Evangelist Matt Souza

I was born into a Christian home in 1973, in which my father at the time was the pastor of Faith Baptist Church in Wolcott, Ct. Growing up I was always in church and was always hearing the gospel message, whether it was at church or at home I was constantly hearing about how God sent his son to die for my sins. I will never forget that day when I was 8 years old and I never gave the gospel any thought, I was hearing it all the time but never gave it any thought. One day my brothers were arguing on who was saved at the earliest age. My oldest brother said "five" and my younger brother said "four", and me not to be outdone said that I was saved at "three". It was not till later that night while I was lying in bed that it hit me that I was lost and my sins were sending me to hell. I remember lying in my bed scared to die and spend eternity in hell, at that moment my mom walked in to kiss me goodnight and I asked her if she could show me from the Bible how to be saved. My mom quickly got her Bible and showed me and then we knelt down on the side of the bed and I asked Jesus to save me.
I knew at an early age that God had called me to preach, but due to my dad being a preacher, my grandfather a preacher, and my brother already called to preach, I fought this off for a long time. The last thing that I wanted to do was to do what seemed like the family trade. It wasn't until I was in 10th grade that I started to let God take control of my life. Dr. Lee Robertson was preaching in chapel one day and I told God in the middle of the message that I was going to give my life completely to him, and during the invitation I walked the aisle and I surrendered my life to Him. I never once doubted that call, but many times have wondered, why me Lord? When God called me to preach He didn't look at who I was, but he saw what I had the potential of being.