I had hope in my heart for the first time, because I had Jesus!
How the Gospel Changed Everything
After all the handshakes of congratulations from church members, my grandma and I made our way out to their yellow Ford F-150 truck and waited for Grandpa to drive us all home. It was there that I told my grandma I had just gotten saved.
With tears in her eyes, she congratulated me and wrote these words in my little red Bible: “Greg Stier received Jesus Christ as his Lord and Savior on June 23rd, 1974.”
I keep that red Bible on my desk at Dare 2 Share as a reminder of how the Gospel changed everything for me—and for my family.
It was around the same time that my rough-and-tumble family members started coming to Christ because of a wild, hillbilly preacher nicknamed “Yankee.”
A few years ago, I wrote a memoir called “Unlikely Fighter” that details all the craziness of my entire family’s radical conversion to Christ. I encourage you to pick up a copy on Amazon or listen to it on Audible.
I’ll finish this post with a prayer of thanksgiving:
Dear Father, thank you for saving me 50 years ago today. Thank you for the simple message of Christ and Him crucified that changed everything for me. I praise you for five decades of utter faithfulness to me. You’ve been a light to my path in the dark time and protected me in the dangerous times. And like my grandfather’s giant hand held mine as I walked down the aisle to get saved, you’ve held my hand through the ups and downs of this life ever since. You’ve been an ever-faithful Father, my only father, and I’m your ever-grateful son. In Jesus’s name, amen.
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