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God Believe in me long before I knew Him.
Nadine’s Testimony
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I can not remember a time I was not aware of God, but I was not raised in a Christian household, as a matter of fact I was raised in what I refer to as a war zone, my parents called it our home. We were sexually, physically, and emeotionally abused by both parents, and I can tell you I would not be here today if not for the grace of God. I knew He was there and in my childish mind I knew He was coming to save the day, well not like I thought He would but He made sure I made it through intact, and He helped me excell in all other areas of my life. I was diagnosed as educable mentally retarded, and my parents agreed i was rather slow, that was because I was thinking so fast. It did however, get me into speech therapy and when they were able to understand me they realized I was gifted, not retarded. God said no, she is not going to be held back by a label. anyway He helped me through, and I owe Him everything. So I am now a retired RN, a caregiver, a lover of Jesus Christ My Savior, and an author of Poetry, and soon to have a fiction Novel added to my resume, it is now in the printing stage.
Life’s Blessings
Life’s blessings are not always what they seem. An event that brings about unwanted change in one’s life is often viewed as a curse at first because it brings to an end an era in one’s life. As human beings we ask God why He allowed this to happen to us? Did we do something to anger Him that He would allow us to fall so hard? We do not know what the creator has in store for us. His wisdom He does not share, so like petulant children we sit and cry about the unfairness of life. As we get further away from that bump in the road; or what I refer to as the leap of faith, the going gets less rough and we begin to see the creation of a new more amazing dream. It is then we understand that our Father in heaven always knows what is best. Even when we think He has left us we turn and find Him right by our side, guiding our daily lives. When we stop to listen we find that He always had a plan for us, it is simply that we were to involved in the moment to understand what He was attempting to tell us all along.
God blesses us with change it is not a punishment but merely a u-turn, which guides us right back into His loving arms, where I always want to remain. Life is an adventure, and God is the solid rock that keeps our feet on the ground, and our heads out of the clouds. If we take ourselves too seriously we fail to enjoy the precious gifts in life that God has given us. What a waste of life, and love, for as Jesus said, “I have come that they may have life, and have it more abundantly” John 10:10
Nadine M. Riggs
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Since I began my bussiness he became the manager and the president on it. Right now with the economy going down, he is supportting me now and he will going to. I am so glad for all that he gave me and for the things he not give me to, because I right now I understood that was his best decision for me and my family.
Thank you Lord for everything in my life, I love you.
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My Testimony by Debra Jouglard
Debra’s Testimony
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I was 13 when I accepted Christ. At the time we were having a Revival in our Church in Texas. The Preacher that was leading the Revival was Bo Baker and his brother Dick Baker was there to lead the music. We had a youth service on this particular Sunday and my Mom said that she would go down and move her letter to this church. My brother who was nine at the time also wanted to go down and accept Christ. So it was only going to be the two of them until I came out of the Youth Service and told mom that I wanted to go down and accept Christ. So when the service was over and the invitation was given my mom , brother and I got up to go down to the front. My dad was there with our youngest brother who was only four. My dad had not planned on ever joining the church and being baptized because he was raised in the Catholic Church. But as we were walking down the aisle my mom turned around to see my dad coming as well. We all became Christians that day in March of 1967. My dad , brother and I were baptized the following Sunday and three years later they asked my dad to become a Deacon in the Church. We spent our lives in the service of the Church My Mom and Dad taught in 2nd grade Sunday School and then taught 10th grade Sunday School. I was in the Youth Choir and we were called the New Hope Singers. When my brothers were teens they were in it as well. I became a teacher in the Mission Friends Group and with the Girls Auxillary. I also taught in the Preschool Choir. I later became a Director and Teacher in the Bed Baby Class . Years after all of this my grandmother was living with us and she was dying from cancer of the colon. As she lay there she would get up and sit on the side of her bed and say she needed to go. She kept telling us she was in a line and that it was not her turn yet. She would also put her hands out and then put them to her mouth as if eating and she was being fed the manna from Heaven to prepare her for her journey. The angels were all around her. Then as she got closer to the gate she began seeing her parents my grandfather and others in the family that had gone on before. I am here to tell you that as she was going through this there were many of our family that were there the day she died and they were witnesses to all of this. Some of them were not Christians but have since become Christians. I leave now with this as my testimony as to the True Christ and His Love for us. May God Bless All who read this.
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My name is Tim and I grew up in a small town in Central California. My Mother raised me and my four siblings on her own despite being a full fledged alcoholic. She ran a prostitution ring for illegal immigrants and every night was a party at our home. I never knew of the Lord and I grew up drinking and using drugs. By the time I was in my thirtys I was injecting methamphetamines and drinking daily.
One night I overdosed and when I was in the Emergency Room my heart stopped beating. It was then when Jesus came into that room and asked me if I had enough and he touched me and brought me back to life. That was 11 years ago and my life has never been the same. I am a Deacon at my church and have a wonderful life with my Wife and Children. As a result of this my Mother is now serving the Lord. Thank You Jesus
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Hi, my name is Roberta and I've been a christian since 7th grade and boy I have to say its really been hard so many valleys and lots of mountains to climb sure gald I have GOD to pull me up them. Wouldn't take a day back though, thats where we all make our mistakes that once you become truly saved everyone makes u think life is going to be so easy we really need to change that road for all new christians, after all Christ died for our sins he gave us the crown and now we have to earn the jewels they are not going to be given freely. Life without Christ would be a dark gloomy day for me, he makes it brighter and brighter each and everyday. If I can be just one example of Gods work and creation then I can say at the end of each day well done, U may not see your works till way down the pathway but someone is all ways watching so walk your path with gleam and try always to show a smile after all if we go along with sad faces why would a sinner want what we have. Love and God Bless to ALL!
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During my 2nd trimester with child #5 I acquired a serious illness that left me bedriden for a week. Before my third trimester I had to have surgery to remove part of one breast and reduce the other; all of this had to take place quickly so there was no time to really react yet I knew God was doing something! I was at such peace with life that I was accused by some of my loved ones that I did not care! it is still hard to explain the feelings that I had at the time; all I knew is I had to have this baby and raise four kids(their ages were 11,6,4 and 2)they were such good and well behaved during that period; it was wonderful....Anyway that ordeal started Oct. 2000. surgery took place Nov. and I delivered via C-section Mar. 1 2001 Robert Asher he came out screaming and weighed 10 lbs 10.5oz.
God is Good and He is my God!
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The year I let God take control of my life. What a wonderful year it was.
Kim’s Testimony
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My mom and grandma had us in church all my life. Every Sunday and Wednesday night, we would go to church. When I was on my own and going to college I stopped going to church. The only things that were important to me was only worldly things. After college I met my husband and then children came shortly after. We changed our babysitter and I started to noticed things in our little boy. He wanted to pray before eating. We had to put one our cats to sleep. I can remember it so clearly. I was pregnant with our little baby girl. We had no idea what to tell him. We had to tell him and we did. I remember him crying and saying it was his fault she had past. Then one day he told me that "Lexus" was in Heaven. He felt so calm telling me this a clamness that I have never seen in our three year old before.
He was learning all of these new things from his babysitter. She was telling me about her church having Vacation Bible School and how she thought he would like it. So, I decided to let him do it. I went to church with her and took our son a few times before this. By the time summer came around and he was in VBS we had our little girl. Our son loved meeting new kids his age. He was learning so many new things. I knew then that it was time to go back to God. Our babysitter, who is now one of my most dearest friends would listen to my issues and in my heart I knew that she wasn't judging me.
I know with all of my heart that God put this wonderful family in our lives for this very reason. I cannot count the many many blessings that God has brought to my family in the last year. I normally worry about everything and stress out. Now that I have giving God all of my worries; I have not stressed out in a while. I can feel no stress or worries, because I KNOW that he will provide for us and others.
My biggest fear is death; I will not go to a funeral unless they are my close family. I should say that I use to have a fear of death. My grandfather is dieing of lung cancer. The doctors gave him until Christmas 2008 and that he would not see his next birthday which is in June. It is the middle of March 2009 now and he is still here. When I was told about him dieing I was so scared and really stressed out. Then as I was praying to God on my knees and crying really hard. This wonderful calmness came over me. A calmness I had never felt more calming then what my son had felt about our cat. I know that my grandfather is someday going to Heaven. I am no longer feared by death, because I KNOW that some day I will be in Heaven with our wonderful and holy God.
He is there waiting for you the only step you need to make is let him take control of your life. You will never regret it. Thank you God for being so prefect and holy.
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I became a Christian Because my Parents marriage was on the verge of breaking apart, We never went to church I was Baptized Catholic. And one morning Dad and Mom Got up from a big fight the night before and Said for us to get dress and that we are all going to go to church , I said i was not going unless it was a Catholic church , Dad said that i will go were ever the family goes and then i can decide after that day, So We went and i didnt stop going since .I have been re-baptized in the Penacostal Church its been since 1996-97 i had my ups and downs But now My goal is to hunger more and more of my Jesus . We are put on earth to Praise and Worship God
Remember its not about a Religion its about a Relationship you build with Jesus Christ Our KING !!!
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My testimony begins in 1994. I grew up in a Christian home with 2 loving parents and we went to Church and read the Bible but I never really knew who Jesus was. In 1983, life changed when our Dad started feeling bad so my Mom and 2 of my brothers and I got in the car and went to the hospital to get him checked. He was turned away from that hospital so the nearest hospital was about 30 minutes away. He had a massive coronary heart attack on the way and died that night. That was tough on all of us. It was hard to overcome but Mom pulled us all together and we got through that tough time. Life continued until 1994. In 1994, my brothers and I went to AtlantaFest for the first time and I gave my life to Christ that weekend. That decision changed my life. Although it has been a rough ride, I never have doubted what God did by sending His Son to save us. I rest securely in that fact. In January of 2000, Mom passed away suddenly of natural causes and hit us all hard. That was unexpected. For about 6 months, I was asking God why did He take Mom away. I can honestly say that I feel that He was pleased with the job she had done with us that He felt is was time to call her home to be with Dad again. We all miss both of them still but the values that they instilled in us, have stayed with us and I will be forever grateful. I love meeting Christians everywhere so that is why I joined this community. To make new friends! God Bless you all and thanks for reading my testimony!
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I chose that title because that's what is on the gray bracelet that's on my right and has been there since 2008 and it says 'Extraordinary'.
I got it at a youth convention thing in Branson, Missouri October 16-17th of 2008. That weekend is so impossible to forget... Life to a one-eighty and I loved it!
That one-eighty degree turn all happened while Hillsong United was on stage leading worship, and I don't remember what song it was, but that's not what really matters... what matters is that it was an unforgetable moment in my 14 years of life... I may have only been 14, but I knew something or possibly someone was missing that wasn't there, but should be there.
In that moment I remember both hands were raised, tears flowed during it all, and I had this feeling, I wasn't sure exactly what it was doing, (and I still don't know! but I love it!) but I'm certainly sure I knew who it was..-----JESUS!----
And at that moment, in that place, I felt alive for the VERY first time ever in my life.
See, I grew up in church my entire life without that relationship with Jesus... and, back then, if you were to ask me this question, "Do you know Jesus?" I'd say "Well, yeah... I know who Jesus is.." The answer to that actually is this, "I've grown up being told amazing things about Him, but all I know is that he loves me, and that he died for me and he rose again..."
See, I knew he loved me, -people told me he did- but I, personally have NEVER felt Gods' love until those nights in Branson. I also knew that he died and rose again, but they didn't mean anything to me until then, when I gave up EVERYTHING to Him. a.k.a surrendered... (there is only one thing we must surrender, and that one thing is EVERYTHING.)
I can't describe the feeling into terms that one may understand... but once you've encountered God, there are simply no words that will ever come close to even starting to explain it. But once you've encountered God, you will never be same.
Ever since those two God-encountering nights, I've kept that bracelet on and it's made me smile...--not the bracelet itself, but the story behind it-
I bought a t-shirt there that says 'Jesus Makes Me Smile' it may be cheesy, but I don't care.
Yes, I may only be 16, but guess what? I LOVE JESUS and the world isn't changing that... no matter what.
"For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demans, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation will be able to seperate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord." - Romans 8:38-39
"Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall trouble or hardship or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword? No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us." - Romans 8:35,37
Just in case you didn't hear me, I LOVEEEEE JESUS!!!!! :)
And here are some lyrics from the song 'The Power Of Your Name' by Lincoln Brewster that say it alot better than I could.... ,
Surely nations were not made for war
Or the broken meant to be ignored
Surely this just can't be what You saw
Let Your Kingdom come
Here in my heart
I will live
To carry Your compassion
To love a world that's broken
To be Your hands and feet
I will give
With the life that I've been given
And go beyond religion
To see the world be changed
By the power of Your name
Surely life wasn't made to regret
And the lost were not made to forget
Surely faith without action is dead
Let Your Kingdom come
Lord break this heart
That song is amazing. and I say we get out there and swallow our pride, and go and relationally and relentlessly share the gospel with our friends, family, stangers, co-workers, whoever, whereever, whenever. I don't give a care if you don't like them, it's HELL without Jesus.
Did you hear me? HELL. If you truly do believe in God, heaven, hell, the power of the gospel, how much do you seriously have to HATE someone to NOT share the good news with them? What if they died tomorrow? What if they died today? in the next 30 minutes or less? What are you going to do? share Jesus with them. Don't you dare say 'they'll hate me...' NO, they will HATE you if you don't share Jesus with them.
Jesus said, "Everyone therefore who shall confess Me before men, I will also confess him before My Father who is in heaven. But whoever shall deny Me before men, I will also deny him before My Father who is in heaven." (Matthew 10:32-33)
Stats prove that 10 out of 10 people die. Death is certain... life is not. What will you do to make an eternal difference in someones life...TODAY?
So, swallow your pride, get out of your 'comfort zones' and go share Jesus! It'll make a difference. Maybe not at first, but it will... living in a world where instant gratification is expected, we'll get dissappointed if God doesn't do what we think he should do. He does what pleases Him... He's God, we are not, we can't tell Him what to do.
I dare you to share Jesus with someone... TODAY!
- Katelyn
oh btw, Jesus Makes Me Smile. :)
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