FINDING JESUS IN JAIL - Ty Bateman

“My dad left me at 9 months old. At the age of 9, I was molested and raped for a year. That did so much damage to me. Because of this, I started having seizures and I got made fun of because of my seizures. At the age of 10, I attempted suicide. From then on, I was in and out of mental hospitals. I was so angry. I would have to be physically restrained constantly. I dropped out of high school sophomore year. On May 11, 2017, I decided to end my life… And I did. I was dead for 8min. And I finally woke up. I was so mad that I lived. I started getting heavily into drugs and started running the streets. I would do anything to get high. I would attack people randomly I became so violent. I’ve been stabbed, beat up in my sleep, I have Scars on my body. My mom was the only one who never gave up on me. I got locked up in Nov, 2019 and got released. I tried to change but couldn’t. I went back out to the streets. I kept selling drugs. In 2020, I got locked up again. But this is where everything changed. Right after I got out of a fight with someone, I met this guy names Trivy who was different. He had a prayer circle that I went to and he shared about God’s forgiveness. And I broke down and started crying. I was hurting so bad. I felt so ashamed. My heart was so hard. I was so mad at God. Every time my mom said that God loved me, I couldn’t believe it. When I heard that Jesus forgave me in that jail. Everything changed. I couldn’t believe that with all I had done, Jesus still loved me just as much as anybody else. I couldn’t believe it. Jesus transformed me. He allowed me to feel again. He has healed my hate. My first step of faith was forgiving other people that had hurt me. I don’t hate the man that molested me anymore, I pray for him. I found everything I was looking for in Jesus. I felt full because of Christ. You can chase everything in this world and find emptiness. But you can only find satisfaction in Jesus. I couldn’t stop reading the Bible from there. I’m healed. Jesus loves you so deeply.”

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