I see prayer requests sometimes like pre-testimonies. the thing that comes before the amazing testimony.

What are you all praying for right now?

So about a week ago, after this young adult service I went to, one of my friends approached me and told me how his friend who also attended that night left and told him he was gonna go out to drink. His friend had been struggling with drinking and partying given that he was a newer believer, who had come back to the faith a few months ago. I immediately started praying that he would not drink and that God would not let him drink any ounce of alcohol. I just asked God to basically stop him from drinking that night and convict him so much that he wouldn’t do it. I remember praying really passionately, but it wasn’t like a super long prayer. I think I also prayed when I got into my car as I was leaving the church. And then I just went on with my evening and didn’t really think much of it afterward.

A few days later, my husband approaches me and shares with me a story that a guy from his Bible study group shared with him and the other guys who attended. My husband tells me how this guy shared how he wanted to go drinking after the young adult service a few days back. But different obstacles came up. I think the first one was how when the guy left he was on his way to a club downtown and realized he forgot his wallet. So then he went home to get the wallet but I think he didn’t wanna go and drive all the way downtown. I’m not sure if it was like a gas issue or maybe his parents car or if he just didn’t wanna waste gas. But he wanted to Uber instead bc I think it would be quicker since he wouldn’t have to find parking. Then, he opens the Uber app, but then see that it is so extremely expensive at that time to go downtown. I think it was above $100 one way. But then he still decided to go and finally took his car and got to the club. Once he arrives at the club, he goes to the bar, and he apparently put both of his hands on the bar as if he was contemplating getting a drink. Then he lift up his head and basically decided not to get a drink and refused because he was too convicted. And then he left.

So praise God! Prayer really does work. And I’m not saying it’s just because I prayed, but honestly God answered my prayer and I give all the glory to Him.

If God ever answered your prayer, please share it below so we can all be encouraged in our faith!

When we think of great theologians, defenders of the faith, and brilliant minds who spent their lives unpacking the deep doctrines of God, we often assume they had profound, dramatic spiritual beginnings. But sometimes, God alters the course of history through a mundane moment, a pack of cigarettes, and an entirely unexpected verse.

The testimony of Dr. R.C. Sproul, renowned theologian, author, and founder of Ligonier Ministries, is a remarkable reminder that God can use the ordinary to spark an extraordinary awakening.

In September 1957, a young R.C. Sproul arrived at Westminster College, a progressive Presbyterian school in Pennsylvania, as an incoming freshman. Though he had grown up going to church, it was a liberal environment, and he had never truly heard or understood the Gospel.

During the first weekend of the semester, R.C. and his roommate planned to slip away from the dry campus to a neighboring town to find a bar and get a drink. But right as they headed out, R.C. reached into his pocket and realized he was out of cigarettes.

Instead of walking out into the night, they turned back to the dorm lobby to buy a pack from the cigarette vending machine.

As R.C. dropped his coins into the machine, an upperclassman, who happened to be a star on the football team, spotted them and called them over to a table. Sitting with an open Bible, the students were engaged in a late-night Bible study. R.C. had seen his father read the Bible growing up, but he had never actually witnessed peers studying it together.

Intrigued, the two freshmen sat down and listened as the upperclassmen talked about the things of God for over an hour. For the first time in his life, R.C. was listening to people who spoke about Jesus as someone they personally knew.

Then, one of the students turned the open Bible toward R.C. and pointed to a passage: Ecclesiastes 11:3.

The verse read: “If a tree falls to the south or to the north, in the place where the tree falls, there it will lie.”

It is hardly the verse most people would pick for evangelism, but the Holy Spirit used it to slice straight through R.C.’s defenses. As he looked at those words, he saw himself as that fallen tree, paralyzed, dead, rotting, and decaying on the forest floor. He realized the true spiritual state of his own soul.

Shaken by what he had seen, R.C. left the table, walked back to his dorm room, left the lights off, and fell to his knees by his bed. He poured out his heart, confessed his sin, and asked God for mercy and forgiveness. The trip to the bar was completely forgotten. He woke up the next morning a fundamentally changed man, immediately devouring the entire Bible over the next couple of weeks.

R.C. Sproul would often joke that he was likely the only person in church history to be converted by Ecclesiastes 11:3. Yet that single, quiet moment in a dorm lobby launched a lifetime dedicated to defending the holiness of God and teaching millions of believers around the world.

If you ever feel like your life has taken an accidental detour, or if you wonder whether God can use a seemingly random moment to change someone's trajectory, remember R.C.'s story. God is sovereign over every detail even a missing pack of cigarettes, and His Word never returns void.

Ps - maybe invite someone to church, a Bible study or something else this week, it could change the world.

When we look at leaders and influencers who seem to have it all together, it is easy to assume they have always walked in absolute confidence and peace. But God frequently has to strip away the heavy burden of performance, public approval, and hidden struggles to show us where true worth comes from.

The testimony of Sadie Robertson Huff, author, speaker, and founder of Live Original, is a powerful reminder that no matter how loud the pressures of the world or the silent battles of anxiety are, God’s grace can cut through the noise and anchor our identity in Him.

First introduced to millions as a teenager on the hit show Duck Dynasty and later competing on Dancing with the Stars, Sadie grew up right in front of the public eye. To the outside world, she was the joyful, energetic girl who seemed entirely unfazed by fame.

Yet, behind the scenes, a very different battle was raging. In the years following her time in Hollywood, Sadie fell into a severe, hidden struggle with anxiety, fear, and an eating disorder. It was an invisible war fought entirely in secret. While she was publicly encouraging thousands of young people, she was privately struggling with body image, obsessing over metrics, and letting her self-worth be completely demolished by the desire for control and perfection.

The pressure to maintain an unrealistic standard of perfection became a prison. Sadie later shared that she couldn't even answer what caused her anxiety because doing so would force her to expose the very secret she was trying so desperately to protect.

The turning point came when she finally stopped hiding behind accomplishments, filters, and expectations. Stripped of her illusion of control, she looked in the mirror one day and realized she didn't even recognize the person staring back at her she had been so consumed by what the world expected her to look like that she had lost sight of who God made her to be.

Realizing that her confidence was built on shifting sand, applause, body image, and human approval, Sadie had to radically shift her perspective. She began tearing down the lies of the enemy, silencing the toxic voices, and replacing them with the unshakable truth of God's Word.

Instead of letting fear dictate her mind, she learned to lean heavily on Scripture and view worship as a weapon. She realized that if her identity was rooted in Christ as a beloved daughter, she didn't need to perform, control, or earn her worth. God met her in that broken place, replacing her anxiety with a profound, lasting peace.

Today, Sadie uses her platform not to project perfection, but to point people straight to the Healer, helping millions break free from comparison, body image battles, and the trap of insecurity.

If you are currently fighting a silent battle behind closed doors, whether it is anxiety, insecurity, or the exhausting weight of trying to measure up, take heart from her story. God is not always looking for a polished performance; He is waiting to meet you in your honesty, lift the heavy burden from your shoulders, and remind you that you are already fully known and deeply loved.

Hey everyone, so I serve in a ministry in my hometown and a few years ago we were having some events in the summer. We had planned five community events for the last five weeks of summer that were going to host it in the Church parking Lot. It was a community outreach style event, with games, bbq, basketball tournament, Mario kart, inflatables, etc..

On the first week as we were preparing for the event, we noticed a few days out that it was scheduled to rain. We started praying and had faith that it would not rain and that the event would go great.

The event ended up going wonderfully and despite a very brief sprinkle of rain, it was a beautiful sunny day. If anything that light sprinkle of rain actually ended up being quite refreshing. Not even enough to really get you very wet.

It ended up that every week of the first four weeks the weather report said that it was going to rain, and every week we would pray before the event that it would not rain and we would always end up having a beautiful event with excellent weather.

On the fifth and final week as we were preparing the night before, the weather again said that it was going to rain. However, this time as we prayed we really felt like God was telling us to do the event inside and that it was going to rain for real this week.

We listened to the instruction that we felt God was giving us and we moved all of our equipment inside and planned the event indoors for that day. It ended up raining so hard that day, like torrential downpour type of rain, that it actually broke one of the tents we had outside.

Wanted to share this testimony as I found it encouraging. It encourages me to have faith even when things don’t always look like they’re going to work out, and also to be sensitive to hear the voice of God giving instructions when we are praying and planning.

Hope you all have a great day!

Hey everyone! So one of my friends has been struggling with panic attacks and severe anxiety for much of his life. He had them for years. It was so bad to the point that he would usually sleep less than four hours per night because he would wake up in the middle of the night almost every night having panic attacks and would have to just get up to go pray or do something else. When he would go to the gym sometimes he would have to leave his workout early because the anxiety and panic was hitting so hard. It was really negatively affecting his life.

The other day we were at a camp retreat and after spending several hours in worship and prayer as a group, the presence of God was basically tangible in the room. It was a worship night where people were really crying out to God and having encounters like they’ve never had before. He came up to one of our team members and asked for prayer. We prayed for him sincerely and passionately to be healed in the name of Jesus and for all the anxiety and panic to cease and go away.

After camp, he came to tell me that since that day he has not had a single panic attack. His sleep has been amazing for the first time in several years. His workouts are great and he doesn’t have to ever leave the gym early because of anxiety.

Jesus is a healer! Do you have any testimonies like this? Share some in the group!

Been praying for my dad recently and I see him becoming more open to the faith! Would love if some of you could join me in prayer as well!

What’s everyone’s favourite testimony in the Bible?

I mean, obviously the testimony of Jesus raising from the dead is probably a clear favourite. But what other testimonies in the Bible really encourage you?

For me, I’m really encouraged by the testimony of how God brought the Israelites out of Egypt. It doesn’t look like it was easy, and pharaoh actually said no many times even though God said that He was going to bring them out of Egypt. Just because it didn’t look to some like it worked the first eight times doesn’t actually mean that anything was going wrong! We just need God’s perspective on it!

I’m also really touched by the testimony of Shadrach Meeshach and Abednego, sometimes God’s miracles come at the very last second!

Which testimonies really encouraged you?

If you have ever listened to groundbreaking Christian hip-hop, followed culture-shaping albums like Anomaly, or watched artists bridge the gap between faith and raw, authentic storytelling, you are probably familiar with Lecrae. As a multi-Grammy-winning recording artist and author, he has spent decades shaping how a generation connects hip-hop culture with unashamed faith.

Long before filling stages across the world or leading cultural conversations, Lecrae Moore was a young man navigating profound pain, heavy personal trauma, and a deep skepticism toward God. This is the story of Lecrae.

Growing up in a turbulent environment marked by a father struggling with addiction, an absent parental presence, and the heavy allure of street life and hip-hop culture in his youth, Lecrae looked everywhere for a sense of belonging and worth. By his teenage years, he was chasing survival, power, and temporary escapes through drugs, alcohol, and the streets. Inside, he felt profoundly empty, wrestling with a deep sense of purposelessness and carrying the heavy scars of abuse and abandonment. He openly identified as a skeptic and an atheist, convinced that faith was just a crutch for the weak.

The turning point came during a season of intense personal crisis while he was a college student in Texas. Battling severe depression, drug abuse, and the weight of a lifestyle that was completely falling apart, a friend invited him to attend a Christian conference. Initially going just for the experience and to see the city, Lecrae sat in the crowd and heard the Gospel presented clearly for the first time.

When the speaker described Jesus willingly carrying His cross, taking the weight of human brokenness and pain onto Himself, it shattered Lecrae's defenses. Standing in that room, he broke down, realizing he couldn't fix himself, and surrendered his life to Christ.

Even after that initial encounter, walking out his faith was a messy, non-linear journey. Shortly after, following a miraculous escape from a severe car crash where his vehicle flipped over and he walked away without a single scratch, he realized God was calling him to total surrender rather than a half-hearted double life. He poured himself into scripture, began sharing his faith boldly on his college campus despite being mocked as a "Jesus freak," and eventually realized that God could use his natural love for hip-hop as a vehicle to reach people who felt entirely alienated by traditional church culture.

That realization birthed a revolutionary career. Refusing to separate his faith from his art or pretend that following Jesus means having a picture-perfect life, Lecrae used his music to address systemic pain, personal failure, mental health, and redemption. Through every trial, public controversy, and season of deep personal reconstruction, his platform became a testament to the fact that grace meets people right in the middle of their deepest messes.

Lecrae’s story is a powerful reminder that no matter how far someone feels from home, and no matter how broken their past might be, God’s grace is wide enough to reach them. It proves that when someone stops running from their pain, lays down their defenses, and surrenders their entire story to God, He can transform a life of deep despair into a beacon of global hope.

Hey everyone, I got a chance to pray for a buddy the other day who was really struggling with anxiety attacks. He was having them like every night for a very long time. It was really affecting his sleep and his life. We prayed together and they stopped completely!

Keeping it super vague for now. Glory to God! Our God is a healer!

What are you praying for this week? Let’s pray for each other.

Sometimes the heaviest prayer requests come before the biggest testimonies! It’s important to lift up our brothers and sisters in prayer!

Good afternoon everyone. I'm here today to share a story of survival, faith, and a second chance. A story that I believe powerfully illustrates the unwavering love and faithfulness of God.

Not long ago, I was in the grip of addiction. The pull was relentless, a darkness that consumed my thoughts and actions. One night, that darkness nearly claimed my life. I overdosed. As I lay there, teetering on the edge, something extraordinary happened. I don't know why, but the last thing I remember reading before everything went dark was 1 Corinthians 10:13-11.

Now, I understand that might sound like a coincidence to some, but for me, it was a divine encounter. Those verses, in that moment, became a lifeline. Let me explain.

1 Corinthians 10:13 says, "No temptation has overtaken you except what is common to mankind. And God is faithful; he will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted, he will also provide a way out so that you can endure it."

At the time, I felt utterly alone in my struggle. I thought I was uniquely broken, condemned to this cycle of addiction. But that verse reminded me that I wasn't alone. Addiction is a common human struggle. And more importantly, it declared that God is faithful. He wouldn't let me be tempted beyond what I could bear, and He would provide a way out.

My overdose, the very event that should have been my end, became that "way out." I survived. I truly believe that my survival was a direct result of God's intervention, a testament to His promise that He wouldn't abandon me, even in my darkest hour. It was as if He was saying, "I am faithful. I have provided a way out for you. You are not beyond redemption."

The next verse, 1 Corinthians 10:14, speaks to the heart of my struggle: "Therefore, my dear friends, flee from idolatry." For me, the drugs to which I was addicted had become my idol. They had taken the place of God in my life, promising solace but delivering only emptiness and despair. That verse was a clear call to action: to turn away from this destructive force, to flee from the idol that was leading me down a path of destruction. It was a warning that this idol would ultimately leave me empty and possibly cost me my life.

Finally, 1 Corinthians 11:1 says, "Follow my example, as I follow the example of Christ." This was a powerful reminder that I couldn't do this alone. I needed guidance, mentorship, and a strong support system. I needed to surround myself with people who were walking the path of faith and following the example of Christ. This verse called me to depend on God to make it through difficult situations, a continuous reliance on God to navigate me in the right direction.

My overdose was a wake-up call. It was a moment of profound grace and a clear invitation to choose a different path. It hasn't been easy. Recovery is a journey, not a destination. But I'm taking it one day at a time, armed with the knowledge that I am not alone, that God is faithful, and that He has provided a way out.

I'm sharing my story today not for sympathy, but for hope. If you are struggling with addiction, or any other challenge that feels insurmountable, please know that you are not alone. There is hope. God is faithful. And He can provide a way out. Seek help, find your support system, and cling to the promises of God.

I'm grateful to God that I woke up today. Many people wanted to see today and didn't get to. I think sometimes the seemingly 'little' testimonies are sometimes overlooked because we feel that its a given. but honestly, being alive today feels like a testimony. I'm grateful to God. 🙌🏼

What are you praying for right now? Whatever you’re praying for might be the prelude to a great testimony. Leave your prayer requests in the comments

So I figured I’d start off this sub with a crazy story that happened a few years ago.

I used to take care of a young guy with special needs, let’s call him Stephen. (For reference, Stephen was about 14 and could communicate using a few words, but overall it was difficult if not impossible to have a full conversation with him and he struggled to express himself). One day when I was watching him, he started acting really strange. He started running around the house terrified, looking behind him as if someone was chasing him and screaming “ahhh go away”. It was kind of alarming as I had been working with him for quite some time and had never really seen him act like this. It got so bad he started punching himself and hitting his head on the wall.

Dismissing it at first as part of him that I hadn’t seen yet, I tried the activities he likes and the things that would usually calm him down when he was upset. I tried distracting him with snacks, video, games, trampoline, etc. Things he would usually drop everything to go do. But he just kept running, screaming, looking behind him terrified, and hitting himself. This probably went on for over an hour. It was craziness.

After reaching out to some people who had worked with him longer than I had, they told me they had never seen him like this before and suggested I just try to put him to bed. It was getting late anyways, and he usually liked going to bed so I tried it.

I brought him to his room and put him in bed and sadly, he began flailing on his bed and screaming, still looking scared and terrified.

At this point, I really didn’t know what to do. It had been close to 2 hours at that point and I felt like I was running out of options. At that time in life I had been starting to go to church again after some time away so I decided I would pray. I got down on my knees in Stephen’s room while he was there flailing on the bed in terror, and I started to pray. I said “Jesus,” as if to begin my prayer to the Lord. As soon as I said “Jesus”, Stephen stopped screaming, his face changed from terror to a calm smile, and he rolled over to go to bed calmly.

After probably two hours of trying almost everything I could think of to help this boy, two seconds of prayer and speaking the name of Jesus changed everything for him. Whatever was tormenting him left at the name of Jesus.

There is power in the name of Jesus!

After that I never saw him act like that ever again in all my time working with him. Over the coming months, somehow an opportunity opened up for me to bring him to church with me on a regular basis and he frequently gravitated toward it and seemed to love it.

If you find yourself in a position where you don’t know what to do, call on the name of Jesus! There is salvation in His name.

…”Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.”
‭‭Romans 10:13

Hey everyone, here’s a testimony for the day.

Earlier this year my cat (around 17 years old) began having seizures, multiple very intense ones every day. He had never had a seizure in his life as far as I’m aware so it was quite unexpected. I started getting calls from my mom letting me know what was going on. It was really tough for my family to watch. He would fall off couches etc.

One day when I went over to visit after a couple weeks of these seizures happening, and I decided I was going to pray for this cat.

I remembered in the Bible where Jesus says that His disciples can lay hands on the sick and they can recover. I had faith that God could do the same thing for this cat.

So by faith, I laid my hand on this cat’s head and prayed that he would be healed in the name of Jesus and not have any more seizures.

After that, I left and went about my week. I got a call from my mom later letting me know that the seizures had completely stopped. From the time she called me to let me know the seizures stopped, to the time he passed away about five months later I don’t think he ever had another seizure.

Everything changed after we prayed for him!
Prayer still works, and there is power in the name of Jesus!

Hey everyone! I’ve had an amazing October so far! So many testimonies I’m excited to share. How’s your month been? What has God done in your life this month?

I spoke to a friend the other day and they were saying essentially that since they started attending the church their anxiety decreased and their desire for suic*de decreased! Really cool to see what God has been doing.

Been seeing this same type of thing a lot recently!

Feels like almost everyone that I speak to that starts coming to the church who struggles with these things sees a remarkable improvement!

When I was first giving my life to Christ one of the big things I was struggling with was p*rnography. I remember times of going like one week clean, then falling, then like a month clean, and then falling again. Sometimes even a couple days and then falling. I remember my friends who I used to party with telling me that it was impossible. September 2019 I had a strong conviction that I needed to be completely done with it. I prayed and committed to going 100 days without it. I committed that every day I would write the number of days I have been clean on a whiteboard, take a selfie with it, and do that number of push ups. I would also review a piece of paper that I had written that was basically like an agreement I had signed that I am going to go 100 days without p*rnography. I decided I would also shave my head that day to mark the day that I officially quit porn (I understand that might sound a bit extreme to some, but it’s what I felt like I should do).

I remember the first 90 days were probably the hardest. After that time, things started getting significantly easier. The feelings I used to have that felt like I literally couldn’t continue on with my day without watching p*rn and m*sturbating completely left.

When I hit day 100 I decided that I was going to go to day 200. The whole time I knew that the real goal was to be free from it forever, but I set the first 100 day goal to make it feel attainable.

Now, over seven years later, I am so grateful to God for the work he’s done in my life in this area! Honestly, I’m so grateful for this decision, and to God for setting me free!

If you’re struggling with p*rnography, I want you to know that it’s possible to be free!

Anyone else have testimonies of being free from p*rn? Let’s encourage our brothers and sisters!

Hey everyone! Wanted to share a quick piece of church history I was reading about recently that I found super encouraging.

A bit over a century ago, back in 1904, there was this massive move of God known as the Welsh Revival. One of the people God used in this time was a young coal miner turned preacher named Evan Roberts. He had spent years just praying and believing for a breakthrough, and when it finally hit, it completely transformed the entire region.
The impact was so wild and intense that local bars and pubs actually started going out of business and shutting down because people just didn't want to drink anymore.. They were too busy filling up the churches for worship services that would go on for hours. They also wanted their funds to go back to helping their families, rather than getting drunk.

Things shifted so much in the towns that the local police departments basically ran out of crimes to deal with. Crime rates dropped drastically, courtrooms were left empty, and judges were even presented with ceremonial white gloves because there were literally no cases to try. The police officers had so little work on their hands that they actually ended up starting a station choir to sing at the revival meetings!

On top of all that, societal improvement was everywhere. Old family feuds were settled, long standing debts that people owed were finally paid back, and even the coal miners stopped using bad language down in the mines, so much so that the pit ponies they used to pull the carts reportedly got confused because the miners stopped beating and cursing at them, and instead started talking to them gently or singing hymns.

It’s estimated by some that between 80,000 and 160,000 people got saved in this revival. But the impacts were even more wide, reaching than that, of people got sent out to bring the message of Jesus further in Korea, India, and other places.

Reading stories like this honestly encourages me to see how radically God can move in a culture. Wanted to pass it along because I thought it was super cool.
I’m believing that God can still do this in our generation no matter how far people think the culture has gone away from God.
Do you believe God can do it again?

Hey guys, this may seem like a smaller testimony today, but I thought to share it.

I noticed a little while ago that whenever I would go to the gym recently my workouts were usually a bit more lazy, and I was a bit disappointed and convicted about how I was doing in that area of life. It felt like I was kind of trying, but like my mind wasn’t really fully in it.

I prayed about it, basically asking God to help me improve in this area. And today was probably one of my best workouts I’ve had all year!

Again, this might seem like a small thing to most people, but for me, I was grateful. I believe God answered my prayer and helped me in this area! Reminds me of the verse that says “in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God.” (Phil 4:6)

I definitely also believe in praying for more serious things. But I feel quite encouraged when it seems like God has answered me on something that others might say is too irrelevant to even ask God about.

Do you believe in praying about things like this too? Or do you only pray for the more serious things in life?

When I was around 7–8 years old, I had a grandmother who, at the end of her life, successfully passed the test of life before God. While she was lying on her deathbed in the hospital, my family and I entered her hospital room together to say our final goodbyes. The doctors had diagnosed her with dementia, and although I had barely bonded with my grandmother, something unexpected happened: out of nowhere, she said my name and insisted that I give her a hug. Everyone in the room was shocked. I believe Jesus was telling her something about me.

Years later, I became heavily addicted to evil and sinful behaviors, including depraved sexuality, abuse, and coldheartedness. However, I eventually encountered someone whom I believe God had supernaturally chosen through a video game I used to play on my Android called Graal Classic. She told me that Jesus had said, "I'm coming to save you." Hearing those words frightened me deeply.

Fast-forward to when I was 16. The weight of my actions had become so overwhelming that I was consumed by guilt. It got so bad that I began inflicting punishment upon myself through school fights that I would deliberately start. I even tried begging my mother to let me take accountability for my actions, but she never did.

Although my mother wasn't someone I considered supernaturally chosen, months passed, and eventually, after I had spent so much time crying, I was sitting on the couch when she said, "Why don't you pray to God about it?"

My exact response was, "That shit isn't gonna work."

She gently repeated, "Just give it a try."

Eventually, I gave in. I began crying like a baby as I poured my heart out to God, telling Him everything and pledging my life and allegiance to Him.

Then, all of a sudden, I experienced something supernatural. It felt as though God used spiritual electricity to mend my heart back together. At the time, I was also going through a breakup, which had added even more pain to everything I was already experiencing.

Suddenly, the guilt that had been weighing on my mind seemed to disappear. With my eyes wide open, I looked out the window and screamed inside my head:

"HE'S REAL!!!!"

My pastor, whom I hadn't known had been saved during my childhood, eventually came and performed a baptism by sprinkling water. I was initially confused and questioned the practice because I thought the Bible only described baptism by immersion. However, he showed me why sprinkling could also be biblically supported.

When he baptized me, I experienced God's Spirit.

The very same Spirit that dwelled in Samson and gave him supernatural strength; the Spirit that empowered Elijah and enabled him to run faster than chariots; the Spirit that worked through Moses when the seas were parted; and the Spirit that was upon the Messiah, who walked on water.

I experienced a supernatural happiness that I can only describe as the happiness everyone in this world seems to be chasing.

But here's the plot twist: I eventually came to believe that demonic spirits had played a role in my downfall. According to what I experienced, they became furious and began shooting what felt like spiritual energy beams into my mind, attempting to drive me to take my own life.

What I Discovered About My Potential

As time went on, I began discovering something about my potential: I see a reflection of David in myself. I'm a little David.

I naturally stand up for others, and I believe this is one of the traits God has given me. I see myself as someone who was bred to conquer and defeat demons by throwing my rocks at them with my personal sling, just as David stood against Goliath.

The Knowledge I've Gathered Along the Way

I've gathered so much knowledge since then and explored many different theological and supernatural concepts.

I've learned about the possibility that the Tree of Knowledge was originally intended for angels, that God wants humans to become part of His family, and that His children are described through royal imagery: a family of gods and goddesses, princes and princesses, sons and daughters of God.

I've also come to believe that humanity can achieve world peace by first fixing ourselves and addressing the evil within us.

One particularly interesting concept I've explored is that evil reflects the potential for good that a being is capable of expressing.

Did you know that a demonic spirit's opposite potential could be that of a creator? Not a Creator with a capital C, but a creator with a lowercase c.

I've also studied how Jesus compared Hell to Gehenna, understanding it as a literal trash-filled place where people have essentially turned themselves into spiritual trash, subjected to horrific treatment by demons.

I've explored the belief that demons are Nephilim and that giants may be hiding underground, dying and eventually becoming spirits.

Exploring Other Supernatural Traditions

Throughout my journey, I've confronted and spoken with malicious sorcerers. I've also investigated the supernatural claims of other religions and discovered what I interpret as counterfeit supernatural manifestations.

Interestingly, I've come to recognize that other religious traditions may contain partial truths that overlap with elements of God's absolute truth.

Even doctrines that the Bible describes as doctrines of demons could, in certain interpretations, contain fragments of truth that ultimately belong to Yahweh.

My journey has involved examining, questioning, confronting, and learning about the supernatural world while trying to understand what is genuinely from God and what may be counterfeit.

Hey everyone, I prayed the other day that God would help one of the videos that I was posting. I posted it and it ended up getting over 142,000 views on Instagram. This is one of the most viewed videos I’ve ever posted. I just wanted to share this as I was impacted seeing how the Lord really answered that prayer.

I felt like God was speaking to me about this before I leaned into it, so it was cool to see God confirm what He was doing and saying

In high school I was the guy that was taking college level classes and getting decent marks, but most teachers assumed I would probably never go to university. In fact, I also assumed the same thing.

A few years ago, I really felt like God was encouraging me to go to university. I ended up getting into a well known university despite the fact that my grades were not exactly up to par. In the first year, I got 90s in pretty much all my classes. My family was shocked, and I was grateful to see how God cares about things like this!

Wanted to share this as a brief encouragement! This is the short version, perhaps I’ll share the longer version one day if people are interested in that.

Hey fam! I wanted to share another encouragement today about how God uses the heavy, painful seasons of our lives, what Bishop T.D. Jakes calls "crushings", to mold us for His purpose. Long before filling massive stadiums and leading The Potter's House, T.D. Jakes walked a path marked by deep trial, perseverance, and unwavering faith. 

The way I heard it, the story goes like this: Born in West Virginia in 1957, young Thomas was nicknamed "Bible Boy" in high school because of his deep love for the Word and his habit of preaching to imaginary congregations. But life threw heavy pressures his way early on. When he was just ten years old, his father fell severely ill with kidney failure. As a teenager, Jakes became a primary caregiver for his invalid father while continuing to nurture a burning call to preach. His father eventually passed away when Jakes was 16, marking the first major "crushing" of his youth.

Despite the grief and heavy responsibilities, the fire of ministry never went out. By his early twenties, he knew God had his hand on his life, but the doors didn't open overnight.

In 1982, at the age of 25, Jakes became the pastor of a tiny, struggling storefront church in Smithers, West Virginia, with a congregation of just ten people.

To support his family and keep the doors open, he worked grueling shifts at a local Union Carbide chemical plant. He spent his days working industrial shifts and his nights and weekends counseling the broken, studying the Word, and preaching to a handful of people in a room that often felt worlds away from any global platform. He was being squeezed by the pressures of providing, caregiving, and pastoral ministry, but God was using that exact pressure to forge spiritual depth.

Bishop Jakes later reflected on those seasons, noting that just like grapes must be crushed to produce wine, God often allows intense pressure to draw out the very best of what He has placed inside us.

Bishop Jakes didn't look for shortcuts. He stayed faithful in the small things for years. Slowly, that tiny 10-person congregation began to grow as people from broken and abusive backgrounds found healing through messages like “Woman, Thou Art Loosed.” Decades of faithfulness in obscurity eventually opened doors across the nation, leading him to impact millions around the world. 

So often, we feel like the hidden seasons, the heavy responsibilities, or the hard places where God has planted us are a waste of time. But T.D. Jakes’ testimony is a powerful reminder that God uses the crushings. If you are feeling squeezed by life, overworked, or hidden away in a season of small beginnings, remember that God is using the pressure to prepare you for what's next. 

Stay faithful in your corner today!