How I Found Jesus? NeedEncouragement.comHow I Found Jesus?

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How Jesus changed my life is a testimony I am proud to share. My name is Bill Greguska, and before having God in my life, I was lost and without direction. But since 1986 when I found Him, there has been no comparison to be made. Sure, I am still a sinner as we all are, but the difference now is that with God guiding me every step of the way, I am no longer lost. The decision to have a relationship with God has brought about amazing changes in my life both here on earth and eternally in heaven. Through accepting Jesus into my heart as Lord and Savior, He has put His Holy Spirit within me to guide me through this journey called life – teaching me valuable lessons along the way while comforting and strengthening me through any troubles or trials that may come up.

One of the most significant things that happened after inviting Christ into my heart was realizing how much He loves us! It’s almost beyond comprehension how deeply He cares for each one of us individually – it’s humbling yet awe-inspiring at the same time knowing that such an incredible being would love someone like myself enough to die for them on the cross! But perhaps what stands out most about How Jesus changed my life is simply seeing Him as not only our Lord but also our friend. Knowing that whenever you need someone to talk to or just want some company during those lonely times – we can always turn towards Him because he will always listen patiently without judgment. I will never regret my decision, and I am thankful to God for what He has done for us on the cross and has put His Holy Spirit in me to guide me, teach me, comfort me, strengthen me, protect me, and love me and He will do the same for you if you accept Him as I did into your life! ~ Bill Greguska

Proverbs 3:5-6 Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways, submit to him, and he will make your paths straight.

 

 

 


 

 

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THREE-STEP PROCESS TO BEING SAVED / BORN AGAIN!

  1. Before I Found Jesus.
  2. How I Found Jesus
  3. How Jesus Changed My Life.

 

 

#1) BEFORE I FOUND JESUS

Before I found Jesus I was a mess! NeedEncouragement.comI was very rebellious, and I became addicted to drugs and alcohol for ten years after my best friend Steve unexpectedly died. Partying became my way of life, which helped me escape into a world of wild parties, and not face reality and all the pressures I was feeling from school and even competitive basketball as a teenager. Unfortunately, I embraced that way of life fully for many years until I was 26 years old.

But before I became addicted, I was heavily involved in high school basketball, and I got pretty competitive after playing for many years. But once my addiction got a hold of me, I was only concerned about what pleased my flesh. I did whatever drugs I could get my hands on.  I even tried doing aerosols, angle dust, and acid. I was simply wild, and I did not know how to stop. I became self-centered and sinful and was heading for big trouble. I focused on only what I thought could make me happy or would be fun.

It was like I was a train going downhill fast with no brakes. I do not know how I did not overdose if someone had shot me, or I do not know how I did not commit suicide when I was 16. I was a train wreck, ready to happen. Thankfully my mom always seemed to help steer me out of getting in trouble, or now I can say it was God watching over me through my mom and others. After realizing that I hurt people physically and emotionally, including myself, I was ready to ask God to change me from the inside out. I was an absolute mess because I stole some things, lied, had sex before marriage, etc. sex before marriage, etc. – I was a real mess. During these years, God put many people in my life to wake me up. I went to meetings for alcohol and drug treatment, Dewey Center for alcohol and drug treatment, 12-step meetings for both NA and AA, and jail and physiatry care, but until I had ears to hear, my heart was far from God, and I had no way out.

 


 

 

#2) HOW I FOUND JESUSBe a fisher or men! NeedEncouragement.com

The Holy Spirit told me not in audible words but in my heart and mind that I was not living right and was heading for hell, prison, mental hospital, or even death if I did not change my ways.

I was not a stranger to God, but my relationship with Him before I was Born Again, was attending church on Sundays and trying to be good while still living for my own will, not for God. It was not until God placed me in a long-term drug and alcohol treatment center, and on June 25, 1986, after smoking my last marijuana cigarette while still in treatment, that I felt convicted right then and there.

I knew I had hit my bottom and needed God’s help. I have dodged too many bullets in the Russian roulette game I was playing with my life. After I finally realized that I needed help. I pleaded with God to help me and told Him I would cooperate with the treatment program. I knew God was speaking to me at this point because He opened my ears. I was given another second chance, but this one was real. When things started to change, I was determined to have God remove my addiction and sinful life.

It was almost like how consumed I became by the addiction. I put that same energy into living my recovery and new clean, sober life with God’s help! I realized I could not keep living the way I was and needed God to help me without any doubt or question. After I put all my chips in, I stopped holding any back. I finally got serious and knew what powered my life was something new to me: the Holy Spirit!

 

 


 

 

#3) HOW JESUS CHANGED MY LIFE?Love one another like God has loved us! NeedEncouragement.com

It amazed me how God took away my powerful and aggressive desire to use drugs and alcohol and how He gave me people to help me quit, which was miraculous, and I eagerly listened to them. The change in my life was gradual, but the commitment to give my life to Jesus was real, and to this day, I never turned back. He also took away my powerful addiction to cigarettes. I smoked 2-3 packs a day for about ten years.

God took away the clenched fists towards Him and replaced them with an openness to doing His will rather than my own. He gave me a new heart since my old heart was contaminated with sin. God gave me a desire to read His word daily, pray, journal, and have fellowship with other believers. He rescued me from my life, giving me a new life what the Bible calls Born Again. God gave me a desire to encourage others by pointing others to Jesus.

 

 

 


 

 

Jesus Can Help You Too!

Whatever your life looks like, God can help you if you are willing to humble yourself to Him as I did. My life is far from “perfect,” but I have a relationship with the Creator of the universe, and my destiny is heaven, not hell, prison, mental hospital, or premature death because of God’s grace. It would be a lie if I told you that if you accepted Jesus as your Lord and Savior tonight, all your problems would disappear. Some consequences sometimes remain, but after receiving Jesus, I no longer had to walk along, making bad choices.

But, now I have Jesus to re-direct me with my Bible’s help and through prayer and fellowship with other believers. Now you know how I found Jesus and have found peace by giving my life to the Lord Jesus. I hope you do the same if you have not already done so. God loves you and wants us to have a personal relationship with you. John 3:16

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Some Specific Scriptures To Encourage You:

John 3:16 ESV

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.

John 14:6 ESV 

Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.

John 1:1 ESV 

In the beginning, was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

Romans 10:9 ESV 

Because, if you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.

John 1:14 ESV 

And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we have seen his glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth.

 


 

 

 

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More Specific Scriptures To Encourage You:

Luke 15:7 ESV

Just so, I tell you, there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous persons who need no repentance.

John 8:58 ESV 

Jesus said to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, before Abraham was, I am.”

John 1:18 ESV 

No one has ever seen God; the only God, who is at the Father’s side, has made him known.

Matthew 28:19 ESV

Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and the Holy Spirit.

Matthew 1:23 ESV 

“Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and they shall call his name Immanuel” (God with us).

Isaiah 9:6 ESV 

For to us, a child is born, to us, a son is given; and the government shall be upon his shoulder, and his name shall be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.

 


 

 

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