Josh Kezer: A Quick Thanks To Everyone Who Has Read My Blog

Monday, October 11, 2010

A Quick Thanks To Everyone Who Has Read My Blog

Grace and peace.

I'd like to send out a special thanks to those of you from The United States, Canada, Russia, The United Kingdom, The Netherlands, Japan, India, Australia, Germany, Spain, Slovenia, Indonesia, Puerto Rico and Belgium, to thank everyone that has read my blog. I've listed those that Blogger stats has listed. I hope I haven't left anyone out. If I have, I apologize. I appreciate you as well.

When I set out to do my blog, I had hoped I would reach as many people as possible and compile thousands of followers. Fortunately, I've started out pretty well. I haven't gotten near as many people to follow it as I would like, but I'm stunned at the number of countries that have read it regularly. I'm very thankful for all of you.

I hope you continue to enjoy and/or appreciate the things I post. I want to bless you in the name of Jesus. I pray all of you know Him and the peace knowing Him gives. I hope my blog has assisted in that.

I would like to request a couple things from you.

First. Most of you don't leave comments on my entries. I would really appreciate it if you started leaving them regularly. It really blesses me and others when you share your thoughts. You may not know how to write in English if you're from a foreign country and may not know how to translate it online. Here's a site for you. http://translate.google.com You can write anything on this site and it'll translate it for you into almost any language. So, please honor me by writing on the comment sections of my entries in your original language and/or English through the translator. Those of you who speak English or are well versed in English, please leave comments as well.

And second. I'd also like it if you listed yourself as a follower, if you haven't already, and if you'd get others to as well. I want to know I'm blessing as many people as possible. When people show themselves as followers. It lets me know how far I'm reaching.

Again, thank you so much for blessing me the way you have.

Blessings in Christ,

Josh

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Celeste Branch - O'NeillOctober 11, 2010 at 4:26 PM
Josh, you have been a source of encouragement to me since I first saw your story on ID and continued to follow it through Facebook. I appreciate your accepting my friend request over there and I have never regretted reaching out to you. Everything you do is done with and in the love of Christ, you are an exceptional human being, an exceptional servant of God.

May your story/testimony continue to reach everyone, from here to the far corners of the earth...You inspire me and countless others on how tirelessly you share the love of Jesus, and you have never allowed bitterness to infiltrate your soul. God bless you Josh Kezer in all that you do for the glory of God, for the advancement of His Kingdom. There simply are no words that I can express to show my gratitude for you being such a wonderful addition to my life. Keep shining for Jesus.
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UnknownOctober 11, 2010 at 6:34 PM
I'm really honored by being part of this page. You are an inspiration to a lot of people, including me. And as we say in Spanish "Dios te bendiga" (God bless you).... Mariloli
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EmilyOctober 11, 2010 at 7:13 PM
god bless you!... you're such a strong person... i just watched your case on investigation discovery and can't believe how positive you are after being in prison for so long!
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Nancy RoeOctober 12, 2010 at 8:04 AM
Bless you Josh and all the work you are doing!!
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AnonymousOctober 12, 2010 at 7:20 PM
not many people could keep from turning into the kind of people you spent so long locked up with. God had a plan for you and i hope you know how many people support you. You are the exception, Keep up giving everyone the encoutagement we all need. Looking at what you went threw makes my problems seem so small. God bless you and i wish only good to follow you.
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UnknownOctober 14, 2010 at 1:54 AM
I have enjoyed reading your posts and have listed myself as a follower, thank you for being so inspirational and continuing to bring us your words and links. I feel very honored to know that people like you can make a difference in so many ways, touching the lives of others and spreading the word of god. I still have some soul searching to do on that, but I have hope that one day I will see the light and all my questions are answered and I can truly believe. Thank you again for responding to my email and for never giving up.-kat
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At 18, I was arrested in Illinois and sent to Missouri on a 1st degree murder charge. At 19, I was erroneously convicted of 2nd degree murder and sentenced to two consecutive 30 year sentences. I was sentenced on the victim's birthday. The victim's name was Angela M. Lawless.

The day following my sentence, I was sent to the Missouri Department of Corrections, where my sentence was illegally reconfigured to a 60. I was illegally placed under life sentence sanctions. I did a total of 16 years, 10 of which was spent in Jefferson City's notorious "Walls", once rumored to be the largest prison in the world and a place Time Magazine once deemed "The Bloodiest 47 Acres In America".

Two days after my 34th birthday, I was released and declared "innocent". I was completely exonerated by Judge Richard Callahan on February 17th 2009 and released on the 18th.

I'm a blessed, loved and fortunate man of God.

I'm not trying to be a "good Christian" and I accept that I'm not. I'm just a genuine, authentic, messed up, jacked up, screwed up, busted up, mistake prone, "too much", love struck, silly, incurable, delivered, justified, redeemed and forgiven child of the King and follower of Christ.

I'm a public speaker.

When contacting me for an engagement, please include the following information in your invitation:

. Dates, times and locations

. Travel arrangements

. Your affiliations

. Your vision and purpose

. Why me? and Why you?

. Offered amenities and compensation

When I speak, my goal is to reach into every life listening to me. Everyone has something they're going through. Everyone has something to overcome. No matter what the circumstance, whether legal, criminal, personal, financial, physical, mental or spiritual, people have something to overcome. That's where my message comes in and tries to help. This wasn't who I was before I was locked up. It's who I am now.

What's your testimony?

Here's a snap shot of mine.

I've been beaten with fists and bats, stabbed, shot at, mobbed and ganged up on. As a teenager, I was in a Kankakee Illinois Chicagoland gang and was once addicted to several drugs and alcohol. I've had someone attempt to hit me with a car, nearly fallen to my death as a child and again as a teenager. I've known several forms and types of abuse. I've boxed, lifted weights, wrestled, done some martial arts and am proficient in street fighting. I've overdosed on cocaine and fallen asleep in my own vomit several times as a teenager. I've literally been thrown through walls, been homeless and slept in the worst places, and once, for a matter of months, faced the unfortunate and undeserved prospects of dying by lethal injection while facing charges for a murder I did not commit. I did 16 years in prison as an innocent man in the state of Missouri. I've defended myself against prison rapists and was once hospitalized for a week due to a failed attack by multiple men in the late 90's, and yet ... I'm still here! I'm still breathing! I'm a man of purpose and honor. I'm confident in who I am. I've known enough near death experiences to fill up a thesis, but it's not these near death experiences and atrocities that define me. It's my living and, more specifically, my living in my salvation in Christ that defines me and makes me who I am, and when I'm finished and it's all been said and done, I want to be forever known as a man proficient in a few attributes, as a gentle, loving, honorable and selfless man, a husband, a father and a friend that reflects more of Him and less of me.

In light of my own faults, sins and frailty, of everything I've ever learned, I've learned this more than anything; more than the Cross, I need the Lord of the conquered Cross of sin and death. I need the Life Giver. I need Jesus. Jesus Christ is my Lord and Savior. I am unashamed.

"I was crushed...so much so that I despaired even of life, but that was to make me rely not on myself, but on the God who raises the dead." 2nd Corinthians 1:8,9

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A Quick Thanks To Everyone Who Has Read My Blog

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