Brought Down to Be Raised Up

By Max Streidl

This book will take you through the true life story and testimony of a young Australian man who was bought up in a mining town called Mt. Isa in Queensland, Australia.

He then moved to Mackay, a sugar town in Queensland, Australia.

After fi nding his true love he married and had four beautiful children. Life looked good but soon changed.

He was bought down to his lowest ebb, to be raised up by the grace of God to do a ministry that he didn't want to do. He was faithful and obeyed.

This book will take you through step by step what he went through and where he is at now. The highs and the lows will touch the hardest of hearts .

• Language: English
• Publisher: Xlibris AU
• Release date: Aug 2, 2011
• ISBN: 9781477116258

Max Streidl

This book will take you through the true life story and testimony of a young Australian man who was bought up in a mining town called Mt. Isa in Queensland, Australia. He then moved to Mackay, a sugar town in Queensland, Australia. After fi nding his true love he married and had four beautiful children. Life looked good but soon changed. He was bought down to his lowest ebb, to be raised up by the grace of God to do a ministry that he didn't want to do. He was faithful and obeyed. This book will take you through step by step what he went through and where he is at now. The highs and the lows will touch the hardest of hearts .

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Copyright © 2011 by Max Streidl.

Library of Congress Control Number:       Pending

ISBN:         Hardcover                               9781465300751

                   Softcover                                 9781465300744

                   Ebook                                      9781477116258

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All scripture references taken from New International Version of the Bible.

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Contents

Acknowledgement

Preface

PART ONE

Chapter One GROWING UP IN MT ISA

Chapter Two ALMOST WIPED OUT

Chapter Three HI HO, HI HO, IT’S OFF TO WORK I GO

Chapter Four OUR MOVE TO MACKAY

Chapter Five I MEET MY PRINCESS

Chapter Six WE START OUR OWN BUSINESS

Chapter Seven WE GO BANKRUPT

PART TWO

Chapter Eight I HATED STREET KIDS

Chapter Nine THE EXPERIENCE I WILL NEVER FORGET

Chapter Ten BEGINNING OF S.L.Y.C.

Chapter Eleven TWO MIRACLES

Chapter Twelve THE PAEDOPHILE

Chapter Thirteen OUR FIRST STREET KID

Chapter Fourteen WE TOOK HIM HOME

Chapter Fifteen EENY MEENY, MINY MO

Chapter Sixteen A LITTLE CHINESE GIRL

Chapter Seventeen SCARY AND DANGEROUS NIGHTS

Chapter Eighteen A BUNCH OF SKINHEADS

Chapter Nineteen TEN YEARS IN JAIL

Chapter Twenty UNCONDITIONAL LOVE

Chapter Twenty-One NEW FOOD VAN

Chapter Twenty-Two DOUBLE TROUBLE TWINS

Chapter Twenty-Three AN EMBARRASSING INSTANCE

Chapter Twenty-Four MY SECOND ENCOUNTER

Chapter Twenty-Five MY THIRD ENCOUNTER

Chapter Twenty-Six LETTER MINISTRY

Chapter Twenty-Seven CONCLUSION

Dedication

I would like to dedicate this book to our wonderful Lord and Saviour. For without Him none of what you read in this book would have been possible or have any meaning in any way, shape or form. I just hope and pray that if anyone who reads this book hasn’t already given their life to the Lord, or if you are a non-believer you will be inspired enough to seek out our Lord and Saviour and find the love and peace only He can give.

All the time we were being brought down to our lowest ebb, we learnt to obey and trust the Lord. There are two verses in Hebrews Chapter 12 that always seemed to pop up and be in our faces.

Hebrews Chapter 12 verses 10 and 11: "Our fathers disciplined us for a little while as they thought best; but God disciplines us for our good, that we may share in His holiness. No discipline seems pleasant at the time, but painful. Later on, however, it produces a harvest of righteousness and peace for those who have been trained by it." How very true.

You may wonder why I would share my private life with people I don’t know, and you might think that it is none of your business. Probably not. But I just want to show you that a loving Lord can use the lowest of low to do His work.

IF I am blessed enough for this book to get published, and IF I am blessed enough for anyone to read it, I just pray and ask if any praise is to come out of it, that it will be given to our Lord and Saviour.

I am just a humble servant doing what the Lord has asked me to do.

God Bless,

Max Streidl.

Acknowledgement

There is one person who needs some praise and I would like to thank her from the bottom of my heart. That is Beryl, my lovely wife. For all the hissy fits I have had that she had to put up with, and all the wrong spelling; and commas and full stops in the wrong places, she had to try to sort out while typing this book countless times.

I would also like to thank our friends Alan May and Jennise Carr for proof reading and helping Beryl set up and type this book.

Preface

This is the true life story and testimony of an ordinary everyday Australian man who had to be brought down to be raised up by the grace of God.

My name is Max Streidl. The names of some people in this book have been changed to protect their identity.

This story and testimony will take you through my life and show