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Everyone who has been changed by the saving grace of God has a story/testimoney to tell.  My husband and I travel from church to church and country to country doing the work of Missionary Envoy in Foreign Missions.  In doing so we have been privileged to hear testimonies and see glimpses of the awesome work of God’s Holy Spirit in people’s lives!  I want to start putting some of these true stories in print so they can be shared with others.  Testimonies are so powerful in uplifting our spirits toward our God and Saviour, Jesus Christ!

The one I now share with you was heard from a sister in the Lord named Hersy.

Years ago, Hersy lived on the Island of Chuuk, located in the Federated States of Micronesia.  I met her for the first time several years ago in Guam.  She still attends a United Pentecostal Church here.  (I am on the Island of Guam for a leadership seminar at this writing.)  She always had such a beautiful smile and a warm hug and handshake to offer me but it was only yesterday that her pastor asked her to share her testimony so we could all rejoice in God’s power and love shown in her life.  Because of the language barrier I am not sure of the time table involved in Hersy’s story but with the help of her pastor, pastor’s wife, and her husband, I know enough basic facts and details to understand the story of God’s delivering power in her life.

Hersy had been oppressed by a demonic spirit.  From time to time she would black out. When her senses would return people would tell her the horrible things she had done.  One thing that particularly frightened her was when she would hear them tell how she had chased people with a machete.  She had no control over when these incidents would occur and how long they would last.  In her heart she began to cry out to God to deliver her from this living nightmare.

In the mean time she had married a man named Kelep. He had not seen any of these terrible episodes with which his bride had been greatly troubled.

Kelep heard of a church nearby having services that were full of the power of God.  He wanted to take Hersy there and see what it was all about.  Her father told her not to go.  But she told him that she must follow her husband, she would go.

They both liked the first service, it seemed to be the right place to be.  The second or third visit they chose to be baptised in Jesus Name and Hersy was delivered from the demons that had tormented her mind for so long.  She received the Holy Ghost with the evidence of speaking in other tongues just like those in the Bible in the second chapter of Acts!  She finally felt clean and had a peaceful mind and balanced emotions.  This life changing event took place in 1977. The feelings of torment and the frightening incidents of blacking out and being violent have never occurred since that time.  Praise the name of our God!

Hersy then proceeded to tell of another miracle that happened after that.  Her son Marvin was playing in the flood waters after a torrential rain, as ten year old boys are inclined to do.  To her horror he was suddenly swept away and washed down a large drainage opening in the street.  Hersy was frantic.  She had no phone and no one there to help her, but she knew she was not really alone.  She cried out to Jesus for help.  Hersey then ran to report what had happened.

The authorities began a search for her son in the sewer.  They were straining the water, looking for a drowned body but instead they found a live little boy that had survived going through two villages via sewer travel!  Blessed be the name of the Lord!  Much rejoicing was done as Sister Hersey and Brother Kalep received their child back, alive and well! 

These many years later as I listened to Hersey tell her story, it still brought tears of thanksgiving and joy coursing down her cheeks.  Her heart is so grateful for God’s continued intervention and love in her life.

This is just one of millions of testimonies of God’s delivering, saving power in the lives of those who take advantage of His offer of “whosoever will may come”. (Revelation 22:17)

I hope you enjoyed reading this testimony and that it will encourage you to tell the story of God’s love in your life.  Your story may or may not be as spectacular as Hersy’s, but one thing for certain, a life changed by the power of God’s forgiveness, baptism in the precious name of Jesus and the infilling of the Holy Ghost is always and forever a miracle of God’s unconditional love and saving grace! 

1 Corinthians 2:1 (King James Version)

And I, brethren, when I came to you, came not with excellency of speech or of wisdom, declaring unto you the testimony of God.