Breath of Life Testimony: Susanne

My mentor was Tonya Price who was a very wise help to me. I started smoking when I was thirteen years old (I'm fifty-four now) and I never thought of it as a sin, just a lifestyle choice I had made. I was later on told that I would not lose my salvation for smoking which made it even easier to smoke. I never suffered any health problems for smoking but I still feel the difference between smoking and not smoking. Slowly the Lord began convincing me that smoking was indeed a sin and that I should stop smoking and offer myself as a living sacrifice, holy and blameless to God. I first heard about Setting Captives Free on another site that helps people quit smoking and I did the Breath of Life course but later went back to smoking. I tried quitting many times but failed. This time though was different. I confessed my sin and repented of it (made a 180 degree turn). In the course I learned to go to the Lord instead of running for a cigarette and I'm convinced that it is because the Lord is faithful and good that I was able to stop smoking. Every smoke free day that goes by, I thank Him fore the gift of being free from smoking. Today I have 66 days smoke free and I really believe that with the Lord's help, I will never go back to smoking.
Susanne