The Church in Spokane
TestimoniesX-ray VisionAt the age of 15 I had a very definite hunger to know Christ in a real and personal way. This, I believe, was due to the prayers and godly influences of my grandmothers. Because of this hunger, I would at times ask my mother why it seemed that none of the “typical high school things” interested me. I felt as if I had “x-ray vision” and could see through the facade of what the world had to offer. Fashion, straight “A’s” and various social activities didn’t satisfy the craving in my being for something eternal. “He has planted eternity in man’s heart (a divinely implanted sense of a purpose working through the ages which nothing under the sun, but only God, can satisfy)” (Ecclesiastes 3:11, Amplified Version). It was a pleasant surprise when a high school friend invited me to a gospel meeting of the church in Spokane. Here I met believers in Christ who were experiencing Christ and enjoying the Word of God in their daily lives. The meetings were full of the presence of the Lord. This made it very easy for me to begin to enter into a practical and personal touch with the Lord in my daily life. It now has been 26 years since I began to meet with the local church in Spokane. I can testify that the desire that God put in my heart to know Him at age 15 has been deeply satisfied. Every year, the Lord has become richer and sweeter in my experience. I believe He has been able to yearly strengthen me into my inner man and make His home in my heart (Ephesians 3:16-17). R.C. |