Joey Kelly - The One Who Survived
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- Опубліковано 18 жов 2021
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This film contains descriptions of graphic violence that some viewers might find upsetting.
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That's a weight only the LORD can carry...no human alone. Thank you for sharing this very unique testimony.
What an amazing testimony!!! I just keep thinking about the part in the Bible about the dry bones coming back to life. God brought a piece of him back to life after such a horrible event. Love his courage!!!
The breaking down and crying part in church got me,I've had that happen during singing gospel songs with others during a worship service at a camp ground I lived at.
I was terrorized by my oldest brother as a child and had so much anger well into adulthood and nothing I tried removed that or the depression so I started partying ,getting into trouble ,ending up behind bars ,fighting with cops ,it was a never ending losing battle until that day when the floodgates opened and I felt the holy spirit move into my heart ,it wasn't a fast recovery , but it was magical and I did know without a doubt that Jesus saved me,not only from the monster who is my oldest brother and still locked away in a institution but Jesus also saved me from myself .
It's been half my life since that day singing and I'm almost 60 now and can still feel the feeling of that day I opened my heart to Christ
Thank you so much for sharing your story with us Cynthia!
How horrible to have a family member, who is suppose to love you, do this atrocious thing. God richly bless you in Jesus' mighty name. Amen 🙏
@@jehovah1ize ty, honestly he's been mentally disturbed his entire life and the night he finally snapped , trying to kill my mom,i was awoken suddenly and snuck down steps to see him crawling with a cord around his hands and he was going to choke her to death while she slept so i grabbed a cast iron pan and clocked him out cold, police came and locked him away and my mom is now 83 and lives with me so i can care for her and i will always keep her safe till she goes home to god .
Cynthia please pray for your brother salvation. And receive your healing by forgiving him.
Wow!! I myself went through a tragedy similar to this when I was almost 3 years old. By the Grace of God it didn't destroy my life. I can only imagine the spiritual warfare that goes on in horrible moments like these. Thank you Father God for saving this young man and myself.
Thank you for sharing that with us Mary.
@@IAm2nd 😇 your welcome
Joey my heart goes out to you. You are loved! God is love! Stay strong brother. This is proof that God can make beauty from ashes.
I hear you brother... I survived 5 brutal assaults... when I found the Lord, my PTSD became a pain I could manage!
So I saw this video as an advertisement on UA-cam. I loved it and now I am going to share it on other platforms such as; Minds, MeWe, and Twitter.
Share away Nathan and Thank YOU for watching our films.
This was excellent! Not just the story, but whoever was the sound editor hit the right note every time. The music says what Joey is feeling, but not necessarily saying. I literally have to listen to this again. It's truly amazing what God has brought people through in this life. I hope I never go through something like this, but there is hope for survival in Christ.
ThQ for watching our films Stasia B.
Thank you Joey for your testimony. God always uses what we've been thru if we are obedient to HIS will for us. Praise Jesus for your life.
Finally found this interview again after a year !!! This is nuts. So Much resilience.
Such a powerful testimony! Thank you for sharing this with us! ❤
Job comes to mind. Joy is such a beautiful gift. Thanks for sharing
I understand looking into those eyes. Taking my breath away. My first husband had those eyes as he was swinging a frying pan at my head "so I'd remember I couldn't leave". The 3 dents in the wall so I'd remember. After all these years and all the grace God has shown, I'm having trouble breathing. I know those eyes.
Thank you for sharing that with us Candie Harris. Sometimes our stories leave us broken but God puts us back together!
Candid Harris, sending prayers for hope and healing! It's so hard to express the trauma of being abused by someone who is supposed to love you! Such betrayal!
But after my abuse and much prayer, I have found such beauty in my LORD who has become my husband (Hosea 2:16), and HIS promise to never leave me or forsake me! After many years, HE's been so true to HIS word!
May HIS perfect love draw you and comfort your heart!
@@IAm2nd He is faithful!
@@deb9784 thank you X a thousand! I was never safer or content than in His presence. Merry Christmas!
Atta boy Joey. Thanks for having the courage to share that.
easy to say, but now and forever by the grace of God, Survive!.prayers for you my brother!!
Peace of Christ..You’re an inspiration to many and a true survivor!
Thank you for viewing our films, Chynna. You are also an inspiration. Sending Love to you and your family!
Everyone should listen this. 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼
Wow. This is very, very powerful. God Bless you Joey Kelly for sharing your story. 🙌✝️🙌
Powerful! 🙌🏼 ❤️
God bless you man, just extraordinary! No words. God is so good.
Thank you for sharing, Joey! Sorry for your pain, I cannot imagine how you managed all these years 😭 it is amazing grace for sure. His love is so beautiful.
Wow. What an amazing testimony. You are a walking job. Remember God gave back to him much more then he originally had. 🤍
A real survival story, quite graphic but...it's real... thank God he survived and is a big believer in Jesus... thanks for sharing this story..👍
Great way of putting it Kal Khan. Very Real. Thank you for watching with us
@@IAm2nd that's ok, I really appreciate these stories as sometimes they can keep me inspired...
P R O F O U N D. This is a mind blowing story, and i am so relieved for him that his soul has begun making peace with this tragedy he’s lived through. Very brave to share this experience. I hope he realizes the gift he’s giving by sharing this story. Showing people that when you work with God and others, healing is in fact possible- regardless of the circumstances. 🤍
Thank you for watching Maria
Thank you for sharing your story!
Such a powerful testimony! Thank you for sharing this with us! We watching from Portugal and we are using this video to encourage a group of traumatized women and mothers. May God bless you even more!
O Lord, sooo sorry for your loss.😭😭 God send his angels to protect you, it wasn’t your time. Praise God for surviving such a horrible experience, he has a plan for your life. I know is hard to hear, but one day you’ll see it. 🙏🙏🙏
Amazing story! Amazing man. Thank you 🙏
what a powerful testimony!
Wow.. thanks for sharing your experience.. I'm sorry you had to go through that at such a young age.
Wow. Just wow. God Bless you
God makes beauty from ashes….my life verse from a very young age has been Jeremiah 29:11…and each time the enemy reminds me of a painful childhood and the horrible decisions I made, the Holy Spirit counters it with Jeremiah 29:11…Joey, thank you for your beautiful testimony. God HAS a plan and purpose for you . You may not understand it fully while on this earth, but your life and story is a living testimony to what God had brought you through. May the Lord use you mightily to the further extension of His kingdom. God bless you🙏🏻
Thank you, brother!
🙏 thank you
Thanks so much for sharing this journey. How incredible. You are worthy and God loves you.
God bless you Joey!! I am so moved by your strength!! Not an easy story to share but thank you for doing so ❤️ Praying for you 🙏
Thank you so much!
Thank you for telling your story Joey. I can really relate. I went through traumatic childhood trauma and it affected me very similarly to you. Once I gave my life to Christ my life changed radically. And now many years later as they say the “proof is in the pudding.”The Lord transformed my life and I have lived for him since that day. What a privilege. What a gift. So glad you found the Great I Am. Many blessings to you.
I'm blown away by your testimony. Keep the faith, keep going to counseling. Praying for you, brother!
This is so sad but such an incredible story of the power of Jesus! Wow.
it was one horrible moment in time.
now imagine having it happen over & over.
this is the life of our combat vets, police & first responders.
& now they try to trash 'em all..
You are brave to share your testimony. I know God will use you to fulfill His will....as long as you let Him. Keep being brave the world needs you.
💜 😭 Beautiful Testimony
Wow. I can't even imagine.
Beautiful. That was beautiful.
Glad you think so!
Sorry to hear of your losses (more than one relative/"best friend" Mikey. Horrific that all of that happened. I can relate to the topic of violence itself. Awful that the devil had your "uncle" do what he did. "SURVIVOR'S GUILT" your life was spared for a reason .... keep sharing your story. Forgiveness like grief is a process and different for everyone. Blessings ......
God has and always will bring beauty from ashes! Powerful story! Keep pointing to Him! 👆🙌
Its always unbelievable what god can do out of situations people are in. These are situations no person should ever be in it. But god makes the best out of our bad and ugly situations
Thats for sure amazing grace
I'd be lying if I completely understand the WHY behind such trials and tribulations. I know that I lack the understanding and the knowledge of what's going on behind the scenes. I'm still shocked and in awe that He knows the reasons and purpose. I'm still challenged daily with a question God presented to a missionary that walked through unexplainable suffering. He asked her Can I choose to give Christ thanks for entrusting us with this experience even if He never tells us why?. Mind boggling. Truly it MUST be His strength alone. Learning that joy is a gift in that He chooses to not only walk with us but to be in us while we are suffering. Again, He redefines by definition of good. A life long learning lesson to prepare us for an even greater reward. I truly don't understand God's Wisdom but I'm learning to trust Him regardless of my external circumstances. Hard but I believe worth it beyond my wildest imagination. Praying and praising God as you continue to walk this journey on earth awaiting our eternal home.
What camera do you use to tell these amazing stories?
Wow! So tough...!
God bless u man
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Sad what happened to his Aunt and Cousin. Glad God saved him and that he has been able to get help for himself and that he now knows God saved him for a reason.
You poor man. What a tragic and terrifying ordeal.
1:23 as it should be 🙌💚
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Oh my God. Wow
I guess my UA-cam surfing was rewarded. Incredible.
God spared you for a higher purpose. So sorry for your loss.
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Amen to Jesus for us and our hearts and your prayers 🙏 with Jesus is a blessing to us all for you your heart and we all of the people in our life and the family love ❤.
God CAN use our most profound BROKENESS for HIS GOOD if WE FOLLOW HIM. God knew Mr. Kelly would be famous and be able to use this horrible thing to show how GOD is all powerful!
God's blessings to this man of God.
God bless him!! Nothing can stop God. “For the LORD Almighty has purposed, and who can thwart him? His hand is stretched out, and who can turn it back?” Isaiah 14:27
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My sister told me that my mother murdered our twin baby sisters. Then my sister committed suicide and so did 2 of my brothers who witnessed it.
If we love anything/anyone/any sin more than Jesus Christ, we need to see if we are truly in the faith, or was our "Salvation Prayer" just an emotional moment where we didn't want to go to Hell? Many never understand the full committment of having to turn from Everything of the world to follow after Christ alone. I was deceived in the Church for over 50 years thinking I was a believer, when I absolutely was not. All of the Pastors that I was taught by only tickled our ears. I used to think that Satan was the one trying to get me to doubt my salvation, but why would he ever want to make us seek harder after Christ? It's the Holy Spirit that was trying to get me onto the very NARROW PATH where true life is found. It should have been obvious that I was not saved, by the fact that I was having to say the Sinner's Prayer every single week. God was never impressed with any of my many Religious Acts. Matt 7:22... Lord, Lord, didn't I put all my faith in Jesus Christ who died for my sins, I said The Sinner's Prayer, I got Baptized, I went to Church 1-2-3 times a week, I sang in the Choir, I Fasted, I Read my Bible Devotional, I tried to Obey it, I Prayed, I Care for the Widows, the Homeless, and those in Prison, I Tithed, I Fought for the Unborn, I did an overseas Mission trip, I Observed the Sabbath, I Disciplined New Believers, I Evangelized on the street, I even toured Israel, etc, etc. Yes, I was only doing this things out of a Religious Obligation, and trying to impress people in the church with how holy I was, when in fact in private I was quite the Opposite! I LIED to everyone and myself, because I wanted to forget my childhood and just start over. I didn't want to believe REV 21:8 All LIARS will be consigned to the fiery lake of burning sulfur. This is the second death.” In Mark 4 Jesus talks about how 3 of the 4 Soils were not saved, but only thought that they were. I needed to Examine myself to see if I was truly in the faith, because God will even judge my Thoughts as well as my actions, motives, etc. My Religious works meant nothing, because I NEVER had an Intimate Relationship with Christ...not even a casual one. I never died to my flesh. I Wanted to serve Jesus through a Fully Surrendered heart, but that was impossible as long as I was being a Total HYPOCRITE, Willfully Sinning every single day for most of my life..in both subtle and blatant ways. I almost committed suicide 4 years ago, because I had been tormented by Demonic voices from age of 6-50. I had Multiple Personalities after being Kidnapped for Sex Trafficking when I ran away as a teenager when my mother threatened to murder me. I was a Homeless, Suicidal, Drug-Addicted, Murdering, Gay, Prostitute. God shows no favoritism, it was never okay for me to sin even once simply because SO MANY people that I trusted sinned against me. I never blamed satan for any of the pain in my life, instead I blamed God.
I found out that IT ONLY TAKES " 1 " DAY TO LISTEN TO THE N.T. BIBLE. The Truth set me Free when I came across a Single verse that Scared the HELL right out of me, and I suddenly knew beyond the shadow of a doubt that I was going straight to Hell. My victim mentality finally died on Aug 10, 2017. 1ST JOHN 3:9-10 says: 9. NO one who is born of God will continue to sin, because God's seed remains in them, they cannot go on sinning, because they have been born of God. 10. This is how we KNOW who the children of God are and who the children of the Devil are!!!
Why is this verses and hundreds of others never taught in the church?? I suddenly realized that if I don't want to live soley for Jesus Christ Now, why would God ever let me live with Jesus Forever? I finally surrendered my entire heart, mind, soul and strength to the Lord. Now I can't think of a single sin that's worth going to Hell for. Every temptation is finally gone. I know that for me to be found as a Wise Virgin without spot or wrinkle when Jesus comes for His Bride which will be very SOON, I had to remove every temptation in my life, and through total obedience Jesus 100% Free from ALL: anger, depressions, drinking, drugs, fear, greed, insecurity, porn, rebellion, rejection, sex, suicide, unforgiveness, worldly entertainment, worry, yoga, etc. God, who is The Great Physician has physically healed me within a matter of 1-2 days after gut wrenching prayer..Refusing to let go of the edge of His garment until I was healed (Matt 9:21-22). Once I threw out all of my medications and had refuse to ever return to the doctors, He instantly cured me of: breast cancer, osteoporosis, acid reflux, plantars fasciitis, STDs, acne, multiple personality disorders, severe-severe rheumatoid arthritis, and many others. I knew I had to quit my job 4 years ago, cut off 95% of my relationships, etc, so that I can just read my Bible all day, pray and evangelize to the Lukewarm Church. 2 Peter 2:20-21 is what's keeps me focused: 20. If they have escaped the corruption of the World by Knowing our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ and are again Entangled in it and overcome, they are WORSE off at the end then they were at the beginning. 21. It would have been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than to have known it and the to TURN their back on the sacred command that was passed on to them. When we slip up in thought or deed, instantly repent before God hardens us. 1st John 1:9 If we confess our sins He is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from All unrighteousness.
This is a great little 8 minute YT video by: Only One Truth called "Deception in the False Church" ua-cam.com/video/HwKjxXyDW9Y/v-deo.html
If everyone could just spend "1" Day and Listen to the NT Bible, the truth would set them free. I made a list of 182 NT verses where God Warns. These are the key warning words from those verses:
Abandon, Anger, Ashamed, Be ready, Be like, Believed, Betray, Blasphemy, Blot out, Burn, Command, Condemned, Continue, Conviction, Cowards, Curse, Cut off, Darkened, Deliberate, Deny, Depart, Deserted, Destroy, Disobey, Disown, Disqualified, Doubt, Drift, Drunk, Indoor, Envy, Every effort, Evil, Exploit, Fallen, False, Fire, Flesh, Fruit, Gluttony, Gossip, Greed, Hardened, Hate, Keep up, Hell, Hide, Hold firm, Hypocrite, Idols, IF, Ignore, Immortality, Inheritance, In vain, Judgment, Last, Led astray, Legalism, Lying, Lose, Lukewarm, Lust, More severely, Must, Never enter, No longer, Not Escape, Not forgiven, Not receive, Not sparing, Obey, Persevere, Pervert, Pride, Put off, Punished, Reject, Remained, Repent, Reward, Sexual, Shipwreck, Shrink back, Sin, Stand firm, Suffer for, Taken, Temptation, Test, Thief, To the very end, Torment, Trampled, Truth, Turn away, Unbelief, Unforgiving. Unworthy, Walk away, Wonder, Wicked, Willfully, Worse off, and Wrath.
Thank You for sharing your story with us Jillian
R.I.P. Rob Skiba and Russ Dizdar.
The crazy murderer ....
Sorry to distract from Joey's heartbreaking Testimony but does anyone know the music in 6:22?
What!?
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Once I herd the child be murdered I had to click off it ruined my whole day I can stand the thought of people hurting or killing little kids I can’t watch this
Here's where I struggle with finding God in stories like this...he says that God intervened and somehow gave him 8-10 distance from his Uncle...so please help me understand why was God's favor with Joey and not his cousin or aunt?
P.S. this comment has nothing to do with his survivor's guilt and ptsd, it's just giving credit to God for "allowing" him to live and "allowing" his cousin to be brutally murdered.
That’s one question, as Joey points out, that he has struggled with through out his life. Yeah he could believe he was just lucky. Perhaps he won’t ever know the answer until he gets to heaven. But his faith has helped him understand that God has miraculously saved him for a purpose. The great part of his story is not only that he was miraculously spared from death, but that God helped him overcome the trauma to make a difference in many people’s lives. You can allow traumatic events to destroy you or you can learn from them and use them to make a positive impact on others. There is a lot more to his story and because I know him personally, I can tell you he is an amazing young man that lives his faith and has done incredible things.
God wasn’t done with him yet. You could look at the survivor as the “lucky one” but really...when we die, we go to glory and get to be with our Father. We get to go home. It’s not that one was lucky and the other isn’t...God sees the bigger picture and how He’ll use each scenario. Hope this helps.
@@MFaith777 that's a really demented way of seeing things...so God was "done" with the 8 year old and decided as the all powerful all loving being he is that the best way to bring him home was via meat cleaver stabs from his birth father ....sounds great.
@@johnwalters7 ok but learning to use traumatic events to make a positive impact is totally, completely different, from saying God allowed me to survive....that would insinuate that God himself murdered the family so Joey could become an advocate for people who have gone through something similar....I just don't see God in this at all...
We must remember that God allowed Jesus to be brutally murdered also...His only son. That shows how evil this world is and that the only way out is through Jesus resurrection. Our way is not God's way and vice versa. It is a challenging thing to comprehend but when we are with God one day, it will all make sense...in the meantime, we must trust Him...again not easy, but necessary if we want peace and to be saved from this planet. Regarding all children that die...they are in heaven with their Creator and do not remember their lives here.
Thank you for sharing your story!
Thanks for watching!