• My name is Charles Eric Rice. People usually just call me Chuck .I was Born In Atlanta Georgia on October 28th 1966 at Georgia Baptist Hospital, I accepted Jesus as my Savior on June 3rd, 1983 at True Gospel Baptist church in Forest Park, Georgia at the age of 17. My pastors name was Brother J.C. Chapman.. I was saved in a revival meeting on a Wednesday night. At this service, Brother Tom Hayes was doing the preaching. Before I was saved, I was a wild child always getting into trouble or fighting or cussing people out for no reason at all. And if anyone happened to hurt me or belittle me, my first response was to hurt them...physically! I wasnt raised in a Christian home, I grew up with my parents, along with my 4 brothers and 4 sisters, along with some aunts that lived with us. We Lived In The City Of Carol City, Florida.. Needless to say, I had my hands full growing up as I was the 7th of the 7 children. School was very difficult for me. For some reason, my teachers wouldnt teach me what I needed to learn all through elementary school. Those were hard years from 1970-1976. I would plea with them to give me work according to my age group and I would do it..but the work was so far beneath what I was capable of. Needless to say, this just added to my frustrations. I told them if they refuse to give me work Im capable of, I will refuse to do the work. So they tested me...however, they would only let me go so far, and then stop me, trying to convince me that I was a slow learner. The most frustrating part of it all, was knowing that if they would give me half a chance, I knew I could do it...but they didnt have the faith in me that I could do it. Then, the taunting began. I was made fun of so very badly for being slow by the time I reached Jr. High School. I was taunted even more because I had no hair. All this bitterness just built up inside me until I was just a mean, nasty hateful person to most anyone...other school kids, teachers, even other people. If you crossed me, I would tell it like it was and not hesitate to use inappropriate names to tell them so! We Moved To Jonesboro, Georgia in 1979 to make a change for the better In our lives. You see, my dad had to retire early from his job at Eastern Airlines when I was in 8th grade which meant starting all over again at a new school, Jonesboro Jr High/ At first things seemed to be going pretty well...a lot better than it was...until a teacher wanted to do some testing with me all of a sudden and at that point started getting baby work. I didnt understand what was happening until I realized they had received records from my former school in Florida. I refused To do the work. So they put me in a Special Ed class because I refused to do more testing. This made me more and more bitter. I didnt want to listen to anyone unless it was something I like to do, or play. I was threatened that I wouldnt be promoted to my next grade because they didnt think I could do it, but I proved them wrong,and I DID do it, and was promoted each year...and then I hit high school...I was in for a shock! I actually had teachers that cared about me and really helped me to overcome a lot of hurt and pain I had been carrying with me from my past. They wanted me to show them exactly what I was capable of.. I amazed them by what I was able to to. I told them about my past and how I was treated by other teachers and all the problems and obstacles I had overcome...so they placed me in my proper level where I belonged. A very special teacher, by the name of Mr. Pecca and his caring for me and my well being tested me on a higher level. I never would have made it through high school if it werent for him. I did graduate in 1984, the only boy in my family to graduate from high school! It was during the summer of 1983, June 3rd, that I was saved. There was a point in my life, when I heard the Spirit of the Lord speaking to me that I needed to be saved. I didnt hesitate one minute. I ran from the back door of the church to the alter and fell on my knees crying, Lord save me... I didnt know what else to say... I didnt know how to pray...I just kept saying it over and over asking the Lord to save me. Then, the preacher knelt down beside me and told me Romans 10:9, That if thou shalt confess with they mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. He also shared, Romans 14:11. For it is written, As I live, saith the Lord, every knee shall bow to me, and every tongue shall confess to God. Also Matthew 10:32. Whosoever therefore shall confess me before men, him will I confess also before my Father which is in heaven. When I got up from that alter, I was a new Born Again Child of God! Jesus saved my soul from Hell! I did some work for the state of Georgia in transportation and was a sheriff deputy two terms, I also worked for a few air freight companies, Delta Airlines and was a substitute teacher for 5 years. I had been told my entire life that I wouldnt amount to anything. But to God be the glory, He proved them wrong through my life. The Lord called me to preach and on My 5th 1987, Ive been preaching the King James Bible ever since! So never let anyone tell you you cant do something...you CAN if you have Jesus Christ in your heart as your personal savior.
Posted on: Fri, 02 Jan 2015 19:40:25 +0000