Purity Challenge Testimony: Javan

I sinned, as do all men. I lied to my parents growing up, stole from the store, and stole from my parents. The point is I sinned and fell short of the glory of God. I was hell-bound on the road to destruction. BUT, God wanted to show this 17-year-old boy from a dysfunctional, broken, drug-infested, love-lacking family, His powerful and awesome grace. Did I deserve Him to come down and interrupt my path to hell? NO! But in His great mercy, He decided to show me His love for me. This was amazing. I was on fire, but my flame died out. I grew bitter toward my parents instead of forgiving them, and ran away from the pain instead of facing it and praying for them. My heart grew hard to God and I fell into many of Satan’s traps, especially LUST. The lust grew and grew and I needed more to "satisfy myself."

And then GOD, for His own name’s sake, (EZEKIAL 36 - READ IT, IT IS ABOUT YOU AND YOUR WALK. THERE IS A PROMISE IN THERE FOR YOU, TOO. MEMORIZE IT AND KEEP IT WITH YOU) brought me to Iraq, a deployed member in the US Air Force. He brought me to the desert to do some soul-searching and to take a look at my heart. For His own name’s sake, He brought me into this course, to wake me up from my life of illusion. He showed me that my heart was stony. But, through this Purity Challenge course and talking with my chaplain, God has been sprinkling water on my heart and cleansing me. And He is giving me a new heart and a new spirit. A heart of flesh and a spirit of new life and new vigor toward Him, and He will keep me walking with Him forever! PRAISE THE LORD, I now know the difference between reality and illusion.

Men and women of God, go to the cross; this is where the healing begins! Remember that He died to take away our sins. He was pierced for our transgressions and crushed for our iniquities. He doesn’t want us to hold onto the sin or wickedness. He wants us to search our hearts and lay down anything we find in our hearts at the foot of the cross. And then do you know what will happen? BECAUSE HE WAS WOUNDED FOR YOU, YOU WILL BE HEALED. It is by His wounds that your heart will be healed and then when you get rid of those burdens, the empty space will be filled with His Love.

One more thing - Satan may be able to mess with circumstances and thoughts, but neither he, nor his demons or anyone or anything can mess with the cross and what Jesus accomplished on it! Nothing can mess with the cross!