My Name is Denise. I became a Christian in 1990 in my last year in college, after studying the Bible with about five women and deciding to make Jesus Lord of my life. I was working part-time and going to college at that time and when I told my then boss - a carefree woman - that I was getting baptized, I remember her jokingly saying "don't drown." She was happy for me though.
I repented from my sins and was baptized in water at about 11:30 pm on July 6, 1990 in New York City. My life changed completely. After graduating college, I was part of the singles ministry in the church I attended, where I lead Bible discussion groups, studying the Bible with many women. I later also co-lead the Latin ministry, and the Bronx teen ministry - mentoring, helping, and studying the Bible with teens. I remember walking along the streets of the Bronx with my napsack on my back sharing my faith with anyone along the way. It didn't matter how cold it was, or how late - if someone wanted to study the Bible, I was there.
I got married in 1999 and my husband and I started leading a Bible discusison group together in New York. The church we attended taught that only people who got baptized in that church were saved, and they were "the one true church," believing no one else had the correct doctrine. I believed them because I ddin't know the bible for myself, having not read it fully (only certain parts) -- and I was relying alot on what the church taught.
God lead me on a journey. The more I studied the bible with others and read for myself, I started seeing holes in their doctrine and realized they also were Biblically off on many matters.
It took years later, however, for me to realize that they were not the "one true church" and that they got the whole thing twisted.
The truth is: Jesus HIMSELF is the one true church, in whom God placed HIS name as the place for worship. AND anyone who repents and is baptized in the name of Jesus Christ is saved - your sins are forgiven and you received the Gift of the Holy Spirit. The Bible says so in Acts 2:38 and Mark 16:16.
About 2005 or 2006, I started to share my faith to offer "A Ticket to Christ" after I had a direct and profound spiritual encounter with the Lord Jesus Christ.
I was studying the Bible with a woman, who did not want to attend the church I was attending but was receptive to studying with me. I was very conflicted, because at the time, I thought that only if she came to the same church I was attending, the one which I mentioned above that wrongly thought only they had the correct doctrine, should she study the Bible with me. Why on earth would she want to study one place and go to another place to church? I wondered.
I got down on my knees in my living room and prayed, explaining to the Lord my predicament. And to my amazement, I heard a clear voice of pure light and pure love that seemed to come from in my heart say "bring her to me." It's difficult to explain how I experienced that voice - as it was a voice through the spirit - only those who've had this type of experience can undersand it. All I can describe it as is it's a voice "experienced" audibly.
Everything changed for me from that point on. I have never heard the Lord's voice like that again, but I have had dreams whereby he has brought revelation of different things. It's been, and continues to be, an incredible journey in the Lord.
My husband and I moved to New Jersey in 2006 and joined up with a sister church there, where I have met some amazing people. I thought that church was different in its understanding but grew (after much Bible Study and revelation) to realize that it was the same '501c religious organizational' type approach that could not and would not move with the Holy Spirit. They did not believe in the power of the Holy Spirit and thought that the gifts passed away - things like hearing from God, for example, shrugged away. In 2022, I realized that I had to choose between that "501c religious entity" that called itself "church" and following the Lord Jesus Christ Himself - and I picked the Lord Jesus Christ (thank you Lord for choosing me!). It was a very painful realization to come to - but I believe that I made the right choice, done by His grace.
Today, through the Holy Spirit I have been led to bring others to Christ, and not to religion or a 501c religious organization that has a business structure, subject to the government's interference about things likes vaccines. The Lord has shown me that a relationship with Him is to be with Him directly. He has also shown me through the Bible and revelation that HIS word is to be above any religious leader's or any "church's". I have for years studied the Bible, seeking confirmation and direction from him - changing my life if there were things that were revealed that were not in line with what he says. I am still learning and growing.
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I believe that God the Father, Jesus Christ His Son, and the Holy Spirit are one, operating in and from that oneness as Father, Son, and Holy Spirit -- identical in nature and character. Jesus came here on earth as a man in flesh to reveal to us who God is, his desire for us, how to live, and to pay the debt for our sins so that we can have true life. He is the only way to the Father and has sent Holy Spirit to live in us who are saved. Holy Spirit is the Spirit of God and the Lord Jesus Christ, who helps, counsels, guides, teaches us in the truth of God.
Come one and all to learn about the Lord Jesus Christ, who loves you and died for your sins. Your life will be changed!!!
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