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By our testimonies we are witnesses to others of what a wonderful God we serve. As we tell others what God has done for us, we not only strengthen our faith but strengthen the faith of others and glorify our Creator.
Below are some amazing testimonies and warnings.
Corrie ten Boom (April 15, 1892 - April 15, 1983) was a Dutch, Christian Holocaust survivor who helped many Jews escape the Nazis during World War II. She wrote Tramp for the Lord and co-wrote her autobiography The Hiding Place, which was later made into a movie of the same name.
Corrie even has a museum located in Holland.
Pam Rosewell Moore was Corrie's personal companion for the last seven yaers of her life. Pam is an author and international speaker and has her own blog.
Desmond Doss was the only conscientious objector to receive the Congressional Medal of Honor during World War II. He resfused to kill or to carry a weapon into combat and served as a medic in the army. The Medal of Honor is the highest military decoration awarded by the United States government. Recipients of the Medal of Honor receive $1000 per month for life, a right to burial at Arlington National Cemetary, admission for them or their children to a service academy and free travel on government aircraft to almost anywhere in the world on a space-available basis.
Citation: Private First Class, U.S. Army, Medical Detachment, 307th Infantry, 77th Infantry Division. He was a company aid man when the lst Battalion assaulted a jagged escarpment 400 feet high. As our troops gained the summit, a heavy concentration of artillery, mortar and machinegun fire crashed into them, inflicting approximately 75 casualties and driving the others back. Pfc. Doss refused to seek cover and remained in the fire-swept area with the many stricken, carrying them 1 by 1 to the edge of the escarpment and there lowering them on a rope-supported litter down the face of a cliff to friendly hands. On 2 May, he exposed himself to heavy rifle and mortar fire in rescuing a wounded man 200 yards forward of the lines on the same escarpment; and 2 days later he treated 4 men who had been cut down while assaulting a strongly defended cave, advancing through a shower of grenades to within 8 yards of enemy forces in a cave's mouth, where he dressed his comrades' wounds before making 4 separate trips under fire to evacuate them to safety. On 5 May, he unhesitatingly braved enemy shelling and small arms fire to assist an artillery officer. He applied bandages, moved his patient to a spot that offered protection from small arms fire and, while artillery and mortar shells fell close by, painstakingly administered plasma. Later that day, when an American was severely wounded by fire from a cave, Pfc. Doss crawled to him where he had fallen 25 feet from the enemy position, rendered aid, and carried him 100 yards to safety while continually exposed to enemy fire. On 21 May, in a night attack on high ground near Shuri, he remained in exposed territory while the rest of his company took cover, fearlessly risking the chance that he would be mistaken for an infiltrating Japanese and giving aid to the injured until he was himself seriously wounded in the legs by the explosion of a grenade. Rather than call another aid man from cover, he cared for his own injuries and waited 5 hours before litter bearers reached him and started carrying him to cover. The trio was caught in an enemy tank attack and Pfc. Doss, seeing a more critically wounded man nearby, crawled off the litter; and directed the bearers to give their first attention to the other man. Awaiting the litter bearers' return, he was again struck, this time suffering a compound fracture of 1 arm. With magnificent fortitude he bound a rifle stock to his shattered arm as a splint and then crawled 300 yards over rough terrain to the aid station. Through his outstanding bravery and unflinching determination in the face of desperately dangerous conditions Pfc. Doss saved the lives of many soldiers. His name became a symbol throughout the 77th Infantry Division for outstanding gallantry far above and beyond the call of duty.
Words to Live By has many personal testimonies from ordinary people experiencing the loving God of this universe who changes lives.
Below are three incredible testimonies of the power and never failing love of our Heavenly Father.
Geeta Mondol is currently Director of the Ashish Centre in New Delhi, India. The Ashish Centre seeks to work towards a society that views each person as being of value and importance and to make a difference in the lives of children with disabilities as well as their families. Through an integral approach of intervention we work for the learning and growth of each child towards their God given potential and assist their families to be effective facilitators in this process. The school provides admission to all sections of society regardless of caste, creed, race, religion, economic and gender barriers, and provides up to 97% scholarship to needy students.
Geeta was raised in a strong Hindu home, but no matter how many questions she asked about that religion, none of the answers satisfied her. When Geeta gave her life to Jesus, she was oppressed and persecuted by her family but knew her salvation was worth the cost. Learn how God brought about reconciliation and healing. Here is Geeta's testimony.
Stephen Marshall's testimony was aired on February 19, 2006. In the absence of Stephen’s father, the family had to rely on God to be their provider, husband and father. Even though his dad’s drug addiction placed a wedge between them, Stephen’s family never gave up hope that God would someday become real to him.
This testimony of Eddie Baiseri was aired on January 5, 2007. After giving her life to Christ and being released from prison, Eddie wondered if she could ever escape the stigma of her past. Eddie’s story is an inspirational reminder of how God can use a willing heart—regardless of our past—for His purpose and glory. Eddie Baiseri is currently Program Director and Afternoon host at KBJS.
William Whiting Borden was heir to the Borden Dairy estate. When he graduated from high school in 1904, he was already a millionaire. He graduated from Yale University in 1909 and Princeton Theological Seminary in 1912. While at Yale, he started a weekly Bible study and prayer group with one other person which grew to 150 freshmen at the end of his first year. By the time he was a senior, 1000 out of the 1300 students at Yale were meeting in such groups.
William chose to work among Muslims in China with the China Inland Mission (now known as OMF Internationl). Before going to China, he sailed to Egypt to study Arabic on December 17, 1912. On March 21, 1913 he contracted spinal meningitis in Cairo and on April 9, 1913 William died at the very young age of 25.
At the news of his death, the story was covered by nearly every American newspaper. A wave of sorrow swept around the world causing a spiritual revival through the United States, Canada and the UK. The testimony of his life touched many young people, causing many to surrender their lives to the Lord.
Inside William's Bible that his father had given to him as part of his graduation gift were found the words -
"No reserves. No retreats. No regrets."
Below are three links to a short biography of William Borden -
Rees Howells was born in the mining village of Brynamman, South Wales. He was deeply affected by the Welsh Revival of 1904-1905 which was the largest full scale Christian Revival of Wales in the 20th century. Many people believe that it was his powerful prayers that brought revival and history was changed.
In 1924 he founded the Bible College of Wales. Prayer continues to be the foundation stone upon which the college is built. Click here for a historical virtual tour of the college in the 20th century.
"the gained position of intercession"
George Muller was born in Kroppenstedt, Prussia in what is known today as Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. In his early years, lying, stealing, gambling, novel-reading, licentiousness, extravagance, and almost every form of sin was indulged by him.
In 1829 upon falling ill and thinking he would die, he dedicated himself to doing the will of God after recovering. In 1836 his great work with orphans began with his wife as they prepared their own home to accommodate thirty girls. In answer to prayer and without making his needs known to people, he received the means necessary to erect the great buildings and to feed the orphans day by day for sixty years.
At the age of seventy, Mr. Muller began 17 years of evangelistic tours. He traveled 200,000 miles, an incredible achievement for pre-aviation times, going around the world and preaching in over 40 countries and in several different languages. He frequently spoke to between 4,500 and 5,000 people. Three times he preached throughout the length and breadth of the United States. He continued his evangelistic tours until 1892 when he returned to England. He estimated that during these 17 years of evangelistic work he addressed three million people. All his expenses were sent in answer to the prayer of faith.
His work is continued by the George Müller Foundation, which maintains the key principles of seeking money through faith and prayer rather than seeking money through fund-raising.
“I have joyfully dedicated my whole life to the object of exemplifying how much may be accomplished by prayer and faith.”
John Gibson Paton was born in Scotland and raised in a poor but devoutly religious family. In 1858 Mr. and Mrs. Paton set sail from Scotland to the New Hebrides where in 1839 John Williams and James Harris from the London Missionary Society were eaten by cannibals on the island of Erromanga only minutes after going ashore. One old man exclaimed, "The cannibals! You will be eaten by cannibals!" "Mr. Dixon," replied John Paton, "you are advanced in years now and your own prospect is soon to be laid in the grave, there to be eaten by worms. I confess to you that if I can but live and die serving and honoring the Lord Jesus, it will make no difference to me whether my body is eaten by cannibals or by worms." Within one year of landing on Tanna, his wife and newborn son died of fever.
In 1980, the New Hebrides gained its independence from Britain and France and was named Vanuatu. Today, about 85% of the population of Vanuatu identifies itself as Christian.
Through constant threats on his life and hardships John Paton hung on to the promise, "Lo, I am with you alway!" Matthew 28:20
James Hudson Taylor was an English missionary to China who founded China Inland Mission. During his 51 years of service in China, his China Inland Mission established 20 mission stations, brought 849 missionaries to the field (968 by 1911), trained some 700 Chinese workers, raised four million dollars by faith and developed a witnessing Chinese church of 125,000. It has been said at least 35,000 were his own converts and that he baptized some 50,000.
During the Boxer Rebellion, the China Inland Mission lost more members than any other missionary agency in China, having 58 adults and 21 children killed. In 1901, when the allied nations were demanding compensation from the Chinese government, Hudson Taylor refused to accept payment for loss of property or life, to show the ‘meekness and gentleness of Christ’.
Today, China Inland Mission is known as OMF International with over 1300 workers from 30 different countries. Till this day, OMF International still does not openly solicit funds.
"exchanged life"
Short Biographies of Servants of God
Boris Sorokovsky was born in China of Ukranian parents. He later moved to Australia and then to Canada, where he currently resides. This testimony is titled "A Call to the Churches of America" and was recorded on April 1, 1994.
Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven. Matthew 5:16
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