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“But God demonstrates His own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.”

ROMANS 5:8

I was born and raised in Tahiti in a believing family. I went to church every weekend, but I didn’t know Jesus personally. I had a religion, but not a relationship with God. I did the right things for a while until doing the right things no longer suited me. When I reached a certain age, I started experimenting other things: drugs, limitless alcohol, and sexual relationships outside of marriage.

Until I met Jesus. He loved me exactly where I was. He saved me exactly where I was. He touched and changed my heart exactly where I was.

Today, I have more than a religion; I have a relationship with the one and only living God and with Jesus Christ, His Son. In my new life in Jesus Christ, I was also blessed to meet Simone, who is now my wife. Together, we started a family. We have a son and will continue to grow our family by the grace of God. We serve God together in the church. We continue to speak about Jesus to bring others to know God’s love and to follow Jesus.

John 3:16 says, “For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life.” And John 17:3 says, “Now this is eternal life: that they know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom you have sent.”

You don’t need to clean up your life to come to God; where we are, He loves us, He saves us, He touches and changes our hearts and lives.

You just need to believe in Jesus and follow Him by faith. Finally, Romans 5:8 says, “But God demonstrates His own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.” God loves you and wants to give you a new life and a new heart in Jesus Christ.