Joe
Daily Desperate Dependence
(Please listen to Joe’s story by clicking the white play button at the top of this post. You can read the transcript of the story below.)
For the first 20 years of my life, I was a good Methodist boy. For the next 20 years of my life, I became a good Christian man. After the 40th year, I became a son. And becoming a son of the Most High God is my personal story.
So, sometime after I was 40, through a series of of great brokenness–my marriage is broken, my work, which had gone very good up until the time that I was 40, really begin to fall apart and I was not succeeding in my in the job that I had, and then my health really began to decline, and then we just had issues, issues of raising our sons, and just the different normal issues but tough issues that we faced there. So I had four areas that really broke me from my normal mode that I had been operating in, my normal Christian mode. And I was a good Bible Church Christian. I’d studied my Bible for 20 years, lots of Bible studies, lots of teaching, lots of reading. That did not seem to bring the healing and the breakthrough that we had in our marriage.
I was challenged by a dear friend who challenged me in regard to personal relational intimacy with the Lord. When you have young kids, you … it’s harder to meet with the Lord and for 10 years I had had some quiet time with the Lord, but I did not, I had ceased to be consistent in my time with the Lord. We’re ministering in church, we’re doing a whole lot of things, but I did not have a relational intimacy with the Lord that was going. And my friend challenged me and he said, “Why don’t we wake up at five every morning and start spending time with the Lord, and then we’ll run together at six?” And I looked at him, and I was just so broken from my emotional divorce and my pain that I was going through at work, and I said, “I don’t know. I don’t know if I can do that.” And he looked at me and start crying and said, “Don’t, don’t you want to spend time with the Creator of the Universe?” And I broke down and started crying. And the next morning I got up at five and that marked 288 straight days that I that I journaled. .. met with, woke up at five, met with the Lord, would run very often with him, and I began to have what I now realize were encounters with the Holy Spirit. I began connecting with the Holy Spirit, but I didn’t really know that that’s what I was doing, but I began to have a sensitive spirit.
So what began to take place was a marriage of the Word and the spirit, and I became… I loved the Word and I loved the Holy Spirit enlightening the Word. The Lord began to heal our marriage, and we had a really strong healing that took place in 1998. So about four years of emotional divorce, then some connection with each other. And then a major major healing and deliverance of the things that had blocked our marriage.
Prior to that healing in 1998, I went to a conference in Edmond, Oklahoma. It was a conference on the Holy Spirit. And what happened at the end of that conference–we drove up, two of my best friends drove up with me–they had a prophetic… a prophetic time. So they gathered people up at the front. He spoke prophetically to us and two people spoke to us, one guy named Brock who was 27 years old and another guy who turned out to be Shawn Bolz when he was 24. The young man Brock stood up and he basically prophesied. He said, “Will the three guys from Texas stand up and, and then he started prophesying about, he said he saw a house where he would see youth coming in and learn, to learn the ways of worship and intercession. And he described the house and it actually fit our house. And he went on to describe, say some names that started with G, all of whom we ended up encountering and he said, “I saw the three of you standing up” and he said, ” I saw an X on you and it was like a whole new paradigm. The person of Jesus was on you and a whole new paradigm you would be operating from and youth would be coming to learn the ways of worship and intercession.” And he said there would be hard times and would be wonderful times and there would be hard times and he said, “It’s just the way of the Lord.” So that was a pretty amazing prophecy.
And then Shawn Bolz begin to speak. And as he was speaking over me, he talked to me about some of the things that I had learned. But he said, he said, spoke something about that I would, I was like an elder at the gate, and I would be welcoming all of the, the fish, the young fish, and the unclean fish, and I would be speaking truth to them, and I would know their place in the body. I would know their place, where their place in the body would be, and I would be able to coach and teach them. So that was all very interesting.
What happened three weeks later, after I came back from that conference, was a Young Life leader in Lake Highlands area came up to me and said, “Could you … I’ve been mentoring them to some degree and he said, “Gosh, can you help me out? I’ve got a Campaigner group with seniors at Lake Highlands High School and really all they want to do in the Campaigners group is just goof around and tell jokes. And so I said, “Yeah, bring them over, we’ll talk about it.” And so the end result of that was that he brought six guys. I began to teach them and coach them on sonship, what it means to be a son of the Most High God, because that’s what I had been. By that time, I was, what was I… was probably 45 or 46 years old. But I’d had six years of learning what a son was. So they came over the first night, six of them plus the leader, and we met in this room and we played, I played worship songs by Charlie Hall and Christy Knuckles and Delirious. And that night they were, they were weeping, they were worshiping, they were, it was, it was a move of God that was that was taking place because I … there was nothing really special other than that I was imparting the sonship that I had grown into as well as the worship, the intercession, and then I added the Word because I was a Word guy.
And so that group was the first group. We met for… from November through the end of May, and then the younger brother of one of those guys who met came up to me at a graduation something party or something and said, Oh, Mr. Galindo will you start up another group? My brother has been so impacted by this. Will you start up another group? And so I said, “Sure, we can do that.” So the next year we began a group with juniors and seniors that was a sonship group. And so that group came together, same thing would happen. They went deep into the things of the Spirit. The Holy Spirit fell on on us and there were powerful things and one of the guys was a was a senior and he was an alcoholic and he we ministered to him and he got delivered from the alcoholism and he began to be so transformed people noticed . And he was hanging around with guys who were good Christian guys. So it was something that stirred the school up to say, what is he doing? Why are they friends?
In January of 1999 was when we took a group of girls and guys to the Passion Conference. The kids were impacted. They wanted to bring back what they’re experiencing at Passion to Lake Highlands. And so we met there one of the nights after the worship nights there in Fort Worth. And they said, “How do we bring this back?” I remembered a silent prophetic word that the Lord had spoken to me a year earlier and he said,
“If you want to bring revival to Lake Highlands, you will need to kill the gods of Friday and Saturday night.” And I knew exactly what that meant. It was going to be tied to, okay there … we’re going to be worshiping there’s going to be intercession and the Word, and it needed to be a weekend meeting. It couldn’t, it wouldn’t be a week night like Monday Night Young Life or, or, you know, group Bible study. It needed to be on the weekend where they came. So since Lord had spoken that to me and that was and that was in my heart, when they said that I challenged them with the same thing. If you want to bring this back to your peers at Lake Highlands High School, you’ve got to be willing to kill the gods of Friday and Saturday night. And they said, “We’re ready. We want to do that.” I said, “Then our house is open. ”
So that very first night, that that the kids came, there were 25 of them. I remember real vividly and they they came in, we started playing music and they were just being touched. That began, that was January 9, 1999, and it begin four-and-a-half years of youth coming to our house.
Bottom line, learning the ways worship and intercession and the Word and the presence of the Lord was so strong here at the house that they would just come. So that first year we had 30-40-50 that would come each night. Each night that we had it. Once a week, either on a Friday night or Saturday night and lives were touched, lives were being changed. And they were … it was evident that a revival was taking place.
And the Lord did a mighty work in a young man named Jeremy. He was a really troubled young man–family situation was really tough. About 10 or 15 of the kids all were gathering around and praying over him. And the next Saturday night that we that we had a gathering there were like 70 kids at our house. The next week, there were probably 125 kids. It just it grew so big that we had to move to Scofield church and there were 200 to 300 kids that would come. We ended up after that one year–that season where we went to Scofield church, we thought about going back there again. But we realized, you know, let’s just you come to our house. So there was another whatever, three, three and a half years that what had been a high school ministry was that, but then college kids started coming as well. So youth from all over the all over the place. We didn’t it was just by word of mouth. And this was really before before all the social media had really taken off. So somehow the word would get around that, that you could come to our house and experience the presence of the Lord.
In September of 2003, which is exactly six years, six years to the weekend that I had gone and this prophetic word was spoken over me that youth will come to your home to learn the ways of worship and intercession. And I felt like I heard the Holy Spirit speak and say, “This is your last worship night. I now want you to take worship and intercession and the Word to the marketplace and to the church that we were going to at the time”, which was Northwest Bible Church. And so that was in 2003. And so that ended the, the evenings of worship with the youth. The weekly– it was every week for four and a half years that we, that we did that on the on the weekend.
And then I began to look at, okay, how do I, how do I facilitate the presence of God in the marketplace, and in the churches that I’m involved with. And so lots of other things have happened, I began to be a, what’s called a managing Chair of C 12. So I begin to have a practice that now is 30 CEOs and companies where we, we again, looked at how do we advance the kingdom of God in the in the marketplace.
I began to encounter the Holy Spirit, which literally transformed me as a husband and as a father and even as a businessman.
In 2009, we decided to go ahead and start our worship nights back. And, and so now for 10 years, we’ve been having once a month worship nights. We don’t have once a week worship nights, but once a month worship nights where anywhere from 15 to 50, or 60 people come and we never know who’s going to come, but people still come and we we, whereas in those high school days, or those early days, we would start at eight o’clock and go till one o’clock in the in the morning. Now, we start at eight o’clock, and we finished before 11.
I was trying to, to perform and do good in my life as a Christian–to be a good husband, to be a good father. It wasn’t that I was failing. It’s just I was not effective. And then the Holy Spirit–I began to encounter the Holy Spirit and experience the Holy Spirit, which literally transformed me as a husband and as a father and even as a businessman.
So today, as I reflect on this story, the emotions are still blessed by what he did, what he did, and I recognize that what Jesus said. “Apart from the Father, apart from the Holy Spirit, I can do nothing.” So, my attempts as a good Christian produced some fruit and produced some good things. I’m blessed by that. But it was the operating in the son ship and the relational intimacy with the Lord that I see produced the good works that are 30 fold, 60 fold and 100 fold. Those are the good works that I want to walk in–not just my own good efforts or trying to be a good Christian man, but rather how do I walk as a son of the Most High God who walks in the power and in the strength of the Holy Spirit and advances the kingdom of God.
What brought me to sonship was certainly someone speaking the truth. But I had heard some good teaching on sonship, but no one highlighted it like my spiritual mentor did in 1996 on when I, when I begin to realize, wow, I’m a son of the Most High God. I needed to be … to really understand that … I needed to be in in a desperate state. So in 1992, when I had what I call the four mountains that hit in my life: emotional divorce, being ineffective, and even a failure in my role at work, raising up sons…raising up two sons, one of whom was was rebellious. And then my health, I had four issues that really made me completely broken.
And so what I learned, I, all I knew is that I became desperate. And I needed to meet with the Lord. And those 288 days, straight days, of meeting with the Lord gave me a foundation that has not been…has not been reversed. I’m connected to the Lord regularly and meet with him regularly.
What I did discover was that there’s four states that we are in, can be in. And there’s the first stage is defiance. There’s a lot of people that are in defiance, particularly those who don’t know the Lord. But there’s many Christians who think they know the Lord, or say that they know the Lord. And they’re in a defiant stage; they really don’t realize that they’ve carried on a defiance. And they have not grasped who the Lord is, they still haven’t been adopted as a son.
And then there is a, a distant dependence that people practice.
So there’s defiance, and then you can move into a distant dependence, and that’s when, “Oh, gosh, I’m in trouble. I need to, I really need the Lord.” And it’s only when times are are troubled for people that they call on the Lord–that they want a dependence on the Lord. And that’s what I call distant dependence.
And then there’s what the Pharisees practiced, which I call dignified dependence, and they played the game and said that they’re dependent on the Lord. But all it was a show, and it was a dignified dependence that was not a real authentic dependence on the Lord.
And then what I discovered during my time of brokenness, and what I apparently moved into was what I call daily desperate dependence. And, and that is when life transformation begins to take place. When we recognize “I’m desperately dependent upon the Lord every day” as opposed to “I need you from a distance. I need you some, or I can put on a show as if I need you, but don’t really need you.” So I believe when we come to the daily desperate dependent state, sonship, we’re more apt we long to be adopted. We long to operate as an adopted son or daughter.
In regard to the power of God in my life, how did that…how did I move from a principle-centered Christian into what I believe and what I call a present-centered Christian?
The way I love to teach that is that the Pharisees had the principles of God down pat. Jesus came into their midst, his presence, he was present with them, his presence was there, and yet they so loved the principles of God that they missed his very presence.
I was broken, so I was having this relational intimacy with the Lord and, and learned sonship. I began to encounter his presence and, and began to discover, “Wait a minute, I must be in connection with the Holy Spirit.” So I began to read some Holy Spirit, some books about the Holy Spirit, and began to realize I’m, I’m actually interacting and having connection with the Holy Spirit. And I begin to get prompts… I would call them promptings at the time. Wow, I’m getting … where’d that come from? I’m getting a prompting. I’m seeing things, I’m understanding things. And, and so what I began to realize is, if I’m in his presence, not only do I get transformed, but what will be a fruit of being in his presence is his principles. So if I’m truly in his presence, in love with his presence, like experiencing his presence, the principles of God will be a byproduct.
But I could have the principles, again, practice the principles of God and have no connection with his presence, as did the Pharisees. What I personally experienced and what I love to teach and impart to people is “Let’s experience His presence.” So, I love to facilitate his presence, through what I feel like is, is effective. And when people experience his presence, their lives are transformed, their lives are touched, they begin to move into a transformation process, and then they begin to love his principles. And so therefore, a son and a daughter will love his presence, and the principles will be a wonderful byproduct that then both begin to be manifested in their, in their life.
Psalm 16:11 says, “In his presence is fullness of joy.” And so when we’re in his presence, Joy … it becomes a part of us, and then as we walk in joy, Nehemiah 8:10 says, “The joy of the Lord is my strength.” So as we walk in and as we experience his presence, there is fullness of joy, the joy of the Lord is my strength and then if I really understand sonship, I know Ephesians 2:10, “I’m his workmanship,” which is, a I’m a son of the Most High God and I’m his workmanship created to walk in the good works that he’s prepared in advance. So, I want to be listening to the Holy Spirit. What are the good works?
So one principle I’m in his presence and a principle is, God has created good works.
So what are those good works? So I’m called to be a salesman for this company or I’m called to be a technician for this company. Then sons and daughters begin to ask, “What are the good works that you prepared for me in this company?” and then it might be I want you to love on the people here. Well, that principle is love the Lord, love the Lord your God and love your neighbor as yourself. So there’s a principle that comes forth. It might be a principle of do your work heartily as unto the Lord rather than for men. And so His presence reiterates or prompts you with, “Hey, do you work heartily?” And so there’s an increase of the kingdom that God has already prepared. The question is, will we recognize that it’s him who does it through the power of the Holy Spirit, and that we can be participants?
So I count it as a son of the Most High God, I get to walk as a participant in the increase of His kingdom. And as I look back on my story, I see that that even though I wasn’t even fully aware of what was going on, I got to walk as a participant in the advancement, in the increase of his government of his kingdom and I’m blessed for it.
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In Need of a Father
After years of neglect and abuse, Mary Beth's father walked out and she found herself in need a of Father that would never leave her nor forsake her.
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.
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.
Inner Healing and Deliverance
Kelsey thought inner healing and deliverance was weird until she experienced it for herself and truly understood the gospel at a deeply personal level. I think, until we as Christians really [...]
Inside Out
As old addictions fall away and new fire is lit, Michael Seth realizes that God's love is supernaturally changing him from the inside out.
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.
Jesus is The Truth
Searching for the truth most of his life, Brian's life is transformed by Jesus after Brian placed His word over his own circumstances.
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 the love of Christ.
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.
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 and doctors to [...]
Learning to Love
Jane has found that learning to love as God loves looks radically different from what we've been taught.
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 available in Christ [...]
Leaving the Pew
Unsatisfied with traditional church, John and Eva long to be used by God and leave the pew to be the church to those in need.
Letting Go
Striving for years, Darin never dreamt that letting go of his ministry plans would be God's plan for desire fulfilled and a life of joy.
Life is a Gift
A tragic accident changes all of Matthew's plans for the future. God shows him that life is a precious gift, both here and in eternity.
Light in the Darkness
Suicidal and diagnosed with over eight mental illnesses, in and out of over 20 different psych wards, on 10 psych meds, Alexis is instantly healed.
Lost and Found
Growing up, Adira struggled to fit in amongst her peers and found acceptance in the LGBTQ community. Then God moved and what was lost became found as her identity was restored.
Love for the Unlovable
Convinced that he was unlovable, Jason grew up believing the worst about himself and then he encountered the love of Jesus.
Love Your Neighbor
Born at 28 weeks and later diagnosed with Cerebral Palsy, Maddie wasn't expected to live. Rejected by her mother, it was the love of her neighbors that changed her life.
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.
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.
Making All Things New
As the Lord was healing Ali's leg supernaturally, He was also healing her heart and making all things new in this modern day parable of restoration.
Marked By God
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.