A Testimony of Obedience: Choosing God’s Will Over Family Ties
Sometimes the hardest testimonies are not about miracles, but about obedience. This is a quiet, costly testimony of choosing God’s will over emotion, and finding peace in truth.
God Helped Escape An Abuser
The angry loud noise was getting louder and louder daily for a week. After hearing my ex-husband break glass dishes in the sink one Saturday morning, I was reminded of physical abuse three separate times throughout 32 years of marriage. It was noon and he was already drunk. He entered the bedroom I was in yelling, cursing and calling me names, including the b-word. He left the bedroom and I called 911. He came back to the bedroom, and I hid my cell. The 911 operator heard him yelling and the noise from him breaking things. He left the bedroom again and I looked out the window so I could see when the police arrived. After they arrived, I slipped outside to safety. During the marriage, I knew when it came time for me to escape to safety from my abusive alcoholic ex-husband, the timing had to be perfect, or someone could get killed. The divorce was imminent because he refused to get help and totally ignored all the indicators that he was not living in God’s will. The discussions about getting help escalated into arguments and I knew I could not fix him. I was in continuous prayer for guidance, wisdom and protection for a couple of years. After I left the house, my ex-husband did all he could
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Leading a Christ-Centered Life
Since June 2006, after the end of a serious relationship, I have been on the journey of learning about, trusting and loving Jesus and having Him dwell in my heart. It was at that time that a Christian friend invited me to attend a church service. Her gift of a Bible made me start to consider turning my monotheist faith into one centred around Jesus Christ as my personal saviour, comforter, protector, counsellor, teacher and Lord. However, it wasn’t until a crisis in my life that led me to fully surrender to God. I had just left a teaching position after believing that I was not capable of continuing. I put myself under a lot of pressure before and during it, so much so that I burned out. After a night of fits of despair in September of 2008 I fully accepted Jesus as God, my Saviour and Heavenly Father with the support of my Christian roommate at the time. I’ve been cleansed of things in the past that I used to engage in or accept, things I now find unfavourable. Thus, God’s grace, love and mercy, in my experience, are sufficient to eliminate and cure addictions and illnesses. I trust that He is the best doctor and that with the help of the Holy Spirit, I can become more
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I Grow Daily in My Knowledge of Him
My family were not Christians, they were Unitarians. When I became a Christian, it upset them. I remember my sister asking me whether this meant I thought she was going to go to hell. I wanted to tell her that I was hoping it meant that she would consider becoming a Christian herself. I was scared to tell my parents at first, because even though I knew that they had always told me that decisions about what I believed would be my own to make, I also knew that they did not consider becoming a born-again Christian to be a wise choice. I know that I hurt their feelings by not telling them quickly what had happened to me. That showed them that I didn’t really trust them to stand by their word. In recent years (this all happened more than 50 years ago), I’ve learned that my becoming a Christian upset them even more than I realized at the time. My “new self” didn’t look all that different from my “old self”. There were not a whole lot of bad things that I’d been doing, and that I suddenly stopped doing. I’d been a fairly nice person who tried to do the right things. Asking Jesus into my life as my Lord and King and Savior is the most
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I want to Return the Honour
I want to thank the Lord Almighty for giving me an excellent result in my final year at the university. I had a first-class GPA in both my first and second semesters. I am so grateful to God for that and I want to return the Honour and Glory to Him! Also read: The Ordinance of Firstfruits (2): Debunking the Myths Understanding God: He Starts Afresh We are Nothing Without Each Other Opened and Closed I Prayed to God For My Dad’s Life You can now partner with the Daily Dew Ministry by clicking here.
I Prayed To God To Surprise Me
At the beginning of the year 2023, I prayed to God to surprise me with academic success in the year 2023. I was in SS3 and I was preparing to write my first jamb. I was so scared and then I decided to pray to God that He should make me to excel in my jamb. I asked him for a specific mark which was 308. Then I wrote the jamb and when the result came out instead of the 308 that I asked for, the Lord blessed me with a mark of 310. When I also wrote my WAEC, he also surprised me in the same manner in my WAEC. And to crown all his blessings in my life in the year 2023, he provided me with admission into the university of my choice and to study the course of my choice. I really thank him for his grace in my life in the year 2023. Also read: The Ordinance of Firstfruits (2): Debunking the Myths Understanding God: He Starts Afresh We are Nothing Without Each Other Opened and Closed I Prayed to God For My Dad’s Life You can now partner with the Daily Dew Ministry by clicking here.
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