My Testimony

Hello,

My name is Chad Fields, I'm 20 years old, and have been living in Arizona for almost 4 years now. Well, my testimony goes as follows, it's pretty interesting as well as intense. All my life have lived in a Christian home, where my parents taught the Bible to my brother and I. Sunday School was a regular event for me growing up. The thing is though I never cared about anything that had to do with God. I would go to church camps and be the only one not fired up for God at the end. I knew something was different about me. I just flat out neglected God in my life and the teachings my parents would share with me never became of any importance. So as a result I was ministered to by the world by default of my lifestyle and ended up hanging out with the wrong people. At the age of 14 I started rebelling against my parents, it started out with drinking alcohol. You know drinking at parties and what not, no danger social drinking right? WRONG, the next thing that wasn't enough so I started smoking a little weed here and there. During this time I believed God was real but thought He hated me and started to curse Him out of my life, since it had gotten so bad. My addictive personality grew out of control, and I began to just hate life. I was depressed because I couldn't have life my way. Next thing you know I convinced my parents that I had ADHD so that I could have Ritalin and Adderall (speed) for free and legally. So if you can't tell my life got pretty sick and twisted from the truth of God. My parents were sick and tired of my rebelling and being extremely disobedient to them. They sent me to 2nd Chance which is a rehab program based from Spirit Life Church. This is where my life really started to dramatically change. At first I was straight up angry and hated the place, and the leaders. I would rebel against them and yell at them, and threaten to run home. They were patient with me and loved me. One Friday Nite Live service, at an altar call I knew the message spoke that night was for me, the speaker made an altar call. At that point I knew my life needed a change so I went up and hit my knees, weeped, experienced the love of God, had an encounter with Jesus and my life has never been the same since. I realized who I was in Jesus Christ! Since that night I have kept the faith, and have had a burning hunger for more of God. I have had some great opportunities in ministry such as: doing Teen Enterprises (vocational training), doing Elijah Generation (school of ministry), and just learning to live life in a new light with the power of God living through me. God is so faithful. I love life, and enjoy everyday. I'm thankful for everything that I have. I can see God really putting opportunity after opportunity right in front of me. This is a great year! In 2010 I'm well on my way to being financially stable! I'm currently working directly under my pastor learning the trade of marketing and multi-media work, website design, graphics, entrepreneurial skills, and building businesses from the ground up! This is the trade I've chosen to pursue because I can do all this from home, on the road, anywhere internet is at and it brings a big income to provide for my future family independently! I believe with all my heart that this is the year that I'm going to see God's hand move in a way to where I can recognize His promises from the Bible in a clear manner. Also I believe in keeping pure before God, and I'm saving my next kiss for my wedding day. God has blessed me in ways I can't even explain it's been abundance in every area of my life. Since I'm on the subject of relationships I believe it's absolutely best that things just fall into place, and not to rush into anything so, young single person out there, don't ever think that waiting is a bad thing, there is honor in it! I'm thankful to be where I'm at and please keep me in prayer. I'm thankful to have gone through the tough times listed above because though they were hard they helped shape me into the man I am today. Stay strong world, and don't be discouraged for this is a great year! To God be the glory forever and ever amen. I've learned so much about leadership and everything that goes along with it, now I take a huge part in the treatment program that I was in when I was 16, and help them learn the same things I learned. A true leader multiplies himself and shares what's been imparted to him with others! span>