No Longer Alone

Teen Challenge of the Rocky Mountains sent the testimony to us that you are about to read.  God works powerfully through this ministry to change lives for His glory.  We have been given permission to share this true story about a girl who felt that she was once all alone but now walks in fellowship with her Savior and Lord.  This high school student received Jesus Christ into her heart while attending New Hope House, another ministry of Teen Challenge working in Tooele, Utah.

On February 16, 2002 her brother caught this young lady as she was committing the sin of fornication with her boyfriend.  Her brother immediately went and told their parents.  Her parents grounded her from seeing her boyfriend and put her in a situation were they could more effectively give her proper guidance.  She then threatened to move out.  However, this did not change her heart or make her circumstances any better.  She had for some time been producing fruit in her life that comes from a rebellious heart and it was becoming worse all the time.  Her parents knew that their daughter needed to get where she could get some help, and fast.  Less than a week later, her parents took her on a “surprise” trip.

As they drove up the driveway to New Hope House/Teen Challenge she remembered focusing on a big white house with a cross on the roof.  She immediately hated everything she set her eyes on as she walked through the door.  When her parents left her there, she cried and she hated them, too.  She felt that they had betrayed her and she felt so alone.  She wanted nothing to do with the people there because they were a part of her parent’s plan; therefore, she hated them too. 

At New Hope House they always talked about God and she didn’t want any part of it.  As far as she was concerned He had ruined her life.  God didn’t seem loving to her and she felt that He only condemned people.  She always questioned in her heart “How could God give me peace?”  She would even tell God she hated Him and all she would hear back from Him and those around her was “I love you.”  She started asking herself questions like, “Is there something more than the usual ‘Christian’ life that she had observed growing up?” She knew there had to be more.  Then one day she found her answer in one man, Jesus Christ. 

After accepting Christ into her heart to be both Savior and Lord she began developing a personal relationship with Him.  Over the past year and a half the Lord has changed her life.  He has taken away her rebellion, anger and hatred and replaced it with respect, peace and love.  She wrote, “He has also given me a special gift and filled me with His Holy Spirit.  He walks with me every step of the way. I am no longer alone. Not ever.” 

She is now in her senior year in high school and is making plans for college. She writes, “I love my parents, my life and especially my brother.”

Too many try to find victory over sin by church attendance, religious observances and worldly solutions.  None of these will help unless first Jesus is allowed in to change your heart.  Jesus says, “So, if the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed.”  (John 8:36)