I would like to share one live testimony that we have we have Jamie can you please
come up to the stage she drove all the way from Sunnyside which is about 45
minutes away just to share her testimony you know Jamie we really appreciate that
because we believe that testimonies they are like a seed and somebody will be
encouraged hearing your testimony if you can come up right here would you please
start sharing um what was your life like before you received Jesus Christ and
rededicated your life to God and what was the struggles that you had well for
one I was at the age of 16 I was like diagnosed with depression and anxiety
and I dropped out of high school at the age of 16 that's okay that's it's normal
to be nervous and so I dropped out and then I just my life couldn't move
forward I was so stuck and I'm like what was what were the things that you
experienced during that time of depression and what are the things that
you couldn't do normally so I was having like nightmares I couldn't go to one of
them with school I couldn't get a job because I was just so anxious and I just
have like panic attacks and so I let fear kind of just like consume my life
so that's how like it was affecting me I was just becoming an ugly person I
didn't want to be around people just a hateful person a very negative person
you also mentioned to me earlier that you were completely stuck at home and
you didn't want to go anywhere because of that depression yeah yeah so I was
like it got to the point where I just didn't want to get out of bed anymore
it was just like I could I had no hope no hope and Jesus tried coming to me and
I kept like shutting the door like I had I would have people tell me you should
pray and I was like no shut the door on Jesus
so Jesus kept pursuing me he's pursuing everybody that is not yet - has what's a
word for it give himself to him and so during the
time of your depression you lost your faith completely what happened and how
did you come about that so Jesus put somebody in my life would
you please talk about how you actually became an atheist okay so I was an
atheist I grew up in the Catholic Church and it was just like I didn't
have a relationship with Jesus I didn't know I didn't feel loved by Jesus I just
was like well I don't believe in you like you don't love me and that was like
what that's how I became atheist I was atheist for like about four years and
then Jesus was like I'm gonna bring somebody into your life so he brought
somebody into my life that I can physically see him moving this person I
had to physically see it and I was like what is that and that person was like
that's Jesus and I was like wow and also one time I was
like in front of my front yard and I was just like crying and I was like Jesus I
don't understand why I'm so depressed I don't understand and then it was so
random he like romanticized me and he put a beautiful hummingbird in my face
so close to my face and he was like I love you and it was just like that was
like my moment where I was like okay Jesus I'll let you in so when God
brought that person that you saw the work of God in the life of that person
and you started to become doubtful of your atheism right and you started to
kind of be drawn and to find if God is real and who he is and through that
person how did you rededicate it or gave your life back to God and how are you
now in church and what's going on with you now so how that all started is I got
planted right so that person was like here come to this church you know and
Jesus was like here I want to take you to hungrygen sounds like okay like what
do you do what do you want me to do here Jesus and
then they were doing like a call and I could literally feel the presence of God
like on me and I can feel that like peace all over me it was so good and so
since that time you have been coming to this church and you're also involved in
a life group and you have people that lift you up and build you up correct
yeah so I have all that so I was praying for all those things I was praying I was
like Jesus I need godly people around me and I need I was just praying
and out of no where Jesus was like oh here's two jobs here's like a free car
here's like friends and here's this and this and this and you just kept
providing things I'm like I'm so unworthy and he still loves me and
that's how that was my heart knowledge that like wow he's still like he loves
me even after I shut the door on him wow that is so touching and amazing you know
I believe that God changes lives and even like he did for Jamie found herself
in depression and anxiety could not come out of her house dropped out of school
completely shut the door on God you know and this is what God can do with the
person you know I I was worshiping and the Holy Spirit showed me the picture
there is a one young lady that is watching us right now or will be
rewatching that you really connect yourself with the testimony of Jamie you
are like in depression you are not going anywhere you're alone in fact this quarantine
thing is not new to you because you've been stuck alone by yourself at
your home for many many years and you are trying to get out that stage and you
can't and I want to let you know something Jesus Jesus Christ came today
this morning to touch your life I want you to open up your heart and just like
Jamie did open up your heart back to God and he will do miracles in your life in
Jesus name Jamie would you please share a word of advice to people who might be
just like you find themselves in depression or
could not do life by themselves anymore what would you tell them my advice to
you is that the enemy is trying to discourage you and that Jesus is giving
I feel like this had to happen to me I had to be depressed because I had to
know what it felt like to be depressed I could know how it feels like when Jesus
comes and rescues me and another advice would be that when you're going
through these battles remember that it says in the word that victory is yours
but you can't have victory unless you have battles amen thank you so much Jamie
well what an amazing testimony let's give God the glory where you're
standing were you sitting in your house we just want to appreciate God how much
he does for us for each one of us and he loves us hi there this is Lana thank you
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