TRUE STORIES AND

PERSONAL TESTIMONIES

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Look full in His wonderful face,
And the things of earth will grow strangely dim,
In the light of His glory and grace.

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 WOW! What a testimony!  I read your  book, "HOPE FOR THE HOPELESS"  with great interest and finished it in one night. Just couldn't put it down.  WOW! What a testimony! It takes courage to tell people about the foolish things we do.

The Joy Of My Salvation During a church revival, I came under conviction and asked many questions, on the way home.  I remember the fear, not wanting to go to hell.
 

A BRIEF TESTIMONY OF PASTOR PAUL CINIRAJ  The pain was unbearable. The stench could not be described. I was being pulled into a bottomless pit. There was nobody to save me. Without realizing I cried out "God, save me!"
 

AT THE AGE OF NINE HE RAPED ME and this abuse went on until I was thirteen. I  told my mother, she didn't believe me, actually no one believed me.

B0BBY JINDAL'S TESTIMONY  I doubt that you know who Bobby Jindal is but this is his testimony and it is wonderful.  Jindal is a young man, very young man, who is running for Louisiana Governor.  What is remarkable about him is
1) his youth
2) his family is from India
3) he is extremely intelligent

4) his commitment to Christ

ACROSS THE MILES OF MY LIFE, I’ve recently learned that I need to slow down and make a detour.  I’m sure I’ve turned people away from accepting Jesus

"IT HAPPENED" It had reached the point where I could not go to work another day. That was 4 years ago. I am still there.
 

“IT IS THE FRIENDLIEST KIND OF CANCER,” the doctor said.  “I don’t think it will visit him again,” he added with a smile.
 

WEIGHING ONLY SEVENTY SOME POUNDS  from the eating disorder I admitted myself to the hospital. I was told I probably would not make it.

SEVERAL WEEKS AGO, through the website of The Presidential Prayer Team, I "adopted" a member of the Armed Forces to pray for daily during this time of war.

MY NAME IS VICKI, born in Pennsylvania in September, 1968. In my short life I had endured quite a bit of abuse; I had been raped by a male acquaintance of my mother's at age 5

I WAS AT CHURCH LAST NIGHT telling everyone about my employment situation when something hit me.

I WOULD GIVE IT -TO YOU  Other routes would have been faster, even with a slightly longer ride on the subway, but since I had time to spare I decided to take the route I knew best, knowing it added a long walk between Metro stations.

My mother had a tumor growing on the inside of her womb; she also had a baby-ME

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I was in a severe motorcycle accident that put me into a deep coma for over 3 months.

I had a gun and was ready to end my life, thinking this would be the best way to get rid of all my problems and pain.

In 1997 I asked God to guide me to do something which will be of great help to my people in Uganda.

DEBRA L. HUTTNER Designer of Beautiful Watches:  When I was six years old, I was hit by a car and rendered a quadriplegic.

JOYCE MEYER FORGIVES, BAPTIZES FATHER WHO ABUSED HER: Charismatic Bible teacher Joyce Meyer talks about miracles with a renewed passion these days, having seen God's power change the life of the person who caused her the greatest pain.

TESTIMONY  and poem  by Joan Clifton Costner: About 1997, my Sunday School class decided our 132 day drought had lasted long enough and we put our chairs against the west wall of our Sunday School room and got on our knees.

Happiness: Not as Elusive as You Think. When my little grandson received third degree burns, I learned firsthand how helpless a loving adult feels when your little one is suffering and you can't  take the pain away.

 I PASSED THIS LITTLE CHAPEL called Living Word Chapel, I attended the service there the following Sunday and boy did the Spirit of the Lord hit me, right between the eyes!!!

FOR MANY YEARS I LIVED FOR THE DEVIL:  I did drugs which led me to prison.

MY LIFE WAS IN DANGER: According to the doctor, the baby wasn't going to make it.  The doctor wanted me to have what she called and "emergency abortion" because my life  was in danger.

THE YEARNING  The desperate longing for a mate flickered . . .like a slow burning candle, the fire died, the flame went out, the wick no longer even smoldered.

TODAY I LOOK BACK OVER MY LIFE: Then I got married and began a family. Oh how I realized I needed God in my life to help direct me in raising those children.

WHEN I WAS EIGHT YEARS OLD I GOT SAVED,  not knowing what getting "saved" really meant. I did it cuz everyone else was doing it and thought if I didn''t get saved I would go to hell.

SHE USED TO WHIP ME with a fly swatter.  She beat me so hard that she made blood come out of my back and  my legs.

MY NAME IS KARENA Edgecombe from New Zealand  and I am 21 years old. I was brought up in a christian family, who I though was more or less perfect until the age of 13 when it came crashing to the ground when my Mum and Dad split up.

THE ROOM He emerged from the wreck unharmed but stepped on a downed power

 line and was electrocuted.

SHANIKA'S TESTIMONY: I sent out a poem and wrote my own introduction. I would always take the emails from the inspiration list and send them out to other believers here at my job.

How Pennyman Got His Name: Several years ago, I was taking people to and from the airport in West Palm Beach (which is about 75 miles south of here). When I would pull into the parking ...

Heather's testimony: Let me begin by saying that sharing my life story or testimony is scary. Being real ...

Something to Think About:  As Christians, we often tell others that Jesus died on the cross to pay for our ...

$Financial Freedom$: Having been raised/programmed with all the principals of a virtuous woman, Granny also lived in our home (a survivor of the Great Depression).

Grace Sufficient: There was a time I was very unsure in my standing with God.

The years went by as I continued in a floating position with God. I'd be

straight and in fellowship with him for a while and then I'd go into relapse with pot

and alcohol.

A Promise Fulfilled: As young people often tend to feel invincible, my daughter would be employed two and three places at a time.

Awe, Perfect!: Every so often, I enjoy browsing through Christian Book Stores just to read their wall hangings.

Baby Steps: From early childhood, my mother would agree that I was one of the most timid people you'd ever meet.

The Accident that was no Accident: It was October 9, 1964 (a chilly autumn night). We were traveling from our Gas City, Indiana home.

I wasn't instantly transformed when I accepted Jesus: but I did feel and instant sense of relief to know I wasn't battling on my own anymore.

The Battle of the Bottle: I was miserable and turned to Alcoholics Anonymous. For nine months I was dry - not sober. My want for drink was strong and overpowering.

 I grew up in a church that under the cloak of holiness was a legalistic cult. Violating my super sensitive conscience became a daily occurrence because I was no longer under anyone's authority and truly did not understand right from wrong.

Those Nasty Blackbirds!: Approximately twelve and a half years ago, my husband and I purchased a home in Gas City, Indiana.

It was while learning catechism and taking First Communion, as was my family's custom, I began to learn to love God: My Experience with God began in a small German village ...

 I tried to control my out of control life with supernatural powers and it ended up becoming my torment: Through my teen years my home life was not the best and I was emotionally unstable ...

I'm only 15 years old: but so many things have already happened in my short life to give me knowledge for a lifetime.

When I became a teenager: I began to pull away from church. Other things began to interest me.