| Testimony of Buck Worboys Heaven's Saint St Pete Florida Chapter |
by the time I hit the isle I was nearly paralyzed. I remember breaking down and crying as I walked to the altar that day and moments later I turned to see Mary there to rededicate her life to the Lord. Since that time God has CHANGED my life! I no longer live in fear and know that He is the only one that I need! God has blessed me immeasurably with a GREAT wife, job and the kind of friends that would lay their lives down for me. I am the youth Pastor at Crossroads Chapel; we have a Bible Study at our home every Friday night, host a free local Christian show and do a weekly Bible Study that we stream on our website, which is Stewards of the Mysteries of God. I truly believe that God has called me to be an Evangelist and a Pastor, but beyond a shadow of a doubt, he has called us to be givers. I have been so blessed to have a job that affords us to give and a home that allows us to give shelter when needed. While we also go and feed the homeless every 6 weeks and are a part of the motorcycle ministry, what I need to focus more on is my relationship with Jesus Christ. I am still a work in progress, but I have matured, there is fruit, but I want and strive as Paul says Hebrews 6:1 "Therefore leaving the principles of the doctrine of Christ, let us go on unto perfection; not laying again the foundation of repentance from dead works, and of faith toward God." My endeavor is to be a part of this ministry in such a way that I/we WILL make a difference for Christ. |
going to be dead if I did not do something about my situation, so I decided to attend one of their churches. Much to my dismay, although the message was directed to me, the church I attended was void of the Holy Spirit and it had little or no effect on me. Shortly thereafter I met Mary, who eventually became my wife. We met through my mother and began dating. I had introduced her to my circle of friends, who welcomed her as she too liked to party. I remember asking my friend not to tell her that I used cocaine, but one night he asked me to break away for a couple lines and to my surprise Mary was in the room. Although I did some coke with her a sense of embarrassment and guilt came over me. A few days later I mentioned that I was thinking about going to a local church and asked if she would like to go. She readily accepted and we went to Countryside Community Church on December 13, 1998. It was that day, in pew 5, that Pastor John said that if we were running, looking for the answers to life, depressed and feeling as if there were no hope, to raise our hands and he would pray for us. I raised BOTH hands! He then said: Jesus said “If you confess me before man, I will confess you before the Father, but if you deny me before man, I will deny you before the Father.” He said “come to the altar,” but I was not ready for that. I remember this little old lady (Fofo), who came to my pew and motioned for me to come forward, but I would have none of that. |
wanting and needing to be accepted, so consequently I did the things I felt necessary to be accepted. I was raised by a single mother, who gave me every material thing that she could, and like most moms, it was because she wanted me to have only the best in life. Having been raised Catholic I learned religion, but did not know what it meant to have a “relationship” with Christ. As I got older I began to become completely dependant on my mother for nearly everything. While I was able to hold down jobs I always knew that she would be there to bail me out as somewhat of a “Golden Parachute.” I had done drugs in my late teens (mostly pot) and dabbled in a few others along the way. I joined a group therapy to get off pot, which I did back in the early nineties never to have smoked again. What I didn’t do is fill the void in my life. In the mid to late nineties I started using cocaine pretty heavily and continued to do so when I moved here to Clearwater. I remember cleaning out my garage so I could come home in the middle of the day, skipping out on work, to sleep because I was in such depression. It was the only time that I was not depressed, but the problem was when I would wake up I would start using.
whom I worked, that attended different churches, who I know were praying for me. God was calling me and I was in a struggle. |
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| Sincerely, Brother Bucky MLIHICJ/COL 3:3 EZE 33:6 |