WHDL - 00021254
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WHDL - 00021254
On my twenty-fourth birthday, I experienced what some people might call a spiritual awakening. It happened in the middle of an ordinary worship service in an ordinary Church of the Nazarene in Idaho (USA). I don’t remember any particular thing the preacher said or song the worship team sang that precipitated this experience. But as the pastor prayed that morning, I discerned a voice speaking clearly to the inner depth of my being saying, “Grant , repent of your sin and come follow me.” It was Jesus. I first heard the name Jesus when I was a young child. I learned about Jesus from my mom and dad, as well as from Sunday school teachers and preachers in the churches I attended throughout my youth. I learned about Jesus in the Christian university from which I graduated. Jesus was a familiar and friendly figure to me. I believed in him. And I knew that calling people to repent and follow him was one of the things Jesus did. But, up to that point in my life, I can’t say I had ever experienced him calling me to turn from my sin and follow him in such a clear, direct, and personal way.