In 1990, having opened the Bible for the first time just five nights prior, Trent Ling (while a third-year law student running on fumes with a life in flames), freely and gladly signed on the bottom line to indicate that he would follow the Bible and forsake all alternatives going forward.  Of course, such epitomized a “by faith” decision which God so graciously honored as Trent had little idea that he was in for one wild and impossible ride.

“I vividly recall the fateful evening when I ‘signed up’ for a lifetime of the Bible,” Trent recalls more than 22 years later. “Michael, who met me and offered life to me, wrote out a nice little contract for me and God with regard to the Bible.  It clarified for me what I would be doing and the standards by which I would be thereafter living.  Having drifted dramatically and sadly into a whirlwind of a life, stability, direction, and accountability were exactly what I needed.  To stumble into those things sourced from the actual truth was the most merciful orchestration from Heaven imaginable.  Naturally a disaster, I was and will forever be grateful as God bears with me to honor my early, naive commitment to him and to his Word.  Thank you, God.  And thank you, Michael.”

Though the contract did not seal Trent’s deal with God that night, it definitely set him on his way to learn and discover the rest of the deal which unfurled from the Scriptures.  Below, Trent’s contract for God stands for all to see.  Signed on September 11, 1990, at 1:15 AM, its validity reigns then, now, and forevermore:

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