My name is Marcos Reynolds. I am 34 years old and have lived in Pennsylvania all my life. I want to start off by saying thank you to our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ and give praise to him for what I now have in life, including my wife and kids.

I found God and his son Jesus at an early age, thanks to my grandmother taking me to church and doing what she could to help guide me and my siblings to a life with Christ. I attended for a while until a mishap happened, which led me to turn my back on the church for many years and in part started my fall from the Lord into the life of a sinner. From that point on, I placed Jesus in the backseat of my life, in a sense saying; “Lord, I'll take the wheel from here. You just sit back and enjoy the ride.” Looking back on that today, I admit that was one of the biggest mistakes I ever made. I went through life making countless mistakes finding myself in places I didn’t belong and didn’t want to be. At one point, in false belief I thought I had brought my biggest prayer to life. How very wrong I was!

I am thankful and give praise to the Lord Jesus Christ for being my strength and defense for he has become my salvation. He is my God, and I will praise Him, my father’s God and I will exalt him. (Exodus 15:2)

I was leading my life into complete sin, doing things I knew were wrong, and I was wrong for doing them. (Psalms 118:8) The Lord has chastened me severely, but he has not given me over to death. I admit he sat me down a few times because even after the first time, I still wanted to show Jesus that I should be the one in control and that I could do this my way with him just watching my back. With each attempt and each failure, I encountered, I had only myself to blame, yet at one point, I started to blame God for it all, not realizing he was trying to save me from myself.

God sent messengers in various ways, trying to get me back onto the path he set out for me and for a while I rejected them over and over again. Looking back now, I wish I had listened sooner and given Jesus back the position he should have had in my life all along. The life of a thief, a liar, a cheat, and overall sinner wasn’t the life I ever wanted to live. Jesus saved me not only from myself but my sins, by the work he did at the cross for us all.

In recent years, just before meeting my wife I realized how wrong I had been for placing Jesus in the back seat where I should have been the whole time. Once I stopped trying to live for my selfish wants and gave up fighting against Gods plan, instead gave myself to him for his use and purposes, God answered my biggest prayer. I am so grateful Jesus never gave up on me and kept me close to his side. 

Today, I find myself a part of things I never thought possible in my life. If you would have told me during the time of my being the driver that I would have a key to one of the Lord’s homes, be a part of a men’s Bible study group, or even a men’s breakfast

focusing on the Lord, I would have called you the liar. Today, as a husband, father, and servant of the Lord, I feel blessed each day to have a chance to do works for God in His honor. Now I can say I was the crazy one for not listening and trusting God and Jesus sooner with my life because since the day I turned my life over to him I’ve had so much peace and felt so much love that I confess to you all here now and today that….

I am thankful and give praise to the Lord Jesus Christ for being my strength and defense for he has become my salvation. He is my God, and I will praise Him, my father’s God and I will exalt him. (Exodus 15:2)