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Hey Readers! Welcome back to Life, Faith &Love. This week I want to share a bit of my testimony, specifically on how I overcame fear. Fear was something I dealt with from the time I was 10 till about age 20. I dealt with different types of fear. From age 10 to 15 I was afraid of going upstairs to the kitchen by myself when everyone was downstairs to get food or something to drink. Around that age I was also afraid to sleep in the dark in my room by myself. These might appear to be normal things children fear of, but if left undealt, what presents itself as innocent can spread into a malignant and dangerous growth.  As I got older, I did outgrow my fear of the dark or being a lone, but that fear transferred into fear of failure. I was afraid to fail in anything I did. Especially when I got to college. I went to college with the desire to be a pharmacist, but I was so afraid of failure. My very first exam I took was in general chemistry and I got a 76 out of 100. I was so discour...

  Hey Readers! How are you all doing? I hope you had a great week? I definitely still have plan to share my testimony on how I overcame fear. I will share that next week. I got the privilege of communicating with this great young man. His testimony/story is powerful and I am honored to share it with you all. His name is Kwon and in the past year, JayKwon has been through so much, but God has given him the grace to overcome and conquer life obstacles.  This is JayKwon's Story:          On Wednesday, June 24th, 2020 at 1:30 P.M, JayKwon Hosey, 25, was involved in a nine-vehicle car accident on I-75 South, including two semi-trucks. As a result, there were two individuals that passed away, one being Jaykwon's girlfriend, Jhanae. This accident left Jaykwon severely injured. He has suffered a broken pelvis, lost his ability to walk and damage to his urethra, back, and to his foot. Jaykwon has undergone multiple surgeries. “The physical damage has shift...

  I once listened to a young man speak about his fears. He was in the middle of starting his own business and he was afraid to fail. He had to take out a cumulative loan of $40 million dollars to begin his business. If I was him, I would have been scared out of my mind also. $40 million dollars is a lot of money. Before he signed the documents for the loans he was confused, afraid to fail and feared disappointing his friends and family. The young man explained how he overcame his fears and I found it very powerful. To summarize his statement, "I decided to think about the fears in my mind, rather than suppress or ignore them. I took a pen and paper and I wrote down all of my "What Ifs." What If I take this loan and my business fails? What if no one wants to work for me? What if my MBA degree didn't equip me for this company. By the time I ended I had at least 12 "What Ifs." After writing all my fears down, I then proceeded to answer all my questions. One by...

  Hey Readers, HAPPY NEW YEAR!!! We SURVIVED 2020 wwooohhhooo! If you're like me, 2020 came with a lot of lessons, tests and also blessings. The year was definitely a ride. I'm happy to kiss 2020 goodbye and welcome 2021! I truly believe God has great plans to do a new thing in each of our lives this new year. I believe anything we may have lost in 2020 will be restored in 7x full this year. God is not a man that He should lie. He is a clever God and is ALWAYS working out things for our GOOD.  All the goals that you've had for your life up to this point, I want to encourage you to take those goals back to God in prayer this new year. He is doing something new and I believe He wants to revive those dreams and even give you new vision and ideas. In 2021 I plan to share a bit more of my journey and lessons that I learning in my quiet time with God. He is always teaching me something new and as He leads me, I will be sharing with you. I will still be sharing people's storie...

  Have you ever walked through a tough season in life that challenged your peace? Trust, going through life without peace of mind is exhausting, you will crash eventually. I've walked through seasons in my life where my peace was shaken. I've dealt with relationships that challenged my peace and I had to decide to guard my peace at all cost. First, I had to go to my source of Peace which is from God. He refills my cup of peace, then I had to set healthy boundaries within relationships to maintain my peace. Today, I just wanted to provide a couple scriptures if you are struggling with having Peace right now. Meditate on these scriptures and speak them over your life daily. You will see a major difference. 1 -John 16:33, "I have said these things to you, that in me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation. But take heart; I have overcome the world." 2 -Psalm 4:8, "In Peace I will both lie down and sleep; for you alone, O Lord, make me dwell in s...

  Hey Readers, For those of you who are reading this blog post today, December 24th, before I go into today's story, I want to wish you a Merry Christmas Eve!!! Hope you are all having a great time with family and friends! Today's blog post is to shed light on what is going on in Ethiopia. The Tigray people in Ethiopia report an increase in discrimination and abuse from authorities. Nearly 50,000 Tigrayans have fled Ethiopia, in what the United Nation calls as the worst exodus of refugees Ethiopia has seen in more than two decades. Many ethnic Tigrayans who live in the capital and other parts of Ethiopia say they have been treated like criminal suspects and subjected to various forms of discrimination, harassment and abuse by government officials. They report being detained without charges, put under house arrest, and barred from traveling outside the country. Tigrayans say they have had their businesses shut down, homes ransacked and money extorted by security officials. My ...

  Hey Readers, Welcome back to Life, Faith &Love, where I share YOUR stories. For the past couple of weeks I've been focused on testimonies from Africa. Africa is bleeding badly right now. Today's testimony comes from the well known country of Nigeria. The people of Nigeria have been suffering from police brutality. "End SARs is a decentralized social movement, and series of mass protests against police brutality in Nigeria. The slogan calls for the disbanding of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS), a notorious unit of the Nigerian Police with a long record of abuses." Today I will sharing two stories from BBC news. The testimony from this individual echoes the voices of several others that have also been impacted by SARs.  "Earlier this month, Isiaka Jimoh was on his way to his mum's house. Police allegedly dispersed tear gas and bullets to those protesting on the street. He never made it home to his mom's. Eyewitness say he was shot by police. Pol...

  Hey Readers, Welcome back to Life, Faith &Love, where I share peoples stories. This week I am focusing on stories from the country of Congo. Congo is a very rich in resources in the land. Mining is a very common profession there because the soil is rich with cobalt (what we use in phones, laptops etc.,) and many other vital minerals. Hence many other western countries are focused on the resources in the soil and have been exploiting the resources for decades. I like to give a bit a history on the country I'm talking about before I share someone's story from the country. I really like BBC news break down on the Congo Crisis. Watch the video below before proceeding to today's story. BBC Congo Crisis History Now that you've watched the video, you now have a bit of history on the events that took place in Congo that led to where they are today. Now I will move onto sharing a brave young ladies story. Her name is Patience's. Her story is very disheartening, but thi...

  Hey Readers, Welcome back to part 2 of this week testimony. This week testimony shed light on spiritual warfare. Something that is very real, but one should not walk in fear. We have authority through Christ Jesus to trample on snakes and scorpions and NOTHING by all means shall hurt us. Fear not. This will be the final part to this week testimony. Please don't forget to email me your testimonies to Ngongang94@gmail.com "I continued meditating and realized that I started attracting demons to myself. It got so bad to the point that I saw one with my naked eye in daylight in my kitchen in my house. My friend was over and I literally just screamed. I knew of a Jesus, but didn't have a personnel relationship with him. It got so bad that I asked my friend to pray for me, she wasn't very into the Christian faith either, but when she prayed, she said Jesus and I felt a shift in the spirit.  I started investigating more into this whole Christianity thing. Learning more about...

  Hey Readers, Welcome back to Life, Faith &Love .  This week flew by you guys! I'm surprised that it's Thursday already, wooahh where does time go?!?! Before you know it, we'll be saying goodbye to 2020. I'm sure a lot of you will be excited to kiss this year goodbye. It's brought a lot of challenges, but with most challenges growth usually stems forth as well. Anywhoooseee enough about 2020, let's get into the focus of this blog. Initially testimonies was going to be for the month of September, but I've really enjoyed this series and have received great testimonies. I will continue sharing these testimonies until I have no more or until the Lord leads me to stop.  I am SUPER excited for this week testimony! Wwwoowww did it blow my mind. A bit of a disclaimer, I want to quote 2nd Timothy 1:7 -- "For God has not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind." I say this because this week testimony sheds light on th...

  Hey Readers! I hope you are all having a LOVELY week and you have been productive so far. I've been busy with work this week, per usual, but so far, so good! This week testimony comes from an individual that would prefer to stay anonymous. Her testimony is very encouraging, something I believe most people have dealt with at least once in their life. She shares her testimony on how she overcame heartbreak. Let's dive into this week testimony! "I've been a Christian my whole life, got baptized and always believed in Christ. After one church camp, I received the gift of tongues. When I was in 10th or 11th grade I met a guy from church. I was excited, because I was like he's a Christian, things will surely work out. It was awesome, we went to church and youth group together and I thought, this was a God given boyfriend. Ever since then, I was really focused on my boyfriend. I didn't even realize that he had became my life. My priority was him, I realized I was on...

  Hey Readers, Welcome back to this week testimony. I hope you are all having a lovely week so far and it hasn't been too busy. I'm excited for us to complete this week testimony. If you haven't read part 1, of Glory's testimony, I encourage you to read that first, by clicking here . Now let's continue with part 2 of Glory's testimony.  Glory's Testimony Part 2 "The pain didn’t go away but day by day it was getting easier. I started laughing again, talking to my parents again. I started to regain my HOPE and FAITH. Months had gone by and not for one second did I cry. I started reading my bible again and re-establishing my relationship with God. He led me to start a prayer page on Instagram (@hisgloryherpraise) to help other young women in their walk with Christ. I started re-structuring my personal insta page to be more purposeful in my messages and giving God all the glory. I know what it feels like to walk through a season of darkness and I know there...

  Hey Readers, Welcome to a new week! As I post this, it is a Monday, so I want to be the first person to officially say "HAPPY NEW WEEK"!!! I know my week is going to be packed with 49 hours of work ahead, not including my blogging time. It'll be busy, but I have faith that you and I will push through the busy week ahead. I wish you all a productive, peaceful and purposed filled week ahead!  Now onto the purpose of this blog post, I am soooo excited to share this week testimony! This beautiful lady shares how she overcame the trials life threw her way. I believe her testimony will be relatable and will be a blessing in your life. Let's dive into Glory's story. GLORY'S TESTIMONY PART 1 "I’ve always known about God. I was born into and grew up in a Christian household. I loved God not because I had a personal relationship with him but because that’s who my parents believed in. I guess you could say I lived on borrowed faith (my parents’ that is). It wasn’t...

  Hey Readers, Welcome back to Lemia's powerful testimony. This is the last and final part of her story. If you have not read part 1 and 2, I recommend you read those first before reading this final part. Click here for part 1 and click here for part 2. I'll allow you to finish reading Lemia's testimony and then I will end with 3 pearls that I got from her testimony.  Let's Dive Into Her Story:  Lemia's Testimony Final Part "Reviewing my life with God, He pinpointed some things that really shifted me to where I am now. The first placement was when I was attempting to take my life. He made it clear that the voice in my head wasn’t just a voice but His voice, He saved me because I have a purpose that He needs me to fulfill. The second placement was the man that I met, He said if He didn’t place him in my life at that particular time I would have fallen and He knew that I would not be able to get back up by myself so He placed that man in my life to help pull me ...