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Colin

Defined by the Father

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

A few stories come to mind. Obviously I had a pretty radical salvation story. I’d say I was in sixth and seventh grade, those first couple years, I knew Jesus, I was on fire for Jesus. Like, some would say or talk about Jesus and I would start crying. I used to read like the Jesus Freaks books, Voice of the Martyrs. I used to love that stuff when I was a kid. Then High School came and just the pride of life, like chasing after college football and being this man. I never like explicitly said, “I don’t believe in You, God.” anymore; it just fell way down the priority list. Like, it wasn’t a priority at all. I wasn’t active. 

So I went to play [football] for the University of Iowa. I played there for two years and it was like the hardest two years of my life. My dad actually died during those two years. At the end of the first year my dad passed away, and I realized I was doing a lot of the football for him. Like, I always loved reading books. I loved school. I loved math. I loved these things. My dad would rip on me; like, he’d tell his friends, “Colin, all he does is read books all day, and do math, and all this school stuff, and hang out with his friends. I gotta get him away from that and into football and to be a man.” My dad would be very manipulative like, “Colin that guy beat you. That guy… That made me sick to my stomach when that guy beat you at the wrestling match. I had to walk out of there because I was so sick watching you lose to that guy.” [There was] a lot of pressure, a lot of just disgust that was towards himself that he’d try to put on me. I thought, I gotta listen to my dad because I trust him. Is there something in this that’s gonna be good for me? Is there something in this that I’m not seeing? I felt like sometimes I would like, unlock a different character. I’m like, this is life, I got to level up like a game. Once I achieve these certain things–my dad puts so much emphasis on them. 

Looking back it was like, wow, I felt like I was being used, like I never had that desire. We all have our inherent desires and traits and our hearts desires and how we’re made. Is was like I wasn’t walking in who God made me to be. I was walking in what my dad wanted me to be and those are two different things. It ended up like, me having a lot of bitterness towards football and towards my lifestyle. I was just waiting for those four years, five years to be up, for the time to run away and to be gone. It was kind of like a prison sentence. And because of that, I just said to God, “I got it–just get me out of here. I don’t care about life anymore. I’m just trying to get through this football and be done. Why am I even doing this?” I had so much anger and bitterness towards my coaches–a lot of abuse, verbally and mentally abused by coaches and a lot of pressure on us, sleepless nights. I’d call my family crying sometimes after what my coaches would tell me. I was involved in a Bible study, somewhat, on and off this whole time, but I was still smoking weed after Bible studies. Just trying to find some joy and this like five years of hell. Yeah, I hated it and eventually led me down–I’d go to strip clubs with all my teammates, stuff like that. I was smoking weed every day, getting drunk, all the usual college stuff, pornography every day, and all that. So actually my last semester, I was finally done with football. It was such a relief, I’m finally free

This lady that was at my bible study finally reached out to me and said, “Okay Colin, you have to come down. You told me three months ago that you would come down to LA for this worship conference.” Basically it was a three day long worship conference with all these other college students from all over the country called Intervarsity. That was the name of the ministry and I just got radically encountered by Jesus. It felt like just heaven on earth for me that weekend. God was so real. Jesus was so real. Eventually, before the last day, or the second the last day, a lady prayed for my knee. I tore my ACL three months prior. This lady prayed for my knee and my knee got healed! It was an 8 out of 10 pain. I was limping around. My mentor, the one that brought me down there, said, “You’re done walking to and from the hotel and the conference.” It was like a half mile walk. “I’m gonna go grab the car and drive you back and forth now, you’re limping so bad.” I said, “Yeah, I know, My knee is killing me. It’s like an 8 out of 10 pain. This lady prays for me, this young college girl, and my knee pain goes down to zero. I walk back and everyone’s like, “Where’s your limp?” And I’m like, “I don’t know. I don’t limp anymore. Like, I don’t have any pain anymore at all. And that’s when I was like, “Whoa, God’s here. God’s real. God chose to heal me. That’s amazing. God knows me.” This is back when I didn’t have that much intimacy with God. So I was like, “Man, God knows me. He chose to heal me. That’s amazing. Like, Jesus knows me!”

So the last day of the conference, I’m in my hotel room and I get on my knees. I’m like, “God, these last three days, I’ve never experienced so much peace and joy.” Because those five years are just full of depression, anxiety and just hopelessness. And I’m like, “God, I feel hope for the first time in my life. I feel joy and peace like I felt when I was a kid in sixth grade, like I feel that right now. I realize I’ve gotten away. I have gone on this dark path. Like, this is what I’ve been waiting for and like this is what I’ve been yearning for my whole life. This experience. I got on my knees and said, “God.” I don’t know what I was praying. I said, “God, I want to experience You right here, right now.” And at the conference, they said, “wait and let the Lord speak to you.” I’ve never heard of that before. So I was like, All right, I’ll just pray that prayer and just wait. I was waiting there. All of a sudden in my mind, I kept just hearing, “Go back to the conference. You’ll experience Me there tonight at the last worship. Go back to the conference. You’ll experience Me there tonight.” And it repeated to me like 10 times my head, in a matter of a minute. I’m like, it sounds like my own conscience. You know that voice that tells you, don’t do that, don’t do this, whatever. So I’m like, Okay, I don’t know if it was me, or God, my own conscience, but I’m going to trust this voice. I’m going back to the conference. Whatever this voice is, I’m gonna trust it. 

So I went back to the conference. It’s the usual worship for an hour. Thirty minutes into worship I’m like, Alright God, I swore You told me to come here. I swore something’s gonna happen like, nothing’s happened. I had my hands in my pockets, in my blue jeans and all of a sudden I hear Colin, put your hands out, palms up, in front of you. And I’m like, that’s weirdly specific and I said, “No.” Because I always made fun of people that have their hands in the air, like dancing and stuff. I always made fun of those people. So I said, I’m not going to be like that; I’ll be a hypocrite. No. And that’s weird. Then it got louder, this command. It boomed through my head. It’s like, Colin, put your hands out, palms up, in front of you right now. And I’m like, Man, that was a command. I think this is God. Maybe. I put my hands out, palms up, in front of me and next thing I know, I close my eyes and I just start seeing fire and lightning coming down in this vision. I had no idea what a vision was; I just saw it in my mind. It was hitting my hands and the next thing I know, I had heat, like flames. It felt like I had heat all over my hands and like flames in my hands. Only my hands, but it was radiating. It was moving back and forth like someone was holding my hand almost, and it lasted like three days almost. I went to bed that night and it was radiating underneath the pillow, and it lasted all night. 

It went away like a couple days later. Then I started worshiping and it came back. It always came back whenever I started worshiping, or praying, or reading the Bible. Actually before this, when I was in the hotel room before this event, I actually said, “God, I just want You.” One thing I heard before I got back to the conference, I actually heard, “There is stuff in the way between us.” I said, “What’s in the way Jesus?” I had no idea. I was oblivious. And I heard, chewing tobacco, marijuana, pornography, all these things. I was like, “Okay God for You, because this is all I’ve ever wanted, I’m giving all that away.” I threw away my chewing tobacco right there. I went home and threw my weed away the next day. I haven’t watched pornography since and I’ve just been completely free. 

To wrap it all up, I went home, it was like three days later. It was a Wednesday, because the conference ended on a Sunday. Three days later, Wednesday night, I was laying in my bed. I was lying there and I was like half asleep, half awake. All of a sudden I went into like a vision, kinda like a dream, like I was like half asleep, half awake. I, all of the sudden, start dreaming. I was a sixth sixth grader on this boat and I was standing on it and it was raining. Jesus was on the water standing there looking at me. And He’s just nodding His head. In the dream I was so excited to see Jesus right in front of me. I was so excited to be 20 yards away. He didn’t say anything, He just waved His hand, like come follow Me. So I jumped off the boat, landed on the water and started running after Jesus. A sixth grader, just full of zeal for Jesus. I was just running, running and I stopped at the shore. Jesus is like 10 yards up this mountain. This mountain starts going up and He stops. He looks at me, and we’re just looking at each other. He just nods His head and waves up again. I said, Okay, and I just started running, I was so excited I was like jumping over these rocks and just running, running and Jesus is like five yards in front of me. All of a sudden…Boom, ice. 

It switches, like another scene within the stream and all of a sudden. We’re halfway up this mountain and it’s Jesus and I. I’m like this 40 year old man– mangled, hurt, cold and homeless. Like really just pain and trauma and loneliness. There’s a fire between us. Jesus was on one side of the fire and I was on the other side. That kind of represented those five years of my dad dying and all the trauma from college football. Anyway, that scene switched; all of a sudden I was back and I was a sixth grader right after that scene and Jesus was following me. He’s leading me up this mountain. All of a sudden we get to the top and He sits down and He opens up his cloak and I run in and I hug Him around the waist. I just told Him like, “Thank you so much, Jesus. Thank you for saving me. Thank you for freeing me. This is all I’ve ever wanted, to be close to You. All I’ve ever wanted is to be right here and hug you Jesus. Then Jesus says, “This is one of my children, Colin.” and I woke up from the dream. 

Right after that, to make things even more wild, I got on my knees and I said, “God, what was that? God, You gave me that dream. What was that? Why do you give that to me?” I’m just asking simple questions. I hear it–all of a sudden. I just waited, and all of a sudden, out of nowhere–after a minute of just waiting in silence, I couldn’t get John 16 out of my head. John 16. John 16. John 16. So I grabbed my Bible. I haven’t read the book of John before. I was just a baby believer, three days born again. I opened up to John 16 and the first verse of John 16 says, ‘I’ve given you this so you will not fall away from Me.’ I was like, wow, that’s amazing. Like God was looking out for me. God isn’t even mad. God doesn’t want me to fall away from Himself. God’s for me. I don’t have to prove myself to God, God’s for me, after me. God’s helping me. 

Jesus wouldn’t die for you if you didn’t have value. the world will always tell you one thing, but God has a better word, that your son, you’re valuable you’re in his family, you belong.

I was always trying to be someone that I wasn’t. Jesus went to the cross for me, knowing everything I would do, past, present, future. He still chose to go to the cross. He chose to die for me, for us. And that’s like, just nothing about performance at all. You don’t have to earn that, you don’t have to do anything, you just have to receive it. Just being able to receive–I had to learn how to receive love from people and from God and not try to earn it. Realizing that God loves me just for me. I don’t have to do anything or perform anything or be anyone I’m not. He just wants authenticity. It’s kind of confirmation that wrapped everything up like, Yeah, this is Jesus. This is real. This is, no going back. This is it. This is, I’m all in for Jesus now. He’s real. He’s alive.

One of my favorite stories of God’s power, about Him being actually–like using us in day to day life was probably this summer when I was downtown Chicago. We have a house that’s like a 20 minute bike ride from the beach. It was August, a nice sunny day and I was biking; I had a week off work, PTO. So I was biking and I was praying the whole way, just using this as prayer time. I was thanking Jesus for using me and all these things. I was asking Him, “God, just use me. Like,God, this is–You’ve gotta use me everyday. Please just use me.” And I caught up with that prayer and I kept praying it and then I kind of like changed subjects and I was praying about something else, my mom, or dad, or whatever. Then all of a sudden, I get to this hospital and there’s this black guy. He walks out with like dreadlocks, young guy, 23-24 years old, and he’s got a bandage around his right calf and there’s blood coming out of it. I didn’t even think about the prayer that was saying earlier, I just like stopped. I just felt like I had to talk to this guy. 

So I get off my bike by the ER, I set it down on the side of the sidewalk and go up to him. I said, “Hey man, what’s up? Like, what happened to your leg? Why are you in the ER?” He goes, “Oh l got hit by a car last–this morning or last night.” I was looking at his leg and there’s blood coming out of the bandage still, like it was like seeping red. So I’m like, “Hey, I’m a Christian. What do you believe in? I believe Jesus healed and He wants to heal you right now.” And he’s like, the guy said, “I believe in every spiritual being. I know Archangel Michael is watching over me.” He started listing off all these spiritual beings, he said he believed in like, kind of everything. Robbie Dawkins says something like this, You can–if someone doesn’t believe in Jesus, you can just pretty much say, ‘Hey, we’re just gonna heal you right now.’ If they don’t get healed,  worse comes to worse, they still don’t believe, it’s not that big of a deal. 

So, um, I was like, “Hey man, I believe Jesus wants to heal you right now, completely. So I’m like, what’s your leg pain right now?” And it’s like seven out of ten. I put my hand on his leg, his calf and then I prayed for that giant wound he had on his calf. I prayed once and I’m like, “Alright man, how do you feel?” He starts bending it and he was like, “it was throbbing before, without even moving it.” And now he’s bending it. He’s like, “I don’t feel anything right now.” Then he grabs his own hand and pushes into the blood, into the scab, the wound. He goes, “I feel no pain at all, even when I was pushing into it. Nothing at all.” I was just talking with him and I asked him, “Do you know about Jesus?” And he goes, “I don’t know too much.” So I share with him the gospel. And, whenever I share the gospel, I will try to end it with one–like, how does this, I ask the Holy Spirit…”How does this apply to this person? Specifically, how can I wrap this up for that person?” And I felt my heart to say, “Yeah, now that Jesus died for you, you have worth and you have value. It shows that you’re valuable. Jesus wouldn’t die for you if you didn’t have value and the world will always tell you one thing, man, but God has a better word. That you’re a son. You’re valuable. You’re in a family; you belong.” Then I said, “Yeah, but I also see you like, I see you crying right now in your room with all the lights off, in a ball.” 

The guy starts crying and he goes, “Yeah, man, I’ve been suicidal,and that’s exactly what I needed to hear, that I’ve worth and value. I’ve always questioned my worth and value and that’s exactly what I need to hear. That is an accurate picture of me. I have felt so alone, crying by myself at night, suicidal and stuff.” Maybe that day could have been one of his last days if I didn’t encounter him. I eventually went across the street with him and we had lunch and shared more about Jesus with him. He ends up giving his life to Jesus! It turns out, he was into ouija boards, he was into acid and shrooms, and he’s in all of these spiritual things like tarot cards, all that stuff–seances, all this crazy stuff. I had him confess that stuff right there just to get it out of his body. And, he felt–he said he felt darkness completely leave him. I asked him, I said, “You need the Holy Spirit. You’ve been seeking spirits, but you need the Holy Spirit. He’s the Spirit of all spirits. The Spirit of Jesus.” He goes, “Okay.” I go, “Repeat after me, Holy Spirit, come fill me up.” And all he could say after that, he started laughing and all he could say after that was like, “Man, that’s, that’s some good, that’s a good, that’s a good energy right there. That’s a good…” It was like he knew the spiritual realm, and he had not never experienced something like that before. Something like the Holy Spirit. He goes, “Man that’s good right there. I have never felt this peace and this presence and this joy before in my life.” I started explaining the Holy Spirit. How the Holy Spirit is the Spirit of peace, Spirit of joy, Spirit of a sound mind, and Spirit of power and love. I was explaining that he’s been spiritual because–he’s seeking spiritual things because God made him to be part of the spiritual, to be filled with the Holy Spirit. 

I kept in contact with him, had him reach out to some friends when I left town, and gave him some churches to go to. I tried to help him any way I could before I left. But yea, that’s…that’s one of my favorite stories. Yeah, yeah, it was this past summer and also like, I was always scared of Chicago too. So made me like, because Chicago is always a big, kind of crazy, crazy place, but I was like, wow, I can have an impact. You know it’s like this huge place and I can, I can still have an impact here. Like, God can still use anyone no matter how big the place, New York, Chicago, whether you’re overseas, whatever. So that really changed my view of what God can do.

I’ve never had a stranger hug me like that tight, like hold me. We held each other for like, the hug, for like 5, 6, 7 seconds. He was so thankful. And just to see like, wow, that guy’s life got changed. He’s different now. He had an encounter with God. Being able to bridge that gap between heaven and earth; to be that soul used to have heaven flow through…it’s just amazing to be used by Jesus to call someone home.

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Conduit of Love

Julian grew up in the charismatic church, but it wasn't until God used him as a conduit of love that he really began to understand the manifestations of the Spirit.

God’s Timing

When Steve received word after word from several people about his future ministry, he had no idea how different God's timing would be from his own.

God’s Favor

Through incredibly difficult circumstances, Sharon has learned that God's favor doesn't mean happiness and the life of her dreams. It's actually better than that.

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.

Surrender

Leaving his ways and plans behind, Bob chose to surrender everything to the Lord. In doing so, he found true freedom.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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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