Church Family, here is where we will feature what God is doing in our kids, teens, young adults, and adults. Check in on this page often to see new stories! We are taking enemy territory alotted to us as our heritage and we will rejoice together in others' victories!
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PERSONAL STORIES within our church from diverse age/gender and walks of life.
AWAKENING SALVATION REDEDICATION
AWAKENED & REDEDICATED...
"Iāve always been in church but I fell off, I got bored and lazy to the point to where I questioned if God was real. This happened for about 2 years. Then January 8th, I know I experienced God. I was crying and felt His presence. Ever since then Iāve been trying my best to go after Him."
AWAKENED...
"A ātaking overā by God.
He has given me reassurance that what Iāve been doing is constructive & productive. He has rescheduled my activities to include more study, more prayer, more service. He has balanced out my finances so my hobbies donāt overshadow my giving. He has taken over & I am good with it all.
Itās like knowing you will breathe: you donāt plan it, donāt think about it, you just do it. This is my life now. PLUS, my joy has increased, my peace & contentment have increased. He loves me & He doesnāt want me to settle."
He has given me reassurance that what Iāve been doing is constructive & productive. He has rescheduled my activities to include more study, more prayer, more service. He has balanced out my finances so my hobbies donāt overshadow my giving. He has taken over & I am good with it all.
Itās like knowing you will breathe: you donāt plan it, donāt think about it, you just do it. This is my life now. PLUS, my joy has increased, my peace & contentment have increased. He loves me & He doesnāt want me to settle."
AWAKENED... REDEDICATED...SET FREE...
āI have grown up in church, every Sunday and Wednesday - but I didnāt know who God was honestly. I knew religion, I knew the doās and donāts but I never knew Jesus. I had experienced His presence as a child, felt His presence, but I never pursued God outside of church and by the time I reached High School, I was lukewarm. I was a āgood kidā but I did not have a relationship with God. I struggled with anxiety, fear of what other people thought of me, insecurity. I lived in bondage. I came to church one Sunday morning, not expecting anything to happen, but God had other plans.
That day God met me!! I was overcome by His presence and I walked away never the same, God encountered me and changed me. He freed me!!! I rededicated my life to him and experienced a freedom and a fire for God like never before, Iām not the same girl I used to be a year ago.
BECAUSE of God- I have freedom and can worship. I used to be so bound by the fear of man that I would be too scared to even raise my hand in church- Now I praise God freely and radically, because of who He is and what He has done for me, I no longer live with the fear of what others might think, I no longer am bound!! I never thought I would have the boldness and the freedom I do now. God has done so much ever since this day. About a month after this moment I was baptized in the Holy Spirit. Now Iām living fully set on fire for HIM, with a heart to see other people saved and set free like I was.
I am HIS witness wherever I go, and I have gotten to see many of my friends and family changed and awakened to the real and living God - because of my pursuit and freedom!!! All Praise to God!!!ā
That day God met me!! I was overcome by His presence and I walked away never the same, God encountered me and changed me. He freed me!!! I rededicated my life to him and experienced a freedom and a fire for God like never before, Iām not the same girl I used to be a year ago.
BECAUSE of God- I have freedom and can worship. I used to be so bound by the fear of man that I would be too scared to even raise my hand in church- Now I praise God freely and radically, because of who He is and what He has done for me, I no longer live with the fear of what others might think, I no longer am bound!! I never thought I would have the boldness and the freedom I do now. God has done so much ever since this day. About a month after this moment I was baptized in the Holy Spirit. Now Iām living fully set on fire for HIM, with a heart to see other people saved and set free like I was.
I am HIS witness wherever I go, and I have gotten to see many of my friends and family changed and awakened to the real and living God - because of my pursuit and freedom!!! All Praise to God!!!ā
OBEDIENCE & SURRENDER
"I have to tell someone because if it can save someone the trouble and pain that Iāve had then I want this freedom for them. Several months ago pastor mentioned one morning that some of us would be called to sell everything we own to follow Him. I knew it struck something in me but then I thought you know what heās not talking about me. Because Iāve earned my stuff, Iāve worked hard, Iāve broken generational curses, Iām walking this walk and I deserve these things. These things tell me that Iāve made it, Iāve succeeded and now the WORLD can see it. But it came at a cost ha well not long after I justified my worldly possessions God told me to not only sell my things and get my house in order and decluttered of my things but that I also needed to hand the finances to my husband and come clean about them. So I though 'no problem God, just let me clean them up first'.
Well I noticed the more I tried to clean up my finances and hide my financial secrets the messier they got. To the point I was over my head. The walls had slowly been closing in and I was being attacked at every single angle of my life. My marriage, my kids, my shop, the anxiety I left behind I went and picked back up.
Last Wednesday I was very down and defeated and just needed some reassurance something very sugar coated. Well someone came up and said, "Hey, you canāt pour new wine into old wine skins, you canāt bring old habits into a new season." And that God had called me to be obedient and that I was going to be miserable until I surrendered. I ended up physically ill from Wednesday to Friday night, and I sat down with my husband and I confessed all of the debt that I had accumulated that he knew nothing about. It was a lot and surprisingly he reacted very well. by Monday morning I had an offer from someone wanting my building, after some conversations we agreed on every detail by today.
I asked my husband, "Can you believe that this is happening so fast??"
He said, "Absolutely because God told me if I would rededicate myself to him (get baptized ect) 'Watch what I can do with your life.'"
He had not told me why he wanted to be rebaptized. He just decided to do it, so I asked him, "Well how long ago did God tell you this? He gave me the weirdest look and said well a couple years ago."
So we have both been sitting in the wilderness not being obedient. And all I can think of is 'Man! I sure wish that I wouldāve done what God told me to do when he told me to do it because I bet this wouldnāt have been this hard and the mess wouldnāt be as big as it is.'
Well I noticed the more I tried to clean up my finances and hide my financial secrets the messier they got. To the point I was over my head. The walls had slowly been closing in and I was being attacked at every single angle of my life. My marriage, my kids, my shop, the anxiety I left behind I went and picked back up.
Last Wednesday I was very down and defeated and just needed some reassurance something very sugar coated. Well someone came up and said, "Hey, you canāt pour new wine into old wine skins, you canāt bring old habits into a new season." And that God had called me to be obedient and that I was going to be miserable until I surrendered. I ended up physically ill from Wednesday to Friday night, and I sat down with my husband and I confessed all of the debt that I had accumulated that he knew nothing about. It was a lot and surprisingly he reacted very well. by Monday morning I had an offer from someone wanting my building, after some conversations we agreed on every detail by today.
I asked my husband, "Can you believe that this is happening so fast??"
He said, "Absolutely because God told me if I would rededicate myself to him (get baptized ect) 'Watch what I can do with your life.'"
He had not told me why he wanted to be rebaptized. He just decided to do it, so I asked him, "Well how long ago did God tell you this? He gave me the weirdest look and said well a couple years ago."
So we have both been sitting in the wilderness not being obedient. And all I can think of is 'Man! I sure wish that I wouldāve done what God told me to do when he told me to do it because I bet this wouldnāt have been this hard and the mess wouldnāt be as big as it is.'
DELIVERANCE
ADDICTION BROKEN...
"Two weeks ago I crucified my flesh and I laid cigarettes down at the altar. It was the only thing I had left holding me back. So I have been wanting to get more involved in ministry...but I would always be hesitant because I wanted to totally be delivered from this stronghold because I would not teach or pour into someone's life knowing I was a smoker. Idk it just made me feel like I wasn't giving my all. Anyway...I laid them down NEVER to pick them up again...even when the enemy tried to tell me that just one would be ok...the Holy Spirit was louder and spoke to my heart of the sermon Pastor David preached a couple months back...instead of listening to the enemy He just kept shouting...NO you will NOT relent and make an excuse of why you relented!!! I just stand on that word everyday now and the enemy just FLEES!!!!!!!! God is SO faithful!!!!! Two weeks down and it's just amazing...no desires nothing...Jesus took IT ALL!!!! GLORY"
SET FREE FROM THE FEAR OF MAN...
"Stepping out of my comfort zone was always hard for me. I needed boldness and confidence to step out and do what I was being called and told to do. I am now walking in boldness. Unaffected by the worries of what others may think. Pastor Davidās obedience to what the Holy Spirit was telling him to tell me pulled me into the place I was suppose to be at in my walk! This church is truly a place where you can be set free and encouraged if you will allow it to be that. If you come in expecting and open for what God wants to do in you then the very need you came in with can be met! This is a place of freedom and a place of restoration! I was bound by fear, worry, and doubt but now I am free from it all!"
ADDICTED FOR TWELVE YEARS...
"I laid a can on the alter that represented 12 years of addiction, 12 years of money lost, 12 years of damaging my intestines and heart.
12 years of honestly feeling like I couldn't function without it and a lot of times couldn't.
12 years of saying 'it's just a dumb energy drink - I got this on my own'.
12 years that has lead me to my worst physical health I've ever been in. --To the point I can't breath and they think I have blockages and could need a stent.
BUT GOD!
I stood still 3 times and refused to go for prayer because 'it's just a stupid energy drink.'
God told me this morning I couldn't do it on my own. I could go another 12 years or I could go get that can and lay it down.
So I went and got the can and laid it down at the altar. The moment my hand was away from the can I felt a huge weight lifted from my chest and belly. Like something was removed!
I don't know who was praying for me but fire was running through me like I haven't felt in years! After many tears, I laid in the floor soaking up all God had for me. I got up with such a peace and lightness I haven't felt in some time. My chest feels lighter and I'm able to breath with out labored breaths! I'm claiming not only a deliverance but a physical restoration and healing!
I'm so grateful for the men of our church and their hunger for things of God. Because of them I have felt a boldness to step out.
I feel renewed and a excitement to become part of the body again!"
12 years of honestly feeling like I couldn't function without it and a lot of times couldn't.
12 years of saying 'it's just a dumb energy drink - I got this on my own'.
12 years that has lead me to my worst physical health I've ever been in. --To the point I can't breath and they think I have blockages and could need a stent.
BUT GOD!
I stood still 3 times and refused to go for prayer because 'it's just a stupid energy drink.'
God told me this morning I couldn't do it on my own. I could go another 12 years or I could go get that can and lay it down.
So I went and got the can and laid it down at the altar. The moment my hand was away from the can I felt a huge weight lifted from my chest and belly. Like something was removed!
I don't know who was praying for me but fire was running through me like I haven't felt in years! After many tears, I laid in the floor soaking up all God had for me. I got up with such a peace and lightness I haven't felt in some time. My chest feels lighter and I'm able to breath with out labored breaths! I'm claiming not only a deliverance but a physical restoration and healing!
I'm so grateful for the men of our church and their hunger for things of God. Because of them I have felt a boldness to step out.
I feel renewed and a excitement to become part of the body again!"
DELIVERED FROM A HARD, COLD HEART...
"God brought us at just the right time for us. I had heard sermons and been in church for years with a hard heart full of anger, bitterness and hurt. Nothing effected me. I had no feelings or emotions. I did not care if I or anyone else lived or died. The very first service we attended Pastor David was on part three of his 'Heart Health' series. That day God chipped away a small piece of the massive wall I built around my heart that nothing could penetrate. I couldn't break out and no one could break in. BUT GOD!!! God kept chipping away until there was a crack and praise God one night that wall was completely destroyed. I'm fighting back tears right now. I'm so thankful for the revival God has given my life and my marriage. These are all things He has done since we've been attending CA (about a year now). God has done the impossible in my life and I'm hearing the same about others lives. I know He is preparing us individually to fight and serve collectively. He told me , He has brought me here to prepare me. I know I'm not the only one.
HOW GREAT IS OUR GOD!! I'm able to love for the first time in almost 30 years. Can't wait to be a part of what is coming. Can't wait to serve with this church.
HOW GREAT IS OUR GOD!! I'm able to love for the first time in almost 30 years. Can't wait to be a part of what is coming. Can't wait to serve with this church.
HEALING
WHEN THE CHURCH PRAYS...
"A few weeks ago my back was out it hurt so bad I could hardly stand up. I had the prayer task force pray for me. God touched my back it hasn't hurt since. Thank you Jesus!!!"