frank28's 2002 Ford Mustang

Sponsors:

Classic Design Concepts, LLC
seatbeltpads.com
Morana V6 Racing
Haney Motorsport

Testimony:

In 2003, I re-committed myself to Jesus Christ after returning for 8 years as a rebel to the beggarly elements of the world. There is no life outside of Jesus Christ, and there is no Christian other than the one who has laid down his life and realizes he is not his own but has been "bought with a price." And what a price it was!!! Thank God for his mercy.

In the summer of 1995, I was as wretched a man as the worst sinner. I was a disc jockey in a notorious bar district in Fells Point, MD. I was living in fornication, lust, and in every sin imaginable. When my girlfriend at the time whom I had been seeing informed me she was sleeping with another guy behind my back and dumped me with callousness, I was desperate for new meaning in my life. I cried out to God for Him to reveal himself. If he wouldn't I was going to take my own life. At the time, I had not known God except in the rote and unsaved Roman Catholic Churches that I had patronized my whole life. Well, within two weeks, I had picked up a night that another DJ had given me because he was going to Chicago on a trip. When I pulled up my car onto the block, I heard the thundering voice of a man of God, preaching the Word at full blast in the center of this God-hating bar district. I was enticed to watch. I quickly parked the car and headed over to the spot. What I saw was the hatred of humanity and the powers of Satan being hurled at him in the form of everything from glass bottles to curses and car horns trying to drown him out. But God is faithful, and whether he arranged this entire event just to save one soul, I'll never know. But out of the multitudes of people that heard that message on "hell, fire, and brimstone," I was the one person who gave my heart to Jesus. Within months of faithfully attending this powerhouse of a church, I decided to enter their discipleship ministry, one which built up men of God to become holy warriors. In doing this, I laid down "houses and lands." I gave up college and my new car, handing it over to my father. I went in with a faithful heart, eager and desirous to know God. Whenever I had the opportunity, I spoke to those guys and girls who came from my neighborhood, preaching to them, and telling them to repent of their sins. I didn't keep many friends needless to say. But after a year of continued responsibility and accountability in the Word of God, I began to stray. The church where I attended was in a low income section of Baltimore, nothing like the upbringing from which I came. I had purposed that I would never meet a woman to call my wife. But a woman did come to this church, partially through my preaching to her. She was a girl from my neighborhood who was drawn. Soon, she became a link to the "old life" I had left. And soon, she became my downfall. Satan had found just the thing to "take me out." Within months, I was rebeling, neglecting the fellowship of the saints, and despite the advice given by my elders, I was finding myself sneaking off with this girl. Soon we were romantically involved. And just like that, we left the church, thinking we could do things on our own. We fell away from the faith. We looked for a church where we could be comfortable in our sin, but the conviction was so strong, I purposed I could never attend another church. She left me after three years of living in the flesh. She married a year later and as far as I know has continued to create for herself "God in Her image." How many of us have done this to God? Anyway, I lingered for eight years in sin, trying out churches, all the while living like the Devil. Finally, this year, I had had enough. There is nothing out there. All that is in the world is lust of the flesh, lust of the eye, and the pride of life. God was faithful to call me back. But never doubt it my friends, there is a constant war in your members. Your flesh will take you out as well if you leave any part of it un-surrendered to the will of God. If you are unwilling to give it up, be prepared for the consequences. Thank God for his mercy. Thank God that his mercy is oftentimes greater than his justice.