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Drug Addict Turned Evangelist Goes Back And Ministers To Drug Addicts

by Christel Berns
written by Christel Berns

Drug addict turned Christian evangelist Todd White goes back to a drug area to preach the love of Jesus and minister to drug addicts.

Evangelist Goes Back To Drug Place

Former drug addict, Todd White, went back to Amsterdam called ‘Sensi Seed Bank’ where he used to buy the best ‘pot plant seeds.’ He went there not to be drowned by drugs again but to preach the Gospel to drug addicts in that place.

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Back then, Todd used to tell people that God made weed and that “it’s good” and “medicinal.” And because God made weed, he also concluded that God “made poppy seeds,” “heroin,” “coco,” and “cocaine.” But now, the evangelist wants to redeem that lie with God’s truth.

“God didn’t make that stuff so that we could get drunk, we get high, be buzzin’ all the time,” Todd explained. “God created us in His image and the likeness of God, He made man. Jesus restored that which was lost. That we could walk like Christ walk.”

Sharing The Gospel With Drug Addicts

So, Todd stood in front of the window of the weed bank and met a guy taking pictures of it. Apparently, the guy was raised in the church but turned his back on God. Soon, God revealed a vision to the evangelist that he’s a person working in the IT field and computers. The guy was blown away that Todd knew that.

The Christian evangelist then shared the Gospel with the guy. Later on, Todd also walked up to strangers in that place and boldly shared the love of Christ with them as well.

“When your path crosses their path, you will interrupt their eternity if you would represent Jesus,” he remarked.

Todd spent 22 years of his life around drugs and not believing God before. Until God encountered him and turned his life upside down. It pained him to realize that he wasted those years on worthless things. Moreover, it pained him even more that no one radically shared the Gospel with him. For at that time, Todd longed for hope all those years. That’s why today, it is the evangelist’s passion to share Jesus with every person he meets.

Todd White - Ministering to Drug Addicts

Reference | YouTube – Todd White

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

by Christel Berns
written by Christel Berns

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.

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.

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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Reference | YouTube – 700 Club Interactive

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Christian Author Helps People Break Free From Porn Addiction

by Christel Berns
written by Christel Berns

Former porn addict reveals the demonic nature of pornography and shares how to escape from the addiction.

Pornography Endemic, Demonic

According to a report, the world’s largest porn website has 130 million visitors every day. The reality is the issue of pornography has become endemic. Especially when COVID-19 unfolded, and people stayed at home but remained online.

Former porn addict testimony

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Christian author Sathiya Sam, who helps men overcome pornography addiction, reveals its demonic nature. Apparently, after hearing many stories of the people he helps, he sees a common thread woven by the enemy. He says, “there is ‘a demonic component’ to pornography consumption.”

“The reality is, when you engage in something as toxic as pornography. You’re almost like literally dancing with the devil,” Sathiya explained in an interview with Faithwire. “Like you’re really engaging with something demonic and giving him a foothold.”

He also added that some men might experience relapse after successfully distancing themselves from porn.

“Because they have not built the spiritual maturity to actually sustain the breakthrough,” the author remarked.

A Former Porn Addict

Sathiya grew up in a Christian home. But because porn was rampant on the internet, he was exposed to it at 11-years-old.
During high school, it became “a regular habit.” Then during college, he became a “full-blown addict.” The author recalled how pornography was “the only way” he knew to “cope with the pressures of life.”

Later on, Sathiya encountered Jesus and realized he had to give up his addiction to pornography.

“That’s when I realized I really had a problem,” he said. “I think up until then, I told myself, ‘I can kick this thing when I want. I’ll stop when I need to. When I get married, I’ll fix it.’ All of those lies we tell ourselves that are totally false. That’s when I realized I needed to get some help.”

It took five years for the Christian author to get rid of the addiction finally.

“I made up my mind, in that season,” he recalled. “that, ‘When I figure this thing out, I will do everything in my power to help as many other guys get free as well.’ So I was free for about two-and-a-half years before I felt a release from the Lord to step out and start Deep Clean, which is my ministry [to help men beat porn addiction].”

'You're Dancing with the Devil': Porn Recovery Author Details 'Demonic' Nature of Pornography

And indeed, today, Sathiya is helping men overcome porn addiction with his ministry.

“The thing that we always tell guys is it is better that you confess than get caught,” he told Faithwire. “And that is true whether you’re in a marriage or not — in a relationship or not. … It’s better to take that first step to be proactive, to do the hard thing upfront so life can get easier afterward.”

Also, Sathiya encourages everyone to “be transparent about their sin, to seek help, and to find recovery.”

Learn more about how to overcome your battle against pornography on this page.

 

Reference: Faithwire

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From Drug Addict To Christian Minster: Bobbi Jo Reed’s Tough Journey To Sobriety

by Rhoda Gayle
written by Rhoda Gayle

From being a homeless drug addict to a Christian minister helping others to know Jesus Christ, Bobbi Jo Reed shares her tough journey to sobriety after over two decades of being trapped in addiction.

Bobbi Jo Reed

Growing up, Bobbi had always longed for a relationship with her dad who was a police officer. Her mother had mental issues that weren’t addressed and her dad was always busy working two jobs. At the age of 12, she started to work a full-time job and that was when she started to go out.

The Kansas City woman first had a taste of alcohol when she was 12. At the age of 13, she became an alcoholic and a drug addict. As a result of her addiction, she became homeless and was even human trafficked and almost killed many times.

Drug Addiction

For 22 years, she had been captivated by her addiction until she ended up in a detox treatment. That was where she started to see God’s purpose for her life.

In the detox, life was hard, there were no hygiene products available. So when she had a chance to gain profit by baking bread and selling them in the market, she started to buy hygiene products. She also shared them with others who were in the treatment. She even gave them the leftover of her baked goods.

“When I started helping these other people and sharing my experience with them, I started feeling like, ‘Man, maybe I could do something, maybe there’s something I could be good at.’ The Lord just took that, those hygiene products and that detox and those loaves of homemade bread changed my life,” she shared during an interview with The Christian Post.

Healing House

Today, Bobbi is helping thousands who have struggled with addiction to find recovery. In 2003, she founded Healing House to help people get back up on their feet again and have a relationship with the Lord.

“Nobody’s ever left here without finding a relationship with Christ. And that’s amazing,” Bobbi said of the people who’ve stayed in her recovery homes.

You can watch her detailed life story in the documentary film “Bobbi Jo: Under the Influence,” which shows her remarkable transformation from being a drug addict to a minister.

Read also: Ex-Porn Star Urges Singles To Live In Purity

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Teen's plea to go to college
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Teen Writes Note To God To Help Her Go To College, And A Minister Miraculously Finds Her Note

by Christel Berns
written by Christel Berns

An 18-year-old financially challenged girl decided to write a note to God to ask for help so she could go to college. She sent it off through a balloon, and God answered her prayers.

Mykehia Curry is starting college to pursue a degree in nursing at Albany State University. But she was stressed out when she found out she didn’t have enough money to make ends meet nor did she have essential supplies. She’s the first one in the family to go to college and she says she’s doing it for her seven-year-old brother. She wanted her little brother to have a better life. So, she resorted to writing a letter to God asking for His help.

YouTube | 13WMAZ

A Note To God

She wrote in the note, “God, help me go to college. God, this is me again. Please help me get everything I need to leave Wednesday. I love you, Amen.”

Then she sent the note off with balloons up to the sky. Unbeknownst to her, God led her balloons to someone who loves the Lord.

Prayer to go to college

YouTube | 13WMAZ

Jerome Jones picked up the deflated red, blue, and pink balloons near a dumpster in the construction site he was working at and was about to put them in the dumpster when he saw the note. Then the Christian man opened the letter “written with pencil on that crinkled bit of paper.”

God Answers Teen’s Plea To Go To College

He read Mykehia’s desperate plea to God to help her go to college. Right then, Jerome knew it was no accident. He knew that God had planted that note there so he could find it and do something for the person who wrote it. There was a strong conviction inside him.

Jerome is also a part-time minister in Monticello at Springfield Baptist Church. So he took the note and presented it to the church and they all decided to help the 18-year-old.

Although Mykehia sent off those balloons, she didn’t expect any help would come. She thought that anybody who found the note would simply throw it away.

But when Jerome Jones showed up at her door, the 18-year-old could hardly believe it. She even asked him if the gifts he brought were really for her, and the man of God replied, “It’s yours. God answers prayers baby.”

Teen's prayers answered after she sends balloons to God

Reference: Faithpot

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