It’s not personal, until it’s personal!

The Word of their Testimony

It’s not personal, until it’s personal!

My friend shared a testimony a few months back. On Sunday, November 12, 2023, he was in a service, the speaker shared a message of reliance on God, calling to our Father for His help. She said, “I’ve discovered my time-of-need is all the time!” and encouraged those gathered to simply pray, "HELP" to our Father and He will be there for us. Our HOPE is waiting for us to call upon Him. Here is his testimony.

At the end of her message as she was praying, Katherine received a “Word of Knowledge” for a specific person in the congregation regarding their particular health issue. She had five of these individual health-related “Words of Knowledge”, each one regarding a different person in our service that morning.

Word of Knowledge # 4 – Katherine said, “Someone right here on the edge (she was pointing at a seating area), here you’ve got an issue on your spine that is like or is on the side (pointing to her right buttock area) there like a pinched nerve or something, it’s really-really painful. Again, she pointed toward the edge of the isle and said just here (meaning seating location area). The man raised his hand and she said Yes, Yes, I’d love to lay hands on you too. Come. Come. She prayed and said no more pain, no more pain!”

My testimony this morning is that I am the man in the Word of Knowledge #4 above. My lower back was out of alignment in a major way, and was pinching my sciatic nerve in my right buttock, and the pain throbbed from there continuing down into my right leg. I had non-stop pain which made sitting and sleeping difficult. This was going on for almost 1 1⁄2 months straight. Two weeks prior to this November 12 service, I had called a local chiropractor and left a message; they never called me back. The next week I called again and was greeted with a voice message stating that they were closed all week. It didn’t make sense. Now looking back in hindsight, this was all part of God’s providential setup for His supernatural intervention in my circumstance.

When Katherine was walking toward my isle after laying hands on the women with kidney stones, it was apparent that she didn’t approach my isle with any deliberate intent to call out my health issue. You could see that she was ready to walk past and was stopped as she got revelation concerning my pinched nerve. When she said, “someone here on the edge”, my ears perked-up as I was sitting 5 rows back on the end isle seat (the edge), then she said, “issue on your spine”, my ears perked-up even more, but when she said, “it’s on your side (pointing to her right buttock area) and calling out a pinched nerve that is really, really painful” I knew without a doubt that she was talking to me. I immediately raised my hand and went forward to partake in God’s supernatural healing.

When I walked back to my seat, my pain was totally gone. My sciatic nerve was not firing pain signals any longer. My tight hips and leg muscles were not tight as they were just a few moments ago.

I must say, “It’s not personal, until it’s personal!” It is very humbling to know that the God of this universe saw me, as an individual person, and took the time to stop and call out my pain and heal it. It came unexpectedly, as many God moments do. Our church motto is, “Experience the love of God and give it away”.

I share my testimony with you to offer you Hope and strengthen your Faith that the God of the universe cares about you (personally) and hears you. I am by no means a special person, just a regular man. But I’m a regular man that is blessed to call Jesus my Lord & Savior. Revelations 12:11, says, “And they overcame him (Satan and all his disappointments, my interjection) by the blood of the Lamb (Jesus) and by the word of their (our) testimony.” I pray that my testimony gives you Hope for your life, and points you to Jesus. Jesus said “I and the Father are one”. Like I said, “It’s not personal, until it’s personal!” So then, make it personal with God, talk to Him. He is always available, waiting, and nearer than you think.

The Blood of the Lamb 

Philippians 2, Have this mind amongst yourselves, which is yours in Christ Jesus, who, though he was in the form of God, did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped, but emptied himself, by taking the form of a servant, being born in the likeness of men. And being found in human form he humbled himself by becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on the cross. Therefore, God has highly exalted him and bestowed on him the name that is above every name, so that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of the father, thank you Lord. Just keep your eyes fixed on him, the one who is worthy, who gave it all.

 Body/Bread

It says on the night that he was betrayed, after giving thanks, he took the bread, and he broke it, and he said this is my body which is given for you. Do this in remembrance of me. Lift up your bread, thank you, thank you, thank you so much Lord. (Receive the bread)

 Blood/Wine

It says in the same manner he took the cup, and he said this is the cup of the new covenant in my blood do this as often as you drink it in remembrance of me. (Receive the wine)

Share your story

We are interested in hearing testimony’s about “simple obedience” so if you have followed the Lord in a simple way and have experienced him, please share your testimony by emailing us. mytestimony@theconqueringevidence.com

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Revelation 12:11 is the inspiration for the feature sections of the newsletter. “The Blood of the Lamb” to empower you to receive communion during your personal time with God. “The Word of their Testimony” to give you faith to believe that God cares about the circumstances you face, even right now, and will step in on your behalf.

“And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony.” Revelation 12:11a