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Marc Hill - Overcoming Battles

February 12, 2008 7:40 pm

Marc Hill with his grandson
Marc Hill (right) with his grandson

Overcoming Battles
“No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.” - Romans 8:37-39

This scripture from Romans gave me courage and hope to go on during times in my life when I needed to know it most that I was a conqueror through Christ.

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Greg Biggs: The Second Chance

September 23, 2006 7:29 am
Greg Biggs (3rd from left) with his brothers in Christ
Greg Biggs (3rd from left) with his brothers in Christ

“Better one handful with tranquillity than two handfuls with toil and chasing after the wind.” Ecclesiastes 4:6

Growing up I was never close to God. I thought that being good and obeying the rules was enough. When I hit high school I was like most other freshmen: curious about what was ahead. My freshmen year was a year I never would forget for many reasons. There are two events from this period that would define the rest of my life. The first was meeting one of my new teachers, Mr. Chris Adams. He would be the first person to ever open the Bible with me.

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Pat & Pam Boea: Mission Impossible

September 9, 2006 2:23 pm
The Boea Family
The Boea Family

“Jesus replied, ‘What is impossible with men is possible with God.’”
Luke 18:27

Pat: Before I found God, I had been married for eight years without any kind of spirituality in my life or my household. I loved my wife and kids very much but my actions were not showing that at all. Because I was very selfish, I did what I wanted to do, when I wanted to do it. I worked two or sometimes three jobs. My thinking was that on my free time I could hang with my buddies, often getting drunk and missing time with my wife and very young kids.

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Seth & Amy Drew: Refined by Fire

September 3, 2006 11:10 am
Amy & Seth Drew
Amy & Seth Drew

“Above all, love each other deeply, because love covers over a multitude of sins.” 1 Peter 4:8

Seth: When I think of my life before Christ, words like messed up and not normal come to mind. I was nine when my parents went through a horrible divorce (my mom and dad have now been involved in seven different marriages). To say we were stuck in the middle is a complete understatement. I remember my mom hating my dad so much she wanted to take his life. She would carry around a loaded shot gun and tell us she would kill my father if she ever got the chance. This left us utterly terrified. My father went to jail from about 1990-91. While I was in junior high school I went to a spiritual retreat, and I heard a “cranking” sermon on hell. I knew I didn’t want to go there. I prayed Jesus into my heart that day and “got saved,” so I thought. In high school I partied hard, experimented with drugs and fought all the time. Drunk driving and living a sexually active life lead me to deep insecurities, depression and thoughts of suicide. I struggled to know the meaning of life. Through all this I carried with me a deep sense of God.

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Joel Parlour: The Sinful Saint

August 26, 2006 8:00 am
Joel Parlour (center) with Anthony Fellis (left) and Anthony Franklin (right)
Joel Parlour (center) with Anthony Fellis (left) and Anthony Franklin (right)

“I will praise the LORD, who counsels me; even at night my heart instructs me. I have set the LORD always before me. Because he is at my right hand, I will not be shaken. Therefore my heart is glad and my tongue rejoices; my body also will rest secure, because you will not abandon me to the grave, nor will you let your Holy One see decay. You have made known to me the path of life; you will fill me with joy in your presence, with eternal pleasures at your right hand.”
Psalm 16:7-11

Growing up as a “Kingdom Kid” I had no fear of God whatsoever. My life was full of sin, some that I didn’t even know existed. I was being instructed by the world, not by God. I did not put the Lord first in any area of my life. I lived the way I wanted to and had the friends I chose. And it was obvious.

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