証のビデオ（Testimony Video)

I don't remember when my parents and I stopped going to church. I have a few memories from the time when I was about 3 years old of being dressed up in a little suit and clip-on tie and being taken to Sunday school. my parents always tried to raise us so that we know what was good and what was not, but without approaching the subject or faith or religion. i felt that if we did enough good things, it would balance out for our faults and failures and mistakes. In this way I went through school, and college, graduated and eventually went to Japan and met my wife. I always felt that I was living properly based on those old beliefs; however, after our children were born, my wife began having trouble from the stresses of raising children fundamentally by herself, since I was usually absent during the week due to work. Eventually led her to discover the church and to accept Jesus. in retrospect, the trouble that she experienced was due to the lack of a foundation of faith in our lives and the lack of my presence at home; although I thought I was being a 'good' father by supporting my family, providing for them, and thinking in my own mind that I was setting a good example for them, I was not being the father that God intended for me to be for them. After my wife  was saved I was somewhat skeptical of the church she attended, but later began to attend 'welcome' services prior to our coming to the united states and started learning about the gospel. After we returned to the US, we found a church here which we attended for nearly two years. during that time i realized that although I thought I was trying to do the best for my family, what I was doing was partially motivated by self-interest, I was making and would continue to make mistakes which were damaging to my wife and my children, and that no matter what I did if I did not do it the way that God intended, it was as good as doing nothing at all. I accepted Jesus a little more than two years ago upon realizing that no matter what we attempt to do, as humans we are imperfect and fall short of the plans and designs that God has for us and that we must trust in him and accept our sinful nature; that he has sent his Son to us, to die on the cross for us to atone for all our sins; our sins of selfishness, of conceit, and of self-reliance. There is nothing that I can do myself to atone for these things, in attempting to strengthen myself in order to avoid committing these sins, I am actually making myself weaker. Only Jesus Christ can stand between God and ourselves to atone for these sins and provide us with the strength we need. I love Him and thank him for stepping down from glory in order to do this for me and to set me right with Our Father.　　（Male in his 30s)