Ruby Shelby

I am so glad I ever heard the wonderful story of Jesus and His power to save. I started in the ways of sin as just a little child. I was trying to find something to satisfy. My mother told me about God, but I mocked her and called her names. I shunned Jesus because I worried what my friends would say.

Then I came in contact with a little band of Apostolic Faith people. They told me about Jesus and His love. God called after my proud young heart, but I went home fighting the Spirit and saying, “I will not give You my life.”

I thank God that His Spirit deals with our hearts. He called after me until one Sunday morning I finally made my way to the Apostolic Faith Mission. I was a broken-hearted young girl who did not know the way out of sin. After the service, I knelt at the little pine altar bench and called on God with all my heart. I said, “If only I could have what these people have, I would give You my life.” It was a simple prayer, but it was from the depths of my heart. Then, I cried out for mercy, and Jesus came in and unbound my broken heart. Peace and joy flooded my soul. The Gospel became real to me. Such a change took place in my life that it seemed the whole world had changed.

I went home that morning and told my precious mother, “I have found the old-time religion that you have told me so much about.” I had many friends, but I did not care what they thought. I went and told them what God had done for me.

I love Jesus more today than ever before. I have seen Him perform such wonderful miracles. He lifted my brother out of the jaws of death. My brother had an awful goiter on his neck and had not been able to button his shirt collar for many years. The disease was sapping his energy and taking his life. When it seemed there was no hope, we prayed and Jesus touched him. The goiter withered and dried up.

My father is eighty-two years old, and God has healed him so many times when he has been at death's door. One time, he fell and lay in a stupor. There seemed to be no life in his body and a doctor pronounced him dead. The Apostolic Faith people prayed for him, and after three hours, God healed him completely.

Just a few months ago, he had heart trouble so bad he could only walk a few blocks before needing to sit down and rest. Some of the ministers prayed for him and God wonderfully healed him. I just received a letter from him that said, “I am perfectly well; I can do hard work and it does not have any effect on my heart." God has done so much in my life and for my family. I glorify His name and thank Him for this Gospel.