“My Testimony”!

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7-25-01

I was saved at age thirty-one,received the Baptism of the Holy Ghost

one year later.I asked God to give me the genuine baptisim.I didn’t

want that which looked improper to me,the coaxing,long drawnout

prompting with gestures kind.I entered the Pentacostal church

In 1974,prayed to God for the “genuine” Baptisim,He told me to “wait”.

One word which I have become very familiar with over the years.

I received the Baptisim of the Holy Ghost,in a small Pentacostal church,

In a blink as you go thru town, of London,California.Situated in the middle

of the cotton fields,just south of Fresno,Ca.I spoke in Tongues for

three hours,with no one prompting me,so I know it’s “genuine”.Since it

is “Genuine” to me,I neither promote,nor deny the  use of Tongues in a

believers Spiritual life.All I know is that I am edified within me,and I

understand  in my spirit,that I speak directly to God through the Holy

Spirit,in my heart.

I have spent these last thirty-five years,walking

with my God,through many trials,and troubles.

In all of them I waited,to see

“All things work together for good to them who love the Lord,and

for those called according to His purpose”.

I know that God teaches,in the midst of pain and suffering.

I could do no less than lay down my life for Christ,should He ask.

I do not just speak the Word,I live it.

I have a good sense of humour,as I believe my God does also.

I have worked many times in concert with the Holy Spirit.

I believe Love to be the very nature of God,

and that Obedience is one of His most important precepts.

I move by my Faith,which God gives a same measure to everyone.

It is what you  Choose to do with that measure of Faith

is what creates a hunger for God. My wife went home to the Lord,

on may  24,1994,shortly before her forty sixth birthday.

She suffered extreme severe pain due to Bone Marrow

Cancer,and her passing brought the blessing,of “all things work together”

In that the good that came through her passing,brought her release,

from her pain,and she will never suffer again.

My son a week before she passed away,was admitted to the same

hospital with Juvenile Diabetes,  and God saw to the needs

of both of those I loved that day.My son age 30 had found his personal

relationship,with his God;but not before Doing his drugs:and experiencing

victory in Jesus by  renewing his faith in his God.

Her children still think of her,not in her beauty or love,

but understand now that she is finally at peace

with her God and herself.

Witnessing her pain ,for three years prior her eventual death was

difficult for them both.It has been fourteen years now,

since she went home, but;it was as if only yesterday.

Realizing I was the only one left to do for them both;

there is deep understanding within my heart and theirs also.

I monitored them both as they went through the

grieving process.Gods Spirit showed me just how to do this.

I asked them to begin a life journal just as a tribute to their mom.

Reluctant at first, eventually they both found

it was theraputic in expressing their feelings at that time.

Inner Blackness, became full of color; in their expressions:

of what they experienced with death.

God is always in a teaching mode for His children,

and my two children were no exception; asking many

questions.Competition began with their journals,

asking many times “are our feelings right dad?”

I told them what God would have told them,”there is no

right or wrong in your feelings”.When it comes to the inner you,

there is no right or wrong, their words

make up the ingredients of their love,and there can be no

judgement of their love by others. Thus God responded to their

need for inner healing quite nicely.

My daughter,27yrs,Is being drawn back to Jesus,but it is slower

going for her,as she has issues with God in relation to her mothers death.

I am more than a father to them now,I am their Spiritual mentor,and my

name is “lampwickke” because this is me in the last

years of my life.I have worn,many labels for God,I have been

around long enough too.

What I value the most in all my lifes pursuits,is destroying the

selfishness within me: which is taught everyone from infancy,

by being in this world, until the acceptance of Jesus Christ

as a personal savior. Then doing my part,in asking,seeking,and

knocking throughout my lifetime,and striving for

Christlikeness until He takes me in the translation of the church,or I

take a dirt nap and beat you all there.

In His most Gracious Love,

lampwickke   xxx