Joanne’s Testimony

My name is Joanne Lowe.  I was born in Peoria, IL sixty three years ago.  I didn't grow up in a Christian home.  We never went to church.  For those of you whose parents took you to church when you were a child, you are very blessed indeed.  I started going to church with one of my friends when I was in high school because she invited me to her church. 

I walked down the aisle when I was a teenager and prayed the sinner's prayer and thought that I was saved.  However, the only thing I had ever heard preached was that I was going to hell if I wasn't saved.  I really had no idea what I was doing; I didn't know what salvation really meant.  I didn't know that Jesus loved me so much that He hung on a cross of torture and horror and died for my sins.  I just knew that I didn't want to go to hell.  That day I made a head and verbal commitment to Jesus but I didn't invite Him into my heart.  Until we have made a heart commitment to Jesus, we are not saved. 

On August 14, 1980 I gave my heart and life to Jesus.  I asked Him to please forgive me of all my sins and come into my heart to be my personal Saviour.  From that day until now, I have known without a shadow of doubt that I am saved and that Jesus lives in my heart.  He has never left me, not even for one minute.

The more I fall in love with Jesus, the sweeter He becomes to me.  There is no friend like Jesus!  No one loves like Jesus Loves!  He is my very best Friend and I love Him with all my heart.  I fail Him and hurt Him like everyone else, but He knows my heart and He knows that I love Him.  Without Him, life would be meaningless.

If you don't know this beautiful Friend of mine as your personal Saviour, I plead with you to open your heart to Him and ask Him to forgive you of your sins and to come into your heart and be your personal Saviour.  He will give you a peace that you have never known and will never leave you.

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