Todd
Break Through
(Please listen to Todd’s story by clicking the white play button at the top of this post. You can read the transcript of the story below.)
I was a musician. I did go to college for a while. Ended up dropping out, was a touring musician for a little while. Ended up quitting every band I was in or getting kicked out because of my drug use. Was homeless off and on for 10 years. I’d be homeless for two or three months and then I’d go to treatment or something or get arrested or try to get clean for a little while. I was never able to stay clean for more than one to six months. I think on a few occasions, I had as much as six months trying to do AA or these kinds of these kinds of things.
Fast forward to like my early 30s. I was really just tired. I was exhausted all the time and I hated my life. I couldn’t look at myself in the mirror. I had a lot of physical problems like mersa and skin problems because of the IV drug use the extended IV drug use. Definitely had doctors on multiple occasions telling me that if I continue that we’re gonna have to amputate arms, legs. If it got in my bloodstream, it would get into my heart and that would give me endocarditis, which is like basically an infection on the lining of your heart valve. And that can kill you. I’ve had friends die from that.
I’ve buried a lot of people because of addiction, whether it be through overdose, murder, a lot of other, suicide. A lot of other things. I’ve been shot at, I’ve overdosed. The last experience I had where I almost died was almost five years ago. I was on the tollway. I was heading south and I was high. This person came into my lane just right on top of me. And I had two choices, I could either continue on the course I was on and let them hit me, or swerve and you know at 70-80 miles an hour, you don’t have time to really think. So I swerved to my left. And what I did not notice is that there was a Tahoe in the left lane in my blind spot.
So I successfully dodged the car that would have hit me, but I completely slammed into the Tahoe in the left lane. Put me spin and I hit the median and as soon as I hit the median, I was end over end and my car flipped completely three times and landed upside down and then skid down the tollway probably another 100-200 yards. Soon as the car stopped sliding, I was able to literally just climb right out of the car. I wasn’t pinned in the car, I wasn’t injured. I had a few scratches on my hands because of all the glass exploding. But I literally without any help, climbed right out of the vehicle. EMT takes one look at me, you know he’s shining the flashlight in my eyes, whatever. And he just starts laughing and you know, obviously I don’t think there’s a whole lot that’s funny at this moment. I asked him why he’s laughing and he said, “You don’t even have a concussion.” He’s like, “I don’t really have an explanation. Every time I’ve seen something like this, which is, which is pretty often, someone’s either a vegetable, paralyzed, you know, or dead. And you don’t even have a concussion.” He’s like, you can go home. He’s like, I don’t know what else to say.
I called a bunch of people to come pick me up. At this point in time of my life, pretty much everybody had given up on me. And rightfully so in some ways. I wronged a lot of people, I had stolen from a lot of people, and really just lied and just not been a good family member, son, friend to anyone in a long time.
But the one person that picked up the phone was my friend, who I’d known since I was in high school, my friend Sean. And he had gotten saved about 10 years previous.
I remember when he got saved, initially feeling judgmental about that, because not having any understanding of what that even really meant. But I also remember how different he was, how he was just not the same person at all. How he had gone from being not a good husband to a great husband, not a good father to a great father, not a great provider to a provider. And not to mention just his demeanor, just like the love in his eyes and in his voice and his heart. Like he just, he just, there was no remnant of the person that I knew before.
And as much as I didn’t understand his new belief system, or really even respect it, what I did notice and respect was how different he was. It’s no coincidence that he was the one that answered the phone and he was the one that was willing to come pick me up. Nobody else answered. No one else called back. He immediately picked up. He was like, yeah, I’ll be right there. And it was like, you know, nine or ten at night. I mean, he’s got five kids. I’m sure he had other things to do. But he he was there in about 20 minutes.
Just kind of set the scene there. Were standing in the middle of the tollway on a Friday or Saturday night. I can’t remember if it’s Friday, it was it was definitely a weekend night. I know cars are passing through, traffic backed up about a mile. And him and I are standing in the middle of the tollway next to my totalled vehicle. And he asked if he could pray for me. Now he’d asked this question probably a dozen times before and every single time that he had, I literally said no. And not just no but a but a strong no, Okay? No, don’t touch me no, don’t pray, you know, like, I didn’t want to have anything to do with the Lord.
Because I didn’t know him. As much as he knew me. I didn’t know him. And I definitely didn’t see him in any of the things that I was doing. Which of course I know now that he was there. But he asked if he could pray for me and the Lord, the Lord, opened the door in that moment. And I said, Yeah, yes, you can pray for me. So he laid his hands on me and prayed for me. And there was something that was done in that moment, because over the next week or two, my perspective, my heart, my outlook on the way I was living my life changed radically. I didn’t feel anything in that moment. But the Lord opened my heart up to that prayer in that moment. And he was laughing. Remember when he when he laid his hands on me? He was also laughing He is laughing. He’s like, everyone’s laughing. And I asked him why he was laughing and he said that uh, “Do you not see like the Lord is just the Lord is screaming at you like, bro, look at your car. And you’re just standing here and we’re just standing the middle the tollway and the Lord’s screaming at you like, it’s time. It’s like he’s like he wants you to wake up and he keeps protecting you like is it not? So he could see this clearly and again to me. And I’m in the moment it maybe felt like a coincidence, which of course I know now it’s not.
It got me thinking. About a week or two later, I decided to go to treatment. I’d been to treatment probably a dozen times before, sometimes because I wanted to, some I didn’t have any better options, sometimes because I just wanted to get off the street for a while. But this particular time I actually, I really just was like, Okay, I want to go to treatment. I don’t want to do this anymore.
So I went to treatment, I’d probably been there five to seven days at this point. And I was detoxing from heroin and crack. Heroin specifically you get really physically ill. So I hadn’t slept for probably, I don’t know, four or five days. And I mean, not at all, no sleep. You know, throwing up, you’re sick. You’re sweating, restless legs, restless arms, all that all that nastiness.
I started with drugs early, like 12 or 13 years old. By the time I was about 20 years old, I was strung out on heroin, crack, IV heroin use. And for the next 15 years, it continued to dismantle my life.
So I’m laid out on the couch. And I’m in this room called a sunroom. And they call it the sunroom because it’s a kind of a circular kind of shaped room with these big, you know, floor to ceiling windows. And there’s TV. The TV is on. I still to this day couldn’t tell you what program was on. It definitely was not TBN. And I need to be clear about that, it was not a Christian network. I wouldn’t have been watching your Christian network at that time. But it was just some kind of, you know, background noise. I wasn’t watching it, I was too delirious to really do much of anything, but kind of just sit there dazed. My eyes half-open and it was a very overcast day, one of those really grey kind of days where the sun doesn’t come out at all. It’s just a very dark kind of grey day. And I’m just trying to, hopefully maybe fall asleep or at least feel better for five minutes. That’s not really happening. But I’d probably been in that position on that couch every day for that week, probably for four or five days.
I started thinking about Jesus. Now. Yes, my friend had prayed for me two weeks previous. Yes, I knew who Jesus was. But did I really know who Jesus was? No. Did I really have a reason to start thinking about him? No. But in that moment, I just started thinking about Jesus. And I asked a question that is really common. And I again, I didn’t have any idea of what praying looks like, how to pray. So in my head, not out loud. But in my head, I asked a question which is, which I think people commonly ask when they’re in a dark place, which was, you know, “Jesus, you know, if you’re who you say you are, you have to show me something like, I need to see something.You need to give me some kind of sign that shows me that you’re real, that you are who you say you are. And I’ll listen.” And I’m just thinking this in my head. I’m not praying, I’m not. But I’m just thinking this. And when I’m thinking this two things happen in a few moments. So I’m, as I’m thinking that two things happened.
On the TV, I asked that question, and as I’m asking that question, I honestly remember as I don’t even remember finishing asking the question in my head, it’s like, I’m asking that question. But I haven’t even finished getting that sentence out yet. You know, Lord, if you’re who you say you are. The person on the TV again, this wasn’t like an audible voice of the Lord, it was actually just the person on the TV. For whatever reason, Jesus had been written into the script at that point, because it came out very naturally, whatever this guy was saying in that moment, that was part of it. So it’s just like he was talking. And then he said, “Jesus ” da da da . “Jesus” da da da, and it really stuck out. And the moment it happened, you know, my heart just kind of stopped for half a second. And I’m like, you know, kind of cocked my head to the side. And I’m like, that’s, and again, this is all in my head. I’m like, that’s, that’s kind of weird that that happened while I’m asking this question. And the Lord knew at that point that I was going to be very critical, and it was going to take more than that. So what then happened? And again, this is all in about two seconds, maybe less? I asked that question. I hear the guy say, Jesus on the TV. And then as soon as I start trying to dismiss that in my unbelief. The clouds part. Again, it had been cloudy all day. The clouds part. The sun, breaks through the clouds, and it blinds me. When that happened, my eyes just filled up with tears, not just because the sun was hurting my eyes, because it did hurt my eyes. But there wasn’t, there wasn’t. There was something that happened in that moment, the Lord did something in my heart that has not been undone since then. And it became very clear to me in that moment, just how real Jesus was, how real the Lord was that he was speaking to me in that moment. And that he knew that just that little thing on the TV wasn’t going to be enough. So he actually part of the clouds to show me, here I am. In case you didn’t believe that, here I am. And then as soon as all that happens, and it all went away. So again, it was, I asked the question, hear Jesus on the TV, sun breaks through the clouds, and then it all went away in about two seconds. But what I do know is that was almost five years ago, and that I have never been the same since then. I started reading the Bible the next day. I didn’t have any direction, any mentor or pastor, or anyone to give me direction of what that looks like, I just started reading it.
I started trying to pray, whatever that would look like. I’m sure it wasn’t eloquent at the time. But I just knew, I just knew the truth. And I went from not knowing the Lord at all, not ever having any kind of belief around it to absolutely loving Jesus, and knowing that that’s what I wanted to pursue. Since then, I had one brief, one brief slip with chemicals for maybe a month or two. And then I felt so convicted, that I literally just put it down, I didn’t have to go to treatment, I didn’t have to go to jail, I didn’t have to have some kind of major consequence, I just stopped. And that’s that’s for someone that was addicted for over 23 years. In the last five years, I literally had about a two month period, right, any kind of struggle at all. And even then I felt so convicted, that I just I just put it down, I didn’t need treatment, I didn’t need help. I was able to find Upper Room, the church that I go to now, through some friends of my wife, and that that became my home church. That was the first church I went to as a new believer and as someone who’s been a musician since I was a kid, and you know, was a touring musician, you know, now I am on the worship team there. And I’ve been brought back to the thing that I’m the most passionate about, the thing that I love the most. But now all for His glory. It’s really just it’s one of those things where I can talk about it, and I can recite it. But I constantly find myself when I’m in a trying season, which actually, I’m in right now, going back to this place and just remembering what the Lord did in that moment. You know, over the next three months after that happened, I probably cried at some point every single day for three or four months because there was so many things in my heart the Lord was rearranging, overhauling, if you will, I mean, whatever you want to call it.
I was not someone that was really emotional, but you could ask my wife because she was around when that was happening. We were just dating at the time, but I was I was like the, I swear I was like the female in the relationship. Like I was like, like a song would come on the radio, or we’d be praying or whatever. And I would just start bawling. Like it just it was just one of those things where there was so many things that I’d hardened in my heart to kind of just live the way that I was living that he was just completely dismantling, and has continued to. And I just find myself going back to that place constantly when things get difficult. I don’t know. I’m just I’m just super grateful. I’m super grateful.
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Jeremy's story is a testament to the transformative power of encountering God's love and how these experiences empowered and guided him.
Miraculous Connection
Brad started a Facebook group during the pandemic, but God started a series of miraculous connections that are spreading the gospel in India.
More to Come
Johnathan shares how God revealed His presence through a near-death experience, a friend's spiritual transformation, and impactful conversations, showcasing the transformative influence of Jesus [...]
Moved with Compassion
A young boy is shot in the head and on life support. Moved with compassion Justin pushes past his fears and enters the NICU to lay hands and pray for him.
My True Identity
After years of confusion, abuse, and same sex attraction, Leslie was introduced to Jesus and found her true worth and identity.
Never Alone
Picked on for being different; confused and lonely, but never alone. Justin has always felt God's presence, The One who never gave up on him.
Not Ashamed
Her heart is for women caught in sex industry and life on the streets, but Nadia shares how Holy Spirit directed her to share the Father's heart for a pimp.
Not by Might
Bella describes her journey of finding life through community and walking by the Spirit. She gives a few examples of trusting in His might and the supernatural outcomes.
Offensive Forgiveness
Beaten and sexually abused as a child, Kathy leans on God to find freedom through love and a forgiveness that is culturally offensive.
One Sows Another Reaps
Matt shares his transformative journey from the brink of death, where he battled physical, emotional, and financial crises, to a miraculous turnaround. Through divine intervention and the [...]
Open to The Call
Through her own testimony of God's goodness, Dawn sees value in everyone and is open to the call of God to make sure they see it too.
Out of the Pit
Desperate, hopeless, and longing for answers John turns to mushrooms to find a way out of the pit and meets Jesus instead.
Overcoming Idols
Dustin's journey of faith and trust in God led him from fear and financial insecurity to a life of ministry, where he discovered God's miraculous provision in every step.
Partnering with God in Business
Taylor describes how God led him to start a Kingdom Business and gives examples of how Holy Spirit has empowered them to focus on Godly principles.
Persisting In Faith
As Lauren fights an incurable disease, she wrestles with the truths and promises of God despite her physical results. After trying every medical treatment possible and every inner healing [...]
Power Evangelism
Tom trains tens of thousands to evangelize with the power of God and sees lives radically transformed again and again, believing that there is always more.
Power of Hope
Living in abundant hope, faith and power, Caroline refuses to let her diagnosis of infertility define her faith, her purpose, or the goodness of God.
Power of Prayer in the Storm of Addiction
Cherry's daughter is caught in the storm of addiction. Wanting to rescue her daughter from a life of pain and trouble, Cherry learns the power of prayer.
Prayer is the Answer
As Tracey struggles to find peace amid life's many challenges, she finds prayer is the answer and the only way forward.
Precious Pain
Paralyzed by the pain of arthritis, forced to rest and unable to care for her family Sayo hears clearly from the Lord. Her illness becomes precious.
Prompted by Holy Spirit
Kyle is prompted by the Holy Spirit to "bless the feet". Later that morning, his feet are blessed so that all ministry expenses can be paid in full. He also details an encounter of sharing the [...]
Provision for the Journey
They sold everything and set out on a journey, not sure where the Lord would lead them. They've learned to trust Him every step of the way.
Purposefully Homeless
Led by God on a purposefully homeless journey, Rachel leaves her job, home, and modern day comforts to find the one thing money can't buy.
Radical Faith
Wanting more of God, Dave moves his family from Australia to California where radical faith is stirred up through obedience that moves mountains.
Radical Love Extravagant Provision
God's radical love causes Kyna to leave drugs and alcohol behind as her daily provision becomes the extravagant love of the Lord.
Raise My Son
Her son was dead for 21 minutes and brain dead for 2 days. In a sea of doctors, Angelic cries out to God and prays over her son through the power of the Holy Spirit, "Raise my son!" What happens [...]
Reclaiming the Past
Unable to trust God after the loss of his sister, EJ looks for answers and is able to reclaim the past when he has multiple encounters with Jesus.
Reconciling Race
A purposeful engagement and wedding become the catalyst to reconciling race through the union of marriage and the grace of God.
Redeeming Grace
Kristi's story chronicles a journey of brokenness transformed into beauty as God's redeeming love restores her shattered past. From the depths of despair following abortions and a failed marriage [...]
Religion Makes You Crazy
Erin's world was falling apart. Her religious life left her feeling defeated and crazy, until she was taught her true identity and authority in Christ.
Resource Room of Heaven
Financial plans crumble, car totalled, Clint feels he is being punished by God. He has an encounter with Jesus and learns about the resource room of heaven.
Revival of the Heart
As Hillary longs for revival in the church, God breathes revival into the lungs of a little boy and Hillary's heart.
Running With The Gospel
After multiple confirmations of his calling, God anoints Peter's feet to run with the gospel. When a father affirms a son, there's nothing more powerful.
Seed of Faith
God gave JK a dream that has transformed his life and his entire family. What started as a seed of faith has overflowed to abundant blessings for many.
Send Me a Cardinal
A mom makes a promise to her daughters to send a cardinal from heaven. The day after her funeral a cardinal hits the window of their home. Be sure to watch the video of what happens next.
Setting Captives Free
Once a slave to addiction and pornography, Anthony is now setting captives free through his non-profit and restoring their God-given identity and value.
Sharing God’s Love
Lonnie's desire to share God's love with his community transforms an entire town. From trimming hedges to baking cookies, God uses it all.
Showered with Love
As a young teen in college, Elaina find herself pregnant and afraid. But God stands in the gaps and showers her with love in the most unexpected ways.
Silencing the Inner Critic
Growing up Christian, David saw himself as a disappointment. God's audible voice silenced the inner critic that had tormented David most of his life.
Simple Prayer of Faith
Wade shares how a simple prayer of faith and following Jesus' example of laying hands on the sick has lead to supernatural healings and salvations. The ultimate goal is to follow Jesus.
Simply Say Yes
What can God do with a simple yes? Mike finds out again and again after he gives his life to Jesus and starts tithing.
Sowing Seeds
As racial issues divide a nation, Eniola shares her desire to go beyond unity to sow seeds of oneness for the next generation.
Spiritual Roots
After years of unexplained medical issues, Renee hears that her symptoms have spiritual roots. At the end of her rope, she considers the supernatural. Renee's faith is challenged and deepened in [...]
Stop Rejecting Me
He spent his entire life rejecting God until kidney failure went from dialysis to a nearly fatal organ transplant, causing Chris to stop running from the only One who could save him.
Student of Forgiveness
Kathryn learns true forgiveness from her Heavenly Father, but had to become a student to truly forgive and find complete freedom for herself.
Surrender
Leaving his ways and plans behind, Bob chose to surrender everything to the Lord. In doing so, he found true freedom.
Survive or Thrive
Challenged to get from one city to another relying only on God and the kindness of strangers, Thomas learns that he can either survive or thrive. The choice is his.
Tablets of Testimony
Adam and Brooke sit down to discuss what Adam has learned about the tablets of testimony and how their depth reveals something much greater than a law.
The Blessing
What's happened since the break-in? Today we share how God has shown up in a mighty way through blessing after blessing.
The End of Me
Years of addiction and lies bring Ron to the end of himself and to the feet of God. He encounters God in the back of a police car and feels free for the first time.
The Father’s House
When things don't add up, God's miraculous provision provides further confirmation for missionaries to create a discipleship house for lost sons –The Father's House.
The Forgiveness of a Murderer
Ryan is able to forgive his brother's murderer and offer him the same redemption and hope he has found in Christ. I was a son who needed to be redeemed and rescued. That reality changed my life.
The Forgiveness of an Adulterer
A broken past leads to lies and adultery as the foundation of their marriage. Through God's incredible grace and forgiveness, hope is found and a marriage is restored.
The Forgiveness of an Adulterer
A broken past leads to lies and adultery as the foundation of their marriage. Through God's incredible grace and forgiveness, hope is found and a marriage is restored.
The Gift of Compassion
During a mission trip to Congo, Lisa was moved with deep compassion for sexual abuse survivors. She now sees that compassion as a beautiful gift from the Lord.
The Gift of Trust
Faced with infertility, Rod and his wife choose to trust God and His plans for them through the gift of adopting a child with Cerebral Palsy. God has supernaturally revealed himself through the [...]
The Heart of the Father
Traumatic events in Sherri's life left her battling fear most of her life. It wasn't until she uncovered the heart of her Father that she was set free.
The Height of Grace in the depths…
Abortion leaves many in the depths of despair, it is only through the heigths of the Father's love and grace that Brooke is able to forgive herself.
The Invitation
Brooke and Adam revisit some of their favorite stories. If you only listen to one Unseen Story this is the one to listen to. An instrument maker by trade, Caleb sees and hears an unknown [...]
The Joy of the Lord is my Strength
Circumstances and people no longer define Alma. Her identity is secure and the joy of the Lord is her strength.
The Life God Intended
He had everything the world could offer, but it wasn't the life God intended for Michael. God had a better plan, one that Michael had to hit rock bottom to find.
The Miracle of Salvation
Fighting for her life in war-torn Congo, Sandrine and her family move to America where she experiences the miracle of salvation and finds true freedom.
The Mystery of God
Brad shares about his miraculous healing as a kid which led to a wrestling with faith and science. He's learning to accept the mystery of God.
The Mystery of Prayer
Seeking to understand why some of his prayers are answered and others aren't, Keith finds their is a greater mystery to prayer.
The Power of Identity
Trapped in an addiction to pornography, Josh learns the truth of his identity and the power that has to set him free.
The Power of Story
As a sports writer and pastor, Tyler knows the power of story and shares the profound impact stories have to encourage others, lift spirits, and honor God.
The Power of Testimony
As Brooke and Adam wrestle with their son's diagnosis, they find comfort in a testimony they wrote 4 years earlier that speaks to the power and love of God in their lives.
The Process of Becoming Free
As Cody sings and worships the Lord, he has a revelation that leads to breakthrough in his anxiety. He walks us through those emotions and steps, as he surrenders control to God.
The Risk of Faith
Looking for opportunities to celebrate God, Daniel goes out expecting God to show up in a moment and his faith is increased with every risk he takes.
The Unexpected Church
Through a series of unexpected events, Sam becomes the pastor of a multi-national church and finds immense joy in his calling.
The Wrestle with Hell
Paul's story is a powerful testimony of faith, and love, amid challenges faced by his wife's battle with traumatic visions in hell.
Theology of Suffering
Jim shares about his journey through his wife's life altering diagnosis, near death experience, and the miraculous birth of his son.
There is Always Hope
Throughout her life, Britni has been told by several doctors that there is no hope. But she knows that with God, there's always hope.
There’s Power in the Presence
When the world and all it offers no longer works for Kim, she finds the power and presence of God through worship music and the prophetic.
Through the Wilderness
A seasoned hiker loses his trail and is lost for seven days. Desperate for help and ready to give up, Josh hears a Voice that guides him through the wilderness, giving him peace in the midst of [...]
Today Is The Day
When multiple tragedies strike in Sarah's life she finds herself desperately seeking the Lord. From inner healing to physical healing - today is the day Sarah really meets Jesus.
True Identity
Andrea overcame childhood selective mutism and paralyzing fear through a profound encounter with God, leading her to embrace her true identity.
Trust Me
After receiving a dream from the Lord, Suzanne chooses to trust the Lord with her healing from breast cancer.
TUS Update
Brooke and Adam return home from vacation to find their home has been robbed. They process their loss and the future of the podcast with you, their listeners.
Two Words from a Stranger…
Jeremy prays for an opportunity to share God's love. He receives a word of knowledge for a stranger. Those two specific words change both men forever.
Unbelievable Expectations
From prison to praise, God redeems Mike's life in unbelievable ways causing him to have expectations for hope and favor despite his past.
Unlimited Possibilities
When God awakens Tom's heart and mind to His unlimited possibilities, Tom learns his true identity in Christ.
Unraveling Addiction, Restoring a Marriage
Aaron's life was unraveling because of his addiction and his wife uncovers the truth. Restoring their marriage becomes possible through Jesus, love, and recovery ministry.
Upside Down Kingdom
When Dave decides to attend seminary in Oxford his life is turned upside down for the Kingdom of God and hasn't been the same since.
Vehicle for the Gospel
Rapping and preaching the gospel all over the country turns out to be quite difficult when you don't have a vehicle. Moses prays and fasts for a month asking God for help. The Lord shows His [...]
Voice of God
The appearance of perfection was important for Craig as a Pastor's son, but when he hears the voice of God everything changes. I heard the voice of God in a way that I didn't know was possible. [...]
Walk of Faith
Benedikt's walk with God takes him places he never expected as his faith grows with each step.
We Will See
Tara battled unexplained illnesses and debilitating conditions for 10 years, In a surreal moment of divine intervention she was miraculously healed.
What Are You Waiting For
Fiona shares her journey of discovering her worth and identity in Christ, from struggling with self-value to embracing her belovedness in God and helping others recognize their own potential.
What Love Feels Like
Does the darkness of sexual assault cancel God's love and purpose? Landon finds out what love feels like after a near fatal car accident.
When All Else Fails
When everything else has failed him, Neb finds himself at rock bottom crying out to God and wrestling for truth.
When All Seems Lost
On suicide watch all seems lost when JD loses nearly three quarters of a million dollars in three days. But faithful obedience pays off. I thought God was going to bless me. And here I am all of [...]
When Heaven and Earth Collide
An instrument maker by trade, Caleb receives a digital download of an instrument he has never seen and a tribe name in a dream. This dream ignites a journey where heaven and earth collide to [...]
Whoa, God is Here!
John begins each day with expectancy of what the Holy Spirit will do. Lead by the Spirit, he gets to share in some incredible supernatural experiences with God and His children.
Witness of God
Max's story revolves around his dedication to living out Mark 16:15-18. Through his ministry at a local gym, Max shares multiple stories of the miraculous.
You Belong Here
On her own at 16, Monique was searching for family, identity, a place to belong, and ended up in jail. That's where she cried out to God for the first time and discovered true life.
Your Life Is Not Your Own
Rosie has attempted suicide twice since losing her son and is planning a third attempt the very day that she meets Tyler and Andy who share that her life is not her own and God has a plan for her.