Today’s episode shares two powerful witnesses of God’s faithfulness, healing, and ability to bring beauty from even the most painful circumstances. The first testimony follows one woman’s incredible journey from a suicide attempt, the devastating effects of her daughter’s addiction, and the loss of a grandchild to a life she once could never have imagined. Years later, she is married to the first responder who helped save her life, her daughter has been in recovery for nine years, her daughter and granddaughter showed no signs of previously diagnosed Hepatitis C, and she is now able to sit surrounded by her daughter and grandchildren and recognize just how dramatically God has transformed their story. The second witness demonstrates the power of intercessory prayer after a man was seriously injured falling from a ladder. After a prayer group began praying for him, follow-up testing showed that the fracture in his chin was no longer present and the fracture in his arm was minor enough to require only a sling. Both testimonies remind us why sharing our God stories is so important. When we tell others what God has done in our lives, we help them recognize what He may be doing in their own. Testimonies of healing, restoration, and answered prayer build our faith and remind us that the God who has worked powerfully in someone else’s life can work powerfully in ours too. Music: "Adding the Sun" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
I have two witnesses for you today. The first is a member of the Big Life Mentoring Group. The leader, Pamela Crim, gave us a PDF that helps us write our God story. It is great because every one of us has had God working in our lives and yet we don’t know how to talk about it. This PDF gives us a structure to use to get our story written down. Today’s first witness talks about how different her life was 15 years ago to 1 week ago. The second witness is from a member of my prayer group. He sent a prayer request from his brother-in-law. I have included the prayer request and the results of our prayers. Let’s begin with the first witness.
15 years ago, I committed suicide- I say I succeeded because I was found by a first responder without life but was resuscitated. Too much pain; I just could not go on another day.
13 years ago I watched my daughter be consumed by Heroin and give premature birth to a baby boy who quickly passed.
12 years ago, knowing I would probably lose my daughter to overdose, I turned her life over to God and stopped interfering with his plan for her. I knew my next contact would be from the police telling me they found her body.
This is where it gets crazy!
10 years ago I married the first responder who literally helped revive me through CPR on that night I was found lifeless. He is the best man my kids and I could have ever wished for.
9 years ago, my daughter found recovery through jail, but hey, any recovery is amazing. She was left with a confirmed diagnosis of Hepatitis C, multiple times by multiple doctors, that was likely not anything we could ever afford to treat. I was just grateful she was alive.
8 years ago my daughter gave birth to an amazing, beautiful, healthy girl. The pediatric Hepatologist was on site for the birth, knowing they would have to treat baby and mom.
Baby and mom were retested, and no signs that Hep C had ever existed. Drs said it was unexplainable.
1 week ago I sat with my daughter, 9 years recovered, with my newest granddaughter on my lap, watching my 8-year-old granddaughter play softball.
None of us should have been sitting there. None of us should be alive, but God kept his promise and created beauty from the ashes. I’m blown away by his love for us and treasure every single day! This is no normal story… It’s a great story, and it’s a God story.
Here is the second witness:
I received a text message from my friend John. The message said, “Please pray for my brother-in-law, Alex. He climbed on a ladder to wash the second-floor windows, but the ladder moved because of the water and fell to the ground. He broke his arm and fractured his chin. He is at the hospital right now and would really appreciate some prayers.
I sent the prayer request out to the whole prayer group. The next day I received this text message back from John. This message is to let you know the good miracle news of the great power of our lord and the power of intercessional prayer. After a few X-rays and all that the doctors did for my brother-in-law, they determined that the chin fracture wasn’t there anymore, and he only needs some kind of Braces to fix his bottom teeth. The arm fracture, they said, is minor, and he is gonna be in a sling for a month. It's all black-and-blue bruises in his body, and he’s going home tomorrow!!! Yeeeahhh … PRAISE The Lord. Please share this testimony like the holy Bible says. Thank you very much, and I love you guys mucho!
Thank you both for sharing your testimony. When we share the amazing things God is doing in our lives, other people may start to see how God is working in theirs. When we hear of God doing miraculous things, it builds our faith. We all need that. We live in a world where you need to see it to believe it. So, the more we can hear about the supernatural happening, the more it builds our trust and faith that it could happen for us. We believe; Lord, help our unbelief!