TARZAN - A LOWRIDER OF HUMILITY - Youth With A Purpose

TARZAN - A LOWRIDER OF HUMILITY

3/15/2021

Tarzan is his yard name, or what they used to call him in his old life. The yard is a prison yard. His old life was one of addiction and violence. He was doing life in the sin yard of destruction. Christos Terzan and his wife Michelle visited Celebrate Recovery at Church For The Nations Flagstaff last Friday night. They brought new life with them and inspired a bunch of folks with their courage to surrender their lives to Christ.
Violence was a normal part of Tarzan's life as a youngster. When the violence wasn't physical, it was emotional and verbal - it started at home. Eventually street life contaminated his character and he was immersed in thug life. Christos became a hardened man, a gangster and a drug addict. Mean and nasty are character traits for hoodlums who have a one track mind focused on self-survival. Gangsters are the apex predator and everyone else is just prey.
Eventually all gangsters end up dead or in jail. Only by God's grace and mercy did Chris end up in alive prison. For three years after his arrest, even though he was alive, all Chris could think of was death. He planned to kill people when he got out of prison. One day, Chris wandered into a program called Celebrate Recovery. The guys were smiling, peaceful, content and happy. He wanted what they had, it was contagious!
Chris almost ran when he found out these guys were into Jesus, but God drew him in. One of the greatest things we can say about Christos Terzan is that he constantly works on his character in Christ. His speech is almost like one long litany of God's attributes. He gives God all the credit. He also gives God gratitude for his Wifey4Lifey Michelle. She's a Godsend! Lives are being redeemed from the pits of addictive hell because of what God is doing through these reclaimed children of God.
As a master mechanic Chris used to build lowriders for gangsters and drug dealers. A lowrider is a customized car or truck with a body that's nearly lowered to the road. Chris is now a master preacher, humbled by Christ, whose life is lowered to the Way. From an apex predator out for prey to a lowrider in Christ looking to pray, Chris has become a Godsend.
"But God demonstrates his own love toward us and while we're still sinners Christ died for us."
The only reason Christos Terzan is alive today is because he did die; Tarzan died to himself and became alive in Christ.
Thanks for your time. Go do something nice for somebody. Jesus loves you and so do we.

MORE ABOUT CHRIS

Christos Terzan is the Arizona State Representative for Celebrate Recovery Inside - organization in prison that lead him to Christ. He wants other inmates to know the freedom from anger, violence, addiction and low self esteem that he found in Christ.
He's also the Founder and Director of Dunamis Prison Ministries. You can help Chris and Michelle bring the message of hope and redemption through Christ to other people in prison and on the streets by clicking this link to donate.

CONTACT CELEBRATE RECOVERY - CR IS FOR EVERYONE!

The local Director in Flagstaff for Celebrate Recovery is Jennifer Leyland. You can reach her at [email protected].
Celebrate Recovery is held every Friday night from 6-9 pm at Church For The Nations Flagstaff, 755 N. Bonito St. 86001
"A safe place to find community and freedom from issues that are controlling our life. We are a Christ-centered, 12 step recovery program providing healthy tools for anyone struggling with hurt, pain or addiction of any kind."

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9/10/2024 15:24:27

THIS MAN AND HIS WIFE GROOMED MY MENTALLY ILL SISTER, TELLING HER ITS OKAY TO VAPE AND LIE ABOUT HER FAMILY

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9/10/2024 15:55:07

This man and his wife convinced my sister, who has mixed bipolar disorder that she was able to see demons. As a result, she became obsessed with getting rid of them instead of focusing on her medication and therapy. They also misled her into thinking that vaping was harmless and even beneficial for her mental health. My sister has been struggling with mental illness since she was a child, following a car accident in third grade. Without proper treatment and support, she has displayed troubling behavior, including tormenting others; she pushed a kid down the stairs, broke his ankle, and threatened to kill me, my brother, and my mom in our sleep and multiple people at school. SHE IS NOT OF SOUND MIND AND NEVER HAS BEEN. When she was in 5th-6th grade, we had to move because she was talking to child predators online and gave them our address; she has always struggled with eating disorders and self-harming.
After she turned 18, she attempted to move in with Christos and Michelle the same day she informed us of the move, resulting in an argument and a one-sided hug between her and our mom. We agreed that she would stay until she was stable and on medication. After that, they advised her to start planning for next time so that she could leave. A few weeks later, she started dating a boy with a truck. A few months later, when her boyfriend came to pick her up for work, she threw a suitcase in his trunk and instructed him to drop her off at Christos and Michelle's house; she broke up with him a few weeks later to marry a two-time sex offender AND child predator. When we tried to contact her, they accused us of harassing her. She eventually filed a restraining order, which was granted because Christos and Michelle claimed that a one-sided hug constituted unwanted contact and, therefore, was assault. She tore my family apart over four days, and Christos and Michelle aided her. I can't stop thinking about how she texted me. She was leaving while I was in school, and I remember my parents not even knowing when I got home. She portrayed my mom as this horrible, angry person when all I saw was someone as scared of my sister as me. They downplayed the torment my sister put me and many kids at her school through in their early years. He's NOT a saint, and he HASN'T changed. I WILL NEVER FORGIVE THEM AND I WILL NEVER SEE MY SISTER AGAIN BECAUSE OF THEM

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9/10/2024 15:29:47

Christos Tarzan and his wife Michelle both convinced my sister that her mental illness and all of its side effects were god 'showing her the truth.' this made her crazy spiritual in a not godly way; she would rant about how she is seeing demons, and she has the right by god to exercise people and houses, which she tried to do on me and our house, she would leave oil crosses on the walls and wouldn't enter a room or go underneath a window without praying and burning sage. she would tell me i'm trailed by demons and Christos and Michelle just told her it was her divine power from god and encouraged her to run away from home (too them) and get a restraining order on us when we tried to check on her. please do not tell me this man is a god sent or a saint he has done noithing but hurt my family and let her self medicate