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I started doing drugs at an early age and after a while I started hearing voices. Things got so bad I tried to kill myself. The doctors couldn't help me. No one could. I remember one night I was so lost and I prayed to God and I surrendered to Him and i said I was tired of making wrong decisions and asked Him to guide me. For a while things got worse. One day I talked to my pastor and told him my situation. He told me there's hope and prayed for me and when I'm ready I should come to church. So the next week I went to church. One day he asked if anyone needed prayer and I went up and the whole church prayed for me. Little by little things got better. Now I have a job and I'm clean and my family is proud of me. I owe all this to God. He rescued me from a hopeless situation. If there is anyone else with this simular problem God will help you out. All you have to do is ask Him. There's no way I could have done it without Him.
ReadI am a 71 year old lady and had been physically active and independent. I was diagnosed with osteoporosis many years ago but over time the osteoporosis only got worse and did not respond to treatment. After several falls, my ability to care for myself was severely restricted. I never married and therefore have no children to help me. I do have 3 younger siblings. We are very close spiritually but not geographically.
I had to sell my home and move into an Assisted Living Residence. The residents, of the Assisted Living, come from a variety of backgrounds, living experiences and have various levels of hearing and understanding.
As I look back on my last few months I realize that the Holy Spirit always was with me to help me make the decisions that would change my life . I also believe that the Holy Spirit continues to support and guide me as the residents and staff of the Assisted Living Home have became "my family".
Prior to this medical situation and life style change, I had been volunteering as a Stephen Minister at the local hospital. Before entering a patient's room I prayed to God for guidance and was comforted knowing that the Holy Spirit would be with me.
I am still getting used to meeting new residents but truly believe that God has planted me here to help lead others to salvation through Christ. The Holy Spirit continues to guide me to those residents who have not yet turned their hearts and lives to our Lord.
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Planting the Seeds of Faith
By Lisa Whidden
If you are like me, you believe God can do the impossible. He can comfort you, help you in times of need, and yes, hear you when you pray. We see this in the scripture 2 Corinthians 1:24:
Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our troubles, so that we can comfort those in any trouble with the comfort we ourselves receive from God. For just as we share abundantly in the sufferings of Christ, so also our comfort abounds through Christ. If we are distressed, it is for your comfort and salvation; if we are comforted, it is for your comfort, which produces in you patient endurance of the same sufferings we suffer. And our hope for you is firm, because we know that just as you share in our sufferings, so also you share in our comfort. We do not want you to be uninformed, brothers and sisters, a about the troubles we experienced in the province of Asia. We were under great pressure, far beyond our ability to endure, so that we despaired of life itself. Indeed, we felt we had received the sentence of death. But this happened that we might not rely on ourselves but on God, who raises the dead. He has delivered us from such a deadly peril, and he will deliver us again. On him we have set our hope that he will continue to deliver us, as you help us by your prayers. Then many will give thanks on our behalf for the gracious favor granted us in answer to the prayers of many. Now this is our boast: Our conscience testifies that we have conducted ourselves in the world, and especially in our relations with you, with integrity and godly sincerity. We have done so, relying not on worldly wisdom but on God’s grace. For we do not write you anything you cannot read or understand. And I hope that, as you have understood us in part, you will come to understand fully that you can boast of us just as we will boast of you in the day of the Lord Jesus.
But God cannot do all the work himself. It is important to prepare for his blessings. In 2 James: 17; it say In the same way, faith by itself, if it is not accompanied by action, is dead. When preparing for God’s blessings, it requires faith to be put into action. It’s not enough to simply say you’re ready to receive God’s blessings, and yet do nothing to receive them.
Blessings are a funny thing to receive. Sometimes we are so impatient; we do not see his good works. So let me give you a brief background on my own struggles in life:
I lived a particularly challenging life. When I was born, I hit the genetic lottery of health issues. By the time I was 4, I was diagnosed with extreme tibial torsion (hips were not aligned right). It took four years of countless painful surgeries on my legs, which at the time, many performed were experimental which made it even more painful to endure. Because of this, there are many scars and as I’ve grown older, it has caused arthritis in the knees and legs. But my parents were very thankful and praised God for his good works since I was able to walk and play, which was impossible before the surgeries.
Then our home was hit with another struggle. Cancer! About six months after my last surgery on my legs, I became very sick. My mother and father admitted me to the hospital and I was officially diagnosed with cancer of the jaw muscle, which eventually moved into the bone and skin tissue. The doctors made a plan with my parents to do a surgery they thought at the time would cure the problem. My mom and dad stayed steady in their faith and prayed to God this would go away quickly with the surgeries they set up. It did not. It took 32 surgeries and countless chemo treatments. Many times my family prepared for my passing, but by the time I was 14, the cancer was successfully removed (completely). This is a perfect example of God’s mercy. He not only allowed me to survive, but allowed me to grow up and have children of my own. The scripture says in John 14:14 you may ask me for anything in my name, and I will do it. And he did! However, I want to give advice on how my parents stayed steady in their faith even though it took years and years for them to receive the blessing they were asking for:
The first step is to become your own personal gardener. I know this may be a weird analogy, but bear with me.
You must plant seeds in the ground. The seeds with be various but will always include a seed for purposes for devotion, patience, and dedication to your own spiritual faith. It is you, and only you, who can build your relationship with God. But beware! Be careful on what you are asking for. If you want to become a millionaire and pray very hard for it, then you need to meet him half way in planting the seed of knowledge in the ground by educating yourself on how to obtain the wealth. If pray for a house, your seed might include researching the housing market and finding out what credit score is needed to get approved for a mortgage loan. If you are asking for a miracle for a health issue, you may want plant the seed of research and hit the library for books, microfiche, videos, or even web research on multiple cures or medical staffs throughout the world which can help you. It takes a lot of work on your end, but if you meet him half way, this is the only way you can prepare for the blessing he has to offer. My parents researched multiple hospitals, doctors, and practically lived at the library researching each and every health issue the doctors shared with them, so they could offer questions and suggestions to medical staff, which actually went a long way in my recovery.
The next step is to tend and water your seeds you planted. Watering encourages growth and tending the seeds of your prayers will encourage growth of the expectations you expect to receive. This is the part that can be frustrating because sometimes it takes an extended amount of time to see real results. If there is no growth in your goal or prayer you are asking for, then maybe the seed you are growing need a bit more attention. We can do this all through faith.
Nothing is impossible! But it is important to work on faith. We can see this through Hebrews 11:6: And without faith it is impossible to please God, because anyone who comes to him must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who earnestly seek him. If you take action on knowledge and work in life and have faith in the scripture, God promises us an outcome. We can see this in Hebrew 11:40: Since God had planned something better for us so that only together with us would they be made perfect. These blessings are all brought on by faith. It is important to be patient though, and not question his work. Remember your goals, and remind yourself daily why you’re doing a particular task. If you do not see the work God is doing beneath the surface, you may get discouraged. Remember, it may be us who plants the seeds in the ground in expectation of a harvest, but it is God who determines when we will see results.
But when you do see results, even in the smallest form, it is important to be sure not only to give thanks to God, but to give back too: Second Corinthians 2:8-9 And God is able to bless you abundantly, so that in all things at all times, having all that you need, you will abound in every good work. As it is written: They have freely scattered their gifts to the poor; their righteousness endures forever.
Those were His words to James, those were His words to John, and those have been His words to me for some time now. Oh how I wish I would have had the courage to drop my nets and follow Jesus immediately. Today I am taking that step. Jesus wants me, all of us, to be fishers of men. I have experienced so many divine moments in the past two years and Jesus has called me to share them with you!
In 2014, I was diagnosed with cancer and this year, by the very hand of God, I became a survivor. I know the sole reason I am with you a while longer is to share my journey. I will be writing to you frequently and I pray you will look for me here.
After I was diagnosed, I plunged into a deep depression. I could only see the worst of possible things to come. The day we recieved the news, I immediately began to pray and I immediately knew that I was again turning to God in a dark, desperate hour, as I have done many times before. Why had I not prayed as ferverntly for others... why had I not sought God during joyful times? I felt ashamed and not worthy of His help now. This was heavy on my heart but not His. I called and He came and sat with me on the darkest of days. I was home alone and lay in my bed overcome with fear. And then my miracle happened. I knew I was in His very presence. I shut my eyes tight, reached out my hand, and touched His cloak.
I will save the rest of this moment to share with you soon. It is not quite what you may be thinking. I am eager to share this, and so many other moments with you! Love and peace to you all!
ReadI was driving down the road when I saw the flashing lights of a police car directly behind me. I wasn't speeding so I was confused at why he was asking me to pull over, but I complied. When the officer approached my vehicle he asked me if I was aware that my registration tag was expired by a few days. I told him that I didn't realize this, that it was my husband who would normally take care of this.
The strict officer did not accept my answer and issued me a ticket for $300. I left the incident feeling negligent that I did not renew the registration on time as well as upset that the officer did not extend me some compassion as the registration was only expired by a few days.
I decided to contest the ticket with the judge, desperately hoping that maybe he might decrease the amount payable as the $300 fine was not an amount that I could easily afford. When I was able to speak with the judge he looked at the details of the ticket and decided to pardon the entire amount!
Surprised and joyful at this unexpected outcome, I reflected on my newfound relief and the freedom I experienced from this forgiveness from my debt. I thought about my joy at having this debt removed and about how much greater it is to experience Christ's forgiveness of our sins!
I remembered that His sacrifice on the cross allows me to experience the ultimate freedom and joy from the debt of punishment for my shortcomings. God is a merciful Judge and He desires for each of us to experience the joy of undeserved forgiveness.
ReadI have been a reader of Our Daily Bread for many years and wanted to say thank you and let you know how it has kept me going.
Some days I feel my life is worthless, that I have made to many bad choices, that I didn't choose to follow Jesus Christ earlier in my life and what is in store for the future.
Then I read the devotion for that day in Our Daily Bread and the words are directed to me. Either words of encouragement or the understanding of God's direction in my life and I am lifted up.
There may be other issues during the day that bring back worries and sometimes they are carried to the next day, but then I read the next days devotion and there is another inspiring story along with a prayer and I am renewed.
My faith has grown more and more with the help of the Holy Spirit and Our Daily Bread. God is in control and is the director of my life, even when it seems there is no direction. I know I can turn to Him and He is there.
May God bless you and all your writers.
Your brother in Jesus Christ
Thomas Eckhoff
It has been almost two years that I accepted Jesus into my life as my Savior. Before this, I always believed, but never took the time to really get to know Him. My life before my Savior came to me, was for of chains that held me down and made it easy for the devil to do his work. I let him take everything from me, everything. I was a hopeless broken man. It will be two years at the end of September and life has changed so much. Not everything I lost has come back, but all in life that has is wonderful. I thank Jesus everyday for this. It not an easy road to be a good Christian but it's worth it. I have love in my life, I have a beautiful woman who loves me Jesus does, I have a descent job. I really can't ask for anything more... I love all of you out there, and thank you Jesus for being there for me.
ReadWhen I was younger, about 3 years old, my mom and I went to a church with our neighbors, who had 12 kids. We saw them as the most wonderful family -- they helped us through tough times as my single, Japanese immigrant, 20-something year old mom raised me; and they showed their love to us. This was our introduction to God.
When they moved back to their family in Texas, I was about 5 years old, my mom lost interest in church. We stopped going, but I still held interest in God.
On the last day before going on Winter Break in 8th grade, I was helping my science teacher clean his fish tank. The topic of religion came up, for he asked if my mom was Buddhist since she was Japanese. I answered no, but that we used to go to church, and I think of God often--so much, that I crave to learn about Him. My science teacher told me that he was Christian, and he said that when we got back from winter break, he would answer all my questions and tell me all about God.
Even though I did not grow up learning every name, story, or verse in the Bible, I found my way to God just by talking about my interest in Him, and I have never felt so happy. Don't rule out people who may not appear interested or know anything about God--our purpose is to spread the Good News to every single person.
In the beginning, We try to understand what we see, Life! We are taught by the people who raise us. In theory, we adjust to our circumstances, in reality, we dont understand and we question many things that we encounter in our journey. I as a child, was raised in a Catholic upbringing and I experienced the Greatness of God at an early age, however, not knowing the world and it's agenda's, I focused on what I had to do regarding my life on this planet. During my UP's and Down's of life I always knew God was around, and I felt His Love when I focused on him, But when I continued to persist on my self, I would loose that feeling! Not knowing just existing and wondering. Through my battles with addiction and bondage to many bad habits, I always had God on the back burner knowing He was there, but I insisted on doing things my way! Frank Sinatra had song with "My Way" but I quickly learned the truth about how much Our God really loves us. It took me 55 years to understand this amazing Love. God has removed my addictions, and has set me free! No more bondage! No more confusion, what is ironic, All this time, I knew, what I had to do, in a blink of the eye, I moved God from the back burner to the front and First obligation, expressing my Love for Him in a very personal manner! Wow! God really comes to your Life! When you make Him your partner! I am excited about my Love Story with God! The Best is yet to Come! Love is the key! God is Love!
ReadThe message August 13th 2016 was very meaningful in trusting God even when I cannot understand.
My husband left his job to become an RN and just at the end of his 3 month orientation in a major hospital with great job benefits he had a sudden onset of neck pain resulting in cervical surgery. This resulted in unemployment for a while. He moved to other nursing jobs which did not seem to work well . Was moving into nursing the best thing I do not know.
My testimony is that, during that time I was the only person working full time. My family has never been behind our mortgage, our bills have been paid including student loans, we tithe faithfully and give to missions. God has used the five loaves and two fishes and blessed us tremendously. Why my husband lost his job which was so promising, I don't understand. I know the Lord has been forever faithful, and we are trusting His Plan. The lyrics of the song ,"Trust his heart" fits in well with the devotion today.
God bless all ODB staff and management.
Fedelie.
Today like many days before I stood at the brim of the ocean amazed at its secrets. We watch dolphins dance through waves and seagulls spiral into them. Suddenly, my dad scooped something small out of the sand and handed it to me. "Here, it's an oyster shell. Open it---does it have a pearl!?" I turned the opal shell over in fingers a few times and looked--"No pearl." "Shucks," he said. "Maybe next time." Peals are of great value, aren't they? Not necessarily something you're lucky to scoop out of the grey tide without a search. I learned once a long time ago that pearls are formed through trial. Something unexpected seeps in--the oyster fights back, layer upon layer. It's defenses persevere and produce something beautiful, through the process was painful. Again, I'm reminded how God flips the world upside down, reassuring all things that happen to us happens for us: "We can rejoice too, when we run into problems and trails, for we know that they help us develop endurance. And endurance develops strength of character, and character strengthens our hope of salvation. And this hope will not lead to disappointment". (Rom.5:3-5).
AnneRyanDempsey
Regardless of how old we are or who we are, we are ALL storytellers. From the moment we take our first breath until our very last, with each new sunrise God grants us, our life’s story is being written. Along the way, there may be some chapters in our lives that are more significant than others, which we may remember more passionately. Nevertheless, each of us has our very own “special” biography to share with others; for we are all custom-made by God’s design.
After being diagnosed with Stage 2 breast cancer three years ago, I was to discover just five months ago that I am now living with Stage IV breast cancer; in other words, it has now metastasized throughout my body. Subsequently, I am now in aggressive therapy to hopefully put the cancer in remission, which has yet to occur.
Recently, I was asked why I wanted to write and publicly share my story. Without a moment's hesitation, I knew exactly why. It's all about H.I.M., aka Hope – Inspiration – Motivation.
It is my heartfelt passion to encourage others during their life’s journey when facing their trials and tribulations. With God’s compassion, grace and strength, it is my sincere mission to turn my life’s story into a message of H.I.M. Rather than wallowing in my own fears and tears, I am inspired, more than ever, to give H.I.M. to others, while their life feels like it is crumbling all around them.
Like Jeremiah, when we read the first two and a half chapters of Lamentations, we, too, may feel afraid, alone, discouraged and in despair. However, as Jeremiah begins to trust and seek God’s compassion and great faithfulness, which we read in Lamentations 3:22-26, he also learns to “quietly wait” (patiently) for God’s deliverance for hope, inspiration and motivation.
• Hope – “The Lord is my portion; therefore, I will hope in Him.” (Lamentations 3:24)
• Inspiration – “Because of the Lord’s great love, we are not consumed, for His compassions never fail. They are new every morning, great is Thy faithfulness.” (Lamentations 3:22-23)
• Motivation – “The Lord is good to those who wait for Him, to the soul who seeks Him. It is good that one should hope and wait quietly for the salvation of the Lord.” (Lamentations 3:25-26)
It is, therefore, by such lessons of Jeremiah that we, too, can experience God’s unwavering love, faithfulness, and mercy cascade into our lives when we seek and trust Him. For I know, I will never be alone, while the chapters of my life continue to be written, and as I continue sharing H.I.M. to others.
When you feel you can no longer cope, remember God gently whispers, "persevere, stay calm, carry on and never give up hope."
For "true faith sees the invisible, believes the incredible, and receives the impossible" (Author Unknown).
Read “Grace, grace, God’s grace…grace that is greater than all our sin!” is part of the refrain from the song, Grace Greater Than Our Sin, by Don Moen. That lyric is a byline for my life. Even when I was still in my sin (Rom. 5:8), He chose me and saved me (Eph. 1:4-5).
I was fearless as a child, so my first brush with death came at around two. I was running like the wind down a steep hill of a cemetery while my parents put flowers on nearby graves. Tripping on the trunk of a small tree, reeling out of control, I landed hard and was later diagnosed with a broken femur. Next around four, I ventured into the river while my dad swam across the river, he looked back to see my long brown hair floating on the top of the water. I climbed on roofs, jumped off high places, and ended up covered head to toe with poison oak after one summer adventure. Those were innocent times.
At eleven my sixteen-year-old brother died in a sudden vehicle accident colliding with a train. The police reported the news to me (I looked much older than my years). His death was followed by my grandmother’s sudden death from cancer and my 46 year old uncle’s sudden death from a heart attack leaving my six cousins all under the age of 18 to figure out life without a provider or protector. I decided at a young age that if I was going to die young, I might as well make the “best” of it while I could. Was it a conscious decision? I do not believe it was, but when added to my fearlessness nature, the combination lit a fire of rebellion that lasted the next thirteen years.
From age 12 to 25, many of my choices were foolish and dangerous. At 17, I came near to death again from Toxic Shock, surviving a 107-degree fever and other awful and painful symptoms. After 30 days of recovery, I got out of my house for the first time, only to be rear-ended by another vehicle, the force so powerful it bent the metal frame of my 1968 Mustang. While my daily life was colorful and full of friends, family, and school activities, my nights and weekends were often filled with edgy, darker activities.
I went to college with the help of my parents and student loans. I continued my sinful decisions and what had now become defiance toward God. I met a young man who knew God, but was not walking with Him. He tried to tell me about God and the devil, but his life was total hypocrisy to me, which was the only loophole I needed to push God even farther away.
Fast forward four years, I was living in another town and working at a small vitamin store, barely getting by. My coworkers were a witch (she said she was a white witch, the “good kind”), a prostitute, and a Christian (although I did not know she was a Christian at the time). The Christian woman was kind and hard working. She had a peace about her that I was attracted to and needed desperately in my life. Finally, amongst the strange environment (we were having break-ins at night), I asked the woman, “Do you go to church or something?” She replied, “Yes, would you like to go with me sometime?” I was in such a hopeless place and knew the only thing I hadn’t tried was God, so why not? Much happened in between, even a miracle that to this day I can’t explain, except that it was God. But after going to church with this woman less than a year, she asked me if I wanted to pray to have Jesus come into my life and by then I knew He really was the only way, the only truth, and the only life (John 14:6).
After years of looking in the rearview mirror, to see if my decisions would either literally or figuratively catch up with me, I felt freedom from my past. God’s grace, His unmerited, undeserved favor had caught up with me instead. I no longer look back, but rather forward to what God has in store for my future as His child, saved only by grace.
I can remember a specific time when God used the daily devotional in “Our Daily Bread” to speak directly to me, giving me direction to get something done. It was a time in my life where I was going through a lot of changes. I was 32, had gone through a divorce about 8 months prior, and my work situation was starting to change. I was moving out from computer programming more into writing, having just finished writing up a manual for a computer project. I was working for a government research site in Idaho Falls, Idaho. Over Christmas, I visited my relatives in Waco, Texas. While there, one of my cousins handed me a college bulletin to Baylor University, which is in Waco, and asked me to send it to my sister because she had been asking for one. Out of curiosity, I opened the bulletin and browsed through the pages looking at the different programs. All of a sudden, my eyes lit upon a degree program called a “Master’s degree in International Journalism.” I reviewed through the requirements for the program, and began to get excited with what I was reading. I love to travel, and one of the requirements was to go on an internship to a foreign country for 6 months. And the idea of writing news stories as a career also excited me. I drove over to Baylor to visit the campus and just walked around, familiarizing myself with it. I would have tried to see a department head about the program, but it was Christmas break and no one was around. While walking around and exploring the campus, I became aware of God’s affirmation on me that this was the right thing to do. Somehow I just knew deep in my spirit that this was a new direction the Lord was leading me toward.
I returned to Idaho all excited about this new direction. However, upon my arrival back home, I was faced with a pile of mail to go through and errands to do that had accumulated while I was away on Christmas break. I temporarily shelved the university idea to tackle my “to do” pile.
Shortly thereafter, one particular morning, God spoke to me rather strongly. Nearly every morning for decades now, I have always started my day with reading the “Our Daily Break” devotional to get in tune with God and to start my day right. That morning, the particular scripture reading was Matthew 21:28-31 about a man who had two sons. I’ll just quote it (Jesus speaking, NASB version):
“But what do you think? A man had two sons, and he came to the first and said, ‘Son, go work today in the vineyard.’ And he answered, ‘I will not’; but afterward he regretted it and went. The man came to the second and said the same thing; and he answered, ‘I will, sir’; but he did not go. Which of the two did the will of his father?” They said, “The first.”
After reading that scripture, I then read what the author of the devotional had to say. He basically said that if God is telling us to do something, we need to act on it promptly and get it done, not say we’re going to do it and then not do it.
It was a mild rebuke to me. I knew that I identified with the second son who said he would go but then did not do it. So I repented, put aside my “to do” list, and started checking into what I needed to do to apply to Baylor University. As it turned out, I needed all that time (starting in January) to get ready for the fall semester of that year. I had a GRE exam to take, lots of paperwork to fill out and send off, transcripts to send, phone calls to the university to make, etc. By listening to the Lord and moving quickly at His direction, I was eagerly ready for college that fall semester, for attending Baylor to get a Master’s degree in International Journalism, a field of study that seemed like a dream come true for me.
I was brought up in church from what I remember in my childhood. I gave my life to the Lord at the age of 17. Throughout my younger years , I struggled with religion and my place in God's kingdom and His plans for my life. I have had a lot of evangelists and ministers prophesies on my life, my future, and my place in God's kingdom. I tired to live up to all the things that I had heard, wanting to please God in every way possible. I was a woman seeking after God's own heart. For years, I labored in the church, I taught Sunday school to the youth, I sang in the mass choir and the gospel choir. I began to follow a daily routine of what was expected out of every day Christians, and I was not happy. I felt like I should've been doing more. In the year 2008, I began to go into renal failure. I was very sick and wasn't able to attend church like I normally did. I continue to send my four children to church in my absence. There were times when I was so sick that I wanted to end my life. I can remember a vision I had during this difficult part of my journey. I visioned a pack of wolves circling my bed with flaming red eyes. I was so afraid , I called out to Jesus and the wolves disappeared. Later my Bishop at my church told me that it was evil waiting on me to take my soul. I don't know if that was true or not, but, the vision was real. The following year I was in complete renal failure and I began dialysis treatments three day a week. 22 moths of being on dialysis, I received a kidney and pancreas transplant. I was back and I had a brand new purpose in the church. I felt the passion of my new found love for God. I was so happy about my blessing , that I was spreading the gospel like wildfire. I couldn't be move. In 2012, I was struck with E. coli. I was in a coma for four days. The transplanted kidney underwent so much trauma that I had to get a couple of dialysis treatments to get it functioning again. From then until now I continue to have trouble with my kidney that I was recently placed back on Dialysis. My kidney gave out on me last July.At the time I was in school, taking care of my sick mother and raising my own family. My mother passed while was attending school and It took a lot out of me. I was going to dialysis and doing my internship to become a medical assistant. I made it through. I give all the GLORY and HONOR to my LORD and SAVIOR. I save my testimony with everyone that I meet. I encourage my children everyday that no mater what kind of adversity you face, "with Christ, ALL THINGS ARE POSSIBLE". Currently, I work in a multi-specialty pediatric office, and I get my dialysis treatments on a nocturnal shift. Spending the good news and my testimony. GLORY TO GOD. I ask that you continue to keep my family and I in Prayer.
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