PEOPLE DON'T LIKE CHRISTIANS BECAUSE WE TELL THEM THEY ARE SINNERS. THEY DON'T LIKE US BECAUSE WE ACT LIKE WE'RE NOT!

Hi. My name is Peter. I lived all over the world, did a lot and looked for hapiness and joy in all the wrong places. Made alot, lost alot no need to glorify the riches of this world... God got a hold of me one day and my life has NEVER been the same. I am fluent in three languages - one of them Greek - which makes me unusually BLESSED to read the Word of God - the truth of all truths - in its original language.

Today I serve God on daily basis, ride my Harley for Him, travel and live in one of the most beautiful places in the world... So. Cal! See: wheelsofgrace.com AND wogmag.com

CONTINUE READING FOR SOME OF MY TESTIMONY:

During the first twelve years of my life, I lived in a small, secluded village away from society. We did not know the meaning of crime or the meaning of living in an Americanized society.

By the age of twelve, I was fluent in three languages and was introduced to the Dream and the western world of unlimited opportunities! When I was thirteen, I began staying out late on weeknights. At fourteen, I started experimenting with drugs and stealing cars. By fifteen I had a girlfriend and bought my first 50cc motorcycle. At sixteen, I was drinking and driving. I was into everything, from hard rock to rap to punk. School was okay, but money was better. I got involved with the people experiencing the underground world by the time I was nineteen!

But at the same time, I looked good to society. I had two lives. I actually owned my first business a vitamin store before I turned twenty. At twenty-one (15 years a go) I was partners in the fabrication of Herbal Teas, a company that competed with Bigelow and Celestial Seasonings. Some say I was ahead of my time, but it wasn long before everything went wrong. The credit card ring was exposed and I was facing serious charges. As much as I knew about God, I asked Him to forgive me and get me out of that mess and I promised to never get involved in anything illegal again. God saw me through and I was acquitted with a donation to a Charittable organization. No probation, no hard time, NOTHING! Did I learn Read on!

I was consumed by work, school and my first love a devoted Jewish young lady, who introduced me to Judaism. The unity, the obedience and the love Jewish people have for God and their people made me want to convert to Judaism. Our family often had the Priest over for dinner and when I asked him questions about Christianity and Judaism, he could not give me a answer. I always knew about church and God, however, I often lived a double life. Church to me was something we had to do - not liked to do! My mother worked in the church as the Priest secretary for sixteen years and when I attended church, it was to meet the guys and look at the cute girls. After an ugly divorce between my parents, losing my dad also my best friend I could not take it. I had too much to handle so I moved to Southern California.

Things were rough, as I had nothing left after paying attorneys to keep a clean record and paying for my parents divorce to protect my mother. But the enemy will find you no matter where you go if you not in God will, I guarantee it! He can also find you when you in God will, but you know what you facing and how to face it.

By the age of twenty eight I had lived in California, Texas and Florida. I had become wealthy and the love of money and everything that came with it was my god! I had a Mercedes, a Corvette, a Honda, a nice home in an up-scale neighborhood, a good-looking girlfriend, a six-figure income and a six-figure mutual fund account.

The Book of Proverbs says that if you make your money the wrong way, you will lose it. Sure, I paid taxes and, of course I helped others, and I even sponsored orphanages during Christmas time. But the money was earned by businesses. My brother Victor, the willing vessel who played the biggest part of my Salvation, called it Money It was not made from crime, but was made from businesses I could not be proud of Let just say it was Publishing but not for children, adults only.

Victor accepted Christ in his heart first and shortly after, quit his job working for me. He kept coming by to talk to me about God, but I was too good for God! I had achieved my accomplishments all by myself! Victor kept telling me about Christ and what He did for us. Especially on Wednesday nights, he would come by my office to ask me to go with him to church. The few times I went with him was when I had been arguing with my girlfriend and wanted to escape. On the way there, he would talk about Heaven and hell and tell me that he was praying for me and that other people were praying for me. I argued with him, but I also listened. I had no choice it was him or my girlfriend.

I had always been two things an and a I had been searching for happiness and the meaning of life for years. I looked for it everywhere between religion and wealth. He had my attention.

At church, God started dealing with me, but I denied it. I was good at suppressing my true feelings. I thought these Christians were crazy, clapping their hands and singing! Then, they gave their money! What a rip off!

Driving back from my girlfriend one afternoon in an outrage, I ran out of gas in the middle of nowhere. I started walking when someone pulled over to help. The guy did not look right. He drove me to the store and I bought him a case of beer to thank him for taking me. He said to me, don drink anymore. I used to be an alcoholic, but Jesus set me free. set you what? He dropped me off and waited for me to start the car and leave. Then he asked me for a favor. I knew he wanted money; or to kill me and take my Benz. He said, me if you come across the same situation I did, you will help the person on the side of the road. I said, in unbelief! Then I asked, you know my brother? His name is Victor.

As I felt myself being drawn closer to this God my brother had found, I decided the easiest way to escape was to run. I was too strong to surrender. I did not want to be weak. The business, the house, and cars were sold and I was leaving for California again. Within six weeks I was cast in a motion picture where the female lead played the devil. Interesting! That role got me into the Screen Actors Guild. Victor and I spoke frequently during that time, and he would go on about his God and I would go on about the famous people I had been with on the set. He always encouraged me by saying, praying for you!

While attending Los Angeles film school, I was chosen for an internship at Sony Studios. One day, my boss started talking to me about a healing service he had attended. I listened and then I asked him, my brother call you? His name is Victor.

My journey continued as I went on to produce my first short film and write several screenplays. A dear friend that I met in Acting Class was a kid from Columbine yes, the high school. He also attended church. No, I did not ask him if he knew my brother! You see, my younger brother knew how much I traveled and how much I longed to find the answer to happiness.

In four different states, on twelve different occasions, people tried to approach me and talk to me about God. They wanted to tell me how to fill that "emptiness," but I did not let them. I was a stubborn, goal-oriented and a greedy young man. When I listened, it was only for a couple of minutes out of curiosity. But in those few minutes, those people had the chance to plant a seed. Little by little, the planted seeds were watered and I made a commitment to God. That id He was real and He was the answer I would follow Him and live my life His way and not mine.

You see, I challenged God once again, but this time, willing to put it all down for His will in my life... not my will.

During a weekend seminar with my Directing classes, I met a young man by the name of Rob. We became friends right away. He said he was a Christian. We debated creation and evolution and stayed in the parking lot till two in the morning talking about the screenplay we are going to write debating each other views and beliefs. I was sure he knew my brother Victor! Rob went home to Massachusetts and sent me a King James Bible. I read it but never told him. That book has given me a new dimension of life. It is not a religious nor a church-like dimension, but a dimension of freedom, loyalty and fulfillment in the core of my soul. Rob visited often and always talked to me about God. Between my brother, my boss and Rob, I wanted to move to Australia! But I had made that promise.

One night, driving on the 101 Freeway from downtown L.A. to the Hollywood Hills where I lived, I was forced to change lanes due to a stopped vehicle in the left lane. I looked inside as I passed the green, four-door BMW. The woman in the car looked at me straight in the eyes and said, help! The guy that helped me out in Florida a few years earlier came to mind immediately. This lady had run out of gas and was waiting for a tow truck. We sat between the car and the freeway divider and talked for over two hours. We had very similar stories and a lot in common. Besides, it was a Friday night and the traffic was awful! After a series of events knowing today that God had His purpose like He always does the car was taken to the dealership in downtown L.A. I offered her a drive home and she offered to buy me dinner to thank me for helping her. During dinner, the conversation got interesting as she told me that, although single and never married, she slept with a man by her side every night. I did not know what to think. She laughed and said, sleep with a portrait of Jesus by my side. He is my Savior and He protects me! I jumped out of my seat and, this time I told her: You! You know Victor! We became friends and although she often talked to me about God, she never preached to me.

Let me tell you something here. When a beautiful lady talks about God, you have no other choice but to listen, like it or not! I attended church with her a couple of times and one day she asked me if I trusted her. I said I did, and she dropped me off at a weekend retreat. There I experienced JESUS! There I found out He existed. There, three thousand miles from home and after so many years, I had my first of the God kind! I called my brother as soon as I got home Sunday night. I cried and asked him to forgive me, as I knew Jesus was alive. I kept screaming to him, is alive, Dude! He is alive!

Shortly after, the stock market started losing value and my high-risk stocks dropped like flies. Mismanaged by a broker, I was left with almost nothing. I took out a loan and returned to Houston, Texas to start a motorcycle magazine - a secular motorcycle magazine. But God had other plans!

In one year, I experienced Allison the Flood in Houston, Sept 11, and my partner going back to California. While looking at the different bikes in a Harley-Davidson dealership on a Saturday afternoon, I noticed a man wearing a Christian Patch. His name was Joe Cool and he rode with the Ambassadors For Jesus Christ based out of Houston. He invited me to a dinner at his church that night and I went. I started going to church there and spent time with those Christian bikers.

Finally, I had my way! I loved the unity and I knew I was not like my brother, Victor. My Pastor had a teardrop below his eye and had ridden with outlaw bikers for years. I had the image. I hung around with Christians and went on long rides on my Harley. The camaraderie and brotherhood attracted me even more. The compassion for others filled my needs. I started attending services on a regular basis, and the Glory of God would fall on me every time I went to church. What intrigued me the most was that I was the Editor of a secular magazine and these people did not judge me. My Pastor wife told me one day about an upcoming Christian Rally called Thunder Over Texas.

My brother favorite verse came to mind: Proverbs 3:5-6, in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all you ways acknowledge him, and he will make your paths straight. So, I put God first and started advertising Thunder Over Texas in the secular magazine, without them knowing about it. Boy, did He ever get me back!

At Thunder Over Texas in May of 2002, our tent and some of our belongings flew away in a night of unstoppable rain and storming winds. The next morning, I had the opportunity to talk with Dr. Jerry Savelle for a while. During the Sunday morning service that followed, while brother Jerry was preaching, God spoke to me and said, people need a magazine - a Christian Biker magazine.

The wheels started turning in my mind and a year later, after some unbelievable and miraculous breakthroughs and confirmation by my Pastor, Wheels Of Grace magazine made its debut at Thunder Over Texas in 2003. I had the pleasure to speak in front of the audience, and my brother Victor was there in person to see the fruits of his endless hours of prayer. Since then, brother Jerry Savelle has been the father figure I lost at the age of 21 when my dad left our house.

Three years later, with the help of my Pastors, a few friends, lots of prayers, and Jesus Himself, Wheels Of Grace is growing with every issue. The uncountable testimonies and rewards I have received are indescribable!

In addition to this, He has brought the Entertainment Industry back into my life, but for His glory this time! As an achiever, I could not help but ask myself the question, "What is life all about if none of these things can fill that EMPTINESS and make me permanently happy?"

As you can see, it took the process of elimination to get to the TRUTH. By achieving everything I desired, and realizing what I achieved was not the answer to happiness, I finally came to a dead end. I hit a wall.

On the other side of that wall was a young man, far away in the physical world, but close to me in spirit. That young man was praying for me and for my journey to happiness. I would like to close with a few words of compassion, ever underestimate the Power of God and the power of prayer.

Pray for Divine appointments for your loved ones. When you are about to quit, you are closer than you have ever been to a breakthrough. Put God first in EVERYTHING you do. He is always by your side, act and live like that. When in doubt, call upon Him, seek Him, and ask Him. Don be surprised when He answers cause He does!

 

- P.K.

Proverbs 8:17: "I love those who love me; and those who diligently seek me will find me."