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23rd November 2009 by Julia Hosking

I've been going to church since I was seven or eight years old. I was brought up as a junior soldier, and then as a corps cadet. I wanted to do stuff for God, but my behaviour didn't reflect that. I was all talk and no walk.

I was put on the path to true salvation at Planetshakers in Adelaide in 2006, where I really felt the desire to be like God wanted me to be. After this, our youth group grew in numbers and started to have some enthusiasm, but there was still something in me that was missing; I had drive and hype, but no God.

I'd been dying for another awesome conference to go to that would raise my passion for God again, and Planetshakers 2007 was it. I came back with a sense of meeting the Holy Spirit for real.

That year I went into year 12 and within a month had fallen into my selfish ways again. I still wanted to be God's follower, but my life wasn't living up to that. I started a relationship that began okay, but I pretty quickly fell numb to the warning of the Spirit, and it became a sexual relationship. I thought, "I'm going to marry her anyway so it's ok". But it wasn't. I became a problem child, I back-chatted my folks, snuck out at night, slept with my girlfriend, and lied to all my friends.

I finished year 12 and kept up my sinful life until Christmas 2007. It was then I learnt my girlfriend of five months was pregnant. My world ripped itself apart and all the lies came into the light. My parents couldn't stand that I'd lied to their faces for months. I'd let a lot of people down, and I'd abused a life that wasn't mine to begin with.

Getting back on track

It's been a long road since Christmas 2007. I had to grow up in a way I never knew was possible. I had to take responsibility for what had occurred. I had to apologise and accept the disappointment.

I've learnt so much in God over the last two years that it spins my head out. I learnt that no matter how good I 'felt' about being a man of God, I had to take a deeper look and see if my life was in sync with my words. I believe that it was always a plan for me to learn the hard way.

Now I'm married, have a beautiful daughter and wife, and a second blessing on the way. I'm studying at Harvest Bible College and employed part-time at our Salvos corps. I've been truly blessed by God and he's got so much in store for me. I want to continually grow in him everyday because I know there's more to life than I could ever imagine.

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1. 

   Jarrod Newton

   November 24, 2009 at 9:12am

   Thanks for sharing so honestly Cam! I'm sure your story will be an encouragement to heaps of people.

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   stevo

   November 25, 2009 at 7:11pm

   Yours is a great story Cam. You have let God use you and mould you into who he wants you to be. look forward to hearing about the years to come :)

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   nikky

   November 30, 2009 at 9:45am

   good testimony brotha =D The big j.c. IS PROUD OF YOU!

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