BACK IN 1982 AS ART AND I SAID OUR MARRIAGE VOWS AT THE JUSTICE OF THE PEACE, I COULDN'T BELIEVE
WE WERE GETTING MARRIED. AFTER TWO FAILED MARRIAGES FOR ME, AND A YEAR OF LIVING WITH ART AND MY THREE CHILDREN OUR
HOUSEHOLD WAS AS DYSFUNCTIONAL AS ANY ALCOHOLIC FAMILY COULD BE. LITTLE DID WE KNOW GOD HAD A PLAN TO HEAL OUR WOUNDS
AND SET US FREE AND RESTORE US TO ABUNDANT LIFE WITH GOD THROUGH HIS SON,
JESUS CHRIST.
FOUR YEARS PASSED, WHICH WAS THE MOST DIFFICULT PERIOD OF OUR LIFE. ALCOHOL AND DRUGS HAD
TOTALLY TORN OUR FAMILY APART. MY SON WAS LIVING ON THE ON THE STREETS BEFORE HE ENDED UP AT HIS GRANDPARENTS.
MY OLDEST DAUGHTER WAS LEFT WITH THE HOUSEHOLD DUTIES AND BEING MOTHER TO HER HANDICAP SISTER. ART WAS DRUNK EVERY DAY
OF THE WEEK, AND I WAS RIGHT THERE AT THE BARS WORKING AND DRINKING MY TIPS AND POPPING PILLS TO KEEP MY FIGURE.
TO MAKE A LONG STORY SHORTER, I RAN AWAY FROM IT ALL TAKING MY YOUNGEST DAUGHTER WITH ME, AND HEADED
TO WICHITA FALLS, TEXAS. I KNEW MY LIFE HAD TO CHANGE. SOON ART WAS WANTING TO MAKE THE SAME CHANGES AND JOINED
ME IN TEXAS. OUR FIRST NIGHT TOGETHER WE DECIDED TO PRAY TO GOD AND ASK FOR HELP!!! WE COULDN'T THINK OF ANY OTHER
WAY TO GET OUT OF THIS MESS. ART PRAYED THAT NIGHT THE SHORTEST PRAYER I HAVE EVER HEARD HIM PRAY. "HELP US GOD,
WE DON'T KNOW HOW TO GET OUT OF THIS MESS"!!! SIX MONTHS FROM THAT DATE WE RELIZED WE HADN'T HAD ONE DRINK, NO URGES,
AND NO SHAKES FROM WITHDRAWALS. WE COULDN'T BELIEVE WE WERE HEALED AND AT THAT VERY MOMENT WE BOTH KNEW GOD HEARD OUR
LITTLE PRAYER. WHAT WE DIDN'T KNOW, IT WAS THE VERY FIRST PART OF A PLAN HE HAD FOR ART AND I TO BE ABLE TO ADOPT A
LITTLE GIRL AND WATCH HIS HEALING HAND TOUCH HER AND THE REST OF THE FAMILY.
FOUR MORE YEARS PASSED, AND WE FOUND OURSELVES BEING LED TO MONTANA IN 1990 WHERE HIGH UP ON A MOUNTAIN
I DISSCOVERED THROUGH BEN HADEN MINISTRY RADIO SHOW THAT I WAS NOT BORN AGAIN. I WAS DEPENDING ON MY BAPTISM AND MEMBERSHIP
IN A CHURCH TO GET ME INTO HEAVEN. FOR ART, HE HAD RECEIVED JESUS INTO HIS HEART AS A CHILD, AND AFTER ALL THAT BACKSLIDING
ALL THOSE YEARS, HE REPENTED AND STARTED GROWING IN THE WORD OF GOD AND LIFE BEGAN TO REALLY CHANGE FOR US BOTH. IN
THE SPRING OF 1994 WE KNEW WITHOUT A DOUBT WE WERE BEING CALLED TO MINISTRY IN OUR OLD STOMPING GROUNDS BACK HOME IN NORTHERN
MINNESOTA.
AUGUST 1994 WE OPENED AN OLD REMOLDED HOTEL BUILDING AND HELD CHURCH THERE FOR TWO YEARS, WE HAD
NO CLUE WHAT WE WERE DOING OR HOW TO DO IT! WE KNEW THE LORD SAID TO BUILD A CHURCH LIKE NO OTHER! WELL, BY FAITH
IT HAPPENED AND WE SEEN SEVEN PEOPLE GET SAVED AND SOME HEALED. AS WE GREW IN THE LORD, WE COME TO UNDERSTAND OUR CALLING
FOR A CHURCH LIKE NO OTHER DIDN'T MEAN A BUILDING, BUT THE PEOPLE ALONG THE HIGHWAYS AND BYWAYS WAS WHO WE WERE TO MINISTER
TO, JUST AS ART AND I ONCE NEEDED THE HEALING AND SALVATION WE FOUND IN JESUS. WE HIT THE ROAD AND SPENT SIX YEARS LIVING
IN A SCHOOL BUS-RV DURING THE WINTER MONTHS OUT IN ARIZONA AND COMING BACK TO MINNESOTA EVERY SPRING. THOSE YEARS WERE
MORE OF A TIME OF ON THE ROAD TRAINING AND LEARNING EVERYTHING GOD DIDN'T WANT US TO DO.
WE ARE NOW FULL TIME AT HOME AND LOOK FORWARD TO EACH DAY GOD HAS SOMETHING KNEW FOR US IN MINISTRY
AND IT CONTINUES, ONE SOUL AT A TIME.
BUT GOD HATH CHOSEN THE FOOLISH THINGS OF THE WORLD TO CONFOUND THE WISE;
AND GOD HATH CHOSEN THE WEAK THINGS OF THE WORLD TO CONFOUND THE THINGS WHICH ARE MIGHTY:
(1 CORINTHIANS 1:27)
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Are you ready to Trust in Jesus?
For God so loved the world so much that he gave his
only Son, so that anyone who believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.
(John 3:16)
The Bible says there is only one way to heaven - Jesus
said: "I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father but by me."
(John 14:6)
Trust Jesus Christ today!
Here is what you must do:
1. Admit you are a sinner.
2. Be willing to turn from sin (repent)
3. Believe that Jesus died for you, was buried, rose from the
dead.
4. Through prayer, invite Jesus into your life to become your
personal Saviour.
What to Pray:
Dear God, I am a sinner and need forgiveness.
I believe that Jesus Christ shed His precious blood and died for my sin. I am willing to turn
from sin. I now invite Jesus Christ to come into my heart and life as my personal Saviour. Amen.
