Regina Testimony
Growing up, my first experience with God and "Church" was fear. I only remember going to church a
few times with my family, so when I visited my relatives, some would watch the TV preachers and while
other family members  made me go to church with them. It wasn't going to church, that was so bad,It
was the fear that came with it. There is a Godly fear, but this fear, I was experiencing, wasn't it. There
was no enjoyment in it. By the time I reached teenage years  All I would hear is, "don't do this" and
"don't do that" or God will get you and you will go to hell.  So I did as they said, and I prayed many,
many times.  Each time I prayed, My prayer was always based on fear and not a personal relationship
with Christ.  That is why I couldn’t make it as a Christian, because I wanted to please everyone, and I
did as they ask. The time had come  when I found myself finally on my own, away from friends and
family.  Left with the over powering emotion,  FEAR. I began to bury myself in work and drinking. The
more I drank and  the more I worked,  the fear of God and people was less and less and I didn't  feel
as thou I had to please anyone, anymore. I was slowly becoming an alcoholic and workaholic.  During  
all of this, God was talking to me, but I kept doing my best to block him out. By this time I came to a
point in my life  that I could see, that  I did need God in my life, because I new then, I wasn’t going to
be able to make it.  The night had come, when I found myself alone, not knowing what to do, I cried
out to God to save me, and that night, I surrendered my life to him. Days following, I found myself once
again gripped with fear, having no one to help me and to answer my question, which caused me to
turn completely toward him, that left me totally dependent upon God and now I realize, that is were he
wanted me all alone, and as I began to trust in him and let him teach me, that is when fear left. I
realized that God wasn’t about a dreadful fear, but he is peace, &  joy. That is when I experienced a
true relationship with Jesus Christ. Now, I go directly to God and His Word.

2 Timothy 1:7
For God hath not given me the spirit of fear ;
but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.


It is a joy to serve the Lord.
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