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Christian music artist Joy Lippard was taught by her parents about His Word and throughout her life she saw His power first hand.
“give thanks in all circumstances, for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.”
Felix writes:
Walking through the jungle all alone. Surrounded by animals on all sides. Walking faster to escape your fate. No escaping what you cant see. No escaping what you cant touch. You see things that are not there. You want to run but where will you run to? There is a way out of the jungle. You see two paths ahead of you. One path leads deeper into the jungle. Thick trees surround the path on both sides. There is little light as far as you can see. The little light that does break through lets you see a relatively clear path. There are thick tree trunks that have fallen from the jungle. Once you clear these obstacles it gets much easier to walk. You also sense an unseen presence. This path seems to have had little use though. The other path is clear but it winds to and fro. There are many thick tree roots waiting to trip you up further down the road. The terrain is choppy and the earth is twisted. It looks like many others have been down this path before. This path seems very lonely to you anyways. The sun is allowed to shine here. It is an illusion. Look further down and you will see the thickness of the trees choking off the light. Once you get there it will be too late. The path will leave you blind and disoriented. There is no turning back once you choose this path. The first path will lead you to a city of unheard riches. There is only one doorway to this city. The walls and the streets will be built with the finest materials ever imagined. Walls surrounding you paved with gold and precious jewels. With every step you feel the mix of platinum, gold, and the finest silver melted into the most gloriously soft substance ever imagined. The people who made it to the city seem constantly filled with joy. The joy can be seen on their faces as they sing and dance. They do not seem self conscious at all. Everyone here looks fulfilled in every sense of the word. There is no sickness, no pain, no disappointments, just love. Love made this city and love made these people. Love took away the sickness and pain. Love does not disappoint. Love lifts you up. Love gives you what you desire most. Inside the walls Love reigns. Outside these walls are a different kind of life. This is where the second path will lead. Outside the wall there is no rest for the weary. There is no counseling the heart or the mind. There is only the hurt of separation. The people here look very tired. They walk around as if they are dead. They feel every hurt and every pain of being away from Love. There is no love here. There is only deception and separation. The people cry out for help. You can hear their hearts asking for reprieve from a desperately and lonely situation. When these people hear the songs of the people inside the city their hearts become harder. They begin to hate more and more. Inside they are torn apart. They have no hope for themselves. Hate and despair make themselves ready for a long stay here. There are no paved roads or walls here. There is only a dark, bleak, landscape with no life besides the people there. Hard dirt like concrete underneath your feet. You are staring at the two paths. The presence you felt earlier appears before you. It comes like a bright light. Feet like bronze, wearing a robe white like snow. Eyes seem like fire yet seemingly kind and gentle. He reaches out to you and he speaks….
This is how I felt before God saved me. This verse describes how I feel towards God as He drew me to him.
“Jesus replied: ‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’”
Nicole writes:
i dont know why but i always loved that phrase because i do love god with my heart,soul,and mind but i think im not needed, that it would be easier if i was gone so i wouldnt feel the pain.My friends just made it worse by being mad and scared and by that it just put more pain on me with their anger.When i was a little girl my parents got divorced,my brother who i loved so very much was stealing , i felt like it was all my fault even if it truly wasnt. yet i couldnty help thinking. I know god loves me but the pain of what ive been through in my life hurts and now im still thinking about suicide and my brothers in prison. I looked up to my big bro but maybe people wouldnt care if i was gone. im getting help for my depression and i promise i will try!!
“In Him was life, and the life was the light of men. And the light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not comprehend it.”
April writes:
I was gay, I mean really, really gay. I share my story of how I became a Christian all the time, but there’s a big part to “my story” that I have never told but really feel led to tell it now. Here goes, I was the youngest of three girls, often criticized for my skinny and premature behaviors. I would always get harassed by my sisters and friends about why I hadn’t started puberty or why I am not developing like all the other girls. This gave me an insecurity that had me thinking “why am I so different? Am I an accident? Am I pretty? Am I gay?” I went on in my teens and began even more to feel out casted, especially by my own family. At the age of 13, I turned to drugs and alcohol but that is just one of many addictions I had to overcome. I started to grow more and more curious about my sexuality and began watching porn. I was 18 when I decided I was gay, and no one could convince me otherwise. I fell in love with a girl named Elizabeth and felt this was it. I wanted to marry her. I became an advocate for gay & lesbians because of all the persecution I got from ‘coming out’. I even marched in the annual gay pride parade in San Diego. The more people told me I was wrong for being a lesbian the more I fought for the freedom to be one. All the while I never dealt with my insecurities and they certainly didn’t go away because of my new lifestyle. I was still empty inside. I felt a deep rooted question in my heart “if being gay feels so right how it could be wrong? Is it wrong and who says?” but I would never share my wonders with others because I was in it too deep. Elizabeth and I broke off our relationship after 5 years, which was the hardest and only real break up I ever had. I moved far from her but not far from my lifestyle. I continued this lifestyle and had no boundaries to my choices in relationships. I was still empty, even more than before. I worked for a well known gym in LA and the manager of the store was a Christian. He would preach to me all night every night. I would hate it; I debated him every night for 4 months. Until one day to get him off my back I took him up on his offer and went to a bible study with him. It seemed the people at this bible study had something I was longing for my entire life, true joy and love in their hearts. They were full of love and didn’t judge me. They truly had my eternal interest at heart. They helped me understand the most difficult questions I had in my mind about God and what Gods plan for me is through scripture. I came to Christ that very night and did not look back. The funny thing is I didn’t have to stop using drugs first or even be sober or not be gay to believe. All I did was cling to Jesus and His word; believe in my heart what He had done for all mankind. Sure repenting took a little while and I still am learning what Gods eyes see as sin. Quickly I became convinced that being gay was a way for me to place my insecurities away without dealing with them. My insecurities were in charge of my decision to be gay. But once my insecurities were dealt with, and I mean really dealt with deeply, I became more and freer from them and that lead me to choose to no longer live as a gay person anymore. Then after examining my intensions and looking at Gods word I knew that all this time it was an obedience battle. Yes I said it. I was making my sexuality the core focus of my life and when you turn your focus on Jesus and what He did for mankind that changes everything. After time, He changed me. I am so happily married now to a great man and for the first time in my life I feel truly beautiful and valuable the way I was intended to feel. People may call me a hypocrite and I do have to deal with persecution sometimes but at least it’s for Jesus. Nobody could do what He did and certainly nobody else freed me but Him. Thanks for letting me share.
“As you know, we consider blessed those who have persevered. You have heard of Job’s perseverance and have seen what the Lord finally brought about. The Lord is full of compassion and mercy.”
Felix writes:
My mother gave me and my brother to my father at the age of 10. Before this we lived with our grandmother and in foster homes until I was 7. Then we lived with my mother until she gave us up. I tried to call her and keep in contact as much as I could. She stopped calling and getting in contact with us. I hadnt seen or heard from my mom in 13 years. Lately I had been thinking of her. I tried to find her but couldnt. Then someone that I knew offered to find her for me. I was not praying for it. I didnt ask God for it. I didnt expect anything. He found her and gave me her number. I finally got to talk to her on the phone and we have a relationship now. God knew that there was a void in my life and he was faithful to me by helping me restore that relationship even when I didnt ask.
“Surely the arm of the LORD is not too short to save, nor his ear too dull to hear.”
Felix writes:
I was homeless. At times I had not eaten for a month. I would have to steal sometimes to eat. I was sleeping in a shed behind a grammar school. I had noone to help me. I felt all alone and hated. I cried out to God. He eventually answered me by find a place where I could earn my GED and get a trade. A place where I could sleep and food to eat. A place where rain and snow wouldnt fall on me while i slept. A place where I would wake up and could feel my toes in the morning. Gods arm reached out and touched my life. His ears heard my cries and He answered me. I will never forget what He did for me. He made me who I am today and gave me what I have now.
“He who finds a wife finds what is good and receives favor from the LORD.”
Terria writes:
On 4/26/2008 my husband of 9 years left me. In July of 2007 he left for 9 weeks. Saying he was confused and did not want to be married any more. He was in and out staying home some nights and leaving other nights. I was devastated. I moved in Aug 2007 from that house. The next day after I moved he came back home. He has left at least 4 times while in the new house; he finally left for good on April 26 this year. When he left last year I relapse on crack cocaine after being clean for 13 years. I would do ok some times and use other times this is what made him leave. He has never done drugs, smoked or drank and does not understand the disease of addiction. He accused me of cheating instead. He tried to make it work but I continued to sneak, lie in order to use. I am currently seeking help/therapy for cocaine and alcohol abuse and severe depression. I am also on med’s from my dr. for the depression. I want God to restore my marriage and deliver me from drugs. My husband presented me with divorce papers and told me he has found some one else and wants to move on and pursue the relationship. He has been seen twice in the last 4 weeks with a woman be my close relatives. He says he does not want to reconcile with me. We are a saved family who had a strong marriage and happy family. He doesn’t call or come see us. He pays half the rent. This last month he was late. For 7 of our 9 yr marriage I either worked part time or not at all. We have 4 children 1 girl (10 yr) still at home, 2 boys (18 yr) in college, 1 boy (27 yr) i don’t want my family to be fragmented and broken. I want us to be whole again and my marriage restored. I know God can do anything but fail and I am standing on that hope and our vows. Please pray for our healing, deliverance and restoration. I have tried every thing and nothing seems to work.
“Instead, speaking the truth in love, we will in all things grow up into him who is the Head, that is, Christ…Therefore each of you must put off falsehood and speak truthfully to his neighbor, for we are all members of one body.”
Janene writes:
My husband had an affair and says that he fell out of love with me. He said that he had doubts about our relationship a long time ago but did nt say anything. He has been working overseas. Please pray for us, I believe our marriage can pull through this, he needs to see this too!
“Though my father and mother forsake me, the LORD will receive me.”
Duliece writes:
My father,mother and two of my children died over a four year period. Mother and baby daughter killed in an auto accident in 1979; father murdered 1980, son murdered 1983. Jesus has shown me that He is my Father and my mother..He created me..I am His child.
“No longer will they call you Deserted, or name your land Desolate. But you will be called Hephzibah, and your land Beulah; for the LORD will take delight in you, and your land will be married.”
Lissy writes:
Well this is my favorite verse in the entire world. I guess I should tell you why. I thught for a period in my life that life wasn’t worth living, and although I had people all around me telling me I was beautiful, deep down I didn’t believe it. Then at summer camp this past summer I said yes to God and resurrendered my life. If you’re reading this and you are struggling with suicide, get some help! I promise you, it’s not worth it.
