Listen to this recording from a Baptism meeting including a word by Simon Burr followed by the testimony and baptism of Jordan Gosling.

Bible Scriptures: Darby Translation

Acts 16:23-34 “And having laid many stripes upon them they cast [them] into prison, charging the jailor to keep them safely;24 who, having received such a charge, cast them into the inner prison, and secured their feet to the stocks.25 And at midnight Paul and Silas, in praying, were praising God with singing, and the prisoners listened to them.26 And suddenly there was a great earthquake, so that the foundations of the prison shook, and all the doors were immediately opened, and the bonds of all loosed.27 And the jailor being awakened out of his sleep, and seeing the doors of the prison opened, having drawn a sword was going to kill himself, thinking the prisoners had fled.28 But Paul called out with a loud voice, saying, Do thyself no harm, for we are all here.29 And having asked for lights, he rushed in, and, trembling, fell down before Paul and Silas. 30 And leading them out said, Sirs, what must I do that I may be saved?31 And they said, Believe on the Lord Jesus and thou shalt be saved, thou and thy house.32 And they spoke to him the word of the Lord, with all that were in his house. 33 And he took them the same hour of the night and washed [them] from their stripes; and was baptised, he and all his straightway. And having brought them into his house he laid the table [for them], and rejoiced with all his house, having believed in God.”

Philippians 1:3-8 “I thank my God for my whole remembrance of you,4 constantly in my every supplication, making the supplication for you all with joy,5 because of your fellowship with the gospel, from the first day until now;6 having confidence of this very thing, that he who has begun in you a good work will complete it unto Jesus Christ’s day:7 as it is righteous for me to think this as to you all, because ye have *me* in your hearts, and that both in my bonds and in the defence and confirmation of the glad tidings ye are all participators in my grace. 8 For God is my witness how I long after you all in [the] bowels of Christ Jesus.”

This is my story – Jordan Gosling

Some of you here know I wasn’t brought up in a Christian family and still to this day my family do not know the Lord as their personal saviour. My childhood wasn’t the greatest, my parents had me when they were very young and they separated before I was even one year’s old. Although they weren’t together, they still tried their best for me but things were difficult. I grew up moving around a lot , place to place, home to home, school to school, and never was settled. I’ve always felt like the outcast of the family, like the black sheep.

However, I found myself feeling at home whenever I was at my Nans who I lived with for a little while. She was my best friend, and I don’t like to say it as I do have a mum, but I did see my nan as more of a mother to me. We were very close. Sadly my Nan passed away when I was 11 years old, she was killed in a car accident on Valentine’s Day.

From that moment on my whole world came crashing down, it broke my heart and I became depressed and angry. I fell into depression and I didn’t care about anything or anyone. I always felt alone.. until I met this girl… Charlotte. She gave me comfort and someone who I started to care for.. however the pain didn’t go away I was still angry and hurt and still feeling like a black sheep.

It wasn’t till 2 years ago when Charlotte started to talk about church and how she was attending this church in London and that she really wanted me to come and try it out. Obviously, I had never thought of going to church before and I didn’t know anything about it but after a little while, i decided to go! My first impression was that I enjoyed it, the music was good the people were really nice but I didn’t really know what they were talking about.

But I started to take an interest in thinking who’s Jesu