“Let the redeemed of the Lord say so,
Whom He has redeemed from the hand of the enemy” (Psalm 107:2).

Testimonies can be so encouraging. They demonstrate how the Holy Spirit applies the gospel at deeper levels in the lives of this who are receptive and responsive.

Here are two recent testimonies. Our associate in South Africa, Nehlsie DeBruto, sent this audio update on WhatsApp. She gave permission for it to be shared publicly. It illustrates how God leads His disciplers and how a crisis can become an opportunity for a senior citizen to discover new dimensions of God’s grace.

And here is a written testimony from a sister in Canada who has received personal ministry from one of GFI’s nine Guides. [“Guides” are those who have been certified as Exchanged Life Counselors through Grace Fellowship International and are accepted into the Guide program. They are then covered by our liability insurance, receive referrals and receive financial support through donations. For more information on how to apply to be a GFI Guide, contact Mark McKeehan at 865-429-0450, mark@gracefellowshipinternational.com.]

I hadn’t heard about the concept of exchanging your life with Christ until GFI counselling. When I was younger I went to Church and I don’t recall hearing about this topic — period. I remember being told do not sin, for you will make the Lord mad and therefore be sent to Hell for eternity. With GFI counselling, with Cheryl as my counsellor, I was able to understand who the true God is. He’s not some big, mean man in the sky who wants absolute obedience in order to be able to forgive and accept you. He accepts us as we are, however, when He comes to live in your spirit, sin no longer had any hold on you; as much as the Enemy will try and make you believe it does, it doesn’t.

Before GFI counselling I thought I was doomed. The way I saw it, my only choice in my ultimate depression was to die physically in order to end the pain I was going through. Since everything else I had tried to fill the void in my soul was ineffective, I was planning to commit the ultimate sin that I couldn’t turn back from. GFI counselling made me aware there is another way, and that is to die to my old self in Adam. Though at first it was a hard concept to wrap my mind around, with GFI’s excellent and unique way of teaching each topic and steps to surrender I was able to die to my old self in the flesh-life and really grasp the idea of what it meant to Exchange your life with Christ.

B.
A new woman!

We recommend books of testimonies as well. GFI publishes three of them:

• From Pastors to Pastors: Testimonies of Revitalized Ministries (ed., Charles Solomon)
• Discipling The Desperate (Charles Solomon)
• Exchanged Lives (ed., John Best)

See also They Found The Secret, by V. Raymond Edman (Zondervan)