This is my testamony that i read out to the congregation, it was said to openly speak out about how i got to be baptised.
This is an awful picture but it's emotional and I had just been fully submerged! I am with my old pastor.
This is my testamony...
For anybody who doesn't know me my name is marie and I am married to mark and we have 4 children together.
I have come from a strong catholic upbringing and I have always believed in something, but i abandoned all thoughts of their beliefs as a young adult, although I did have my 4 children christened into the catholic system, it was only through the fear of them going to limbo that pushed me into doing it.
Before I became a born again christian i spent many hour's over many year's talking to my friend who was a born again christian about religion as we only live 3 doors from each other, But nothing ever came of it, I was never converted. Then in June of 2007 something happened to me that I cannot explain, and during this time I became quite ill as my health has not been great.
These feelingsmade me feel anemptyness that could not be explained, so I went and routed out my bible that my friend had given me in 2002, I started to look through it and there it was John 3:3, verily, verily I say unto thee you must be born again to see the kingdom of God! At that moment I was born again and everything my friend and i had spoken about all fell into place.
Maybe being ill is part of what got me to were I am today, if so i am honered to be ill and to be born again. I strongly believe we do not choose to be born again we are chosen.
So through reading my bible I will now do the second thing that our lord Jesus Christ has asked of us, to take communion and to be baptised, so here I am today ready to do what has been asked of me.
I have asked the Lord to enter my heart and to forgive me of my sin's, and through Jesus dying on the cross for the sin's of us all, I get the gracious gift of entering the kingdom of heaven, when the time arrives or when Jesus calls.
I accept you Lord JesusChrist as my king and saviour.