How One Prayer Healed Autism

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Gina and Brian witnessed their son Ethan experience victory over autism.

A Muslim's Search for Meaning Leads to Christ

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The following excerpt is from CBN.com:

Antonio Santana found meaning in Islam, but he didn't find salvation until he met Jesus.

He started having dreams. “I dreamt that I was swimming in a big ocean all by myself and there was a figure in the background sitting on a rock. He was fishing for me. I didn’t know who that figure was because I couldn’t categorize Him at that moment as Jesus Christ, but I had an impression that was Jesus. I was trying to make sense of it. At the same time I couldn’t explain it.”

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Bryan Clay's Path to Olympic Gold through Faith

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An anger problem almost derailed the career of this Olympic athlete, but a mother's prayers helped to turn things around.

Life Changing Miracles through the Power of Prayer

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The video and following excerpt from CBN.com is an illustration of how Jesus can transform your life through the power of prayer.

By Christine McWorter

Sex, drugs, and rock n' roll summed up the life of musician Bobby Hayden, but it soon turned into addiction, despair and hopelessness.

Every penny he earned from gigs went to heroin. He became unstable, neglecting his bills in favor of his next high. Eventually Bobby lost his home and ended up living on skid row. The dream was over, and he was all alone.

“By the time the 90’s got here, I was so sick of Bobby Hayden, I wanted to be anybody- anybody else but Bobby Hayden,” Bobby said. “I was one of the worst down there. I injected heroin probably five to fifteen times a day. I absolutely remember going a year without a bath. I knew that I was down there to die. I really felt I was down there to die. Because in skid row, that’s why a lot of people go there - it’s your last hurrah.”

For seven years, Bobby lived on skid row panhandling for drug money. One day, another homeless man had a message for him. “’Bobby, your body is full of poison. Your legs are all chewed up with injections. You go no veins left. You’ve blown out your neck. You’re not going to be with us much longer,’”

Bobby remembers, “And I’m laying there without a chance in the world, clothes I’ve had on for a year, and my skin was darkened with dirt and soot and toxins from the air. And he said that I had to maybe start praying in the name of Jesus.”

With nothing to lose, Bobby took his advice and started to pray and read the Bible. “When I was walking the streets homeless, I had a little light on in the back of my head that somehow I was going to walk away from it.’

Bobby was right - his life was about to change. One of his old friends sent him a bus ticket to Phoenix and some methadone- a drug that helps addicts quit by stopping withdrawal symptoms. “Then it kinda hit me that I had been praying in Jesus’ name and all of a sudden I got a way out,” said Bobby. “So by this time I know that something is really leading me down that road and I knew this Jesus thing had to be for real.”

Bobby weaned himself off methadone. After about a year, he didn’t need it or any other drug. When a family member invited him to church, he was happy to attend. Soon, he began building a relationship with God.

“Jesus is everything. He’s just- He’s virtually everything - or I would still be in that cardboard box or probably not on this earth. So once I got out of the way and realized that Someone Else was calling the shots, that’s when it really started. I started to tick on all 8 again.”

Bobby has been free from drugs for over 3 years. He is a worship leader at his church, and is able to do what he loves - write and perform music. He says Jesus helped him see that a life in Christ is the best life possible.

He says, “I am so thankful to be a human being again and be in touch with Jesus, because now I really understand that Jesus lives inside of me.”

Billy Rivers: A Hardened Biker Switches Gears

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Excerpt from CBN.com:

Biker Billy Rivers rode the motorcycle gang lifestyle all the way to prison. It was there that he began to question the love he saw from Christians.

After being released from prison, Billy says, “The Lord used second Corinthians 5:17 to let me know, ‘You’re not the same anymore. I own you. You are Mine. I have you under My wings. I love you. I forgive you of everything you’ve ever done. Old things are passed away and behold, all things are become new.’ And I said, ‘Lord, that’s me.’”

Billy lives a new life today. He still rides motorcycles, but no longer with a gang. He’s the chaplain for the New Orleans chapter of the Christian Motorcycle Association.

“I have never experienced anything like this and I would never give it up for anything that I would ever experience. Jesus Christ is the Way the Truth and the Life, so being a servant today for Jesus Christ is the most wealthy thing - it’s the most blessed miracle -that I could ever imagine in my life. God’s awesome.”

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'HEAVEN IS REAL': New York Times bestselling author Don Piper relates near-death experience

Don Piper Speaking at Church Parish - Photo by Linda Andrade Rodrigues

'HEAVEN IS REAL': New York Times bestselling author Don Piper relates near-death experience | SouthCoastToday.com

The photograph and following excerpt is from SouthCoastToday.com:

By LINDA ANDRADE RODRIGUES

MOULTONBOROUGH, N.H. — (12-3-2011) The Rev. Paul O'Neil moved to higher ground when his new pastoral assignment took him from Acushnet-Wesley United Methodist Church to a New Hampshire parish nestled in the Ossipee Mountains, 2,990 feet above sea level. But recently he reached even greater heights when he introduced his congregation to a man who spent 90 minutes in heaven.

Moultonborough United Methodist Church, where O'Neil has served as pastor since July 1, 2010, was filled to capacity as New York Times bestselling author Don Piper, a Baptist minister, approached the lectern. 

Published in 2004, Piper's book "90 Minutes in Heaven" has sold 5 million copies in 41 languages.

"The reason I am in New Hampshire on a morning like this is to say to you, 'Heaven is real,'" said Piper. "God has a plan for us, and Heaven is in it."

In January 1989, Piper climbed into his red 1986 Ford Escort after leaving a pastors' conference, in Livingston, Texas. He was headed to a Bible study at South Park Baptist Church in Alvin, Texas, where he served on staff.

"I was driving across a bridge, and an 18-wheeler hit me head on," he said. "It was a four-car accident. Everyone was okay except me. Four paramedics worked on me at the same time, trying to resuscitate me. I was pronounced dead, and they covered up my body with a tarp, waiting for the coroner."

Piper said that simultaneously with his last recollection of seeing the bridge and the rain, a light enveloped him with a brilliance beyond earthly comprehension.

"In my next moment of awareness, I was standing in heaven," he said. "Joy pulsated through me as I looked around, and at that moment I became aware of a large crowd of people. As they surged toward me, I knew instantly that all of them had died during my lifetime. Their presence seemed absolutely natural. They rushed toward me, and every person was smiling, shouting, and praising God."

Piper said that he gets frustrated describing what heaven was like because he cannot begin to put into words what it looked like, sounded like and felt like.

"Their warm embraces were absolutely real," he said. "Heaven is a sensory explosion. I saw colors I would never have believed existed. I've never, ever felt more alive than I did then. I did not see God, although I knew God was there."

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Hephzibah Agai: Jesus Fills the Empty Space

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Growing up with Islam, Hephzibah Agai shares her conversion to Christianity.

Testimonies of Faith

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Testimonies of Faith regarding God's blessings are shared on Christian-Miracles.com

By Loci B. Lenar

God calls us to share our faith and blessings in order to provide encouragement and hope for others. In doing so, we spread the gospels to those in need of our Lord's love and mercy which in turn helps to build the Kingdom of God here on earth.

So what does scripture convey regarding answered prayer and events that change our lives for the better as a result of God's blessings?

Oh give thanks to the LORD, call upon His name; Make known His deeds among the peoples. Sing to Him, sing praises to Him; Speak of all His wonderful acts. (1Chronicles 16:8-9)

I will give you thanks, for you answered me; you have become my salvation. (Psalm 118:21)

Give thanks in all circumstances; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus. (1 Thessalonians 5:18)

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I give thanks to God for blessing our website as a public ministry of faith and hope. May the Blessed Mother and Holy Saints intercede on behalf of all that request prayer and obtain God's blessing and favor. May Almighty God the Father answer all your prayers through his divine son Jesus Christ.

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