Beginning Tomorrow Today - By Timothy Sherman

fied people. I am one of them. The prayers of others, especially their parents, can bring them through to victory. Such was the case in my own life. These supernatural events that I experienced began happening to me when I was six. When I was twenty I had an amazing vision of the second coming ofJesus. I turned to the Lord in my thoughts and conversations because I was terrified; I was being warned to forsake my current lifestyle. Things were revealed to me then that I did not understand. It would take seven years before I returned to Jesus as Lord of my life and began to understand these events. At that time, as a newly returned prodigal, I had little credible history as a believer. I had not been able to spend time intentionally preparing for the glorious things that were ahead. But God knows all. He looks on the heart and knows our deepest thoughts and intentions. He sees the big picture of our destiny and reveals to us what we need to know in order to live a lifestyle that glorifies Him. These supernatural encounters began to unfold not too long af ter I had returned to Jesus and to fellowship with family and friends. It all began in a community of exciting but everyday special people of redemptive faith in Hot Springs, Arkansas. pain I had caused God and others, I turned toward God's love. This new attitude changed my mind and my heart. I received an amaz ingly strong desire for committed abandonment to the Lord's ways. "Why go halfway with the Creator who fully loves and accepts me?" I reasoned. As a divorced father , a nd as a single man , I somehow understood that my struggle of completely leaving my past lifestyle would require fully turning toward the Lord and His ways and to His people. I could not accomplish this alone. To break the cycle of damage in my soul caused by my selfish decisions and mistakes 30 The Seeker'sJourney In my Holy Spirit encounter of deep godly sorrow for the