Dear Friends:
Hema and I would like to share the exciting testimony of a great couple Nathanael and Billy Jo Young from Billi Jo's own words that she wrote to me spontaneously a few days ago. Their testimony is very special for the following reasons:
1) It is a testimony for Billi Jo who loves her husband deeply to pray for him daily and
for Nathanael who heard the prompting from the Holy Spirit. They are an exciting
couple and we love them very much.
2) It is a testimony to our "God's Love" broadcast on WAPN 91.5 FM (Monday - Friday @
5:00 PM) which touched Billi Jo.
3) It is a testimony to our Prayer Center where Billi Jo was prayed for! The Youngs
belong to a great local church, First Baptist of Daytona Beach. The Prayer Center
stands to bring unity and godliness in the community so that the participants and
attendants can contribute to their own local churches.
4) It is a testimony to Hema's Bible study once a month where Billi Jo and others
receive God's word.
Hema and I request you to continue to pray for Nathanael and Billi Jo as they contribute to the mission fields of their great local church and also join us in prayer from time to time for our cities and our communities.
Testimony of Nathanael & Billi Jo Young!
I would like to share my personal testimony of what God has done for my family through Bethel Ministries.
I first heard John when I started listening to his God's Love radio broadcast a couple years ago. I had never heard anyone who captured the religious-barrier-breaking love of God in the words he spoke.
Then in the summer of 2008, I heard them announce they were having a Ground Breaking Ceremony where the future Global Prayer Center would be built. For some unknown reason, I felt God impressing upon me the importance of my being there for this ceremony. I didn't know anyone who would be there and I am normally not a very outgoing person, but I attended the ceremony and even convinced my non-practicing, Catholic-raised husband to join me, somewhat against his will. While I had a church home and I tithed & served regularly, he did not. Whenever we spoke about religion it always ended in an arguement, so we just avoided the subject.
We didn't speak to anyone during the ceremony, but at the end when John asked if there was anyone who would like him to lay hands on them for healing, I knew I had to go to him, although I had no experience whatsoever with this practice. You see, I was preparing for a major hysterectomy due to severe uterine fibroids and healing was just what I needed. My husband stayed seated while I went several yards away to a wooded area with several other people. Without saying what I needed healed, John took my hand and pronounced that God was going to heal "the division in my home". Certain there was some mistake, I ignored John's words and stood there for while waiting for him to tell me God was mistaken, and He was going to heal my tumors. That didn't happen. I didn't mention John's words to my husband but as we started back home I couldn't help but think about what John said. Could it really be possible? Could God really get through to my stubborn husband? I prayed for him constantly, but only then did I realize that I never really thought it was actually going to do any good.
After many years of listening to John on his radio broadcast, I believed he was an annointed man of God. But did God really give him a prophecy about me and my husband? Realizing I had nothing to lose, I finally started to believe God words. If He said it, it will come to pass. Do not doubt, just believe. Hard as it was, I finally learned what faith was: The substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.
I started thanking God for what He was going to do, what He said He would do, before I had any logical reason to believe. And less than three months later, as I was recovering from my hysterectomy, my husband gave his heart to the Lord. Several months later we gathered for the second time on the grounds of the Global Prayer Center, this time worshipping God together in perfect unity as husband and wife.
Sincerely,
Mrs. Billi Jo Young
