My Life As An Alcoholic Father

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Everything that I had to deal with since my childhood starting from an alcoholic father to seeing domestic abuse in my parent's marriage has shaped me to turn to God to find peace. My father is slowly recovering from being an alcoholic and the problems between my parents have been resolved and they have a more than happy marriage as I advance to the next phase of my life. The struggles in my life have always left me to turn to God and I’m proud to follow the steps to guarantee me the access to eternal bliss. I’m not going to be discussing my materialist struggles but rather my spiritual struggles because those are the hardest to overcome, but the result of being in eternal life is worth everything. I reside in The Light of The World, Church of The Living God, Ground, and Pillar of the Truth a church that believes that there is still a living and authentic apostle of Jesus …show more content…

To be granted eternal life one has to be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ and receive the Holy Spirit. No one in the church is forced to do anything they don’t want to do, in fact, an adolescent of fourteen years old has the chance to be presented in front of the church and either say that they’ll continue the path of the lord or say that they will no longer be in the church. If he/she says that they will continue to be in the church then they are required to make their own spiritual decisions, not their parents. Once being baptized, the member of the church then goes into revivals where they plead God for the Holy Spirit so that he may forever stay in their heart. This was a scary situation for me because I felt that I was unworthy of God to ask him for anything, let alone ask him to grant me the blessing to be his daughter. Once revivals are done, the pastor of the church announces who has received the Holy Spirit and only who has

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