World Evangelism With Indigenous Nations
"As the Father has loved me, so have I loved you, continue ye in my love."
John 15:9
GARY SIMPLE
PREACHER FROM VENETIE
FAS CHILD
I was born September 20, 1957 in a little log cabin. I was not delivered by a western doctor, but by an Indian doctor. When I was a child I was so sick, and had such a high fever that they thought I'd be maybe brain dead, dumb, retarded or something. Our people did not know the seriousness of my physical and mental health. Those days they did not know about FAS (Fetal Alcohol Syndrome) - I know now that I was one of these children affected by alcohol. All the signs were there; I could not learn nor remember what I had just learned, I would forget what I'd been told to do, and I couldn't keep still. I stuttered badly as a child aand all of my people laughed at me. I grew up hating, everybody! As a teenager I was always in trouble. I drank starting at age 9 and did drugs by the time I was 13. I dropped out of school at 14 because I couldn't learn. I felt out of place so I went out on the street and started doing drugs and drinking .... a little bit at first. After a couple of years, I really started to drink heavily. Whenever I went to Fairbanks I went to Second Avenue to drink. I lived here and there, wherever I could hang my hat.23 YEARS OF BONDAGE TO ALCOHOL
I drank for 23 years of my life. Beginning at age 9, I drank now and then, whenever, I could steal it. At age 13 years, I started smoking and doing drugs. I smoked for 23 years. Out of the 23 years of smoking and doing drugs, there was only 2 weeks when I didn't smoke. Now, when I think back, the reason I drank, smoked and did drugs was because I hated people for laughing and picking on me because I was different among my people.ALL ALONE
I was stressed out and depressed. I was lonely. I was mad. I would get mad very easily. If you said a wrong word to me I would get mad and begin to swear at you and to anyone not caring who was around. I did not care about anyone - just me. Lots of times I didn't care about myself - I remember lots of my growing up I would cry myself to sleep because I was different. I wanted to tell stories, but couldn't. I couldn't most of my life. I just wanted to be dead. I didn't want to live; there was nothing to live for. All this time, before 1988, nobody ever witnessed to me about the Lord.JESUS SET ME FREE
I didn't know that Jesus could heal me. No one told me that Jesus can and will heal you. On August 19, 1993, Jesus changed my life in Circle City and broke all the chains the devil put on me. Jesus changed me! He changed my life! He healed me! Now I can speak and can preach the word of God! Now I can learn, read, write, and tell the story of how Jesus healed me completely! Now I could truly say, "I used to be a FAS child! I used to be an alcoholic and drug addict!" By the power of the Holy Ghost, now I don't hate. I don't cuss. I don't get mad. I am not depressed. I am not stressed. I am not lonely. I thank God, Jesus, and the Holy Ghost!JESUS CAN SAVE YOU TOO!
Are you lost! Without God, Jesus, and the Holy Ghost you are lost! But, you don't have to live like I did. I thank God, Jesus, and the Holy Ghost for changing my direction in life. God, Jesus, and the Holy Ghost can and will change your life for good - not for bad. Galations 4:6 says, "Because you are sons, God has sent forth the Spirit of his Son into your hearts crying out Abba (means Daddy) Father." I want you to know that if you are living in sin, God can turn it around and forget about all the wrong things you have done in the past. Accept Jesus into your heart. Stop whatever you are doing and accept Jesus now! Say, "Come Jesus into my heart and into my life!" If you really mean it, God has just changed your life. Start reading your Bible everyday. Find a church where they preach the whole Bible and where they pray for you.COME, SERVE JESUS!
Thank you for reading my tract. I hope that my testimony encourages you to serve Jesus with all of your heart, mind, soul, and strength. Today, I love my people and I'm full of God's love for everybody. Romans 5:5 says, "And hope does not disappoint us, because God has poured out His love into our hearts by His Holy Spirit, whom He has given us." God bless you all! Hallelujah!PRAYER OF ACCEPTANCE
Dear Lord Jesus, I am a sinner and cannot save myself. I believe that you died for my sins. Right now, I am asking You to come into my heart and life and be my own personal Savior and give me everlasting life. In Jesus' name I pray. Amen.
Today, _______________ 1999, I, _________________ received Jesus Christ as my personal Savior and Lord. I base my salvation on God's promise in John 3:16, For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life. This day is called my "spiritual birthday" because I have become a child of God through faith in the Lord Jesus Christ.
Gary Simple
President and Founder
Sacred Ground Ministries Inc.
P. O. Box 32
Venetie, Alaska 99781
Prayer line (907) 849-8253
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Last Updated April 19, 2008