We at WTNESS.ORG don't like to make a practice of posting here God stories that we have not heard from someone we know personally. We like to keep this website credible.  This story may or may not be real, but nonetheless, it makes a good point that can help all of us Christians stay true to Jesus all of the time.
-- Bill Griffin.

Several years ago, a preacher from out-of-state accepted a call to a church in Houston , Texas . Some weeks after he arrived, he had an occasion to ride the bus from his home to the downtown area. When he sat down, he discovered that the driver had…

We / I got a new car this past Saturday. It's the one I'll be using, but it belongs to my wife and I. It's only the third new car either of us has had, so it should be an experience that comes across as really special. But I'm noticing that despite the cool new features... Ford Sync voice activation where I can tell it to "Call Mary" or "Get Directions", the cool body styling, the smooth transmission and acceleration, the leather seats, the on-dash multi-purpose displays, the great gas mileage,... I'm finding myself only moderately excited for it. I have not had the urge to show it off…

This very touching posting was submitted to this blog on the day before Christmas, 2011 by a friend and medical sonographer Mike Stack (he has done ultrasound exams for thousands of pregnant women). At that time I replied to Mike that the topic of abortion was too politically charged for this particular blog, which is trying to present the real life stories of Christians to web surfers who are curious about us Christians, and want to see what makes us tick without feeling hit over the head with salesmanship or rhetoric, even if the writer was not intending to hit anyone over the head.…

If someone put a gun to my head and said "CHOOSE! Choose between death or rejecting Jesus", I would choose death. I would make that choice, because my life wouldn't be worth living anymore without the one thing that brings me sanity. The one thing that has saved me from sin.

You see years ago, I found myself falling into masturbation again and again. Unable to stop myself and always feeling rotten after doing it. Married and with children, it still occurred. One night, as the urge was overcoming me again, I said a simple prayer, "Jesus, I'm going to do this... unless you stop me.…