Happy Testimony Tuesday, y'all! Can you believe this is the last post of 2024?! I started this February 2023, and it seems I only made 28 episodes—a little more than 50% of the year—but I think that was a successful start! Thank you for coming along with me on this journey.

Last week, our office was painted, and if you know anything about me, I am nosey and curious about people. We had a family of painters in the office and for the first day or so, we didn't interact. On the 3rd day, the painter stopped by my office and started getting a little emotional. He recently lost pretty much everything the last Hurricane we had. He said he was a Christian and he knows to trust God but it is hard right now.

I confirmed to him that our flesh is weak, (Mathew 26:41 ⁴¹ “Watch and pray so that you will not fall into temptation. The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak.”) and we need to just give it to God and stay praising him. He agreed and became a little weepy, and I told him "Hold my hand" He looked a little hesitant and I said "Don't worry, I am Jesus' Cheerleader and we are going to pray" We held his hand (my co-worker and I) and I began to pray over him.

My boss laughed because I JUST CAN'T HELP MYSELF! All our tears belong to God, (Psalm 56:8 ⁸ You keep track of all my sorrows. You have collected all my tears in your bottle. You have recorded each one in your book.) I just want everyone to come to him with their crisis. He is our Healer and goes before us to clear a path. (Deuteronomy 31:8 ⁸ Do not be afraid or discouraged, for the Lord will personally go ahead of you. He will be with you; he will neither fail you nor abandon you.”)

The next few days passed and I then came into a conversation with his brother. This brother had a totally different vibe about him. He was a little jaded almost with Christianity. He mentioned he and his brother were raised Presbyterian and he read the Bible so many times he can debate anyone at this point. He likes interacting with Athiests cause they think they know everything but they don't know the written word so he uses scriptures to debate them. This kind of gave me a bad feeling. Instead of glorifying God and testifying how good God is in your life... he just challenges people.

This made me think of Cain and Able. Cain and Able were brothers, raised in the same household, with the same understanding of God. That was almost the same situation with the painters...One brother was weeping and bowing down to Christ, and the other brother was living in his Ego, challenging people, God, and the world around him.

We need to decide which brother we want to be like... Cain or Able. Brothers and Sisters, we are all God's children so let's stop being so combative with each other and be more humble and loving towards each other! This new year I pray that we can all lay our sin at the foot of the cross and just seek Jesus with open hearts. Let's learn more about who he is so we can be like him! Praying for many blessings over you for 2025! Let's bring in the new year with Jesus! Amen!

Happy Testimony Tuesday, Y'all! Today we have an exciting testimony provided by our own Amy Jo! I feel truly blessed to listen to her speak and open up about who she was before Christ and who she is now. What a beautiful reflection of God's redeeming love. 

Amy called herself a "child seductress." For most of us, we can not fathom what that really means, but it is horrifying nonetheless. Coming from Generational trauma, that is the only thing she knew as a small child. She mentioned being 'spiritually marked' when you come from trauma and that reminded me of the book "Scarlet Letter". The spirits can see her pain and trauma and torment her as she wears the big red "A" on her chest.

As an adult, she felt she 'trafficked' herself as that was the way of life she knew. She thought that being in control of the trafficking herself, it would release her from some kind of bondage, but it only brought her into more pain. For many years she was inside an evil marriage in an evil family and they knew every programming trigger to use against her. 

Until one day she was blessed with a child. She said once she was with child, she no longer lived for herself, she cleaned up so she could live for her son. I relate to this as I was the same way. I was full of pain and self-destructed in a lot of ways. Once I got pregnant I stopped eating high-mercury fish and even took a car seat training class! My life was no longer my own. I believe children are truly a gift from God because look how fast we change so that our children can live! (Psalm 127:3)

Amy was still weak and afraid but she knew she was stronger than that and overcame the fear. Instead of living in the pain, she turned that energy into helping others. (One quick note: DONATE SOCKS TO LOCAL SHELTERS!!! The homeless that are riddled with trauma living on the streets, always need socks!) She thought she was justified by turning her anger against her 'monsters' but realized vengeance is the Lord's. (Deuteronomy 32:35)

Like me, she started looking for answers and found herself interested in conspiracies. She was sent a link about Jessie Czebotar, and suddenly pieces of her puzzle came together. She could feel her own portrait being painted by Jessie's words. After years of just feeling "Crazy" and not knowing why... God took her on her own personal journey filled with discovery. 

While reflecting upon her life, she found that God was always there, he never left her. And while he was there, he took the worst of it first so that she could walk through the fire with him. Amy Jo grew in her walk with Jesus and the Holy Spirit and instead of being angry with others, she learned to no longer hate. God healed her so deeply, that he taught her how to love again. She was filled with so much love, grace, and compassion for others, that she began to change. (Philippians 4:7)

Amy Jo didn't need a deliverance ministry as God walked with her and taught her the prayers she needed to work on breaking her bonds. She is comforted by the solitude of life and likes to walk with the Lord daily. Jesus can handle ALL OF IT! And when he brings something to you, it's never in condemnation but rather for your own self-reflection. We have all been rescued in different ways and love is the answer. Jesus is love, true love, not Hollywood love. 

I love you all my friends, and I hope that by understanding each other through our testimonies we can then understand who God is more clearly. He loves us so much. So much I am tearing up writing this. YOU MATTER! I MATTER! And God loves us every moment of every day! Blessings over you! 

Happy Testimony Tuesday!! As always, short on time. This week I will leave you with Hayden Pedersen's testimony. With over 1 million subscribers on YouTube, Hayden talks about being burnt out, searching for something, and how he became Demon possessed. 

Like many people who are "searching for something," Hayden looked to the New Age to solve his problems, but we know that only Jesus Christ fills the void.

Take a listen to Hayden, and look inside yourself to see where you can find similar themes in your life! Bring everything to the foot of the Cross so that Jesus can heal you! 

I wish you all a very wonderful week ahead, no matter what the devil throws at us....JESUS IS THE ANSWER!