My experience is faith | Adventist.ua

My name is Alla. I live in the picturesque town of Lisyanka, Cherkasy region. I had to make an unusual journey to get to know God. Looking back, I now realize how He called me to Himself and how I tried not to react to that call. God's love, His mercy and patience were stronger!

I believe that God has found me and my relatives thanks to grandmother prayers. She always prayed earnestly for all of us and said: "I believe that all my children and grandchildren will come to the Lord." God heard her prayers and knocked, and continues to knock at the door of our hearts. Although my grandmother has not been here for 12 years, her prayers are alive!

I only now understand how God once persuaded me to read and listen to His words. One day, under already strict circumstances, I took the Bible into the hands. I started to read ... I was embarrassed by something that I do not understand at all, and as if I did not agree in my heart. I tried to find self-justification. I thought the Bible was written and rewritten that something was being changed, because most people do not live as they are written in this book. Questions were not resting day and night. It was depressed. There were thoughts: "If God really is, then I have to obey him, but how? This book does not write about what I know." The truth about the Sabbath was most embarrassed. I thought: "Why is this written like that, and most do not. Maybe I have not read something here yet?" And I decided that I should find answers to the painful questions of the soul. Now I understand that this was the love of God and the great work of the Holy Spirit over my stubborn heart. Looking, I still hoped that I would find Saturday's denial! But the Word of God is not victorious!

ISomehow he decided to meet people who had long studied the Bible and kept the Sabbath (this was the pastor of the church of the ASD Svindenko P. Ya. And his wife Svetlana). I wanted to hear their arguments about the Sabbath. They answered the words from the Bible for each of my questions. When we parted, Peter Yakovlevich said: "Alla, do not listen to me as a man. All seek in the Word of God." I was shocked by these words! And they were struck by the fact that they did not try to persuade me and did not even invite to their church. It was 2000 years. Winter. Subsequently, I decided that I would call them and ask permission to come to their church. So I understood everything...

Come on. I remember the first heard sermon that Jesus is Loza, and we are His branches. In my soul a volcano raged. I would like to embrace the whole world and say that I have found the truth.

On June 17, 2000, I was baptized, and along with me were my parents and my neighbor. Approximately three months later, my brother's wife was baptized (by the way, she had long been convinced of the truth, according to her, by 120%, but something kept her), after 8 months my brother was baptized. And now our children are also with us in the church. Thank God for His infinite love, patience and mercy. The power of prayer is great! Let's remember this!

But my one of the first experiences. In the summer, when I decided to make a covenant with the Lord, two weeks before the baptism, I got to the hospital with attacks of sharp pain in the kidney. The attacks were dropped by droppers, but the pain did not subsist. The exact diagnosis could not be established, because the device ultrasound was out of order. Therefore, they prescribed some medications and told to go to some other city on the ultrasound. For some reason did not ride. But the pain was ticking...

On June 17, on the day of baptism, in the morning when I was taking medication, I took them in a handful and prayed with a simple prayer to God, it was about this: "God, today I have a special day. I make a covenant with You. If you want, healed me. I believe that you can. I leave this medicine here (on the refrigerator). I am waiting for you to answer. Amen". Not taking the medicine, went away. A good ministry of baptism was organized. The pain is tormented ... Here is my turn to go to the water. It happened! I got out of the water with the thought: "Do not hurt." And then the heart was full of gratitude for everything!

Every person has his relationship with God! But let this story once again assure us that God is real!

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