Testimonials

Anxiety has been a natural part of my adult life because of associated emotional disturbances and disruptions accumulated throughout the years. Various pharmaceuticals offered symptomatic relief from panic attacks, and they were the only cure to numb the worry and fear that seemed to always be lurking, but it was a prison with no bars. I could never find freedom from the anxiety or the pills.

Since my experience began three years ago in Divine Discipleship, I have been freed from both anxiety and pills. It sounds impossible, but it’s true. Divine Discipleship has brought me closer to God, and I have learned how to cope with life and its potentially worrisome circumstances with prayer and commitment to biblical principles.

Jesus commanded: ‘Do not be consumed with thoughts’ (worry),and I’ve proved its possible. Obedience to Jesus’ commandsproduces peace every time.

-Cathy

Retired Business Owner

What did Jesus mean when He gave the command, “Your yes is yes and your no is no?” He meant, tell the truth! But first, there has to be some fear of the Lord, because lying is too easy to do, and I had no fear. I had a license to lie. What was I lying about? That is another testimony about the freedom I now have from a 45-year-old addiction. The lying was needed to cover that up. My wife used to tell me that God despises lying and that He won’t put up with it much longer, and He didn’t. One day, about three years ago, I found myself completely flattened, from head to toe. My brain function went on the fritz, my shoulder, back, knee and ankle all suffered decline. My wife forced me into Divine Discipleship, and with nowhere else to turn, I gave in. It took about three and a half years, but over the course of that time spending every morning, learning from the anointed teaching of the Holy Spirit, I now know who God is, and the fear of the Lord is the beginning of my new ‘wiser’ life.

-Steve

Retired Business Owner

For the first 22 years of my life, I was living for the world, in sin, separated from Christ. After being baptized and joining Divlne Discipeship, I learned how to receive meditations on the Word, which has radically changed the way that I live; no longer for myself, but for God; His Kingdom and Glory.

Being consistent in Divine Discipheship has allowed for the Spirit to convict and correct my actions of how I was living. I was using such foul language, smoking marijuana, riddled with anxiety, and I had no standards for myself as a woman because I didn’t think I was worth having any. None of this has been easy to overcome, but Jesus has overcome all of these things, and it was taking the time to learn to trust in someone greater than myself. Learning to trust that my debt had been paid on the cross and I could fail and still be valued in the eyes of God. Talking with God helped build that trust. As a stubborn person, I needed the one on one connection that is built within Divine Discipleship.

-Sarah

Vocational Ministry

Ever since I got my driver’s license, I was a nasty driver. I’m not sure why I had such a short fuse, but it didn’t take much for me to flip other drivers off. Many years later, after I accepted Jesus as Lord and Savior, flipping people off seemed like inappropriate behavior. I stopped that outward demonstration of anger towards other people, but the heart-aggression was still there. I wasn’t ‘for’ my fellow-drivers; I was ‘against’ them.

Daily driving became like the Indy 500, aggressively watching out for my opponents, making sure that no one was getting in front of me and always trying to get in front of them. Judgment towards other drivers and cursing through the inside of my car window was daily routine.

Then Divine Discipleship happened. Twenty Commands happened. That was it. Jesus’ commands changed my life and changed me as a person and a driver. I learned to turn the other cheek when someone else offended me on the road. I am no longer judgmental towards other drivers, and now I happily look for ways to help my fellow-drivers.

I am for my fellow-drivers, not against them. Basically, I’ve learned to value my neighbors.

Susan

Founder of Divine Discipleship

Sin in secret, as if that were possible. But that is how I viewed my sexually immoral behavior, as if God couldn’t see or God didn’t know. Any relationships I tried to establish ended up in this not-so-secret-sin, and sexual sin was blocking me from growing spiritually. Then I joined a Divine Discipleship, which ultimately changed everything. My daily practice put sexual sin into its holy perspective, and I was faced with an ugly truth. I wasn’t holy. I was an evil hypocrite who talked the talk but couldn’t walk the walk because of this dirty little secret. Then, one morning, during meditation, the Holy Spirit convicted me to end it. And I did. And in the weeks / months to come, the Holy Spirit convicted me to be completely celibate, which meant I had to block dating apps and eliminate self-pleasure and porn, with all of its assorted wickedness. Even going to the gym at peak times proved to be a place of various temptations, so stopped wearing cut-off tank tops, and I started going at non-peak times. Since then, I’ve been in ‘holiness’ training, treating women as sisters as opposed to potential wives. And wow, the freedom I have found is indescribable. Through Divine Disicpleship, I have learned that God, Jesus and the Holy Spirit hate a divided heart. I am no longer divided.

Chris

Former College Professor

I lost my husband 2 1/2 years ago - unexpectedly and tragically- It shakes me to even write those words.

I felt shattered and broken beyond repair, I didn’t want to be repaired and lost my hope, I had no words for God, no prayer, I could not speak to God, I could not feel His presence, He abandoned me, He didn’t answer my prayers, I begged and pleaded every moment of everyday until there was nothing left. I struggle with trust and contentment of where this has left me. Being consumed by worry of what’s next.

I know that God is with me in the deepest, darkest, painful parts of life. When I felt abandoned, He was the one who made my feet move under me. He held me up and made me move. He still loved me when I had nothing to say, nothing to pray. He brought me to Divine Discipleship to show me who He is and who I am in Him. I’ve always believed but believing is not enough. He gave me support in this flock. Guidance to a more disciplined spiritual life. To trust completely in Him- being stripped of everything changes everything.

I have hope and a renewed spirit. God is good, kind, gentle and so patient with me. He meets me where I am. I am learning to trust and go to Him with everything. I am no longer consumed with worry. Although not so patient when things aren’t in my timing.

It’s not easy to be exposed, to see yourself as you really are but He is the God of restoration, beauty from ashes. Jesus lived to show us how to live, to be obedient to His word and the 20 commands.

-Jen

Business owner