I love that you said that your prayers were not answered “in the way that you wanted them to be”, because He does answer our prayers faithfully but sometimes not in the way we’re convinced we need.
I enjoyed your 15min “vanilla” testimony as much as another person’s 3hr deep in the occult/witchcraft testimony. I’m grateful for you sharing your testimony.💛
As someone saved later in life testimonies like this truly encourage me deeply! Especially as a parent. God is so gracious in saving the wayward and gracious in saving and keeping a child. 💜
Exactly what does “saved” mean in your interpretation? My understanding is that no one except God is the judge, and that there will be a day when we each one will stand before the judgement bar of God. It is then, and only then, that we will know whether we are “saved” or otherwise. Just having a testimony of Jesus is not a “saving” factor.
@@raegan_price You said, “As someone saved later in life,…….” What did you mean by “saved”? What determines if one is “saved”? These are honest questions.
Romans 10:9 - 13 9 If you declare with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord,” and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. 10 For it is with your heart that you believe and are justified, and it is with your mouth that you profess your faith and are saved. 11 As Scripture says, “Anyone who believes in him will never be put to shame.”[a] 12 For there is no difference between Jew and Gentile-the same Lord is Lord of all and richly blesses all who call on him, 13 for, “Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.” Apparently that's all what is needed. I'm still waiting for any blessings though @@raylenenielsen5943
@@raylenenielsen5943do you not believe in this life you can have assurance of salvation? “For it is by grace you are saved through faith”. If you’ve experienced and are living out transformational faith in Christ, surely you can. Read the gospels! God wants us to have peace in knowing our eternal salvation is ours in Christ. Gal 2:20 I have been crucified with Christ, it is no longer I who live but Christ who lives in me. This life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the son of God who loved me and gave Himself for me
Hallelujah! Thank you, Jesus.✝ Grateful that you listened to the Lord, and decided to share your testimony Sutton. May the Lord bless your household. Blessings, from a sister in Christ.
Currently in college, I have a similar testimony as I was saved at 12. I hesitated to share it at first because it didn't seem like much of a testimony compared to everyone else. But God showed me that the fact that He has protected me from the world, what so many fall into, is a testimony in and of itself! Not many can say the same. So, praise God! Even a testimony that seems like "vanilla," He can use for His glory. So, thanks for the encouragement and for sharing!
Your testimony is what I pray for all of my children to experience. I wasn’t saved until I was 37 and the devil and my own sins has wreaked havoc in my mind, body and soul. I pray now that my kids don’t have to experience the hurts that I did and instead they have the sweetness of the Lord ALL the days of their lives!! Thank you for sharing, your testimony is a blessing!!
Your testimony is beautiful. My minister always says that a testimony is precious when someone manages to bypass all the pitfalls and encourages the young people in our church to try to aim for that. I'm similar to you, I have loves Jesus my whole life. Isn't it beautiful to be saved....it's such a blessing. I was actually talking to my mum about you teaching your boys the fruit of the Spirit.....beautiful. God bless you and your lovely family. My husband committed his life to the Lord a few months back which is so great. Please pray for him. Much love from N. Ireland x
I just want to tell you Sutton I was super encouraged by your testimony! I also had a similar beginning too , I was brought up knowing about God by my parents and I believe there’s a difference between knowing about God and knowing God , and I think there comes a time in our walk in the Lord where we stop leaning off of our parents faith and we make Jesus Christ our PERSONAL Savior ❤, God has definitely used your story to help me with mine , I love all of ya 🙏🏼✝️😊, God bless and may Ya have a happy Thanksgiving 🍁 🙏🏼✝️
Hi Sutton, my favorite youtube ministries are Columbus Bible Church, Hope Bible Church, and Bible Missionary Baptist Church. They go verse by verse through the Bible. Praise God for their minstries! Very edifying!
Beautiful Sutton, thank you so much for sharing your testimony!! Even though you think it was “vanilla”, it is exactly what I needed to hear and also encouraged me as I feel like mine is a little vanilla as well!
Love the “vanilla” raised in a Christian home testimonies. That’s an awesome grace of God to have in a young life. When were you baptized? After the NYE prayer? 😊
Your testimony is beautiful. Mines had a lot of sad and devastating moments. And mistakes I regretted most of my life. But God! I didn’t have Christian/believer parents. Actually my husband and I are first generation Christians. My son is being raised in a christian household. It’s amazing to see how God redeems all things for his Glory. God bless you. And thank you for sharing.
I loved this so much! This is probably my favorite video I've watched on y'all's channel. I real relate to your testimony. I really struggle sometimes to find time to read my Bible with how crazy life can be. Keep up the amazing videos!
As a mom of 3 (soon to be 4), your testimony, though you may think it's vanilla, I look at it as a testimony to aslo your parents and the promises God gives parents who are faithful in the journey with him. In addition, there is no denying the fact that you sowing into many lives with what you take time to share about. Thank you ❤️
I’ll never forget that night either! That’s where I got baptized too! Such a special memory- I had totally forgot about the leak 😂😂 just the power and the storm. Thanks for sharing! ❤️
Hi sutton! Im a Muslim but i follow a few devoute christian couples here on youtube and i can very confidently say this that you guys are the ones that i love watching each and everytime. Seeing how you love God as much as I do is such an amazing thing to see even though we are of different faiths. There are so many similarities in christianity and Islam and your channel portrays that so well ❤ All the little things like halloween especially hit so close to home because us as Muslims believe we shouldnt celebrate halloween as well and seeing that belief resurface in christianity makes my heart warm ❤ Appreciate all your and nates efforts ❤ Love from Pakistan 🇵🇰
Christianity and Islam are polar opposites. I pray you will seek out the One true and living God, the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. He alone can save you or any of us.
Yes !! This was so encouraging . I have definitely done a lot of bad things in my life and I have been saved , baptized and now I’m in a time of calm. God has done divine things and I think people don’t see that enough. He literally does things ONLY God can do. The fact that you’ve shared his divine power is SO important today!! Where we have our hands in EVERYTHING today. And what you said you just told him you were his that was so encouraging to me . After baptism I’m like ok what now 😅
when i was 19 years old that was when i turned my life to our lord and savior jesus when i was 19 i knew that i needed our lord and savior and i gave my life to him
There are so many , from Christian homes that need to understand and navigate that journey into their own personal life. It's not vanilla it's super important ...... even those young people need to be saved and experience Christ for themselves & not just presume they are, ..... It's almost easier for the enemy to fool the good kids, than those that have fallen into a deep pit of sin. Each one has their own challenges. So U testimony is super important. It's so easy to fool ourselves and others about being a Christian. & Seeing ourselves as a sinner &, our need for Christ , where true repentance is our only key to true life in Him. Thankyou so much for sharing. 😊
Keep on shining for Jesus, and never allow the enemy to keep your testimony and your light silent or hidden. God has great and mighty things in store for you Sutton, and for your family. Keep your eyes on the prize and keep shining bright! Love you girl! Love you my sister in Christ! Kentucky isn’t too far from Georgia. (I believe that is where you are from) Haha
Loved hearing your testimony!! Honestly I felt like I related to you so much with your testimony! Thank you for being transparent on how your walk with God has been- like struggling to read the Bible- I feel like it’s always been a struggle of mine as well. Praying we can all be better and stronger each day😊
Sutton, you have such a beautiful testimony!! It encouraged me so much and i absolutely love the worship night where they refused to stop worshipping and you got baptized. That is so beautiful ❤️ and thank you so much for the encouragement to get in our Bibles more - what a good reminder that it is the very words of our God and we have complete access to it. He is eternal so we can always learn more of who He is.❤
Thank you dear sister Sutton for sharing ❤🙏 your beautiful testimony 🤍💫💖 God is good! 🥲🙏 May God bless you always ❤️ as you continue to be a light for Him 🤍💫💖 Lots of loving greetings ❤
Can everyone please pray for the devil to be removed from me forever & to never come back. It would mean the world to me if the devil is removed from me forever. God bless you all
You seem wonderfully down to earth, Sutton. Wish I knew more people like you, frankly. Listen to you for five minutes and just seems like a certainty that you're a good person. Best to you.
Love pastor Guzik and his enduring word app! Hopefully you’ve been able to check out some of his teachings and sermons. I think pastor Guzik is one of the most solid teachers around!
I go to the same church when I was little too. Our church name changed. Now we are nondenominational instead of Methodist. The Bible isn’t even allowed in our schools. Can’t read it in ours. Kids get in trouble.
I pray that everyone watching this video and in the world encounters the loving presence of Jesus Christ for themselves. There's nothing like it or better. He is the missing factor. He loves us the most and desires an intimate relationship with us. ❤️
Thank you for sharing your testimony !! My experience in my walk with god is so similar and it is so cool to see others excited to share their testimony!!! I love your honesty too about your whole walk !!!
I love enduaring word so insightful… My take away from this testimony : God is not keeping something from me rather He in His mercies is saving something great for me. Thank you Jesus. There’s nothing vanilla about your testimony Sutton, God bless you.
I love how honest and transparent you are, Sutton. You are so inspiring to me because I know you speak from your heart. I have been very lax in reading my Bible so I will be trying the app Enduring Word. I have already downloaded it. Thanks for sharing. Happy Thanksgiving to you, Nate and the boys. ❤️🇨🇦🙏
I have been told the same Sutton! I’ve heard the whisper of “Your testimony doesn’t matter…It’s not amazing enough. Nobody wants to hear that. You’re just being prideful if you share that. You might make others feel bad…” and on and on. He’s good at his job and lying is his first choice. When I’ve shared my testimony I’ve heard from others how it gives hope to hear that someone can grow up believing and they talk about my “vanilla” testimony with the same wonder and amazement as the “really cool” testimonies. God uses all of us and each story is important and just what someone else needs to hear. Thank you for sharing! As my husband always says, “What’s wrong with vanilla? It is the most popular flavor, the original, the classic that everyone loves, and a great building block for creating the amazing.” ☺️ He’s that guy that orders vanilla every time when there are 528 different flavor choices and experiences to be had. Haha 🤷♀️
This is very meaningful to me thank you for sharing your testimony Sutton! And to those who don't no the salvation prayer is asking God to forgive you of your sins that by putting your faith in Jesus you shall be saved John 3:16
14:01 yes, that’s the enemy telling you not to testify because he doesn’t want your testimony to save the one person who needed to hear it. Every single testimony is worth testifying to. Testament means testimony. The Old Testament, The New Testament. The old testimony and the new testimony. 1 John 5:9. Exodus 40:20-21. The testimony is the greatest threat to Satan. It testifies of the truth. How important your testimony is. Long story but someone once told me my testimony was not legit, I realized from that experience how much of a threat our testimony is to Satan and he will do everything to get you to not tell it, to keep you quiet. The transformed sinner says my past was too dark. The pure Christian says I don’t have a transformation story. Nonsense, your testimony is tailored to the one who is lost who needs to hear that message you lived out. It is powerful because it was the work of the spirit. I hope no Christian ever repeats those words that my testimony is not good enough. Because it is a lie straight from the enemies mouth. Tell your story from every rooftop and let your light be on the top of every hill. Matthew 5:14-15. Be bold in truth and love. Your story is Gods story.
It’s very hard to see from our view what God sees. And many times we do not recognize He’s present, ALL the time because of the weight of our fears and because of the pain we’ve felt from others. Do not be discouraged. I found reading the Psalms to be extremely helpful to remind me not to give up.
Because there is no God in the sense the bible talks about. The bible says He will help if only you call out to Him and the bible says God does not lie and is the same yesterday, today and tomorrow. So in order for all of this to be true, everyone who believes, earnestly cries out in prayer and asks for help should receive it today, just as the people of old, the bible talks about, did. But that's just not the case, is it? I'll share my testimony with you: My parents weren't Christians, but allowed me to attend a children church service every Sunday, because I asked to go around the age of 6. By the age of 9 I had asked Jesus into my heart, baptized and was on fire for my faith, even told everyone I wanted to work in ministry when I grew up. My parents made fun of me for my faith and while they didn't hinder me to participate in church activities, they always were quite brutal in what they had to say about it in private, when we were all home alone. I know now that this was gaslighting, but I digress... When I was 12 I got assaulted and SA for the first time by a 54 year old male friend of my parents. He threatened to do all kind of horrible things to my brother, who was 8 years younger than me, if I didn't comply and never told anyone. I did comply and I kept my mouth shut, as hard as it was, and endured his SA about 2 times a week for about 2 years. I cried and prayed and pleaded for God to intervene and to help me. He didn't. Then finally my father found out by searching for and breaking into my diary. He blamed me, for that friend of his would have never done that if I hadn't encouraged it, obviously, he said. I got put under house arrest until I was 16 and he took the time how long it would take me to get to and from school to home. If I was a minute late more privileges got taken away, like TV, reading a book, or whatever he fancied. There's more, but I feel I've already written too much for a comment section reply, so I won't over share. But rest assured, I'll be 50 next year and not once in my life has God helped me. If that's how God treats His children and lets some of them remain in misery, pain and despair while picking favorites with helping and blessing others, He's not a loving father. IF there's an omnipotent being we call God at all. Which I now think there isn't.
Unfortunately we live in a fallen broken world. Satan roam about the earth looking for people to devour. He brought sin and death. He is the source of all evil in the world. People get confused and blame God for things that we should be blaming Satan for. God is always working. And it’s in the Bible that He works ALL things for the GOOD of those who love Him. It may seem He’s not helping you, but I promise you He’s working 🙏🏽 stay in prayer, seek and you will find 🫶🏼
God loves us all. We dont all need a gory testimony. We all carry the same faith in Jesus and that is what carries us all, our faith in Him. I have a gory full on crazy out there testimony. A life i would not chose for anyone and yes I have a lot of miracles and I have used more of Gods redemption as I needed it!! but as I say to my friends who have more vanilla testimonies, that we cant all be so broken. We need the not so broken people as well. It balances out the world. If we all had complex traumatic testimonies it would be to unbalanced. I like my less complicated vanilla friends with simple faith testimonies. They keep me grounded. Thankyou for sharing✝️🙏🏻💞🕊️
I love that you said that your prayers were not answered “in the way that you wanted them to be”, because He does answer our prayers faithfully but sometimes not in the way we’re convinced we need.
I enjoyed your 15min “vanilla” testimony as much as another person’s 3hr deep in the occult/witchcraft testimony. I’m grateful for you sharing your testimony.💛
As someone saved later in life testimonies like this truly encourage me deeply! Especially as a parent. God is so gracious in saving the wayward and gracious in saving and keeping a child. 💜
Exactly what does “saved” mean in your interpretation? My understanding is that no one except God is the judge, and that there will be a day when we each one will stand before the judgement bar of God. It is then, and only then, that we will know whether we are “saved” or otherwise. Just having a testimony of Jesus is not a “saving” factor.
@@raylenenielsen5943maybe you’re confused.. I never said it was. But when we share our story of salvation it encourages others! Amen
@@raegan_price You said, “As someone saved later in life,…….” What did you mean by “saved”? What determines if one is “saved”? These are honest questions.
Romans 10:9 - 13
9 If you declare with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord,” and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. 10 For it is with your heart that you believe and are justified, and it is with your mouth that you profess your faith and are saved. 11 As Scripture says, “Anyone who believes in him will never be put to shame.”[a] 12 For there is no difference between Jew and Gentile-the same Lord is Lord of all and richly blesses all who call on him, 13 for, “Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.”
Apparently that's all what is needed.
I'm still waiting for any blessings though @@raylenenielsen5943
@@raylenenielsen5943do you not believe in this life you can have assurance of salvation? “For it is by grace you are saved through faith”. If you’ve experienced and are living out transformational faith in Christ, surely you can. Read the gospels! God wants us to have peace in knowing our eternal salvation is ours in Christ. Gal 2:20 I have been crucified with Christ, it is no longer I who live but Christ who lives in me. This life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the son of God who loved me and gave Himself for me
Hallelujah! Thank you, Jesus.✝
Grateful that you listened to the Lord, and decided to share your testimony Sutton.
May the Lord bless your household.
Blessings, from a sister in Christ.
Currently in college, I have a similar testimony as I was saved at 12. I hesitated to share it at first because it didn't seem like much of a testimony compared to everyone else. But God showed me that the fact that He has protected me from the world, what so many fall into, is a testimony in and of itself! Not many can say the same. So, praise God! Even a testimony that seems like "vanilla," He can use for His glory. So, thanks for the encouragement and for sharing!
Yes! People raising up their children to love God and the children being obedient, is how God intended.
Yes so true!!
Same story here!!❤
Your testimony is what I pray for all of my children to experience. I wasn’t saved until I was 37 and the devil and my own sins has wreaked havoc in my mind, body and soul. I pray now that my kids don’t have to experience the hurts that I did and instead they have the sweetness of the Lord ALL the days of their lives!! Thank you for sharing, your testimony is a blessing!!
Your testimony is beautiful. My minister always says that a testimony is precious when someone manages to bypass all the pitfalls and encourages the young people in our church to try to aim for that.
I'm similar to you, I have loves Jesus my whole life. Isn't it beautiful to be saved....it's such a blessing. I was actually talking to my mum about you teaching your boys the fruit of the Spirit.....beautiful. God bless you and your lovely family. My husband committed his life to the Lord a few months back which is so great. Please pray for him. Much love from N. Ireland x
That’s amazing! And so true! 🙏🏽
Praise God! Everyone's testimony is uniquely beautiful. Thank you for your vulnerability! I love you Sutton. God bless you ❤
I just want to tell you Sutton I was super encouraged by your testimony! I also had a similar beginning too , I was brought up knowing about God by my parents and I believe there’s a difference between knowing about God and knowing God , and I think there comes a time in our walk in the Lord where we stop leaning off of our parents faith and we make Jesus Christ our PERSONAL Savior ❤, God has definitely used your story to help me with mine , I love all of ya 🙏🏼✝️😊, God bless and may Ya have a happy Thanksgiving 🍁 🙏🏼✝️
Hi Sutton, my favorite youtube ministries are Columbus Bible Church, Hope Bible Church, and Bible Missionary Baptist Church. They go verse by verse through the Bible. Praise God for their minstries! Very edifying!
Beautiful Sutton, thank you so much for sharing your testimony!! Even though you think it was “vanilla”, it is exactly what I needed to hear and also encouraged me as I feel like mine is a little vanilla as well!
Beautiful Sutton! Praise Jesus! So thankful for you sharing your testimony!
Love the “vanilla” raised in a Christian home testimonies. That’s an awesome grace of God to have in a young life.
When were you baptized? After the NYE prayer? 😊
No baptized in 7th grade! The NYE prayer was when I was 8 🥰
@@nateandsuttonoh hello, sorry you said that in the vid 😅. Excuse me haha
Your testimony is beautiful. Mines had a lot of sad and devastating moments. And mistakes I regretted most of my life. But God! I didn’t have Christian/believer parents. Actually my husband and I are first generation Christians. My son is being raised in a christian household. It’s amazing to see how God redeems all things for his Glory. God bless you. And thank you for sharing.
Wow first generation Christian’s that’s amazing!! And what greater gift could you give your kids! I know God is smiling at that! 🙏🏽
I loved this so much! This is probably my favorite video I've watched on y'all's channel. I real relate to your testimony. I really struggle sometimes to find time to read my Bible with how crazy life can be. Keep up the amazing videos!
As a mom of 3 (soon to be 4), your testimony, though you may think it's vanilla, I look at it as a testimony to aslo your parents and the promises God gives parents who are faithful in the journey with him. In addition, there is no denying the fact that you sowing into many lives with what you take time to share about. Thank you ❤️
I’ll never forget that night either! That’s where I got baptized too! Such a special memory- I had totally forgot about the leak 😂😂 just the power and the storm.
Thanks for sharing! ❤️
Oh wow small world! That’s amazing! Yeah it was def a marking moment for me!
love your testimony Sutton!!! So glad you shared it. Definitely not boring or vanilla. God saving someone is always a miracle. =)
Thank you 🩵🩵
Hi sutton! Im a Muslim but i follow a few devoute christian couples here on youtube and i can very confidently say this that you guys are the ones that i love watching each and everytime. Seeing how you love God as much as I do is such an amazing thing to see even though we are of different faiths. There are so many similarities in christianity and Islam and your channel portrays that so well ❤ All the little things like halloween especially hit so close to home because us as Muslims believe we shouldnt celebrate halloween as well and seeing that belief resurface in christianity makes my heart warm ❤
Appreciate all your and nates efforts ❤
Love from Pakistan 🇵🇰
Christianity and Islam are polar opposites. I pray you will seek out the One true and living God, the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. He alone can save you or any of us.
Yes !! This was so encouraging . I have definitely done a lot of bad things in my life and I have been saved , baptized and now I’m in a time of calm. God has done divine things and I think people don’t see that enough. He literally does things ONLY God can do. The fact that you’ve shared his divine power is SO important today!! Where we have our hands in EVERYTHING today. And what you said you just told him you were his that was so encouraging to me . After baptism I’m like ok what now 😅
when i was 19 years old that was when i turned my life to our lord and savior jesus when i was 19 i knew that i needed our lord and savior and i gave my life to him
Praise God!
There are so many , from Christian homes that need to understand and navigate that journey into their own personal life.
It's not vanilla it's super important ...... even those young people need to be saved and experience Christ for themselves & not just presume they are, ..... It's almost easier for the enemy to fool the good kids, than those that have fallen into a deep pit of sin.
Each one has their own challenges.
So U testimony is super important.
It's so easy to fool ourselves and others about being a Christian. & Seeing ourselves as a sinner &, our need for Christ , where true repentance is our only key to true life in Him.
Thankyou so much for sharing. 😊
So true! Thank you!
Offtopic but you look absolutely beautiful in shorter hair, this length suits you so much! 🤍
Aw thank you so much!
Keep on shining for Jesus, and never allow the enemy to keep your testimony and your light silent or hidden. God has great and mighty things in store for you Sutton, and for your family. Keep your eyes on the prize and keep shining bright! Love you girl! Love you my sister in Christ! Kentucky isn’t too far from Georgia. (I believe that is where you are from) Haha
Loved hearing your testimony!!
Honestly I felt like I related to you so much with your testimony! Thank you for being transparent on how your walk with God has been- like struggling to read the Bible- I feel like it’s always been a struggle of mine as well. Praying we can all be better and stronger each day😊
Try the app! It really might help!
Sutton, you have such a beautiful testimony!! It encouraged me so much and i absolutely love the worship night where they refused to stop worshipping and you got baptized. That is so beautiful ❤️ and thank you so much for the encouragement to get in our Bibles more - what a good reminder that it is the very words of our God and we have complete access to it. He is eternal so we can always learn more of who He is.❤
Thank you dear sister Sutton for sharing ❤🙏 your beautiful testimony 🤍💫💖 God is good! 🥲🙏 May God bless you always ❤️ as you continue to be a light for Him 🤍💫💖 Lots of loving greetings ❤
Blessings for the whole family
Thanks for sharing your testimony Sutton! Every testimony is so important.
Can everyone please pray for the devil to be removed from me forever & to never come back. It would mean the world to me if the devil is removed from me forever. God bless you all
Love your haircut Sutton! Short hair really suits you 😊
Thank you!
You seem wonderfully down to earth, Sutton. Wish I knew more people like you, frankly. Listen to you for five minutes and just seems like a certainty that you're a good person. Best to you.
Thank you for sharing your testimony! it’s beautiful God is GOOD! God bless you and your beautiful boys!♥️
Love pastor Guzik and his enduring word app! Hopefully you’ve been able to check out some of his teachings and sermons. I think pastor Guzik is one of the most solid teachers around!
I go to the same church when I was little too. Our church name changed. Now we are nondenominational instead of Methodist. The Bible isn’t even allowed in our schools. Can’t read it in ours. Kids get in trouble.
Vanilla story, too. Thank you for sharing
Thanks for sharing your testimony, it was so beautiful 🙌🏻🩵
Thank you for sharing your testimony, i really need that! God bless you
🫶🏼🫶🏼
Every soul saved is a blessing and a miracle.
Thank you, Sutton for sharing. God has written His love story in your life. Praise Him!
Thankyou what a beautiful story!! ❤️
God loves you
I love this!!!! What a HUGE blessing for your parents as well... ❤❤❤
This encourages me to share my testimony because the devil has been saying the same lies to me. This is so helpful. Thank you!
Thank you for this testimony. So encouraging for me as a mommy. That’s the testimony I dream of for my little baby.
I pray that everyone watching this video and in the world encounters the loving presence of Jesus Christ for themselves. There's nothing like it or better. He is the missing factor. He loves us the most and desires an intimate relationship with us. ❤️
Thank you for sharing your testimony !! My experience in my walk with god is so similar and it is so cool to see others excited to share their testimony!!! I love your honesty too about your whole walk !!!
Thank you! 🩵
I’ve been a Christian my whole life (23 years) but I’m living my testimony rn. Excited for it to end bc this is haard
I love enduaring word so insightful…
My take away from this testimony :
God is not keeping something from me rather He in His mercies is saving something great for me.
Thank you Jesus.
There’s nothing vanilla about your testimony Sutton, God bless you.
Beautiful testimony!! Thank you for sharing this💕
❤. His love is amazing.
You are just ridiculously beautiful, thank you for sharing 🤍
Thanks a million for your message and for your videos 😊🙏❤ May God bless you and your family 🌷 🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷
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Thank you for doing this! I needed to hear this.
I love how honest and transparent you are, Sutton. You are so inspiring to me because I know you speak from your heart. I have been very lax in reading my Bible so I will be trying the app Enduring Word. I have already downloaded it. Thanks for sharing. Happy Thanksgiving to you, Nate and the boys. ❤️🇨🇦🙏
Thank you! Ah yay! You won’t regret it!
Preach girl!! Love it ❤❤❤
Its not vanilla. Nothing is vanilla in this journey with Christ
Your testimony makes me hope my daughter can grow up to be like you.
Wow thank you 🥹
God Bless you and thank you for sharing:)
I have been told the same Sutton! I’ve heard the whisper of “Your testimony doesn’t matter…It’s not amazing enough. Nobody wants to hear that. You’re just being prideful if you share that. You might make others feel bad…” and on and on. He’s good at his job and lying is his first choice. When I’ve shared my testimony I’ve heard from others how it gives hope to hear that someone can grow up believing and they talk about my “vanilla” testimony with the same wonder and amazement as the “really cool” testimonies. God uses all of us and each story is important and just what someone else needs to hear. Thank you for sharing! As my husband always says, “What’s wrong with vanilla? It is the most popular flavor, the original, the classic that everyone loves, and a great building block for creating the amazing.” ☺️ He’s that guy that orders vanilla every time when there are 528 different flavor choices and experiences to be had. Haha 🤷♀️
Hahaha I love that! I’m the one that always orders chocolate when there’s 528 flavors 🤣🤣
What a blessing you are❤ thank you!
Your testimony is so so similar to mine 🤗 Life with Jesus is amazing!
Thank you for sharing !!! 😊
This is very meaningful to me thank you for sharing your testimony Sutton!
And to those who don't no the salvation prayer is asking God to forgive you of your sins that by putting your faith in Jesus you shall be saved John 3:16
Beautiful testimony
Thank you for sharing. ❤️
Thank you from Switzerland Sutton
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He is he choose us from the beginning when he predestined us, no one can come to him if he doesn’t will it first. So he knows. Take care
What a wonderful testimony.
I love that app too!
Ps. It is such an encouragement🥲🙏❤️❤️❤️🥰 Thank you ❤
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Thank you so much for this you don’t know how much this touched me
Very uplifting, thank you
14:01 yes, that’s the enemy telling you not to testify because he doesn’t want your testimony to save the one person who needed to hear it. Every single testimony is worth testifying to.
Testament means testimony. The Old Testament, The New Testament. The old testimony and the new testimony. 1 John 5:9. Exodus 40:20-21.
The testimony is the greatest threat to Satan. It testifies of the truth. How important your testimony is. Long story but someone once told me my testimony was not legit, I realized from that experience how much of a threat our testimony is to Satan and he will do everything to get you to not tell it, to keep you quiet.
The transformed sinner says my past was too dark. The pure Christian says I don’t have a transformation story. Nonsense, your testimony is tailored to the one who is lost who needs to hear that message you lived out. It is powerful because it was the work of the spirit.
I hope no Christian ever repeats those words that my testimony is not good enough. Because it is a lie straight from the enemies mouth. Tell your story from every rooftop and let your light be on the top of every hill. Matthew 5:14-15. Be bold in truth and love. Your story is Gods story.
Beautiful
Goosebumps 🥰
I needed this
This is what I don't understand. Why doesn't he help everyone. Why doesn't he help me :(
He is omnipresent and available to everyone, He loves you. Seek Him in private and in sincerity and He will show up. ❤
@@MonicaAndLulu I'm trying to. Thank you ❤️
It’s very hard to see from our view what God sees. And many times we do not recognize He’s present, ALL the time because of the weight of our fears and because of the pain we’ve felt from others. Do not be discouraged. I found reading the Psalms to be extremely helpful to remind me not to give up.
Because there is no God in the sense the bible talks about.
The bible says He will help if only you call out to Him and the bible says God does not lie and is the same yesterday, today and tomorrow.
So in order for all of this to be true, everyone who believes, earnestly cries out in prayer and asks for help should receive it today, just as the people of old, the bible talks about, did.
But that's just not the case, is it?
I'll share my testimony with you:
My parents weren't Christians, but allowed me to attend a children church service every Sunday, because I asked to go around the age of 6.
By the age of 9 I had asked Jesus into my heart, baptized and was on fire for my faith, even told everyone I wanted to work in ministry when I grew up.
My parents made fun of me for my faith and while they didn't hinder me to participate in church activities, they always were quite brutal in what they had to say about it in private, when we were all home alone. I know now that this was gaslighting, but I digress... When I was 12 I got assaulted and SA for the first time by a 54 year old male friend of my parents. He threatened to do all kind of horrible things to my brother, who was 8 years younger than me, if I didn't comply and never told anyone.
I did comply and I kept my mouth shut, as hard as it was, and endured his SA about 2 times a week for about 2 years.
I cried and prayed and pleaded for God to intervene and to help me. He didn't.
Then finally my father found out by searching for and breaking into my diary. He blamed me, for that friend of his would have never done that if I hadn't encouraged it, obviously, he said.
I got put under house arrest until I was 16 and he took the time how long it would take me to get to and from school to home.
If I was a minute late more privileges got taken away, like TV, reading a book, or whatever he fancied.
There's more, but I feel I've already written too much for a comment section reply, so I won't over share.
But rest assured, I'll be 50 next year and not once in my life has God helped me.
If that's how God treats His children and lets some of them remain in misery, pain and despair while picking favorites with helping and blessing others, He's not a loving father.
IF there's an omnipotent being we call God at all. Which I now think there isn't.
Unfortunately we live in a fallen broken world. Satan roam about the earth looking for people to devour. He brought sin and death. He is the source of all evil in the world. People get confused and blame God for things that we should be blaming Satan for. God is always working. And it’s in the Bible that He works ALL things for the GOOD of those who love Him. It may seem He’s not helping you, but I promise you He’s working 🙏🏽 stay in prayer, seek and you will find 🫶🏼
I love this, you will overcome by the blood of the lamb and the word of your testimony.
Always share your testimony to God be all the glory
God loves us all. We dont all need a gory testimony. We all carry the same faith in Jesus and that is what carries us all, our faith in Him.
I have a gory full on crazy out there testimony. A life i would not chose for anyone and yes I have a lot of miracles and I have used more of Gods redemption as I needed it!! but as I say to my friends who have more vanilla testimonies, that we cant all be so broken. We need the not so broken people as well. It balances out the world. If we all had complex traumatic testimonies it would be to unbalanced. I like my less complicated vanilla friends with simple faith testimonies. They keep me grounded. Thankyou for sharing✝️🙏🏻💞🕊️
aka, "How I joined a Religious Cult."
Thank you for sharing your testimony!