Featured Testimony

by Molly Herrera

I send greetings to all my brothers and sisters in Christ. I am doing great and continue to trust and rely on the awesome God that we serve.

It has been a little over a year that I was diagnosed with Stage 3C inflammatory breast cancer. I had never experienced any type of cancer in my family. It was completely foreign to me. My life was about to change dramatically in the next few days. The news was devastating. Informing my children of my condition was especially overwhelming. My husband immediately began to call the Christian community to seek prayer for us. The next few days would involve tests and immediate treatment. We didn’t have very much time to think about my condition much because I began treatment immediately due to the type of cancer that I had.

As think back on everything we have been through, I realize that we ran to the Lord for help. Many times we run away from the Lord, blaming Him or maybe not really having the faith that He can help us. On the way home after being diagnosed I told Gary that either way, it is a “win, win situation.” If the Lord takes me then I will be with Him and my loved ones. If I am healed then I stay with my family. We immediately began to identify scriptures in God’s Word dealing with healing. There are many. We held strong to the scriptures knowing that God is not a man that he should lie. I wouldn’t want to serve a God that is a liar or believe in His Word if it is not true. I developed a deeper trust for Him as he revealed Himself through so many ways. He is there for us if we seek Him, He cares much for us. Everything He conquered on the cross is for us. He wants the best for us. I continue to trust in Him and I live day-to-day thanking Him for another day of life. I value the time I spend with my family more now. I love to tell everyone how my God healed me. I am not ashamed to tell of His goodness and His mercy. I am so thankful also for everyone that prayed for me and my family.

God is using me in a mighty way. He has put many inflicted with disease in my path. I encourage them and tell them that my God can heal them. There are many who need to hear. There are many that are dying without Him. My prayer daily is to be used by Him. I had surgery a few weeks ago and I’m believing for a full recovery. I know that I am in good hands, praise His name. 

by Denise Duran

As a woman, one of my hearts desires has always been to have children.  For most women it is quite simple to conceive, however, this was not the case for me. My husband and I have been married for 14 years. We tried to conceive for 9 years, unsuccessfully. Not being able to conceive was very difficult and trying for me on many levels. I often felt discouraged, angry, depressed, and unworthy. There was much disappointment throughout the years and it took a toll on my marriage. We eventually sought a fertility doctor. After weighing various fertility options, I knew in my heart that wasn’t the path God had planned for my life. I believed He would be faithful to His word and bless me with a child in His time. Psalm 37:4 says  “Delight yourself in the Lord and He will give you the desires of your heart.” This verse was extremely encouraging to me during my trials.

During our first 10 years of marriage, I was living life according to my plan. In 2010, my husband and I rededicated our lives to the Lord. I knew something had been missing in my life, God. I felt an overwhelming calling and desire to seek Him and know Him like never before. I fell in love so completely with my God. I gave every aspect of my life to Christ, my heart, my marriage, my time, my finances, my burdens and desires, and the many blessings in my life. I continued to seek God for my desire to have children.  For Jesus says “Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and he door will be opened to you.” Matthew 7:7.

Many times I would find myself doubtful, as in human nature to be inpatient. Just at those moments, Pastor Trujillo would find the perfect words of encouragement. He would say don’t let your dreams die; only you can kill them, press on in prayer. I felt at those ties that God was using him as a vessel to speak to me. I persevered in prayer and sought God for my miracle. At times I felt like I was always at altar calls seeking God. One verse I found especially encouraging during this time was Mark 11:24, “Whatever you ask for in prayer, believe that you have received it and it will be yours.” There is so much power in prayer.

In November 2012, Freedom Church has a revival service. Pastor Canfield summoned members of the congregations whom wanted children to go to the altar for prayer. I had to work that Sunday, but my husband was present. My husband received prayer that morning and a prophetic word from Pastor Canfield that we would conceive. I am so grateful for a church family that is welcoming, encouraging, and always glad to pray for one another. My husband shared the news that evening and I immediately began to rejoice and be thankful for he miracle that was to come. Exactly two weeks later I found out I was pregnant, praise God.

My baby girl is now 9 months old. I know that she is a miracle of God, a blessing from Him. I have much gratitude in my heart for God and what He has done in my life. God is so great! He has a plan for each one of us in His own time, He makes no mistakes. Had we conceived years ago when I planned, what would I have taught my daughter? I was living for myself, not for the Lord. The timing of God’s blessings is always perfect. 

I pray that this testimony bring all the glory and all the honor to God, which is rightfully His. He has performed a miracle in my life. No matter what you are going through “ …with God all things are possible.” Matthew 19:26.  All it takes is a simple prayer to invite Go into your heart and accept Him as your Lord and Savior. Joshua 1:5 states “…I will never leave you nor forsake you.” What an amazing and indescribable love God has for each and every one of us, if we only step out in faith to believe it and accept it.