The Local Church

I love the local church!!!

I grew up always thinking I was a Christian. When I was 21 years old, I went to a denominational Bible study on campus and received the Lord through faith in Christ (John 3:16). I experienced a dynamic, living relationship with the Lord and gave Him my whole life through the love of Christ.

About two months after I received the Lord, I specifically prayed for fellowship with believers who were sincerely seeking Him, loving Him, and bearing fruit at Ohio State. I told the Lord that if He just gave me fellowship with Christians that went to “church” on Sunday that I would never make it. After praying this prayer every day, (based on Matthew 7:8. “For every one who asks receives, ....”) I met some college-age Christian brothers who were meeting with the church in Columbus. The Lord went way above and beyond what I asked for.

At that time, I had met with four different Christian groups. It was clear to me that the Lord was pleased with the believers meeting on the ground of oneness because: 1) He answered my prayer for seeking ones; 2) The brothers had amazing revelation from the Lord in the Word of God; 3) I saw such oneness; 4) I saw that they were people overcoming and reigning in the Lord's life over Satan (Romans 5:17); 5) I saw that there were normal families (WOW, check out the believers that grew up in the local church; they are so normal and in love with the Lord). The Lord Jesus said in Matthew 7:17, “Even so, every good tree produces good fruit.” Also in Matthew 7:20, “So then, by their fruits you will recognize them.”

I have been meeting with the local church for four and a half years, and I am so fortunate to have been in, and continue in such a normal environment growing in the Lord, loving Him, and expressing Him with others living the highest human life. Lord, thank You for Your mercy, I love You!!! I am now experiencing the fruit of the Spirit, according to Galatians 5:22, which is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, meekness and self-control. I had the goodness, faithfulness, meekness and self-control. I had the shadow of these characteristics before I began to meet in the local church, but now I am experiencing the reality of all these. I graduated last year with a B.S. in Management of Information Systems at Ohio State and am currently finishing a year in the full-time training in Anaheim, California. I could write 100 pages on how much I love the local church, but unfortunately people usually don't read long testimonies.

Todd Burroughs | Back to List

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