Real Disciple Of Jesus example essay topic

The Story of Allen and Grace BonnettFirst of all, I just want to say that I am so grateful to be a disciple; I am grateful that my wife and I are a part of Gods great kingdom now. It's been two years since my wife and I got baptized, and since then, God has done so many great things in our lives. God saved -- - my marriage... my wife and I had been together since the sixth grade... And we got married in October of 2002. But to be honest, I think the only reason why we were able to last that long was because it was very hard for the both us to let go of our memories and what we " ve been through. It definitely was not, because we had a great relationship.

Our relationship before God -- -- was a disaster. We had a hard time communicating. Every time we tried to sit down and talk about our issues, we end up just biting each others heads off. And because of that, it caused me and my wife to both shut-down. Every time we " ve had disagreements, we didn't talk for days. That was the only way to avoid attacking and screaming at each other.

Then when we felt like it was time to make-up, we pretended like nothing ever happened and just basically moved on. My wife and I had a lot of bitterness stored in our hearts towards one another that we " ve never really dealt with. The only way we knew how to deal with things when it came down to our issues was to just sweep it under the rug and assumed that we both forgave each other. Instead of acting like a real man, and deal with the real issues that my relationship had, I escaped into a lot of sinful ways that I thought can heal and make my problems go away.

But unfortunately, it didn't help. I escaped to gambling. I hung out with my friends practically every weekend. We would go to clubs and get drunk and get into fights, sometimes we even did drugs, and I would come home really late at night and wake up the next day and do the same thing all over again. I didn't really take the initiative to make time for me and Grace, because I thought that living with her in the same roof was enough. And to top it all off, I was unfaithful to her.

I've had other relationships behind her back. I've even had one night stands with women who I met the same day. And all of that continued even after we were married. February 6th of 2003. Our daughter Angel Grace was born.

Then shortly after my daughters birth, Grace started studying the Bible. A couple of months later my wife got baptized and became a disciple. At that time, I saw a real change in Grace, but I wasn't ready yet to deal with my life. Then, at Angel Grace's Christening, my wife invited some of the brothers and sisters from church to come to the after party at my house. Bobby Dilly and Matt Vegas approached me and we had a great time just talking and playing ping-pong together. I felt so comfortable with them even though we " ve just met.

There was something about them that was very different. Since then, we all became friends. I started going to church with my wife, and I remember the first time I came to this church, everyone was so friendly and loving. I felt so loved and respected as a person. And ever since then, I wanted to keep coming back. Finally, I started studying the Bible too.

And when I look back, I remember how strongly God was working on me at the time. It was just like as it was described in Hebrews chapter 4, how God's word is sharper than a double-edged sword, the scriptures were cutting me real deep. God's word was able to expose the core of my sin and it humbled me. Especially, when I wrote my sin list down, I realized how evil I really was, I realized how lost I really was, I saw how much I've hurt my wife -- -- and most of all, I saw how much my sin hurt God. I had so much guilt inside me, that I didn't know what to do.

There was one particular study that really helped me out, and it healed me from the guilt that I was feeling inside, and it gave me hope. That study was "The Cross (In Romans 3: 23) NLT it says: For all have sinned; all fall short of God's glorious standard. Yet now God in his gracious kindness declares us not guilty. He has done this through Christ Jesus, who has freed us by taking away our sins. For God sent Jesus to take the punishment for our sins and to satisfy God's anger against us.

We are made right with God when we believe that Jesus shed his blood, sacrificing his life for us. One week later, I got baptized and all my sins were washed away. I became a real disciple of Jesus. You know, if I didn't make the decision to become a disciple back then I would probably be divorced, have kids with different women, addicted to drugs, or maybe even be in jail. Who knows?

But because I became a disciple, I have God on my side. Even though we still face challenges in our marriage Grace and I are able to talk to each other. I also have brothers and sisters in the church to help us in our marriage, parenthood, and a lot more. Beyond that, I'm able to help out friends who are experiencing the same pain we felt in our marriage. Becoming a disciple has totally changed my life.