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A Mom Prays For Drug Addict Son For Years, Then God Comes & Turns Him Into A Minister

by Christel Berns June 14, 2022

A mom prayed and cried out to God to change her drug addicted son for years. Then God came and turned him into a minister, changing cities and communities for His glory.

Perfect Family No More

Nancy Chalmer’s family seems to appear to have a perfect family on the outside. They always attended church, and everything seemed to go well with what she calls the “American dream.” But when her son, Andrew, became addicted to drugs, God unveiled something in her heart which started a difficult journey for the mom.

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When Andrew got older, Nancy noticed something odd with her son. He claimed to be suffering from ADHD, which required prescription medications, but he kept changing doctors. Soon, the mother discovered that her son had been using pills all along. He was apparently forging the medical prescriptions of psychiatrists to feed his addiction. More so, she also discovered he had been using cocaine and heroin as well.

Crying Out To God To Change Her Drug Addicted Son

At that moment, Nancy never imagined God healing her son. Because she felt he was a hopeless case and her family would have to accept they had to live with such condition as a family. But all the while, Nancy prayed and cried out to God about her situation. She would spend hours in their closet, asking God to change her son.

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Then while praying, God showed Nancy a revelation that radically changed her heart. God showed her that she was “as sick” as her son.

“My need to please, my need to make things alright, to fix. Not have anyone to think badly of me..” Nancy recalled.

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God unveiled how she had built a little tower for herself. That she kept lying to herself just to please people all the time. And that she needed a Savior just as her son needed God. It may appear different with her son, but they are on the same level of addiction.

One day, Nancy just busted and made Andrew leave their home. But watch how God incredibly turned things around and worked it all for good, for the glory of His Name.

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Amazing Story Of Jesus Pursuing A Jewish Drug Addict And His Friends

by Christa February 2, 2022

written by Christa

Ron was a drug addict Jew who found a group of friends who would do it with him. And as they were caught in their journey of getting lost, Jesus was also pursuing them and calling them found.

Jewish Drug Addict

Ron started using illegal drugs when he was in boarding school. By the time he graduated, he had become a regular drug user.

He and his buddy, Mike, then decided to quit school to explore and enjoy life. So, they acquired a log house in a small town in Southern Oregon. They also met four other hippies looking for a place to live. The six of them stayed together for months until something happened.

Police caught four of the boys while they were on their way back. Their van was full of drugs, so they were sent to jail.

Ron and Mike feared that they were next to get arrested. So, they went on a hitchhike to Mexico to escape.

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The Story of Pursuit

The first driver that picked them up was a Christian man. He shared the Gospel and told them about Jesus. He took them to a ranch to spend the night and sent them to a coastal highway the next day.

The second car that welcomed them was a Christian family. They asked them questions about God and Jesus and shared the Gospel with them again before dropping them off.

And while they were standing at the side of the road, a pickup truck pulled off, and a guy in the passenger seat climbed down to tell them, “Do you know Jesus loves you?”

The two friends did not make it to Mexico and eventually went back to Oregon.

But, something happened within Ron. Their experience made him look for a Bible.

The Wonderful Surprise

So, he bought a Bible and read it secretly, afraid that Mike would make fun of him. He then fell in love with Jesus and could not stop reading his new Book.

One day, he finally prayed, “God, if You’re there if You’re real, I want to know.” He felt peace within him as he opened his eyes, and he understood that God was real.

So, he told Mike, “You know, Mike, all this time, the truth was right in front of our noses!” Mike just replied, “I know.”

What Ron did not know was that Mike also had an encounter with Jesus. Their realtor was a Christian woman, and so, she gave Mike a copy of the Bible. While Ron was hiding to read the Word of God, Mike was also doing the same.

A letter from prison added their surprise. It turned out that their four friends in jail had also met Christians inside, and they became believers in Jesus.

Without talking to each other, each of them was being pursued by the One who loves them most. They would gather to do drugs in the past, but today, they are bound by their love for Jesus.

A Jew's journey to Mexico ended up in meeting Jesus!

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Ken Barun, From A Jewish Drug Addict To Becoming The Vice President Of The Billy Graham Evangelistic Association

by Christa January 12, 2022

written by Christa

Ken Barun, the Vice President of the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association, was once a drug addict. When he was asked how he came from being a heroin user to a part of the international Christian evangelistic organization, he confidently said, “It’s all about Jesus.”

Ken Barun

Ken’s father disowned him when he became addicted to drugs. He was dependent on the substance for seven years until a drug program representative came and recruited him to join a residential treatment program to which he agreed. Eventually, he became the president of the same drug rehabilitation program.

His efforts in helping drug addicts were soon recognized by former President of the United States, Ronald Reagan. The president then made Ken to be his public liaison for the US Department of Health and Human Services.

Together, they found the Ronald Mcdonald House Charities, and Ken became its president. He helped build it to become one of the most innovative charities in the world.

Despite the success, Ken still felt empty.

Friend of Jesus

One day, in a fundraising event, Ken met a friend of Jesus. His name was Paul Saber. He presented Jesus as the Jewish Messiah.

Ken was initially surprised by the idea. But, as their conversation went on, he finally gave in. “God, forgive me for my sins,” he prayed. “I accept Jesus as my Savior. I repent for all the wrong things I’ve done wrong, and I ask you to come into my heart and soul and make me new again.”

After his prayer, he couldn’t help but sob. But, he felt a whole weight lifted off his shoulders. His heart was suddenly whole. “It was a physical reality,” he declared.

But, the ultimate surprise happened after Ken called his father. He told him about his encounter with Jesus, and as a Jew, he figured he would get disowned once again. His father cried but it was not tears of sadness, rather tears of joy. Because his parents actually found Jesus when they were trying to look for a solution to his drug problem.

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Drug-Addicted Doctor Quits Addiction After Finding Jesus Christ

by Christel Berns September 16, 2021

written by Christel Berns

A well-known and admired doctor in a small town in West Virginia turned to drugs to find relief in his pain and suffering. His addiction went on for many years until God met him.

Doctor O

Dr. Lou Ortenzio was a doctor in the mountain town of Clarksburg, West Virginia. In that small town, he raised his family, and the townspeople admired him. The small-town doctor worked 16 hours a day and took good care of his patients. Hence, he became affectionately known as Doc O.

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And while living what seemed like an ideal life, Lou had an ulterior motive from all the admiration he received from people. Self-satisfaction drove him, and he was pleasing people to feel adequate and loved. Performing for people was an addiction he couldn’t let go of. The doctor tried everything he could to meet everyone’s expectations, trying to earn everybody’s love. But on the other hand, he was neglecting his family.

Drug Addiction

Soon after, in 1988, an excruciating headache led him to discover a drug that gave him a sense of euphoria that he could do anything. Then his addiction to the drug grew and grew each day to the point he would take 40 pills a day. By this time, Lou would write fake prescriptions to keep his drugs coming.

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Consequently, Lou’s marriage broke, and his family left. His performance at work also started to slip.

Crying Out To God

Then one night, in the fall of 2002, Lou decided to end his life. However, his plan failed, and instead, he cried out to God.

“God, take me out of this mess. I can’t do this anymore. You’ve gotta do something. Take me out,” he told the Lord.

God didn’t take him out. But He answered him differently. The next day, Lou met a Christian who invited him to church. After a few Sundays, his life started to turn around.

Today, he says, “You’ve got to have Jesus Christ as your Savior or it just doesn’t work.”

"When I felt inadequate, drugs filled the gap" - Doctor's Performance Turns to Addiction

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September 16, 2021 0 comment

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Jewish Addict Who’s Been To Rehabs And Hospitals Finally Finds Freedom In Yeshua

by Christa August 4, 2021

written by Christa

A Jewish addict went through several rehabs and hospitals in trying to restore his life. But, his freedom came when he encountered Jesus in the New Testament. He said, “Jesus never studied psychology in university, but His very words spoke to me better than any doctor.”

Jewish addict

He was born and raised in a nice Jewish community – celebrating every holiday like Rosh Hashanah, Sukkot, Hanukkah, and Passover. But he remembered vividly how his mother warned him to stay away from Christians and Jesus.

He was a hyperactive kid. As a result, he was under medications supervised by his mother. But he didn’t like the way it made him feel. So his mother warned him that she would toss him out of the house if he stopped his medicines, and she did.

A solution for his addiction

Homeless and drowned in drugs and alcohol, he decided to seek help from professionals. He went to drug rehabs, halfway houses, psychiatric hospitals, psychologists, and doctors. But none of them “fixed” him.

Then, he realized he needed to go back to his Jewish roots. He went to find God, his Creator.

Desperate for something to eat, he went to a church because he knew he could find food there. He thought, “All my life, I’ve been told that Christians don’t love Jewish people. They don’t care about Jewish people. And these were the very people that were taking care of me.”

In his search for God, he bumped into another Jewish man. He assumed that he was a religious Orthodox Jew, but he was actually a Messianic Jew. He then came to know Yeshua through his newfound friend.

With nothing to lose, he finally got his hands on a New Testament and was more than surprised at how Jewish the Book was.

He recalled, “Every word that I read on the pages of the New Testament spoke right through my heart. It was as if God was speaking right to my fear, right to my anxieties.” Yeshua delivered him from his addiction, fears, and anxieties.

Today, he wants to share the deliverance he received to the homeless, drug addicts, and alcoholics.

He found release from his demons in Yeshua? (Remastered)

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August 4, 2021 0 comment

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Drug Addict Heard God’s Voice In Jail And Was Never The Same Again

by Christel Berns July 30, 2021

written by Christel Berns

A drug addict who had a messed-up view of who God was because of his earthly father found freedom after hearing the voice of God while in jail.

Skewed Perception Of God

Brian Layne was abandoned by his earthly father all his life. That pain caused him to see God in a skewed manner. He found it hard to see God as a good Father.

“It made me feel like I had to be good to earn His approval, and then God would bless me. And if I was bad, He would punish me,” he said.

Brian developed such a belief pattern not just because of his earthly father but also because of his stepdads. To him, that pattern was restricting, limiting, and destructive. As a result, he became addicted to drugs to cure the void in his heart. He thought using drugs was the answer to numb all the pain. It became Brian’s escape to forget all his problems. He decided to sell drugs as well.

Hearing God’s Voice

Broken and feeling hopeless, Brian settled in life being in and out of jail. Until, in his breaking moment, he told God, “Lord, either set me free, or kill me.” Then a voice suddenly spoke to him and said, “Brian, you’re forgiven. Now, let’s move on.”

“That voice just gave me instant peace. And from that moment on, I knew that I had been forgiven and that I was accepted by God,” he testified.

Brian admits it has not been an easy path because he still had to deal with his ego and parts of his past traumas in life.

But today, despite the imperfect journey, God is using Brian for His glory. God has set him free from his addiction.

“Jesus changed my life.. The statistics said it wasn’t possible, that odds were stacked against me, that I would never get better or amount to anything, but God had other plans. When I started to trust God for His plan for with life and my situation changed. I found myself finding hope and God’s love. The impossible became possible and even more my reality and His glory,” he said.

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Drug Addict Thought Jesus Was Ridiculous Until He Encountered Jesus’ Presence

by Christel Berns July 9, 2021

written by Christel Berns

A man addicted to drugs believed that Jesus was ridiculous after seeing testimonies of former drug addicts changed by Him until he encountered the presence of Jesus for himself.

Drug Addict

John Humphries grew up in a typical American family. During high school, the pressure to fit in with friends led him to experiment with drugs and alcohol. His family tried to help him, but he eventually dropped out of school and ran away from home.

YouTube | 700 Club InteractiveJohn then spent the next few years partying, drinking, and doing drugs. He became addicted and very dependent on drugs to live life. When John became a father, he began to think about who he had become. After his second child, John started using even more drugs because of parenting responsibilities. He felt his life was in turmoil, and even though it was hard, he felt he had to leave his daughters to protect them from himself.

He Thought Jesus Freeing Addicts Was Ridiculous

While feeling hopeless, John’s brother invited him to church and began reading the Bible. He then started to hear testimonies from the 700 Club. He saw one testimony from a former heroin addict who cried out to Jesus and Jesus answered taking his addiction away. To John, it was a ridiculous thing. But all the while, God was working in his heart.

Knowing the Scripture and hearing testimonies that Jesus comes when you cry out to Him, John decided to try it.

“You know what Jesus Christ, I want to believe and I would love to believe this is real. But I just don’t. But I’ve tried everything else and if You’re real, I need You now,” he told Him.

Then what happened next left John face-down on the carpet. Watch to hear how Jesus encountered him.

"I was Face-Down in the Presence of Jesus Christ"- Instantly Delivered from Drug Addiction

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Drug Addict Saw The Gates Of Hell Opened Until He Cried Out To God

by Christel Berns June 9, 2021

written by Christel Berns

A drug addict bargains his life with God after almost dying and seeing the gates of hell. God heard his plea, and He powerfully came to him.

Gates Of Hell Opened

Scott McNamara used to be so addicted to illegal drugs that he did cocaine for breakfast. One night, he and his friend took so much of it that they overdosed. Then he saw his friend overdose in front of him and was taken away in an ambulance, dead. As he stood by the street watching the ambulance driving away, Scott saw the gates of hell opened.

“I see the gates of hell open up before me and I can’t breathe. I know that I’ve got about 60 seconds left to live. And I cried out to God, ‘keep me alive. Keep my friend Stephen alive and I’ll turn to You,'” he recalled.

God Answers

Scott made that plea bargain with the Lord out of desperation. And God did show up and came to him!

“My friend was resuscitated in the ambulance and discharged.. I was going to cross the precipice of eternity. I really felt like I had one foot hanging over. It was like somebody grabbing me around the neck and keeping me from going to hell. And I believe that was Jesus,” he recounted.

Soon after, Scott discovered that what he did was written in the Bible. It says in Romans 10:13, “Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.” God indeed came to his rescue when he cried out to Him.

However, after that encounter with God, Scott returned to his sin. But this time, he could feel a nudging in his heart whenever he did something wrong to stop what he was doing. He knew it was God continually following him.

A month later, God dramatically reencountered Scott, and he was never the same again.

Watch what happened and be blessed with his powerful testimony!

Jesus rescued me from death, the gates of hell: Scott McNamara's Testimony

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Former Drug Addict: ‘I Used To Be A Hopeless Dope Addict, But Now I’m A Dopeless Hope Addict’

by Christel Berns April 20, 2021

written by Christel Berns

A drug-addicted man who spent his whole life around alcohol, drugs, and violence encountered the love of God, “I used to be a hopeless dope addict, but now I’m a dopeless hope addict.”

Longing To Be Accepted

Jeff Stultz grew up in a dysfunctional family. His father was an alcoholic, physically abusive to his mother when he drank, and mentally abusive to his children.

In his younger school years, kids often picked on Jeff, and that left a trauma in him. Then at 13 years old, he smoked marijuana for the first time. Because by doing that regularly, he felt accepted by some cool kids.

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In high school, he got into boxing, so he would never get picked on again. At 19 years old, he joined the Army. Drinking and fighting then became his life.

Joining A Violent Club

Soon enough, Jeff found himself being accepted at motorcycle clubs. So, he became one of those people who are violent, drug, and alcohol abusers. He thought it was the place where he fit in.

Since in the biker world, the meanest, nastiest guy in the bunch ran the show, he worked to become such a guy. As a result, he abused his wife, got into bloody fights, and got involved in drug dealing, stabbings, and shootings. Without delay, as a drug addict, Jeff rose the ladder and became the president of the club.

The trouble that Jeff constantly brought to the Army ended up with a dishonorable discharge. And he spent the next 15 years as the leader of two different motorcycle clubs.

Life As A Drug Addict

For many years, Jeff built his life around alcohol, drugs, and violence. It became who he was and got even worse.

Until one day, one Christmas morning, her mother had enough of him and made him leave the house. Jeff became homeless in Miami, Florida, robbing people to get high. He knew he would be dead or in prison soon.

A month later, he called his parents again and made a deal to enter a year and a half rehab program, and they would him home again in North Carolina. But this time, it was a Christian rehab. But still, he left early because of his girlfriend.

Jeff then left the rehab and bought a bar where he met a Christian preacher who did mission by becoming part of the bikers’ club. And what happened next totally turned his life around.

I Used To Be A Hopeless Dope Addict ... But Now I'm A DopeLESS HOPE ADDICT! (GRIPPING TESTIMONY!)

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April 20, 2021 0 comment

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Drug Addict Woman Meets Jesus In Prison Cell, ‘I Wanted God To End My Life’

by Christel Berns April 6, 2021

written by Christel Berns

A woman who walked away from God after being molested by a family member and became a drug addict is now helping addicts find freedom through Jesus.

Molested As A Child

Niki grew up having pure and childlike faith in God. However, that all changed at 9-years-old when a family member molested her. Since then, she walked away from God, got angry at Him, blaming Him for allowing such a terrible thing to happen to her. And for years, her parents didn’t know the abuse she was going on.

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The result of the abuse resulted in Niki harming herself by cutting herself or throwing tantrums. In high school, she buried her deep pain through drinking and partying. Soon after, she discovered the comfort of taking drugs and became a heroin addict. But whenever she looked at herself in the mirror, she felt disgusted, lost, and hopeless.

Life As A Drug Addict

In 2013, Niki got into a car accident that nearly killed her while strung out on heroin. But while in the hospital, she called the drug dealer. And when Niki had nothing to pay, the drug dealer demanded sexual favors. That’s when she once again remembered the moment she was abused as a child. She felt devastated but never called out to God for help because she was mad at Him.

After coming out of the hospital, Niki became homeless and did more drugs. She lost all hope and soon after got arrested. Then she became drowned in despair inside the prison cell all alone, absolutely nothing left in her life.

Niki then dropped on her knees in the jail cell and asked God to help her after a very long time. Suddenly, she felt a Presence that lightened her burden.

“Someone put that hand on my should and said ‘you’re gonna be okay,’ she recalled.

And for the first time, after so long, she once again had faith in God. Since then, she was never the same.

"I didn't want to live anymore" - Jesus FREED her from Addiction, Self-Harm, & Abuse Trauma