Pastor's Testimony
Pastor Lupe Sanchez
My testimony
I grew up in a catholic home
With 2 hard working parents which I hardly ever saw
My grandmother pretty much raised me
When I became a teen
My Grandmother use to say to me in Spanish (you need the blood of Jesus)
I thought grandma has been smoking some of my herbs
Catholics didn't talk like this
But she was praying for me to come to know the Lord
Only I didn't know it at the time
My wife and I were born
In the same year 1959
Both born in the same hospital
Baptized in the same Catholic Church
Both our parents moved to the north side of Houston
I call it destiny
My wife just laughs
I had gone thru the rock and roll scene, the drug scene
And all it involved
And I was sick of that lifestyle by the time I was 19 years old
My best friend was dating my wife to be (Connie)
When I was in the ninth grade
I left that school moved on
We later got back together in the 12th grade
And we became high school sweethearts
A year later we got married by the Catholic Church
We had to go to a special catholic class to be eligible to get married by the Catholic Church
The old priest that married us
He made me blush
He said things
You can't even speak about
I said to myself this isn't right
2 years later a friend invited us to Shady Areas Baptist Church
I got saved
Started living for God
Started going to, prayer meetings, visitation, the bible institute
I would invite everybody to church
But my wife she went down the altar with me
But she didn't get saved
I was happy as could be
Saved
Peace in my heart
Joy in my soul
Let me say this there are three different kinds of people in the world
Publican's drunkards whore mongers
Religious Pharisees
True believers saints
And let me tell you we had all kinds at Shady Acres Baptist Church
There was one guy use to love to lie
He rather say a lie than tell the truth
I remember he told this huge lie
But it didn't bother me
I had
Peace
Joy
There was this other guy who loved to tell dirty stories
But it didn't bother me
I had
Peace
Joy
One day I had car problems
I took the car to a mechanic that went to our church
Said I need 800 dollars of worth work
I didn't have money at the time
I took the car to my dad
He fixed it for 12 dollars
My dad said who told you needed 800 dollars worth of work done to your car
I told him a Brother at church
My dad told me you better watch out for brothers like that
But none of that bother me I had peace and joy
Everything was going great till
The same friend that brought me to church
Told me I was doing wrong
Told me I was selling beer at the grocery store my dad owned and that wasn't right
Listen I wanted to do right
So I quit my job
I didn't ask the pastor
I didn't pray about it
I just wanted to do right
Got another job
Less money
Now I have less money
No peace
No Joy
Wife and kids are mad at me for spending too much time away from home
I'm miserable
I cant understand it
Why the lord isn't blessing me
It was like God had slapped my hand
Nobody told you to quit your job
Why didn't you wait on me?
It seemed like God slapped my hand for doing right
Man I needed help
I drove to see Brother Jack Wood
And the devil went with me in the car
All those things that didn't bother me
Started to bother me
The Liar, the whore monger and the cheat
And as I pulled into Brother Jack Woods new house
The devil whispered in my ear
You want to know were your tithes and mission money goes to
There it is
Brother Jack talked to me
It went in one ear out the other
I walked out on the only church family that loved me
Walked out on the only preacher that would pray for me
And walked out the doors for 13 years
I went back to drinking
From beer now to hard liquor
From weed to heroin
Everything in my life got worse and worse
No peace
No joy
I took my family thru the mud
Thru the fire
I started believing my wife didn't care for me
My kids didn't care for me
To much booze
To much drugs
And the further I got away from God the worse I felt
13 years later
My wife is now desperate
She wants me in church
We tried a few charismatic churches
I told her if we're going to do this
Lets do it right
Lets go back to Shady Acres Baptist Church
I don't know who said that
Because it sure wasn't me
July 4 1994
I walked back into Shady Acres Baptist Church
Brother Jack Wood was standing tall as day
I went up to the altar
He looked at me
Said in a husky voice
I have been keeping an eye on you boy
He put his arms around me
And that weight I was carrying around me
Finally came off
I was home
The next few years
Were the best of times and the worst of times
The Lord put me thru the fire
To make sure I wasn't going to run again
And I was glad to be home
The Lord had called me to preach way back when
And I had the privilege
Of getting to preach with Brother Jack
In England, Pennsylvania, and Mississippi (thou in ms I think he wasn't in the morning service)
I remember when Brother Jack was dying he told me
I know the Lord is going to use you
I just don't know how
And he told me he had been praying for me
Here he is going to die any day
And he is praying for me
What a pastor
The Lord has allowed me to pastor Bible Baptist Church in Conroe Texas
It sure is good being in church
It sure is good being in God will
Pastor Lupe Sanchez
Service Times
Sunday: 10:00 A.M. Sunday School
Sunday: 11:00 A.M. Morning Service
Sunday: 6:00 P.M. Evening Service
Wed: 7:30 P.M. Mid-Week Service
