Testimony: Eric Barker

Eric Barker

I used drugs for over 20 years in my life. Honestly, I was just being selfish, doing whatever felt good in the moment regardless of the consequences.

I came across TCR and Living Free while I was incarcerated. I started attending Living Free inside the jail, along with various discipleship groups, prayer gatherings, and chapel services where I began to feel the presence of God’s Spirit. Through these experiences, as I soaked in the things of God and His Word, I found salvation and became a new person in Christ!!!

We serve a God whose love is unconditional, recklessly endless, and beyond our understanding… Praise the Lord!!!

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