Our friend, Micheal, recently learned the joy of giving with a generous heart and witnessed God’s riches that poured in because of his obedience.Micheal’s message is one that many of us, in this economy, can relate to: If you don’t have much material wealth in this world and are struggling to stay afloat, give generously. You will be amazed by God’s ability and willingness to multiply our limited resources into something magnificent!
“Bring the whole tithe into the storehouse, that there may be food in my house. Test me in this,” says the LORD Almighty, “and see if I will not throw open the floodgates of heaven and pour out so much blessing that there will not be room enough to store it.” - Malachi 3:10
This is a testimony to this verse. These past 2 months God has been teaching me about money. I remember being in a car with my small group leader and he was rebuking me saying, “It’s not that God doesn’t want to give you money, it’s just that you’re not ready for it yet. If you get money, God knows you will spend it on things you probably shouldn’t.”
Our friend, Kytia, parallels everyday circumstances, such as repairing a leak in the ceiling, to lessons that God teaches us, like healing our greatest pains from the inside out. Kytia’s testimony reminds us that God can use times of great sadness, confusion and struggle to break open our hearts and bring healing.
Recently, my husband and I had our first encounter with serious repairs to our apartment. Ever since the first time it rained while we were living on our own, we’ve been dealing with leaks here and there in our office. There was even an incident when I noticed a leak above my computer desk right before we were about to leave for a meeting. If we had left just a few minutes sooner, my keyboard might have been soaked by the time we returned home and that would have been a whole other problem.
On several occasions, WitnessLA has had the privilege to be able to post some of Tony Lee’s miraculous street evangelism experiences. This time, the testimony comes not from others, but from him. Many thanks to our friends at Korean American Christian Media (KAC) for recording and sharing this inspiring story.
Tony Lee was a rebellious kid until a life-changing encounter with the Holy Spirit made him realize that God was real and that God loved him. Since then, Tony has been passionately sharing the love of God with others, often going to the streets, restaurants, and malls to pray for people. Testimonies of healing and salvation have resulted from his street evangelism. Hear his fascinating testimony!
Sometimes it is hard to wake up early everyday when all that’s waiting for you in the office is unhappiness and stress. This testimony is a continuation of our friend’s search for her purpose in her workplace, and how her supposedly “dream job” was not so perfect after all.
I wondered why God put me here in this workplace. Although I thought this place was better than where I was previously, I soon realized that I was fooled by what I didn’t know. Isn’t it funny how “human” we are? If you want to read about how God was present throughout my journey to this point, you can read about it here: http://witnessla.org/post/9632040694/the-abundant-harvest-from-our-helper.
Music as a whole is a form of expression and it can be used to glorify God, no matter what genre it is. Check out this video of Micah Kinard, the singer of Oh Sleeper, on how he merges his style of heavy metal rock music and his passion for Christ, courtesy of our friends at Enoch Magazine.
For many, Christmas is a joyful time with family. For others, Christmas can be a struggle, the loneliest time of year, or a reminder of what they’ve lost.
Christmas is a story of hope, healing and reconciliation, from God to the world, and now we can do our part.
This Christmas we want our readers to give each other the gift of prayer. Here’s how. Pray for the commenter above you and post your prayer request below. The next commenter will then pray for you. Let’s start a viral prayer chain!
Our Editors will also be praying for each of the prayer requests personally, with expectancy for reconciliation, healing, breakthrough or blessing for each of you in this season. God knows your needs and He will provide, just believe! No request is too big for Him and no request is too small.
Our friend Andy shares an amazing story about God’s incredible provision - when he took a chance and followed the dream God had put on his heart, all of the finances for the project were miraculously covered by someone he had just met.
Ever been caught by the lying game? Our friend Touyee shares his struggles with telling the truth and how he was brought from the pit of lies to victory.
Let me preface my story with information that is vital to my journey of being saved. I’ve only attended one college, I’ve never held a job, I was hired to turn a book into a screenplay, and I’ve spent a weekend in San Diego for a conference. These may seem like random facts about me, but they are at the very foundation my story is set upon. For all of these are lies.
I didn’t have a Christian upbringing, but I was exposed to Christian faith at various points in my childhood and adolescence. I admitted God’s existence, but only desired to pray to Him when I wanted something or when trouble happened. My thinking was that I demanded that everything go my way. When my prayers went unanswered for the things that I wanted, I naturally blamed God. My thinking made me believe that I didn’t need God to guide me. That if I found enough pleasure, possessions, power, or prestige, then I would be happy. Through this thinking, I neglected, ignored, and eventually rejected God.
Sometimes, the big huge game-changing miracle comes in a tiny little gift of love. Our Editor Dan shares his story.
It’s amazing all the little ways God shows how He loves us and how He is there with us. A few weeks ago, the WitnessLA team had its first ever “Dinner Social” for all the different Editors, Voices, team members, volunteers and contributors to meet each other in person for the first time. Rachel and I had decided to host the event at our house in Silver Lake, but really didn’t know what to expect and how it would turn out. We had been praying for God to show up in a big and dramatic way, but the biggest way He ended up showing up was in the smallest of little details.
All of us struggle with giving in our own way. Some give out of their means, others can’t fathom the idea of gifting. Regardless of your stance on this issue, always remember that God gave us a priceless gift: the life of His only son. We should all embrace that to give in God’s eyes is to shed ourselves of worldly expectations. Hopefully this will be in our hearts as we enter the Christmas season.
With Christmas around the corner, many of us find ourselves making more trips to the mall and perusing more Holiday catalogs in a week than we otherwise would in a year.Although all of this is done with loving intentions and in good spirit, we have to be careful because too much fixation on the gift itself could lead to an expectation for something in return.
