My name is Casianne Manning I am 15 years old and I’m a disciple in the Teen’s Ministry of the Kingston Church of Christ.  I was baptized February 1,2002.

 I am so amazed at where God has taken my life.  I am a “kingdom kid”; I grew up in the church.  My parents became disciples when I was a few months old.  I grew up learning about God, Jesus and the bible.  My parents used to be ministers so I witnessed many baptisms and saw many leave their relationship with God to go back to the world.

 When I became thirteen years old, I started studying the bible.  It took me awhile to get to the point where I would make Jesus Lord of my life because I had a lot of things in my character that I really needed to change. I needed to work on my pride and my selfishness.  My pride is what mainly held me back from becoming a disciple.  I felt that I wanted to experience life, the parties and the boys.  I was very prideful and today my pride is something that I really still have to keep working on.  My parents got divorced while I was studying the bible and I had to deal with the emotional and spiritual challenges that came from this. It took me one year and three months to decide to give my life to God but it was well worth it.

 I’m so happy that am saved from a lot of things in this lifetime and that God just gave me the privilege of growing up in His Kingdom.  Today my life is so much better than it used to be.  My relationship with God is awesome, I really learn so much from my times with Him and I am able to grow spiritually but the real challenge is to put what I learn from my quiet times into full practice. I am really eternally grateful to God for all he has done for me.  For the cross, if it weren’t for Jesus dying on the cross for me, I wouldn’t be a disciple today.  My sister, Jodi, is actually studying the bible to become a disciple. I feel so excited for her and I really hope and pray that she will become a disciple soon.