My Testimony By Chad Thieman “There is no greater relief than stepping into your personal ministry in Christ and helping others to do the same.” ~ CJT About twenty-eight years ago, I made a conscious decision to live with an eternal purpose. That purpose would be to share the Gospel of our Lord, Jesus Christ. I began to do so through writing, which I previously struggled with greatly. I was as simple in my writing style as a writer could be. Fortunately, Our Heavenly Father uses simple people and simple words to do extraordinary things, for the sake of His Kingdom and His Glory. I had sought God since I was a small child, but it was the Lord who found me. Once He had placed the desire in me to live for Him, there was no turning back. I made the decision to surrender my life to the Lord, repenting of my sin, confessing Christ as my Lord and Savior, embracing His death and resurrection, and choosing to continually live out my life for Christ; all of which helped to alter the direction of my life forever. It was in my teenage years that I dedicated my life to Christ. While most other people around my age excelled in some area or another, I had never really found my niche. I honestly didn’t feel like I had anything to offer the Lord, other than myself, so that is exactly what I did. All I knew is that I wanted to make a change, invest in others, and do something with an eternal purpose for the Lord’s Kingdom!
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I decided to go and pick up some sidewalk chalk at a store in town, and I spent the next hour or so writing “Jesus loves you” across the sidewalk in various places for all the lonely passerby. Though I did not know it at the time, this would be the start of my inspirational writing for the Lord. God had plans, and I just had to align my God-given desires with His will and purpose for my life. I received the Spiritual gift of inspirational writing long before I could develop the natural talent. The Lord had inspired me to write using the simplest and most important message of all, which I believe anchored me in our Lord’s profound truth of compassion, grace, and humility. It wasn’t long after that experience when I started to notice “moments of inspiration,” when my Heavenly Father would direct me to write down inspirational words and verses. I soon developed a strong and focused desire to write for the Lord. As time went by, it became ever so clear to me that inspirational writing was my higher purpose in life. By acting upon my higher purpose, I would actively begin to participate in my personal ministry in Christ. I started tracking with the Holy Spirit by writing down all the inspiration that came to me, whether it was a few lines of poetry, a brief phrase, or even a word or two. I knew I had to invest whatever the Lord gave me back into the Kingdom of Christ, and I didn’t want to let any
