Brendan's Testimony - God Really is Real
I am giving this testimony because I am totally astounded at what God has done in my life! I was so fed up with life, but it just didn't occur to me that God could be real - or if he was, why he would want anything to do with someone like me.About this time last year, I was stuck on a seemingly endless treadmill of working, getting stoned, and sleeping. This had been going on for years. I was aware that drugs had taken over my life. I had grown dissatisfied. I no longer enjoyed life as I once had. The crunch came when I lost yet another job because of my skunk-induced laziness. This time I was really angry at myself! I couldn't understand why my life was like this and other people's lives were not.
In a rare moment of self-admitted weakness, I broke, and asked God, "Oh, show me if you're real!" Unbelievably, I found an Alpha course leaflet posted through the letter box by a complete stranger. I phoned the number and haven't looked back since. Through the Alpha course, I found out that God really is real, Jesus really is real, and the Holy Spirit is alive and well and living everywhere! Oh, and did I mention that prayer actually works, if done properly!
Julia's Testimony - A New Life
I woke up one day with a lot of anxiety and depression. What I didn't know was that this depression and anxiety was going to lead me into a new life! A new life in Christ.I felt a sense of disillusionment and confusion and started taking depression pills to overcome it. God must have wanted me to get rid of those pills for a reason, so he spoke through my family doctor. One day I visited my doctor to let him know that my husband and I were trying for our third baby. My doctor said to me, "If you want another healthy baby, I suggest that you get off those pills!" And thanks be to God, I did.
I really didn't think that the pain and suffering would ever end, but slowly it began diminishing. Thanks be to God! Now I'm going into my second week without being dependent on them, and I feel great. The thing that I have learned is that the only One True Person you can depend on is God and His grace from above. Only with God are all things possible! I look back and thank God for all the pain I went through. Because of that pain and suffering I am becoming a new person!
I love you, Jesus, and I'm glad I made you a part of my life finally!
