Have you ever wondered if you are growing in your Christian life? Our editor, Touyee, shares a personal story of finding growth in Jesus Christ.
One of the best events growing up as a child was getting measured to see how much I had grown from the previous year. I could hardly stand still as my father would draw a line on the wall the few inches that I had grown. Looking at the newly drawn line on the wall, I couldn’t wait till the next one was drawn. The next morning, I would get measured again, hoping to have grown even more. To my disappointment, there was no new line. Day after day I would stand up against the wall and there was no growth. Finally, I stood on my tip-toes to achieve that new line on the wall. There was only one problem; I couldn’t stand on my tip-toes forever.
Do you believe in the power of prayer? Do you want to be a part of a movement to turn Hollywood and the entertainment industry back to Jesus?
Please join WitnessLA.org and our friends and partners for TheCRY Hollywood - a day of prayer, fasting and worship for our city and for Hollywood on March 15th at the Gibson Amphitheatre in Universal City. It will run all day from 2pm-midnight, and will bring churches and ministries together from around the city with a heart for this monumental cause.
It’s not a conference. It’s not a concert. It’s a cry. More information is available on TheCRY Hollywood’s official website or in the videos below:
Do you have a story that is too painful to tell? What if God asks you to share it with a perfect stranger over an afternoon tea?
It’s a Saturday afternoon in LA and I was at a fashion show with my girlfriend in support of a noble women’s cause. What better way to spend your girls- only -weekend! After the inspiring speeches given by women warriors from the biggest movie studios and entertainment agencies to bring domestic violence to an end, my friend and I were both fired up to move for God.
Our Editor Rachel debuts in WitnessLA with a story which brought her back to one of the darkest times in her life.
A few years ago, I was at the bottom of my career in Hong Kong entertainment. The company I joined was seemingly established with the biggest stars and 30 years of history but all of a sudden, it closed down. When I was drowning my sorrows in Shanghai with my friends, I met an accident which caused me to be hospitalized. That same weekend, I broke up with my boyfriend of three years. When I thought I was at the lowest point of my career, love and friendship, a close friend of mine sent me emails, asking me to come home to Malaysia, where she would be there for me. Her name was Shu.
Shu was the girl with the beautiful hair and features. She had a smile that would light up the entire college hallway. Even when she was going through tough times, she would tell me her stories with a great sense of humor. Her optimism was an inspiration to me.
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.
