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James Green
Place of Salvation: Dorithy House Hospice (BoA)Date of Salvation: 12/08/2002
My Story
I was brought up in a non-Christian home, I had no knowledge of church or of God at all. My mother was however a spiritualist and got involved quite regularly in occult practices. My dad didn't and aired his disapproval. My parents divorced when I was 10 they both became very heavy drinkers, my mother moved to London and I and my brother stayed here in Trowbridge with Dad. So often my dad was drunk, even at times when I would come home from school. As well as this my brother was real violent, especially towards me. Trust me, this wasn't just siblings fighting! this home life led to me self harming regularly knifing my arms, I got wrapped up quite heavily in the rave scene and hip hop culture, and became dependent upon drugs to make it through life. My father re-married a Christian lady and, a year or so later, decided to give his life to Christ. Eventually, after one night of wanting to top myself, I cried out to God in prayer and asked Him to show me if He was real. No big lights came, no angels appeared, but there was an instant change! i felt peaceful, i hadn't known peace in so long. So I asked my step mum for a Bible. She nearly fainted, but gave me one. I went and checked out an Alpha Course. A while later, something clicked in those meetings and I knew Christianity was true! I asked Jesus to save me by saying a prayer. Then the vicar prayed over me and I was filled with the Holy Spirit. I was laughing harder than I thought was possible. Crying and laughing, I was full of joy, joy that i had never experinced. All from just asking God if He was real, then seeking Him, finding Him and being saved by Him. God is so good, and so full of mercy!