Michael’s Testimony

“I can’t believe you’re still alive” – Alias

Chapter 1

Captured by Hell

Michael grew up in a typical American family. It had it’s troubles, laughs, pain, and love. He grew up being taught to follow Jesus Christ, and even had a prophet call spoken over him that through him God’s people would know that He was alive and well after his paralyzed arm was healed as a baby.

There are spiritual forces of good and evil in the world, and Michael says he has strongly felt them both.

In Michael’s earliest memories of his childhood he can remember living in fear in the dark. Yet, this wasn’t your average childhood boogy monster in the closet causing fear in the young Michael. He believes to this day there was a demonic assignment after his life. Michael continued to age and the fear never left him. He never made Jesus his personal Lord and Savior in his teen years, but attended a few youth services to be with girls.

Michael’s heart grew hard and sick as he plunged into pornography and further from God. This lifestyle of feeding his desires increased rapidly as he literal was falling into sin. The next step was drugs and alcohol – there surly was a plot to destroy Michael’s life, yet even in the midst of living in sin God chose to use Michael. He went to a church with his family and the pastor said there was a problem with a baby. Michael to this day doesn’t even remember this happening clearly because of the drug abuse, but he gave a word of knowledge that he felt burning within him that the baby would be healed. Surly enough it was healed!

You would think this would slow someone down or turn them around, but this was not the case. Michael began to use harder drugs, such as cocaine, crack, ecstasy, and acid. Yet some how these drugs didn’t fascinate Michael rather it was the money to be made by selling them that caught his attention. He began doing the devil’s work in his words by selling ecstasy. He recalls praying to Satan, he said that he would ask him to keep him safe so that he could continue to do his work. For some time he had no problems with anything, and life was easy and exhilarating, but a season of drought was soon upon his life that the Lord was sending to bring Michael back to him.

He found himself with thousands of dollars worth of drugs, yet he couldn’t sell them to anyone. It was as if he was invisible to the drug addict. It wasn’t long until he began to use again, but this time the drugs would take a hold of him. His life quickly spiraled to hit bottom at age 19. He made money, made friends, had girls, yet simply was empty.

“In October of 2005 I had done more drugs, spent more money, overdosed, been with more women than I’ve have ever had in my entire life, yet I was utterly empty and lonely. I really needed help or I was going to die.”

A couple weeks later one of Michael’s friends was home from Teen Challenge – a faith based drug rehab. Michael went to see him give his testimony and that night the Holy Spirit gently instructed Michael to return to the Lord and to go into the drug rehab as well.

Michael went into the rehab, but there again was that fear in the night tormenting him. Michael says one night when this was happening he began to cry out to Jesus late in the night hours, and suddenly a serge of energy from all limbs of his body meet at one point and was released from him – something had literal came out of him.

Michael’s life was demoniacal possessed, and the next night would be his complete healing!

God literal lead him to his councilors for help just like in the Bible when the demons came running to Jesus. For three hours evil spirits were cast out of him, and he experienced freedom that he had never felt in his entire life. He was captured by Hell, but set free by Jesus! Michael made up his mind that night to committed his life to do anything the Lord Jesus ask him to do.

Chapter 2

The Fire and Grace Came With the Call

Later that week the program went to a Sunday night church service and Michael was desperate to have more of God. With little knowledge of church doctrine, gifts of Holy Spirit, or just about the Lord in general he set out to know more with a deep passion. He said that it was never a competition between him or another brother or sister in the faith, but he secretly wanted to be like Moses or Job when the Lord look upon a community of people and saw them. The Lord saw a righteous humble man; someone he could trust to do his work we he saw Moses and Job. Michael wanted to stick out for the Lord to please him. That night during the worship service Michael began to quiet himself before the Lord, and he felt a power and heat that sent a jolt through his body like electricity. Michael was baptized in the Holy Spirit with evidence of speaking in tongues and he literally drowned in God’s Spirit that night. He didn’t want to come up or away from his presence.

For 16 months he was trained in the drug rehab to live according to the principles of the Bible. He said that he had to learn to live all over again like a newborn baby.

In the eighth month he recalls having a revelation of God’s grace. He read many times about the work of Jesus on the cross in that he forgave all his sin and he trusted in that, but it was very hard for him to forgive himself from his past life to experience God’s grace.

“I laid on my bed for hours on a Saturday afternoon just smiling and meditating about the Lord’s love for me. For the first time I actually felt fully forgiven – in was a inner experience that change my whole perspective of how to treat others.”

“I knew that I was called to preach and take the gospel to the ends of the Earth, and I wasted so much of my life doing the Devil’s work in an extreme way that I wanted to be even more fanatic for the Lord!”

“There would be days that I would plain to do nothing so that I could read through the entire New Testament in one sitting.”

In Teen Challenge Michael learn to pray. He learn about making it a lifestyle and not just a duty. God began to awake him 3 am & 4 am to pray, and this was the driving force that kept him teachable and pure for the days to come. All he wanted to do was tell people about Jesus.

In 2006 he preached his first sermon to a church congregation at two Sunday morning services. Michael says, “I preached how I interpreted the Bible, all I had was simply faith and passion, and in looking back this message was the worst I’ve ever preached, yet God moved so mightily!”

Chapter 3

Getting Theological with my Parter King Jesus

Michael went to Central Bible College in Springfield, Missouri after he completed Teen Challenge. It wasn’t long after that he fell in love Amanda who is his wife now. Interesting enough Michael put his body in much harm when he was a drug user, yet he lived without sickness. In the first year at Bible college he was stricken with a very serious staph infection inside his knee, which require immediate surgery. The infection returned a couple weeks after the surgery, and another surgery was scheduled. Michael cried out to God in his room while anointing his knee with oil. That night all the infection came out by the power of the Holy Spirit and it was instantly healed! The next year at school Michael was sick with mysterious ailments such as the swelling of the intestines, throbbing back pains, palpitations, and again another staph infection. God miraculously healed him from every sickness!

In the midst of all the trails God began to increase the burden within Michael and Amanda to evangelize, and they sought out that winter in the midst of everything to follow the call. Michael is an evangelist preacher being trained in God’s glory to lead many to the Lord. He talks about the end-time revival that is among the church before the coming of Christ.

“God is calling a desperate priesthood to follow in his ways – to seek him in the midst of darkness surrounding us. It is true wickedness will increase in the end days, but also true, so will the power and glory of the mighty King Jesus, which will be reveal through His bride the church!”

Michael has a yearning to have Heaven on Earth! He craves a fresh dose of the Holy Ghost, and believes God must work in you to work through you. He travels the United States preaching the word of God with fervor and faith. They are based out of Springfield, Missouri and are members and serve at New Vision Ministries. Michael and Amanda are finishing up there degrees at Central Bible College, and from there plan to go to the Assemblies of God Theological Seminary for their master work.

God has been gracious in sending them into the ministry even while in Bible school. Their ministry is centered around Jesus – only He has the power to unlock life over death and free the world of its decay.

“There are no other gods above Jesus!”

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