His Testimony provides real stories about what the Lord is doing in the lives of His people.
Amanda Crews
March 1, 2025
When Carson, our firstborn, died at thirty-seven weeks unexpectedly, I really had no idea of what to do. We drove home from the hospital with an empty car seat at the back of our CRV.
I saw a giant black snake making its way around our Capitol Building in an attempt to take over and destroy through manipulation and idolatry; getting people to focus on the wrong ....
So right before Christmas God showed me what I should be doing right now during this furnace situation. What am I talking about right? Well... A family we are close to had found out some....
I would love to say there isn't a time that I can remember not knowing Jesus Christ, but that just isn't my story. I found the Lord late in life. I grew up going to a catholic school ....
I believe the Holy Bible is the inspired Word of God. It is eternal, powerful, and alive. I love Jesus because He is the Son of the living God. He willingly came to earth to die for my sins.
As I began looking at the new beginnings, I was in awe of what He would show me in and through this devotional study. You see, we all look forward to new beginnings each year at ....
My life was forever changed at a Christian ministry. I met the true Jesus for the first time in my life. I was a prodigal who was set free from homosexuality ....
As 2024 is nearing an end, I like to review the year and ask myself how I have grown this past year. The reality is that the most difficult times have grown me the most. As I think about ....
I was blessed to be raised in a loving Christian home. My Mom and Dad took us to Sunday School and Church every Sunday and I prayed every night as a child. We were involved ....
I have lived 72 years here on earth. I could write pages and pages. My life has been a gradual growing in the Lord. I was brought up in a devout Catholic home, the oldest of five kids ....
I was born in 1961. My birth mother kept me for three years and one day left me with the neighbors. My birth father took me in at that time. The woman my dad was married to ....
I married Mike, mu husband, at the age of thirty-one. I had never been married. A Christian for just two years, I was “on fire” for Jesus. I prayed to God that He would bring me a ....
As I look around me at how God connects the dots in so many things. I am again floored at His heart to speak to me regardless of so many things. On my wall hangs a ...
A few weeks ago I was ready to make a life changing decision. I had it all planned out, and was positive it was what God was telling me to do. I was in the middle of pursuing a ....
My Creator, Father God first got my attention when I was a senior in high school and I attended a Bible study with my sister Barb. I listened with polite interest to the discussion of a ....
It still gives me chills, twenty-three years later. He had round glasses that were polarized so I couldn’t see his eyes. The frames were reflective so all you could see was some ....
How will you vote? In light of where we are in the election, I am sharing my story again. Here is why I am forever Pro-Life. At twenty-seven years old I found myself single, rarely sober ....
After I had completed my first week of work, I got on my knees and prayed to the Lord. I had to be honest that I needed God more than anything else. I asked God, “Forgive me, if this is not Your ....
When I was first learning how to “be still”, the voices from the world would always start to whisper into my ear about being “lazy,” and would also remind me about all of the ....
The resurrected Spirit of Jesus the Christ (through His Disciples) throughout time invites everyone to have a living relationship with our Creator. The Spirit of our Father chose to manifest ....
Throughout this past week, I have been reflecting on the people God has placed in my life. When I look around at each of them, I see strength, hope, love, perseverance ....
From the beginning of my adulthood, overseas missions have been something that I've always felt called to. I've been on 2 short-term trips in the past. Once to Honduras, and once to Morocco.
The mission trip to the Philippines was more like a personal vacation to me. Not only because this was my fourth time there, but it was a reunion with many brothers and sisters ....
Some years back I was going through a very broken situation, though being in Jesus there are always trials that one goes through which also in turn strengthens one in the spirit.
Soon we will be hosting our Beauty for Ashes women’s heart healing art retreat at Bramabella in Moravian Falls, North Carolina! I was so blessed to get a peek at the property to assist ....
At age thirty-eight, I was living with my mother, and I was engaged to a woman for three years. At this point I was drinking two fifths of vodka a day and I was near death.
From birth, my dad wanted me to be a boy. So, to his disappointment, he still raised me to be like one. I had boy toys, clothes, and haircuts. I also suffered physical and emotional abuse by ....
My thoughts just moved so quickly: What do you have to say to other people? How can you compare to your friends’ blogs? There are so many blogs out there. Yours will mean nothing. Like my daughter sprinting down the hall, I allowed my thoughts to run wild, stating ....
Walk Not Run Part One Writing a blog is my yes to God. I clearly have no idea what He has in store or how I make this plan work, but He knows and that’s good enough for me.
I was raised in a loving Christian home where my parents taught me to love and serve God. My mom and Grammie had the most significant impact on my relationship with Jesus ....
I was born in Tucson, Arizona in a small community as a Mexican-American in a family of ten. My younger years were hard. Being in a Mexican-American family with a mostly white neighbors ....
Almost two years ago, I went on a weekend retreat with several of my friends. My intention was to relax and spend time with close friends and pray for our increasingly crazy world.
It's a choice to accept Jesus, but refusing to fully surrender or walk in it makes the conversion void. Accepting Christ as your Lord and Savior, you are washed and been made pure only if you surrender ....
Can you be gay and Christian Part One “Can you be gay and Christian?” I bet you have heard this question thrown around a lot, especially in the past couple decades. However, to get more in depth at the risk of honest ....
I learned that I don’t have to compare myself to others; God made me uniquely with a voice of my own to speak His message through art! I am not a starving artist! God gives me all I need ....
From a time before I can even remember, I have always loved art. My mom told me that as soon as I was able to pick up a pen, I would draw. Through the years of growing up and having to ....
It’s just You and me here in the dark. The bold, faith-filled proclamations made in the light slink back into a corner of quiet loneliness as night creeps in. The night sits heavy on my chest.
My husband is a very hard worker and works long hours some days. He is in recovery and attends quite a few meetings during the week, which is awesome! I found myself thinking one day ....
One of a night of few weeks ago at where I live, many of us were awakened by the sound of severe weather, tornado warnings and sirens. I for one was scared and grabbed my son, some flashlights, blankets ....
How does one fix such a broken cycle? We see in Scriptures generational curses and blessings go from one generation to the next.... We see that lived out within our families...
Family is awesome when we get along. Practice forgiveness and talk through anything that is bothering you so you can fellowship together anytime sharing the Love of God, Our Father.
Do you do a word for the year? Our church does which this year is go and tell, and often times I hear talk amongst our friends and spiritual family of a word the Lord gave them. I didn’t really seek one out if I am being honest.
The stroke and FMD changed my life and my relationships forever. I might have been designed for endurance, but my husband wasn’t. My twenty-eight years marriage ended. In every way imaginable ....
For a hot second they determined that, although my condition was critical, surgery was impossible. The plan was for me to live the rest of my life flat on my back, unable to safely lift or turn my head.
It seemed like there wasn’t any part of my life or my relationships that weren’t blessed by my new sports. This is what I did for fun! I was saved! Everything wasn’t perfect, but ....
“What do you like to do for fun?” My goodness I used to hate that question. I never had an answer. I didn’t have “fun”. I took care of my husband and my kids full time, and my likes or needs were not a priority.
When I was a young girl, about 6 years old, I was dropped off at church along with my brother. Mom would stay for church sometimes, but not often. That is when I actually fell in love with Jesus. I loved hearing about Him and singing ....
In the waiting room, waiting to be called back for my CT scan and I realize I am in the room by the vending machines and sitting on the same couch I sat on the day of my colonoscopy, when they sent us here and I was diagnosed with cancer.
The idea of serving has been so heavy on my heart recently and has been the focus of so many conversations I’ve been having. Honestly, I have been discouraged by the lack of serving I see in the American church as a whole. I don’t want to just focus on ....
The Bible goes on to share in 1 Corinthians 10:13 (ESV), “There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man; but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that you are able; but will with the temptation also make a way ....
I am sure more than I have found comfort in knowing, or thinking, that God had a Plan “B” for our lives. A backup plan for Him to put into place should we not go according to His original Plan “A”. I have chosen Plan “B” more times ....
