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Forgiveness of an Adulterer | Supernatural Testimony

Michael

The Forgiveness of an Adulterer

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When I tell this story, I’m always hesitant, at times, because I don’t want it to be about me. And I think that’s the temptation of the age to make it about yourself. ‘This is what I did. Oh, I love my wife faithfully. I did all these things.’ I didn’t do anything. I don’t. It wasn’t me doing it. It was Christ in me. I can’t explain it. I even think back now, like how the hell did I hear my wife say, “I miss another guy” in church, and act patiently and calmly and then speak truth to her and love her and still want to be with her and, and knowing that wasn’t what she really wanted. Like, I can’t explain it. So my hesitancy with sharing my story at times is people like, “Wow, that’s so crazy how you did that or whatever.” I don’t want it to be about me, because it wasn’t about me. It’s still not about me. It’s still about Jesus, what He did, what He’s continuing to do, and what He will do ultimately in the end, making all things new. Our marriage is just one small piece of that redemptive story of Him making all things new and building that kingdom. And I’m just grateful, as painful as it was, I am grateful that I got to be a part of building that kingdom with Him.

A little bit of background of me is I didn’t grow up in the faith. My mom was a believer, I went to church at times, but was never really involved in the church at all. Didn’t really have Christian friends. That kind of continued all through my childhood, teenage years, where I met my future wife, Kandria. We would, we started dating when we’re about 16-17 years old, and we had just a really rocky relationship that entire time. And that continued on all the way through college years. We ended up getting married in 2013. We, both of us, were not living in accordance with the Word, in accordance with the Spirit. In fact, so much so that we actually took everything related to God out of our wedding ceremony and just stripped it down to a very bare-boned ceremony. So God wasn’t a part of our marriage early on as well. So we were married in April 2013 and by June 2013, my wife was already asking for a separation. Somehow I managed to convince her to stay in the relationship. But by October, she kind of had enough. She wanted to leave–not necessarily because of something that I did, but because she felt like there was more out there in life to experience than our rocky marriage, our rocky relationship. So she got an apartment, outside of Dallas from where we were living at the time, North Dallas, and she moved out during that time. She engaged with other men and during that time of separation, both physically and sexually, and relationally, and I had talked to other girls. I didn’t, I didn’t ever do anything with them, not because of some morality inside me or anything like that, or because I knew God. Just because I didn’t want to get involved and I still wanted to be in my marriage with my wife. 

One day in early 2014, my wife goes, we’re separated at the time, she goes and gets her hair done. Someone shares the gospel with her, tells her about a church in North Dallas. She invites me, if I wanted to go. I absolutely wanted to go. Not because I necessarily felt called to go to church, or come to Jesus, or anything, but I was going to do anything to repair the relationship between Kandria and I. So I jumped at the opportunity. We went in late January, early February 2014. I remember, I walked in there, they were singing one of the songs and for some reason, I just started tearing up. I started crying. The words on the screen just resonated so much with me and a thought popped into my mind of just about two weeks before that. My wife and I had a huge argument during the separation about some of the things that were going on, the dynamic there. I remember driving home on the freeway late at night, just kind of yelling at God. Letting God have it. I was so angry with Him saying, How could You be doing this? How could You be doing that? Just this kind of, I felt like this righteous indignation about who was He to let my marriage crumble and all this stuff. And it was more out of embarrassment, probably than anything else, not necessarily true genuine love. Then I was kind of transported back into this time, just like from being the most angry at God I’ve ever been in my entire life, to being probably, maybe even the most in love I’ve ever been with Him. 

I look back at that as, it’s only something God–that only God can take someone from being angry as can be, turn that anger into pure joy and love and happiness. To be honest, my circumstances didn’t change at that time. It’s not like two weeks later, my wife and I were back together and we had a healthy marriage and we were going to work on it and were committed to it. No, in fact, when we walked into the church that day, she wasn’t even wearing her ring. Like, my situation hadn’t radically changed. There’s nothing to explain why I went from [being] so angry, to being at the feet of Jesus weeping and falling into His presence. That was before I even heard the sermon. That was before anything. That was maybe the second song or the first song into the service. And I remember what song it was–it was “Lord, I need you,” which is literally what I needed. I’m like, “I look like an idiot. Why am I even crying?” I have these tears coming down and I remember my voice, I couldn’t even say the words on the screen. Like, I was holding back. I mean, if no one was there, at that moment, I would have probably been bawling like a baby and let it all out. But because I was in church and you’ve got to kind of, I guess, maybe put your best foot forward or something, I was like, I can’t let this raw emotion out. But it was almost like everything that was building up, rage, anger, disappointment and embarrassment, all that stuff that had been building up to that moment. It was just like, God’s like, “I got it. I got it. Lay it here. This is where–you’re not meant to carry this stuff. You’re not designed to carry these burdens. Lay it down.” And it wasn’t, I don’t want to lay it down. I’m gonna hold on to it. I want to be bitter. I want to be angry. It was, “I surrender. I want to. Please take it from me. Lord, I need you.”

Fast forward a little bit. My wife and I get involved in a marriage ministry at this church. And we had two of the best leaders, Adam and Brooke. During this time, my life radically changed. It was like, I was blind but now I see. My whole worldview changed. Everything I was seeing, the errors of my ways, the destruction of the path that I was on and I wanted something different. I had tasted and seen that the Lord was good. And I was all in. I was sold out. My wife was kind of living in this world of one foot in, one foot out. I think she was getting a little bit of a taste of Jesus, but couldn’t let go of the roles that what she was wanting to be a part of and she was not ready to give up some of those things that she entertained. That played on for about a year.

After we went through the marriage ministry, it seemed like things were about to change. But I was about to be hit by a truck that I wasn’t ready for. Late December 2014, early, sorry, January 2015. We were living in an apartment at that time. I walk out of the bathroom and her phone’s laying there on the bed. For some reason, I just felt like God put it on my heart to check the phone. I remember I, I I walked past it, had this kind of placed on my heart; I look back at the phone and I was like, “No.” I kind of just stood there, frozen in my steps. It was almost like I was stuck in mud for a second. And I kept looking. I was like, You know what? I’m gonna check it. I checked the phone. Sure enough, I find some messages that she was engaging with a guy that she was working with. I confronted her about it and she ended up confessing to it eventually. And I remember just in that moment how angry I was at God again. Just, I remember saying this out loud. “God, I did everything that You had asked. I was, I was doing the things I need to do. It wasn’t like before. I was trying to walk in obedience, learning the Word, doing all these things. Yet, You still let this happen.” I just didn’t understand. So she ends up confessing and we had a plan that she was going to quit her job. 

The next day, I woke up and I went to meet Adam at the church that we were going to at the time. We were sitting at the top, where we had been meeting every day, every Friday, for the last year or so, since the marriage ministry. We were just walking through identity in Christ and what that meant and who I am in Christ and really just been learning about that it wasn’t my behavior or the sum product of of all my actions, but my identity determined who I was, my birth in Christ determined who I was. I remember talking to him about it. He gave me a hug, and we just kind of talked about what transpired and, and the affair. And I remember just, I kind of had this feeling of peace. I wasn’t angry, and I remember saying to Adam, “I feel like I should be mad. I feel like I should be angry. I feel like these are normal responses for someone in this position.” And I’ll never forget the question that he asked me. He said, “Why do you keep saying you should feel this way, you should feel this way?” And I said, “Well, like people that just found out that they, you know, their spouse had an affair. That seems like a normal reaction.” And he said–it’s something I’ll never forget–he’s like, “Isn’t this what the Bible talks about, though, about a peace that surpasses understanding?” And in that moment, I remember it was just a paradigm shift in my thinking, and realizing that the Word to me was not only a truth to be understood at that point, but also an experience in our reality to be lived. It was more than just understanding truth and an intellectual assent. It was about this Jesus. The Spirit is alive and He’s active, and He’s very real in times of need. As I look back, I had this clarity about one of my purposes here on earth, that God put me here for. And I remember just telling Adam, “I don’t want to be angry. I feel grieved for her, because I know that Jesus is life and I know that the way she’s choosing leads to destruction. And so if the only thing I ever do in my life is to help show my wife the path of life, then I’m good with that. I can call it a day and I’m good with that.” I just knew that I was going to be used by God, and I felt an overwhelming peace and almost, in a weird way, kind of privilege.

I look back and I don’t understand why I had those feelings or why I felt that peace, other than a supernatural presence of the Spirit. Even now, I still try to fit it in this box of, why did I feel that way? What happened? What transpired? I just didn’t have any kind of context for that kind of love. Why would I love someone that just hurt me more than anybody possibly could or has up to that point? Why do I have this overwhelming desire to love this person? That day in my faith just kind of changed everything for me. That meeting changed everything for me. I wasn’t mad at God anymore; that I did everything I was supposed to and so He should have delivered. What I realized was that wasn’t the Gospel. The Gospel wasn’t about the gifts. It was about the Giver and realizing that no matter what happens, Jesus is enough because Jesus is the point. And I wanted my wife to know Jesus. That’s what I was concerned about. 

Later on that day, my wife completely turned a one-eighty. All the plans we had for her to quit and that we were going to hopefully work on the marriage and all that stuff, completely changed. She texted me from work saying she couldn’t quit after all. She wanted to keep working there, probably continue the relationship with this guy. I didn’t know who my wife was that day. I still struggle to find words for what I was witnessing. In fact, it wasn’t her. I don’t, I don’t know if it was a demonic stronghold or something like that, but her eyes were dark, her voice was cold. She had no– zero remorse for the actions that she’d done. The affair. She was convinced that she was going to continue the relationship. Over the next couple of months, we just really had this spiritual battle in the home. I remember one night in particular, she was, we had come to a church service, so it was on a Tuesday night. We were sitting in the parking lot and she was just believing all these crazy lies. Like, ‘well maybe I could still be friends with him, even if we repair our marriage,’ and all this stuff, and, and all these things, and was trying to rationalize how she could still be engaged with this guy. So anyways, we go into the, the church service, I remember before it starts, she looks over at me and she says, “I miss him.” And she was talking about the guy that she’d had the affair with. And you know, as you can imagine, as a husband, hearing your wife misses somebody else, in a church of all places, was heartbreaking. It was hard to hear. I look back, and I still to this day, I don’t understand how I was calm, how I navigated it, and how I had these conversations speaking truth to my wife and loving her in a way that…I look back now, and I’m like, I don’t even know if I could do that again. I just feel like Jesus met me where I was and He had me. It was my goal to try to share with with my wife the same peace that I was feeling. I knew that this wasn’t what my wife really wanted inside. I knew that she needed and wanted Jesus, because in Him there is life. And I knew that she needed that.

When I ever come to a point now where I’m struggling with my faith, I’m struggling with God. Things seem kind of out of control. I don’t see a way. I look at our daughter. I look at our marriage. And I remember He’s faithful. He’s faithful.

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We had that conversation about her missing him and I remember we, we drove home that night, and I just started speaking truth. To this day, I feel like it was the Spirit, giving me the words to say, to proclaim to my wife; to, to almost set the captives free. I don’t remember a thing that I said. I kind of remember the context, just as far as truth and like, this way that leads to life and you’re choosing destruction. Christ has you and this is not your identity. You’re not these things. Something relative to that. And I’ll never forget the look my wife, who I didn’t, almost didn’t recognize for the last couple months, looked up at me with clear eyes. It wasn’t the dark eyes I had seen that day. She looked at me and she said, “I get it.” Something clicked in her mind. Something clicked in her heart. Some chains were broken. She wasn’t believing the lies anymore. Something happened supernaturally in that moment that I can’t explain what I saw. I can’t explain what I heard. And that day going forward, things just started to radically change, chains were broken, baggage was laid at the feet of Christ. I couldn’t even put it into words, the change that I was seeing was like black and white.

At that time, I was in a Bible study with a guy that had a ministry of inner healing and deliverance. We, I kind of told him a little bit about my wife, and he thought she would be a great person to go through this process. So she ends up going to, going to his house, to do this deliverance process. And I remember thinking I thought she was going to be—I didn’t go because he preferred that I didn’t because he thought she would maybe hold back if I was in the room. So he wanted her to go with Brooke and so she went. I remember I thought it’d be like 45 minutes or so. Three hours go by, she comes back home and her shirt is drenched. And I’m like, “What happened?” I mean, she looked like she had ran a marathon. Her shirt was drenched, her face looked like, it was just like she had gone through almost like a war zone or something. I can’t explain what had happened and so I asked, “What went on? You were gone for like three hours. What went on?” She had this incredible deliverance process–got really vivid visions while there, prophetic words spoken over her, chains were broken. It was crazy. That’s the only word–it was supernatural. I can’t explain it. Those two events, and they’re about a month or so apart, our marriage and our life were never the same. She was, had been completely different. And it was just a radical transformation. 

But I want to back up real quick in between the “I get it” and the deliverance process, she had reached out to him–the guy that she had an affair with. I’m not really sure, I don’t remember exactly why she reached out, but I basically said asked her, “Can I have his number?” She said, “Why?” I said, “I just want to ask him, you know, to basically leave our family alone. Leave us, leave us alone.” So I got his number I texted him. I said, “Hey,” I kind of said who I was. I said, “I’d really appreciate if you would just respect my wishes basically, to stay away from our family. We’re trying to repair our marriage. I’d appreciate if you kind of just stay away.” And he responds, “Can I call you?” And I was a little shocked. One, that he wanted to talk to me and two, that just that would just seem like a weird thing for him to want to call me. So I say, “Sure.” He ends up calling me and we have this conversation. And he asked me, “Why was I doing this? Why was I loving my wife this way?” And a bunch of thoughts went through my mind in that moment, and it just, I didn’t want to be angry at him, either. I didn’t want to tell him he should be this or he should be that. And I remember I answered his question just saying, “Because Christ has loved me.” I just, I didn’t want to punish her. I wanted to love my wife. I saw her for who she was, not for what she was doing. And as crazy as it sounds, I saw the same thing about that guy. I saw him as a child of God. That God loved him and He had something for him just as much as He had something for me. And so I told him, I said, “It’s because Christ is the way. I believe my identity is in Him. And I believe your identity is found in Him the same way my wife’s identity is found in Him and I would urge you to confess it to your wife. And I would urge you guys to seek–urge you to seek forgiveness and reconciliation with your wife and urge you to seek a relationship with Christ because I know He has something better for you.”

There’s a quote by, I didn’t know it at the time, but Bob Goff talks about in his book; he says, “I don’t want what’s fair anymore. I want to be like Jesus. It’s a distinction worth making.” And I think that perfectly summarizes how I felt in that conversation, as insecure as I was at times. And the worry that I was struggling with at times, of anger, of bitterness–all those, I had all those feelings. I don’t want to minimize that I didn’t have any of those feelings. Those feelings were real and I had them. But they weren’t the narrative for my life during this time period. They weren’t my overwhelming emotions and, and things I was dealing with. I really wanted to manifest Christ to people that I saw were hurting, particularly my wife. She had a really awful childhood, she had dealt with a lot of things and I felt like I had an opportunity to–that she had so many broken relationships in her past, that healing was going to come through a relationship. A relationship with Christ and a relationship with me. About eight months later, our marriage took a dramatic turn. We were receiving lots of healing, chains were being broken, our marriage was restored. So much so, at an incredible rate I can’t even explain. We decided to try to have a baby and I even think about it now, as advice probably from the Christian world–Well, you should maybe see if she’s really repentant. Should you really even be trying for a baby? And I probably would even have given that advice–like, slow down a little bit. But that’s kind of the pace at which God was working. And we just, He was doing miraculous work and I wasn’t going to step in front of the Spirit and say, “Whoa, You’re going too fast. Slow things down. We’re having too much healing.” We were soaking it all in. So we decided to have, to try to have a baby. 

Throughout that whole process, I kept trying to think about having an eternal perspective and Genesis 50:20 brought a lot of peace to me about what the enemy meant for harm, God meant for good for the saving of many lives. That that life, who I was thinking of, was my wife at that time. I trusted Him during this time in a way that I just believed, radically believed, that He was going to use us for His good. My goal and my job was to just be obedient to the Spirit, to be in tune with the Spirit, and to love my wife as He was calling me to love her. The book of Hosea kept constantly coming up and my job was to love her; He was going to take care of everything else. A verse that Brooke gave to me during our marriage ministry time was Exodus 14:14. “The Lord will fight for you, you need only be still.” And that’s still a verse that I cling onto tight and I think I cling onto it so tightly because at the time, because every day I woke up trusting God. He was going to do something about it. He was going to take care of it. The weapons of our warfare are mighty, the breaking down of strongholds. And it was strongholds that she was dealing with. This wasn’t an intellectual battle. This wasn’t a moralistic battle…just do better, try harder. This was spiritual warfare that was happening in the unseen realms, I couldn’t see it, but Jesus was taking care of it and I believed in Him. So that’s the only focal point I needed to have–is fix my eyes on Him. He was going to take care of the rest. If I have to endure all this, yet my wife comes to know You, it’s worth it. It’s worth it.

So after we find out she’s pregnant, we started calling our daughter who is Amelia, she’s now three and a half, our little redemption baby. When I think about that, God was using it for good. I look into her face. I just think if He didn’t show up, if He didn’t work a miracle, if He didn’t meet me where I was, she wouldn’t be here. It’s crazy to think about and it’s funny during this time, I kind of had–I hoped that I would look back and I would have kids one day. Now look back and man, I’m glad I stayed. I’m glad I did and to see that come to fruition was crazy. And you know, now we also have a son, Jonathan, who’s a year and a half, and it’s not a day I look back and regret enduring what I had to endure and being obedient to what I felt God was calling me to do, because it’s easy to see, it was worth it. As much as I hated the process, at times, nobody likes to feel feelings of insecurity or betrayal or just being wounded in that kind of way. In a way it was my spiritual awakening. It was, Jesus became reality to me. He became life to me. And not only that, He became life to my wife and then we got to inherit two incredible gifts of life from God. So I just look back, particularly with our daughter, we still talk about her to this day as a little redemption baby. She was a sign that pointed to God’s faithfulness during this time period. And when I ever come to a point now where I’m struggling with my faith, I’m struggling with God. I’m not really sure what You’re doing here. Things seem kind of out of control. I don’t see a way. I look at our daughter. I look at our marriage. And I remember He’s faithful. He’s faithful.

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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.

Finding Abundant Life

Looking for life and happiness in all the things of this world, Joe finds abundant life in the last place he ever expected.

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.

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.

God Chose Me

From depressed and suicidal to healed and joyful, Damian has seen the work of God in his life. Damian has been chosen by God for something greater.

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.

A Collection of Tears

As a young girl, Erin cried herself to sleep over the loss of her baby brother. Decades later, God used the collection of her tears to bring true healing and redemption.

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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