Spencer Nee says he wouldn’t be alive today if it wasn’t for the Holy Spirit
Waking up in a skip after a day downing vodka was the wake-up call a homeless alcoholic needed to change his life.
Spencer Nee, from Denver, Colorado, was hooked on drink, but after entering into relationship with Jesus is sober and leads a nationwide organisation designed to help others in similar situations.
He said: “I was in a really terrifying place seven years ago. I was homeless and drinking about half a gallon of vodka a day.
Spencer on his coast to coast cycle challenge
“I had lost my relationships with my friends and family and was pretty much completely alone. I had lost all hope. I couldn’t keep a job… my day was centred around not getting sick. I would start getting sick if I didn’t have enough alcohol.”
It was when Nee woke up in a skip he realised he had hit rock bottom, and despite having no faith at the time turned and prayed to God.
He added: “It was one of those prayers where I didn’t quite know what to say, it went something like. ‘God, if you’re out there, I need some help. I have nowhere else to turn.’
“At this point me and my parents weren’t really communicating a whole lot, the addictions had torn our relationships apart as they do for many families. So they got the call that they had been praying for for many years and they helped connect me to a pastor who connected me to Providence Network.”
Nee credits the Holy Spirit for his recovery and insists if it was not for God he would not be alive today.
He said: “Ultimately, it was my relationship with Jesus Christ and the Holy Spirit’s guidance is really what changed me and made me go on to live seven years and counting sober.”
Such has been the conversion in Nee’s life, he now works as an emergency response nurse and launched a Bridge to Bridge campaign with the Providence Network, raising awareness of homelessness in America.
He added: “The Department of Justice estimates that 1.7 million kids deal with homelessness each year in the USA and 80 per cent are afflicted with drug and alcohol addiction.
“The goal was to help raise money for the or- ganisation Providence Network that saved my life.
“But also I wanted to go out into various communities – I’ve passed through hundreds of cities now – and talk to people about sobriety and about recovery and about the restoration that can happen through a rela- tionship with Jesus Christ.”
Read more amazing stories just like Spencer’s in the July 2016 issue of New Life Newspaper
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