Joe Cowie

I joined Harvest Bible Chapel Calgary January 2011; I'm committed to serve God and build His Church. Harvest Bible Chapel has been a blessing to me and my family. Carol is my wonderful wife who I'm so blessed to have in my life and we have 6 beautiful children named Jenna, Amber, Jaden, Ronan, Sasha and Nadia.

I asked Jesus into my life at young age, I was saved through his shed blood for my sins at the age of 12 years old and distinctly remember hearing a preaching on the good news of Gods grace through his son my Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ.
I also recall the terrifying reality that in not putting my trust in Him I would never be with my gracious God in heaven but rather in the fiery depths of Hell.
In giving myself to Him, I remember at the time a lifting up in my soul and burst of both calmness and excitement. I realized my sins and I realized the need for a new standard and answering to His calling.

As the years progressed, I slipped further and further away from God side; but always was aware of the Spirits presence convicting me of right and wrong. I spent more time in wrong through my decisions and actions, and to my shame, fruits of righteousness were infrequent.

In my early 20's God lead me to my beautiful wife and after my 6 wonderful children.
It has only been quite recent that for the first time I realized all the blessings God has bestowed on me. These are gifts given, on loan to me as a reflection of His love. This was discovered through a roller coaster journey to finally opening my eye's seeing the level of responsibility and blessings God has given me. Blessings being my wife, children, health and loved ones and many others I took for granted.  

Since, I've had a hunger for the Lords word, in wanting to understand and being able to properly apply and be challenged by His word so I can walk in His ways and spread His word correctly.
I can say with all my heart, that I want to live for Christ and share His word and walk in His ways.
Before the Lord became part of my life; my life was full of self - which was a very inward life of sin.  Later in my life I realized through my natural sinful progression that I wanted rid myself of not only sin but myself and my sinful walk which was full of selfish pride.

But God in His patience and mercy has brought me to the full understanding that the only way to completely walk and be in Him is through the preciousness of Jesus’s blood shed for my sins.  And now I can call Him my Lord and Saviour. I spoke of gifts earlier; and want to note that this of course being the most precious gift of all. I am saved through His blood and wish to tell the world about Christ.