Joe’s “ Life in the Spirit”
Salvation Talk
January 6, 2008
My Witness Discerned by St Helen’s Prayer Group
1) Something is wrong in the World. There must be because here is how it affected me.
I was a Church going frightened Catholic all my life. My life was mess with alcohol, prescription drugs, etc… I agreed with the death penalty for capital crimes;approved of Abortion. All in direct defiance with God’s word.
I justified this by thinkin…………
“But all my friends did it”!, I justified everything this way: as long as someone I loved was doing worse than me I was ok. God would forgive me directly even without confession. He was my little slave. Anything I wanted he gave me- I spoke to him directly, sometimes I felt just like him, I’D LIE IN BED AT NIGHT PRAYING TO HIM ABOUT WHAT HE DID WRONG TODAY AND HOW HE COULD FIX IT TOMMORROW. I WENT TO CHURCH AND BELIEVED IN HIM I DESERVED EVERYTHING I ASKED FOR.
I was in pain for thirty-five years. ,Living in sin and desolation. Despair, Anxiety and depression were my days and nights. TV was my God and my sedation. Worldly things were my pleasure. I had lost all joys in my life. I had everything in the world but the world had taken me down!
Good things I did with evil hidden motives. Finally, I was sitting on the floor in my kitchen, Me; God the Father ;Satin and a bottle of prescription sedatives on my lap. TV didn’t work anymore. I had met Jesus in a Hotel bathroom 3 week prior but that just scared me more. I was ready to end my life……Jesus came and dialed 911. And that was the beginning of my new life with him but I still didn’t, know him. Before this God the Father and the church was my perceived salvation. The father sent Jesus to save me. Praise Jesus!
2) The spiritual war in the world cannot be fought alone. Evil, inparticuarly Satin is too strong FOR US we need spiritual tools to help Christ protect us. After Christ saved me I progress slowly towards spiritual healing of my damaged soul. I repented of my sins, my drinking, my lust, my pride, sloth, He helped me every step of the way then in a year he took me to my fathers house in moodus Ct for more lessons, I went to frequent masses and confessions, said rosaries, did the Chaplet of devine mercy dailey at three in commemoration of the hour of my me best friends crucifiction, I purchased a daily bible at the National Shrine of devine mercey and read it every day for the last year and a half. I am saved and Christ has made certain that I have all the Dailey weapons necessary to protect my new salvation. I practice Dailey salvation with him. Here is how.
I wake up Praise his name and ask him to please keep me saved today “ Thy will not mine be done help me to keep accept everything the Father places in my path and help as many as I can keeping a positive attitude in Christ.
7AM Mass and rosary
9AM 1 Hour walk and meditation
11:30 Dailey Spiritual 12 Step Program
3PM THE DEVINE MERCY CHAPLET - Stop everything and take a moment to thank him and venerate Him Thank HIM for dieing for our sin.
Evening Bible Reading and prates of thanks- Gratitude for the day entered into a personal Journal.
I don’t always get everything done but Christ is the Center of My Life. He surrounds me with Friends of the same or similar type. I attend as many workshops and retreats as possible, Volunteer for St Helens and I love my new life in Christ. My new found brother of three Years. Life is GOOD if I walk with him.
WHATEVER IS WRONG WITH YOUR LIFE CHRIST CAN FIX.
Here is my bag of weapons……The Catholic Daily Bible
Daily Rosary
Daily Mass
Hail Holy Queen
Devine Mercy Chaplet (rosary Beads)
Live one day at a time
PRAY AND LIVE LIKE THERE IS NO TOMORROW!!!
