Marc’s testimony - watch above or read below

As a child I was sexually abused. Feelings of emptiness and shame became normal to me. I tried to bury myself in my work, but found that in the end I couldn’t escape the way I felt. In my early thirties I had a breakdown and as a result, I lost everything. I secretly started drinking to cope.  A few years passed, and I was now drinking every night. I remember just wanting to feel numb. My thoughts became suicidal as I couldn’t see a way out. In the end, no matter what I did, I couldn’t stop drinking. I had become an alcoholic. One night, I cried out to God. I was powerless to change. If God was there, I needed His help. I cried out, “I just want to know the truth!”.

A week later I ran into a lady at work. She told me I could have a real experience with God, how I could find rest from all my burdens. I knew instantly that’s what I wanted: rest. I had nothing to lose, so I decided to find out for myself. I humbled myself and asked God for His help. In an instant I started speaking in tongues, the Bible evidence of receiving the Holy Spirit. I knew in that moment God was real!

The emptiness left me and I felt this amazing joy and peace overwhelm me. The desire for alcohol just left me and I’ve never drank since! I buried my old way of life by water baptism, as it said in the Bible to do, and I knew that I was now right with God. I have married the lady who first told me about this, and we now share a wonderful life together. I cannot thank the Lord enough for truly setting me free, and giving me a new life of peace and joy in His Son.