The evangelistic newspaper of the modern Jesus Army
2008
DUST BLOWN AWAY
Stuart Patnell tells Streetpaper how the Bible came alive for him.
I THOUGHT the Bible was an old dusty book about irrelevant stories and a weirdo called Jesus. In my late teens, a friend of mine showed me some of what it had to say. I was taken with this Jesus bloke, but I must admit I didn't really get it.
A year or so down the line, I gave my life to Jesus and had a powerful experience of being filled with the Holy Spirit. Suddenly, almost overnight, it all made sense. The things I'd read in the Bible before all clicked into place and it came alive to me.
I was blown away. When I read them again, they hit me smack in the face and gripped me in a way I would never have imagined.
It was like I'd had a year of learning the Bible in my head, but the Holy Spirit made it all fit together and come alive in my heart.
Nowadays when I read the Bible, I'm gripped and I love it.
The dust's blown away and the cover's opened. I meet God in there and I'm blown away.
I was taken with this Jesus bloke, but I must admit I didn't really get it.
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