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Co-Laboring in Love | Supernatural Testimony

Blake and EJ

Co-Laboring In Love

(Please listen to Blake and EJ’s story by clicking the white play button at the top of this post. You can read the transcript of the story below.)

My name is Blake, I’m the owner of Hair Revival studio, co-owner of Hair Revival studio. You’ll meet my business partner EJ. We want to tell you the story of how the salon got started because Jesus loves the marketplace. And He loves being in business. It’s a co-laboring that He’s invited me into and invited EJ into. I was a 24 year old, irresponsible person that had just met Jesus, really. I mean, I grew up in a Christian household, but I didn’t know Jesus intimately. And so I hadn’t been a good steward of my finances. I hadn’t been a good steward of my relationships. I really hadn’t been a good steward in a lot of things. So here I was, 24, no money saved and God was inviting me in to start a business.

He spoke to me, out of Thessalonians 5:16-18, “Rejoice always and in everything give thanks. Be in continual prayer, for this is the will for you in Christ Jesus.” And that’s my staple. That’s just where I, that’s my staple with the Lord. That’s where I came to know Him deeply. It’s when I heard His voice the first time. And so out of that place of thanksgiving and continual prayer, the Lord gave me the idea for Hair Revival and the business. He told me in prayer that if I wanted a supernatural lifestyle to cultivate it, and so I’m like, “God, what does that mean?” He said, “Pray. Be specific with your prayer and trust Me.” And so that looked like me praying with friends at the church about a space that I’d like. I prayed for a independent space, natural lighting, good parking; the impossible in downtown Dallas, Texas. Essentially, a man gave me 10 hair cutting chairs, 10 mirrors, a washer, dryer, a front desk, everything you need. He owned a salon, and he was building out a new salon. And I met him “by chance”, met him by divine appointment with the Holy Spirit. That was through another prayer with a friend who said, “Hey, you should go check out the space.” It wasn’t the space I ended up in. But it’s where I met this man. He signed the lease for a new salon and I began the journey of becoming his friend. He ended up handing me down his old salon. I still needed about $15,000 to get started.

The story is so deep, I’m trying to hit the highlights here. But, for three months I prayed and decided to not go to the bank to get that $15,000. God is the only qualification I had, Holy Spirit qualification, I had to really get into business and hard work. And “Yes,” just a “yes” for Him. The Lord had told me He wanted to provide and He wanted to provide super-naturally. So I wait three months. They delayed me three months because his new salon was being built out. They were like, “Hey, can you wait a little bit longer?” I’m like, “Yes, I can wait longer.” I have no money, but they don’t know this. I [thought], “Well, maybe God wants me to get a bank loan, small bank loan. But I walked in [to the bank] and I felt like I was cheating on God. That’s the best way to describe it. I walked in the bank, and I felt like idolatry hit my heart. Like [God was saying,] “you heard My voice. You heard My word, have faith.” So I left there (the bank) and I told him (the clerk) Jesus was going to provide. I didn’t need a bank loan. That was a Friday. Saturday, I was playing drums for a worship set at a church called The Upper Room. This is when it was a really small church. It was the healing set and Joe Newton was the guy who would lead prayer. He gave me a word. He said, I’ve got a word from God from you. And again, it’s all very new. I’m like, “Oh, a word from God. Everybody wants a word from God.? He said, “past kindnesses will pay future dividends.” And I just kind of held on to that.

Saturday was a great day. Sunday, we had church. Monday, I worked all day. The next day, my client texted me and she was like, “Can I get in? She was not really a godly lady, but she was awesome. She came in at 7:30; I stayed late at the end of my day. And she’s asks, “When you’re going to get a salon? When you’re going to do something?” And I’m totally surrendered this whole thing. Like, maybe this isn’t going to be. Essentially, the following day, a guy was going to close the door to a salon. He was going to give me the key and I was going to take over; like a turnkey situation. But I needed $15,000 to do all this and I was just going to not make it happen. She was asking me what I need. I said, “At the end of day, I need $15,000 and I can start a salon tomorrow.” She’s like, “What?” I told her the whole story. And she tells me, “Well, on the way here, God told me to bring you a check.” And she pulled out a blank check and signed it over, $15,000. She said, “Pay me back if you can. If you don’t, no worries; I’ll I’ll write it off.” And the next day I went to the bank, deposit the money, and I start writing checks and praying a lot.

So after about a year of being in business at the original location, I had a dream. I’m standing in front of two salons. One, I know the salon. It was called Halo Salon. The other was a building I’d never seen before. In the dream God said, “Time to open up a new salon. Buy Halo and redeem it (because Halo had a halo…) or build next to your church and I’ll bless it. That was a Sunday night. I woke up Monday morning; I’m off work. I got ready, got breakfast, and I went to Halo. I just went by there and walked in. There was a real estate agent coming out and I end up meeting the people (owners) right then and there. And they were like, “Yeah, we’re listing the business and salon for sale.” I remember briefly talking to them, but they were needing a lot more money than we thought it was worth and could afford because of some debt needed to be paid off. So I went to the church that I was at, The Upper Room, and start driving around. I see a building and I was like this is building! This the building from the dream. Less than half a mile away, 0.3 miles away, from the church.

I’m sitting outside. I’ll never forget; I was reading in Chronicles. I was reading about David. Reading about the tabernacle. David got the tabernacle; got it back all the way and then he put a tent around it. He got four main people in charge to steward the 6,000, I think, that were in the tent, doing mostly singing and all sorts of stuff. This is where the Psalms were written and all that. So Asaph, which you don’t realize, Asaph actually wrote some of the Psalms, I believe. But, he was in charge of the worship. He was minister of the symbols, was the ESV [translation]. I remember thinking, “Man, I’m a minister the symbols. I’m a drummer. EJ is a drummer.” I’m like, “I’m a minister of the symbols. Like, sometimes you’re back there and you’re just like…it’s just a lot of symbols. So it really spoke to me. I’m walking around this building. ([I feel like] Jesus has been my real estate agent, no offense to Joe, but Jesus has been my real estate agent. I have never had to really get one. You know?) So, I remember walking around the building and this older man sees me. I’m just kind of walking around, exploring. He’s like, “Can I help you?” I’m like, “Nah, I’m just exploring.” He’s like, “Well, I’m the owner of the building, so what are you doing?” And I’m like, “Oh, my name is Blake. I’m a salon owner. I’m thinking this might be a good location for salon.” He’s like, “Well, I’m Jim Asaph.” I’m like, “Oh, you gotta be kidding me?!” He’s like, “No. Why?” I said, “because I’m reading my Bible…” And he was like, “Well, I don’t believe in that. I’m Buddhist.” I said, “Well, you don’t have to believe in it to hear this.” I said, “Asaph’s in the Bible and he’s awesome.” He’s like, “Really? There’s a guy…?” And I’m like, “Yeah!” And he’s kind of interested, a little bit. And I tell him about it. I’m like, “The biggest move of God on the earth. King David. He got what was the presence of God at the time, put it in a tent and got 6,000 people on salary to worship around it. You are in charge of that. Or, your name. You know, that guy.” He’s like, “That’s actually pretty cool.” I’m like, “Yes. Very cool.” So we have this conversation and he’s not interested in a salon being here. He’s just not interested in it. Like, “it’s not what we’re doing here.” I was like, “Okay, well, in six months, I’ll be back ready to sign a lease.” That’s just what I said. And so I gave him a card.

Me and EJ worshipped in the parking lot. We prayed over the space. We claimed it for Jesus. We just knew that it was Him doing it. And when you know it’s the Lord’s moving, that’s just it. Six months later, we come back and they’ve had a change of heart. They’ve actually came by our old location, just to see what we were up to there and check us out. They were like, “We really thought a business that would bring a lot of traffic would be good.” We signed a lease, got started on the build out, and about halfway through our build out we had a letter on our door, at the old spot, that said, we’re being rezoned. We got a couple extensions, but we ended up deciding to move everyone over to the new spot after it got built out. And that was how we ended up where we are. I’m telling you, that’s exactly how every day goes.

I hope that’s all very clear. I was trying to make it [consice]. There’s so much more. There’s so many more prayers, so many more supernatural encounters. God is in the little and He’s in the big, but what I took away from all that is, “pray specifically.” You know? I prayed specifically for $15,000. I prayed specifically for a building. I prayed specifically for husband and wife to come help me and that’s where my business partner comes into the story. It doesn’t always look like what you expect. He wasn’t my business partner at first. He just started coming into work for me, serving me, and his wife came with him. We just started our journey. One day, I woke up and I just knew that I knew, that I knew, that I needed to have a business partner and EJ was that guy. I had freely been given the salon so I gave EJ half the salon and it’s been the best business decision I’ve ever made. Here’s EJ.

The safest place is in His will for you. And, the revealed will of God is being thankful and praying always, but He has a specific will for everyone and it comes out of intimacy.

EJ: Blake said this one time, and I remember him saying it, but he said, “When you’re sensitive to what God is saying about someone, or about their situation, and you listen with intent and love, you can really impact their life. Or, the Lord can really impact their life, through you.” What I realize is that Hair Revival has been a vehicle. It’s a way to people’s hearts. For me personally, Hair Revival has been a blessing as a ministry. It’s been ministry the whole time. I mean, I’ll look down the row and see Blake praying for someone, or prophesying over someone, or laying hands on the sick or someone’s leg that’s messed up.

Blake: We mostly just pray for each other’s clients. It’s like, “Hey, come…” It’s usually, “I’m not feeling it.” So then I’m like, “EJ, pray for my client.” I asked EJ to pray for my client who was about to have double knee surgery.

EJ: It’s funny because I wasn’t really feeling it either, to be completely honest. I just kept going on about my haircut that I was doing, because I was really in a good conversation with someone. As I put my, actually I was in a color, as I put my color under the dryer, I see this lady sitting under one of the dryers. And she’s got her eyes closed. She’s rubbing both of her knees, and you can just tell she’s in a lot of pain. I see her, and as I passed her, my heart is just moved with compassion. But I’m still having the internal battle of like, I don’t want to pray for someone in front of people or whatever. What are people going to think of me? It was it was a packed house. There’s a lot of people shampooing their clients back there. And I just really feel like the Lord grips my heart again with compassion. Immediately I was like, I know now; I gotta go. I walk up to her and I said, (because her eyes were closed and she’s still rubbing her knees) I said, “You got that?” Just kind of making a joke. She kind of laughed and she was like, “My knees are just really hurting me really bad.” I start asking her about her knees. She starts telling me that there’s no cartilage in her knees. That she’s already had three surgeries on her knees and they still can’t fix the problem. She said that she was going to try some new thing. They were going to inject a gel in there, like temporary cartlidge and that maybe that would fix it. But there’s only like a 40% guarantee that that could even work.

I’m just listening to her. I’m looking at her right in the eyes. Internally, I’m just processing with the Lord. And I knew. I always know that the Lord wants to heal. I could see it in her eyes; she was ready to receive her healing. So I’m just looking at her and I said, “Okay, well, can I pray for your knees?” And she’s like, “Yes, please.” I get down on my knees in front of like, and again, you guys, we were packed that day. So I’m on my knees now, praying for this old lady’s knees. Well, she wasn’t that old. Sorry, I should have left that out. You can edit that out later. I’m praying for this lady’s knees and as I’m praying, I could still feel…I’m still worried about people that are watching. I’m still just kind of in my flesh and I’m kind of going through the motions, to be completely honest. And I’m just…my faith is at a one. I’m just like, “What am I doing?” You know? Then I felt like the Lord [says], I want you to blow on her knee. I had heard the scripture about dry bones coming to life and I was really wrestling with that. So then, instead of continue praying, I just stopped praying. I just go silent because I’m now hearing God’s voice telling me to blow on her knee. But I’m just really wrestling within. I look at her, and I think her name was Martha, but I say “Martha, this is gonna sound really strange. But I feel like the Lord is wanting me to blow on your knee.” She was like, “Honey, if you have to spit on my knee, you do what you need to do.” And so now I’m blowing on this lady’s knee. It was so hard to do that, I remember. And I don’t know if it was necessarily just for her, or if it was for me; because when I did that, it immediately got me out of my flesh. I was like, “Well, there’s nothing more embarrassing than me on my knees in front of my whole staff blowing on this lady’s legs.”

Immediately after that, I saw her dancing. I saw her in my mind. I saw her dancing. And I remember this church service I was in where the worship leader had everyone waltz. And it offended me, that service. I remember thinking, “This is the dumbest thing ever.” But God used that moment and a lot of people got set free from a lot of different things. I said, “Martha? When’s the last time you danced?” She just starts weeping. She starts telling me she used to be a dancer and she used to dance with her husband. Her husband passed away. And she’s like, “I haven’t danced since my husband passed away.” I said, “Oh, I see you dancing. So, may I have this dance?” So I put out my hand, she takes my hand, and I said, “I see you dancing for your healing.” I started dancing around the salon with this lady. And at this point, we’re in our own little world. I’m not even seeing people around me. We’re waltzing up and down the runway of our salon and she is just weeping. She has no pain and she’s dancing. It’s funny how when the pain goes away, people try to find it. Right when we get done dancing, I was like, “Are you still in pain?” And she’s looking for it. She’s like, “Well, maybe. Maybe there’s…” And then she just loses it. She realizes there’s no pain in her legs. I told her, I said, “If pain ever comes back, or tries to, just dance. Dance.” Because she had no pain you guys. She ended up writing Blake, I think several weeks later.

Blake: Yeah, I got an email. No knee pain. No surgery. No nothing. Doctors said there was, I think, new cartilage in her knees. We can pull that email up. I can send that to you. And there’s been a lot of these stories. It’s not just one or two, but it’s probably one of the highlights, I would say. Ha Ha. Pun. It was just a really sweet time, seeing her dance and come alive. It was just really beautiful. I never thought that hairdressing would be a ministry. But it’s the best ministry. It’s the most invasive ministry. I mean, I get 45 minutes to an hour, sometimes three hours, if it’s a big color service. But ministering or listening to somebody, hearing them, meeting them where they are and loving them. You get to lay hands on people. You have to lay hands on people. I mean, Isaiah 61 it says, “The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me to preach good news. To preach good news to the captives.To preach good news to set free the captives, to bind up the brokenhearted.” And it says to take the ashes, their ashes, and give them a crown of glory. That’s where the crown in our logo comes from. That’s the foundation of it all for us, is taking people’s ashes and giving them a crown of glory, or at least doing our best.

You get all walks of life through your chair. You know? Essentially, you get to build this relationship with a lawyer who works in a downtown law firm, and then you get to build a relationship with a bartender. And so, I mean, in my eyes and my mind, because this is the call that God put on my life, I’m like, “Jesus is changing the world through the hair salon.” You know? That’s what I see. That’s how I see. So I’m like, “Come on!” It’s my little church. Essentially.

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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.

Citizen of Heaven

Displaced by war, now a refugee, and questioning his place because of the color of his skin. God shows Yves his true identity as a citizen of heaven.

A Better Me

Transformed by the love of Jesus, Sara becomes a better version of herself as she spends time with Him and stops working for approval.

Coming Out In Christ

For Samuel, a lover of Christ at an early age, coming out to his parents and God filled him with fear and uncertainty.

Finding God in Disappointments

Despite divorce, cancer, and other trials, Denny found God's greatest blessings in the midst of life's disappointments.

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.

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.

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.

Freed from Anxiety

Afraid to go anywhere by herself, Tiffany was gripped by fear, worry, and anxiety. For years she prayed for freedom and found healing when she least expected it.

Hope’s Family

Little moments can transform a life. That's just what happened to Lindsey as she spent time with Hope's family. They gave her a hunger for God's Kingdom that she now shares with [...]

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.

God’s In a Good Mood About Me

Delivered from the fear of man, Bri learned her identity in Christ and now lives in freedom to bring that revelation of His goodness to others.

A Message for Single Mothers

Veronica has experience and victories as a single mother, God compels her to write a book expressing His love and compassion for single moms.

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.

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.

A Picture of Grace

Prison seems an unlikely place to receive a picture of grace. But for Delton, 47 months in prison gave him a sense of anticipation to see God working daily.

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 [...]

A Journey of Trust

Jordan grew up in the church experiencing the miraculous. He learned quickly to defend his faith from the bible and to trust God in the journey.

Created to Create

For Codye, painting is like breathing. Growing up there was a holy restlessness in all she saw, heard, and felt as she read God's word--Codye was created to create for His glory [...]

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.

From New Age to New Creation

Seeking peace, Michelle begins a spiritual journey through the New Age movement. An answered prayer leads her to Jesus and life as a new creation.

Made Perfect

Left with two options, believe the doctors or believe the Lord, Krissia chooses the word of God, that He made her daughter perfect. Her faith in that promise changed everything.

A Mother’s Wound

Anita offers a simple honest prayer to God after years of pain as she begins the process of hope and restoration from the mother wounds that she experienced in her childhood and [...]

Jesus Came in Like a Boss

After years of addiction and lies, Jamie says that "Jesus came in like a Boss" and delivered her from all of it. Her life has been redeemed and restored.

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.

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.

God is After You

Joseph needed more than religious do's and don'ts to comfort his broken heart. A new friend told him "God is after you!", which led to him hearing from God and his healing.

Don’t Give Up. Rise Up.

On a mission trip in Nigeria, Ayelen contracts Ebola. Upon returning to Argentina, she is hopitalized and left for dead. As she cries out to the Lord for help she hears the Lord [...]

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 [...]

Awakening to God’s Love

God's reckless pursuit of Seth, despite his anger and drug use, comes to a head as his parents' deteriorating health leads Seth to his knees and an awakening to God's beautiful love.

Defined by the Father

Trying to live up to his father's expectations, Colin was depressed, hopeless and lost. At a conference Colin encounters the living God, he is healed physically, spiritually and [...]

Leaving Everything for Jesus

Searching for fulfillment and satisfaction in what the world offered left Lance broken and longing for something real. When he encountered the reality of the righteousness [...]

Just One

Despite the challenges of running a group home for troubled teens, Tiffany and her family discover it's all worth it if they can save just one from the system and introduce her to [...]

God Speaks a Better Word

Two of her three boys are diagnosed with Fragile X Syndrome but God speaks a better word to Jeffie through the Holy Spirit prophetic words, and the Bible.

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.

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.

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.

A Buddhist Hears From Jesus

Growing up Buddhist, Allison sought academic praise and worldly achievements, doing all the right things but never finding peace. In the midst of a suicide attempt, she hears the [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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.

Made to Worship

Learning to pray to the Lord through singing, Aiva became connected to God. It is in worship that she found His comfort and peace in the midst of tragedy.

Keeping a Promise

Diagnosed with breast cancer at a young age in Mexico and ostracized from her family for her faith, Tethe keeps her promise to the Lord.

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 [...]

A Friend of Jesus

He's carried a 12 foot wooden cross all over the world, has story after story that movies are made of, and only wants to be remembered as a friend of Jesus. He has given us an [...]

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.

In Need of the Gospel

Through missional outreach, Jesse finds that he is in need of the gospel as much as those who haven't yet received it.

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 [...]

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 [...]

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.

I Give You My Life

Fourteen years old Chethan plans his suicide. He cries out to God, "I give you my life" and is overwhelmed by the presence and power of the Lord.

Knit Together

Ultrasounds revealed and confirmed, in utero, that Ashley's son August had polycystic kidney disease in both kidneys. After months of prayer, God knit together a miracle for family [...]

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.

Going All In

Unable to go under water due to his tracheotomy, Landon gets completely healed and is going all in for the first time at his baptism.

Hal-Le-Lu-Jah

Born with severe sleep apnea, 21 month old Landon receives a tracheotomy and doctors say he will never talk. His parents pray for complete healing and receive a miracle with one [...]

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.

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.

Give Jesus a Try

Holiday YouTube scrolling is used by the Holy Spirit to entice Machelle to give Jesus a try instead of numbing out and her identity is transformed.

God Has the Final Say…Not Cancer

Doctors sent him home to die. Sure that God had the final say and not cancer Jeff maintained, prayed without ceasing and the cancer ravaging his body was healed.

An Impossible Conception

She has battled cancer multiple times and through those challenges is told conception is impossible. But God...After 17 years of infertility, she becomes pregnant.

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 [...]

Heart for the Homeless

Circumstances in her own life gives Karen a deep understanding and heart for the homeless that leads serving in South Dallas faithfully for over 23 years.

Co-Laboring In Love

A shared love for hair and Jesus finds two stylists co-laboring to bring the beauty and hope of the gospel to their downtown salon. The safest place is in His will. And, the [...]

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.

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.

An Intimate Vision

Seeing God's word as an intimate love letter draws Craig into encounters with Jesus that change his vision of himself and a deeper relationship with God.

Healing in Unbelief 1/2

An obedient messenger of the Lord, Lee finds himself facing the greater challenge of unbelief than the hope and possibility of healing when he meets Camille.

Hearing God’s Voice

A string of bad choices leave Baylee broken and homeless. Desperate for help, her hope is restored by the prayer of a stranger and hearing the voice of God.

An Order to Prophecy

Knowing God is a God of order, Pierce needs confirmation and direction before sharing the prophecy he feels he's received from the Lord.

Break Through

Addicted to drugs for over 23 years, God uses what should have been a fatal car accident to break through the noise in Todd's life and draw him near.

Facing Mental Affliction

Years of mental affliction was destroying Anthony and his family. He encounters Jesus through love and inner healing and is instantly healed.

Reconciling Race

A purposeful engagement and wedding become the catalyst to reconciling race through the union of marriage and the grace of God.

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.

A Step of Faith is a Step of Faith

A single step of faith begins a journey that takes Danny and his family from India to the United States. Trusting God, even when everything seemed bleak.

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.

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.

A Really Big Yes

A few high school students say yes to God, and a culture shift happens at the school. Students are changed, revival breaks out and the Kingdom advances.

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.

Daily Desperate Dependence

When life's challenges become too great, Joe discovers the only thing that will get him through is a daily desperate dependence on the Lord. I began connecting with the Holy [...]

Freedom Behind Bars 2/2

After 34 years of serving the Lord behind bars, Gene is released. Looking back he shares some of the supernatural God moments in his life of freedom.

Freedom Behind Bars 1/2

Sentenced to life in prison for a crime he didn't commit, Gene finds Jesus and true freedom behind bars as his pleas for mercy are denied by the courts. "Unshackle him, release him [...]

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.

Courageously Weird

Stepping out on a limb for God but not wanting to be seen as weird, Molly pushes through her own fears to be courageous in the Lord. These are the stories--- these are the ones [...]

Father to the Fatherless

Growing up without a father left a void in Zach's life. He looked for life and acceptance in everything but God. Now he's partnering with God to make a difference in the lives of [...]

Dance with Me

Being single and having a deep desire to marry leads Meredith to an intimate, raw encounter with Jesus, when she hears Him say, "Dance with Me."

An Answer to Anxiety

Gripped with anxiety and desperate for hope, God's presence becomes the answer Alzavian has been searching for.

Inmates Pray. Cancer Healed.

Usually the one praying for the inmates he faithfully serves, Wayne is diagnosed with cancer and the inmates pray for him to be healed.

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.

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.

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