testimonies

Denise had a stroke on March 1st. By Divine Providence, Pastor Rob was in the Sanctuary with her at the time and took her to the ER within 30 minutes, so she would be treated quickly. Over 200 people prayed for her, and she has been healed of the Lord! God is good!
(J.M)

"Since finding out about my brother’s death in 2022, I was consumed with depression. He had finally taken control of his life and even had his first child on the way. We all thought his drug addiction was over. Tragically, he died from an accidental fentanyl overdose on February 17th. My parents “checked out” of their roles well before we kids reached adulthood. So I took on a motherly role to my older brother, who had struggled with heroin for most of his young adulthood. I made sure he had a place to stay and pulled him out of his “lows” when he had nothing left but the clothes on his back. His death affected me so much that I was not able to work or think of him without crying. I tried to stay busy so I didn’t think about it. I closed off my heart to my kids, family, and my husband. I didn’t want to feel the pain of losing someone close to me again. Growing up, there was no mention of God in our household. I was not formally introduced to Him until the summer of 2024. It has been nearly a year since His mercy, grace, and love were revealed to me as I walked into Living Waters World Outreach Center. A sudden rush of new life poured into me as I poured my heart out in worship. I cried every time I spoke to someone new or talked about my past. Finally, I was able to feel again. My heart opened up and through prayer and feeding my tremendous appetite for the Word, I felt better. As I continued to learn about the power of Jesus Christ, I started to struggle with the confusion about my brother. Did he know the Lord? We never talked about that because it was never a part of our lives. I knew that he dabbled in spiritual quests, but I wasn’t sure about his faith in Jesus Christ. So I asked. And I asked. And I asked. I prayed and cried out to Him for a sign to combat the fear that he wasn’t with God. I asked people at the church for guidance and scripture when it came to sudden death. There was some relief, but I still felt like the burden was heavy. A couple months ago, I looked through my phone and I realized I had a link in my website bookmarks that I hadn’t watch in years, my brother’s celebration of life video on YouTube. Without thinking much of it, I scrolled away from it because I wasn’t ready to watch it again. I was having a good day and I wanted it to stay that way. My husband came home from work and asked if I would like to grab some dinner with him. Just a quick date night at Chili’s. He asked how I was feeling at the restaurant and he reminded me it had been three years since my brother passed away. Not wanting to cry, I avoided the conversation and tried to think of how I completely forgot about it. As he was praying for us before dinner, he mentioned that we knew my brother was with Him and I immediately felt a wave of frustration. I asked my husband to stop because I had been unsure of my brother being with God. We avoided the topic the entire night. As we were getting ready to leave, I heard a song over the speakers. I liked the song and it stayed in my head during the ride home and into the evening, as many “catchy” songs do. As my husband was getting the kids ready for bed, I decided it was time to watch the video I had ignored earlier that day. I had a few moments set aside to cry because I knew I was going to. The video started and the first song that came on was the song I had heard earlier in the restaurant. I was crying so hard, but it was a different type of feeling than thinking about his death before. I knew this was from God immediately. The way that He puts all the separate events in place to tell me that He is there with me. I knew He was telling me that He knew my brother and that was enough for me. I knew that if He knew my brother, everything was going to be okay. Since then, I have felt free. The burden of my brother’s death and the questioning had ended."
(J.F.)

"This is the most recent thing God has done for me, and I give Him all the glory! Since 1996 Psalm 103 has been one of my favorite scriptures to read, declare, and sing when I need God’s healing power to manifest. It’s one of the scriptures that I press into during this season of my life as Holy Spirit helps me receive the fullness of God’s healing and deliverance from chronic leukemia. In the past year Holy Spirit has even led me to command all the cells within my body to praise God’s holy name. (Psalm 103:1)
My Church family, Living Waters World Outreach Center, began the New Year of our Lord 2025 by reading the Holy Bible aloud in the sanctuary 24/7, Genesis through Revelation. Each person signs up for a specific day and time to read for 15 minutes, and no one knows what portion of scripture he/she will be reading.
Due to complications from the leukemia medication, I’d been experiencing shortness of breath. I had a medical procedure Thursday morning by God’s mighty right hand that brought the fullness of breath back into my lungs. Glory to God! So I felt well enough Thursday night to go to church and was assigned 15 minutes to read God’s Word. Unbeknownst to me, Psalm 103 was part of my reading. As I began reading verses 1-5, it was everything I could do not to stand up and sing those five verses with my hands stretched to the heavens! The joy of the Lord was upon and in every cell of my body! And I was breathing more deeply than I had in months! My soul and spirit soared because I knew God had specifically “assigned” that portion of scripture for me to read.
How intimately God knows me! God knows everything there is to know about each one of us. Isn’t that wonderful? I believe our Creator knows us so deeply because His heart’s desire is to heal us in every way we need healing,—spirit, soul, and body. And He enjoys us immensely as we experience His healing touch and enjoy Him in the process. I often times find myself smiling through my tears, even laughing with Him through tears of great joy. There’s so much of God to know and enjoy,—Father, Son Jesus, and Holy Spirit!
I knew Thursday evening as I was reading Psalm 103 that I was receiving a big dose of God’s healing power. I’m living in great expectation with child-like faith that by God’s great grace, by His unfailing love expressed through the Cross of Jesus Christ and His resurrection, and by Holy Spirit’s power, that I am healed! God’s tender mercies are new each morning, great is His faithfulness!
Psalm 103:1-5 1 Bless the Lord, O my soul; And all that is within me, bless His holy name! 2 Bless the Lord, O my soul, And forget not all His benefits: 3 Who forgives all your iniquities, Who heals all your diseases, 4 Who redeems your life from destruction, Who crowns you with lovingkindness and tender mercies, 5 Who satisfies your mouth with good things, So that your youth is renewed like the eagle’s."
(C.B.)

"God's done so much in my life. The biggest would have to be the healing of terminal cancer. I’ve suffered with chronic Ulcerative Colitis for over 40 years. I've had colonoscopies every year until the COVID outbreak. They postponed my colonoscopies for 3 years. When I went back and proceeded with the test, it showed irregularities. Irregularities that unmistakably pointed toward cancer. Not only cancer but terminal colon cancer. The doctor said if he could have seen me 12 or 18 months prior, he could have done something for me, but now… he sees I have 8-12 months at best. My pastor, unbeknownst to me, called me forward before the church, anointed my head with oil, and the church laid hands and prayed over me. So, Friday I had a colonoscopy, and Wednesday I met with the cancer doctor with MD Anderson. He performed a flex-sig in his office, then scheduled an adaptive active test for Tuesday that would show all the cancer I had. It came back negative, no more cancer. I’d been completely healed. MD Anderson and Borland Groover either could not explain the healing other than by God's hand."
(T.S.)

As I am riding homes from Louisiana from my Mom's passing and funeral, I can't help but rejoice over the many powerful ways that God moved, Jesus was glorified, and eternal salvation was received. My suffered a great deal for the past 6 months having been diagnosed with stage 4 kidney failure, with a concussion from falling, cancer, and dementia.God unified our family as we joined together to make sure she was cared for in her own home.
During the time of her passing, my family experienced great comfort and peace as we prayed and invited the presence of God and worshiped and praised Him for her 89 years on earth. She passed at 1:12pm on July 6th. The Holy Spirit immediately illuminated a sccripture, James 1:12. "Blessed is the one who endures tribulation, for when he has been approved he will receive the crown of life which the Lord has promised to those who love Him."
The day after her memorial, my brother approached my husband and I to request healing prayer for a debilitating disease he had called tinnitus. He thanked God for his healing and then was about to leave. The Holy Spirit then prompted me to offer him the prayer of salvation. He grabbed my hands immediately and we prayed together. He accepted Jesus as Lord and Savior. Praise God.
Today, he texted me to let me know that there was significant progress in his healing and he assured me the many ways that God is already working on His heart and in his life.
Glory and praise to God for His goodness and mercy!
(K.J.)

“Failed” spinal fusion 10/2025 I am a sinner that God can only see as righteous by the blood of Jesus. I have not experienced anything more than you have not also experienced and I’m sure I don’t know the scriptures as well as some of you. What I want to share is not without sensitivity that faithful people here have prayed for sick people and those prayers for healing were not answered. I need to testify to what God has recently done for me. In a biblical context, to "testify" means to give evidence, bearing witness to the truth of God's word, deeds, or character, often through a personal declaration (or public profession of faith). I don’t want God to see me sharing this with others as being prideful and displease God or quench the Holy Spirit. In this situation God needs to be given the glory plus I believe somebody else needs to hear it. I’ve pondered for months and month (probably years) about specific provisions wonderfully and lovingly given to us by Jesus. In John 14:13 it says, “Truly, truly, I say to you, whoever believes in me will also do the works that I do; and greater works than these will he do, because I am going to the Father.” I wondered through the years is healing real today? Are we supposed to go around “healing” people since that’s what Jesus did? If we are then I want to do what I can to help people. At one point I realized lack of healing could be due to the sick persons doubt. The bible says “But when you pray, you must believe and not doubt at all. Whoever doubts is like a wave in the sea that is driven and blown about by the wind If you are like that, unable to make up your mind and undecided in all you do, you must not think that you will receive anything from the Lord.” ‭‭James‬ ‭1‬:‭6-8‬ ‭ I don’t think we can rely on other peoples faith vs our own…It says when YOU pray. What I didn’t know is all my pondering would lead to my own healing. In May 2018, I had spinal fusion surgery from T-11 to my sacrum (bra strap area to tailbone). Two titanium rods using 14 screws go into my spine and 2 more “railroad spikes” go into my pelvis. I proceeded with this surgery out of fear. Fear that “compressed nerve roots on both sides could cause paralysis”. Fear that I would not have health insurance for this major surgery if I lost my job” etc. Perhaps there was even a little vanity involved in the decision that I’d stand up straight and have this nice flat back (which was not the result. Instead I’m hunched over like an old woman before I actually was an old woman). Seven years later in July 2025, I went to a specialist for another reason and she wanted me to get some x rays of my hands, back, and feet. In early August 2025 a woman at my church (Sandy A) handed me a note. It said to hide Psalms 121 in my heart. When I read Psalms 121, I became afraid and wondered what in the world did it mean. Two days after receiving the note I got a message from the specialist regarding the x ray results. It said the x-rays showed a “hardware failure” in my back and that I needed to see a spinal specialist asap. I got a copy of the x-rays and when I looked at it myself I cld clearly see both rods were broken! So, when I sought out I my original surgeon I discovered he had retired and so I had to find a new spine dr… and the new dr wouldn’t see me w out an MRI. Finally in late Sept 2025 I saw the new surgeon and he said the only reason he’s ever seen both rods break was due to a failure for the bone to fuse called “fusion failure” and it urgently required surgery or I was at risk of paralysis. He ordered a CT scan to better see the bone fusion. This time I knew I was not going to react out of fear! I had this timeline in mind which was to have the surgery no sooner than spring-maybe 5 months later. During this 5 month period, I planned to do some specific activities where I’ve waited all summer for cool weather. As ridiculous as it may sound for someone who was just told both rods were broken in my back, one of these activities was to ride my horse of all things! I also wanted to do some things to become physically healthier. I decided to spend some time digging into Scripture to hear from God about it and to journal various things. A few examples of what I wrote down is Ezekial 35:16 He will bind up the broken (hearted) and strengthen what is sick. Ezekiel 4:1-6 to lay siege (lay works against it) to face the siege with bared arm and to prophesy against it. Joshua 1:6,7,8 Be strong and courageous, Be strong and very courageous, Be strong and courageous. Malachi 4:2 Revere His name and the sun of righteousness will rise with healing in its wings and you will go out and leap like calves released from the stall. I also wanted to increase the presence of God in my life and open my eyes better to see Him in creation all around me. As this went on and I waited for the CT appointment and the results some specific things happened during various church services, praise & worship, etc. One of our leaders (Dr David Wyns) spoke on a series with reminders throughout the series repeating the scripture “all His promises are yes and Amen.” During another service I silently sat and rubbed on an infected finger. The finger started to heal that day and was well by the next day. I knew it was a message from God to me about healing. The next Sunday I was convicted to change my thoughts so instead of “meditating” thoughts of pain all day to replace those thoughts with what God says to think about. “Whatsover true (fact, reality, without variation) whatsover is honorable and worthy of respect, whatsover is confirmed by Gods word, whatsover is pure and wholesome, whatsover is lovely and brings peace, whatsover is admirable and of good reputation, whatsover is excelllent, whatsover is worthy of praise Philippians 4:8 Dr Wyns related meditating to a cow chewing a cud and I had also heard it referenced “to mutter”. I decided I would talk to Pastor Wyns so I could continue to learn more about healing. He had mentioned seeing people healed but that he had battled his own afirmament for years. That’s exactly why I wanted to talk to him. He replied he was “too busy.” I couldn’t believe it! This past Sunday morning both my husband and my BIL said we were skipping church. I am usually easily convinced to skip (although I always regret it). This time words came out of my mouth in such a bold way saying no, I wanted to go. Each time there was an objection from either person, with shocking directness I replied, “that’s exactly why we/you need to go”. I knew I had to get to church. During church there was a call for those who needed healing. I hesitated for a second feeling some condemnation about going forward and then thought I need to run not walk to front. And then I said to myself “but I didn’t talk to Dr Wyns or anybody yet”! And then I knew I didn’t need Dr Wyns!!!! So out of my seat I went! Now remember what I just said about doubt and relying on other peoples faith… When I got to the front, a woman (Denise M) laid her hands on me and then she reached out to a man (Eric) to join in. Denise asked me what was wrong and out of my mouth came the words “Broken rods! Both rods are broken and the fusion failed… But I don’t beleive it!! I have faith size of a mustard seed!! I do not need surgery! And I said other things in faith that I don’t remember now. She asked me to tell her where were the broken rods and I showed her and I felt many hands on my back. I heard Denise thank God for the faith she heard in my words. And I knew then the words I said out loud were without doubt. It was very convicting. I thought to tell my husband I wanted to cancel the follow up w surgeon to get the CT results thinking I didn’t need to see him. But my husband wanted to me go anyway. The night before the follow up appt, I had been fighting tremendous pain in my jaw. I went to bed tossing and turning feeling discouraged and knew I was on the verge of doubting God. I kept rebuking it. I was still so distraught Tuesday morning that I almost told my husband he’d have to be the one to speak to the surgeon because I knew I would bawl if I even tried to speak. So we go to the appointment and the surgeon says “based on the CT, I am surprised and I don’t understand it. But the bone is fused! You don’t need surgery!” This was not 5 months! It was not even 5 weeks!
(S.B.)