Testimonies / Stories

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The Bible : The Bible is Full of Testimonies and Stories of Many Many Different People
Adam, Eve, Abel, Enoch, Job, Noah, Abraham, Sarah, Ishmael, Isaac, Jacob, Joseph, Moses, Jethro, Baalam, Joshua, Rahab, Ruth, Ehud, David, Solomon, Samuel, Elijah, Elisha, Josiah, Esther, Mordecai, Isaiah, Jeremiah, Obadiah, Ezekiel, Daniel, Jonah, John, Mary, James, Peter, Barnabas, Stephen, Paul, Timothy, Father (God the Father), Jesus Christ (God the Son), Holy Spirit (God the Spirit), and many more! Here's a Small Sample

Paul Gautschi : Organic Sustainable Permaculture Growing Experiences with God
Back to Eden Garden & Orchard

JESUS Way Truth Life : Godly Living / Biblical Lifestyle
The Story Behind the Clothing and Gear

Cody Garbrandt : MMA Fighter
His Walk with God

Bart Millard : MercyMe
Abused Child, Forgiveness, Transformation

Tim Conway : Living the Beer Commercial Lifestyle
The Grace of God

Major Ian : Spiritual Exhaustion, Sheer Despair, Hopeless Failure
Finding Jesus Christ as his Life

Why I Hate Religion, But Love Jesus
Jesus>Religion

I Am Second : Many Various Stories & Testimonies of People Seeking, Finding & Living for God
Struggles - Abortion, Abuse, Anger, Death, Divorce, Fatherlessness, Molestation, Pride, Sex/Pornography Addiction, Substance Abuse, War (and more)
People - Athletes, Musical Artists/Musicians, Entertainers, Celebrities, Artists, Folks Next Door (and more)

A Life Transformed : Escort Turned Evangelist
Former Female Escort That Made a Decision to Give Her Life Over to God

Michael McDowell : Nascar Sprint Cup Series Driver
Everyday Soldier Story - Strong vs Weak

How Does One Make a Hardened Serial Killer Cry (feel remorse)?
Kindness / Forgiveness / Obeying God

The Secret Thoughts of an Unlikely Convert
The Transformation of a Lesbian & Feminist Activist into a Wife, Mother and Follower of Jesus

Lee Stoneking : UN General Assembly Testimony
Death to Life - Miracle Healing

Mike MacIntosh : Horizon Christian Fellowship
Cured from Drug & Alcohol Abuse, Anger, Insanity

Richard Wurmbrand : Voice of the Martyrs
Tortured for Christ

K.P. Yohannan : Gospel for Asia
Christ's Call - Follow My Footsteps
Revolution in World Missions - Life Story, Walk with God & Ministry Experiences (free book and/or free e-book & audio version)

David Wilkerson : Times Square Church
Former NYC Gang Leader Nicky Cruz Interview - How God (through David Wilkerson) Healed Him
A Call to Anguish - David Wilkerson
A Call to Anguish - Full Message

Joseph Herring : Heart4God
The Cost of Discipleship (start at 4:00 mark)

Dean VanDruff : Personal Testimony in Overcoming His Sin of Lust

Sin that used to terrify and cow and condemn me has caused me, lately, to laugh. My besetting sin was lust, and when it would roll over me it seemed like I was powerless against it--and my instincts and experience agreed. Now, it just cracks me up. Those feelings come, and they are like water off a duck's back. It is funny to see such a powerful specter turn into a cartoonish joke.

This is off in your future, but I will share the perspective that causes such mirth. I remember being where you are, and wondering if the gospel would really work. I looked at my sin cravings and history, and then looked at God's power, and sort of saw them as semi-equals. The truth is, I sort of secretly figured my sin nature was too strong for God. What a hoot, eh? Deception seems so terrifyingly strong while it "has" us, and so silly afterwards.

1 John 4:4 says,  "... The one who is in you is greater than the one who is in the world." If God is greater than satan (the principle context of the verse), then, is God greater than my propensity to sin? I once did not think so. I figured I was one twisted puppy, beyond His power to save. What arrogance, what conceit. My paltry flesh, a wisp that could be flicked away by satan's finger, a fair match for God's power. Ha! What a joke. It is like Pee-Wee Herman in the ring with Evander Holyfield. Place your bets. <smiles> Picture the contest: puny little me verses God. Think of it: the idea that my sin nature, my hankering to sin, is greater than God's power? Hilarious. Human arrogance knows no bounds, as it is so prone to self-deception. That is very funny indeed, even when it is you. There is no equal contest here; the only issue is if God is real in our lives. If He is in fact and truth, then the idea that He is going to fail is ridiculous. The only question is how hard will we make it on ourselves, how long will we continue to put up the Pee-Wee Herman feet shuffling act.

Jesus can really heal and save. But He won't do it unless we will follow Him. There is only One Way. That is the way the universe works. Try the Gospel way. Never again, in your whole life, will you cave to sin if you know in advance how it tries to poke you in the ribs with pain as its principle trick. Experiencing pain in the flesh is part of the process, so stop being derailed by it. Scramble off the altar (one more time <sigh>) and you will have all the pain and none of what was promised. But stay on and see it through, and inherit what was promised.

Are we really believers in what works?

God likes the Gospel. It is one of His favorite things, His favorite melody, His overarching theme, what He thinks is really cool. It is nonsense to carnal men, but the very power of God to those who are being saved. It is oft fussed over in theory, like the tombs of the prophets decorated by the "sons of satan" in Jesus' day, but rarely tried. Will you try, really? It works.

Then Jesus said, "Did I not tell you that if you believed, you would see the glory of God?"

John 11:40

Taken from this study

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