‘My God gives me all that I need’

Newly commissioned CSM Gilbert Chamunorwa (Bath Citadel) shares how he accepted Jesus as his Saviour

IWAS raised in a Catholic background in Zimbabwe. I would go to church on Sundays because Mum would have said so. Mum would say: ‘I lock my house and if you don’t go to church, you stay outside.’ So I continued going to church, though it never meant anything to me. It wasn’t until I met my wife, who is a Salvationist and whose parents were officers, that church began to mean something to me.

She introduced me to The Salvation Army and we would attend services, but God still did not speak to me.

I remember the corps officers on numerous occasions trying to talk about Jesus with me, but it still yielded about Jesus with me, but it still no results. It was diff icult to accept Jesus as my Saviour and leave t he out side world I was used to.

But when God says it’s time, everything comes into fruit ion

It was at my father-in-law’s f funeral l h when G d od first spoke to me. The officer who had preached at the funeral service compared our lives to that of a car. A car is insured and covered in the event of accidents or theft. Likewise, our lives are insured by Lord Jesus. The message touched me so much and I felt God asking me where I stood on it.

That was the turning point, and I was finally enrolled as a soldier. From Zimbabwe I came to Bath Citadel and, as years went by, I joined the band. After 17 years at the corps, I was commissioned corps sergeant-major.

I accepted the appointment as I felt I had a lot to do for the growth of God’s Kingdom. I might not have all that I want in life but do thank my God for he gives me all that I need.

Kingdom I not have all that I want in life but do thank my God that A s Noah and his and held securely in t he ark , so are we protected and held family were protected securely by the Holy Spirit within the Church.

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