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PEACE IN MY HEART

When I was 27 years old, my sister asked me to join her for a revival service at a little Baptist church out in the country. I was a member of the Presbyterian church. I gave her some excuse for the evening, but she called and asked again for the next night. This continued for several nights until I finally told her I’d go just to get it over with and stop the phone calls. The pastor was a young, dynamic preacher who presented the Gospel in a very vivid and personal fashion. He explained that we were sinners and Jesus came to earth to shed His blood for our sins. At that moment I realized, for the first time in my life, that I was a sinner —-that I was lost and without a savior. He asked, “Do you know where you will spend eternity?” I felt like I was the only one in the church he was talking to. I came under great conviction and much discomfort.

He gave a very compelling altar call, and my heart was saying, “Get up to the altar.” My pride, however, said, “Don’t make a fool of yourself; what will people think of you going forward?”

My pride won out, and I remained seated. As I went out the door, the pastor shook my hand and said something I will never forget: “If you were to die tonight where would you spend eternity?”

I could not get to sleep that night. I kept thinking about dying in my sleep, and I was sure I was not going to heaven. Around midnight I called a friend I knew was a Christian; he said he would be right over. What I didn’t know was that he had never led a person to the Lord, and he was very nervous. He called a spiritual mentor for instruction, said a prayer, slid a copy of Bill Bright’s Four Spiritual Laws in his pocket, and drove over.

We read through the little booklet right there in my kitchen, and we prayed the sinners’ prayer on the back page. He asked me, “Well, how do you feel?” I replied, “I don’t know, I think we missed something; let’s go over it again.” I didn’t know it at the time, but my friend told me later he got really nervous. We went through the booklet again and prayed again. Then a gentle, yet very real assurance, filled my heart. I knew that Jesus had come into my heart and washed my sins away. Besides a great desire to read the Bible, I also had a lovely peace in my heart.

Ford Campbell
Licensed Pastor, Middle Public School Teacher
Member, North Ten Mile Baptist Church (ABCOPAD)

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