Freedom4Me Stories:
Vicky's Story. Fall of 2023
I took the Freedom4Me seminar in Biddeford Maine this past fall. I was very reluctant and very scared, and I was triggered through most of it. I haven’t reached out to tell you the results, and I’ve been encouraged to do so for about three days after. I felt the only way I could describe it was empty, but it was a very calm empty. It wasn’t fear, anxiety, or shame. I didn’t have a word for it. It took me a while to talk to somebody about it because I was fearful of their answers. I was fearful that they would tell me that God had rejected me. I was beside myself not knowing what was happening inside. I reached out and I was told that this was the presence of God and then I realized the emptiness was really peacefulness. I felt complete and whole and for the first time in my life, safe. It wasn’t dependent on what I did I did not do. I truly knew God’s grace and I felt His love. Now I start each day by seeking Him. I ask Him to take control over my thoughts, actions, and words so that they may reflect His love and grace. I would like to take this course over again. Have a very Merry Christmas. It has taken on a whole new meaning for me.
Thank you,
Vicky
Kim's Story: Attended Jan 19-21, 2023
Pastor Frank,
I want to testify what a miracle of God's healing my broken heart has made.
I run to the Word, time with Lord now with joy & anticipation. I see things I never saw before in Word--I know shocker...
My frustration meter is barely registering & when it does I quickly see what's happening & breathe & calmly deal with it or blow it away. I see people so differently now, thru His eyes. And HUGE is my relationship with food has truly changed and I now have ability to say no to urges, ask what does my body need--69 years of bondage has fallen off.
I am thinking/praying how much our Youth Groups need this, College Ministry Groups with new believers & fatigued faithful servants going on faithfulness.
Please let Pastor Don & our faithful Prayer Warrior Joy (I think, forgive if I did not get her name right.) know to further encourage them.
Rachel's Story; Attended Jan 19-21, 2023
Today, I ate an apple.
Your initial response might be something like “Okay, so what, Rachel? Eating an apple is no big deal.”
Actually, for me, it absolutely is. If you know me at all, you probably know I am allergic to apples. Nothing deathly, but within thirty minutes of a bite or two you would see me blowing my nose, clearing my throat, wishing I could rip out my throat because it is so sore and itchy.
And apples aren’t the only thing I’m allergic to. Other allergies include gluten, dairy, all nightshades, grapefruits, pomegranates, pineapples, cherries, grapes, peaches, oranges, cranberries, legumes, peppers, corn, soy, peanuts, and several other things I am forgetting at the moment. These are allergies I have had my whole life, and most have grown worse over time, leading me to a drastic change in diet in 2019.
However, I attended a Christian seminar this past weekend that focused on healing the heart. There were several lessons and intensive prayer sessions that worked through different facets of this concept. During the last session, the Lord prompted me to bring up my issue with allergies. Trust me - I did NOT want to bring this up. I confess I am very skeptical of anything related to physical healings, thanks to the twisted work of Benny Hinn and the like. But who am I to say no to the Lord’s promptings?
Simple prayers were prayed, and that was it. I didn’t feel any different, or have any special emotional response. I went home somewhat doubtful, trying not to get my hopes up, afraid they would just be crushed as soon as I ate an apple.
That afternoon, I ate an apple… and nothing happened. The next day I ate some tomatoes, tried out croutons in my salad, ate real bread with real butter, and ate another apple… and nothing happened. I continue to try out foods I was once allergic to, and nothing happens. The only explanation possible? God has healed me of my allergies!
I am in awe. Even with the immense amount of doubt I have had while trying out foods that I haven’t tasted in years, He has been so patient with me and blessed me in abundance. My faith has been tested, and He has grown it so much because of this experience. Surely freedom in Christ is found in our salvation, but now I am experiencing a whole new freedom in Christ! What once was a frustrating, burdening part of my very identity is now completely washed away.
Going to the grocery store this week was a whole new experience. I couldn’t believe how many tomato sauce options are on the shelf! I almost got emotional as I walked through the dairy aisle and into the freezer section. Going grocery shopping has never felt so victorious and freeing. God is good.
“When I consider Your heavens, the work of Your fingers, the moon and the stars, which you have ordained, what is man that you are mindful of him, and the son of man that You visit him? For You have made him a little lower than the angels, and You have crowned him with glory and honor” (Psalm 8:3-5).
I pray you are encouraged by this testimony. May we all be convicted to spend more time on our knees in prayer, thanking and petitioning our King with more faith than we had before. The mighty God of the Bible is still very much alive and active today. He has not forgotten His people.
Pastor James Greenlaw
Read Rhonda's Testimony: Freedom from a spirit of death February 2022
I attended the freedom for me seminar in February of 2022. I brought along a friend who the Lord had told me to bring and I was focused on her being set free. I had nothing in mind for myself specifically but told the Lord if He wanted to do something for me to go ahead. On the first night I watched my friend receive from the Lord and was so overjoyed for her! My whole body trembled in the Lord's presence the entire night but nothing was revealed to me. By the second night we were dealing with unforgiveness in our hearts. I knew I had some to deal with from past friendships so I explained my story. I shared that I had lost best friend after best friend continually in my life with no explanation. People would get close to me and then just leave me with a broken heart. It became so bad that I decided it wasn't worth the cost and I no longer wanted to let people in. Immediately after sharing the faciliator said it's a Spirit of death on your life! To say I was shocked was an understatement! He explained that, that spirit separates and its main goal was to eventually kill me. Thinking back to times in my past this totally made sense! He took authority over it and everything became black! I began to cry as the Holy Spirit was working and I felt that Spirit of death leave me! The Lord then filled the void in me with the Spirit of Life and the love of God. I felt my entire countenance shift and joy and love flowed into me. I had never felt so alive!! I believe this Spirit came in through my parents divorce thirty years ago, it was a really dark and traumatic time in my life. Day in and day out, people would constantly tell me to smile or ask me what was wrong when nothing was...they could see the darkness in me. I always wondered what was wrong with me...I had no idea!! But today I feel alive like never before, I am so filled with joy and have a hard time not smiling!!! People are noticing that I am a happier person, all praise to our God! I have been in countless healing and deliverances and never before did this Spirit get recognized! I highly recommend Freedom 4 Me, God will show up in a way you probably won't expect and He WILL set you free! So if the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed. - John 8:36
Rhonda
Jennifer's Story. May 2021
When I signed up for the Freedom4ME seminar I was hopeful because I had done the Ancient Paths seminar before and had gained insight into where the enemy had blinded me to Truth and The Love of The LORD JESUS. But I didn't allow my thinking to dwell on what The LORD was going to do because one of the strongholds in my life has been vain imaginations. Vain imaginations bring tremendous expectations and delusions of grandeur.
I truly didn't know what to expect from the seminar but I trusted that The LORD was True to His Word; that He has come to heal the brokenhearted. On the first evening in small group I was asking The LORD about my heart and I had a picture in my mind that my heart was standing across the street from myself smoking a cigarette. I shared with my small group that I was the youngest child of 9 siblings and there had been alcoholism and dysfunction and I had been recovering from my own addictions for only about 18 months. I also shared about being consumed by glutinous behavior. The facilitators asked me what The LORD had to say about that concerning me and I heard Him remind me that He says in His Word, The Bible, that self-control is a fruit of the spirit. So my belief that I couldn't possibly ever obtain self-control was a lie straight out of the pit of hell.
After the first evening was over and I went home and slept I woke the next morning realizing that throughout my life I had tried to give my heart to anyone who ever said a kind word to me or gave me the time of day. I had given my heart away so many times and had been rejected just as many times that it (my heart) had run away from myself and was standing on the street corner smoking a cigarette.
By the second day of Freedom4ME I knew that The LORD JESUS was healing my broken heart. By the end of the third day when I was asked what my heart looked like I was completely overjoyed to see my heart was put back into my chest and it was strong and whole and safe. Now it was able to hear from The Holy Spirit who lives inside me. Every day since has been a journey with The LORD. He says in His Word that He will never leave us nor forsake us. That He is not a man that He should lie. Those are WORDS of healing to my heart. Everything in this world will leave us and forsake us. That's The Truth.
My heart belongs to Jesus Christ. I've been set free indeed. I take every thought captive to the obedience of The LORD Jesus. When my heart was broken I took everything personally, everything was my fault, everything. Those are lies straight out of the pit of hell. Jesus Christ is building His church in and through those who confess their sins, repent, turn from their wicked ways and believe by Faith that He has overcome the world. Praise God. Thank You Jesus Christ and thank You Holy Spirit for the freedom I have been given as a free gift.
Jennifer 2021
Jason's Story. May 2021
Thank you for hosting such a great seminar! The Lord most definitely showed up for me. I can share a little bit of what my heart looked like. When the Lord first revealed my heart it looked like a gray golf ball with the dimples as holes. Essentially a wireframe of a golf ball with gray coloring. Once I asked the Lord to heal my heart I saw golden honey pouring into that hollow heart and filling it up. I immediately felt my countenance change when this happened. I had these "holes" in my heart from a Soul-Bond I had with a previous girlfriend a lifetime ago. The Lord released me from that bond and I just feel amazing! In addition to that, the Lord spoke to me directly telling me I'm good enough and that He died for me. When it came to the stronghold section of the seminar, I saw a fake stronghold, which was really a deception to prevent me from seeing the real one. One of the facilitators pointed out that it was fear of people not accepting me for who I am. That was so powerful and I clearly heard the Lord tell me I am good enough and that he died for me.
Jason