PERSONAL TESTIMONY WRITTEN BY WANDA CASIAS

In Wanda's words...
I, (Wanda) was strongly convicted of my need for Christ. However, it was very difficult for me to believe that I didn't have to do anything to receive salvation. I had been a member of a denomination that taught that baptism and "staying strong" were necessary to get to heaven. That night after Butch & Carol witnessed to us, John and I tried to pray. At that time I prayed that the Lord would save John, as I truly felt that there was no hope for me. I made a promise to God that if He would save John, I would serve Him for the rest of my life. That was a sincere prayer, but not a prayer for salvation. John convinced me that I had been saved because of that electrical sensation that we had felt. (What a tremendous testimony of how feelings cannot save!). After John accepted Christ as Savior, we began to attend church faithfully. For over five years I tried to keep the promise that I had made to God. However, I began to realize that I had never really confessed and placed my trust in Christ's shed blood to save me; but I was so ashamed to publicly admit my lost condition and hypocrisy, that for almost two years I lived in fear and under heavy conviction. I began to tire in the flesh and started to skip mid-week services frequently and avoided reading my Bible. Finally, on September 5, 1979, I literally fell to my knees, begging forgiveness for my sins and believing with all my heart that Jesus had truly paid my debt. That night, the Lord mercifully saved my soul. He then gave me the courage to make my profession (possession) public and to be scripturally baptized.