Kody Sprague

My life before I came to know Jesus was full of stress, anxiety and frustration that I could not control. I had attempted to work on myself over the past two years including going to therapy without success. The best way to describe this is I felt like my glass was always overflowing and made me more or less short fused and I felt as if I were seeing life through a dark veil. I knew this was not who I was and not who I wanted to be and I was desperate for a change. During this time I had a feeling, or calling if you will, towards the church and to God. Now in the past I had spoken to priests, pastors and other religious folks and never gained much ground. Out of the blue a friend of mine Steph, who I had not spoken to in some time had invited me to join her GBC small group. This is where I had met Jacob and Liz Norris, who took the time to talk to me after group and discuss my concerns, questions and doubts about the validity of the Bible, the different denominations of Christianity and the issues I had with the teachings of some churches. This had gone on until just about midnight that night. From this conversation it was the very next day I felt I had the confidence to give myself to Christ. I had prayed for God to take away my burden and help me become the man I was always meant to be. Within the next day or two the most amazing thing had taken place. My burden of stress, anxiety and frustration was lifted from me. It was as if God poured out my over flowing cup and tore away that dark veil so that I could see the light and provided me with a new foundation to build my life upon with him.

I have chosen Matthew 11:28-30 — “Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy and my burden is light.”