Sharing an Awesome Testimony of an Awesome God!
The following testimony was posted on the private website yesterday, and it really is an awesome and encouraging example of just how GOD can work to change our spouses and draw them into right relationship with Him through the power of the Holy Spirit! Everyone standing for marriage restoration should be very encouraged by it, because this is such a powerful example of HOW God works and WHY He does NOT need our help! He’s more than capable of speaking to our spouses, and as this FAM Fellowship member shared, this happened when it appears that no one was praying for her (though we don’t know that for sure), so just imagine what God will do when we are praying for our spouses and standing on the power and promise of His Word. In addition, here’s a link to today’s “Life of Faith” message from Glenn Jackson about REVELATION KNOWLEDGE OF GOD’S AUTHORITY [WORD], which this testimony reminds me of. It’s VERY long, but really worth the time to read and study. When people hear from God, that’s all it takes to totally and radically change their lives and ways, so let’s focus on praying for our spouses to hear the voice of God and be compelled by the authority of God’s Word just as this young woman was. Be blessed and encouraged!
I want to share an awesome testimony we heard from a woman at church Sunday night. She is in her late twenties with a history of sexual promiscuity that began when she was 14 years old. She grew up in a single parent household after her mother divorced her abusive, alcoholic father and she said that she tried to use sex to fill the void left from not having her father around. And she said she used sex to manipulate men to get what she wanted and that she didn’t feel much guilt, because she really didn’t know any better.
But she knew something wasn’t right and she didn’t have peace about what she was doing.
That continued until she was in her early twenties and met a man who treated her differently from any one she had been with before. He didn’t want anything from her; he just wanted to be with her for who she was. And that was hard for her to believe. But she ended up getting pregnant by him, so they got married. Then she reverted back to her previous activity and cheated on him repeatedly in their first years of marriage. That’s when she first started feeling guilty, because she knew her husband loved her.
Now, here comes the powerful part of the story and the reason I’m sharing it. I wish I knew the husband’s side of the story, but I don’t at this point. Anyway, she was overcome with a feeling” that what she was missing in her life was a relationship with God; and that was just out of the blue!! God is awesome!! So she and her husband began attending church and enrolled in a class for “New Christians” a couple of years ago. Their marriage has been restored and they now have a ten month old little girl in addition to their six year old son.
She went on to say that their marriage was still in the healing stage and that there are obviously trust issues, but God is healing all the wounds as time goes by. God is now the center of their individual lives and of their marriage. Now, if God will heal this marriage and this woman without any prayer or standing on the Word of God, how much more is He going to do for us who are asking, seeking, and believing in His mighty works.
Not only is this a huge “God glorifying” story; it is another example of God’s perfect timing to encourage and support me personally in my stand for my marriage. We all know the more we minister and witness God’s Word, the more Satan is going to come after us. So be alert to that and know that God is our strength and the battle is not ours. Time and time again, God is right there at the right time to defeat the enemy. So expect Him to fight for you and expect Him to deliver on His promises as given to us in His Word. Blessings.