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If you are blessed to have been raised in a home of true, practicing Christians, to have accepted Jesus as your Lord and Savior at an early age, and to have "walked" in a growing, involved Christian faith...you thereby have significantly increased odds that God will bless your obedience and faithfulness with a life of true peace and freedom from bondage (the Christian life will have trials and trouble, but Jesus has promised to be with His believers through it all). If not, and if you can identify with any of the "testimony" situations below, Jesus can miraculously change, heal, or bless your life, too, if you'll turn to Him. Check these truly authenticated stories as a source of both hope and inspiration:

 

Killers Converted

Famous Believers

STORIES BEHIND BOOKS, HYMNS, MOVIES, ORGANIZATIONS, EVENTS, HOLIDAYS, etc.


Sin- Filled Converts

 

Miscellaneous Testimonies & Other Links

PROTECTION, HEALTH, and RESCUE MIRACLES

bullet Testimony group #1, KILLERS CONVERTED:   
bulletAbortion doctor
bulletAbortionist's foil
bulletHow bad could a cute little thing be?
bullet"Son of Sam" becomes "son of HOPE"
bulletReal men don't cry
bulletCentral Park jogger case

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bullet Testimony group #2, FAMOUS BELIEVERS (preachers, athletes, kings, leaders, politicians, investors, cartoonists, characters, actors, singers, people in the news, etc.):    
bulletOld charges behind a great word
bullet"Emperor" to EMPEROR
bulletMinister of defense
bulletCelebrity thief goes to his knees
bulletThey cried "FIRE" in a crowded building
bulletCaveman speaks daily
bullettriple-crown fishing champ finds Jesus
bulletThe dreaded question
bulletCoach Kept his hat on
bulletFootball coach at UGA has higher calling
bulletRazorbacks' coach also has higher calling
bulletStanford nixes head coach job to a Christian
bulletHatchet-man cuts into the Cross...
bullet Ready for the Opportunity...Kurt Warner
bulletThunder Fists Hears God
bulletThe Devil Knocked Him Out and Angel Opened His Eyes Upward
bulletThe "Dragon Lady"
bulletShamrocks and snakes: St. Patrick's Day
bulletThe note to the jailer's daughter: Valentine's Day
bullet In Touch Ministries 26+ portraits of famous believers
bulletTattoo on a former UFC fighting champion
bullet Brazilian UFC martial arts champ loves Jesus
bulletStreet corner abortion protester
bullet Christian Sports Minute- testimonies of Famous athletes
bulletGospel Singer, Yolanda Adams
bullet Racing for the son
bullet Minter Retires Into Ministry
bulletEvangelist; miracle conversion of his daddy.
bullet Sandy Carlson Becker, an example of an entire life well blessed.
bullet Vitor Belfort, mixed martial arts fighter
bullet highest scoring San Diego Charger
bulletColumbine High School student martyr
bullet Christian football team a winner..."Love God, hit Hard!"
bulletauthor of Experiencing God
bullet The Question of God
bullet denied the head coaching job
bulletOlympic Athletes
bullet a poor white millworker from Saluda
bullet President of the USA is a born again Christian
bullet John Calvin, famous Christian.
bullet Kirk Cameron Won't Be Left Behind
bullet Teri Copley - Just A Girl and Her God
bullet Ron Winans - I Shall Not Die But Live
bullet NFL head coach job
bulletThe "man in black"
bullet Steve McQueen finds the answer
bullet Andy Griffith, famous actor a Christian.
bullet Lisa Whelchel, "Facts of Life" TV star.
bullet Johnathan Lippmann, tells his story.
bulletActor playing Jesus in Mel Gibson's movie, "The Passion of the Christ".
bullet Amy Carmichael, famous Christian, saved girls from temple prostitution.
bullet Opened his first chain location for Chick-fil-A in 1967.
bulletBible college founder...famous devotionals book, My Utmost for His Highest.
bullet Michael Chang, incredible professional tennis star.
bulletfamous Christians on ChristianAdvice.net's website
bullet former US president
bullet Changes the face of agriculture.
bullet Founder of of Colgate-Palmolive.
bulletChristopher Columbus, discover of America.
bullet A hard rock singer.
bulletA local musician.
bullet Finis J. Dake, famous Christian.
bullet Charlie Daniels, country musician, Wilmington, N. C.
bulletLawyer, prosecutor in O. J. Simpson case.
bullet Professional track athlete.
bullet Co-founder of Amway.
bulletPro baseball pitcher's pitching arm amputated.


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bullet Testimony group #3, STORIES BEHIND BOOKS, HYMNS, MOVIES, ORGANIZATIONS, EVENTS, HOLIDAYS, etc.:          
bulletBeauty insulted: "Just As I Am"
bulletBiker vs. preacher
bulletBethel College football team motto, "Love God, hit hard", all are Christians!
bulletKicked out of the church, they formed an army
bullet WWJD 
bullet Souper Bowl
bullet"Daddy-boy's" girl: "One Day at a Time"
bulletformer slave sells slaves: "Amazing Grace"
bulletAfter the fire, the ship sank: "It is Well With My Soul"
bulletWriting the book changed his life: movie, "Ben-Hur"
bulletAlcoholics Anonymous...through a "white light"
bulletJourney to the Cross, Northside Baptist Church, West Columbia, S. C.
bulletThis Man Called Jesus, Lake Murray Baptist Church, Lexington Co., S. C.
bulletBehold The Lamb, First Baptist Church of Batesburg, S. C.
bulletVictory Outreach Drug Rehab
bulletWomen's Missionary Union, Annie Walker Armstrong
bullet Mary Kathlyn "Mary Kay" Wagner  Ash, of Dallas, Texas, founder of Mary Kay beauty products.
bulletG. K. Chesterton, writer...science fiction, mystery, non-fiction, Orthodoxy.

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bullet Testimony group #4, SIN-FILLED CONVERTS:
bulletSteel Bridge suicide...an alternative outcome
bulletTeenage toughs meet a preacher
bulletModern American martyr
bulletShe had a "Stormie" past
bulletHe stood up in the blood
bulletThe year from hell
bullet"Hell's Angel" a "fallen angel"?
bulletBoyhood dream almost "ate" his soul
bullet40 pounds of pressure
bulletYouth rebellion leads to Mom's death
bulletTexas bad girl kneels a tramp & stands up a lady
bullet Sold his soul to the devil
bullet Cheryl Clark, M. D., former lesbian Colorado physician.
bullet He speaks and writes to call for scientists to pursue evidence for God with a scientific rigor.
bullet He was a hate-filled violent Puerto Rican youth gang leader in Brooklyn.

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bullet Testimony group #5, MISCELLANEOUS Testimonies & Other LINKS:
bulletWIS TV 10 "Power of Prayer"  
bullet "Unshackled", the longest-running radio series in American history, devoted to stories of real people who are "set free" upon becoming believers in Jesus the Christ.
bulletCrown Financial Ministries testimony collection of financial turn arounds because of learning to apply Biblical principles
bulletWord Power program testimonies collection
bulletWill work for food
bulletThe "Real McCoy" family
bullet "We were so poor..." that he keeps giving it all away
bulletFocus on the Family stories: use their website search engine "true stories" and/or "testimonies" for almost 2000 articles!
bulletRe-Entry Prison and Jail Ministry, San Diego/Chula Vista, California, Chaplain Art Lyons, III, RPJM Executive Director: this has a testimony area (drugs, criminal behavior, sex abuse) reflecting the power of Jesus to change lives. And, persons can file their own testimony.
bulletAmbulance sirens and "speaking in tongues"
bullet1000's of on-line testimonies on all topics
bulletDozens of CBN 700 Club documentary testimonies
bullet Sports figure testimonies @"To The Next Level"
bullet Current professional sports figures...dozens of testimonies
bullet"The Goal .com" collections of sports figure's
bullet People Just Like Us: web site with many testimonies of celebrity athletes, actors, authors, and musicians
bulletWords to Live By program testimonies collection
bulletJesus Junction site with testimonies and miracles
bulletGuideposts Magazine testimonies collection
bulletWorldwide Challenge magazine, "double-take" page testimonies collection
bullettestimonies from Chinese Church in Christ in Mountain View, California (in Silicon Valley)
bulletPax TV "Its A Miracle" (nightly series)
bulletPrayer of Jabez web site with testimony forum
bulletTestimonies collected as a result of various Luis Palau, the great modern evangelist, events of the LPEA.
bullet Christian Cops
bulletThe Duggar Family...a christian family with 17 children.
bulletwhere bikers are always welcome
bulletUSA college professor Christian convert from Islam
bullet George Washington Carver, changes the face of agriculture.
bulletNeil M. Cox, CPA, he founded DoYouKnowForSure.com testimony portal in Indianapolis in 2002.
bulletFounder of Day's Inn motel chain.
bullet WWII "Doolittle Raider" from Oregon tortured by the Japanese 40 months
bulletDefender of Christianity vs. atheists.
bulletTexas preacher- son commits suicide.

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bulletTestimony group #6, PROTECTION, HEALTH, and RESCUE MIRACLES:

As Tony Snow's1 (TV commentator & Bush White House press spokesman) life with cancer ended July 2008, so did that of internet whiz Randy Pausch2. Both failed to be cured of cancer. But both were healed of cancer. Also, I know of one academic effort (Dr. Jane Teas @ our local USC in Columbia, S. C.) to investigate miracles which has resulted in the 2008 publication of Faith That Heals.

bulletThe case of her disappearing abdominal cancer
bulletTerry Wallis recovers in 2006 from 20 years (at first in a coma) in a "minimally
        conscious state". [Google search]
bulletGod had him where help could save him when his brain aneurysm leaked
bulletHer son's trauma coma lifted
bullet5 year old in auto wreck & coma 6 weeks
bulletCured of bleeding colitis
bulletSurvivor double brain stem stroke @ 33, Kate Adamson
bullet12 years in a stroke coma and recovered, Peter Cornelis
bulletEncephalitis almost killed her, but she saw Jesus
bullet"Breast cancer was almost the best thing that ever happened to me"
bulletFlesh-eating bacteria survivor
bulletBreast cancer took her to a higher spiritual plane
bulletDivine peace comes while dealing with thyroid cancer
bulletBreast cancers in 1990 & 1993...the first Division I NCAA female football   game official in 2002
bulletGod speaks during treatment for non-Hodgkin lymphoma
bullet"He's had a brain aneurysm and they don't expect him to make it!"
bulletStephen and his brother's around-the-world bone marrow transplant miracle
bulletWhole Person Counseling's testimony collection...especially bi-polar disorder
bulletRalph Dettwiler's testimony collection...especially suicide...at Behind the Badge
bulletThe black skin mole subdued
bulletPrayer prevented the rape
bulletDrowned boy sees grandfather
bullet4 year old drowns & recovers
bulletIndianapolis 500, a smashed face, coma
bulletFamily and personal cancer took her to a higher spiritual plane
bulletDaughter who had cancer is source of strength
bulletDave overcame cerebral palsy, becoming a minister
bulletButch overcame cerebral palsy, becoming a Sumter business man
bulletMayor takes a "hit"...oily hands bring recovery
bulletBulemia miracle cure
bulletDo Jews have devil horns?
bulletChild's brain tumor disappears...Dad felt God's hands on his shoulders
bulletNearly blind after widespread cancer but now otherwise well
bulletHer son in a coma, she fell to her knees in prayer...God's hand on her shoulder
bulletCystic fibrosis: Code refuses to bogey life
bulletThey mixed black and white bone marrow
bulletMiracle live-donor liver transplant
bulletThe fangs sank in from the rattler in the peanuts
bulletBoth of our parents were BAD alcoholics
bulletPlucked From the Sea
bulletGirl blind from Batten's disease an artist
bulletRadiation therapy miracle at age 86: was promised terrible pain...actually was nearly pain free
bulletSamuel Alexander Armas, "the hand of hope"...abortion debate item.
bulletTodd Beamer, 9/11 hero died after uttering "Let's roll!"
bulletwrestles terrorist from cockpit in flight (2000) over Kenya
bulletFlorida girl a champion golfer in spite of cystic fibrosis.
bulletcheck out Sharing Miracles website collection...and add your miracle!
bulletRadiation therapy miracle.


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***INDEX of names, events, hymns, on whom we have listed or found on-line testimonies or the story behind it (many more than those above). Also (in another file), there are a number of heart-warming internet e-mail stories which are enjoyable, but probably not true...a file is started here.

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References:

  1. See Tony's testimony [here].

  2. See Randy's book, The Last Lecture (I noted in an AP article by Ramit Plushnick-Masti in the 26 June 2008 The State page A4)...his life [here].

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