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Kevin Yeager's Testimony
Posted by Jamison Jones
My Personal Testimony
God is so wonderful and has done great things in my life. Twelve years ago, my wife and I were attending a Pentecostal church and we had just had our oldest child. I was finishing up college and everything looked to be on track. I was very active in the church. I was a youth leader, usher, and Sunday school teacher. God had put a burden on my heart that there was more that I needed to do. I thought to myself, if I don’t talk to anyone about my burden then it would maybe just go away! Several days went by and then my wife told me that she really felt that God wanted me to do more and I should move toward becoming a Pastor. I shared with my wife that God had put a burden in my heart several days ago for that same purpose.
Several weeks had gone by and the more I thought about what God was asking, the more scared I became at the thought of becoming a Pastor. I let doubt creep into my thoughts. Satan had planted that seed and I fertilized it, watered it, and cared for it until it had grown into a thick tall hedge in my heart. My vision for the future had become distorted because of this hedge of doubt that I had allowed to grow in my heart. I thought that God did not really want me to become a Pastor, even though he had spoken to my wife and given her the same message! I eventually, started missing a few services here and there. I made up what I thought were good excuses at the time (i.e. schoolwork, new baby, tired, etc). The few services quickly lead into missing more and more services and youth functions. Then finally I just stopped attending church altogether!!
I had allowed that hedge of doubt to consume not my physical life but my spiritual life. My wife wanted to know why I had quit attending, but I just made up excuses to cover over the real reason. Then to top it all off, I pushed and prodded my wife until she too slowly stopped attending church.
I had turned my back on God, but thankfully he had not turned his back on me. He continued to provide for my family over the last twelve years countless times. God helped us find good jobs when we had given up, helped with every financial need when we had given up, kept our expanding family safe during difficult times, and most importantly kept my wife and I together through many hardships. I had not thanked God or given him the glory for his many blessings and gifts he had given my family.
About four months ago, things began to really become unraveled in our life. We had been continually searching for something to fill a void in our lives and nothing had worked. We always came up feeling unsatisfied and wanting more no matter what we tried in this world. The struggle of continually searching for twelve years was taking a toll on our marriage, and we both realized that something was wrong. We were finally drifting apart and it felt like we were spiraling out of control.
We both sat down and thought what is missing in our lives that had brought us to the edge. We knew in our hearts what was missing, God! We were chasing after something materially for so many years that you can only achieve spiritually through God’s grace and salvation “PEACE”.
We attended another denomination church a couple of times, but my wife and I always felt that we were still missing something. We sat down and talked and knew that we both would not be satisfied until we had found a Pentecostal church. God lead us to The Pentecostals via the internet and we attended a Wednesday night service. The Pastor and the members of the church welcomed us graciously. The wonderful spirit of the Lord was very moving during the worship and preaching. That night as we started home my wife and I looked at each other in the parking lot and said “We have finally found our church home”!
I thank God daily for his forgiving spirit, salvation, and eternal life. He instantly healed our marriage and brought us even closer together through his wonderful grace. I feel that the Lord has granted me a second chance to go out and make a difference in the spiritual lives of others!
God Bless,
Kevin Yeager