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It appears this thread isn't used anymore, but I want to add my testimony in the hope that it might encourage someone...even a lurker (like myself, most of the time:yum:). I've been reading through these and some of them are very encouraging and faith-building. FYI, in my testimony I mention a few "female issues", but I keep it as vague as possible; nothing in so much detail that I think it would bother any male readers.

I've been a believer all my life. Raised in a Southern Baptist church and "saved" as a young child. I never really had a relationship with God, though...just went to church and called myself a Christian. I did not develop a true, personal relationship with Jesus until I was in my 20s.

When I was 28/29, my husband and I finally got to a place financially where we felt ready to be parents. I'd been having terrible "female" troubles for years (and especially in those recent months), so I saw my gynecologist, who did some blood tests which revealed that hormonally, my body was in early menopause (I was only 28!). He did an exploratory surgery which found stage 4 endometriosis, a massive ovarian cyst that he drained and had biopsied (he was worried, but it turned out benign), and a mottled uterus surrounded by a lot of fluid that should not be in my pelvic cavity. He said it "looks like a bomb went off in your pelvis". After all that, he said he would start me on Lupron injections for 6 months to try to lessen the endometriosis, and then refer me to a fertility specialist, because without fertility drugs/treatments, I had a 0% chance of conceiving. He gave me a 30% chance of conceiving with all the treatments & drugs.

I didn't feel peace with any of this. Lupron treatment is very difficult and miserable, and not without risks. And I didn't want to even begin thinking about fertility treatments. I felt God strongly pulling at me to give my diagnosis to Him, and to believe for complete healing. Coming from my Southern Baptist background, healing seemed possible, but unlikely. God had a lot of work to do in me to change a lifetime of wrong believing about his will to heal. At the same time, I'd been watching The 700 Club daily, and their frequent testimonies of healings were what convinced me to go head-first into seeking healing from the Lord. I postponed the Lupron injections. It was May, and I told God, "I'm going to look to you for healing of endometriosis and infertility over this summer. I'm going to give it until fall, and if I'm not healed or improved by then, I'm going to assume you want me to do the Lupron injections."

All that summer, I prayed. I got into the Word for the first time in my life. I began being led to story after story in the Bible about women being healed of infertility (there are some very obscure ones). I had never been taught to speak the Word over myself, but God led me to do it during our times together. I spoke healing passages from Psalms and Isaiah out loud over myself every day. I began to believe it was going to happen. My church friends thought I was crazy. Whenever someone would ask when I was going to start Lupron, I'd say, "I'm holding off on that...I'm praying for God to heal me completely." And they'd go silent. They'd stutter around and end up saying, "Oh...okay...um...well, I'll be praying for you." :smile:

In the meantime, my symptoms intensified greatly. From the time of the surgery in May (and my decision to hold off on treatment and pray instead for healing), I began to have cycles every two weeks. This was awful because it was proof I wasn't ovulating, but in addition to that, I had horrible symptoms of hormonal imbalance...hot flashes, unbearable migraine headaches, and intense pelvic pain. Each time a cycle would start way too soon, I'd press further into God and continue praying for healing. Despite the symptoms intensifying and the condition getting worse, I felt more and more sure He was going to heal me.

Then one day in late August, I started another cycle, again two weeks too soon. When I realized it, I broke down completely. I knew that the excruciating migraine and pelvic pain would be upon me soon and would stay for the duration of my cycle. I was devastated, and hit a low that is inexpressible. I fell to my bedroom floor and sobbed my heart out to God. I sobbed and sobbed, asking Him WHY was it getting worse rather than better when I'd been believing for and praying for healing with all my heart? I suddenly felt an urge to get my Bible and open it. I did, and I looked down to see these words in 2 Kings 20:5: "I have heard your prayer, I have seen your tears; surely I will heal you." It hit me hard. At that moment, I knew. I knew that not only would God heal me, but that it was done. It didn't matter what things looked like at the moment. It was a done deal! This was a turning point for me. I responded by ceasing my crying and beginning to praise God! I sat there and praised God, thanking Him for his promise to heal me. I thanked him that it was done! I could not stop smiling.

The excruciating migraine and pelvic pain did still come, and it stayed for the usual duration. But this time, I didn't let those symptoms deter me from believing that I was definitely going to be healed. I got through those days and continued holding on to the promise God gave me. A couple of weeks passed, and for the first time in months, I didn't have a new cycle start after only two weeks. I knew something had happened. I waited. September came, and my first full-length cycle in months came to an end. From that point on, I had completely normal cycles, both in duration and spacing. And amazingly, for the first time in my life, I began having pain-free cycles. No cramping, no pelvic pain. It was all gone. I had NEVER had pain-free cycles at any point in my life, but now I did. I KNEW I was healed!

Sure enough, within a few months I was pregnant, and not much longer than a year after my healing from endometriosis and severe hormonal imbalances, I gave birth to a healthy baby boy. :) He is 11 years old now (all this still seems like yesterday, though!). I went on to have another son without any problems at all, who is now 7 years old. I've told them all about how God made their births possible by healing me, and how very special they are. I still get overwhelmed when I think of how God led me to seek healing by His mighty hand, and how wonderfully He did it.
I bask in Hannah's words in 1 Samuel 1:27, which are my own as well: "I prayed for this child, and the Lord has granted me what I asked of Him." :blueheart::blueheart:
 
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@SpiritPsalmist before I share, I just wanted to congratulate you and encourage you on your weight goal, keep up the good work, cant wait to hear your testimony when you get there!

so, I decided to share one of my favorites. When I was a boy, i used to dream about going to China and would tell people I would go there someday. I grew up under poor conditions, in the projects, so this was something completely unthinkable for anyone in my family. This was also before I was saved, as I was born and raised Catholic (but that's another tale)

fast forward to after my salvation, I spent years in the refiner's fire, being purified through life (another long story) and praying for China. I had always had a heart for the Chinese but after being Saved, it only got more intense.

While in Bible College, I was in prayer and the Spirit of God spoke to me clearly and said "You will go to China". It didn't happen right away (years later, in fact) but I ended up going on a missions trip and God provided the finances.

Never give up on pressing forward in Christ, you may not see the results right away, but, in Christ, we are like a fine wine, we get better with time.
 
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@SpiritPsalmist before I share, I just wanted to congratulate you and encourage you on your weight goal, keep up the good work, cant wait to hear your testimony when you get there!

so, I decided to share one of my favorites. When I was a boy, i used to dream about going to China and would tell people I would go there someday. I grew up under poor conditions, in the projects, so this was something completely unthinkable for anyone in my family. This was also before I was saved, as I was born and raised Catholic (but that's another tale)

fast forward to after my salvation, I spent years in the refiner's fire, being purified through life (another long story) and praying for China. I had always had a heart for the Chinese but after being Saved, it only got more intense.

While in Bible College, I was in prayer and the Spirit of God spoke to me clearly and said "You will go to China". It didn't happen right away (years later, in fact) but I ended up going on a missions trip and God provided the finances.

Never give up on pressing forward in Christ, you may not see the results right away, but, in Christ, we are like a fine wine, we get better with time.
God is faithful.

The ticker does not work on this site anymore so I've not been able to show the tracking of it, but I've lost 95 lbs now :)
 
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For the last three to four months I have been learning to play the banjo. I have been a guitarist for the last 50 years, but when I retired, I wanted to learn, but I couldn't afford to buy a banjo, so I made my own. I had to learn woodworking and buy a few tools. A brother in the church had access to a band saw and was able to cut out the neck for me. I shaped, sanded, and put frets on it, bought a tambourine, fitted it all together, strung it up, and it turned out to be a very playable instrument. It was the result of a bit of an evolution, because I started with a cookie tin banjo, then one with a square box with nylon strings, and one with an Indian drum. I got to the stage where I played in a country music evening and was very successful. Then, last Sunday another brother gave me a banjo that he had for years in his cupboard. He had heard that I was learning the banjo on my home-made one, and he wanted to bless me by giving me a commercially made instrument. I was really blessed, and have enjoyed playing this week. Isn't God good! He gives us the desires of our hearts,and He does it through the love of the brethren!
 
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We have an outreach to the homeless once a week. We go to them and bring them food, and basics of life. We also get to pray with them.

This last week We had the opportunity to pray with Paul. He was in pain and had a hard time seeing. One of our team member prayed with him and the pain left and he could read the newspaper unaided.
 
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We don't do this in my current church, but a church I use to go to had testimony time every Sunday Night. I LOVED testimony time. . . people had such wonderful and unique testimonys. Some were BIG and some were little but none the less something that God had done for them.

So. . .please share any and all testimony's you have. Past and Present. I'll share some of mine later. . .my lunch break is up.


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I'm so excited. . .I just love testimony's of God's goodness

I'm in partnership with a ministry in the Philippines recently they were in preparation for a crusade they were about to have. There was a Typhoon in the forecast. Which would hamper the crusade or even cancel it. We and some other brothers in sisters began to come in agreement and prayer and the Typhoon never arrived. Also over 1,500 people during that week gave their life to Christ. I talk a little more about it in my YouTube video
 
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Well its over a year since last thing posted here.
Hope its ok if i bring testimony that is for the present days.
I post a lot of extremely challanging and utterly uncompromising things which shock many .
But this is not from theory but because i was one that needed to be shocked out of inactive sin of disobedience

Now a few years later life is utterly different
And God is so real so true and so faithful.
I just want to share the real life end of taking the risk to step out and Do as Jesus says and how because we did.. We see an amazing and difficult life on this earth and an ever increasing flow of love and lifeout from us.

If i were to type out testimony of the salvation journey the lord has led me on it might be a three day book read.
So lets not do that.
Minimum present background frame work
- we are disciples of Jesus
Apprentices learning our Masters trade.
By both reading the manuel and applying its instructions.
We niether attend nor belong to any denomination . and are supported by No denomination but God is provider.
We knew God was calling saying go work in my vineyard... A long time ago we said no
... :( but.. Then... We went.
We repented from sin . left jobs sold property Got freed from the things of this world that entangle and went out to work in the lords will full time.
Anyone can .
It was not easy..
Short story - since our funds ran out we have see GOD provide over and over and over and over...
Just 2 months ago we sat back in Nz believing the lord Wanted us to return to where we had spent 8 months last year..but with Zero$ natural means to get there.
One night i got a text : " iv deposited for your air fares"
The lord suddenly provided for my wife and my son and I to Go.. So off we went

So thats testimony #1 for me in this thread.
We Do not serve a God of theory.
But a real a true a living God.
Seek first the Kingdom of GOD and all these things willbe added to you.. (What so ever you need)
 
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So what is life like doing this ...
Its real life..
I will try to limit to present active relevant testimonies.

Lets just start with friday ...may 2019

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Entered the local hospital med clinic..
Immediatly noticed the lady with bandaged foot limping towards us..
I said Do you have a boil? She nodded.. I asked the obvious.." Is it pretty painful" ?
She frowned and nodded strongly and took a seat...
Ioffered to pray for Jesus to help with that .she said yes.
I touched her foot and told the pain to go out in JESUS name and the boil to dry up snd be gone.
As i stood up again i told her to stand up and test her foot.
She did so .. She took a step then another then her head shot up and she looked at her companions chattering away that all pain just vanished.
We then sat on the floor and shared what is the good news of JESUS, swapped numbers and facebook accounts and hope to be in touch again soon .
Any believer can do this ..
We shared the gospel 3 more times that say and saw 2. more healings.
But im trying to limit the number of testimonies per post
 
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Friday evening .
Met at the Hospital clinic with two young people 16 and 19. To do training .
They prayed for a number of willing people and it was wonderful to see two young children immediatly healed of Fever and cheer up notably.
We shared the Gospel with 5 people and exchanged contacts.
Trainibg oeople in this peactical simple hands on method is so extremely effective.
 
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