Praise & Worship/Testimonies/Prayers...
I've made this thread as a place where Christians can give a testimony about something that God has done for them, a place to share worship and praise songs, for prayers and encouragement.
Non-Christians are of course welcome and encouraged to post, but please keep it positive.
This isn't the place to dispute a claim or tell a Christian that they're wrong.
Nor to debate God or Christianity as a whole, we have threads for that.
I most of all want it to be an encouragement to believers. 🙂
That said, let's start off with a couple of worship songs, and I have a good testimony to share after.
Amen.
That's Hillsong United, an awesome worship band from Australia.
Well, my first testimony is this:
My mother and father in-law Clay and Lori, were one of the couples who went through a presbytry at our church last Nov.
This is a specific time of prophecy and encouragement when several guest prophets are brought in from other areas to speak whatever word the Holy Spirit gives them for the person, or couple.
These pastors were from Seattle, Oakland, and San Francisco if I remember correctly.
Anyways, part of the Word that Clay and Lori recieved that night was that their family members would come to the Lord.
All of them, extended family as well. (Lori was smiling through tears, as she is one of 16 brothers and sisters, all of whom are in various stages of life, with some saved and comitted Christians, and others still lost in the world, drinking or using drugs.)
The prophets said that these would be people that they'd been praying for a long time, and that the wait was over.
Well fast forward to April and we're all praying very hard for two of her older brothers that are on disability, sitting around drinking Jack Daniels and smoking cigarettes all day, watching porn and stuff.
We're praying hard for them, I mean get on your face type prayers.
So around this time, beginning of last week Lori's dad goes into the hospital with heart trouble.
"Pop" as they all call him is a wonderfull man. Funny and kind, at 81 he's very healthy and active, bowling, golfing, going to movies and stuff.
Anyway, Pop isn't saved.
You'd almost think he was, he's such a sweet guy, works hard, very fair, you can honestly say about him: "That's a good man."
He goes to church almost every week, always has.
But, even with repeated talks and attempts from Lori and other family, he's not accepted Jesus as his savior.
So anyways, when he gets to the hospital, we all start praying for him, for healing.
Lori has her sister Annie go to the hospital to lay hands on Pop, and also to ask him if he'll pray for the Lord to come into his life.
Annie, is very nervous, as she isn't the sister who usually does those things (Lori is) but she agrees.
After laying hands on him and praying for him, she asks if he's saved.
He says he wants to be and prays with her for Jesus to be his savior! 😱
25 years now Clay and Lori have been talking to Pop and praying for his salvation.
And while they were worried for the other brothers, they never thought that it would be the father who would come to the Lord first.
How do you prove a prophecy is true?
What the prophet says comes true.
Be Blessed. 😎