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Travis Johnson's Web Page!
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Welcome to my page!! This page is dedicated to a CHANGED LIFE!
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This is a picture of my family. I have been married for 17 years (Oct 81) and have four great kids!! Ashley is 12, Candace is 10, Travis Jr. is 8, and Sara is 6. (as of Feb 14 99)
As you can see, I am a RICH man. Let me assure you it has NOT always been this way!! Even I can't believe what a wonderful life God has given me. If you have a minute, I'd like to share what happened to change my life.
I was so rebellious as a teen that my parents petitioned me as "Ungovernable" to the State and I became a ward of the State and immediately transported from jail to a boys ranch. I was 15.
I was so bad that they did not want me at the boy's ranch and they sent me BACK to the State the very next day. On my way back on the bus, I just got off before it reached it's destination and lived on my own for a while.
I lived in abandoned cars, laundromats or anywhere else I could to keep warm during the cold winter. I was already selling drugs and drinking, but when I got into the "out" crowd, things got worse.
I remember at the police station, being hand-cuffed and thrown under a table in the busy police lobby humiliated. I had already been in jail and was caught with a stolen gun and vehicle while on probation. I KNEW I was in BIG Trouble. I remember praying and telling God that if HE got me out of this, I would PREACH HIS Word.
I didn't spend even ONE night in jail!! My father came and got me out of the tank and took me home. I ended up in jail again and given a choice of joining the military or going to Prison. I chose the USAF. After 4 years, my name surfaced in a drug investigation and I was immediately discharged.
WHAT MADE THE DIFFERENCE IN MY LIFE???
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I surrendered to God's calling on my life!
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As a man was talking to me about the kind of life I was living compared to the kind of life God wanted me to live. He quoted a verse from the Bible. John 10:10 Jesus said "The thief has come to steal, kill, and destroy, but I have come that you may have LIFE and that more abundantly!"
I NEEDED that kind of life. In my heart I just repeated to myself "I don't have that" and "I NEED that Life!"
Suddenly, I was transported into the presence of God Himself! I was like in a dream, but I was wide awake. It began just as the man was sharing John 10:10 with me and I was having that battle in my heart. As I stood before God, I realized that what was happening was that I was DEAD!
I was giving an account of my life before the Lord God HIMSELF! God pointed at me and spoke "Did you believe in me?" I answered "YES!" Again HE spoke "Did you believe that I sent my only Son to die for your sins?" Again I responded terrified "YES!!"
His last phrase to me exposed my whole entire life, He said "WHY then did you waste your life and live for yourself? YOU KNEW BETTER!" And at that I was turned to face the Lake of Fire!
I KNEW better! I cried out as I realized by looking down at myself that I was an OLD MAN! I was dead, after having wasted my entire life! I was at least 65 or so years old and GUILTY of wasting my whole life! I FREAKED and cried out as loud as I could "NO GOD PLEASE!!" "I HAVE wasted my life, and I knew better, but, if you will forgive and give me another chance, I WILL NOT waste another day! I will live my life for YOU!"
Suddenly, I was seated at a small table, sitting across from the Lord Jesus himself. As I looked on the table, I saw my life. All of it. The good, the bad, the ugly. My wife, my friends, my habits, my hang-outs, my LIFE was on the table in a bunch of broken pieces, like so much trash scattered about. The Lord Jesus asked "Will you give this to me?" I Immediately understood that Jesus wanted my life. I swept the mess into a pile in the center of the table and slid it across to Jesus. I then said "Lord, if you can make something out of this, here it is, you can have it."
No sooner than he accepted my life, I was BACK standing in front of the man who had been sharing JOHN 10:10!! He was just finishing the very last word!! That entire exchange between the Lord and I took less than a breath of time!! I knew God had "Invaded my space, and that I would never be the same again!"
This second picture is what God has me doing with my life now. I am an Evangelist to the Inner-cities of the United States. I travel around and go into the poorest areas of the cities, mainly the public housing areas, and speak to whomever is out and about about their personal relationship with Christ! This picture was taken in Portland, Oregon and all three of these young men received Christ in prayer.
GOD IS STILL IN THE BUSINESS OF CHANGING LIVES!!!
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Jesus said "Whoever wishes to keep his life will lose it, but whoever is willing to lose his life for my sake shall FIND it!"
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The cross of Jesus Christ represents an exchange. Jesus exchanged HIS life for us as he suffered for our sins. His life for OUR sins. This exchange makes it possible for US to have OUR sins forgiven and ETERNAL life.
Christ died for OUR sins, so that WE might have HIS life IN US. IT is very simple. Give your life to HIM, since HE gave HIS life for YOU!
ONly when you surrender to Jesus as your personal Savior, believe in HIS death for your sins, and open your heart to ACCEPT his offer of a NEW life and ETERNAL life will you FIND THAT LIFE!
This is UNDESERVED, and cannot be EARNED. NOTHING YOU can do will ever be enough to make things right with God. ONLY the Blood Jesus poured out at the cross is enough. Will you ACCEPT
the FREE GIFT of God, paid for by the LORD JESUS CHRIST?
If you say "YES, I WANT that LIFE!" Pray and talk to God. Just tell Him that you understand you NEED HIM and that NOTHING you can do is enough so you are placing your faith and trust in what JESUS has ALREADY done. Ask Jesus to
come into your heart and forgive you for your sins that sent Him to the Cross. Surrender the control of your life to HIM. Learn about Him by reading His Word, the Bible. Pray daily and communicate with Him. Ask Him for direction,
for strength, for peace and help. HE WILL BE THERE FOR YOU!
Even trade - His life for you. Your life for HIS. Will you make the exchange?
Email me if you would like to talk more about this. God Bless You!
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