Songtexte TESTIMONY - Forrest Frank

Amen
The Bible says there's power in testimony
I, uh, I grew up in a Christian family
I didn't miss a Sunday or a Wednesday
My mom was in the worship team and, um
Yeah, I started to
Started to kind of live this secret life
Started to give into sin
Sometime around junior high
And just started to get, I don't know, really curious about like

All the things that weren't in this
You know, kind of Christian church bubble
And so I went out to explore and, um
Really watered a, a seed of sin that, uh, grew and grew and grew
And, uh, long story short
By the time I got into my freshman year of college
I, uh
I remember I went into college saying
I'm not gonna go in as a Christian
Like I believe, I believe God is real

But I'm just gonna put that off 'til later
Because I wanna go see what the world has to offer me, you know?
I wanna go have fun, I wanna go do whatever everyone else is doing
That I, I feel like I couldn't
And, um, so that whole year
I just, I just let loose
And, uh, I, I did everything that I wanted to
And, um
I led myself down a path of destruction
Every single decision that I made for myself led me

Not only nowhere, but led me
Just to the end of myself
And so I woke up my sophomore year
Just completely broken
Fully insecure
I, I mean, I was not full of joy
I was, it's, it's laughable
If you see me now versus who I was back then
I, I, I was not the same person
It's hard to even look back at pictures of myself

The, the facial expressions I'm making
It's just, that's not me
And, um
In that lowest, lowest point
I was sitting at this coffee shop
And, uh, I heard this gentle, uh, voice in my head
And it was telling me to go to a church service
And, uh
I, I tried everything and, you know
All right, I'll, I'll, I'll see it through

So I, uh, googled where to go to church
And I, I saw this church service had a, a Wednesday night service
For like the, the college ministry
And so I showed up like an hour late to that
And, um
I walked out, the, the parking lot was empty
The foyer was empty, everything
And I opened up the doors
And just this
I walked into this rich, uh, aroma of worship, really

It was just the, the
It was like this spirit-filled thing where like
The whole church had fasted for three days
And they were doing this like extended six-hour worship
And I walked right, right into the middle of that
And, uh, I just remember walking through the doors and being like, man
I feel lighter already
Like I feel like, you know, I feel like this baggage left me
And then I, I walked into the sanctuary and
I, I, I can't explain it

I can't, I can't explain it
But I encountered Jesus
I encountered the Holy Spirit
And, uh, yeah, amen
Yeah, I mean, just to pause there
It's like the, the, the spiritual realm is so interesting because
We can't see
We can't see him, but he is a person
And, uh, yeah, so I walked into that room and I met a person
I spoke to a person

I, I was held by a person
I was breathed life into by a person
And, uh, so yeah, I got on my knees and I, and I cried out to Jesus
I said, Jesus, I'm, I'm sick and tired of living life for myself
I'm sick and tired of the decisions I'm making
I want you to come in to my life
I want you to make me a new person
I'm living my life for you
Whatever, whatever this is, whatever I just found
I've, I've found home, I've found life, I've found, uh, amen

And, um
Yeah, Lord, take, you know, take, take all my stuff
Take my, take my career, take my house, whatever
But just give me Jesus
I'm telling y'all, it's, um
He's been so good
And, uh, here I am
I mean, I'm
Whatever, eight, eight years or so into my walk with
My, my true walk with the Lord

And I'm telling you, from the bottom of my heart
It is the only way, it's the only source of life
Jesus is the only source of life
Everything else fails
And I, I just think it's so powerful
I can't believe that my granddad
I, I found that video of him on YouTube
I didn't even realize
It's just crazy, so
Yeah, he's like 93 now and you

I ask him, I'm like
Granddad, what, what is the
What's the meaning of life?
You know, what
When you look back on your life
It's a pretty heavy conversation
He, he handles it lightly
He's just like, I, I
I really, I just would have spent more time with Jesus
Which is crazy 'cause he's about to, you know

Be spending more time with Jesus
And he's saying, hey, on earth
I wish I would have just spent more time with Jesus
So, yeah, if, uh
If I could summarize all that into two words
It would be don't wait
Because Jesus is coming back soon
And when He comes back, are you, are you gonna go with Him
Or are you gonna stay here?
And I just

I know so, at least one person out there has that same
Burning in their chest that I had
And I just wanna let you know
May, maybe you're resisting Jesus
Because you think you're, you're too full of shame
You've done too many things
There, there's no way Jesus could love me
There's no, I've done, I've done so many things I can't speak on
The Bible says
That while we were still sinners, He died for us

And it says that there is nothing that He
That we could ever do to separate His love from us
So there's no
There's no sin too great that He didn't die for
That, that is why He died
He came to die for our sin
And the Bible also says that if you
Uh, confess your, with your mouth that Jesus is Lord
And believe in your heart that He
Uh, died and rose again

Uh, you will be saved
So in your heart right now
If, if that's you, if you're feeling that burning
Just say, Lord, I ask that you would
Jesus, would you come into my heart?
Would you make me a new person?
Would you lift the veil from my eyes?
When I, when I read scripture, would you enlighten it, Lord?
Holy Spirit, make me a new person

I believe that You died
And rose again for my sins
In Jesus' name, amen