I had been praying -- I was in a very abusive marriage for nine years and asking God to help me and make a way out. I didn't know at the time, but there was a way out--and I had to be willing to help myself and my kids.... no matter what the cost was....even shame.
Right before the marrage ended, this pain and hurt and anger that was in me caused me to hurt everyone around me and push everyone away to where I had no friends. I had no one to turn to but God, and that's when I stopped asking for a way out and started to ask the Lord to show me or tell me how. He asked me to slow down and give time and praise to Him and listen to Him and then I would know. And He was right-- within an hour I knew what I had to do. If only I had done it sooner, there would have been less damage to the kids.
Here is a poem I wrote...and then I'll share briefly after too.

" WHO AM I "
Who am I ? I am me who was greatly abused
Who am I ? I am me who was greatly hurt and mistreated by men
Who am I ? I am me who was greatly taken for granted
Who am I ? I am me who has sinned and have sin in my life
Who am I ? I am me who has repentance in my walk with Jesus Christ
Who am I ? I am me who falls short of the Lords will and glory sometimes
Who am I ? I am me who had to help myself stop the abuse
Who am I ? I am me who had to humble myself and be brave to move my abused children and I to a homeless safe house shelter for abuse victoms
Who am I ? I am me who had the courage to say "no more"
Who am I ? I am me who is strong again
Who am I ? I am me who has lost friends along this path
Who am I ? I am me who has also gained new friends and the Lord has also restored some too
Who am I ? I am me who is healing and have forgiven these horrible acts to my family
Who am I ? I am me who is a diamond in Christ Jesus, who has gotten up even when I felt like giving up
Who am I ? I am me who the Lord created and is directing me to do His will
Who am I ? I am me !!!
And thats enough for Jesus.
AMEN

Thank you for reading this far as I'm sure you are wondering more about this Testimony.
I can say as of today, it has been almost a year now since the separation took place and the divorce was final. After about six months, I prayed and asked the Lord to allow and help things go smoothly in the divorce-- that we couldn't handle anymore trauma. It went better than perfect and I got more than I ever expected in child support and got all the property and cars etc., and without a fight. Amen to that! I would have been happy with nothing, just the kids and us being safe amen. But God blessed us with abundance in the end.

I can also say I have gained several friends back and am doing very well but not dating until a full year is up--this was a commitment between God and I ..... I wanted to be emotionallly able and ready and it will still take time to fully heal but I can't allow the past to control my life. I have also, in this year, forgiven my x-husband and taken some Christian self healing classes and am looking for a home church to plant my feet.

There is so much more to this testimony, I could write a book and definately thought about it.... My children are also such a challenge; my 14 year old son is a hand full and has a mental illness bipolar disorder which has kept me from being able to work because of the constant supervision he needs; my two daughters are ADHD as well, and I have a lupus / fibermyalgia disorder. My friends wonder how I keep so sane and take so much concern and care of the kids and how do I keep going> All I can say is it must be God fuel or something because I wouldn't be able to do this alone!!! Amen ...and I'm not asking for self pitty please, only prayer to help keep us strengthened for each day that we have here on this earth. Thank you again for reading this I hope this has blessed someone or helped someone in one way or another.. and If you dont know who Christ is or you have fallen away from the Lord -- He is calling you and desires to help you and love you unconditionally.
All you have to do is ask Him to come in to your heart and tell Him you're sorry of anything you've done and that you want Him to be Lord over your life and it will be done.
After you say that prayer, please find a church that you like and commit to it and start your new everlasting journey to freedom in Christ. After you pray, all your sins will be washed away !
May God Bless you.
If you have any comments to my Testimony, you can respond to me at taxicab777@yahoo.com

-Cindy
Spokane, Washington

I am an eye witness that HE lives! When I was a little girl Jesus Christ came into my room. As my life unfolded, I understood why HE came. This web page is about my personal life story, and about the night Jesus came to visit me.
In Christ, Abby
Erie, Pennsylvania

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My name is Steve, I am 38, single and I live in Poole, Dorset, England.

Since my best friend Tony died a few years ago, my life has been a little empty at times.
Early last year, I prayed to God with these words, "I know that I can be a good friend to someone. I would like to find a good friend; someone in the world who really needs a good friend at this time; someone who is suffering; someone I can help".

To be honest, I did not think much about it for a long time afterwards. One day several months later, I was surfing around on the internet and found a website where people incarcerated in prison in the USA were advertising for pen-pals. Having nothing better to do, I decided that it might be interesting to write to someone there. I started corresponding with someone called Jennifer and this continued for about 3 months; it was very interesting to compare cultures, but then it came to an end. Then, out of the blue, I was contacted by a cellmate of hers called Paula who had (earlier) seen one of my letters and was feeling a bit lonely herself. She had a very distinctive writing style and it was clear from her use of vocabulary and general knowledge that she was extremely intelligent, well read and - to my surprise, had a very similar outlook on life to me.

In the last year we have exchanged over 40 letters; almost one per week. We are both extremely comfortable discussing any subject that happens to arise: this I know because we tell each other so. Earlier this year I decided to sponsor her to take a degree correspondence course with Ashworth College (which she had told me she wanted to do one day). I have seen the results from her first four assessments (as supplied directly from the college) - astonishingly, rated at 100% every time. I am very proud of what Paula is achieving; if this continues (which it will), she will pass with the highest possible distinction in a couple of years' time. For her part, she tells me that she is more at ease with herself now than at any time in her life (Paula is 27). She can be herself with me; there are no taboos; we are both very content with this.

It has taken until recently for me to make the connection with last year's prayer. By God's will I have now have a friend I definitely wish to keep for life. By His act He is making two people in this world very happy.

Paula is serving a life term in Florida for killing someone that was abusing her in 1997 (actually this is very harsh in her case, but then as her friend I suppose I would say that anyway). One day soon I shall (God willing) have the pleasure of meeting her. We are spiritually very close these days.

I could speak volumes about this but I want to keep this fairly brief.
It crosses my mind that there are three things to ponder:
1) It is possible to build a loving relationship with someone over the course of a year or so without ever actually meeting them face-to-face; this is because the truth comes from within.
2) By taking a slight risk and going out on a limb to help someone in a dire situation, there is a chance you will be rewarded by knowing that you have contributed a great deal to make them happy. This will in turn make you happy.
3) When God chooses to answer a prayer, events often take unexpected twists and turns.

The thing you prayed for can creep up on you and tap you on the shoulder without you ever knowing it was there.

I hope some reader somewhere draws comfort from reading this.

Regards, Steve.
Poole, Dorset, England

Hi, it is with joy that I write the following to glorify the Lord and encourage you the reader.

My testimony is a long one, but here are the main details.

July 1997 my wife and I were pioneering a church when I
was struck down with two heart attacks.
My wife was told that I would be dead before reaching the
hospital. Then she was told that I would not see the night out.
We both knew that this was wrong because the Lord had
told us prophetically otherwise.

Medication controlled things until November 2000 when I was
told that I only had a month to live. That month major surgery
took place, my heart was so bad that I should have had a transplant,
so the surgeon tried to repair as much as he could.

I was on 9 machines and had 20 staff looking after me,
my blood having to be run through ice, then I died twice before
they could move me into recovery. A further twice my wife was
told that I would not live, but they then found that a 1/4 of my
heart muscle was dead.

May 2001, without medication, the Lord brought my heart back
to full normality, now I am discharged, nothing wrong with me,
OUR GOD IS MORE THAN ABLE TO MEET EVERY NEED,
why not ask Him?

Rev A. Coward,
Scotland

 

"And the prayer of faith shall save the sick,
and the Lord shall raise him up"
James 5:15
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My husband and I are foster parents and were having a home inspection the next day. In the past we had some very unkind inspectors who enjoyed abusing their power and had been very mean. It was always nerve-racking not knowing if they were going to be kind or unkind. I prayed the night before "Dear Lord, I am going to read your word today and I need you to speak your Peace to me specifically, so that I know you will be with me tomorrow."
The honest truth is that I opened my Bible to Psalm 46:1,4-5 which said:
1 God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in trouble.
4 There is a river whose streams make glad the city of God, the holy place where the Most High dwells.
5 God is within her, she will not fall; God will help her at break of day.

I was filled with the peace that passes all understanding. I knew He had spoken directly to me. I knew the river is the Holy Spirit, the city of God is me. It was so great that the person God is within in vs. 5 is her. That is me.

God will help her at break of day- This inspector was coming at 7:00 in the morning (break of day) Praise God!
Our inspector was the nicest, most helpful and complimentary one we had ever had visit us.

God's Word spoke to me as if that verse had been written in specific answer to my prayer that night. Jesus Christ is amazing and worthy of all our adoration, respect and praise. Worship only Him.
_____________________
Julee,
Michigan, USA

I think answered prayers are all around us.
Every day that we get up in the morning someone's prayer has been answered...
Everytime the money comes in for that bill that we have been worried about,
a prayer has been answered.......
Everytime a child returns home from school or a date,
a prayer has been answered...

I think the prayer that reflects the most for me is everytime I make it through a day
that I don't think I can survive,
a prayer has been answered..

The greatest answer to anyone's prayer is what someone told me once,
that it's in the valleys that we are the strongest, because we are not alone.
________________
Cathy,
Kentucky, USA

God did something very special for me one morning. The night before I had set my alarm clock, as usual, for 5:32am to get up for work. Then I went to bed. I was awoken around 1:30am and went to the washroom. Wilst I was in the washroom, all the power went out in the house. I carefully walked to the window and noticed that the whole block was without power. This caused a major problem for me because I depended on my one and only electric alarm clock to get me up, I had no other way.

I turned to the Lord in prayer and said, "Father you know my predicament, there is no way I can wake up on my own and in Jesus Name I ask you by faith to wake me up on time in the morning Amen."

I went to bed hopeful and assured that God would answer my prayer.

I was awoken by a harmonic sound that seemed to have come from outside. The power was still out. I opened my eyes and proceeded to go look at what time it was on a battery operated wall clock. When I looked at the time I praised the Lord because it read 5:32 am! Thank you Jesus! God is faithful.
_______________
Rick,
BC, Canada

 

I was in a desperate situation financially; I believe in giving out of my need as a seed to God. in order for God to do something Supernatural. This specific Sunday morning, I went to Church and when the collection came around I prayed and said to my Heavenly Father in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ that I was by faith giving Him $10.00 which I couldn't afford to give.

I said,"Lord you see me giving this money because I need $300. and you are the only one who can help me, I am desperate and I trust You alone to help me."

Before I left the Church that morning, someone came up to me and gave me an envelope that someone had put in the collection plate for me. You guessed it, it was $300. No one knew this need but God and He heard and answered prayer as I did my part in seeding for my need. Praise God!
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Janet,
WhiteRock, BC, Canada

 

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It's a funny story really, but it was quite amazing.
Although what happened seemed quite irrelevant at the time, it was something which had kept me sane in the weeks to come. I was sitting at work and saw one of my colleagues eating a packet of crisps. Now I've got a savoury tooth and love my crisps, so I thought to myself, "I'll go to the shops and buy some". Then I remembered I had absolutely no cash on me, and the bank was too far away so I decided to wait until I got home. I also knew by the time I got home I would not have wanted to have a packet of crisps, so I shrugged my shoulders and said "oh well".

Then, and it is something I will never be able to forget happened. I heard a voice, as clear as somebody talking to me, it said, "Look in your bag".
Now I had left my rucksack underneath my desk about a week or to prior to this. I hadn't remembered it was underneath my desk since it was out of view. But instead of looking under the desk, I looked around me wondering who had said this.

I soon realised nobody else had heard it. Then I heard the voice a second time, this time more of a command. It said "Go to your bag!" So I looked under my desk, opened it thinking to myself "this is different",
and hey presto, out appeared a packet of Cheese and Onion Hula hoops (British crisps). I ate them very happily. In essense it was a clear message from God telling me He would fulfill all my needs.

A few weeks down the line I had to face my family as they found out about my faith. Being from a Sikh Indian family, they didn't take too kindly to me "converting" to Christianity.

Well, again and again I couldn't ignore the fact I heard this voice from God. I mean, I'd never heard it before or after this. So now I see it as a sign that the Lord is watching over us much closer than we think.

He wants us to invite Him into our lives. He loves us. All our needs are important to Him. If He wants us to go through a hardship He has a good reason to do so. He is my teacher, my best friend, my Lord, my saviour.
He is the one person I love the most in this world. And He is with me forever. I am so grateful to have been chosen by Him.

Just wanted to share that.

Amrit Sandhu,
UK

 

When my son turned 12 months I took him to his doctor for his immunization. They gave him several shots and one of them was a skin test to make sure he didn't have tuberculosis.

I had to take him back to his doctor in couple of days to make sure the test was negative. And to my surprise the test was positive. The doctor told me not worry and referred me to one the best doctors in the nation that dealt with tuberculosis and said he may just have a virus that caused the test to become positive.

So we rushed to the hospital where the doctor was already waiting for us. They took several x-rays of his lungs and the way he explained it was that the 'white' that covered his lungs was the infected part, and over half of his lungs were covered in white on the x-ray.

By this time I was almost in tears but my husband kept me strong as he whispered to me, "don't claim it."

They admitted him into the hospital for four days. Because he was only a baby, he couldn't produce enough saliva for them to test what ever it was that showed up on the x-rays of his lungs, therefore, they had to stick a tube down his nose and pump a little sterilized fluid in his stomach, then pull the tube back up to test it. They did this to our baby three days in a row.

On the last day I was upset because I was tired of seeing my baby being tortured. I calmed down and prayed to God, that he would protect my baby and remove what it was that caused them to probe and cause him pain.

It took almost two months for them to get the test results. We returned to the hospital and the doctor hesitated about giving me the test results, they wanted to do more x-rays, I agreed.

The doctor came back looking even more puzzled, but this time he came in with four other doctors. My heart dropped because I didn't know what they were about to say. The doctor that was treating my son began to speak.

He said he and his team worked constantly for two months testing and retesting the samples which they had taken from the baby's stomach. They could NOT find a single thing wrong with him, and to top it off (he pulled out the x-rays they had just taken and held it to the light), he said there is NOT one speck of any type of infection on his lungs. The doctors continued to say that in all five of their medical careers combined, they had never seen anything like this before.

I cried, praised the Lord, and told the doctors....."I consulted with my personal healer and asked Him to take of my baby." The doctors just smiled and left the room, leaving me and my baby glorifying God!

S. Stewart
Houston, USA