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The testimony of Jesus in, with, and through everyday people like us. A father and son who were addicts for over 20 yrs. You name it, WE DID IT, TOGETHER!!!! we used to use drugs together now we share about what God Has done for us to encourage the body of Christ and anyone else who may listen to this that is feeling hopeless and empty. LISTEN TO OUR STORY...and the testimony of others who feel led to share with you.... GOD BLESS YOU....TODAY WE CHOOSE TO SPEAK LIFE AZ!!!!!!!!!!

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July 25, 2026Episode 63 hr 57 min

Sara Pletcher Testimony

Send us Fan MailRage can look like “just my personality” until God puts His finger on the real wound. Sara grew up around church, but at home she carried years of verbal and physical abuse that shaped the way she saw herself, trusted people, and handled fear. What followed wasn’t just pain, it was a life pattern: anxiety that stayed unnamed, anger that exploded, and relationships that felt safer to sabotage than to risk. We talk through the long road from an early childhood salvation moment to a faith that becomes her own, plus the specific turning points God used to get her attention, including a HeartQuest retreat where a horse, a road, and a patch of thistles became a living metaphor for getting back on track. Sara shares openly about postpartum depression, the sting of church hurt, and what it feels like to be told you can come back when you’re “all better.” The healing centerpiece is Celebrate Recovery. If you think CR is only for drugs and alcohol, this conversation will reset that assumption fast. We unpack how CR helps with anger, anxiety, codependency, trauma, abuse, mental health struggles, and the everyday habits that quietly separate us from God. Sara also shares how recovery led to leadership, how she learned to name anxiety, why forgiveness is for your freedom, and how God is now redirecting her toward behavioral health work and counseling. If you need hope that Jesus can meet you in the mess, press play and stay with us. Subscribe, share this with someone who needs a safe next step, and leave a review so more people can find these stories of recovery and redemption.Support the show

June 30, 2026Episode 53 hr 16 min

Pastor Maurice Chavez - Equip Church

Send us Fan MailA lot of people throw around “spiritual warfare” like it’s a slogan, but we’ve lived it and Pastor Maurice Chavez has too. From growing up as a pastor’s kid under intense expectations, to watching church conflict up close, to the grief and rage that pushed him toward a breaking point, Pastor Maurice shares the kind of Christian testimony that doesn’t leave room for pretending. One moment in particular still hits hard: a desperate night, a dresser blocking the door, and a father who wouldn’t stop knocking because God showed him what was happening in his son’s room.We also go places the church often avoids. Maurice opens up about pornography addiction, childhood trauma, and why real freedom usually takes more than a single altar moment. We talk counseling, triggers, boundaries, accountability, Celebrate Recovery, and the daily choices that retrain your mind toward Scripture, worship, and healthy patterns. If you’re a leader, a pastor, or just tired of being stuck, this part of the conversation gets painfully practical and genuinely hopeful.Then we zoom out to the bigger mission: inner-city ministry in Phoenix, the shift from Phoenix World Outreach to Equip Church, and a discipleship-first approach built around Ephesians 4 and raising leaders. Pastor Maurice shares his vision for a spiritual awakening, stronger marriages under stress, and a true movement of men who don’t just get inspired at a conference but actually grow in holiness, maturity, and staying power. You’ll also hear about championmen.net and his books designed to disciple men from the inside out.If this conversation helps you, subscribe, share it with someone who needs hope, and leave a review wherever you listen. What stood out to you most, the knock at the door, the recovery process, or the call to equip men?Support the show

March 31, 2026Episode 43 hr 2 min

Stacy Kalisz Johnson Testimony

Send us Fan MailHeart disease can feel like a family curse until you learn what you can actually change. Stacy Johnson joins us to share how losing her dad and uncovering a long line of early heart attacks pushed her into prevention, volunteering with the American Heart Association, and coaching everyday people toward simple, repeatable health habits that work in real life.We talk about her path from growing up Catholic in Western New York to building a career in engineering, moving to Arizona, and eventually returning to church with a new kind of intentionality. Along the way, Stacy breaks down what shifted her faith from something she “always believed” into a lived relationship with God, shaped by reading the Bible consistently, learning generosity, and becoming open to the Holy Spirit in daily life.Then we get extremely practical. Stacy lays out her "B.E. H.A.P.P.Y." framework for heart health and lifestyle change: breakfast, exercise, hydration, axe or add one habit, plate two fruits, plate three veggies, and YOU time for self-care. We also connect the dots between blood pressure, sleep, stress, food planning, and consistency, plus why “hereditary” is often a wake up call, not a sentence. If you want preventive health, heart healthy habits, and faith-fueled discipline without the hype, this conversation is for you.Subscribe, share this with a friend who needs a reset, and leave a review with one word: Jesus.Support the show

March 1, 2026Episode 32 hr 55 min

Ukrainian Pastor - Rosen K.

Send us Fan MailWhat does it take for a street kid from a Bulgarian orphanage to become a lifeline for families huddled in Ukrainian bomb shelters? Meet Rosen, a pastor whose life reads like a map of hard places and a ledger of relentless grace. Born with a severe double cleft palate and abandoned at birth, he survived on glue and grit until a stranger flew him to Amsterdam for world-class surgeries. A missionary family later adopted him to the U.S., where daily devotions, not pressure, kindled a quiet, certain call: serve the ones he once stood among.We travel with Rosen through YWAM schools and back into Eastern Europe, where he learned to forgive doctors who failed, parents who left, and a system that bruised more than it held. He turned statistics into stories—teaching graduating orphans real skills in carpentry, cooking, and media—replacing despair with paychecks and purpose. Burnout nudged him to China, where language class met underground worship, and a leprosy ministry opened behind guarded gates. There, he cut wood for winter, harvested fields for those without hands, and shared audio Bibles with those without sight.Then came an unexpected detour to Bethel in Redding, and a tender chapter of service, mentorship, and favor. In Bulgaria, he found his biological family, led with forgiveness, and left with closure. He married Oksana, a Ukrainian YWAM leader, and rooted in Ternopil. When war erupted, everything changed. Their daughter was born during air raid sirens. Blackouts shape meals and laundry. Drones and missiles scar neighborhoods. Ministry pivoted overnight to chaplaincy in hospitals, housing refugees, veteran transport, and simple, stubborn presence in the dark.Rosen offers hard-won clarity on why Ukraine matters—identity, language, and the black soil that feeds nations—and how hope survives under martial law and midnight alarms. He asks for three things: pray for the exhausted church and relief teams; intercede for leaders, soldiers, and families; and, if you can, give to sustain fuel, food, and practical care at give.ywamtyler.org and specify if possible for Rosen K. or you can give your gift through YWAM accounting and designate for Rosen Klepel at YWAM ACCOUNTING // PO BOX 3000 // GARDEN VALLEY TX 75771 Make sure to specify for Rosen KlepelSubscribe, share this story with a friend who needs courage today, and leave a review with one word—Jesus—to help more people find it. Your voice helps carry theirs.Support the show

February 4, 2026Episode 23 hr 28 min

Nicole W. Testimony

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January 22, 2026Episode 13 hr 13 min

Dustin Bailey Testimony

Send us Fan MailA quiet house. A car pulling away. Knees on the doorstep and a prayer that finally surrendered control. That’s where Dustin’s story turns—not from pain to perfection, but from isolation to honest recovery, from “fix it myself” to “Lord, I can’t.” What follows is a courageous, practical walk through mental health, marriage, parenting, and faith that refuses to label people as broken and instead calls them designed and worth stewarding.We unpack a childhood of giftedness inside a loud, loving, inconsistent home; sports and music as lifelines; and a faith that started with facts before it became relationship. Dustin names bipolar without euphemism, explains why meds can be mercy, and shows how sleep, routine, and movement stabilize chemistry. He shares how Celebrate Recovery and a single blue chip rewired his life, why hearing your story come out of someone else’s mouth unlocks healing, and how covenant love means “marrying” your spouse again and again as both of you change.We also go deep on technology and identity. Dustin researches nomophobia—the panic of losing your phone—because our selves now live inside devices. Instead of shame or confiscation, he points to stewardship: teach healthy use, build real belonging, and aim tools toward God. For students and families, he imagines accessible care in evenings and weekends, church-led spaces where it’s safe to be human, and a three-part healing that aligns body, soul, and spirit so capacity grows and callings can breathe.Come for the testimony, stay for the tools: spoons and coins, dopamine and serotonin, liturgies for your phone, rhythms for your day, and grace for your story. If you’ve ever felt defective, this conversation invites you to trade shame for stewardship and start again—today.Subscribe, share with a friend who needs hope, and drop a review with your biggest takeaway. Ready to lay something down so you can pick up what’s next?Support the show

December 30, 2025Episode 352 hr 48 min

Robert Fenchak Testimony

Send us Fan MailA handshake, a blackout, and an ER visit—that’s where Robert’s turning point began. What unfolded next is a story that doesn’t flinch: childhood in a strict home, a move to Page, AZ that spiraled into fights and a juvenile arrest, a marriage that buckled under addiction and unhealed pain, and a son caught in the crossfire of two households trying to do right and getting it wrong. We walk right into the mess—co-parenting missteps, rehab, relapse, regret—and then we stay long enough to show the repair: apologies made, cigarettes surrendered, secrets dragged into the light, and trust rebuilt one choice at a time.You’ll hear how a 2015 mental breakdown pushed Robert into the Bible, not the bottle—Rhema coursework at the kitchen table, Charis Bible College across the city and in the mountains, and a gradual, durable healing without medication. You’ll meet Mandy, the woman he dated for five years before marriage, choosing friendship and purity as the foundation. And you’ll step into the daily work of fostering and adoption: five kids, mission trips, open-heart surgery recoveries, and the kind of love that looks like carpools, boundaries, and prayers over math homework. This is what faith looks like when it pays bills, returns calls, and keeps showing up.We don’t sanitize the past. We name it so we can redeem it. A stepdad admits a destructive choice in the name of connection. A son lays down bitterness and learns to forgive. A father confesses anger and models amends. Together we outline a future—The Carefree Home of Hope—a larger space to welcome siblings, heal trauma, and turn belief into structure and safety. If you’ve ever wondered whether courageous conversations can change a family, consider this your sign to start one.Subscribe, share this with someone who needs hope, and tell us: what courageous conversation are you ready to have today?Support the show

December 10, 2025Episode 342 hr 22 min

Joel S. Testimony

Send us Fan MailA warm meal around a neighbor’s table. A cold cell under fluorescent lights. A helicopter ceiling you can see from outside your own body. Joel’s story moves through them all, tracing a jagged path from childhood trauma and hustling on Van Buren to prison politics, catastrophic injury, and a fight with PTSD that lasted years. What kept surfacing—often quietly—was presence: a family that called him mijo and made room for one more plate, a steady voice in the chaos, and a God who refused to let go.We walk with Joel through juvenile time, a Tennessee boys’ ranch, relapses, and the lure of the street. He talks openly about addiction, segregation behind the walls, orders made in whispers, and the moment everything changed physically: a “face meets concrete” accident that led to reconstructive surgery, vision loss, and an out‑of‑body clarity he still remembers. Healing wasn’t instant. It took county jail, New Freedom, EMDR, equine therapy, and a thousand small choices to rebuild attention, patience, and trust. Along the way, prayer stopped sounding like a performance and started sounding like work talk—asking God for a clean line while taping trim, for calm in traffic, for the next right thing.Out of that grind came purpose. Joel helped lead a painting lab for reentry, proved he could run it lean and excellent, and then launched Prodigal Sons Painting—a second‑chance employer built for graduates coming out of prison and treatment. Think real wages, shared ownership, housing and credit support, and on‑the‑job mentoring that reduces recidivism and restores dignity. He’s back inside facilities now, not as a number but as a messenger, offering a practical path forward and a witness that redemption is more than a word.If you care about addiction recovery, prison reform, second‑chance hiring, trauma‑informed care, EMDR, equine therapy, vocational training, and faith that shows up with a lunch pail, you’ll find something here. We pray together, wrestle with labels, and choose love over noise. Listen, share with someone who needs hope, and leave a review so more people can find these testimonies. Subscribe and hit the bell to catch the next story, and tell us: where have you seen redemption take root?Support the show

November 30, 2025Episode 333 hr 57 min

Mike N. Testimony

Send us Fan MailA forged birth certificate at fourteen. A six-figure salary at twenty-four. A bathroom floor, a loaded needle, and a battering ram at the door. Mike’s story moves fast because he spent years running—through promotions, pills, benzos, Suboxone, and the lie that more success would finally make him whole. He tried a church row seat and a secret habit at the same time. He tried a fresh start in Florida and ended up with an arrest, an anxiety spiral, and a doctor who handed him a pharmacy. He even got extradited across the country over a pair of stolen headphones. Still, grace kept finding him.The turning point wasn’t tidy. It sounded like a man shouting into a squad car ceiling, “I want Your will, not mine,” and watching the back door swing open as police let him walk. It looked like a cop asking, “Do you want help?” and driving him to the first real step toward detox. It felt like grief over a dying father, and forgiveness from a woman named Rachel who chose to believe there was more to him than his worst moments. Then came a Sunday night at Teen Challenge: a simple word from a visiting minister, a collapse to blue carpet, and a flood of tears as fear, shame, and striving finally released. Deliverance brought him out; discipleship has kept him out.Today, Mike serves instead of performs. He mentors at church, drives vans so men can meet godly leaders, and helps launch Recovery Church—an open-door bridge between the rooms and the sanctuary—where worship, the gospel, and honest small groups meet people early in recovery. He and Rachel founded Redeemed & Restored Ministries to open recovery discipleship homes and build a pathway from detox to durable freedom: spiritual formation, financial literacy, honest community, and a sober re-entry that lasts. Ask him what he prays for most and he’ll tell you straight: his kids to know Jesus and live free.If you’ve ever believed you were too far gone, press play. You’ll hear how God uses cops and courtrooms, mercy and mentors, to write a better ending. Then share this with someone who needs hope, subscribe for more stories like this, and leave a review with your biggest takeaway—what moment moved you most?Support the show

November 14, 2025Episode 323 hr 10 min

Katie T. Testimony

Send us Fan MailA stable childhood in Gilbert, AZ. A stay-at-home mom who became a model of grit and sobriety. Then the punches life throws: manipulative relationships, sexual assault at work, a reputation scarred by lies, and a young marriage carrying more baggage than either of them saw coming. Katie doesn’t sugarcoat any of it. She lets us into the honest work of rage giving way to anger, and anger learning healthier exits. That shift didn’t happen by accident—it grew in the soil of a women’s night that opened the door to a church, a life group that made “doing life together” real, and a Celebrate Recovery room where a sponsor named the harm, cut the chords of self-blame, and taught her what true amends sound like.There’s a moment you won’t forget: a trivia night she almost skipped, where God quietly delivered news that one of her abusers had found Jesus. Not tidy, not triumphant—just a surprising piece of healing no one could have scripted. From there we trace leadership, launching a CR from the ground up, opening their home for baptisms and team nights, and discovering how hospitality can be holy. And then the floor shifts. Her mom’s stage four diagnosis, a rapid decline, and that singular grief of losing your best friend. Katie talks about counseling, movement, and reading entire chapters of scripture as anchors that made survival possible. She’s candid about church hurt and the lonely season that follows a big transition, yet you can hear it—new pillars are being built.What stands out most is her vision for ministry where people actually are: gyms, trails, restaurants, and third spaces where churched language feels foreign but kindness still translates. She shows up at services for people she never met, listens, and tells their families why their loved one sounded worth knowing. It’s a way of witness that lets life reveal the gospel before words do. If you’ve ever felt broken open by grief, trapped by rage, or mislabeled by others’ stories, this conversation offers practical tools, steady hope, and the kind of faith that finds you in ordinary places.If this resonated, tap follow, share it with a friend who needs it, and leave a review with your biggest takeaway so others can find the story and the hope.Support the show

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