God is Real

by Karis Ens

I grew up in a Christian home and asked Jesus to forgive me of my sins when I was a child. However, while I was a teenager, I started to self-harm by cutting myself. I thought about suicide off and on. While in my college years, I started to drift away from my Christian beliefs and started to practice several types of sins like cutting, drinking, foul language, tattooing, pornography, sexual immorality, homosexuality, and gluttony. Ultimately, I wanted to commit suicide in 2015. However, God hid my knife from me and I came down to my lowest point. At that point, I asked God to kill myself by replacing my selfish desires with His desires. I renewed my faith in God and handed my life over to Him. From that moment, my life became cleaner than it ever had. I felt alive and free. I gave up my sinful life for a pure life living for the values of Christ.“The straightforward and convincing words shine with authenticity.”“The way she lets you into her past helps the reader to realize that they are not alone.”“…this book has helped me understand that the devil is pure evil, and I’ve been listening to him for way too long. My life will never be the same.”

82 pages, Kindle Edition

First published December 21, 2016

Reviews

[S.V. Brosius · Rating 4 out of 5]

“It is easy for the Devil to creep in and twist everything up when God is not invited into a moment.” The author is brutally honest and candid about her experiences as a young woman battling with issues that many can identify with: body image, addiction, peer pressure, sexuality…just to name a few. She covers a lot of heavy topics in such an abbreviated book. However, the testimony is effective and powerful and she clearly depicts the value of embracing the hope that God provides and rejecting the temptations of the Devil.

[Melody J · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book is for anyone who has ever held shame and guilt about their bodies and actions they have taken to follow those limiting and misleading beliefs while giving truth to others. In this book, Author Karis Ens holds nothing back as she describes her life as a teenager and college student while doing things that she didn't want and felt like she shouldn't do and how God helped her turn her life around to one she can enjoy. Her honest account of her life of doing things she felt were against her personal and religious beliefs she had been brought up in allows the reader to get to know her on an extremely personal level. Please remember to follow the author!

[Lyn · Rating 5 out of 5]

I didn't grow up in a good Christian home, but the identity crisis and floundering in sin the author experiences in her younger years is deeply relatable. This is a beautiful testimony of a backslid Christian crawling her way back to God and God greeting her with open arms.
A quote from the book we all can relate to, ' I would hear the Devil encourage me to do it because of the pleasure. He would say, "Have some pleasure."
My sinful reply was, "I'll ask God for forgiveness after I'm done." '
We've all been the prodigal son, and just like the son, we can all go home.