Submit your personal testimony or praise

† David Kelsey, Texas

I had the 10 week pet scan (full body) and a heart scan and I am at a place that I feel this is import to share.

My doctors are in Houston and gave me this report. "There has be a substancial decrease in the size of the tumor cells and the activity has gone silent". The blood marker VEGF that was the only one in the first tests showed highly active and growing tumors. The 10 week test came back with no activity present. At this point I shout PRAISE THE LORD. There will be no change in the current treatment over the next 10 weeks and then another round of tests to evaluate where to go from there. Oh and another PRAISE GOD in that my insurance has started paying on all of the work and tests and medicines involved.

I am writing this to publically give God all the glory for His healing touch to my life and I am thankful for my Jesus and the stripes He bore for my afflictions and my healing. PRAISE GOD, PRAISE GOD, PRAISE GOD.

God bless you all!

Sincerely, David Kelsey

† Michael M., 29, Texas

I'm sold out to Jesus. I don't want to waste this life God has given me, but rather want to do His work and not be ashamed of the Gospel. I am a disciple of Jesus Christ. Born March 29th, 1979 to a life of hard times and pathways of destruction. At various times involved with gangs, violence, drugs, and drinking. Jesus freed me and put me on a path of righteousness. I owe Him everything! I am not afraid to stand for Him. For He is King and my Savior.

My life verse is: Jeremiah 20:9 (NLT): But if I say I'll never mention the Lord or speak in his name, his word burns in my heart like a fire. It's like a fire in my bones! I am worn out trying to hold it in! I can't do it!

† Janelle T., 50, Ohio

My son designed a website for me. A Pastor in Mitisi, Kenya /Africa found it. He invited me to come and speak to rallies of 5,000 people. I contacted well known ministries in the U.S.. They advised me not to go, as far as safety and scamming for money. The Pastor said, " Janelle do you fear God more than man?" I knew at that point...I was to go. I went for 34 days by myself alone with GOD. We went to the war stricken areas, to 5 days of Crusades to 5,000 each night. To individual houses where they had never seen a white person. In those 34 days - over 796 people accepted JESUS CHRIST as their personal Savior. What if we said YES every time, every time....GOD asked us to go, to proclaim. White lady - 50 yrs. old...from a log cabin in Ohio said yes.... 796 individuals are not going to HELL. Bold for GOD ? YOU BET !

† Carol. N., 28, Kenya

Thank you for your inspiring testimony. Just like you, me and my heart will serve the Lord. I have searched for years and went around the world, but I have not found a god like the GOD of Israel. He loved me even before I loved Him and offered His son to die for me to just set me back on track. He bares with me in my weaknesses. He shares in my sorrows. He has good plans for me. He defends me in all my battles and is always a winner. What a mighty God we serve! I am not ashamed of the gospel and am glad that despite all our problems and our weaknesses my country Kenya has enjoyed the favor of God and freedom of worship. God has made Kenya a home of Christianity, recording 80% Christianity. Isn’t that more than enough to thank and acknowledge God? When I think of God and his faithfulness I lack words and I just want to serve him even if nobody wants to do it with me. I just want to be in His presence. Be blessed as you face challenges in life. Know that God loves you, cares for you, and knows you by your. Though things might be tough, He is right there beside you. Just let him be your guide and you will surely not be confounded. Be encouraged in the Lord.

† Anastasia Y., 44, Maine, on behalf of David S., 83

My personal testimony is for my grandfather who is in congestive heart failure. We don't know when he will pass. I write for him as he has no computer and no computer skills.

My grandfather was the town drunk for 40+ years. He had 10 children to take care of and a wife. He did not do so well. He smoked. He drank. He worked, but liquor took up half of the money he made and the rest went to the wife to feed, clothe and house them. Grandmother, remembering those times will tell you about taking canned goods she'd buy and use one or two cans for the children and putting the other one or two cans in a box in the attic for when winter came and grandfather didn't make as much money but continued to drink. About 20 years ago Grandfather came to find the Lord after health issues and needing to stop drinking. He says "I found the Lord. I asked him to give me strength to stop drinking AND I DID. I asked him to give me the strength to stop smoking AND I DID." He found the Lord and let him into his life and because he couldn't go to church for health reasons, he spent Sundays listening to church music and sermons. Then it became apparent that he did find the Lord because he then listened to them more frequently. As time went on visitors would come to preach to him and he'd allow them in. He'd sometimes purchase their bibles and wanting to read them found their ways of Christianity interesting as well. I think he definitely found the Lord. After months of speaking about wanting to be baptized, in congestive heart failure and all, he contacted Minister George and asked to be baptized. Last Saturday my 83 year old grandfather finally got his wish to be baptized.

Should an old man who lived such an outrageous life be accepted by our God? Should he be forgiven his sins because he hurt so many? Did so many wrongs? It is not for me to say as I shall not pass judgment on any one as they say Thou shalt not cast the first stone. My faith is strong and I believe that the Lord shall forgive him and has forgiven him. The Lord blessed him with strengths he needed. I think the time he really received his faith was the time he went into the woods with a gun. He had tied a string to the trigger and moved away into the line of shot. He pulled the string. Nothing happened. He received an epiphany that day. He found that the Lord was watching over him and he decided that the Lord was telling him that it was not his time to go. He says "I guess HE wanted me here for a reason."

So thus is the story of my 83 year old, dying grandfather's testimony that he asked me to share and this I thought was a good place to share it. I'm sure it is not in the regular format of faith discovering people on the site but this is the only format I could think of to share his story. I am to share it with all including our family. Please keep your faith. No matter how you feel. The Lord will be there to save you. He saved David didn't he?

† Chelle, 40, Michigan

When introduced to Jesus, I was very young and did not understand what opening my heart to Him meant. Not having any particular religious background, I soon lost track of Him. It took many, many hard years for me to come to terms with the meaning of faith and actually putting my faith into practice. I opened the door to my heart for Jesus to come in and shed His glorious light upon my life on December 16, 2004. That was the day I hit my rock bottom (drugs and alcohol). I figured it was time to heal my aching soul. Therefore, after some serious questioning (of myself) and reflection into my sordid past, I concluded it was time to ask Him into my heart. June 22, 2006 I was baptized (for the 2nd time) in our local lake. The first thing I felt had been the weight lifted from my heart and soul. I felt FREE. FREE to live, FREE to love & to receive love, FREE from the agonizing guilt I had felt from my past. I realized that He had cleansed me. I felt something flowing through me. The tremendous love of Jesus Christ began to run through me and the world started to look brighter. I feel clean now and my past is forgiven. I could actually forgive myself. What a change in attitude it made in my life. It was a great, tremendous experience and completely changed every aspect of my life.

Lord Jesus, I accept your offer and promise about opening my heart. I want YOU in my heart LORD. I believe in YOU and I trust YOU! I believe by faith that YOU are the KING and LORD and MASTER of my life now. I totally submit to YOU. I repent of my past sins. I believe that YOU died for me, the blood that was shed and the death that YOU had on Calvary was YOUR plan for me to have access to the Kingdom of God. I accept this by FAITH. I BELIEVE this and I promise to walk in this. I Believe by FAITH that YOU have cleansed me and purified me. YOU have done what YOU said YOU would do. I Believe YOU and accept YOU. I am a Christian and a born again believer. Thank YOU for saving me and making me a child of YOURS. Thank YOU LORD for doing what YOU have done in my life. I praise YOU for this. Thank You God for loving.

† Jim F., 52, Montana

On opening day of hunting season October 1995, a friend of mine and I went hunting (EVERYBODY hunts in Montana!!) We were about 25 miles out in the boonies and about a mile away from the truck. I spotted a deer, raised my rifle and fired; the deer went down... so I started up the hill after it. It was a rather gentle climb and about half way to the deer I suddenly went down... I was conscious but could not talk or move my legs. My friend who had gone up another draw would not find me for 30 minutes. When he did come back to find me he had no idea what had happened, and I was unable to tell or gesture to him. He knew something was really, really bad wrong. At the time I weighed about 285 and I am 6 feet tall... to big to carry!! So he grabbed my rifle and his own and ran the mile back to the truck, grabbed my radio phone (didn't have a cell at the time) he ran back to me, but I was too out of it to use the phone and he was unsure of how to use it. (it was kinda tricky).

The last and only house we had went by on our trip up was about a mile and a half from where we parked... so my friend ran all the way back and jumped into his truck, drove back to the house... and told them about the emergency we had occurring. The people in the house had just gotten phone service the day before (thank God!!).

So... to make a long story somewhat shorter, The Medi-flight chopper flew up, picked me up, took me to the hospital... six weeks and eight surgeries later I was disabled. Unbeknownst to me I had a tennis ball sized myxoma tumor in the left atrium of my heart... its a very gelatinous form of tumor (non-malignant, again Thank you Jesus!!) The doctors hypothesized that when I fired my rifle it broke the tumor loose, and it metastasized to my brain and my legs, giving me a small stroke (affecting my short term memory) and blocked the circulation off to my legs, causing a huge amount of pain and potentially a life threatening problem. So, the good Dr's of Kalispell Regional Hospital, realized what the problem was and did several surgeries to repair the problem, including open heart surgery to remove the rest of the tumor... but alas there was much damage done, and I became disabled. My legs became incredibly infected which is normal for this kind of injury, and I was given massive amounts of antibiotics (gentamicin and rocephin), and this in turn caused me to loose my vestibular function... in other words, I am dizzy all the time. The only other lasting result was I have very weak legs, and foot drop from the surgeries and must wear AFO's (ankle braces) to keep my ankles from rolling. There were literally thousands of prayers being offered up for me continually. God heard!!

† Juda M., 51, Texas

So many miracles and incredible touches of God, but the best is my life. I was conceived when 8 men raped my mom while she walked home from watching the Ten Commandments. I found out I was conceived in rape in 2002. Voices tried to persuade me to commit suicide even though I was a strong believer in the Lord. That is the only thing that kept me alive. God touched me personally through someone who had no clue what I had just learned. I was probably having a nervous breakdown when this person said to me,"God knew you before you were ever conceived!" Whoa that hit me with so much truth that right there I looked at her and declared "I believe it!" My life is more alive than ever before. Met my birth mom 2 yrs. ago and she had forgiven those men. She prayed for 48 yrs. to meet me. She and I live free through that forgiveness. Forgiveness is the key to living life to the max!

† Nancy M., Massachsetts

Awwww, my testimony. You know, my testimony changes each and everyday it seems, because our precious SAVIOUR knows I'm a work in progress. PRAISE HIM for helping me become more like HIM and less like me.

About 7 years ago, my husband and I had basically hit, what many would call "rock bottom". Completely under attack. Now, it would be wonderful to say that both of us had a deep relationship with Christ that allowed us the trust and faith to march on during this difficult time, but I will be completely honest and tell everyone, we DID NOT. HOWEVER, PRAISE THE LORD, I feel a modern day miracle happened. We (me and my husband) were visiting my brother in Oklahoma. My brother really wanted us to attend church with him. OH WAS I RESISTENT! Finally, he just wouldn't let it go, so we went with him. Please, remember, I went unwillingly, and without an open heart. During the invitation, the call to accept Christ as my personal Saviour, I, without hesitation, threw up my hand. At the VERY EXACT TIME, my husband threw his hand up too! Our lives were COMPLETELY CHANGED FROM THAT MOMENT FORTH! And, the what I see as a true miracle, is we had no idea of the attacks that were coming our way prior to accepting Christ into our lives! We found out about all of them when we returned home from OK to MA. God had ARMED US! HE ARMED US with the faith and trust we needed so desperately to face these attacks. HE stood by us! He SAVED us! My love for Yeshua/Christ has grown and grown and grown. Yes, he changed my life. AND... if he could change this lowly sinners life, he can change YOURS! Please people, if you haven't already embraced and accepted the gifts HE WANTS TO GIVE you, do it now! Don't wait one single second. OUR GOD IS AN AWESOME GOD!

† Pastor Don, 45, Texas

We have all heard of what we have done in our past, SIN. I want to take this time to talk about our future. My Jesus is the most awesome God I have allowed to truly rule my life. I serve him always. I have seen physical and mental healings done in my church. I have seen many homeless come into my church drunk and high only to leave a totally changed person...sober and drug free....thats my JESUS!!! I have seen many come to Christ that I would never think would come....HE is so awesome!! A future with Jesus is a future with Life!!! Not death.

Love to all.

Don

† Wade W., Kansas

My wife had been diagnosed with a 2cm mass on her ovary. We had pictures of it and it was determined to be non-cancerous. She was scheduled for surgery a month later to remove it. In severe pain the morning of the surgery they wheeled her back to OR. Over an hour later, the doctor came out with a confused look on her face. She gave me pictures she had just taken of the area to be removed and there was nothing there. She said she couldn't explain it, masses like that just don't go away. My wife later testified in church that anytime there is an alter call she always felt her needs were less than that of the rest of the congregation and never would go forward with her needs. She said she felt God was trying to tell her that her needs no matter how small were just as important in His eyes and she was healed. God is so great and reveals Himself in ways the turn us into true believer in the impossible.

† Jacquelin S., 19, Tennessee

I'm a pastor's daughter born and raised. Growing up was fine, but when I hit the teen-age years things sort of went down hill. I started doing my own thing, and just figured that God would forgive me anyway because I was a Christian. This went on for a few years. I would get drunk, sadly I smoked weed, and I would cuss like a sailor. Finally God hit me, and convicted me, and everything made sense and I understood where I was wrong. It wasn’t like God beat me upside the head witha baseball bat. He spoke to me in the way I could understand Him. In John its talks about how Christ is the Bread of life, and if we eat from His flesh and drink His blood, we will live forever. To me, the bread that Christ is talking about isn’t physical bread, it’s the Spiritual. The bread of life that Christ is talking about is the Word of God, and we should be eating that on a daily basis. I wasn’t doing that, and I wasn’t letting Christ reign over me. Why? Because of my pride. I finally humbled myself and just let God take control! And let me tell ya, it’s been a huge relief! It’s been two years and I have changed tremendously! I know that God is my father! And I know that He sent His Son to wash me clean! And I know now, that nothing will be able to separate me from the Love of God. And I thank Him everyday for that! I'm serving at my church as the Youth's worship leader, and I’ve been learning a lot about the Spiritual Warfare. I’m now trying to get the Youth prepared for this battle we face on a day-to-day basis. And as I give in blessing, God blesses me in return! I LOVE HIM SO MUCH!! Just so you know, I could go on and on!

† Paola W., 24, Florida

I was born in Bogotá, Colombia and moved to the U.S 1993. My parents divorced shortly after. My former faith was Roman Catholic and came to faith during this time of chaos. I was broken-hearted and felt fatherless in a new land, I was soft spoken and very timid, making me target to ridicule by those in school. I was not the cool girl, my self-esteem and relationship choices towards boys led me to be used and abused. I made some wrong choices, not serious mistakes in my eyes but in the eyes of God. My mother's friend took my family to First Baptist Church of Orlando, FL and became filled with love and mercy from God through Jesus. I made friends and was happy. I thought my boyfriend had accepted my belief but he didn’t. He manipulated me and made me feel worthless. I felt as though my father left once more. I began a cycle of suicide attempts and began using drugs. I went on living life wondering why I was saved and not healed. It was not until after I married that I realized the problem was in me forgiving myself. I knew God forgave me, but I didn’t love myself enough to do the same. I have been through a difficult time; I began having cysts in my ovaries and became very ill by fibromyalgia. I was constantly in pain in and out of emergency rooms. I was ready to give up and turned to anger and bitterness. I used to cut myself and prayed to die daily. My husband came to know Jesus through me; I was awakened at night by the power of the Holy Spirit and urged him to listen while I read him a book on becoming a Christian. The words in the book read " open your eyes now, for today is the day the Lord has made, open your eyes and ears and heart" I was crying, he began to cry because he realized I was reading the word of God and it was not me telling him to get up but it was God. In my fragile emotional condition, God had used me to save Stephen, he believed. My husband slowly began to grow in Christ and ministered to my broken heart through Jesus. He told me that God had in fact saved me years ago and that he had forgiven me, yet I had not forgiven myself, then I got it, I had not accepted His blessings, I knew then that Jesus never left my side though I doubted me. Watching TBN I learned that it was not a you should but rather a commandment that I love God first and love your neighbor as I loved myself. The hard part had always been loving myself, since then my life has never been the same; I have been able to accept infinite blessings from God. The Lord is my shepherd, who put me back with his herd even though I got lost in the journey. This is my testimony of faith to those that have lost your path like I had, those who have anger, bitterness and hurt. God loves us, saved us and healed us through Jesus Christ our Lord and Saviour. May this be blessing and a testimony of Hope.

† Shawn R., Kansas

I was born in Wichita, KS and grew up in a small town west of Wichita. I was fortunate during my life to have my Grandma Ryan who I credit for taking me to church, praying with me before I went to bed and giving me my first introduction to God and His son Jesus Christ. I lost her when I was 11. She was my first huge loss and I remember not knowing what I would do with out her. She was the one person that believed I could do no wrong…and I knew it. But she was gone. I went to a babysitter that live behind us and she was a very positive influence on me and it was here that my Brother and I became friends with Stephanie and Staci Somers. They invited us to church and this is where I really received the nurturing I know God knew I needed. I was able to learn about God and how much he truly loved me that he sent His ONLY son to die for me! I continued going and was blessed to have Ryan Caffery enter my life as my Sunday school teacher. Ryan was cool. He played drums in a Christian band called Sunrise. I just remember really looking up to him and really liking being around him. He and his wife Julie were very influential in my decision to accept Christ as my Savior during my junior high years. After high school I went to college and jumped right in with the party crowd after the second semester. Needless to say I ended up dropping out of college. I moved out of my parent’s house and moved in with a group of guys and continued the party lifestyle. I met my wife, we married, started a family and I got back into church. I was baptized in ‘97 and about took the pastor down with me. Since then I have been serving the Lord with music. It wasn’t until 2006 that I put it to prayer that I really desired to meet other Christian musicians and start a Christian rock band and try and reach the youth and young adults of this world through music. My prayers were answered when I met Tony, Wade, and Merlin. God has blessed us this year in so many ways and has used our ministry to reach others struggling with life’s trials. God can use anyone of us to reach out to someone out there struggling for the answers. We just need to be open to Him and allow Him to use us how He feels fit.

† Tim W., 44, Georgia

I have so many testimonies and I would like to share this one: At 18, I battled with alcohol and drug addictions. There was one time that I had drank with a friend, and we consumed enough pure grain alcohol to be in a coma. On top of that we decided to take some tranquilizers that had been prescribed for his step dad’s mental condition, and we had taken 8 pills apiece when the required amount was one a day. Our parents told us that we were both like zombies for 3 days but God spared us. Doctors said we both should have died. I give God ALL the Glory, Honor, and Praise!

† Tony W., Kansas

Born in Chico, California. Moved all over the state as a child. I asked Christ into my heart while I was still a kid at Sea Side Bible Chapel in Oceanside California. I have some faint memory of being baptized in the ocean. I'm sure I didn't understand at the time so I plan on doing it again. I was in and out of trouble of sorts growing up. I was pretty much a loner though I had my acquaintances. I was a rebel in high school. The drummer that slept through class and accompanied friends to brawls. I dropped out of school my junior year and abruptly married my partner in crime Amy, who I'm still married to. After I got married I stopped going to church. I was always doing a show in a club or bar. Always playing for a huge party somewhere. I disappeared for days on end. During this time I doubted God's existence. I fell prey to my own flesh driven and fractured logic. This went on for around 9 years. About seven years ago I was stopped dead in my tracks. I was faced with what could very well have been my own demise. God brought me back. It's been difficult through and through, but the rewards are far beyond what I have endured. I have seen many miracles. Things that cannot simply be explained away. I have been witness to God's grace and love. I've watched in awe as he has moved and I have felt peace that I can't explain. I have done things that I don't care to mention.... ever. And I have felt His love and forgiveness. Knowing Him is a journey into Him. We begin as a thought, His thought, and we never end.