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.
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.
“The Lord is my helper; I will not be afraid. What can man do to me?” - Hebrews 13:6. Our sister shares an encouraging testimony of how after 4 difficult years of waiting, trusting,and learning, God provided her a new job and new life almost overnight.
Do you ever have those weeks where things just seem to pile on top of each other, problem after problem? I can definitely say that I just went through one of the most unforeseeable and unexpected things in my life.
For about 4 years now, I was extremely unhappy at work. It wasn’t just about being unhappy, but my attitude was bitter for a good amount of those 4 years as I felt like I was being attacked from all sorts of directions. Every day seemed like forever and I couldn’t believe how emotionally abusive my work environment was.
I cried out. “God, why are you doing this to me? What are you trying to teach me?” I repeated this over and over for a very, very – VERY – long time.
We’re so blessed to welcome Kytia as the newest Voice in our WitnessLA Family. Kytia, originally from Hawaii, is a beautiful and talented actress, model and writer with a huge heart for the Lord and a calling for Hollywood. In this powerful testimony, Kytia shares about her struggles with beauty, identity, and staying true to the Lord in the challenging and competitive entertainment industry.
Being beautiful on the outside isn’t something I’m always striving to be, but knowing that I’m exuding beauty from within is very important to me. Unfortunately, it’s taken me a while to know who I truly am and to accept that person. Before my relationship with God, I struggled to feel beautiful and that’s one of the reasons my mom enrolled me in modeling classes when I was 15 years young. I didn’t know this at the time, but it was her way of boosting my self esteem and helping me to accept my femininity.
Our friend and reader shares the dangers of something that otherwise seems so neutral: social media. Rather than focusing on gossip and the lives of others, we need to fix our eyes on the Lord, find our joys through Him and seek Him to live out our purpose. This testimony is a good reminder that God is our rock and foundation of highest importance, and that everything else on this earth is temporary.
“OMG did you hear?!” It is a phrase heard often in today’s society. It is a way to connect with others. It starts conversations and can end an awkward silence.In the days of social media where news spreads like wildfire, it creates a topic of conversation where one otherwise might not exist.And in that moment, it can create a common bond between people and an idea of common interest.It is, “What happened to whom?”, “Who did what?” and “Where they went and with whom?” It is gossip, it is news and it is hot.
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.
In the spirit of Mother’s Day this week, our Voice Sherea shares her story of what it means to be called as a mother.
Every night before my two young girls get ready for bed, we spend time enjoying their favorite books. Although my goal is to keep it to one favorite, the girls always end up choosing five or six. One night, my oldest daughter selected the book “When I Grow Up” to be included in the volumes of children’s stories we would enjoy that evening.
“When I Grow Up” had lots of cute pictures to keep kids interested and highlighted enough high profile careers to impress even the most eager-to-see-their-kids-be-successful parents. “Great choice,” I thought, as my mind danced at the thought of how much potential my daughter must have to already be planning her profession at the tender age of four.
From time to time, we’ll be featuring some of the best comments and feedback we receive from some of our readers around the world. We recently received this message and testimony from our reader Azadeh from Copenhagen, Denmark. Please keep her and her potential mission trip to Cambodia in prayer! Thank you to all our readers for continuing to inspire us and for sharing how this blog has moved you!
I turned 30 in November of 2010. With this came a lot of fear about what I would do after graduation, where I would live and what career path I would take. I told a friend about my fears and we started to talk about my future job. I did not know what I wanted to do. That was when I was asked, “If you could do anything, what would it be?” I answered, “I would like to get out, travel and do missionary work.” This was after watching the movie “1040” by Jaeson Ma and reading a tweet of his that said: “Fear looks, Faith Jumps.” Without telling my friend about the motivation behind my desires, she suddenly told me: “I have only one word for you: JUMP.”
Where do we turn when the fire burns out? Our friend shares her journey.
Many testimonies are reflections of things that have already happened and seeing in hindsight how God has answered the prayers we’ve lifted up with the end goal of us as people and sinners having more faith. I’d like to share my testimony while I’m amidst the struggles I’m dealing with this very moment and also share my attitude in hopes that it will encourage you to remain faithful in the Lord in your times of hardship.
Let’s back up to January 1, 2011. For some reason, I really felt like God gave me a fresh new start this year in my walk with Him.
Our friend Thomas shares an incredible story of physical healing… right before his eyes!
So, I’m gonna be completely honest, and say that I absolutely did not ever expect what happened to me yesterday to ever happen to me in my life! Never, ever! But the funny thing is, now that it happened, all I can think is that this kinda stuff needs to happen to me all the time, and in other people’s lives too! Pretty funny, huh? But before I even tell you what happened let me give you some background information.
Back in 2005, I got into one heck of a car accident. In the middle of a left turn, I was hit by oncoming traffic that ran the red light. My car literally exploded, and flew several feet back from the impact. I blacked out, and when I finally came through I remembered smelling battery acid and burning electrical wires.
