Dorothy Barry:  

Life My Personal Testimony I was born and raised in Norwalk, CT. I joined the military in June of 68 right after high school. After attending an Assemblies of God Church, and accepting the Lord as my personal savior, I became born-again (John 3:3) in Dec 84 and filled with the spirit with evidence of speaking in tongues during prayer (l Corinthians 14:2) Jun 85. I began pouring through the word of God book by book through study courses from Berean School of the Bible, Global University, Springfield, MO. The main reason for my ministry is that I had to deal with some personal issues such as depression and anger and wanted to share the following: All through my life I have known I "carried a cross"!! The stations of the cross at Easter time enforced that belief. What I did not realize was that it was scriptural. As I accepted the Lord as my personal savior in 84, my mentor Jerry O. showed it to me.... Our Lord Jesus was unable to carry His cross alone. As the Roman soldiers and Jesus were on their way to the execution grounds, they had Simon, from Cyrene (in Africa) carry Jesus' cross because Jesus just couldn't make it anymore. Matthew 27:32 David Wilkerson, in his book, "Have You Felt Like Giving Up Lately?" states that when the Lord asked us to pick up the cross and follow Him, He did not expect us to do it on our own strength. Joyce Meyers reaffirmed that on her daily telecast by saying that we cannot walk away from our sins alone. We are unable to conquer our sins, especially what David Wilkerson calls our "besetting sins" (those sins that we continually, even habitually do) by ourselves. We realize that we need Jesus. That is grace. That is mercy. That is also a big relief to me. I have been tormenting myself about a besetting sin, fretting that I would not be able to do the right thing the next time the same situation arose. I asked the Lord and myself why I was such a failure at crucifying the flesh. I wondered how other people did it and why I couldn't. I've bee...Expand for more