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HOW I GOT BORN-AGAIN (Salvation Story by  Pastor Joy Amenkhienan)

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HOW I GOT BORN-AGAIN (Salvation Story by  Pastor Joy Amenkhienan)
My Name is Pastor Joy Amenkhienan. Am eternally grateful to My Man Of God; Pastor Chris for this opportunity to share my testimony of salvation.
I love you sir. It was in September 1985, my dad had taken me in his car to pay a farewell visit  to my twin sister Jane, who was attending a different higher institution from mine at the time.
Prior to this time she had been Born Again for about six months. On arrival at her campus, i met her on the hallway to her hostel.
She obliged me to follow her to her room so she could tell me about the programme they just had with Pastor Chris. While in her room, i noticed she looked somewhat frail and also tipsy.
While still wondering about her demeanour, she asked the all important question. ''Are you Born Again'' Feeling uneasy and pondering on what to reply, she blurted out ''You must be Born Again'' Since she looked strange, awkward and sounded wierd, i said Yes.
(now on looking back, i know God was in that room reconciling me to Himself that day). I ASKED JESUS TO COME INTO MY HEART.
It was such an awesome experience - i felt like a new ME. Not knowing how much time we had spent on this she urged us to return to the car park outside where my dad had been waiting in the car.
On our way home, dad made a comment, but in my attempt to respond i spoke in tongues. I didn't realise that i got filled with the Holy Spirit immediately i received Jesus as my Lord and Saviour.
My dad wondered at my response because he said ''what language  is that'' Because of this i kept quiet till we got home to avoid speaking repeatedly in tongues. Not long after we got home i took five of my siblings; Peter, Paul, Ewaen, Ota and Sophia who was quite young, and preached to all of them.
They all got saved and filled with the Holy Spirit. When my Mum observed that my activities around the house became unusual, she alerted my dad.
Still full of the Spirit, i went downstairs of our house to lead my aunt (dad's sister) to Christ. But while there, dad came in and with a stern look ordered me to return back upstairs.
Later he invited me to the balcony, and began to ask what happened when we visited my twin sister in her school, pointing out that i had been acting strange since we got back. I don't remember all my dad said, but he wondered at the boldness with which i spoke and the speed of my words.
Then he hushed me and refrained me from talking any more. The next forty-eight hours was horrible as my dad kept the pressure on me to renounce my being born again.
For some reasons i just had the strength  within me to stand my grounds. Then came the day for me to return back to school; my dad vehemently refused to pay my fees, asserting that since i refused to renounce my faith, Jesus will then pay my school fees.
There was much concern about me because, though my twin sister had been born again a while before me, I was more expressive about my new experience by aggressively converting those of my household. By the grace of God, I've been expressive, fervent, exuberant and even flamboyant about my salvation.
. Hallelujah! .
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