Lee Nix

I am glad I have a wonderful hope in my heart. For years it was different. My life was full of trouble—just a young man, right in the prime of life with a lot of good, red blood in my veins; but I had sin and trouble in my heart I could not overcome. I realized I had the future before me, and that I should make something out of myself, but sin took me down. My life was filled with darkness, and the main thought that concerned me was: What would the end be like?

I remembered the days when I was a child and gathered around the family altar. My father would read the Word of God, and we had prayer together. The fear of the Lord was planted in my heart. However, I left that good home when I was only 13 years of age. For a time I went back home and tried to be content but it didn’t do any good. I drifted deeper in the life of sin. All through my boyhood days and teens, until I was about 19 or 20, I lived a sinful life. Sin ruled in my heart, took me down until every hope was gone.

I knew that some day I would stand before God and give an account for the life I was living.

My mother told me about the Judgment Day that was coming. She said, “Son, there is a Heaven to gain and a Hell to shun. If you ever get in trouble, turn to Jesus.” That faced me all through my life; I knew that some day I would stand before God and give an account for the life I was living. It spoiled many a good time for me, and I am glad it finally brought me to the place where I would call on God.

I remembered that when I was a child, Mother had taken me to some old-fashioned meetings in the South where people had the Spirit and power of God on their lives. That memory stayed with me. I thought: Surely there is somebody in this world who has the old-time religion. Such a longing came into my heart to do better!

I married, and my wife and I started out in life together. But it wasn’t very long before things were in pretty bad shape for us.  My wife’s body became badly afflicted, but we heard that there were people in the city of Los Angeles who prayed for the sick and the Lord would heal them. In a short time I had her on the train, and there in Los Angeles she found the Apostolic Faith people. They prayed for her and God healed her. And more than that, He made a change in her life. He saved her, and she became a real Christian.

She wrote back to Arizona and told me what the Lord had done for her. At first I shifted it off and said it was just another resolution. But when I went to Los Angeles, I saw for myself that God had saved and healed her.

Our little home had been about broken up, but God united that home and made it a Christian home.

I am thankful that I attended a Gospel meeting where these people held out hope that God would do something in my life. They threw out a challenge to me: If I would give God my life and pray, He would answer my prayer, too. I realized I was at a place of decision, and I wouldn’t have gone out of that place for anything without praying. I made my choice for God that night. I went forward to the altar of prayer, knelt before the Lord, and shed tears of repentance.  I told God about my sins and trouble; I acknowledged my sins and asked for mercy and forgiveness. God came into my heart and sin went out. My life was transformed that day. The bad habits were gone, and the peace of God came down into my heart.

Our little home had been about broken up, but God united that home and made it a Christian home. He solved my problems and became my Comforter and Guide. I have raised a family in this Gospel, and today we have grown children who have the old-time religion. While bringing up our family, we never had to turn to physicians in time of need. God was always there to heal.

He healed my body some years ago when I had a stroke. The people of God prayed for me and the Lord healed me instantly.

Over the years, it has been my privilege to go on the street corners, behind prison bars—wherever I have an opportunity—and tell men and women what God has done for me.  I thank God for the glorious hope of the Gospel that is down in my heart. I want to see the end of the Christian race.