In the spirit of Valentine’s, at WitnessLA.org we’re featuring the stories and testimonies on what God has shown Christians about singleness, relationships, and love all the days leading up to Feb. 14th. Today, our Editor Dan shares how God is faithful in keeping His promise to make marriage a blessed union.
Marriage isn’t easy. It’s no wonder that when we look around at our peers in our late 20’s and even mid 30’s, it’s rare to find people who are actually married. I wasn’t a young buck by the time I tied the knot - one month from my 30th birthday, and yet, when people find out that I’m married, it’s shocking and almost scandalous to most people that I would do the deed “at such a young age.” Some people are in such disbelief when they’re around Rachel and I that they keep referring to me as her boyfriend, even after being corrected many times.
Now that could just be my youthful charm and good looks (*wink*), but more likely it’s a symptom of how we view marriage nowadays and the fact that to most people, marriage just isn’t worth the work.
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.”
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.
Are you bold in what you pray for? Recently, I’ve become absolutely convinced that God will move Heavens and Earth out of love for us if we just ask. That He can - and will - do anything to show you His love, even change the weather.
Now before you strike me as some kind of radical or crazy person, Jesus himself said “With man this impossible, but with God all things are possible.” Matthew 19:26 (NIV)
I just got married on September 18th. It was a Sunday. For three or four days before the wedding, I woke up each day to dark grey overcast skies. I checked the weather each day, hopeful there would somehow be sun for the biggest day of our lives…[click “Read More” below to continue]
Our brother SMC recently discovered how deep a relationship with God can be. It is more than just going to church regularly and being a “good citizen”. Read about how God has revealed Himself to him, and how his personal relationship with Christ has flourished.
A few weeks ago, our pastor asked for an offering to help out with buying sound equipment for our praise and worship team. I felt led to contribute a certain amount even before I attended the prayer meeting. It was an amount that hurt my wallet, as I often have more money going out than in to pay for debts and living costs. The next day, I made the biggest sale in our company. The profits doubled what I gave in 20 minutes. This incident reminded me of my first meaningful offering, when I learned that our God is a God of miracles and He is always faithful to us.
He Knows Best- this is a story about how God revealed the true meaning of His Mission on a mission trip to a place where no one speaks of Him.
Have you ever heard of that saying,
“If you want to make God laugh, you tell him your plans”?
Well, this summer I had the opportunity to go on a mission trip to Asia to share God’s love with some amazing people. For security reasons, I cannot disclose the name of the country, but basically, our ministry worked in a restaurant with a bunch of people who were either new believers or had absolutely no idea who Christ was. This restaurant partnered up with a non-profit organization and their entire ministry is about reaching out to all their workers. I know what you’re thinking, how is that intentional right? I was thinking the exact same thing and the exact words going through mind was: What did I sign up for?
It was definitely tense the first few weeks being there. I had no idea how I was going to execute sharing the gospel, especially because evangelizing was illegal and communication was a problem because I hardly spoke the language. There I was, working in a restaurant with strangers and I had absolutely no idea what to expect, but God knew exactly why He brought me there and what He wanted to reveal to me.
God remembers those we have forgotten. Will you follow when He calls you to love the unlovable? Our friend Arielle came all the way from Singapore to be a missionary here in downtown LA’s Skid Row and shares an amazing testimony of healing and love in a place we so often ignore.
I was a volunteer with a church group that hits Skid Row regularly. We feed them, befriend them, pray with them & simply make ourselves available for God to touch them.
On a typical morning on 27th May 2011, when we were walking around telling people about free food, my friends spotted a lady (let’s call her T) limping along the streets. T was knocked down by a car a month ago & broke her right knee. Her surgery was in fact due the next day but was still open to us praying for her…[click “Read More” below to continue]
My name is Lewis, and in 1996, my dad and I were involved in a very bad car accident in Monaco that left my left ankle totally shattered. I had to undergo 6 hours of reconstructive surgery with a metal plate and 6 screws. When I returned to the U.S., I began to suffer from ankle pains and I went to see a specialist.
When was the last time you saw a man drop his crutches and walk?
This is another video from our friend Tony the street evangelist. His passion is to take God’s love to strangers on the street here in LA. We are so blessed that he’s decided to share some of his raw street ministry videos with our readers here at WitnessLA.org.
Recently, Tony was at Hollywood and Highland when he found a man on crutches with a brace on his leg. Tony prayed for the man to be healed, and this video captured what happened next.
What if our lives looked like the stories we read in the Bible?
Our good friend Tony is a street evangelist, and his passion is to take God’s love to strangers on the streets of LA. We are so blessed that he has decided to share some of his raw street ministry videos with our readers here at WitnessLA.
Recently, Tony was on the Walk of Fame in Hollywood when he found a man in crutches who was paralyzed on the right side of his body. Tony prayed for the man to be healed, and this video captured what happened next.
