Mark was freed from Anger and Hate

I did not know a god, or experience any proof that there was one, and didn’t want to know one.
I had a particular dislike for Christians to say the least. I smoked 60 cigarettes a day and drank until I dropped (social alcoholic) and with that came fighting etc. I was not a nice person. My wife came to know the Lord and I was not happy. I spent three and a half years trying to get her out of this crazy Christian group which I had no knowledge of and didn’t want to know. I tried everything in the book, I wasn’t at all nice, and I treated her like dirt but the more I tried the stronger she became. The children went to the meetings too and received the Holy Spirit and I would try to bribe them by saying “We’re going waterskiing” on a Sunday afternoon, and they loved this, but they would say they wanted to go to the meetings.

Obviously, the Lord knows your heart, and He changes you and He reversed the situation throwing all my anger back at me. As much as I hated what they were doing, I wasn’t going to take any notice of what they were saying to me. In the end, I had no peace and the anger I had for Christians was just eating away at me. I knew that I was dealing with this power that was a lot stronger than me. Eventually, I decided to put these Bible things to the test and was baptised and received the Holy Spirit and spoke in tongues. I changed from a hater and non-believer to a believer instantly.

The Lord has healed me and taken away the bad things in my life and has given me eternal life.
I look back and think where would I be if I hadn’t come to know the Lord. Now He has given me compassion in my marriage, and everything in life; I just look at it that my salvation is on the line and that I have to get on with others, because they all want to have eternal life too. I’m still a work in progress, I thank the Lord for calling me and His persistence and patience and pray that I will be worthy on that day when the Lord returns.

Mark is a member of The Revival Fellowship - Adelaide, South Australia