Emotions

After being sold for heroin as a four-year-old and enduring years of sexual abuse, prostitution, homelessness, and being separated from her family, she entered foster care and was introduced to Jesus for the first time. Through adoption, Christian education, and a growing relationship with God, her life was transformed—and years later, she returned to her birth mother with forgiveness, love, and a message that God still loved her.

After pursuing happiness through the New Age movement, traveling, and experiences that seemed like they should fulfill her, she still felt empty and restless. After unexpectedly encountering Christians praying in Athens, she began reading a French Bible through the night and became convinced that Jesus was speaking to her and inviting her to follow Him. By morning, she knew God had changed her life.

After befriending Michael, a young man who seemed to possess an unusual wisdom and confidence despite his physical challenges, he was introduced to the idea that Jesus was the Jewish Messiah who had come for all people. As he began wrestling with a powerful presence he couldn't explain, Michael encouraged him to seek Jesus—and he eventually became convinced that he had truly encountered the Messiah.

After discovering an old family Bible as a young teenager, Dean began reading the words of Jesus in the Gospels and was overwhelmed by a powerful sense of God's presence. As he encountered the love of God and the possibility of a personal relationship with Him for the first time, the experience became a life-changing divine encounter.

After being left alone at six years old and growing up with a mother who married several times, Gary rarely experienced the care and attention of a father figure. Though he describes himself as a victim, he chose to see his difficult childhood as a challenge rather than let it define him. After nearly 52 years of marriage and raising children who avoided the struggles he once faced, Gary looks back with gratitude for God's faithfulness and the assurance that he was never truly alone.

After growing up with little connection to God and believing he didn't need Him, Shawn found himself facing the heartbreak of divorce and the possible end of his marriage. An unexpected visit from church members who prayed for reconciliation became a powerful turning point, and a later encounter with the story of Jesus brought him to tears as he cried out to God for the first time. Through the brokenness of his marriage, God began to humble his heart and draw him toward faith.

After years of serving in ministry and longing to experience more of God's presence, Jason and his wife faced an unimaginable trial when a sudden infection threatened his life. Despite fervent prayer, fasting, and believing for a miracle, Jason passed away after experiencing what his wife believes was a supernatural encounter with angels. Through heartbreak, grief, and unanswered questions, she discovered a deeper understanding of God's mercy and learned to hold on to hope and trust in His goodness even when healing doesn't come.

After struggling with anger toward his father, who was secretly battling alcoholism, Weston reached a breaking point that led him to cry out to God for help. In that moment, God challenged him to love the father he felt had hurt him, opening his eyes to his own need for a Savior. After his father's sudden death, Weston found peace through forgiveness and fully surrendered his life to Christ.

After years of rejecting Christianity, questioning God's existence, and struggling with the emotional aftermath of Vietnam, he began to reconsider his beliefs through his wife's unwavering faith. After reaching a breaking point in their marriage, an unexpected encounter with God during a marriage retreat brought him a peace that changed his heart and led him to believe.

After mocking Christianity and searching for purpose in his own beliefs, David reluctantly went to church, encountered Jesus, and returned to school a changed person with a new identity and a new purpose for living.

After losing her son to a drunk driving accident, she chose radical forgiveness over bitterness. Guided by God, she forgave the driver in person—and even embraced her—experiencing deep healing, peace, and the power of restoration through obedience and grace.