Longrider
- A Bikers Path to Salvation |
Hi... my name is Marty but my biker friends call
me LongRider. That's because I used to put alot
of miles on my Harley when I lived down south.
But that is not what I am here to talk about.
I am here to tell you about my life before and
after I met the Lord, Jesus Christ.I first came
to know Jesus in 1982 while working in the defense
industry. Some of my co-workers had a prayer meeting
every day in the parking lot prior to work. It
took the more than six months of praying for me
before I felt the leadings of the Holy Spirit
to give my life over to Christ. Before then, I
lead the life of a stereotypical biker... drugs,
alcohol, violence and crime. I don't believe in
going into details about this portion of my life
because I feel it falsely glamorizes it and in
no way glorifies the Lord. Let me just say that
I was either drunk and/or high every night and
spent more than one evening in jail. I followed
the Lord for several years before I found myself
backsliding. I guess I had never totally given
myself to the Lord. I still had the urges to use
drugs and alcohol and I was trying to control
them myself. To this day I can not pinpoint the
exact "how" or "why" I strayed for the Lord, all
I know is that after I had turned my back on God,
my life was in worse shape than it ever was before.
I kept going from job to job and from relationship
to relationship... all of which failed. That is
when a friend of mine took me to the Open Door
Mission in Rochester, New York where I enrolled
in thier Bible Based Christian Life 12-step recovery
program. There the Lord performed a miricle in
my life. He accomplished in an instant what I
could not do for myself in 20 years. He totally
delivered me from drugs and alcohol. And all I
had to do was to turn my addictions over to Him
and ask Him to remove them from me! Through the
kind care and guidance of the staff of the Open
Door Mission and my home church, Bethel Full Gospel
Church , I returned to my walk with the Lord,
this time without the urges and cravings for the
drugs and alcohol. The violence and anger was
replaced with love and a genuine carring for my
fellow human beings. God is good and He is real!
He is there for you if you wll just humble yourself
and call upon His name. I hope that each of you
that read this find the joy and peace that my
Lord has for you. If you don't know Jesus and
would like to, please click on the salvation link
below.
http://members.tripod.com/~longrider3/testimony-2.html
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About RTS
This
site was made in order that my friends and family who have not placed thier
faith in Jesus may have the chance to hear what Jesus has done in my life,
how He has changed my life and how He can change their lives. In many instances
my friends and family have wondered if I am for real, if I really believe
in Jesus, has my life really been changed, what is he all about. I am here
to tell you that Jesus is very real, he has made a very real impact in my
life and He can do the same for you. This site is geared for non believers
and new believers looking for answers about Jesus. I myself do not have
many answers, but Jesus does if you put your trust in Him. My time with
Jesus has been a journey and I wish to share what I have learned so that
others may join me on the road to salvation.
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