Delve Into Jesus Testimonials

Praise God for Delve into Jesus

tmaithc4 — Fri, 04 Jun 2010 23:25:21 -0700

I am a new member to this site but I am eternally grateful to God that I found it. I am growing in the Lord by hearing all your wonderful testimonies and how God is moving in your lives. We serve a MIGHTY GOD!!!

Marriage restoration

Anonymous User — Tue, 18 May 2010 15:25:14 -0700

Praise the lord!! he restored my marriage. I have been standing for all most a year trusting in the lord. My husband of 7 years decided he was no longer happy and wanted to find happiness by dating other people, he left us at a relatives house with the pretense that we would just be visiting for a month or 2...(my 2yr old and i) and he would be back for us, bust sent a text weeks later that the marriage was over! i wanted to die, i looked into my child's eyes everyday and cried, i wanted more for her but it was out of my hands. I prayed and fasted like i had never done before i held on to the lord's words for encouragement.
My husband registered on a dating site as a single guy ready for a serious relationship i was heart broken. his profile had his picture and everything. yet i he God in anger why held on to the lord. i most tell you, there were times i was so sad i wanted to give up, i asked the lord why me???, some days i was too depressed to pray, you name it i went through all kinds of emotions. and i called several prayer lines for prayer and read so many testimonies for encouragement.
The relative we were staying with had, had enough of us and wanted us out, i had no one else so i called my husband we were in the south of the country while our home was in the east coast, i told him i wanted him to please allow his child and i a place to stay for a while, he hesitated and said ok, within a week we were home, after about a month of living together he said he still loved us and wanted us home for good ...we have been home now for almost 3 months and very happy together especially our 2 yr old. so Please don't give up it took almost a year for mine to happen, look at God's track record, he has never failed anyone and you surely wont be the first...He is a good GOd.

From nobody to a child of God.

Anonymous User — Wed, 31 Mar 2010 23:55:30 -0700

Iam 31 and I have a 4 year old son. Iam more than happy to be alive up to now to tell the goodness of the Lord in my life.In the past years I have really lived a wretched life,heavy drinkin,one relationship after another, night clubs,my life waz so pathetic and I started hating myself.I started loosing every good thing in my life.I separated with my husband then I lost my job,too much stress came in I even started getting suicide feelings.One day on 31st Dec 2008 I got up and went to church gave my life to Jesus because I was tired of my bad life, Immediately I lost the urge of drinkin' I found my self changing everyday, I started going for lunch hour prayers everyday,God is great everytime I would come back from the church with more strength and a reason to be alive.I started viewing life differently God waz so alive in my life.Every body could not believe that I had given up my old ways,its only by the Grace of God that Iam saved alive and changed.God gave me another job and I have now worked for a year Iam so happy and I know the Lord will open ways for my marriage too.There is nothing so sweet like sharing in God's love,all my life this is the time I have really known that God still needs me alive. I will praise His name forever.Amen

God ofin ALL

Cecil — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 06:04:16 -0800

I really want to take a little time and Praise God for this site and the ppl here. There are very few things that make me happy anymore. Sometimes i feel like im the most miserable person i know lol. Thats always when i remember the JOY and PEACE that are only found in Christ. Every morning i wake up in almost a panic. I feel so anxious that im unable to lay in bed (which used to be my favorite place). But as soon as I exit my bedroom i am met with 2 loving faces of my dogs. Their loyalty and love transcend any that i can understand. And i can't help but be reminded of the constant, unwavering love that God feels for us. I love knowing that every time my dogs think of me... That my God has had me on His mind even more. That he has already made my way and prepared my path. I see that i should act more like my puppies. That I should trust my provider just as they trust theirs. They know where their food is at all times and can even get in there to get it themselves if they want but they know that I will come and feed them the right amount when the time is right. And no matter what happened the night before... Every morning they just want to crawl into my lap and be loved by their daddy (not small dogs either lol). It just makes me want to curl up into a ball in God's arms and appreciate the comfort and peace he has already brought into my life. Its like my dogs are a window to heaven for me. They serve as a perfect reminder as to how much I really need the Lord. And no matter what is on my mind... Nothing can keep me down when i walk my dogs to the lake. They run around and swim so freely. They are so happy just to be out in God's country just enjoying the moment. And i always find myself filled with tears and praise. My God IS MY JOY. And my dogs are the 2 greatest gifts he could give me. Because of them... God has shown me that the peace i feel with them and the joy they bring are just a part of Him. That, if I follow after Him just as my 2 angels follow after me... that i might not understand where I am going... But ill trust that its the best way and that He only desires the best for me :D
Again plz let me say thank you for this community. I don't have a lot of CLOSE christian friends. I love the fact that ppl can come here w/ no "other agenda" and lay their heart out. There are many types of ministry in this world that God has called us to. And the ppl here that have commented and posted have ministered to me. And you have enhanced my life. So thank you all so much again. For bein the vessels of God that you are even if you don't realize it. SO LETS PRAISE HIM. For all He has done and all HE WILL DO. All the joy and peace in the world is so close to us but we push it so far. Thank you all for helping me realize where mine has been hiding :D
With all my heart's love,
CECIL

From dog to God He allows U-turns

kcgodlyman — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 21:31:11 -0700

I was raised in a household that was full of anger and shouting. My mother beat me and even broke my arm a couple of times. My father, on the other hand, smothered me in love. I was the go between in their broken marriage. At the age of 9 I decided to become an alcoholic; by the age of 12 I had succeeded. I started smoking pot at 15, doing speed at 16, cocaine at 17 and tried LSD for the first time at 18. Through the grace of God and some hard work by the Holy Spirit, I took a class in comparative religion. I was curious because I felt that God was a spiteful and vicious God, but everyone talked about His love and forgiveness. Then I spent the summer with a friend of my father's helping to build a cabin up near Lake Tahoe. The only book in the house was a well marked Bible. I was hooked! I gave my life to the Lord in those woods. A year later I became a Catholic and set out to go to seminary. After a year in seminary I realized I was called to be a family man and left broken and disillusioned. I returned to heavy drinking and drug usage. Collecting money for the dealers supported a very heavy cocaine habit for several years. One night I was driving on the 5 freeway and crying to the Lord because I hated my life and wanted everything to end. He told me to throw it away. I rolled down my window and threw several thousands of dollars worth of cocaine out the window. I was released from my addiction that moment and never suffered withdrawals or cravings. Then, at the age of 27, God's grace kicked in big time and I went to live on my grandparent's ranch. I started attending college and caring for their property. Liquor and pot were my two remaining vices, but then I started viewing pornography to ease the loneliness. In 1998 I met my wife and her 5 year old daughter. A month later I was clean and sober. In 1999 we married outside the Catholic church and began attending a non-denominational church. We immersed ourselves and became active in men's ministry, women's ministry, ushering, houses of prayer, and leading a small group study. In May 2001 I injured my back and went on worker's comp. In August 2001 we discovered my father had lung cancer and he moved in to City of Hope. A week after 9-11 my mother passed away following 20 years of illness. My father forgave her and prayed all night for her on the night she died. Three weeks later he followed her to heaven. My world was shattered and my church was not there for me; but Jesus was there through the whole ordeal. We began attending Assemblies of God and again became active members, but as active as before. In January 2002 I had my first back surgery, followed in May by a second surgery. We moved to Orange County, Ca in 2004. Our son was born the same year, following a very hard pregnancy. My faith in Jesus continued to deepen with every trial we faced. We found our current church the same day my wife told me she was pregnant with our son. Our new church family acted like our son was their grandchild and showered our family with love. I am now active once again in men's ministry and I teach a small group bible study once a week. The Lord has laid it on my heart to start up a ministry called Marriage Mentor's and I am finally starting to put it together. I am currently out on worker's comp with another back injury, and facing surgery number three most likely, but I am using my time off to work on the details of this ministry. God is wonderful and mysterious! He never lets go of us and is constantly calling out to us. Let they who have ears to hear listen to that call. Our 16 year old daughter is going to San Fransisco this summer to take art classes at an art school there, and our 4 year old son will start kindergarten in the fall. My life has been blessed over and over and I never cease to be amazed at how much the Lord has done for me over the years!

Test Results: UPDATE ON MAMAGRAM

The God In Me — Mon, 11 May 2009 11:57:31 -0700

GOD IS SOOO GOOD! AND HE IS WORTHY TO BE PRAISED! I WENT TO THE DOCTORS, LAST WEDNESDAY FOR MORE TEST, THEY INFORMED ME THAT EVERTHING WAS ALL GOOD! THEY DIDN'T FIND ANYTHING! BLESS THE LORD OH MY SOUL, AND ALL THAT IS WITHIN ME, BLESS HIS HOLY NAME. HALELULLA!!!!

God still does miracles

Elmarie — Thu, 07 May 2009 07:56:22 -0700

Three months ago my daughter moved out of our house because she couldn't handle the conflict between my husband and myself any more. Not long after I asked my husband for a divorce. I was at the lowest point in my life. I new that my husband would never change. We have been going through extreme hard times since we got married four years ago and I was at the end of myself. I didn't move out immediatelly because we had work to finish in a house that my husband rents out. God used this. We have not been in the church for at least six months because of this house that we have been working on day and night. We decided to go to a church near our house on Sunday. God tatched both of us that day. We went to church the Sunday night and the next Sunday. My husband came to me and repented for the way he has been living towards me and my daughter and asked for my forgiveness. I forgave him but still could not give myself to him. I was totally cut off emotionally and phisically. The next Friday we had a prayer meeting at the church. On the way there we had a big fight and almost didn't go. In this meeting God tatched me and showed me sin in my life and the moment I repented he freed me from the hurt to enable me to love my husband once again. We have been going from strenth to strenth. We have settled into a cell group in our church. My husband prayes every morning 06h00 with the men at church. I stand up 04h00 in the morning to have quiet time with God. Early every Saterday morning we go to a hill close to our house where we go and pray together. God has shown up that we need to build a stone wall around us and we can only do this through prayer. God has changed our lives for ever. We still struggle some days but I prayes God that before we go to bed everything is worked out. My dauther still stays with my mom but cames to visit regularly. God has also toughed her life.

If you need a miracle, Jesus is still alive today and still heals broken hearts. He can heal yours to.

Al the glory to Jesus.

8 years 8minutes!!!!!!

jodieblunt — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 15:23:45 -0700

hello my fellow brothers and sisters,i'm still hold'ing on in my walk with the Lord,as for my testimony GOD has been so good to me that it just amazes me totally.A while back i mentioned that i had a son that never knew me,reason being alot of immature things, He is eight years old now and finally GOD moved his mother to allow him to meet myself and his other two brothers by my wife, and now it's like he is a part of the family. I WAS EVEN ABLE TO TAKE HIM TO CHURCH WITH ME, glory to GOD, some things still need a lil work but ay with GOD directing traffice every body get they turn,to stop, go,slow down.ALSO i have been doing my music for the lord and all sorts of doors been coming open.Thats where alot of my time has been but i'm still a WARRIOR 4 CHRIST and it's going to get better,EVERYTHING' that i use to make music "songs"GOD blessed me with not one dollar,beats i buy usually 80 dollars a beat yesterday I picked eleven AND NOT ONE DOLLAR, can't nobody or nothing tell me GOD dosen't care ,all we have to do is line up with the will of HE who created all things and do our part HE'll do the rest!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!I KNOW

A Rough Time

Timithius — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 07:14:39 -0700

Well, Hi there,

As you might geuss my name is Tim, I am thirty and I live in Auckland, New Zealand with my wife and three daughters. Im not going to call myself a Christian as judgement is up to God. It is all one can do to try doing the right thing, or at the very least, the lesser of two evils (and pray for forgiveness) But I write to you, as people of faith and trust, that you might share similar stories, support and ideas.

This testimonial is in response to events in my life that have remained largely confidential. Around the age of twenty , I had attempted to take my own life twice. Stresses in my life added up faster than I could deal with them, namely losing; long term relationship; two cars; my job; my cat (of seventeen years we grew up together ) and also failed a tertiary qualification. All within a horrendous eight months. Oh, and I nearly lost my Brother but the ambulance got there in time, he slit his wrists. That was 1999. Or, funnily enough if you invert it - 666 1 (666 won).

It was quite a cataclysmic awakening for me, lying in a hospital bed, having taken an overdose of painkillers, thinking of life behind those bars. These bars, which I am within, which look just the same from both sides. In fact, which side am I really on? Hey, it doesnt even matter! God has absolutely kept me alive, Pete wasnt due home yet, and thus he found me. As long as I trust in the Almighty, I will be okay, whatever the circumstances. And to this day, even though I still get stressed, everything has been more than okay.

Anyway, nearly ten years has passed. Depression has stuck with me. Time does NOT heal all wounds, it only gives you enough chances to learn how to cope. Now i have a wife, Stephanie. We have three daughters. Bella Faith (three and a half years); Caitlyn Hope (two years) and Ava Grace (7 weeks). We have our own house on Stephanies parents land. I am blessed at home and have the most amazing firends, who have supported me through much anguish and grief. But the most amazing aspect of all, is the pillar of support I have had from God. God knows me but He forgives me anyway, and he wants me on earth.

People of God, I thank you for your time, your interest and may the Almighty bless you always,

Thank you from the every part of my heart,

Thanks Again

mimi — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 23:31:49 -0700

Once again, I would like to see how glad I am for this web-site and these prayer warriors. I know that it is not a coincidence that God is in His own time is answering each and every one of my prayers and the prayer requests that I have made on Delve into Jesus. I am very excited and am looking forward to more blessings. May God continue to bless each and every one of you.

01-17-09

jodieblunt — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 08:17:31 -0800

GOOD MORNING,brothers and sisters in christ,the 01-17-09 would be the last testimony from someone on what god has done or how he has affected there life in a good way.Know i understand that we all have problems but there is always a solution,which would be GOD even with me everything not just to the point i'm spinning like in a ballet with a pink tutu-smile-but if i spent my time looking at whats not done how can i see what he's doing?right?I think that instead of some things we ask GOD for we should ask him for stamina and some holy ghost boxing gloves to be able to fight back in the hard times that we ALL encounter,I thank god all day for small things some of you might do the same also,this is just what was on my heart this morning,I'M thankful in every aspect of life because you learn more and more when you seek the lord and even in the bad times because thats when he makes his point clear that he IS IN CONTROL , GOD bless

WARRIORS 4 CHRIST

jodieblunt — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 09:14:00 -0800

I WANT TO GIVE THE LORD THANKS FOR THE PEOPLE HE HAS TOUCHED THROUGH THIS MINISTRY.because some of us really need to hear the word of god in tough times,there has been some things that i'd rather not comment on but there have been alot of warriors stand up also.Me i consider myself a warrior for christ because it's a constant battle always,we get wounded in battle we get overwhelmed with battle.some of us even die in battle BUT WE NEVER ALONE FIGHTING THE GOOD FIGHT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!it's good to know that the world still has people who take a stand for the lord and know that he is a place of refuge,MY testimony

God Is Always On Time

mexbias08 — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 00:02:15 -0800

On Monday our gas was cut off!! I called the gas company and they informed me that my husband and I had not paid the bill since September(mind you this is JANUARY)..well anyway...I asked them how much was due and the total was 383.70. Okay well we paid it and they wouldn't turn our gas back on the same day we had to wait until Tuesday. I explained to them that we had a 2week old grandbaby in the house and I and our 13 year old have asthma....still we had to wait until the next day!!! Well the next day finally arrived...and our gas STILL couldn't be cut back on. There was a terrible gas leak!!! The pipes are rusted and badly worn. THEN as we went through our receipts....come to find out we had been paying our bill. Now it is 25degrees outside and probaly 15degrees inside...lol...but my family is safe. I know it wasn't no one but my Father in Heaven looking out for us. And as my husband and I reminsce we can recall several times when we had visitors we were always asked did we have some gas on. Isn't God AWESOME...I mean we could have been gone. He spared our lives. By the way it is Friday and our gas still isn't on...but for some reason I CAN'T complain. Because I know that He IS watching over us and like I have heard many many times before...HE is always on time.

leave the light on................

jodieblunt — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 08:26:15 -0800

This morning i was standing on my back porch,which is the normal to find a quiet place and talk to the lord,this is my 4th day with no meat at all for my fast for the lord. AND last night i happened to notice my wife spoke on how we are the only ones that keep our lite on at night,so when i woke up this morning for a split second i was selfish thinking that everybody did this because they knew ours would be on,but i've come to the conclusion somebody gotta have the light or else there would be total darkness,which could be unsafe.Thats the same way with christianity,somebody have to have a light against things not of god and also for people to be able to get a sense of somebody care whether it cost them or not,they will keep the light on,And i believe it was the holy spirit gave me this this morning because it came so clear,and it's alot of negativity around us"my family" which every body minds their own,but as far as i see the lord is not too big of a deal with some.There has been a change in this home though on seeking the lord first and thats a light in it'self,why turn your lite off and live in total darkness?So lets leave the light on,the light scare them demons away,and gives us a sense of hope,that somebody does care.amen, god bless

we are just a grain of sand

jodieblunt — Sun, 11 Jan 2009 15:27:25 -0800

today at service we discussed the power of god and i always knew who was the head honcho,but to see a modle of the stars and planets earth don't look that important to me.and the one star that has a cross in the middle or image,okay the best part is this our bodies remake cells and what not with laminin and it was the shape of a cross INSIDE OUR BODY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! AND THATS A BEAUTIFUL THING for all who don't know look into it it's amazing and it should give you a understanding of the power god has and principles we should live by, GOD bless

i love testimony

jodieblunt — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 08:10:58 -0800

i want to thank god this morning for everything possible,i should start with my change of heart to live right for the lord,because i gotta love me first and i thank him for my wife of i done lost track years(lol) and my three sons javon,javius,and messiah.and to just give him praise for a minute.My 2nd born which is messiah havent been a part of my life his whole 8yrs of life due to his mother and for what ever reason she feel to raise a child in deceit. for years me and my family tried to be a part of his life but she wasn't willing to allow this what so ever.Well she got married and her husband i have respect for because he took on a responsibility of mine,which i have payed support through out the whole time,but still i respect him fully.YES it's a child outside of home,though the home wasn't legal in the eyes of god at the time it still hurt alot of people mainly my son.because he really don't know me, she tells him he is spanish just a lil on the darkside i guess haha,but to make a long story short those sins are at the ocean floor along with some of you all's my sons never knew each other well my 13 year old know more than my 8 year old messiah is 8 also and i prayed to god to move in this situation well he did the father of messiahs mother moved to a house owned by my wife's grandfather which is a ranch everybody meets during holidays or whatever the case may be,SO basically my 3 sons where playing football together the past weekend! isn't god good yall? and this is only the beginning.amen and i want to pray for each of you took the time to see how good god has been in someones life

another chance for a better year

jodieblunt — Thu, 01 Jan 2009 14:03:45 -0800

this is 2009 and i turn 31 today (smile) just like wine get better with age, lol.but my goals are to establish a deeper relationship with the lord,because in doing that everything else should be pretty much a cake walk from there.when i wike up this morning i thought of numerous things that i could leave in 08 and not bring into 09 that would improve me as a person in it'self. i want to thank the lord for a blessed 08 and soon to blessed 09.my family and friends in christ,so this is my testimony this mourning giving the lord praise and being appreciative to the things i have and dont have in my life if i have i can give if i dont have i can get or either don't need and thats anything god knows best.

LIFE

mexbias08 — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 22:56:04 -0800

I became a grandmother today. She was 6lbs and 2ounces. And she is soooooo precious. AsI watched her be born today...it was amazing..and it reminded me on just how AWESOME our Father is. God Bless You All

HOW BLESSED IAM

mrs rice — Sun, 28 Dec 2008 17:11:12 -0800

I AM A 54 YEAR OLD WOMAN MOTHER OF THREE,THAT THANK MY HEAVENLY FATHER THAT IAM STILL HERE, YOU SEE ON DECEMBER THE 27TH OF 2000 I HAD BRAIN SURGURY AND FROM IT THE THE DOCTORS SAID I WAS NOT TO HAVE LIVED BUT IAM STILL STANDING,NOT BECAUSE OF WHAT THE DOCTORS SAID BUT BECAUSE MY HEAVENLY FATHER SAW DIFFERENT FOR ME IT STARTED WITH HEADACHES WAKING ME UP AROUND 10PM EVERY NIGHT I DID NOT KNOW WHY I WAS HAVING THESE HEADACHES, BUT THEY WERE THERE SO ONE- NIGHT IT WAS SO BAD THAT I HAD TO GO TO THE EMERGENCY ROOM FROM THERE THEY DID A SCAT SCAN ON MY HEAD THE RESULTS CAME BACK I HAD TWO TUMORS ONE THAT WAS EATING INTO THE BONE OF MY SKULL AND THE DOCTOR DISCUSS MY OPTIONS WHICH I HAD TO HAVE SURGURY RIGHT AWAY OR THE TUMORS WOULD TURN INTO CANCER I BEGAN TO CRY BECAUSE I COULD NOT SEE WHY THIS WAS HAPPENING TO ME SO NOW I AM TALKING IT OVER WITH MY MOM WHICH IS NO LONGER WITH ME AND SHE ASK ME DID I BELIEVE IN GOD I CRIED SAYING YES BUT WHY ? ME SO NOW I AM MAKING PLANS FOR MY SURGURY WHICH WAS ON DEC.27TH 2000AND IT NOW HAS BEEN EIGHT YEARS THIS YEAR AND I AM STILL STANDING ,ANYWAY THOSE TUMORS CAME FROM BLOWS UPSIDE THE HEAD FROM ABUSE BUT THROUGH IT ALL IT PUT ME CLOSER TO GOD AND ONE DAY AFTER MY CHECK UP I LEFT THE CLINIC AND AS I WAS DRIVING HOME I STARTED TO CRY HITTING THE STIRRING WHEEL OF MY CAR SAYING WHY ME AND THIS COOL BREEZE CAME ACROSS MY FACE AND I HEARD THIS VOICE CLEARLY SAY WHY NOT YOU ,YOU ARE NO DIFFERENT THAN I ,I SPARED YOUR LIFE FOR A REASON SO WHY NOT YOUBECAUSE IF YOU ARE ASHAME OF ME THAN IAM ASHAME OF YOU .THAT IS WHEN I STARTED SEEING LIFE DIFFERNT AND AS A BLESSING .BECAUSE I WAS HUNG ON THE THINGS PEOPLE SAID THAT IF A PERSON HAD THEIR HEAD CUT ON THEY WOULD BE CRAZY WELL GUESS WHAT THAT IS FAR FROM THE TRUTH IT ONLY MADE ME CRAZY FOR JESUS AND I DID NOT HAVE TO LEARN HOW TO WALK ,TALK NOR ANYTHING EVERYTHING STILL REMAIN THE SAME AS OF THEN AND STILL TODAY ONLY IAM GETTING MYLIFE RIGHT WITH JESUS AND I THANK MY HEAVENLY FATHER FOR CARING ME THROUGH

GOD IS ALWAYS PRESENT

mexbias08 — Fri, 26 Dec 2008 18:32:23 -0800

HELLO EVERYBODY. LET ME START OFF BY SAYING THAT EVERYTHING WE DO WILL SHOW TOMORROW. IT'S TRUE..LET'S SAY YOU HAVE ONE DOLLAR TODAY...IT DEPENDS ON WHAT YOU DO WITH IT TODAY THAT WILL DETERMINE TOMORROW. ABOUT A YEAR AND A HALF AGO I WAS DIAGNOSED WITH A LUNG DIEASE CALLED SARCRODOSIS...HONESTLY I CAN BARELY SAY IT..LOL..BUT ANYWAY..I USE TO BE REAL SMALL...I MEAN 11OLBS WAS THE BIGGEST. STANDING AT 5foot10. I USE TO PRAY AND ASK GOD TO HELP ME GAIN WEIGHT...THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN I GET THIS ILLNESS THAT CAUSES ME TO HAVE TO TAKE PREDISONE...155LBS NOW YA'LL....LOL...BE CAREFUL WHAT YOU ASK FOR(SMILE) YOU JUST MIGHT GET IT. BUT THROUGH IT ALL...I THANK GOD...I AM NOW OFF THAT MEDICATION...AND YOU ALL WANT TO HEAR SOMETHING FUNNY...MY DOC GAVE ME ANOTHER MEDICATION TO HELP MY BREATHING (AN INHALER) BECAUSE I ALSO HAVE ASTHMA...I SUPPOSE TO BE TAKING IT TWICE EVERYDAY...I GAVE MY SITUATION TO THE LORD...INFORMED MY HUSBAND THAT THE LORD WAS IN CONTROL AND WENT BACK FOR A CHECKUP AND MY LUNGS SOUND BETTER AND THE DOC PRAISED THE MEDICATION....MAN THE LOOK ON HIS FACE WHEN I INFORMED HIM THAT I HADN'T EVEN TOOK IT. GOD IS GOOD.

It's Never Too Early r 2 Late 4 the Living

mexbias08 — Fri, 26 Dec 2008 01:58:38 -0800

Never been on drugs. And I never been an alcoholic. But I have lied, cheated, commited adultery and probaly just about everything else God is against. All when I was younger. When I was a child I thought as a child. Now today at age 35 I have matured and learned to value this temporalily life. He saved me from myself and I am thankful. I am still not quiet where I want to be but as each day goes by I am closier than I was Yesterday.

depend on jesus

jodieblunt — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 12:35:39 -0800

good evening to everybody' first i want to thank god for this day,and everything that has come to pass and what lies ahead, but as you all know i got laid off my job here recently and thangs seemed to get a lil rough but i filed for my unemployment which usually take a month or so well the bills where due today. i was up at 5:30 reading my bible to have a message to send to friends and family. so when my wife woke i told her to check my atm card and there was a check deposited to it.(smile) god is good yall and not only when things are going good you know?I give him all the praise because us as a people are not even worthy of the mercy the lord has on us.We as a people can't even play the part let along actually fill his shoes.I have a long time friend thats able to help more than maybe you and i and never once lended a hand but thats the nature of man i guess and so i depend on jesus, never once did jesus stop doing his works for our father who is in heaven so even god depended on him now thats assurance for you. if you need any. I know my trials are here but how can they compare to a consistant love? a love that would die for you so that you would have a life more abundantly DEPEND ON JESUS HE LOVES US. which one of us would give his or her child over wrongly accused to die for his friend who wouldnt even find the time to attend the funeral? because they had other things to tend to WE OWE THAT MAN SOME DEDICATION YALL

the lord never said we couldn't be funny!

jodieblunt — Sun, 14 Dec 2008 11:36:12 -0800

first of i wanna say i thank the lord for another oppurtunity to share another blessing with you all. I just left church and today we had a speaker by the name micheal jr, and this guy was funny and it truly was a blessing to see how god worked through this him being able to tell jokes and touch people at the same time.I had a wonderful time with my family and the congregation just hearing everybody laugh.It was good and i think that people can reach people more and lead them to christ or at least put it on your mind to where you wanna learn more about the lord by just being they self you can honestly channel whatever ability you have to work in the lords favor just wanted to share this great exsperience with you all , god bless

white Christmas

jodieblunt — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 21:01:55 -0800

My testimony today is I live in Bryan/College Station and we hardly ever see snow fall where it actually doesnt melt as soon as it hits the ground. And guess what? This afternoon it started snowing and my family and I were so amazed. We actually got to make our first snowman together as a family. We each put part in the making of the snowman. Both of my sons were so excited. We rolled out three big balls to make the snowman and even decorated it. My wife was even in the snow doing her part. It is always a good thing to be able to do things as a family seeing the smiles on our childrens face. It makes us think that Christmas is just around the corner. But.... It should help us remember that Christmas isn't just about buying gifts to see the smiles on our kids faces but about spending quality time together as a family and remembering the real reason for Christmas.

no weapon formed against us shall prosper

jodieblunt — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 00:23:16 -0800

god is good i've recently been being blessed or should i say i live to be blessed and im just thankful for everything because without him i;m nothing and from where my life once was i know god answer prayer i think we all shouid just take the time to tell the lord thank you everyday on the job in your car no matter what we may face................................................................................................ today is december 4th and i got laid off today but in this storm i'm gonna drop my anchor and live by my testimony because regaurdless of the situation i have no control over god's plan so today i'm being put to test in my own testimony i once was a local rapper speaking poison to the steets even on a cd in store two of them thats where the blunt comes from on my name (meaning) said what i wanted to say. NOW i say what im suppose to say and that is there is power in the name of jesus and he makes a way out of no way how can i fold if the lord is my backbone I TRUST IN HIM AND BOLDLY SPEAK FROM MY LIPS NO WEAPON FORMED AGAINST US SHALL PROSPER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

God is good!!!

babyj248 — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 21:15:55 -0700

If you have read any of my posts, you know that I was struggling to keep my marriage together. My husband had been cheating for over a year. I also found my salvation and gave my life to Christ around the same time.

My husband has moved out and I have remained strong, realizing that he will never change and it is better just to let him go. He has been gone for ten days and I am struggling with the bills. My cable is getting turned off, my telephone and internet as well. Today they came and got my big screen tv because I couldn't pay for it. I'm lonely, I feel like I have no one, and with all this going on I kind of forgot about God. I had been missing church and not reading my bible. I had become angry and hard.

Well God has done something wonderful for me. He has sent me an old friend whom I haven't talked to in eight years! This friend is currently studying to be a Pastor. This morning I confessed to my friend that I just didn't understand why God would put me through all of this. At times I have blamed God, even said I hated Him.

I began to understand that all the times I have blamed God, He was actually helping me out of a bad situation. When I was in a bad relationship God removed that man from my life, much as He is doing with my husband. He was removing them from my life for a reason...to prevent something irreversible. I had a two miscarriages, one five months along, during my marriage and I realized too that He took my children to spare them, not to spite me. God would never forsake me and I know that now. I feel good. God sent me my friend again for a reason. I haven't talked to this friend in over eight years.

This friend has made me see that I have been looking for a man who will treat me right.
A love that a man of the flesh is not capable of. The man I have been seeking is God.

My friend told me to pray and ask God to forgive me for doubting Him, to forgive me for hating Him, for giving my life to Him and falling, to ask Him to help me back up onto my feet...I did and it felt so good to finally understand what God can do.

My friend also explained to me that when I gave my life to Christ, the devil began to fight harder for me. That is why things seem as though they are getting worse.

He then led me to Proverbs 3:5&6...Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge Him, and He will make your paths straight.

It just spoke to me in ways where I understood what Christianity is all about. Letting God take over and carry my burdens, and it's ok to not understand because God will take care of me if I live for Him.

A few hours later I found out that I am losing my job. The facility is closing in four days. I had no idea this was coming, as we were supposed to have buyers but they have backed out. This was a complete shock to all the employees. But I did not fret. I know that God will provide. I have been thinking that God must have something wonderful and beautiful in store for me. Something that doesn't include my old life. I have lost my husband, I will have to move in with a family member, I will lose my apartment...it just seems like where I am right now is NOT where I am supposed to be. Instead of crying over my job and everything I have lost, I find myself rejoicing and anticipating what God has in store for me because I know it's something good.

I just wanted to share this experience. I'm no longer afraid what the future brings because I know that God is with me in everything I do.

I feel great!

babyj248 — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 13:46:22 -0700

I went to church this last Sunday for the first time in 3 1/2 years! I'll tell you it felt so good to be in the company of people who share my newly found desire for Christ! I have been saved before, but this past Sunday was a turning point for me. I renewed my committment to the Lord and it felt so good!

I originally posted about my marriage, how it has been broken by infidelity on my husband's part. I have been struggling to keep my marriage together for some time. After praying with three Pastor's about it, God has renewed my trust in Him and I know that His will will be done. After praying with the Pastors about my marriage, I have realized that it's not the end of the world if my marriage doesn't work. I have accepted that it may not work out, and I am ok with that. Because I know I have done all I can to keep it together. I am no longer scared to get a divorce if that is what it comes to. I have been faithful and have done everything a wife is supposed to do.

I have accepted that God may have a plan for me that doesn't include my husband and I trust in God enough to know that He will not forsake me. I have put it into God's hands and I feel good about it. I feel a new peace about my situation and I know that is God's love.

The Weapons of our Warfare pt.1

Philsogmanifest — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 17:28:38 -0700

Over the past few weeks, since I've started writing on this site, there have been several attacks from the enemy upon me. Not only on me, but also upon my children. And I really believe that the Spirit of the Lord is leading me to share with this body, the wisdom that he has given me to overcome. Today one of the most powerful weapons that I believe God has given all of us in these last days is the Internet. In 2 Cor 10:4 the Bible says that the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, or of the flesh. When I think about warfare or being in a battle, my mind often goes to to War in Iraq. I think about the high tech weapons that mankind has created to destroy one another.

Then I think of the battles and the struggles that we all face daily. One of the greatest battles that I face on a daily basis is, my thought life. And let me tell you being a former addict, who used all types of schemes and deceptions to get my fix; one day in my head could be just as bad as being in a war zone. I believe that God is using the Internet as one of the weapons of my warfare. I'm in training right now as I write. One web site is Biblegateway, which is open most of the time when my computer is on. It helps me to stay focused on the main reason why I'm on the computer.

In the last week, I've added several new sites that helps me with casting down imaginations and things that exalt itself against the knowledge of God. 2Cor:10:5 The bible gives a description of the Armor of God in Eph 6; verse 17 says that the Word of God is the Sword of the Spirit. Then in the book of Hebrews 4:12 the Word of God is described as a two-edged sword. For me Biblegateway.com is one edge of the sword that God has given me to use in the battles that I face daily. There are times when going from site to site, some article or news clip will catch my attention. Most of the time, it's something bad. And my mind will start to focus on the negativity of clip.

But God has given me a powerful weapon in having instant access to his Word. Christian music has been a part of my life since I first came to Christ, and lately it has become the other edge of my sword. My oldest son whom I spoke of in my testimony, is an aspiring Rap artist. Around this time last year, he began to share with me his vision of gathering together his cousins and starting an Independent record label. When I first came into this, he had already begun the organization of a small recording studio in an apartment that he and his engineer was renting from my mother.

If you remember in one of my prayer request, I asked for prayer for him because he had gotten involved with a Religion called the Hebrew Israelites. Most of his rapping is giving praise to Yahweh, another one of the many names of God. So he wants his music to be free from cursing, violence and the degradation of women. In the course of this pass year I have been blessed to learn how to do sound recording. And I'm in a position to affect a lot young people lives through music. I said all of that to say this; music is the other side of my sword. Just yesterday I found a web site called playlist.com On this site I have a playlist that consist of my favorite christian artist. And it is truly amazing how the Holy Spirit uses these men and women of God to speak into my life.

By listening to the Word of God through song, God is lifting me out of many mental bondages (strongholds) that once held my thinking captive.(2 Cor 10:5) And this enables me to bring my thoughts captive to the obedience of Christ. Remember I'm a 44 yr old black man who was a slave to sin and the pleasures of my flesh and the world. The type of music that I grew up on was mainly R&B. Today artist like Jeremy Camp, Chris Tomlin, Stephen Curtis Chapman, Third Day, Casting Crowns and Mercy me are sharpening this edge of my sword. And since 98 of the words that are spoken in thier songs, are the Word of God; I find them exposing,sifting,analyzing and judging the very thoughts and purposes of my heart.(Heb 4:12) Sharpening the other side of my sword, are the men and women of God that he has used over the years to help me, in understanding who I am in Christ.

Creflo Dollar, Joyce Meyer, TD Jakes, Joel Osteen, Paula White and many others. And lately Ignited Faith, Miss piggy and the many others who have taken the time to pray for me, and who have taken the time to acknowledge thier faith in Christ through this website. There is a lot more that I want to share about the Weapons of our warfare, thats why I called this pt. 1 Stay tuned for pt. Until then remember that;" You are an Awesome spiritual being of magnificent worth and value as a person" Grace and Peace Philsogmanifest

My salvation

babyj248 — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 09:50:39 -0700

I have always been a believer in our Lord Jesus Christ, but I have never been a devoted church goer. I considered myself a Christian even though I was doing nothing to back this up. I was married in a non-denominational church because it was very important to me to be married under God and to have my marriage blessed by God. It wasn't until I came across an instance of infidelity in my marriage that I was brought in front of the Pastor again. My husband had a sexual affair and I felt the need for my husband and I to go talk to the Pastor about it.

The Pastor was very helpful in helping us get past this problem in our marriage. In that meeting the Pastor kept telling us that Jesus wants our hearts. Something happened to me in that meeting and it wasn't until later that I realized it was my salvation. I want and needed for Jesus to have my heart. I now have this hunger for God's word and feel the need to know and learn everything I can about the Lord and the bible.

There is not a day that goes by that I do not pray or read my bible. Yesterday I heard a song that I was very familiar with. The song talks about a new love between a woman and a man and how it is a new love and a devoted love. When i heard the song in the past I would think about love between a man and a woman. Yesterday when I heard the song I thought about my newly ignited love for the Lord. He is all around me and I feel Him every day.

I thank God for igniting this thirst I now have for Him. I have realized that I have been ignoring the most important thing in my life. That thing that I have been ignoring is Him. The Lord has spoken to me in a way that I finally understand. It is time for me to better my relationship with God and I thank Him for helping me to realize that. The Lord does wonderful things and He has done something wonderful for me. He has made me realize that with Him all things are possible. Now that I have Him in my life I couldn't even imagine letting Him go. My life is so much better already. Praise be to God. He is worthy of praise and I finally realize it! This is the best thing that has ever happened to me. I just wanted to share my newfound love for the Lord. God bless.

Be still and know that He is your God 2 Philsogman

Philsogmanifest — Sat, 23 Aug 2008 08:39:29 -0700

I had to wait a few days before sharing this testimony, because I had to wait for God to carry me all the way through the things that He was showing me. On Tues. Tropical Storm Fay hit the Palm Bch. area with a lot of rain and winds. That morning I experineced the power and the presense of God in such an awesome way, that I could see the hand of God changing my heart and mind, fullfiling specific promises that He had given me in His word. As the storm came through I found myself sitting, looking out the window, listening for the voice of God. I searched through the word of God looking for passages that spoke about the voice of God. During this time, maybe about an hour, there was no mistaking the direction the Lord was moving me in. Little did I know where it was going to lead me. I had been prompted by the Holy Spirit earlier that morning to pray for my nephews, who are stuggling with the things of this world, in ways that are leading them directly to hells gates. There are about 6 young men who are throwing thier lives away right now, with drugs, sex and violence and causing thier parents a lot of pain and grief. As I began to pray for them, one stood out more than the others. I kept hearing his name in my head over and over. "Deion" He is actually my wife's (whom I am seperated from) first cousins son. Who has been hanging out with my sisters son (Chad) who is being sought right now for questioning in connection with a shooting that happen a few weeks ago. Now please bear with me as I attempt to make this clear for you. That morning the Holy Spirit told me to call Deion's mother Karen, who has been attending Church with me, my wife and my grand kids for the past couple of months. When I finally called her around noon that same day, she confirmed to me that God has been calling her son Deion for some time now and that he had just a few days ago expressed to her that he was tired of the way he was living. She was so glad that I had called, to give her confirmation of her prayers being answered. But the Holy Spirit had spoken more things to me. Her sister Gwen had been diagnosed with cancer around 5 yrs. ago. She is such a beautiful woman of God. But satan has not touched her faith during this ordeal. Although she has lost her hair, and a lot of weight, and she is moving with the help of a walker, Her faith inspires me every time I see her. Now I must share with you the beginning of our relationship. When Gwen was first diagnosed, I was lead by the Holy Spirit to go and pray with her for healing. And because she is an in-law, our contact is limited, and we don't see each other often, except at family functions. The morning of the storm, I could hear in a "small still voice" that I would personally see the manifestation of the Holy Spirit upon Gwen's life for total restoration and that through this would come a Unity in our Family. Now the biggest part of my call to Karen was sharing with her the words of knowledge that the Holy Spirit had given me. Yes I was scared, and there were moments when I felt as though I was going to look stupid or maybe she wouldn't recieve them, because 5 yrs. ago when I went to see Gwen I told her that the Lord told me that her sickness was not unto death. What was she going to say ? I was obedient to the voice of God and I shared with Karen, all that God had spoken. After hanging up the phone with Karen, I was taken back in my mind about the relationship that I once had with Karen. Back in 1984 I hated this women with a passion. I wasn't living as a christian, and was in a lot of bondage in my thinking. Her and her sister were living with me and my wife, and I resented it. We would argue every time we saw each other. It was common for us during this time, to insult each daily. Most of the time our haterd for each other even scared my wife, it was a really bad time for us. As I sat and looked out at the storms rage, I said to myself," I use to hate Karen with the same force that I was watching during that storm". I began to cry, and ask the Lord to forgive me for those things that I had said and done to her in the pass. For the next couple of days, I wanted to share this testimony with this body, but it wasn't done yet. My wife called yesterday asking for my help with some tile work that she needed done. She came to my mothers house as me and my son were leaving for my grandson's football pratice. Two hrs. later she was still there. Her and my mother were talking about the situation with my nephew, Chad. She came out and told me that her mother was in town for a funeral, and invited me to go with her, to go and see her while see was here. On the way there, I shared with her what the Lord had shown me during the storm. As I shared with her the Holy Spirit came on me and I began to cry and ask her forgiveness for my pass, with her. Then as we arrived to her sister's house, I saw Karen's truck and knew that all this had been arranged by the Holy Spirit, so that I could ask Karen's forgivness also for the past. It was incredible, we stood outside and I ask her to forgive me for my actions 24 yrs ago. and we praised God together for the work that He has given us today. We stood and agreed together for her sisters total restoration and her son's and my nephew's deliverence. This all happen last night, so I could share it with you all this morning. We serve an Awesome God. Grace and Peace Philsogmanifest

Giving Thanks

Erylsha — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 16:25:35 -0700

I would like to say thank you to all of you that prayed for me and my husband to find a job and those who just looked at my prayer request. I wanted to let everyone know that im very happy and blessed today and am glad to infrom you that I have been selected to do my finger print/processing session for the Internal Revenue Service. I gave God the glory first because he is the on that willed the door to be open when one door had closed and I give him all the honor and praise in Jesus name.

Thanks to God, Jesus and the Holy Spirit
and to all those that prayed for me.

THANK YOU
Erylsha

Praise report

jceep — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 13:45:16 -0700

God blessed my husband with the Job. God also blessed us with the house. I praise God sooooooo much.He is so worthy to be praised.

Be still and know that he is your God. Philsogmani

Philsogmanifest — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 06:59:02 -0700

Over the years I have had many one on one encounters with God. No I'm not saying that during these encounters, God spoke in an audible voice. Although several years ago I believe that he did, 5 words that I'll never forget." I am your Father son" During that time in my life, I was struggling with doubt and unbelief concerning, the reality of my being a son of the most high God. Something to think about ! But last night's experience with the Holy Spirit was one of the most awesome times that I have ever spent with God. As I have shared in past prayer request, I'm working with my son in his aspiring career in the music business. When he dropped me off, we were at the end of an exciting conversation about the future; our plans and dreams. I can remember coming in, turning on the computer and thinking about this website, wondering if there was something that I should look at before going to bed. As I sat down I just began to thank the Lord for my son, my family and all that God is doing in my life today. In my mind the only thing that I could think of was "Be Still Phil" As I continued to praise and thank God with my eyes closed, I could see the different websites that God has been using over the pass few months to change my thinking and deepen my walk with him. One site sends me daily devotionals, there was one e-mail from them that I had been setting aside for about a week, and I knew that the Holy Spirit was prompting me last night to read it. The title of it was "Learning to Be Still" But more than that, was the overwhelming sense of peace; and what I can only describe as floods of joy, or rivers of living waters, that I experienced before reading it. I sat there several minutes without saying a word, just listen for His voice. I could recall songs that I listen to daily like; Voice of Truth, In his Presense, Word of God Speak, and others that speak about spending time with God. They were all coming to my mind as I sat there. Then when I began to read the devotional the most incredible thing happen, as I read it, it was like the entire thing was written for me personally. The first line went like this," It's in the place of silence that the Holy Spirit boils the truth we recieve from Scripture down to it's essence, reveals specific insights that are pertinent, and then applies them to our most perplexing and our most stubborn misconceptions. As He transforms our heart to beat in sync with His, our decisions begin to accomplish His will and we begin to reflect His character." I can remember as I finished the devotional, I didn't want this time with God to end. I thought that maybe I should listen to one of my favorite ministers, who I listen to daily. Most of the messages that I listen to from this man of God were from his archieved messages, but last night I could sense the Holy Spirit prompting me to listen to his message from yesterdays broadcast. The message was entitled "Passing the test of stewardship". For a minute I thought that, this didn't sound anything like, a message on " Being Still ". But the Word of God says in Isa.55:8 My thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways My ways, says the Lord. So I was obedient to the direction the Holy Spirit was leading me in, and I listen to it. Turns out the entire message was on spending time with God; this was the test of stewardship. By the time it was over, I was standing thanking and praising God for speaking to me in such powerful ways, it was Awesome. After that I opened the Delve into Jesus site, there were only 2 prayer request posted. The first was a request for prayer for a new baby, little Anne Rose. As I responded to it, I could sense the Holy Spirit giving me insight into the situation. I know that everything is going to be okay. Then there was another request that wasn't clear to me. Let me say this right now, in some of my other writings on this site, I have spoken of my need to be transparent, another word for that is honest. My first feelings after reading the request, was to look and see how much time this person had spent on this site. Mainly because of the way they were speaking. I learned that they hadn't spent much time praying for others or even reading on this site, although they had been a member for some time. Almost instantly I felt that I didn't want to respond to thier request for prayer. Then it was almost like Jesus said to me, how dare you, this is who I died for. I felt so convicted. So after asking the Lord to forgive me for my thinking and asking him for the wisdom to respond, I did. And I'm looking forward to continuing in prayer for this person. Thank God for His presence. I believe that in all of this I really want to say, that the Holy Spirit is alive and well and is available to all who will spend time with God and allow His Spirit to lead them into all truth. He is here, and He wants to be our Comforter, Counselor, Helper, Advocate, Intercessor, Strengthener and Standby. He has mission here on the earth in these last days, and everyone who belongs to Christ will hear His voice. Read John 14:16,17,26; John 15:26;and John 16:7,8,13,33 Remember this "You are an awesome Spiritual being of magnificent worth and value as a person" Grace and Peace Philsogmanifest

Who am I ? Philsogmanifest

Philsogmanifest — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 14:49:28 -0700

Many years ago, when I first came to know the Lord Jesus, I thought that giving a testimony was telling someone, things about my pass. I would hear people say in church, get up and give us your testimony. I would tell people of how God had delievered me from drugs and the life style that went along with it. And in most cases I would, leave church and fall right back into the same pit. This was back in 1982, I was 19 yrs. old, 1 boy and not married. Several years of treatment centers, jail and hospitals followed. Sometimes sobriety, lasted sometimes it didn't. Life went on. I am a certified welder, from a singlemothered home who swore never to leave his kids, like my dad, had left me. And although there were times of great turmoil, because of my problems, God was faithful. He has never left, nor forsaken me. About 3 yrs.ago me and my wife Lisa seperated, we have 4 adult children together with 8 grandchildren and our adopted daughter has a little girl. Over the years I have had many trials, many of which have caused me physical injuries. I will add one of these stories, only because of the biblical aspects of forgivness that it holds. I the early 1990's I was injuried in a robbery, by someone that I thought was my friend. This injury was to my left eye, crushing my eye socket my and nose canal, by kicking me in the eye. The injuries required 4 hours of surgery and around 50,000.00, plus months of healing. I can recall my thoughts during the following 6 months, fear, revenge, anger, and lonley for God, because I had not went to church for 6 mo. Around Christmas time I asked my wife to take me to the church because I could'nt take it anymore. I remember going to the altar, no one was there but me, I told God how I felt, I wanted to kill this guy, and I couldn't forgive him. I'm not sure if this was the first time or not, but the word of the Lord came to my mind just as clear, " If I didn't fogive, when men sinned against me, my Heavenly Father would not forgive my sins" Then I can remember asking God for the strength to forgive him, and I can remember the release I felt on the inside, Peace like I've never felt before. I had almost forgot about this guy until, I was subpoenaed to testify against him for his crimes. That day in court was one of the most powerful spirituial exp. that I have had in my life, even more than the healing of my face and eye. In fact my vision is still 20/20. I can recall the States Attorney telling me that I had to put this guy away, but the only thing that I could think about was that day in church and the word of the Lord. It was all a test, to see if I trusted his word. Well I forgave Chris that day in court, and although I haven't seen him since, I pray that it had some impact on his life. Because it very hard for me to hold anger inside, without thanking God for the gift of forgiveness today. That's just a part of who I am and where God has brought me from. I've just started this internet writing stuff, and I've posted a couple of request that says a little more about me and the things I face today, which is my testimony. Who am I/You? I am a Awesome spiritual being of magnificent worth and value as a person. Grace and Peace Philsogmanifest

my faith

Anonymous User — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 22:19:23 -0700

I went to a church camp for the first time when i was 11 or 12. All the other 'big kids' were there for relationships with each other, and not with Christ. This was obivious to me, and it really bugged me how people could take such a brilliant opportunity to let Christ into their lives, and just waste it by going on 'icee dates' and kissing when the cousilers weren't looking.
At the camp, I was saved, and I went home feeling like a new kid. I tried really hard to be good, and all that stuff.
But time went on, and my relationship with Christ sort of dwindled. I felt terrible. Like I wasn't even a Christian anymore.
But now I'm 14. I figured out that I couldn't depend on the church or the counsilers or my pastor to save me. It was my responsibility. So I gave my heart to God my own way. I prayed to him. I accepted him.
I feel him everyday. I see his miracles. I pray, and I feel like he's listening. I know he's listening.
It's hard to keep my faith alive with my life like the way it is right now. It just seems like everything's falling apart. But when I start to feel like giving up, I pray as hard and as openly as I possibly can. And I hold on a little longer.
Jesus is my savior, my rock, my king. He's done so much for me, so much I don't deserve. His love for me is....amazing.

He is real and he loves us, first.

humbertob1 — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 15:12:05 -0700

I began drinking when I was ten years old when I was selling newspapers and shining shoes in the bars. I was a teenage alcoholic, dope smoker, and heroin user by the time I entered Jr. High school. I quit school at the beginning of the tenth grade, I don't remember any classes.
I was sent to prison for stealing a car,trying to avoid being sent to Vietnam, at the age of seventeen, in 1967. I recieved my GED as an option to picking cotton on a prison farm in Texas. I also learned the trade of welding. I was released at age nineteen.
I got married at age twenty-one. I had my first, of three children and I bought my first house, in Denver, Colorado at age twenty-three, where I had become a Boilermaker, a builder of Powerplants. I bought my second house, a five bedroom, five acre ranchette, between Denver and Colorado Springs, five years later.
I had everything that the "American Dream" promised to anyone who would give glory and homage to a secular government. I did so. I did not give glory to the One whom I had never gave any consideration to.I did not give thanks to any body on earth. I worked for mine, I deserved what I worked hard for, I thought. I ate, drank, and was merry. I drank too much!
When my Christian wife infromed me that my repsonsiblities were not being met and that the good times were about to come to an end, I screamed at her, telling her that I was the king of that home and that the house, the cars, the horses, the children and indeed her, herself, was mine to do with what I wanted. I was the Boss, ther head honcho, the wise one of the family!! But in her wisdom, she told me that the grocery bag on the floor, filled with "my" clothes was the only thing that I possessed, and that I was to leave the family and to never return.
I thought to myself, I would leave and it would be to her suffering for my loss. That was 35 years ago. I have not recieved a "come back home" call.
Deppresion set in so badly that I wanted to kill myself. I was returned to prison, 20 years later, again. I was paroled to Austin, Texas, where I resumed a drug addiction, fed by my stealing everyday from grocery stores to support my addiction.
I became homeless for ten years, with three years under a bridge, smoking crack, everyday. My life was slipping away from me, right before my eyes. I did not call on God, I did not know God, but God called on me because He knows me, He knows my heart and he had mercy on a lonely fool, a prodigal son, just one of His flock.
I was blinded in one eye by syphlis from years earlier. I developed Diabetis, hypetitus C, and was suffering from cirrosis of my liver. I could now see my life slipping away before my eyes. I was hit by a car. My body smashed that car as if it had hit a oak tree, but I only recieved a bruised leg. As I bent over to pick up my boosting box( my thieving tool)I heard a voice telling me that the next time; I would not get up again. I was filled with a desire to find out who had said that.., and what did it mean by"next time". This led me to a Salvastion Army Adult Rehab. center. There I discovered the treasure of the Bible. The studies began to answer questions that I had not spoken of. I fell in love when I read the verse," ask, and it will be given unto you, seek and you will find, knock, and the door will be opened". First I doubted. I asked for wisdom and knowledge, I had grown so tired of being a fool, in my old age. I found that I was asking for knowlege of Him, for I knew about things of this world, I've been here 59 years, and the wisdom that I asked for was always right there, in the Bible.
He bought me books and sent me to school.
I recieved a cornia transplant, a 10,000 operation for free.My sight has been returned to me. My diabetis is in control, my cirrosis is in remission, and the Hyp. C is also in remission. He has shown Himself to me, in the things that He does in my life that I can now see and hear, and I now give glory to ONLY Him. He shows me the way to keep learning, even though the obstacles are everywhere, after all it is impossible for an old man, who dropped out of school forty years ago, who is living under a bridge as a homeless crack addict, who never went to high school. It is NOT impossible for the One who makes the impossible, possible. He made the funds available, along with my housing and my food needs. I also now drive a new scooter!
I recieved an associates degree, after applying the GED that I recieved forty years ealier in prison. I applied that degree when applying for my Bachelors' degree, in Ministry and Christian Studies, where I will be in my junior year this fall,'08.
I continue to ask questions, but I seek answers from scholars. I pray for answers that even scholars can not answer, and I recieve understanding. I realize that an uneducated child can recieve revelation, but 59 years of human reasoning has it's difficulties in being set aside from a person who has been so self reliant, for so long. I will never know everything, but what I am able to see and to hear, I will share with my brothers and sisters in the Prison Ministry, where I do volunteer, thank you Jesus.
Our Father who art in heaven, the One who loved us brfore we were even in our mother's womb, Thank you for carrying me for so long. I pray to walk now in His footsteps, by His grace. Amen.
Speak to Him. Say your prayers. He hears our words. He does love us, all. Can we not love Him for all that He has done for us in our lives? To suffer means that we are alive. To recieve His mercy must be for His glory, because He is the Creator. Living things that do not suffer, even unto death, do not exist. He overcomes suffering and death, for US!!

I was broken in 1000 pieces

BrokenInPeace — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 21:41:03 -0700

I have suffered severely from depression on so many occasions. I got to a point in my life where I felt like the enemy was going to defeat me, it would just be a matter of time before my downfall. I was completely wrong. When I hit rock bottom the Holy Spirit began to speak to me through others. For at least (2) years I had prayed for God to send me more Christian friends. For quite awhile nothing happened. Yet, at the very last second God just like dropped all these awesome people into my life at just the very right time. I had hit the lowest point in my life with depression and I was feeling defeated and completely out of energy. Physically I had no motivation at all. Through all the amazing people God had placed in my life He began to speak truth into my life and gave me the strength to pray against the lies of the enemy. I can't speak for anyone else who may read this that struggles with depression but I wll say I serve a God who renews me every day and He has defeated the enemy of depression and of lies. I know for a fact that satan has come to lie, steal and destroy whatever he can. God has come to save and give hope to the weary and love to the lost. Right now I volunteer for a faith-based organization in Denver, Colorado titled Dry Bones Denver. The Dry Bones name is in reference to Ezekiel 37 where God brings life into bones that are broken and totally destroyed. I thank God every day for placing people in my life who love me and hold me accountable. What an engine of hope and change. PRaise GOD

It poured

diamant.noirs — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 21:28:22 -0700

I recentley to questioned Gods ways, when in doubt about somethings that were going on in my life. I pondered, and never got why i had to go through what i considered hell for those past 5 years. Till today i was watching this spiritual channel on TBN and the preacher was great, he was preaching about fufilment, and how everything happens for a reason. Then he said how youmust endure the bad to open the doorway to the good. Joseph was sold ino slavery for jealousey, inslaved because of pottifers wife but if that hadnt had happened he would have never became powerful in the end. He wouldnt have never been second hnd to pharoah. If goliath never exsited who was king David going to fight, how else was he to become king over Israel?. If saul wasnt there to interogate him all the time, how would he had trusted God and gained widom from him. If Moses didnt have to ace those drulling months in the desert, how would we be able to gain our inheritance. Most importantly If jesus descided nope! I dont wanna die send some one else im tired of this pain, thier being mean! blah..blha..blah were would be now. The jews would inherit the kingdom of God not us. o as painful as it is remeber that verything happens for a reason. All those tears sorrows, and hard times i had to endure made me a stronger person, and got me closer to God. I love my dad to death he is always looking out for me. May his blessings contiue to rain down on me

My Marriage Restoration Prayers

Anonymous User — Sun, 01 Jun 2008 23:09:50 -0700

Since late December of 2007, I have been struggling with many issues. My husband left me when I was 3 months pregnant and we had a lot of horrible problems since this time. Through it all I turned to the Lord to take care of our situation. I prayed hard for my husband and my marriage and came to this site asking for prayers and praying for others. Well, the Lord listens to our prayers and after 6 months my husband will be coming back home in 2 weeks. Its just shy of my due date. I will continue to pray that the Lord will rebuild our marriage into His image and our new relationship and new family will be centered around the Lord. I love my husband very much and want to welcome him back home with open and loving arms and cannot wait. I know the Lord knows whats best and what we need. Thank you Lord and thank you to all of you that have prayed for me on this site, I have posted several prayers on here and I know the power of prayer is great. Thank you, thank you, thank you to all the prayer warriors we have out there in the world. I will continue to pray for all of you out there. I can't thank you all enough! Praise the Lord, He is good!!!!!!!!!! Michele

thank GOD 4 bro.and sistas in him

catina — Mon, 19 May 2008 13:08:56 -0700

alot of times the enemy wants me and alot of other folks to belie ve we are all alone especially when we fall or become enslaved with a sin all over again..............but its like when i found this site ive been visiting often it truly encourages me to press towads the mark

thank you

catina — Mon, 19 May 2008 13:02:42 -0700

well 1st i'd like 2 say im so happy and grateful to have found this site thank you LORD!!!! and 2 even get a response back letting me know someone else cares and dont even personally know me. i know its JESUS.........thank you for the response it really help me..............thank you so much and pls keep me before the LORD.

Living for Jesus is better!

JasonP — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 14:06:12 -0700

I am 32. My family and I attended a Southern Pentecostal church in Oklahoma for many years as a child. I was baptized into the church and I suppose I was saved back then, but I don't really remember the day, it was just something I learned by osmosis I suppose...

We moved to Oregon when I was in the seventh grade, and this turned out to be a culture shock for me. We had lived in a city with a population in the high 100,000's, and we moved to a town of about 10,000 people. Also, before the move out west, we had stopped going to our Pentecostal church regularly. This continued after the move to Oregon, eventually culminating in not going to any sort of church at all. I look at this part of my life as beneficial. Looking back at it, God has always been there for me, but because of the strict, conservative Pentecostal background I had lived under, I never really crossed the line to where God could become starkly visible.

I was extremely shy as a child and adolescent, possibly due in part to my very strict background, though I tend to think it was just who I was. After high school I joined the Navy, and it was there I begin to break out of my shell. In boot camp I was forced to be part of a group, which is opposite to my school years where my shyness had forced me to choose not to be a part of any group. So the Navy was very beneficial for me in that respect. The dark side of this period began when I had finished my required Navy schooling and was at my permanent duty station in San Diego. I found the partying world, and discovered that this was a place I enjoyed. I could get a buzz and not really be myself, I could be loud, funny, crazy, a party animal. I could be the guy I had never been. This was very liberating for me. But it also got me into trouble eventually. I did some illegal drugs one night for the first time while out partying, and the very next morning, when I was back on board, my number got pulled to take a urinalysis. Of course I failed and was kicked out of the Navy. This was not what I had planned, and after a few months of wandering around looking for something to do, I wound up finding a job in Alaska working for a fishing company.

At that point I had sworn off drugs, but not partying. This didn't work very well. Most of my newfound friends used all kinds of drugs, and I finally slipped into habitual drug use, even though I knew full well that I was where I was at in my life because of that exact thing! Well, after four years of fishing, I finally decided that was not for me, and I went home to Oregon.

I wound up working in reforestation, delivering furniture, picking and selling brush for seasonal decorations, and even fighting forest fires at one point. I went through a whole slough of jobs, and during this whole time I was not doing drugs on a regular basis, but it was definitely a part of my life to be sure. At that point I don't think it was the drugs that were my biggest problem, they were just a part of the larger problem which was indifference about my life. I really did not care what happened to me, I was just floating along, not a care in the world, living one day to the next. The drugs were just some spice that got thrown into the mix every now and then.

Eventually, I found work at a print shop running a little printing press, and during this time I met somebody whom I dated for a few months. We wound up having a child together. We never stayed together, and during her pregnancy I met another girl, whom I wound up moving to live with in a town a few hours away. Me and her are now married, and have a child together.

Now I am in school working on my bachelors degree, am on the honors list at the university I am attending, have a wife and two boys who I love dearly (my oldest I have every other weekend as well as during the summertime for a few weeks), and most importantly I have allowed Jesus to have an active part in my life. I say "allowed him" because before this part of my life, I knew who he was and that he loved me and had an eternal life for me after this one, but I had blinders on and was living my life for myself. I am proof that a life lived for self-satisfaction will never be self-satisfying. I guess that would be my testimony. My life was not a violent one, it wasn't peppered with crazy stories or unbelievable escapes from death or anything like that. It was one that started out with my saviour as an active part of my life, then moving into a period of loneliness, searching, and longing for something better, then finally the present when I have come back to my Lord and saviour Jesus Christ along with the full knowledge that he is the ONLY one who has the water that will actually quench my thirst! Now I am living a life that still has struggles, joys, heartaches and happiness, but the difference is Jesus is in it. Now my life consists of loving and trying to please the Lord, loving my family, looking forward to how God is going to bless my life, and spreading his message of Love and Grace to my friends and family and whoever else I meet.

God faithful and Great

stevemogz — Sun, 09 Mar 2008 05:07:50 -0700

Hi all of you my testimony is since some years back after i accepted christ as my lord and saviour and get baptised the enemy of our souls as several times to discourage me to give up my walk with jesus but i thank God as being faithful in delivering me safe in safe mighty hands right now i am still growing in jesus christ so pray for me to cling onto into christ and send me some of yourdevotionala in my email account.steve

The Greatest of these

mrspiggy — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 13:44:32 -0800

I grew up in the Lutheran Church. Went to a Catholic College for undergratuate work (with 12 hours required in theology) and a Catholic university for graduate work. So, I've always been exposed to God and religion. It was during my last year in grad school that I met Jesus and the Holy Spirit. That was over ten years ago and is not what my testimony is concerning. This is just background.

In November 2006, I suffered a brain attack. I spent many weeks in the hospital and once released, went through months of rehab learning to walk again. Because the Lord was with me, I did not go into a coma or lose any memory all. I returned to work full time in five months. Because of my left-side weakness. I had to learn to type with one hand. (I'm pretty good at it) I refused to have a pity party and went about life just fine. I attended church sporatically. I was upset with God that I was not able to function as before in my body. I walk with a limp.

In October 2007, I passed out while working on one of the many trips I took for my job. During the time I was "out" I spent time with God. I know this because I awoke very well rested. Then on 12/31/07, I was laid off the job.

My husband went to work in the morning and I read my Bible and got on the internet. I understood that God was calling me into alone time for a reason. At first, I read my Bible and looked up stuff at biblegateway.com. I was starting to have problems in my marriage and was seeking God. I wanted God to show me what love looked like. He led me to 1st Corinthians, chapter 13. I read it over and over, day and night. Then one morning during prayer, these words came into my spirit, "Give and it shall be given unto you". I went to the library and got every thing I could find on love. Next, I went to the bookstore and bought a couple of books. One day, while looking up a passage on the internet, I suddenly found myself on this website. I began reading prayer request and my heart went out to the people who had posted requests. I began to pray for them. I read discussions and offered my thoughts on the subjects. I then read testimonies and was reminded, they overcame by the Blood of the Lamb and the words of their testimonies. So, this is my testimony. I asked God to show me what love looked like and He is so faithful. He said you will find me when you seek me with all your heart. I found His love right here at this website. I see the love of trust when people post a prayer request. And I see patient, selfless love when the request are answered by others. My thanks to all who visit this website, for in you, I have seen God's love. You have been the answer to my prayer.

Sorry, this is so long. But I have a scripture I subscribe to that reads: Do all that is in your heart. I had to write it all.

Kelly's Testimonial

Kelly — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 21:11:01 -0800

I was brought up in a Catholic home and attended weekly mass. My parents gave me good instruction on prayer and I was close to God. One of my best memories was climbing a tree in my backyard and singing a song of praise to God (one that I made up as I went along). I couldn't hold a tune to save my life, but it felt so good and I felt so close to God. I had a couple stumbling occasions as I grew up. I got pregnant in college and had an abortion. It was probably the lowest point in my life. Being raised Catholic, of course I knew it was wrong. But I did it anyway. I did learn a lot about judging others by that experience. You never know what someone is going thru unless you've been there yourself. I don't judge anymore. It was a painful lesson and if I could take it all back, I would. I did drugs and alcohol to escape from the pain. I ended up leaving Ohio and moving to California. I was suicidal and very depressed. All during this time I was hit and miss with church. I went thru the motions some of the time, when I felt like it. I kept searching though. While I was in Los Angeles, I got involved with the Zen Mediation Center. I learned meditation and came close to becoming a Buddhist. My teacher would say, "take what you've learned here and go back to your roots - go back to the Catholic Church." She was amazing - I never met anyone who was more like Christ and she didn't really even believe in Christ - she beleived in Buddha! But she was the most calm, patient and compassionate person I have ever met. It sounds weird, but I never really bought into the Buddha thing - to me, it was just another way to worship my God, who never changed, no matter what you called him. So.... soon after that I met my husband to be. He was everything I wanted and needed in a spouse. And, he was a devout Catholic. So, God brought me back to the Catholic faith thru him. We came back to Ohio and we have 4 children. I believe He brought us here because we found a church that we are very pulled to. We are closer to Him now than ever and I feel like I am where I am supposed to be. I am continuing to learn to forgive myself and to accept his love and grace.

3rd Grade

Anonymous User — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 13:50:22 -0800

When I was in 3rd, I was considered a Latch-Key Kid. I walked home everyday after school, and stayed home alone until about 6 or 7 in the afternoon. I lived in a bad neighborhood, as well, so I always had to be aware of my surroundings.
One day, I left early from after school choir practice. I walked home, just as I always did, and was home alone. About 5 to 10 minutes after locking up and getting ready to do my homework, someone knocked on the back door. I assumed it was my uncle (who I lived with and had custody of me). I ran to the back door to immediately open it, but as I went for the door knob, I froze solid. I couldn't move, and all I could do was ask "Who is it?" It was a deep male voice that replied "Is so-n-so (stated my uncle's FULL name) there?" Well, I then ran quickly to my uncle's bedroom, looked out the window carefully, and saw someone dressed like a typical robber (in a ski mask, and all). I immediately called my Aunt and the Police. Thankfully, the person ran out the the back gate to the alley, and I was unharmed.
Could you just imagine what would have happened if I had opened that door? I seriously froze solid, and couldn't move when I went for the door knob. That plays in my mind everytime I feel discourged about God and his plan for me. He protected me that day, and I am grateful. Even to this day, I'm still shocked at what happened. I know that God is always with me and will always protect me.

Marriage Improving - Thank You Lord!

becki1purple — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 16:47:38 -0800

dear everyone i just want to say "thank you god" and thank you everyone for praying for our marriage "rebecca and fredi" god is moving in our marriage, in just 1 week i have seen a big improvement in communication and i have been hearing the words "i love you" more, which is a blessing, please continue to pray for us , for god to restore the commitment and faithfullness within our marriage ,for us to be living together soon like husband and wife are meant to be.

Please pray for fredi (my husband) he needs more of god in his life to know where he is going wrong , we are not out of the woods yet but i am starting to see a light at the end of the tunnel

"thank you god and thanks everyone "

godbless,
rebecca x

Lonely and Rejected

Shana — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 16:41:18 -0800

I'm 6 weeks pregnant with my second child. My boyfriend up and left me don't want to parts of me no more. And this is going be his first baby. The problem is my boyfriend does drugs herion and cocain. Everything for perfect during the Christmas holiday, he just came out of a detox treatment programme. He told he loves me and wants wants the baby. On new years day he confess to me he started using drugs again. His been doing drugs since 1993. His mother and father died. He been very abusive to me shouting to me and also his family. His brother shouts to meand call all sorts of horriable names. I ask God why, why Jesus. I not this man enemy I love and care for you. He just doesn't see it. He has too many demons inside of him. I can't help him no more. I just ask God I just hope he would come to his sences when it comes to the baby. I want this child to know his father.My boyfriend never knew his father. So I'm hoping he would break the cycle. Last Saturday he told me to leave him alone and stop calling him. I feel he can give his lifestyle for the baby. I ask God how can he walk away from his own fresh and blood. I feel hurting, use, confuse, betrayed by this whole situation. I don't understand why it saw hard for to let go and let God. I go church, every night I'm praying for the better. I just God to give me strenght in this pregnacy. I have been stressing out. My family thinks I should get a abortion. HELL NO! God place this child in my womb for a reason. It's life, I would never do that.They say I stupid. I'm just putting all my trust in thr Lord. Because know he would make a way out of no way. I need some anwsers for the Lord. Why I'm going threw all this!

Thanking God

M.Fields — Sun, 06 Jan 2008 02:07:05 -0800

I would like to give honor to God who is the head of my life. I use to do drugs and drink and now that I have turned my life over to the Lord I don't have the taste for either. I just want to thank God for being so good. I always thought when you get saved it would be boring, but oh how satan is a lie. I love going to church, reading the bible, just in love with being save. I just know I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me. Sometime the road gets hard, but I just thank the Lord for his mercy and grace, I'm running this race with endurance, I love him with all my heart, mind, soul and strength. I just thank God for bringing me this far and for his lovingkindness, for being a forgiving God, but most of all I thank him for his son Jesus Christ who died for us on Calvary. God is so good. I just want to thank him for all things, because I would be nothing without him. M.Fields

Saved By God

marcy530 — Sun, 23 Dec 2007 07:34:26 -0800

I HAVE A TESTIMONY ON HOW GOD DELIVERED ME FROM DRUGS AND ALCOHOL

I THOUGH I WAS GOING TO DIE BUT GOD GAVE ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO LIVE A BETTER LIFE. I WAS DRINKING AND DOING DRUGS SINCE THE AGE OF 14. I NEVER REALIZED THAT I WAS AN ALCOHOLIC. IN MANY OCCASIONS I WAS SO CLOSE TO DIE ALSO I SUFFER FROM DEPRESSION, ANGER ,AND SO MANY OTHER THINGS THAT I ASK MY LORD TO HELP ME GO THROUGH EVERY DAY. I TRIED TO COMMIT SUICIDE AND IN TWO OCCASIONS I ALMOST SUCCEED. AT ONE TIME I WAS DRIVING WITH DAUGHTER IN THE CAR AND I WAS UNDER THE INFLUENCE AND I FELL SLEEP ON THE WHEEL AND MY DAUGHTER TELLS ME THAT (ONLY BY THE GRACE OF GOD) THE WHEEL WAS MOVING LIKE SOMEBODY WAS DRIVING AND GOT US PULL OFF THE FREEWAY. MY DAUGHTER AT THAT TIME WAS 8 YEARS OLD WE COULD GOT KILLS US BOTH ,OR MAYBE IT WAS GOING TO BE ME THE ONLY SURVIVOR AND THEN I WOULD BE IN JAIL AND FEELING SO SORRY FOR THE DEATH OF MY CHILD. BUT GOD GAVE ME ANOTHER CHANCE TO LET US BOTH LIVE. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR READING MY TESTIMONY

GOD BLESS