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The Night My Life Changed Forever

It was a cold March night at Petit Jean State Park in Morrilton, Arkansas. I was on family camping trip with Trinity Baptist Church and gentleman by the name of Ernie Legg was leading an evening devotional. The foundational material for the study was from John Piper's book, The Pleasures of God, which essentially teaches that the satisfaction of man's greatest desire is found only and ultimately in the glory of God.

As I listened to the devotional on that cold March night, I remember feeling within myself the greatest sense of peace and satisfaction that I had ever felt in my life. The great tension of my joy and satisfaction found a resting place in the glory of God. Initially, I believed that I was simply "rededicating" my life to Christ, but it quickly became evident to me and to others in my life, that something had radically changed.

For seven years, I believed that I was okay, yet in a moment, all seven of those dark Pharisaical years of Southern Baptist religiosity were exposed to the light of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ. In an instance, I was changed! I was forgiven of my sins! I was born again! I was a new creation in Christ Jesus! I was saved! And to this day, even during the darkest hours of my life since my conversion, my faithful Father has kept me by the grace of Christ through the work of the Holy Spirit! I am certainly not what I desire to be at this point in my life, but I am decades removed from what I once was because of the grace of God! All praise and glory to the triune God of heaven and earth!

If you have read this short testimony of what Christ did for me nine years ago and you are not Christian, I would ask that you please watch the following video and consider your life in light of its message...

Piper @ T4G 2008

John Piper - Recap from T4G 2008 from Together for the Gospel (T4G) on Vimeo.