Josh Swatzell
Landscaping | Children's Ministry Assistant | Generation for Christ
I was born in 2005 in Arizona. Throughout my life, there have been many times where God has stepped in and performed miracles for me, which has proven His existence to me. To start, I should have never been born, or even conceived because of my moms disability. God gave my parents a miracle and I was conceived (where life truly starts) but that wasn’t the end of the journey to the start of my life. I was born in an emergency c-section a few weeks premature. It put me in the NICU and my mom in the ICU. After we both struggled for many weeks God provided another miracle and healed us and allowed us to go home.
For the next 15 years, while going to church, I looked away from God and tried to fight all my battles on my own. I turned into a worse person while using the world's remedies to fight my impossible battles on my own. Then while playing soccer on a club team one of my teammates kept inviting me to his church’s events. They were camps, lock-ins, and ice skating. Whatever the church was hosting I would go. After Covid lockdown ended I started going to his church on Sundays and Wednesdays. That church was Calvary Chapel Queen Creek. After attending this church for a few months I saw I needed Jesus and accepted Him into my life in early July 2020.
My first trial was late July 2020. Before I was a Christian I had a best friend, who I promised when I got into high school I’d drink, do drugs, and other worldly sinful things with. Philippians 4:13; Christ gave me the strength to say no to him, which ended what I thought was the most important relationship at the time.
Praise God I never looked back. I was saved at 15, now I’m 19 and trust even more in the Lord. I work full time at Calvary Chapel in the Sunday school and as a landscaper. I also volunteer as a usher and lead Generation for Christ. I have had opportunities to speak in front of many kids my age and younger to praise God and show his goodness, both unsaved and saved. I can’t wait to see how God keeps using me. I pray for you all God bless.
For the next 15 years, while going to church, I looked away from God and tried to fight all my battles on my own. I turned into a worse person while using the world's remedies to fight my impossible battles on my own. Then while playing soccer on a club team one of my teammates kept inviting me to his church’s events. They were camps, lock-ins, and ice skating. Whatever the church was hosting I would go. After Covid lockdown ended I started going to his church on Sundays and Wednesdays. That church was Calvary Chapel Queen Creek. After attending this church for a few months I saw I needed Jesus and accepted Him into my life in early July 2020.
My first trial was late July 2020. Before I was a Christian I had a best friend, who I promised when I got into high school I’d drink, do drugs, and other worldly sinful things with. Philippians 4:13; Christ gave me the strength to say no to him, which ended what I thought was the most important relationship at the time.
Praise God I never looked back. I was saved at 15, now I’m 19 and trust even more in the Lord. I work full time at Calvary Chapel in the Sunday school and as a landscaper. I also volunteer as a usher and lead Generation for Christ. I have had opportunities to speak in front of many kids my age and younger to praise God and show his goodness, both unsaved and saved. I can’t wait to see how God keeps using me. I pray for you all God bless.
My favorite verse - James 2:19 “You believe that there is one God. You do well. Even the demons believe and tremble!