Testimony Time

[Greythanis]

here's mine

normally, i have heard, one prays (often with others) and ASKS for a baptism in the spirit, am i correct? (at least more or less)

well here's how it worked for me> after a blinding sermon about intimacy with God, i prayed earnestly about giving up my life for Him, that i needed Him to guide me and tell me what he wanted me to do, to change my personality in a way that would be pleasing to Him, and many other things of that sort. i was open to the idea of speaking in tongues, but i wasn't expecting it when i asked for a personal relationship. i ask for a relationship and what does the Allmighty give me? a baptism in the spirit! HALLELUJAH! isn't He so wonderful?

 

[SpiritPsalmist]

Yes Greythanis, He is wonderful.

 

[SharonL]

God is soooo good.

I just love Him sooooo much.

He's done so many things in my life. There are recent one's but one of my most treasured happened about 6 years ago.

I was working for a ministry where I was the reimbursement clerk for the ministry expenses. I would verify receipts as ministry expense and OK the ministry person to be reimbursed.

I had moved from Calif with this ministry and had sold my car before moving, thinking of course that it would be no problem to get another.

Well. . .one day after quite some time without a vehicle and having to depend on the bus system for rides, someone offered to sell me their car on monthly payments.

After discussing it with them, the payment they wanted were too high and I politely told them "thank you for the offer, but at this time it would not be wise for me to commit to something I cannot pay".

They proceeded to belittle me and tell me how foolish I was with my finances and why did'nt I use the brain that God gave me to figure out what to do. . .etc, etc, ect.

Of course neither one of them bothered to ask what I had already tried and what God had shown me to do.

Anyway, I went back to my desk feeling througly humiliated and trashed (yes, they were Christians). As I sat at my desk I began to open up the mail that had come in that day with reimbursements in them.

As I did so, I said to God, "how can they expect me to make those payments on a car when at the moment I don't even have money to buy a stamp" (referring to a bill on my desk I needed to mail, but I had no stamp and not even the 32 cents it cost).

At that very moment (I'm holding back the emotions even now as I tell this), as I opened up the paperwork inside the envelope I had just opened, a stamp fell out and landed right in front of me on the desk. (Ok I'm now emotional and I'm crying as I tell this).

I stared at it in stunned silence. . .I unfolded the piece of paper that it had come with and the only words written on it were "here is a stamp for you".

Needless to say, I cried for most the day. How good and gracious our God is. He was telling me that He was my provider and He would provide. And He has. . . in abundance.

It's wonderful the little things God provides that makes us feel special.

I had a mini mall that I took to nursing homes to let them shop - I had a gal that helped me just to get out of the house - she would not let me pay her - she visited with the nursing residents as I held the shopping - I paid all her hotel bills and meals.

This one day the nursing home could not pay right away and we were out of town, it was time to eat and I had enought for one to eat and I did not tell my friend anything - but I was not going to eat and make sure she had a good meal. As I was walking into the resturant I looked down and there was a $20 bill. I wanted to cry, but I did finally tell her. I was afraid she would not go with me anymore because she felt like a burden - but instead she got to witness a beautiful miracle.

 

[Notrom]

I remember one particularly bad year for me. I was out of work and the stresses drove me to suffering from anxiety. I had not been living in the area very long and had not long joined the Church I was worshipping at. Well, things got quite bad for me and I felt so ill with all the pressure and stress and I was having panic attacks for which I had medication. One night I prayed like I had never prayed before, just for God to take it all away and give me a break!
Within the next few days I received an envelope that I only knew was from someone at Church but didn't know who. It contained several hundred pounds and a letter saying this person had felt compelled by God to give me this money to go on holiday because He had 'told' them I needed the break!!
I thought it was so amazing that God did this for me!!

 

[sethola]

He's been so good i can not tell it all! i struggled with drug addiction for 3 years. i went to church, praised Him, prayed all of that. i knew He wanted me to it up but i ignored His voice. i had been to the altar and been prayed over several times and every time i left the addiction was still there. one day God spoke to me loud and clear "time to give it up." i fully surrendered everything in my life to Him. one mighty touch from His finger and my addictions were gone. my spirit cringes at the thought of drugs now! what an awesome God we serve that when we give it all to him, he takes us places we never thought we'd be. PRAISE GOD! since then i have had 3 of my lost friends who don't know each other all tell me "it's time to get right with God."
Hallelujah!

 

[aussiecorey]

Spiritual Tennis

I want to tell you why it is so special to me that I can walk but I’m going to start from the beginning.

The devil has put so many things in my way.
As a baby he tried to kill me 3 times because he knew god had huge plans for me but god said no and let me live.
As I was driving down the road of life he has put many detours in my way first a suicide in the family then another detour drug related death then a big detour I was sexually harassed then my dad gambling and being an alcoholic then he pulls out the big guns and puts a tumor in my body so I will be in pain and never walk again one of the scariest times in my life was walking down the corridor to the operating room lying down and getting prepped for surgery that whole time thinking this is the last time I will ever walk again I’m never going to run again, kick a ball, play sports or ride a bike then I went into operation but our all healing god healed me The devil made a mistake the tumor he put in my body was a awesome personality changer it changed my out look on life and made awesome testimony.
So when you see me walking think of the miracles god does he heals and he loves.
. Then the devil gave me another 3 tumors in my pelvis I was upset and angry.
But as soon as I became a Christian I understood that god healed me and god He turned every negative in my life to a positive he showed me not to take drugs, not drink and gamble ,not commit suicide and use my experiences to help others
I went on this great camp called “BOOM” camp it was amazing where a wonderful man(Mike) inspired me to start prayer so I went to school and spoke to a friend who had mentioned a prayer group when I 1st got saved. I guess I was ready to do a prayer group after Boom camp so I one and the devil got angry and decided to give me another tumor and I retaliated and started Lounge he retaliated by making there no way for me to be medically fixed but I retaliated by saving my friends.
It’s like a game of tennis The is playing and doing unfair shots it’s the devil against me but I have an advantage I have Jesus on my side. It’s a doubles game and devil has no one and The devil wants you as a partner but why take him when you could have Jesus.
Jesus is my partner in tennis.
It’s the Salvation Open
The devil serves with sickness
Jesus volleys with healing
Love – 30 our point
The Devil hits with Sexual assault
But I return with praise to God
The devil starts to get angry and serves with a huge temptation
But Jesus returns with love
At the end of the game the devil didn’t score a point
Don’t Let him score a point because he will use it against you.
It’s never to late to ask Jesus to play tennis with you but you need to ask and not turn your back on your team mate.
I was loosing the tennis match and I would have lost if the number ranked in all time tennis player didn’t join my team.

As soon as I gave my life to god I started to win and I did but remember you can start to loose again because the less you practice playing with Jesus the further he gets away form you so stay with him.
The Devil knows your weaknesses and your temptations but when he uses them against pull out your racket from heaven and hit him in the face with it.
Play with passion and with love this isn’t normal tennis court it’s a court of war and we need to win.
He will try to take up more of the court but no matter how much of the court we have we will still win.
Give an Ace for your school a set for you friends and family and win the match for you generation.
In a game of tennis you get many opportunities to score a point but a sometimes you have doubt if you will score the point but with Jesus on your side you win Take the opportunities to be with god and to witness
I may have a physical disability and I am not the best at sports but when it comes to Spiritual tennis I am going to kick some but.
It’s no coincidence that your in your schools, It’s no coincidence that your in your families, It’s no coincidence that your in your work place, It’s no coincidence that your in your friendship groups you have been put there for a reason to get them to play tennis with Jesus.
Are you going to play tennis with Jesus or are you going to play alone?
We need to win the salvation open are you going to win or loose?
It’s your chance to shine play for your school, family, friends and generation?
Are you going to take this opportunity?
The salvation open is waiting but are you going to play?

 

[blackbyrd]

I want to just thank God for being the God of second and third chances. I want to praise Him for revealing Himself to me more and more everyday. I love Him not for what He has done for me(although I am awed and grateful for my forgivness) I love Him for Who He is (my friend, my advocate, my refuge, healer and deliverer.) Praise be to the Father from who all blessings flow. Praise God that his mercies are enw everyday and without his mercy we would all have been devoured!!!

 

[Jlaw]

Well, I've never really posted here before but um... I suppose there's a first for everything =P.


Well, when I guess I shall just make this short. I've had bad things happen to me I suppose... I got caught up with all the sin, I had a bad childhood, my dad always abused me and my brother... I remember thoughts of suicide. My dad never locked his gun cabinets...

After a few years my parents split and I went to live with my grandparents. My mom would always talk about how we would spend lots of time together, but after about 2 months she ran off with some guy and got married and bought a house somewhere.

I went into a severe state of depression. I would sit in my room with the lights off and stay in complete solitude for the next 2 years. My mom tried to send me to a recreational facility where all of the bad kids go I suppose.

Well, the devil tried to stop me with everything he had. He had me down for the count for my whole life. I developed a disease, that slowly devours your body in a way. Doctors say there is no cure for it. It will soon get so bad that the skin over my nails would die and my nails will fall off.

I still don't know where my parents are to this day. In my darkest days I remembered, my dear friend. He was a christian. I went over to his house and talked to him and his dad for like a few hours then the next day his dad died. This was a really hard time but, me and that friend connected in a stronger friendship. He later invited me to come to church again so I came. After a long time of being a shifty christian I finally devoted myself fully to God.

I found myself blessed with lots of things, friends, family, and a life to live. I now play in the youth band alongside my brother. I know this may(PROBABLY) sound very negative, but I don't really know what the definition of a testimony is =P. Overall I just want to say that, it may seem very dark and bad at times, but when I turned to God, everything became... illuminated is the best word I can give. God showed me what I could never see with just my regular eye. It was amazing. After a while I have learned his voice, and he is teaching me new things every single day.

 

[Nilla]

Hey everyone!

Oh my where do I begin? Sometimes I think that God hasn't done anything in my life but I'm so wrong. (And He tells me so whenever I think like that). Anyway...I wouldn't be alive today if it wasn't for God.

I'm born and raised in a christian family. A few years ago I moved away from home to study go to a kindergarten teacher. I met this guy and we started talking and as time passed we started to date. He said he was a christian but he didn't live like it. I didn't think much of it back then. He wasn't a virgin and he used to try and talk me into having sex with him. I always said no, he knew where I stood on that issue. He had a lot on his mind that he struggled with, but he couldn't talk to me about it. I wouldn't understand. I don't know the reason but he ended up cheating on me with another girl. I was crushed, didn't know what to do...I forgave him and we tried to move on. But I couldn't trust him and things weren't the same. So we broke up. After that I felt useless, stupid, worthless...just a big nobody.

I was chatting online one day and started talking to a guy who didnt live far from me. We had a good time and we decided to meet up and chat some more and go for a cup of tea. I wasn't used to the attention this guy showed me and well after that day I wasn't a virgin anymore. I don't have words for how cheap and low I felt. I tried talking to my ex-boyfriend about it (I knew he had gone through the same thing) but instead of showing me support, he threatened to kill me. We had broken up as friends and I thought he stilled loved me..or so he did say. And I thought that if someone I thought loved me wanted me dead then I deserve to be dead for what I had done.

Luckily I confided in my sister and she told me that God still loved me. That if I really regretted what I had done and asked God to forgive me He would. So we prayed together and I felt so much better!

This was about 3-4 years ago. Since then God has done a lot of things in my life. I still struggle with a lot of things but I know I'm loved and that I'm saved by His grace.

John 8:3-10

God is mercyfull!!

 

[1SheepGirl]

Hello Everyone!!! What a great idea for a thread!!! I have had soooooo many things happen in the last year and I have been told that things will be happening in 2006 so I ought to get in the mix. I would like to share one particular testimony of God working in my life. I was at work one day (which is a testimony all by itself; but I won't get into that) and I receive a call from my husband who explains he is at the emergency room at out local hospital with our oldest son from a bicycle accident. Apparently he had fallen onto his bike causing the handle bar to penetrate his belly approximately 6-8 inches. A handle bar about 1" round. My husband explained I better get to the hospital ASAP as they were doing a catscan and the surgeon would be arriving to do any repair work which they believe would be to his liver. I got this feeling all over my body like the blood had drained right out of me. I don't remember much of myself leaving work, but I remember getting into my car and starting praying in tongues. I prayed to Him and said "Lord what has happened has happened, but please don't let anything happen further. Just make it stop, PLEASE!" I was in tears, I was shaking and I just kept praying in tongues and finally what seemed like an eternity I arrived to the hospital. I ran in and my son was lying there white as a sheet hooked up to a IV holding his side. I told him I had been praying for him all the way there and he said he was praying he wouldn't have to have any stitches. Funny how I was praying for his life and he was praying for no pain. The surgeon came in at that moment and looked at my husband and myself and shook his head and said, "I just looked at the scan and it missed everything. It only entered into the fatty tissue that repairs itself within 24 hours." Then the words that would affect both my son and myself, the doctor said, "We will be doing nothing further, we will not be doing stitches; we are just gonna let that fluid run so it can clean itself out." We both looked at each other and just smiled and giggled at what God had just done for us! He has a scar the size of a half dollar now, but I think we can deal with that !!!!!!

 

[Easystreet]

Father In Law Heaven Bound - I want to give God praise for his life. Cancer will soon do all the damage it can do and then he will enter the presence of Jesus. To be absent from the body is to be present with the Lord. What a blessed hope. Glory be to God and His Son Jesus Christ for the faithfulness He demonstrates toward us.

Gordon

 

[moomoocowjess]

Hiya, about thirteen years ago I became ill with ME and I was off school for about a year and a half but other than not being able to go out all the time I was well, then three and a half years ago I had a relapse and I suddenly found myself in a wheelchair unable to do even the easyist things. My sister was also ill with ME but she was bedbound and alot worse then me, I didnt know at the time but my sister and my mum had started to pray about us getting better. We both suddenly got better at the same time and now eight months later I'm walking and better then I have ever been, I'm also working with the youth at my church and going out to cell groups doing what ever I can do in the church.

Thankyou God you are great!!!!

 

[J4Jesus]

here's mine

normally, i have heard, one prays (often with others) and ASKS for a baptism in the spirit, am i correct? (at least more or less)

well here's how it worked for me> after a blinding sermon about intimacy with God, i prayed earnestly about giving up my life for Him, that i needed Him to guide me and tell me what he wanted me to do, to change my personality in a way that would be pleasing to Him, and many other things of that sort. i was open to the idea of speaking in tongues, but i wasn't expecting it when i asked for a personal relationship. i ask for a relationship and what does the Allmighty give me? a baptism in the spirit! HALLELUJAH! isn't He so wonderful?

Greythanis
That's great!!

 

[Hagios]

Sorry, just bumping the thread to the top...

My Testimony : http://www.morneahlers.com/My_testimony.htmlhttp://www.morneahlers.com/My_Testimony.htm

Blessings,

Hagios

 

[Crazymatick777]

Wow firstly, I want to say thank you so much for this website. WOW it has helped me faith grow. Just reading some of your testimonies.. Prosperity.. and C1ners... breaking out into tears as I read your testimonies... God bless all of you.. Well I think this is my first post so I might as well start from the beginning...

I grew up in a Christian home, my mom and dad took me to church every sunday. I accepted christ late one night when I was 5 and my dad was giving me medicine on the counter and he asked me if I wanted to accept Christ.. I said yes.. But I was 5, so it was kind of my parents faith.. not mine.. As a young kid I grew up knowing all the right answers, becoming prideful in my memorization of the bible and my knowledge. It was cool at church to know a lot about God.. I got straight A's and wore clean clothes. I was a typical christian. and I was fine.

5th grade rolled around I got a haircut. I swear that haircut changed my life, i gelled my hair, i got attention and popular fast by girls and popular jocks whom i learned to like. I went to a small christian school a class of 50-60 and it got real old seeing the same people everyday. We all became lukewarms, we were christian by organization, we would jepoardize our faith for popularity all the time.

My grades went from A's to B's, I went from a good kid to a bad kid. I listened to crap music and lusted, and swore, and wore dirty clothes (hehe). In 8th grade I got suspended for drinking alcohol in class with my friend Peter.. i felt like life was over.. I wandered for a bit..

Freshman year I went to a skillet concert. They played "shout to the north" and had everyone hold hands and sing it together, When I held the hands of the person next to me I felt tears fall down my face, and I felt Gods love, mercy, and grace shower me. I still remember it so clearly..

I rededicated my life to him that night. I began to read m bible a lot more, and regan strength and confidence. Then soccer started, I was a good player and wanted to be great. I started scoring goals and got cocky real fast. Finally God gave me what I wanted and I scored homecoming game in front of everyone and it was awesome. But it was my glory and not Gods.. so the next play I broke my foot and I was out for the rest of the season.. My high school life went on a downhill spiral once again. I assumed God was punishing me so I ran away from Him... (good idea right?). About that time my dad was diagnosed with prostate cancer.. that didnt help my faith in God grow much either.

I ran to girls. I thought I would find satisfaction in them. WRONG. I dated some1 freshman yr, soph yr, jr year, and every single one of them cheated on me.. God constantly was saying that He is the only thing that will fulfill me.. So the last relationship I was in after she cheated on me I said, forget this.. she tried to kill herself, she left school and had to seek council and rehab and therapy the whole 9 yards.. A lot of drama, a lot of gossip..

I said God this isnt the way you have called me to live. There has got to be more to life than his crap. I know i can live abundantly.. My friend Peter (yes the one i got suspended with) had changed a ton.. he was on fire for God.. he invited me to his youth group.. Youth Invasion, I showed up and he looked very suprised to see me. The paster gave a sermon ( i dont remember to well) a salvation message.. and I went up and Peter prayed for me.. HE prayed for me in tonguees!! I started laughing!! But I thought it was cool. I think that was a manifestation.. me laughing.. but anyways, his breath smelled terrible.. I quickly joined his small group. (All my other friends had backstabbed me at the time) and his small group was like a place of refuge for me. People were getting slain in the spirit at his small group and I said.. O God tell me this is real... please!!

I finally got to go on encounter.. a 3 day retreat devoted to me and God, no games, no nothing but prayer, worship, and sermons.. a 1 on 1 with me and God.. I was baptized with Fire and with the Spirit. I balalala every day now and I am not ashamed of it.. I went back to my school with the fire. I witnessed to all my old friends, brought some of them to encounter, and they changed other peoples lives as well. IT was amazing to see the work God was doing. I spoke in our schools chapel and God lit the place on fire. When people saw me they were convicted.. I started going to as many christian shows as I could.. including DC*B, Chris Tomlin, HillSong United, Delirious?, and many more...

I have so much more to say, but ill stop there.. O and my dad got healed of cancer (medically). which is Gods hand completely.

I plan on going to Cedarville university next year.. They arent really charismatic, but Ill be ok. If anyone from CU is here please let me know...

check out my website www fireofchrist com

That was a crash course to my life.. Sorry If it is not coherent..
I wrote it at 3:00AM

Praise yeshua, my rock and redeemer, the author of my salvation.

~ Deej

 

[Teekz]

wow.. fo real i jus started this today an di can see i will be loving this place.. so far i read the recent post up there, may god be with u were ever u are

 

[angelT17]

When I was smaller I had asthma. I could not run for a minute without feeling as if someone was literally squeezing my heart. One day I had an asthma attack that wasn't like the ordinary attacks that I have had. I could not breathe I was pretty sure that I was going to die at that moment. I prayed to God and promised him that I would serve him if he healed me. God answered my prayer and I did surrender my life to him. I am doing things I could not have done before. I participate in 100m races, relays etc. and I don't feel any pain in my heart. Thank you Lord for your mercies and your grace.

 

[Teekz]

When I was smaller I had asthma. I could not run for a minute without feeling as if someone was literally squeezing my heart. One day I had an asthma attack that wasn't like the ordinary attacks that I have had. I could not breathe I was pretty sure that I was going to die at that moment. I prayed to God and promised him that I would serve him if he healed me. God answered my prayer and I did surrender my life to him. I am doing things I could not have done before. I participate in 100m races, relays etc. and I don't feel any pain in my heart. Thank you Lord for your mercies and your grace.

may god keep on blessing u and watching over u, and everyone that has surrendered there life to him, i'm glad ur asthma isn't affecting u no more

 

[angelT17]

may god keep on blessing u and watching over u, and everyone that has surrendered there life to him, i'm glad ur asthma isn't affecting u no more

May God bless and watch over you too.

 

[Happygal]

As a baby Christian, God never fall short of blessing to me. Just this year alone i have 4

1) I went through a tough time due to a fail relationship, God heal me with his words from bible, Gosh those heart pain was miraculously gone within 3 days

2) I want to speak in tongue (which i didn't received it initially despite praying done by my church members) thus i asked God directly, he gave immediately when i asked

3) I was praying for direction about something of which he send someone (an IRC frez whom i never chat before on the phone) after the prayer, that nite this frez called me, cause he was reading bible and having some thoughts, thus he think of me and buzz me on the phone , Gosh...the conversation really makes me ponder...what a coincidence!!! But is not is God who wanted this frez of mine to give me advise...

4) I ask for open door for job , he gave open doors (many interview within a week) and will be starting work with GE Healthcare on Monday...

So we are serving a great God.