Breath of Life Testimony: Jeff

I have been thirsty my entire life, longing for and searching for so many things to make me feel whole. I started chewing tobacco in college with friends. My use was fairly casual, but I never tried to stop, so I can't say what kind of hold it had on my life back then. After school, I studied the Bible and committed myself to Jesus. I lived a very vigorous life as a Christian from that point on, but much of what I did centered around achieving for Christ - that's the way we were lead, and I fell right into place. Subsequently, the experience with Christ was not as fulfilling as I needed. During this time, I was plagued by sins of lust and chewing tobacco on and off. I went through Setting Captives Free The Way of Purity class and was taught how to drink Jesus' living water. I repented, but still had a hard time having that intimate relationship I needed with Jesus on a deeper level. During all of this I had deceived myself for some time that chewing tobacco wasn't a sin. What tipped me off that is was a sin was that I began needing to do it and was hiding it from others. I knew I had to deal with this. I went back to Setting Captives Free and took the Breath of Life course. It's about smoking, but it applied to chewing, as well. I have been free now from chewing for about 70 days. More than that, I am learning to be intimate with Jesus and meet my needs in him. I'm not perfect and I know I need my relationship to be so much deeper, but I'm free and finding more of Jesus as he guides me in freedom. Thank you Jesus, thank you Setting Captives Free, and thank you, Douglas (my mentor).