This Shouldn’t Be Our Story: The Test Results That Turned Connor & Mary Bales’ World Upside Down

[@asitis9402]

This couple has been an encouragement to me. They are so admirable as they walk this difficult and different path graciously. God bless them abundantly and grant them great favour

[@amyjane3736]

The host is amazing! Such sensitive questions and she knows how to draw out the conversation. Amazing podcast and really puts life in perspective.

[@audreywright9547]

What a powerful lesson for me, and for all who needed this testimony!

[@MariaLopez-mi4ol]

First time seeing this channel and I became a member. Please pray for me and dealing with the death of my Mother Sister n Brother all in 2 weeks time... 2 days before Christmas 2021 to Jan. 5th 2022... from the covid pnemonia. Sister only 59 n Brother 57. I was in betrwern them. Mother was 79 and gonna be a GREAT GREAT GRANDMA IN JUNE 2022. They were all 3 my best friends. This pain n suffering is something that you can't imagine till you go through it. I just lost my kids Dad 15 mos prior to these 3 deaths. I took care of him for 7 yrs before he passed away in Sept.2020. My Dad passed away in Sept 2018 and then my younger Brother passed away of a heart attack March 2019....he was only 53. I have 2 younger siblings that don't talk to me and that is ok with me cause neither believe in GOD YAHUAH. I just know that some good will come of this test and I will see my Son surrender his life to Jesus Christ YESHUA HAMASHIACH.

[@MTknitter22]

Thank you Joni for really maneuvering the truth about sensitivity we should all have!!! We have one church in our TX community now (finally) that has Special Needs nursery, Sunday School and all way thru high school these precious special lil people are ministered to and such a VITALLY important part of the Body of Christ!!

[@karenworley241]

So inspirational!!! Thank you for sharing your beautiful testimony, you have such a beautiful family!! 💖🙏🏼💖

[@Meggiebeth19]

Beautiful message. What a blessing.

[@elizabethann8228]

Love this. “ Counted Worthy”!❤️ Thank you for sharing this beautiful perspective !

[@josephinerintoul1935]

Learning to love those people that have no idea .. what they said or even the understanding of why they said it ..bless you both

[@TodaysBibleTruth]

It helps me not to take offense at what people say and just assume the best about them. Assume they meant well. 🧡

[@maubanda5341]

Wow....this is inspiring. God is faithful

[@karenmalach2797]

What an amazing couple. I love your show. God bless.

[@pennysharp6584]

What a Loving God we SERVE". God has gave me peace , comfort, and knowing GOD is walking with me through the lose of Aaron (MySon) it was hard I didn't know if I questioned myself if I had done enough, if I had prayed the right prayers, and knowing GOD was here in the time of his PAIN, I prayed Lord let Aaron's suffering not be long, comfort him ,let your presence be right here right now ✝️ ". Aaron was sent home here in my home till God was ready to take him home". Through 7 stint ,and the Cardio.Dr.had plan for open heart surgery next year. Sometimes we don't know the why's, we don't understand all Circumstances, But we know God is Faithful". Thank You all ,May God GoWith You,. Priscilla

[@chrystaw9029]

When the Lord spoke to them about being “counted worthy” was so humbling for me. I have 4 children and the one child God specifically spoke to us about having has been more challenging than the rest. This brings tears to my eyes and changes my perspective.

[@ballerina9826]

GOD doesn't send any parent a sick child, it's the devils work here not GOD's. Illness, disease etc are all the devils work. GOD brings love and care and would never tell a parent 'oh I brought you a sick child because I knew you could handle it.' That's rubbish. GOD loves us all and the last thing he would do is bring upon a sick child for parents to feel helpless, stressed and overwhelmed. Think about it... Devil is everywhere and will try anything to make you turn away from faith. The more people believe in GOD the more the devil will try and destroy you.

[@kathygarvey8167]

God bless to your special guess and there beautiful family I will prayer for there family ! Blessings sent to you 🙏🏻

[@rosalindquinones2791]

True blessing Thank you What a lesson in faith forgiveness love and longsuffering

[@marianfernwood6945]

Janice, I just watched this program 04-15-24. I highly recommend you get in touch with Joy & Stephan' Boutin in Wake Forest, NC, Special needs adoptive parents, an exceptional family. Joy is the daughter of one of my former roommates at Zion Bible Institute, East Providence, RI, 1963-1966. Two natural born children, one SIDS death, adopted 8 more children, three were/are very special needs children. Home schooled them all. One amazing Mother/Advocate.

[@amcall]

"Maybe he'll be a boy and I'll name him Isaac." I had a child after several miscarriages and losing one to Trisomy 18 at nearly 6 months pregnant, and if she had been a boy the name would have been Isaac. Her name is Risa, which means laughter. Only God.

[@brenale_heartsJesus]

Wow. I love that Name. Risa. God bless you!

[@samsonselasi4464]

So grateful 💗

[@jennifermcafee3575]

I love watching this tonight

[@maureenmoriahmukisa6012]

I love you so much JONI pastor moriah Maureen from Uganda ....You need to visit Uganda ....can we do a zoom chat with you plus other women here

[@brigittedohr4050]

PLEASE PRAY FOR MY FRIEND MONIKA THAT SHE GETS A MIRACLE FROM THE LORD JESUS FOR HER HEART VALVE OR SHE MUST GET AN OPERATION THANK YOU SHALOM BRIG.

[@davidscheller6725]

Jesus Himself Speaks About Hell And How Not To Go There. In Luke 16:19-31 Jesus describes a rich man that lived lavishly and a poor beggar man named Lazarus. It came to pass that Lazarus died and was carried by the angels into Abraham’s bosom. The rich man died, was buried, then went to hell. 23 And in hell he lifted up his eyes, being in TORMENT, saw Abraham afar off and Lazarus in his bosom. 24 And he cried and said, Father Abraham have mercy on me, and send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his finger in water, and cool my tongue, for I am tormented IN THIS FLAME. 25 But Abraham said, Son, remember that you in your lifetime received good things, and likewise Lazarus received evil things, but now he is comforted and you are tormented. 26 And besides all this, between us and you there is a great gulf fixed, so that they which would pass from hence to you can not, neither can they pass to us, and would come from thence. 27 Then he said, I pray you therefore father, that you would send him to my father’s house. 28 For I have 5 brothers that he may testify unto them, lest also come into this place of torment. 29 Abraham said unto him, They have Moses and the prophets, let them hear them. 30 And he said, Nay father Abraham, but if one went unto them from the dead, they will repent. 31 And he said unto him, If they hear not Moses and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded, though one rose from the dead.” LOCATION OF HELL: Jesus said in Matthew 12:40, ”For as Jonas was three days and three nights in the whale’s belly, so shall the Son of man be three days and three nights in the HEART OF THE EARTH.” Paul said in Ephesians 4:9, ”Now that he ascended, was it but that he also DESCENDED into the LOWER PARTS OF THE EARTH.” HELL IS A PLACE OF FIRE: Jesus said in Luke 16:24,”….Father Abraham have mercy on me, and send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his finger in water, and cool my tongue for I am TORMENTED IN THIS FLAME.” Jesus said in Matthew 13:42,”And shall cast them into a FURNACE OF FIRE, there shall be WAILING AND GNASHING OF TEETH.” Jesus said in Matthew 25:41,”Then shall he also say to them on the left hand, Depart from me, you cursed, INTO EVERLASTING FIRE, prepared for the devil and his angels.” Jesus said in Revelation 20:15,”And whosoever was not found written in the book of life, was CAST INTO THE LAKE OF FIRE.” HELL IS A PLACE OF TORMENT: Jesus said in Luke 16:23,”And in hell he lift up his eyes, being in TORMENT….” 24 …..for I am TORMENTED in this flame.” Jesus said in Revelation 14:11,”And the smoke of their TORMENT ascended up FOR EVER AND EVER, and they have no rest day or night….” Jesus said in Mark 9:45-46,”And if thy hand offend thee, cut it off, it is better for you to enter into life maimed, than having two hands to go into hell, into the FIRE THAT NEVER SHALL BE QUENCHED. 46 Where their WORM DIES NOT, and the fire is not quenched.” Note that it doesn’t say “THE Worm”, it says “THEIR WORM” dies not. Jesus said in Revelation 21:8,”But the fearful and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whore mongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burns WITH FIRE AND BRIMSTONE, which is the second death.” Note that Brimstone is Sulfur and burns with a very strong odor of rotten eggs. The scriptures above prove when a person goes to hell they will constantly see hell, constantly smell hell, constantly feel the heat of hell, will constantly breath hell, will constantly hear the wailing and gnashing of teeth of others in hell, will constantly be aware of their own worms, they will have no rest day or night, there is no way out and it will continue for ever and ever, they can’t die because they are already dead. The following is how to not go there and it is a SIMPLE AND EASY thing to do: All of the book of Acts is what Jesus disciples said what we must to be SAVED - meaning not go to hell, which is repentance, water baptism in Jesus NAME, (NOT the titles Father, Son, and Holy Ghost) and being baptized with the Holy Ghost. Jesus said in Mark 16:16,"He that believes and is BAPTIZED shall be SAVED, but he that believes not shall be damned." At about that same time He said in Matthew 28:19,"Go therefore and teach all nations BAPTIZING them in the name (SINGULAR name and not name's) OF the Father, and OF the Son, and OF the Holy Ghost." Father, Son, and Holy Ghost are titles and not names. Jesus disciples never used those words when they baptized anyone in water, nor did they use those words in one sentence regarding any other topic. Every time they invoked Jesus NAME at baptism which is Acts 2:38, Acts 8:14-18, Acts 8:38, Acts 9:18, Acts 10:44-48, Acts 16:15, Acts 16:33, Acts 18:7, Acts 18:8, Acts 19:3-5, and Acts 22:16 (Paul's baptism). Jesus said in John 3:3-7,"Verily, verily I say unto you, Except a man BE BORN AGAIN, he can not see the kingdom of God. 5 Verily, verily I say unto, Except a man be born of water AND of the Spirit, he can not enter into the kingdom of heaven. 7 Marvel not that I say unto you, YOU MUST BE BORN AGAIN." Being born of water is being baptized in water which is for the REMISSION OF SINS - meaning the INITIAL remission of sins and not the confessing of sins later addressed in 1 John 1:9. Being born of the Spirit is being baptized with the Holy Ghost. What being baptized with the Holy Ghost means is addressed in Mark 16:17 (Jesus speaking), Acts 2:3-4, (Pentecost), Acts 8:17, Acts 9:18, Acts 10:44-48, and Acts 19:3-5 - which is when the Spirit of Christ initially dwells in a person. Nowhere in Scripture does it say it happens any other way than that way. There is not one Scripture that says a person receives the Holy Ghost just because they are a believer. Acts 19:1-5 is a good example. Paul said in Romans 8:9-11,”But you are not in the flesh, but in the spirit, if so be that the spirit of God dwell in you. Now if any man have not the Spirit of Christ, HE IS NONE OF HIS." Numbers 23:19, ”God is not a man that he should lie, neither the son of man, that he should repent, has he said and shall he not do it? And shall he not make it good?” Malachi 3:6,”For I am the Lord, I change not...” Hebrews 13:8,”Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, and today, and forever.” That means there is no reason to think that Jesus will make an exception and save someone that has not been baptized in water in Jesus NAME, and has not been baptized with the Holy Ghost. Some say the thief on the cross next to Jesus was not baptized yet Jesus told him he would be in paradise with him that day. Jesus had not given the COMMANDMENT to be baptized in HIS NAME until after he had risen from the dead and before he ascended into heaven. The thief on the cross could not have been baptized because he did not know about it. If you do what Jesus said above in Mark 16:16, Matthew 28:19, and John 3:3-7, you will be making SURE your name is Written In Lamb's Book Of Life. If you are convinced you need to get baptized in water in Jesus Name do a search and type in "United Pentecostal Church International", scroll down to just below the red box, type in your zip code, a screen will show a Church near you that will do that. Jesus said John 10:27, ”My Sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me.”

[@VeronicaJones58]

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[@carlaifera5254]

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[@wardashimon-australia33]

The Gospel: Plain and Simple “But I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled Eve through his subtilty, so your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ.” - 2 Corithians 11:3 Ask someone today if they are saved and you will most likely hear responses like these: “I have accepted Jesus into my heart.” Or “I have made him Lord of my life.” “I’ve been baptized.” “I said a prayer.” Sounds all good and churchy don’t it; but it is difficult to de-termine whether or not a person actually knows the gospel that saves them. These use￾less phrases don’t describe a thing about what the gospel is and has left a devastating effect of people not knowing what it is that they are saved from nor how they are saved; which leaves a more serious effect of people ques￾tioning their salvation. Let’s not muddy the simplicity of salva￾tion that is in Christ with vague church sounding phrases that do not communicate anything. But rather present God’s word with clarity and assuredness. So here is the gospel: plain and simple. Sin was passed upon all men by one man Adam, and death is a consequence of this sin (Rom 5:12). Mankind has an eternal destiny of condemnation and wrath - Hell - because of this sin (Rom 6:23). No matter what good works one might do we are still found sinners in the sight of our Creator God. And all un￾righteousness and those who follow get in￾dignation and wrath. We cannot be found righteous for by God’s law we are found sin￾ners (Rom 3:19-20). If we have broken even one law we are found guilty. It is for this reason of not being able to create our own righteousness and being born in a sinful flesh that we need a savior (Titus 3:5). Christ is that Savior, God manifested in the flesh, sinless, died in our place on a cross 2000 years ago. Taking upon him the wrath and judgement that was intended for us sin￾ners. And it is through his bloodshed, burial, and resurrection on our behalf that we are able to have peace with God and forgiveness of our sins (1 Cor 15:1-4, Col 3:14). This good news is unto all but only those that believe in it are made righteous in Christ (Romans 3:22). It is then after we have heard this good news of Christ’s righteousness available to us freely, that we are sealed with the Holy Spirit and we are now part of Christ’s body the church (Eph 1:13) There is nothing that we need to do, no good works that are required, and no bad works that can separate us from our new po￾sition in Christ (Romans 8:35-39). Faith and belief in this information from God’s word is the gospel. The gospel is not accepting Jesus into your heart. The gospel is not making him lord of your life, it is not saying a prayer and it is not being baptized with water. So next time someone asks you if you are saved. Give them the clear assured answer “Yes! And let me tell you why Find more free resources at: www.graceambassadors.com