Christian Testimonies

How The Lord Changed My Life

A Child of God — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 20:28:01 +0000

I was raised in a catholic home. My parents would take my sister and I every Sunday. I would pay attention but I would always come out of there confused. The fact that I need to confess my sin to a guy, that was just not right to me. As we got older my parents decide to stop going to church for a while and it ended up we going on special occasions like for Christmas and Easter.

By that time I was in public school in middle school. I was never a bad child that did drug or start fight. But I did get caught up with the people that did these thing. And my attitude started to change with my parents and my family. I started to skip school, not to do my work. I was just like a follower basically. In 7th grade my parents started realizing the change in my additive and my grades.

So then my parents decided to put me in Calusa and that’s how I got here. When I first came to this school I was the angryest child ever. I didn’t like the fact that the school was to small that I didn’t have my friends. I didn’t even like my classmate in my class.

Little by little Calusa started to grow on me, I changed my attitude because that wasn’t going to get far at all in this school. I would always be so confused when we would have chapel. Doc would always do the hand movement of the paper and god forgives our sin. That’s a great demostration by the way.

I remember I trusted god as my Savaoir the last day before we went to Christmas break when doc sai the storty of the girl of boy that died. At first I was like to see a changed in my life in seconds yeah that didn’t happen. But I would go online and look up information I wanted to know and ask them in your bible classes. After a while I saw a huge change in my life with everything. And it was all because this school and there strong faith in god that made me come to the lord. Words can’t explain how greatful I am.

By: Lilliana

I Am Saved

A Child of God — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 18:30:51 +0000

I am a teenager and I grew up in a pretty christian home. My whole family is Lutheran. If you don’t know what Lutheran is then you might not understand, but we are really reserved. Everyone keeps to themselves and you memorize and repeat things over and over. Luthern is close to catholics. We do everything in a certain way and it has to be done that way. I started going to a Baptist church when I was in third grade. My friend invited me.

Over the years I kept on going to that baptist church. You may not think it’s a big deal to go to two diffrent churches, and it’s not but if you go to a Lutheran and Baptist church there is a lot of diffrences. Baptism for Lutherans is when you are a baby. Baptist belief you shouldn’t be baptized as a baby. I was baptized as a baby and for a long time I thought it was fine, I didn’t know. When I was the summer before my 8th grade year I went to a Baptist camp. There whole thing was about salvation. I got saved at that camp. I was so excited to get saved. I realized I didn’t want to be Lutheran, it’s just not me. I figured out I believe more towards Baptist.

I was afraid to tell my family that because ALL of them are Lutheran. I also had another problem. I needed to get baptized again. Since I was baptized as a baby it didn’t really “count”. I got baptized at the same Baptist church.

I stopped going to the Lutheran church and I made my family accept me for who I am, and what my beliefs are. Everyone has their own Christian journey, and mine just happened to be diffrent. You have to accept people for what they believe. This is my journey. What’s yours?

By: Sarah Gorman

I Realize that He Lives!

A Child of God — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 16:40:55 +0000

As a woman, most often I am burdened with household chores because everybody says that the women have to be very skillful toward the chores. For me, doing them makes me bored and very tired. I prefer having a maid that always can help me, but of course, I cannot prevent my maid to return to their village. This time I could not bear it anymore, I got angry with God as He did not grant my wish to give me a new maid soon. Reluctantly then I did what my mother ordered me to do, though actually I was not enthusiastic at all, but I had no choice!

When I was murmuring why He had not answered my prayer, it seemed that the Holy Spirit whispered something to me. Soon I said to myself, “If I mop till my room becomes fragrant, the fragrance will be the same like the fragrance of Jesus that died for me!” After thinking like that, my heart was filled with a great joy. Indeed, now I have a new spirit to do all household chores that become my responsibility, whether washing clothes, cleaning my room or drying my clothes in the sun.

I realize that Jesus can be present in every situation in my life; no matter the task that we do is great or small. God is everywhere, when we receive Him with open arms, surely He’ll work magnificently in our life! Every job that we do with joy will please Him.

By: Kumalawaty Sundari

The Unhealable Healed

A Child of God — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 14:34:03 +0000

I am so blessed. Our great God has been so wonderful to me and I exalt him and bless his name in the name of Jesus Christ, our living, risen Lord and saviour for his great and awesome mercy towards me. For the past three months I had struggled with pain, stiffness and swelling in my knee.

Climbing stairs or even standing or sitting for 30 minutes or more became so torturous I could barely think straight. Aerobics was out of the question. Even my friends and collegues reasoned that ageing maybe the cause and nothing short of surgery could help – which I was determined to avoid.

A few trips to the doctor, x-rays and some anti-inflamatory drugs yielded no relief. I was then told by the doctor that nothing further could be done. As I left the doctor’s office with neither a diagnosis nor relief, I realised that I had been seeking medical attention in all the wrong places. It was then I decided that I ought to have sought the divine healing of the Lord first.

So after some prayer and annointing at church one Sabbath, I decided to quit the drugs and put all my faith in God and with miraculous results. Weeks later in a dream I was told of herbs I should eat -which I did- and within a week, all pain and stiffness was gone and the swelling greatly reduced! Hallelujah! Glory to God in the Highest! There is no want to those who serve him! And so I just want to give all praise to my great physician for coming to my rescue and redeeming me from a lifetime of suffering.

I bless the Lord with all my soul, who forgives all our iniquities; heals all our diseases; redeems our lives from destruction, and crowns us with loving kindness and tender mercies, in the name of Jesus Christ his son, through whom all things are possible. Our Great Jehovah Rophe is excellent in all the earth! Amen!

By: Dee

Prayer Works!

A Child of God — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 02:08:38 +0000

I would like to testify on how GOOD God is. I had lost my wallet in a cab last August and i was panicking and going crazy because my life was in there. When i say i had everything in my wallet, i had everything (including my social security)! I prayed and prayed and had other people praying for me and as time went by i went about my business and got new credit cards and social security cards. I replaced everything little by little.

In October, a women (who i like to call an angel) came to my house and brought me back my wallet with EVERYTHING inside, including my social security card. My money was stolen but I didn’t care about the money -all i cared about was that my valuables was given back. The women was very nice to me and i tried to repay her with money to show how appreciative I was but she wouldn’t take it and she said that she was just so happy to have given it back to me because she would want someone to do that for her if she lost her wallet.

So the cab driver had my wallet all that time and she fought him to give it to her and she also got him to drive her to my house to personally give me back my wallet. God showed me favor. Man oh man GOD IS GOOD! He is more than good he is GREAT! i know there is a God and that prayer works. This is my testimony that i had to share. Lord I love you (shouting the victory!)

By: Calvinita Brooks

Restoration

A Child of God — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 01:59:48 +0000

I have been a Christian since I was a young girl and have always been alive to the word and power in our Lord Jesus Christ. The devil brought in discouragement at a point in my life, but he forgot that I know nothing can separate me from the love of God.

I was down to my last spiritual and emotional strength. Things were not working well for me. I cried, fasted, prayed, endured shameful incidents…but many are the afflictions of God’s children. By His grace I am standing; not because something has happened to change the tide, but because God’s grace has been sufficient for me and as such, he has given me victory. I fall yet i have risen because i am a living witness of God’s faithfully. I have peace.

Are you going through sickness, financial struggles, any form of barrenness, be it spiritual and physical or any other challenge? Hold on to God! Don’t go back to the world. Continue to be diligent in your service to God and he will give you victory and peace.

By: Titi

I Accepted Christ

A Child of God — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 01:45:29 +0000

I never really felt God tugging at my heart until lately. I have been saved once on Christmas Eve of the year of 2008, but I was to young to understand what it actually meant to be saved. In my head there was a picture of just asking to go to Heaven and you were ready. But that’s not it. You have to have forgiveness and God always forgives us. He never quits on us. He keeps trying.

I had always kept trying to pull away from him, envying all the girls with the hair extensions and nice clothes and boyfriends. When you look in a mirror you see yourself with a ton of acne and bad hair and terrible makeup, but God sees beautiful people who are wonderfully and fearfully made. We need to realize that. I’ve been going through some tough times lately. My best friend moved halfway around the world and I haven’t been making great choices about anything lately. This is a whole new world to me. Yet, it’s better. Today God has been helping me. I can always turn to God for whatever I need. He made you, he made me. He is your real father. I am your real sister. Whoever is reading this somewhere around the world, I hope that you can accept Christ and join me in Heaven whenever you get there.

By: Raven

Delivered From Sexual Immorality

A Child of God — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 17:14:08 +0000

I grew up with a whole lot of women in my house. i didnt have much of a male figure to look up to but the little that i had influenced me a lot. At a young age i started getting heavily invovled in pornography. my friends made it seem normal that every guy should be watching porn.

Some point of my life i started just having sexual thoughts for males. i didnt know what was going on but thought it was normal. some part of me thought watching male porn was normal and there was another part of me that hated it. in my own reality i could never have sex with men but the porn was permissible.

For a couple of years gay and straight porn overtook my life. in the real world i was dating girls but in my own world every kind of sexual pleasure was permissible. after a while God started working in my life showing me my sin. i soon after that went into depression because i was sexually confuessed. i started comparing women to men soon after that i was uncomfortbale around people. i gave up the gay porn but still continued with the rest. God broke me down and soon after that i started experiencing flash backs from my past. images of me, brothers, sisters, people of all kinds and ages having sex.

God delivered me from all that. he is my strring hold and he has shown me how disgusting my sin was. i am a man who respects other men. Christ died for all my passions. im SAVED!

By: Obakeng

Life Changing Jail Service

A Child of God — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 15:11:36 +0000

HERE IS A TESTIMONY FROM SOMEONE WHO CAME TO THE LORD IN THE JAIL IN ONE OF OUR SERVICES. SHE LOVES TO SHARE IT SO PLEASE DO:

I FIRST MET ESMERALDA IN ESTRELLA JAIL AT JAIL SERVICES WE CONDUCT. WHAT A CHANGE IN A PERSON! I PRAISE GOD THAT HE IS NEVER FINISHED WITH US AND SEES THE “JEWEL” HE HAS CREATED BECAUSE THAT IS WHAT IS HAPPENING WITH ESMERALDA BY THE “TOUCH OF THE MASTER’S HAND.” CHECK OUT THE LINK TO HER WEBSITE, YOU WON’T BE DISAPPOINTED! HERE IS ESMERADA’S TESTIMONY:

“I was once lost and blind and I refused the presence of God in my life. What I mean is the religious dogma of the Jehovah Witness religion. The view of God through religion was that he was just a commanding “freak” that turned His back on those who don’t believe in Jehovah. I always thought that Jesus was just a dead man; I refused God, His dead son, Jesus and everything to do with Him.

I was so rebellious my whole life but looking back I see many times that God tried to reach out to me and to stop me from persecuting everyone that was obedient to God. I tore apart everyone who would try to show me that God is good and that Jesus is real and that they loved me.

Growing up I was molested by one of my elementary school friend’s dad and as a result I became suicidal and suffered with bulimia. I was introduced to alcohol abuse due to the fact that my father was an alcoholic and could be very physically and mentally abusive, who also put a lot of stress on my mother. She had strong love in her but she was under all this stress due to the bad times we as a family endured.
I left home and became independent at the age of 15 and turned into a “boracha” (alcoholic) – a regular “party animal” capable of lot’s of violence. At 16 I moved from NM to AZ but kept running back and forth to try to escape my problems. I worked as a CNA at 16 and just tried to be successful but it didn’t work out.

One of my biggest problems was that I liked to party and to go clubbing using a fake ID, doing beer runs on a regular basis and this led to dealing drugs, doing drugs, and messing with counterfeit money to stealing cars (please forgive me if I car jacked yours). This all led to robberies and hanging out with gang members even though I never officially joined a gang (mainly because I wouldn’t let “homies” tell ME what to do!)

I am ashamed to admit that I helped “homies” hold a hostage once – I was a driver for an escort service, in and out of jail constantly and even played with witchcraft. Through all of this, I was demonically tortured, I have been left for dead twice, raped with my baby in my arms and constantly involved in bad lustful relationships – at one point I think one could be referred to as “Lucifer’s brother” and as my robbery partner he shot my best friend, he put a bag over my head and suffocated me leaving me for dead and then came back to set my body on fire and so much more. I fell into another relationship who was involved in the Mexican cartels which I shot at him for leaving me for leaving me for dead and leaving my face like a complete monster.
All I can say is that I am still alive today because of the mercy and grace of God. I once was lost but now I am found – it was God’s love through Jesus His son, my Redeemer that saved me when I was knocking at Hell’s door. Once I thought sin was fun but through my relationship with Jesus Christ (not religion) I have found “life and life more abundantly!”

When I came to the realization that I was daily dying inside I bowed my knee, repented before the Lord for all I have done and asked Jesus to come into my heart. It says in Psalm 116:1, “I love the Lord, because He has heard my voice…” Yes, He heard my cry for mercy and forgave me.

One of my favorite verses that has been a comfort for me is Isaiah 41:10 “Fear not, for I am with you; be not dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you, Yes, I will help you, I will uphold you with My righteous right hand.” This verse expresses what God has done for me and is continuing to do for me.

God has blessed me with my husband, a true man of God, just what I asked for! My husband has adopted my three sons, Micklo, Ceazar, and Santi and with his and God’s help I am becoming the mother they need. God is day by day helping me to completely change my ways into the woman of God I want to be and a better citizen in my community. I attend Victory Outreach Phoenix with Pastor Toni and Sister Patsy and my church family stands with me and my family.
I am in the process of opening my own little boutique store called Lala’s anointed Muneca’s (dolls) and also a website now is open for my product. http://lalasmunecasboutique.weebly.com and God is helping me do this because I was unable to get a job due to my felony.
I want you to know that there is no need to be walking around hopeless and thinking its ok to be crazy. This isn’t normal behavior to be filled with guilt or to be suicidal. I had to live with guilt for taking a life (abortion). Yes, I have overcome an addiction to gambling and to alcohol and so can you no matter what your addiction may be! There is an almighty God, a forgiving God that loves us all so much and just wants to bless us and is just waiting for us to turn to him and ask him to forgive us of our sins. God and all of heaven rejoice every time someone repents and turns away from the lifestyle of sin. Yes, there was a party in heaven when I did it and there will be one for you when you give your heart to Jesus.

God can and will heal any pain in your heart, any disease, any sickness and He can transform and heal anyone’s relationships. He can change hateful families to loving families. The Bible is so powerful, and I give all the glory to the Lord because I am supposed to be in prison or dead right now but instead I am out free – I thought my life was over but it is just beginning.

At one time I was sitting in jail in the hole thinking of hanging myself as I thought my kids were better off without me and I was facing years in prison but then the Lord led me to the church services in Estrella Jail with Pastor Shari where she preached the Word of Jesus Christ and gave me so much hope and prayed for me, and helped me build my faith. She didn’t know this at the time but she saved my life and she never left my heart, then is when God started to do many miracles in my life.

I went from a depraved woman to now being a woman of destiny and dignity and my life has purpose to it. I have found out that Jesus isn’t just a dead man but my living Lord and Savior. Don’t be stubborn today, Let Him love you and change your life forever. Esmeralda”
(More of my favorite verses: Psalm 106:1; 1 John 1:9; Jeremiah 29:11; Ephesians 6:24; Hebrews 3: 7-8; Psalm 40:4; Romans 12:21; Matthew 7:7; 2 Thessalonians 2:13; john 16:23-24) AND PROVERBS 31:25, “SHE IS CLOTHED WITH STRENGTH AND DIGNITY…”

By: ESMERADA

No More Miscarriages

A Child of God — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 02:13:46 +0000

My husband and I got married about 10 years ago. During the first 6 years of our marriage, I had 6 miscarriages. The only thing I ever wanted to do was to be a wife and mother. This was so devastating to me. The doctors could not find out why I kept miscarrying. The longest I held the pregnancy was about 9 weeks. Its like I always expected the worst.

My relationship with God would have its ups and downs. I would pray, fast, and believe, and yet, I would lose another one. If I could only get through that first trimester. The day I went for an ultrasound and the doctor told me my baby had no heartbeat was so divesting to me. Most of the time, I miscarried before I had an ultrasound. I was all alone at that appointment. That was the longest drive home I have ever had. I cried all the way. I couldn’t understand why God would allow me to have the desire to be a mother and yet I couldn’t be. I prayed so hard to either take the desire from me, or to allow me to have a child.

In December 2007, I had my tonsils removed. My doctor had been trying to get me to have them out for a year or so. Finally, I did it. I was so nervous, I literally thought I would not make it through the operation. By the time Feb 2008 came around, I found out I was 12 weeks pregnant!! I couldn’t believe it! I had wanted this so bad, and yet I couldn’t believe that I didn’t know already. I was past the critical stage, and I was able to have a perfect ultrasound! My husband had told me that he wouldn’t let me go to another appointment alone.

I am so amazed that we were able to have a beautiful perfect little baby girl. I felt like I was on an emotional high for the entire first year. I didn’t want to be greedy, and I was fully content on having one child. But I prayed for us to have a boy, because I wanted my husband to have a son, and do all the father/son things. I specifically prayed for a boy. Amazingly, 10 days short of two years apart, I now have a son!! Both my pregnancies were problem free, even though I was treated as high-risk. Another thing was that I didn’t want to have a C-Section. I prayed that I would be able to have the babies naturally, and I was able to do that as well…The births were so easy and QUICK. To any of you out there who are experiencing infertility, I just want you to know there is a light at the end of the tunnel. I had my first child in my 7th year of marriage…she was my 7th pregnancy. Amazing!!

By: Julie Patronas