In this candid and inspiring interview, Melinda Carroll shares her personal "testimony of the test" with host Bobbie Agee. Melinda details the slow drift away from her Christian foundation after high school into a lifestyle of partying and alcohol addiction, a pattern she later recognized as a generational curse in her family line. Despite being raised with the knowledge of God, she and her husband found themselves in a backslidden condition until a crisis point in their marriage led to a powerful, life-altering surrender.

Melinda outlines the principles that led to her and her husband's radical transformation and continued victory:

-- The importance of surrendering 100% to God when He calls, realizing it may be your last chance.

-- The immediate and supernatural freedom from alcohol addiction that occurred the moment she truly became born again in her heart.

-- The necessity of being filled with the Holy Spirit and receiving a prayer language, which gives the power to overcome temptations and addictions.

-- The realization that the Word of God is your daily bread and must be studied personally, not just heard on Sundays, to build strength and overcome sin.

-- How acting on faith and planting seed (financially helping others) resulted in God supernaturally meeting her own needs.

-- The power of confessing the Word and speaking to the mountain of problems (lack, sickness, etc.) with authority, choosing to have blind faith over circumstances.

-- The promise that the seed of the Word planted in children will bring them back, even if they depart for a time.

Melinda encourages listeners to make getting into the Word of God a non-negotiable priority, because as she testifies, the Word becomes real and is the foundation for a life of victory, healing, and abundant joy.

Scriptures for Further Study

-- Psalm 119:11 (Hiding God's Word in your heart to avoid sin)

-- Proverbs 18:21 (Death and life are in the power of the tongue)

-- Proverbs 22:6 (Train a child in the way they should go)

Television program initially aired April 23, 2019.

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