One Voice Makes A Difference with Janet Swanson

For the next few weeks I am bringing recognition to those who have suffered and overcame childhood disease such as Crohn's, Ulcerated Colitis, Colon Cancer, Ileostomy bags, Pancreatic disease etc.

You are going to be so touched by Dana's story!

Dana Whitfield Buchli is 35 years old and lives in Statesboro, Georgia and is married to Sam Buchli.

She was born with chronic pancreatic disease and was eventually diagnosed with pancreatic insufficiency at the age of five. She often refers to herself as "that sick girl" when she was growing up and in college, given she missed a lot of school and was constantly at the doctor or in hospitals.

At 19 years of age, she began to have idiopathic acute pancreatitis which eventually evolved into chronic pancreatitis. There were several years she spent more days in the hospital, than out of the hospital.

11 years ago she had a total pancreatectomy and islet cell transplant surgery in an attempt to ease physical pain and long stays in hospitals. Unfortunately, she had many complications and things did not go as planned for the next 10 years.

In the years after the original surgery she had countless surgeries including surgeries to remove recurring ulcers, bowel obstruction surgeries, and a total colectomy. In this process she endured 3 ileostomies and reversals, organ failure, near death experiences, all the while also being hospitalized for COVID, and type 1 diabetes.

During this time, she also discovered that she will not be able to have children due to the many medical issues and complications involved. This was a different kind of devastation and grief and she is still trying to deal with this news.

All the while, she was also in college and graduate school trying to fit in and live a fulfilled life. Recently, she met her goal and graduated with her master's degree. September 2022 will be one year without surgery or a major complication, which is a huge win. She still has to deal with many struggles every day just to live a "normal" life and to also deal with the many medical issues that will forever be in the picture.

You will be so inspired and touched by Sam and Dana's story. If you want to reach out to Dana you can find her here on Fb. https://www.facebook.com/yayitsdayday

Jacob Rich tells about his fight with Inflammatory Bowel Disease and how it affected his life and almost killed him.

I first met Jacob when my son Rhett was in the hospital at Saint Joseph's in Savannah, Ga. He saw my Fb post and was moved by Rhett's story and he reached out to Rhett to let him know that everything was going to be ok.

Jacob is living proof that it's not the end of the world to have an Ileostomy bag, but instead, it saved his life.

For the next few weeks,I want to bring recognition to IBS, UC, Crohn's, and Auto Immune Disease. Jacob is 26 years old and lives in Griffin, Ga. Jacob enjoys sports and playing music.

He works for insurance companies inspecting roofs. He loves spend time with friends and family and he loves living his best life now! He was diagnosed with Ulcerated Colitis/Crohn's Disease at the age of 18.

When he was 22, he had a total colectomy and went through a series of surgeries. As he healed, he finally had the surgery where they form a J-Pouch and they actually create a rectum.

The Ileostomy was eventually reversed and now Jacob is living his best life ever. FREE of disease and pain. The surgery didn't come without a mountain to climb.

On two different occasions, Jacob felt as if he were dying and wasn't going to pull through. But God was not finished with him. I am inspired by this young man, his strength and his faith in God!

We are so grateful to have him in our lives for such a time as this. I hope you are inspired by his story so share this podcast with a friend!

If you'd like to get in touch with Jacob, you can contact him here:

Email:

[email protected]

Facebook:

https://facebook.com/1473797516/

Instagram:

www.instagram.com/Jacob_Rich96

Janet gives a prophetic word for those who have found themselves in a battle and feel like God has abandoned them!

Here I am in a hotel in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. My son had major surgery, a colectomy and we had to drive him here in the midst of extreme sickness. I look back and I don't know how we made it. Maybe that's you too! You have come through things and you know if it had not been for the Lord, you would not have made it either!

God gave me this word while I was watching my son suffer with intense pain from Crohn's and Ulcerated Colitus. What I thought would be the worst thing that could happen to us, has become the best thing. Rhett had his colon cut out and it saved his life, and gave him his life back. He's only 24 years old and yet there are many battles ahead of him and a couple more surgeries he has to go under, but God gave me this word…GO FORTH IN THE STRENGTH YOU HAVE!

HERE IS WHAT THE WORD SAYS:

Judges 6:11-16 New American Standard Bible

Gideon Is Visited

11 Then the angel of the Lord came and sat under the [a]oak that was in Ophrah, which belonged to Joash the Abiezrite, as his son Gideon was beating out wheat in the wine press in order to save it from the Midianites.

12 And the angel of the Lord appeared to him and said to him, "The Lord is with you, valiant warrior."

13 Then Gideon said to him, "O my lord, if the Lord is with us, why then has all this happened to us? And where are all His miracles which our fathers told us about, saying, 'Did the Lord not bring us up from Egypt?' But now the Lord has abandoned us and handed us over to Midian."

14 And the Lord [b]looked at him and said, "Go in this strength of yours and save Israel from the hand of Midian. Have I not sent you?"

15 But he said to Him, "O Lord, [c]how am I to save Israel? Behold, my family is the least in Manasseh, and I am the youngest in my father's house."

16 Yet the Lord said to him, "I will certainly be with you, and you will [d]defeat Midian as one man."

Maybe you have been like Gideon and you've asked God a lot of questions. Here is what God says to you!

The Lord is with you mighty warrior! Go in the strength you have and you will overcome the thing that has tried to overcome you!

In Jesus name! Lord we believe your word and we stand upon all your promises for they are yes and amen.

I was inspired by one of my students the other day when she innocently played a on the church speaker, right after baptismal that was BAD! She was a brand new believer and I kindly told her, "when you become a Christian, you shouldn't listen to music like this." She said, "Really? Well….what exactly does it mean to be a Christian?"

As I heard her heart, I thought to myself, "I wonder how many more people are asking this question?"

So, this is why I decided to do this podcast. This episode is for believers and new believers. This will teach you how to witness and have the tools to equip you to lead people to the Lord

This is what it means to be a Christian:

1. Have Faith……to believe…to be convinced, to be persuaded!

You BELIEVE in Jesus and The radical, miraculous conception by the Holy Spirit, that He is the Son of God, the son of man.

You believe that He existed and that He lived and died for you. He paid for you with His own blood.

You believe that He was raised from the dead in 3 days by the resurrection power of God.

You believe that He ascended to heaven and that He sent the Holy Spirit to abide with you forever.

You believe that the same power that raised Jesus Christ from the dead lives inside of YOU.

You believe that all things are possible with Jesus!

You believe that your name is written in the Lamb's book of life and you are going to heaven.

2. Embrace His teaching:

John 8:31-32 TPT

Jesus said to those Jews who believed in him, "When you continue to embrace all that I teach, you prove that you are my true followers. For if you embrace the truth, it will release true freedom into your lives."

Be merciful Luke 6:31

Walk in forgiveness Luke 6:37

Seek Goodness Luke 6:45

Respect others Luke 14:11

BE kind Luke 14

3. My heart is devoted to Him

Mark 12:30-31

Love the Lord your God with all your heart, Love your neighbor and Love yourself

Part of your love and devotion is prayer and worship.

4. Do the things that Jesus did

Jesus was always listening the voice of His father and obeying him. Jesus said, If you love me, you'll obey me.

So…..be discipled…learn how to hear his voice, learn how to obey, learn how to grow in God because the sky is the limit.

Now HOW DO I become a Christian?

Steps to Becoming a Follower of Jesus Christ

• Believe in your heart that Jesus is Lord.

Acts 16:31 ESV

And they said, "Believe in the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved, you and your household."

John 3:16 ESV

"For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.

• Confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord.

Romans 10:9 ESV

Because, if you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. For with the heart one believes and is justified, and with the mouth one confesses and is saved.

• Be filled with the Holy Spirit.
• Repent
• Be baptized in the name of Jesus.

Acts 2:38 ESV

And Peter said to them, "Repent and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.

Acts 22:16 ESV

And now why do you wait? Rise and be baptized and wash away your sins, calling on his name.'

• Be transformed by the power of God & RENOUNCE.

Romans 12:2 New American Bible (Revised Edition)

Do not conform yourselves to this age but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and pleasing and perfect.

Renounce your sin:

Galatians 5:1 New King James Version

Stand fast therefore in the liberty by which Christ has made us free, and do not be entangled again with a yoke of bondage.

Read Colossians 3:1-10 New King James Version

• Go out and make disciples, bring others to Jesus, tell others your story, your testimony.

Matthew 28:19-20 New International Version

19 Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,

20 and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age."

Nicole talks about her experience of childhood abuse, trauma of suicide and how now she is using her voice to make a difference all over the world.

Tony tells his story of childhood trauma that led to the jungle of Peru.

Tony tells his story of childhood trauma that led to the jungle of Peru.

Dr. Carol Tanksley tells her story of overcoming fear, anxiety and the death of her husband.

Maksim tells of miracles that have never been told while Ukraine was being attacked!

2 Corinthians 12:9

But he said to me, "My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness." Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ's power may rest on me.

Serena Dyksen

Founder, Author and Speaker of She Found His Grace

At the age of thirteen years old, Serena was raped, pregnant and taken to have an abortion. Abortion was supposed to be the answer after her trauma, but it instead tore her family apart and nearly destroyed her life. Terrible things happened behind the clinic doors. It was a terrible secret she buried for years that affected her marriage, how she parented her children and how she viewed God. At her lowest point of her life, her marriage almost ended, and she was numbing her pain with drugs and alcohol. She had an encounter that changed everything.

She is the author of She Found His Grace, her life story of healing and finding God's grace after abortion and sexual trauma. She has a heart for every to know that it is possible to find God's grace after abortion. Serena is also the Founder of She Found His Grace ministry and offer's one on one pain to purpose healing coaching and has an online abortion regret and recovery healing community. You can find the healing group along with her new released book, She Found His Grace. You can get her book, She Found His Grace off Amazon and if you need healing after abortion go to Shefoundhisgrace.org

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