Out of Darkness into His Marvelous Light
June 10th, 2008
I was born and raised in Bangkok, Thailand, a country that has a population of 64,600,000. Thais are 95% Buddhist, 4% Muslim, and 1% Christian and other faiths. I was a Buddhist.
I was educated in the renowned schools and university in Thailand. After finishing my Bachelor’s degree, I was ordained to be a Buddhist monk by the Highest Supreme Monk. Our traditional belief is that when a man over twenty years old becomes a monk, he is doing it not only for himself but also for his parents and family. I was engrossed in Buddha’s Teachings, started practicing meditation, felt peace and happiness, and wanted to be a monk for the rest of my life. I mentioned my desire to my mother, but she preferred that I live a normal person. I was a monk for one month. My master was a supreme monk who taught me every day.
My life after being a monk was fine. I was both sad and happy, both satisfied and dissatisfied. I held onto the Buddhist precepts which are “do not kill any creatures, do not steal, do not commit adultery, do not lie, and do not drink alcohol.” I helped the Buddhist temple by being a layman.
After coming to Texas in 2002, I was under a lot of stress. I thought at that time that the people around me were upsetting me. I felt no peace and wanted to move to a new place. I had been looking for a new apartment for two weeks but didn’t find one that I liked. I was very down and called my friend on August 17, 2005, and was told to ask Jesus and I would receive. On that night I knelt down next to my bed and said, “Jesus, I am a Buddhist. My friend told me to talk to and ask You. I want to move to a new place because I feel so down. Please help me find an apartment that I like or let me be happy again at this apartment if You want me to stay here. Thank you so much.” I spoke in Thai and in English in case He did not understand Thai. The next day, August 18, was my birthday. I went to do the merit at the Buddhist temple which I was a layman. I had lunch with the abbot and donated money to the temple. After lunch, I went to an apartment complex that I had been to before. The apartment manager told me that she had good news for me. She said, “We have a vacant apartment for you now.” She showed me the apartment. I liked and took it. I did not know if it was from Jesus or from Buddha.
After that, I still sat in meditation and chanted in Buddhist beliefs. The next week, I met a Thai Christian from Austin. She came to visit my friend and gave me a copy of the Holy Bible (NIV version). She told me that God had talked to her many times. I felt funny about that because I worshipped many gods but none of them had ever talked to me. In early September 2005, I felt in my heart that I had to grab or hold onto only one side. I tried to find a way to see which side was the real one. I usually called my wife, who lived in Bangkok, once a week. The last time that I had called her was the night before and the last time that she had called me was six months before that. I asked God at 1:30 am, “If You are really God, please make my wife call me right now, and I will follow you and your Ten Commandments.” I thought at that time that to follow Him was to follow His Ten Commandments. And then, my cell phone rang. It was my wife. I was so happy that I had found the real God. That call has completely changed me, my life, my wife, my family, my friends and the ones around me. Thank God for His grace and for bringing me and others from the darkness into the light.
I started reading the Bible, praying (talking) to God and going to church. I had fellowship with other Christians. The more I did, the more I felt God’s love. It was a relationship that made me feel safe, secure, and not alone. I felt forgiveness and love from Him. I felt His glory. I had much more confidence than I had before. My wife accepted the Lord on July 23, 2007.
Now I am serving Him in the Mark W. Stiles prison unit in Beaumont, Texas as a volunteer chaplain. I have really found life. I have real joy and strength that is constantly growing as I serve my Lord. I thank and praise Him for His Call.
Testimony of Veronika-Ulrike Barthel
May 18th, 2008
Warning: This testimony contains some graphic material that some may find disturbing.
When I was 22 years old, I was struck by lighting while I was driving my car. For about 15 minutes I was transported into hell. During this time an Angel of the Lord was driving my car! For a long time I have forgotten a great deal of my journey to hell. On a vacation to Italy the memory of this experience came back bit by bit, not only memories from the time I had spent in Hell but also memories of my childhood when I saw Jesus and an angel standing next to my bed.
My Mom was 18 years old when I was born. Soon after that I got a stepfather, who rejected me. because of him.I experienced some bad things. By the age of five I went to church on a regular basis. At this stage Jesus became real to me and every time I was lonely , I prayed to Him. Often I was crying in my bed,because I was not supposed to be crying in front of my stepfather. Every attempt to cry would cause me to gain more punishment. At the age of seven I ran away from home for the first time and sought shelter at my grandmother`s. Through those terrible experiences in my childhood, I lost all my faith in God.If there was a God, I thought, He would not have allowed all these terrible things in my life. During my youth,I tried to commit suicide three times. Jesus healed me from the pain in my past and by His grace I was able to forgive my stepfather. To Him alone belongs the glory. Back to the inccident, where I was hit by lighting. Through this experience I became aware of the fact that there is life after death. I was sad when I thought that there would be loved ones, friends and family members caught in hell.
In summer 1981 I was driving home from a party, when it began to rain. My safetybelt from my passengerside was hanging out of the car door. By this I was earthed. All of a sudden it was very bright in my car. I was hit by lighting and I thought this is the end, I am dying. Immediatly I was screaming: Jesus help me, I don’t want to die!
After that I left my body and I saw me sitting in my seat with burned hands holding the steering wheel of my car. With an enormous rush the journey went through a tunnel, which was like a canyon. I did not touch it at all. This short time was terrible, I canŽt find the words to describe it. At the end of the tunnel, I stood in front of a big gate with the ingraving “Welcome in Hell” . There I was brought into a big waiting room, by demons that had met me at the entrance. I was utterly shocked by the earnest cries of the people for Jesus to help them. Did they not read their bible correctly to find out that it it is not enough to say yes to Jesus once , live as you please and at the end end up in Heaven.
That is a lie that is well spread, even in a lot of congregations today. After that I saw black passages in which I only felt great FEAR. The creatures that I saw there, were more terrifying than anything I even saw in a Horror movie. Today I know that they were demons. As soldiers they where marching past me, and in the middle of them were people that were screaming with pain. It was very difficult to breathe down there ,because of the terrible smell of this place . I saw a lake, which looked like the inner part of a vulcano. where people were cursing because of great pain and crying out to Jesus.
I was grateful towards God for letting me see the happenings in this lake of fire from a distance. Does it not hurt when we burn ourselves at the iron or on the stove? How much more is the pain that is experienced in the lake of fire. People were cast into a cave, where there was no escape. Demons stood on the side of the cave and were throwing spiers at them. Everytime someone was hit by a spier, he would cry and scream of pain. I experienced this torment myself and in all my life I never knew pain to this extent. I had pain in every part of my body. There were snakes over snakes crawling around and frightening the people. By the thought of it my tummy turns.
Nobody should think there is time to convert in hell.
Everyone is busy with his own pain and anguish that has no end. In hell, I discovered a fear that has never been on earth. I makes me very sad to find so many unforgiving and sleeping Christians there. It is the last hour,we must wake up ! It was such a grace that I met Jesus in such a place. Jesus has the loveliest voice, the nicest eyes and a very special smile. His presence radiates an unimaginable light. He is more than embodied love, I can find no words to describe Him. He sent me back into my body with the instruction to proclaim what I had seen. In the meantime an angel was driving my car to my grandmother`s house.
There I came to myself and started to scream. I was hit by lighting , - “I was dead and in hell!” I screamed again and again. Soon some neighbours in their pyjamas appeared . At first they did not believe me,than someone saw that the plastic parts in my car were melted and that the safety belt of the passenger`s side was hanging outside. With 24 I experienced another miracle of God`s hands. For a while I was living in Frankfurt and I often drove to my grandmother at weekends.
Unfortunately I never had enough money and the petrol tank was nearly empty which was often the case. On this day I tanked just enough to reach the house of my grandmother. It was a wonderful summer day and during the drive I spoke to God. As I was looking at the beautiful landscape ,it came to my mind that all this would come to an end. We as human beings are so busy providing for this life that we forget about the life there after. Because of these deep thoughts I missed the drive out. I asked Jesus to help me not to ran out of petrol and stand on the highway. I believe in my heart that Jesus undertook for me. From that minute my car was using no petrol at all and I was driving 150 km in the wrong direction. At this weekend I was dancing for pure joy and thanking Jesus and honouring Him. Weeks later I was testifying about His goodness.
Later I was back in this world and in His faithfulness Jesus brought my back to Him. On July 7th 2002, at 2.00 in the morning I heard Jesus say:”I am coming soon and will fetch my bride, all those who are prepared for my coming and who have oil in their lamps.
After that God , the Father will pour out HIS anger and wrath over the earth. Come now to Jesus, TODAY is the day of salvation! It is a lie to believe that a man only has to say Yes to Jesus without accepting Him as Lord to go to heaven. - Jesus said to those Jews who believed in Him : If you abide in my word , you are my disciples indeed” (John 8,31)
His word says in 1 John 2, verse 3-9 Now by this we know that we know Him; if we keep His commandments. He who says “I know Him”, and does not keep His commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him.
But whoever keeps His word, truly the love of God is perfect in Him. He who says he abides in Him ought to walk just as He walked. Brethren, I write no new commandment to you, but an old commandment which you have had from the beginning. The old commandment is the word which you heard from the beginning. Again a new commandment I write to you, which thing is true in Him and in you, because the darkness is passing away, and the true light is already shining.
He who says he is in the light, and hates his bother, is in the darkness until now. Unforgiving und backbiting other Christians is one of the biggest reasons ,why people who except Jesus as Lord, people who go to church every Sunday still land up in hell. I do bless every reader in the name of Jesus and wish him wisdom and understanding. Jesus is the same yesterday, today and forever more. He instructed us to love one another and to serve each other with the gifts He has given us. It is impossible to serve God and live according to this world!
If we want to be transformed into the image of Jesus, then we have to humble ourselves, because He says He is humble. Humbleness, total surrender and trust are the keys to Heaven. Let us get hold of these keys and reject the desires of this world. We do live in this world, but through the Baptism[ we choose to be crusified in all flesh] we are no longer a part of this world. On this piont Jesus gave me a vision, that is based on this thought. I saw a room that was totally dark, even the wallpaper on the walls was dark, there was no light at all. The people in this room (I am sure they were Christians) were without orientation and helpless. Directly next to this room was a room you could enter through a door. In this room all the walls were covered with valuable and lighted wallpapers, that I was blinded looking at it from this dark room.
The door between these two rooms however,was very low and you could only enter into the bright room when you were crawling. It was a shame, but there was nobody willing to crawl like a child to get into this bright room. Right here is where the problem is. The light is directly in front of many Christians, but they are not prepared to humble themselves. They rather stay in the darkness and that means that they are far away from God and would not find the way to heaven. All because of pride.
Through her experiences Sister Choo Thomas wrote a book : Heaven is so Real. In this book Jesus gives us a picture of our future in Heaven.
With each capital the feeling of being a witness on the scene was just increasing. I could just sense the love of Jesus directly through it. Do not harden your heart to the love of God ! Jesus is showing us that He is not just loving, but that He is Love. He is warning us through so many of His children throughout the whole world.
The time is close and God will pour out His wrath over the earth. Where would you be?
Come unto Jesus and donŽt grieve the Holy Spirit further, tomorrow could be too late. Not only is Heaven Real, but by this experience that Hell is no fairy tale,it is just as
Real ! If you should die today and you are not sure if you would make it to Heaven, give Your life to Jesus and pray this prayer:
Prayer
Dear Jesus, I open the door of my heart to you and receive you as my Lord and Savior.
I believe that you are the Son of God and that You died for my sins. I do agree that I am a sinner and need Your forgiveness. Thank you for forgiving my sins and making me aware that I am special to You. Take control over my life and make me the person You want me to be. I give my further life to you alone. Amen.
In the beginning of August 2005 Jesus gave me a vision .I could not only see what God was showing me , I could feel it as well.
I saw a lot of people raptured into Heaven , and felt someone grabbing me at my waist and immediately, with high speed I was going through the ceiling of my house and into Heaven. At this point of the rapture I thought: “This is unbelievable, I did not touch the ceiling!” In Heaven Jesus spoke to me,
I would only stay for three days on earth to warn all the Christians,who would not make the Rapture ! Let me tell you what I experienced soon after I was on earth again:
It was possible for me to hear the trumpet, proclaiming the coming of the Lord, wanting to take His bride to Himself. I was shocked to see how many Christians failed the Rapture, even those pastors that are well known through TV programmes. However, I did not recognize anybody there, which is so much better for me, because no one can ask me: “Did you see me?” It was dark outside, although it was daytime, just image walking through a park at sunset alone and hearing strange voices from all corners, it`s a strange situation. I realized that the Holy Spirit was no longer on earth and this darkness at daytime was the result of it. Every person could see the demons and the people were screaming for fear. After this experience I felt a deep sadness because so many had stayed behind.
The thought that a lot of people wont believe me, made me cry. Due to lack of wisdom , because of lewdness, uncleanness, sorcery, jealousy, outburst of wrath, selfish ambitions, dissentions, adultery, fortification, idolatry, hatred, contentions, heresies, envy, murders, drunkenness, rivalries, rejecting of fellow believers and the lack of love they will miss the goal.
According to Galatians 5 ,16-21 Paul was speaking to the Christians
Believers ;trust me , hell is real and if we do not let go the above mentioned sins and allow God to cleanse us, if we don`t obey this word , hell is where we will end up.
In Love
Veronika-Ulrike
Hope in Jesus
May 16th, 2008
I lived a very sheltered life in a great christian home with very loving parents (A typical “Leave it to Beaver”, type atmosphere and setting. My family always took me to church and taught me about God. I remember as a small child lying in my bed at night, my mom would come in and make me recite “Psalm 23″, and say my “Now I Lay Me Down To Sleep” prayer. Little did I know at the time how I would come to need to know the true meaning of that particular psalm.
I married a man I dated in high school who never told me about his childhood. He even lied to me and picked a church he lived nearby, and said they attended regularly. I believed he come from a very loving family. One week after we were married, he grew tired of me praising his dad. He began to tell me horror stories of abuse and devastated me with his lies and deceit. I was very hurt for what they had been through, but one month later I came to receive the same kind of abuse. I was beaten and bruised so bad that I could not leave my home for one month. I was so ashamed, but he promised it would never happen again. For the next two months he stayed true to that promise, but then I became pregnant. The abuse started again and continued for fifteen years. During this time I had two beautiful sons and I prayed and prayed for change hoping we could have a normal marriage. It never came to pass. On the outside we attended church and looked like the perfect family, but at home the abuse continued and got even more violent.
I finally filed for divorce once I became aware he had been in an adulterous affair for quite some time. I took my two sons and left and attended cosmetology school, and built a home to live in. I was very stressed and know that only God gave me the strength to get through it. After receiving my license, getting a job, and settling down, I started feeling very lonely. I made friends and started hanging out with them and this gave me a sense of hope, that maybe God would help me find a companion that would love me and be my best friend. I went with a friend of mine to a town close by and had dinner, and she said, “I know of this old lady who calls herself a prophet and she can tell you things about your future.” So for fun we went to see her and paid her fifteen dollars, I became slowly hooked. For you see three years went by and I became so addicted to her because of the clinging hope that what she was saying would finally come true. I began to rely on her instead of God. I finally seen that what she said was half truth and half lies. When she finally told me that I was going to marry my friend I was so happy. But guess what all the time I knew him he had been living with a woman and married her instead. It devastated me and completely shocked everyone who had been around us because he did very well at keeping it a secret. I was so hurt and so embarrassed. I finally confessed to a friend of mine what I had been doing and she got her bible out and began to share with me in Jeremiah 29 v/s 8-9. “Do not let the prophets and diviners among you deceive you. Do not listen to the dreams you encourage them to have. They are prophesying lies to you in my name. I have not sent them declares the Lord. Verse11 states,” For I know the plans I have for you,declares the lord, plans to prosper you,and not to harm you, plans to give you a hope and a future. Then you will call upon me and come and pray to me and I will listen to you. You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart. I will be found by you,declares the lord, and will bring you back from captivity.
I had to stop going for I loved God with all of my heart and would never have went if I had of realized the sin I was commiting against him. I was not trusting him or seeking him and depending on my prayers, or believing in his great love for me. I have found that through his word he speaks to me very clearly,and through the holy spirit, who dwells inside of me. He also speaks through circumstances and through other people, giving words of wisdom and direction. My prayer is that anyone seeking prophets who charge money need to realize that they are fortune tellers and it is not of God. Prayer is the way and believe in your creator. I know from experience the destructive side and also the sweet deliverance from my heavenly father who loves me and only brings his best to us so we can have an abundant life.
Lonliness can make you do desperate things, like alcohol and drugs and sometimes suicide. When we put hope in other things other than god we are going to go towards slow destruction. I am glad that I have seen to totally surrender to god my desires and needs and that he is my hope for anything I am going through. Even though I have suffered with depression, loneliness, and abuse, I have overcome and have been delivered.
Although, I have no steady boyfriend,and no not when, he will send me the right companion. I know that whomever he brings to me he will love and cherish me just like he does and that will be his best!
I cannot explain to you why I stayed that many years with a companion like that but have found that the key to my healing was forgivness and covering him with prayer for god to melt his heart of stone and praise god he did! He is making up for all of the hurt and working on a new relationship with my sons. I have seen the hand of gods deliverance and it is bringing much happiness to my heart.
One of my son’s moved to another state and attended school and after he finished I flew down to see him graduate. I got really shocking news that my son had been drawing demonic pictures and writing very evil hate letters and even mentioned suicide. It scared me so bad I did not no how to handle it. We decided to go to Bush Gardens and try to break the ice with him during a family outing. We went to a musical play there and as we were going to our seats I heard the Holy Spirit speak to me and say that this is the beginning of you and your sons healing. The musical was about a catipillar in his cacoon emerging into a beautiful butterfly and the song was entitled Celebrate your LIfe. I could not get through to him but I knew that he needed professional help as well as myself. I went back home because my son could not come back home for two more months. I prayed to God that I did not know what to do and for Him to help me. When I reached home I checked my emails and recieved one about someone seeing thousands of butterflys being released, and that people were trapped in their minds from the hurt they had suffered in their life. I sat there praising God, knowing it was going to be alright. I prayed that night, God I have a choice of two counselors, please show me the right one. When I got to work a counselors business card was on my appointment book and it seemed God had made my choice. I immediatley called him and to my surprise he made an appointment and informed me that it would be free for it was his ministry. He made several phone calls to my sister and helped her over the phone.
Sitting on the back pew of the church the next Sunday weeping uncontrollably after most everyone had left, noone could make me feel better until a lady who happened to be a counselor sat down and talked to me. Nothing was working. Finally she looked at me and said,” Do you know what it means to be a catipillar in a cocoon?” I immediatley stopped crying and said,” No, what does this mean?” She told me that a catipillar is helped out of its cocoon before it is ready it will be to weak to survive and will die. Because it is the pushing and struggling to emerge, that strengthens the butterflys wings enoough so that it will live. But this takes time and hardship. I knew immediatley in my heart that my son and I would one day be strong and emerge into a new life of great joy.
Though we have all been broken we have been set free and healed. And this testimony that I am sending out for the whole world to see is a true story of how when you turn to God, he will deliver,heal,and restore your hope for a good life. Though I have suffered, it is not going to be in vain. I just pray my testimony will help millions of people and bring them to know Christ as their one and all,Lord and Savior. Amen.
To recieve Christ and learn how to become his child please read Romans chapter 10 v/s 9-10.
That if you confess with your mouth “Jesus is Lord” and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. For it is with your heart that you believe and are justified and it is with your mouth that you confess and are saved.
Blessings, Jeane Couch
Crack was a Test that God Brought me through
May 14th, 2008
First I would like to give all the Thanks and Honor to God who is the author of my life and salvation. When the earthly doctors told me in rehab that they could not do anything for me, I left rehab for the last time and went back into my crack and drug addiction. After another couple of weeks smoking crack snorting cocacaine and smoking weed and drinking to keep me awake. I found myself one wonderful morning in my guest bathroom of my apartment in tears face, lips and hands burned by the crack pipe. I looked in the mirror and watched as the old man in me died. Glory be to God! He asked me if I was tired of playing with satans trick and games. My soul cried out “Yes Father.” I turned from my wicked ways and thoughts and gave my life back to God! I asked Him to use me in ways and places that He willed. That was 1 year 3 months and 26 days ago.
Not only did He change my drug habits but He changed my whole life. I moved out of Columbus, Ohio where I was living in a homosexual realationship and went to Scranton Pa for a Spiritual renewal. God took me to my God brother and God mother who gave me the needed encouragement that would be key in my New Life. I currently live in Charlotte NC and have a new Job at a hostpital where I am able to see and speak life into dead situtations. I am a chef so I am being used in the Healing Ministry to feed people back to good Health. I thank God for taking me out of my Homosexual choices and ideas and thoughts. I have sent that mountain of homosexuality into the sea. I believe and have canceled out dout and fear in my life, I am Healed!
I do know that there are people out there in the world that need to see and talk with a miracle! There is healing and help when you open up your heart and mouth and speak words of life to people. So I am here. I am willing to sell out for the Good of God and expose myself so that some one out in the world can be blessed and know that it can and will happened for them their family and friends. I can be reached on yahoo, changedman1978 (IM). This is me a man saved, changed and healed by Gods Grace and Mercy!
Garbage to Gardens
May 6th, 2008
When I was in Africa (after I met Jesus) God showed me something. I and the people I was with happened to be driving through a town one day. People had their tents and wares set up on either side, it was hot and dry and people were milling all about. We had driven about a mile into town, and as we approached the center of it I sensed a change. The first thing I noticed was the hoards of flies buzzing everywhere, the second thing that hit me was the stench. It was horrible. I began to experience the smell of disposal, death and decay and I thought “What in the world?” And right there dead center in the middle of the town was a huge garbage dump. The road led right through it! There was filth every where, goats and dogs and rats were running about the place. Small children were playing in it. But that wasn’t the most shocking thing. To my horror people had actually built their houses out of the garbage and were living right in the middle of it!
I have known great thirst in my life. My parents worked a lot and I pretty much raised my siblings. I never felt loved and met a guy at when I was 15 where my mother worked. He paid me much attention and I misunderstood that as being loved. I became pregnant at 16 and when I told my parents, they told me that if I didn’t have an abortion they would send me away. They sent me to have it done and my boyfriend came with me. It was a horrifying experience for me. It haunted me for a very long time. Afterwards my parents told me that I was never allowed to see my boyfriend again and since I thought he was the only person that loved me, I overdosed on pills and locked myself in my room when no one was home. My boyfriend called my dad and he broke into my room and called the ambulance. I’ll never forget the look of disgust and embarrassment that hung on his face as he stood in our driveway as the ambulance took me away. My mother was a waitress and she didn’t even leave work to come to the hospital. I did not die that day, at least not physically. Counseling was mandatory for my parents and me but after one session they said the counselors didn’t know what they were talking about and we never went again.
I ran away when I was 16 and became a homeless person, later I married to a drug dealer who abused me terribly. I became an addict myself. I was raped and had been molested at a very early age. Many ugly things happened during those 4 years. It felt as though I had lived 9 lives! I knew that I hated myself and believed God couldn’t stand the sight of me either. I saw the world as one big garbage dump. I couldn’t bear the thought that no one really cared about anyone and if the next 20 years was anything like the last 20 had been, I wanted no part of it. I felt like a dirty used up rag that had been thrown away so many times it wasn’t usable anymore. In all of my pain and despair I decided to end my life.
This time I would succeed. At the precise moment I was about to act on my verdict, I was suddenly aware that the tv was on and I heard a man’s voice say, “It doesn’t matter where you’ve been or what you’ve done, God loves you so much that he sent his son Jesus to die for you.” Those words stunned me. I dropped to my knees and begged God to come into my life. And in that moment he drenched my thirsty heart with his love, and poured it into me in a way that was full of powerful compassion! I think it was the first time I had ever experienced real love. I couldn’t stop weeping. I had no idea what I had done, but I knew it was real. I never touched another drug again, never wanted to. That was 26 years ago!
I began attending a church of good works and good intentions. It was a place I was at first welcomed. I had such a passion within me for God but the abuse in my marriage continued and I turned to a man in the church for help. When one of the elders saw us together he called a meeting with the other elders and had me discarded from the church. All of the relationships I had built up to that point became irrelevant. They all “broke fellowship” with me and backed it with scripture. It’s been a long and painful journey and for the past 25 years. Life can be brutal. People can too, myself included. I have 8 children, and 5 grandchildren, a wonderful loving husband who I am so grateful for. And a God who never threw me away! On the contrary, God came into the garbage dump of my life and he knelt down and began to grow a garden of fragrance and beauty. He offered me his living water. That is one of his favorite things to do and he does it like no other when we trust him. I am an imperfect, shining example that no matter what junk you have in your life it isn’t ugly enough or filthy enough to make God pause in his love for you. His love is wild and extravagant!
God brought me through!
May 6th, 2008
I am young man age 29, raised to know right from wrong. I had the love for the Lord placed in my heart from a when I was a little boy but satan and his ways took over my life for a short time. As a teeneger I did and choice some wrong paths. But Glory be to God and am Alive in clothed in my right mind to testify about my test. First came the demon of suicide. It was followed by the Demeon of homosexuality and was all wrapped up by one of satans well know tricks “street drugs”. My mind has always been on full speed, over thinking and being very hard on myself. I had a good friend come into my lif, and he took his life in his own hands and ended if by suicide. I love him so much I even tried to take the path he took but God blocked it. As a teenager I found myself walking a thin line between two lives. On of a straight teenager dating teh high school cheerleader and walking around the halls flirting with girls and cutting class to hang out on teh back side of the building smokeing weed and drinking beer. Then there was a side of my life where I found myself in parks giving and recieving oral sex for men. This was a very hard time in my life. I would go to bars and clubs at the age of 16 the knowing that this was a test in my life, I thought I was living having fun. I then went to college in PA to start my formal training to become a chef. Now this is when things got a lil tricky. I was on my own in my first ever apartment at the age 17 in a whole new city all alone. I dove head first into the homosexual life choices. I can remember getting on teh bus to ride to class and lil kids what say “mommy look at her she has a cooks unifirm on”. I then felt so weird, like something was wrong but just didnt know what yet. Shortly into my stay God sent me a Angel. At the time I didnt know why God sent this person into my life. He was dressed as a woman, had a hat on with weave falling from the sides ands back, some to tight cut of jean shorts on and a t-shirt holding on to a big purse. This persons name was Jessy or Jessica then. He sat next to me on that bus ride home which was short LOL. I was the first stop. Later in life this person became my best friend, moved in off the street into my apartment and into my life forever.
The drugs came in at a early age alos. smoking weed with my brothers and local friends in the hood ( witch was the subburbs). I then started to hang with as we would call the wrong crowd. I found myself baging up crack cocaine and counting hundreds cash in the basement of a friends house. We would smoke weed all day and run crack to the street . I had started drinking heavy to numb my emtions and d things I knew where wrong. I lost some friends to being murder falling sick from aids and suicide and just lost in the world of sin. As I look back I can honestly say
“I made it by the Grace and Mercy of God.”
I sit here behind my lap top a changed man. As my life pours out on this page I pray it is a blessing to you and others. I have been Saved and Forgiven By God. I have given my whole life back to Him to use me in any way He wills. I am clean now from drugs for 1 year 3 months to date. I have canceled out the thoughts dreams and acts of living out homosexual choices. I have been delivered from sexual sin for 2 weeks to date. This life is a test and my reward is in Heaven with my king Jesus whom I call bestfriend, protecter, counseler, Father Daddy and my personal Jesus! I am lead by the Holy Spirit to Help some one out there in need to hear from and pray with a God Sent Miracle. Maybe this person is in addiction or coming out. Maybe this person is a family memeber of a homosexual. May this person just needs to hear from a man with the Joy of teh Lord in his heart. Who ever you may be I am here with open arms and an open heart. You can find me on yahoo changedman1978. This is me you guys, I made it and I am so happy I am able to share my life with you. I will not lead you to a bad place. I am here to help for the Good of teh Kingdom Of God. So in Jesus name be healed from crack and street drugs. Turn from your wicked ways of homosexuality. Be filled with the Joy and Peace of the Holy Spirit!
back pain - it got worse before it got healed!
May 6th, 2008
God knows our problems before we even bring them to him! I had been quite down in the dumps about my back pain which I got from my job, but I never thought to ask God for healing, I just felt sorry for myself instead. One week I attended a huge Christian conference. At the end of it in the weekend I tried to get up on the Sunday morning before church and my back pain hurt more than ever. At the church service I was also sick with the ‘flu I had just caught and had to sit down the whole time wearily. Just then the speaker visiting from overseas said that about 30 people have just been instantly healed of back pain. Since then I have not had a single bit of pain in my back! Thank you Lord. Halelujah for his healing! The Lord is also currently healing me of my intermittent addiction to astrology, which I’ve had for over 15 years. This is my ‘giant’ but it doesn’t have authority over me. I am confident God will completely deliver me for good very soon. Amen - I love you Jesus - Lord of my life!
Through the Storm
April 22nd, 2008
Hi my name is tiffany and my testimony is how God can bring you through a storm. Well it all started for me the end 2006 my husband and I were doing foster care for about 4yrs oh what a joy it was we had no kids of our own. So we thought why not share our love with children in need of love and care so early 2006 we got a call to take in a new born baby so we did.
At that time I always was running a home daycare everything going good just living everyday life. Well that all came to a end in the last part of 2006 I had daycare kids and one of my parents accused me of child abuse. I went to jail i was was so terrified. I had never gotten in trouble before didn’t have any kind of police record or anything. I spent a day and a half in jail a cold dem cell and as I sat in that cell i prayed to God and asked him to watch over me and just protect me i promised God my life i told God if he would save me i would never lose focus on him again.
I finally got out of jail and when i did i just went through this deppressive phase i didnt want to talk to anybody I constantly was crying I was a mess and let me tell you i went the whole 2007 yr. Going back and forth to court i thought it was never going to end. And i thank God for the people he sent in my direction at that time even though i didn’t want to be bothered God knew what he was doing. I felt like giving up! But let me tell you just when you feel like giving up hold on! God might not come when you want him to come but he’s right on time!
But let me finish telling you my testimony all the times i went to court my case just kept getting prolonged the foster baby i had since he was 4days old was taken from me and at that time he was 7mo. Old so that was alot of stress i really would have liked to adopt him. I just seemed like everything possible was going wrong i cound’nt continue my job i went from making good money every other week to zero.
But in Feb 2008 i went to court not expecting God to show out for me that day but he did. I mean it was a nice day you could’nt want a better day. But i walked into that court expecting the same as any of my other court dates but i walked out a free woman and to this day i thank God! He heard my cries through the brick walls of that cell so I’m telling you today look at what he’s done for me! He can do it for you to. Never lose faith in God please walk by faith and not by sight also the lord is our light and salvation whom shall we fear psalms 27.
God’s Protecting Hand
April 22nd, 2008
I was recently involved in a serious motorcycle accident, i was riding alonng a road when a car pulled out into my path, i had no time to stop or evade, i hit the car quite hard. I walked away from this accident with only bruses and a twisted thumb, had god not had his loving and protecting hand over me i would have been seriously injured or even killed. i thank god in all his love and mercy that i am heer and able to give this testimony of his miracle in keeping me safe.
a picture of whats left of the bike is : here.
god bless
Deep Within My Heart
April 5th, 2008
What I want to share is not really a testimony, but rather just wanting to put my thought and everything within me in writing. I am a 23 year old born again child of God and enjoying the fellowship with my Father more than anything. It has not been long since i received Christ into my life, it has been almost 3 years now. I have grown in love with this other brother from church, who I admire so.
