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It must grieve God’s heart when he sees Christians fighting about whose doctrine is right; he doesn’t see denominations, he sees one big glorious bride. When Christians argue about doctrinal issues, all he sees is carnal people acting like children. All that prideful, controlling religious crap is what drives young people away from churches, and it has to go. Much of the world’s population is under the age of eighteen, and we have to bring the love of Christ to them without all this controlling crap going on. Because, where the spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom.
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Brian Welch (Save Me from Myself: How I Found God, Quit Korn, Kicked Drugs, and Lived to Tell My Story)
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But then one day I finally realized that screaming at God and begging him to take away my pain wasn’t going work. So I completely surrendered myself and stopped fighting him and I asked him what he wanted me to do. He said: JUST WORSHIP ME. PRAISE ME AND WORSHIP ME THROUGH THE PAIN. And
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Brian Welch (Save Me from Myself: How I Found God, Quit Korn, Kicked Drugs, and Lived to Tell My Story)
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The Walk of the Spirit—the Walk of Power by Dave Roberson
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Brian Welch (Save Me from Myself: How I Found God, Quit Korn, Kicked Drugs, and Lived to Tell My Story)
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There was a battle in my brain—in my soul—and I wasn’t sure who I was going to let win. This wasn’t the drugs talking to me; this was something different. It was almost like—well, it sounds weird—but it was almost like God and the devil were fighting over my soul. Like it was spiritual fight for my life, but it was up to me to make the final choice.
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Brian Welch (Save Me from Myself: How I Found God, Quit Korn, Kicked Drugs, and Lived to Tell My Story)
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It was time for God to do all the work, and it was time for me to be quiet. That’s what got me through those dark times. Because God inhabits the praises of his people (Psalm 22:3), and he was right there with me the whole time. He taught me that the only thing I needed to do was be still and quiet while the pain surfaced, and then I could just cry it away.
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Brian Welch (Save Me from Myself: How I Found God, Quit Korn, Kicked Drugs, and Lived to Tell My Story)