At 29 years of age I was a millionaire. I owned 30 apartment units, 2 restaurants, a large, 10-room home with pool, 3 cars, a motor home, land in 3 states and 2 countries, gold and silver coins, mutual funds and the list goes on and on. I considered myself pretty eligiousand self-righteous.

I was raised in a large denomination and went to church every week and believed I was doing what God wanted me to do. If I fell, all I had to do was ask God to forgive me and I could go and do it all over again. I found that all of my decisions, no matter how small, were always ow much money will I make?or ow much will it cost?I worked 3 jobs and was completing my Masters degree in business. Needless to say, my family suffered. I was never home; my life was so full of stress that I searched for companionship outside of the marriage. While I thought, I was blessed by God, it now looks like it was a curse from the Devil. All that I really valued (wife, children, health and happiness) was lost. My Soul was dead. My compassion was only for what people might think, not what God would think.

I was up to 4 six-packs a day while enticing waitresses with money. When I went through a divorce, which prompted a bankruptcy, I was considering suicide because I had lost all of my material wealth. People who were my riendswhen I had money didn come around; but many were quick to laugh at my failures.

A stranger came to my house one evening while I was drinking, smoking and watching TV. He was from a local church and wanted to talk about the Bible. I had never read the Bible before, at least not for it teachings on life, now and eternal. I offered him a beer (which wasn too smart) and he started to share the ord of Godwith me.

I never felt so much peace in my life as I did when I elievedthat Jesus loved me so much that He died for me. B>Mysins put Him on the cross and He loved me so much that He had to show me His love. I finally realized that I was a better person without all those worldly things. I came into this world with nothing and I will leave with nothing. I can truly say that I am B>Born Againand Jesus is Lord of my life. I work for an employer who is bigger than NASA, JPL and the U.S. Government put together.

My mission is to collect souls for Christ and the real purpose in life is

o glorify God in everythingo:p>

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 FELLOWSHIP AND ENCOURAGE ONE ANOTHER

 Paul R. Kovatch, MBA

 http://www.4consulting-services.com/Talent/pk2918.htm

Manager of a Christian men's home in

Anaheim, CA and Pittsburgh, PA

for working men to live together in fellowship and grow closer to JESUS.

and University professor of Business and computers at

Hope International University.