Joe shares his story
of a life of drug addiction which changed when he prayed to God for help. He
says: "Aged about 19 I got involved in substance misuse, and that was my
life for about 20 years. In the end I felt like I was a failure, addicted to failure,
I was just desperate. I just wanted out of my situation."He continues:
"I just cried out to God, begging him for help; 'If there is a God I need
you now'. Within several weeks of calling out to God and God answering my
prayers, placing people in my life who were there to support and encourage me,
I found I'd detoxed myself within a few weeks, gained the strength quite
quickly that I'd never had before." Joe describes the changes in his life
and how he is now evangelising himself. "I thought I was unemployable and
I now work within the detox centre that I went through myself," he says.
"I'm there sharing my experience, and I share my faith and show that it
was a big impact on how I became abstinent from drugs. I'm in the process of
becoming a member of an Eden team [of urban missionaries] and I'm running a
men's group from my flat and people are coming and getting saved." As
appeared in Christiantoday.com.