus Christ His Son cleanses us from all sin. If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves and the truth is not in us. If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. If we say that we have not sinned, we make Him a liar, and His word is not in us.”
As he began to preach about this precious sacrifice for sin I became uncomfortable and became conscious that I was a sinner and all my sins that I have been confessing stood between me and the Lord. I felt dirty and vile and felt I deserved to go to hell but I did not want to go there and therefore I began to cry to the Lord to save me. I prayed like this, “Lord,if what is being preached is true then wash me in Your blood and make me clean for I feel like the dirtiest sinner, and come into my heart and take control of my life.” This simple prayer which I meant with all my heart brought the Lord’s immediate response – praise God! I felt my load of sin fall away and I was made clean on the inside and knew that the blood of Jesus Christ cleanses from all sin. The Lord came into my heart and brought His peace and joy. Since that day I have never been the same – I was changed forever to be a follower of the One Who loved me and gave Himself for me. I’m forever indebted to Jesus Christ for taking my place on the cross and freely forgiving me and making me His child. Should I die at any time I know that He will receive me into glory because of His sacrifice which was sealed with His blood to set me free. Hallelujah!!
I went through a lot of persecutions and misunderstandings in life but Jesus has been very real and precious as I walk along with Him. He is my satisfying portion through all these years – as I am now 72 + years. I love Him and owe everything to Him for loving me first and dying in my stead. Thank you Father for loving me so much that you sent Your Precious Son to redeem me so that I could become Your child and when this life is over, I could live with You forever.
Anyone can receive Jesus Christ the Son of God by believing that He died for your sins and rose again for your justification. When you totally commit to Jesus and receive His forgiveness through the cleansing power of His blood, you will receive eternal life. Read the New Testament to know God personally.
Those who are not converted or been born again BEFORE THIS LIFE IS OVER will be lost forever, for all are born sinners and need a Saviour!!
JESUS CHRIST IS THE SAVIOUR OF THE WORLD!!!!
Margaret Wright
I'm happy to share with you my testimony. I was born and raised in a Christian home and so I did have a general idea about God, heaven and hell. I went to church and did what I was taught as I did not want to end up in hell, a place of fire. I tried to be good and avoided bad company, bad language, etc. etc. so I was under the impression that I was good enough to get to heaven. As a teenager others began to declare that I was a good girl and even used me as an example for others to follow and this made me feel better still and thought I was pleasing God and surely I will go to heaven when I die. However, apart from having a form for prayers and being good, I never read the Bible (from where we know about God) nor had one. To me God was an abstract figure for He was not real. Even though I did not know Him personally, He knew about me and my desire to make it to heaven and I had a grandmother who prayed much for all of us.
Due to various circumstances I found myself in services where people freely sang and clapped their hands and praised God aloud and lifted up their hands in prayer. They would testify of God’s goodness and His protection and of His answers to their prayers. I found all this very interesting for it was all strange to me as I was used to silent praying and sober gatherings. Periodically I would confess my sins to God and believed they were forgiven but I found I did them again, and again had the need to confess my sins. These people were a happy lot and seemed to know Jesus Christ in an intimate way and their singing was so full of joy and realization. I would sing with them but I was only mouthing words and there was no joy or realization of the words I was singing. From the beginning I kept my eyes opened watching everyone and I was very prejudiced so I did not listen to the speaker and would l walk out when he spoke. The preacher was my mother's brother (Pastor Esyln Vardon) and belonged to the Pentecostal Christian group. After continuing to attend these meetings for sometime, I was truly troubled and felt convicted that I did not know the Lord like they did and I wanted what they had (even though I did not know what they had to give it a name).
One day I decided I would listen to what the preacher had to say only once and then I would continue the way I was for I was not interested in changing my religion. That day his preaching was from the Bible on
1 John 1: 7-10 “But if we walk in the light, as He is in the light, we have fellowship one with another and the blood of Jesus Christ His Son cleanses us from all sin. If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves and the truth is not in us. If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. If we say that we have not sinned, we make Him a liar, and His word is not in us.”
As he began to preach about this precious sacrifice for sin I became uncomfortable and became conscious that I was a sinner and all my sins that I have been confessing stood between me and the Lord. I felt dirty and vile and felt I deserved to go to hell but I did not want to go there and therefore I began to cry to the Lord to save me. I prayed like this, “Lord,if what is being preached is true then wash me in Your blood and make me clean for I feel like the dirtiest sinner, and come into my heart and take control of my life.” This simple prayer which I meant with all my heart brought the Lord’s immediate response – praise God! I felt my load of sin fall away and I was made clean on the inside and knew that the blood of Jesus Christ cleanses from all sin. The Lord came into my heart and brought His peace and joy. Since that day I have never been the same – I was changed forever to be a follower of the One Who loved me and gave Himself for me. I’m forever indebted to Jesus Christ for taking my place on the cross and freely forgiving me and making me His child. Should I die at any time I know that He will receive me into glory because of His sacrifice which was sealed with His blood to set me free. Hallelujah!!
I went through a lot of persecutions and misunderstandings in life but Jesus has been very real and precious as I walk along with Him. He is my satisfying portion through all these years – as I am now 72 + years. I love Him and owe everything to Him for loving me first and dying in my stead. Thank you Father for loving me so much that you sent Your Precious Son to redeem me so that I could become Your child and when this life is over, I could live with You forever.
Anyone can receive Jesus Christ the Son of God by believing that He died for your sins and rose again for your justification. When you totally commit to Jesus and receive His forgiveness through the cleansing power of His blood, you will receive eternal life. Read the New Testament to know God personally.
Those who are not converted or been born again BEFORE THIS LIFE IS OVER will be lost forever, for all are born sinners and need a Saviour!!
JESUS CHRIST IS THE SAVIOUR OF THE WORLD!!!!
Margaret Wright
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Permalink Reply by Stephan on -
Hallo Margaret,
It is wonderful to read your testimony, so many of us have gone through life believing we were good enough to enter heaven (or the opposite not good enough) and so we have been misled by Satan to try and earn "points" and with enough points hopefully be good enough. What a lie! Jesus died for us once and for all, the only way to eternity is by faith in what He did for us. My wife and I are so thankful that for His salvation, we can confess to all who want to hear (or not want to hear) that He is our Saviour, our everything. Like you said, one can never be the same when Jesus takes 100% control of your life. We are privileged to have been called out to the missions field in the Cotahuasi Canyon in Peru - see http://www.sim.org/index.php/content/deep-need-in-cotahuasi - and we hope to leave very soon.
The Lord called us in Sept 2007 and we have been in preparation and will hopefully soon leave to work among the Quechua Indians of Peru. The Lord put a heavy burden upon our hearts to take the Gospel to places it have never truthfully been heard. We are very excited. We are still in the process of raising support - we are currently at 58% of our monthly support commitments. If you know of any churches or perhaps individuals that have a passion for lost souls and for getting the Gospel to unreached places, will you please let us know? Before we get 100% support we cannot go. But we know that the Lord will complete what He started and we trust Him fully to send more supporters. The Lord is awesome, there is none like Him. Thank you for your inspiring witness.
Blessings
Stephan & Corne
South Africa
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Permalink Reply by Margaret Wright on -
Praise the Lord!
I'm sorry I took so long to respond to your comments Stephen.
How are you? and where are you now? You had mentioned that you were going on a mission trip to Peru.
God IS in control no matter what - just believe!
God IS at work whether we understand or not - just trust Him!
God bless you
Margaret Wright
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Permalink Reply by yvonne smiddy on -
MARGARET, THANK YOU FOR SHARING YOUR WONDERFUL TESTIMONY!! I HAVE BEEN READING SOME OF YOUR BLOG POSTS AND I AM BLESSED! WHAT A WONDERFUL TREASURE OF WISDOM YOU HAVE TO OFFER THE WORLD.! WHEN I GET TO BE YOUR AGE, I HOPE TO HAVE JUST AS MUCH WISDOM!! GOD BLESS YOU SOME MORE!! YVONNE
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