I guess I will be the first one to leave a testimony. Praise God for this website. God is truly working at Lighthouse!!
 
I praise God and thank Him each and every day of my life that He searched until he caught me and brought me into the fold.
 
My life was in a turmoil and I was distraught over my life. Having been rejected and divorced, I though that my life was worthless.  This led to depression, guilt, and a feeling of hopelessness. I was hospitalized for depression, but through all of it, the Lord wasn't ready to let me go. I guess that He had work yet for me to do.
I have many family members that are unsaved and each day I lift them up to Him.
 
Praise God that this is what led me back into His grace. Through it all, He never left me.  He is molding me into the person that He intended me to be....one that I never knew existed.
 
God has given me a new beginning in life and has led me to a place of worship that has Jesus as the head. He has given me two wonderful Pastors in Ronnie and Kelly, and I thank Him for it. The Lord knows where to send us when we seek him.
 
Again, thanks to all of you for being the body of Christ and a member of the Kingdom. May we all learn how to walk the walk.

The Big move from Michigan

Well here goes.  Thought I'd put it down here just in case someone may have missed it.
 
I'm minding my own business in Michigan, thinking I'll never move to Florida... there is just something wrong with those people at Lighthouse.  I come home at night my wife is crying on the couch in the dark.  She has been listening to "Pastor Ronnie" tapes.  
I have recalled my prayers that God does whatever it takes to get me to the next stage of my walk with him.
My department at Huntington Bank is notified in August 2003 that we are all laid off permanently.  40 people have lost their jobs, me included.  The job search is on.  I apply everywhere.  I also contact my "contacts" at other banks, one of them says Chase Bank is hiring.  I apply on-line.  I have a phone interview.  They hire me over the phone, and tell me the location is Tampa Florida.  I’m thinking all along it’s going to be a position in Grand Rapids Michigan.  
Without any other reasonable prospects in Michigan, I accept the position.  Thanks to Bob and Jan Melton (Mamma Jan and Dad as we affectionately call them) I'm able to make the move with a place to live while we get back on our feet.  Within 2 weeks I realize that the Lord has been making this move not just temporary while I learn the Kingdom way, but permanent.  Wendy gets a job at Chase Bank as well.  Im thinking if my housed in Michigan doesn’t sell, I'll be headed right back up north after the contract runs out.  I put a 6-month contract on the house. Then my house in Michigan sells.  (I just can’t believe my rotten luck)  Through Pastor Ronnie’s many late night talks and the awesome teaching at The Lighthouse, I finally become comfortable with being in Florida.  I may not like the state, but I no longer plead with God to get me out of here.  We purchase a home in Spring Hill.  I find the weather isn’t all that bad and the little lizards and creatures are really not that bad.
So here I am walking this Kingdom walk, and finding that wow! It really does work!  Just pray that the Kingdom be established in your day, in any circumstance, and then leave the rest to God.  I don’t have to "remind" him of the scriptures, I'm quite sure he knows them by now.  What was I thinking?  Oh I forgot... I'm not supposed to think...  
I'm just amazed at how really simple it really is.