Peaceful Presence Podcast: Testimonies of Faith, Hope & Miracles

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Stress nearly took her life, but what followed changed how she understands purpose, love, and what truly matters. In this episode, you’ll hear the story of a near-death experience that reshaped how one woman sees people, suffering, and love.

After years of carrying stress that eventually affected her health, an encounter with Jesus marked a turning point... not just physically, but spiritually and emotionally. What she returned with was a deeper compassion for others, a clarity about calling, and a new way of living that  centers on love and finding the good.

On the Peaceful Presence Podcast, host Olivia Figuered, sits down with Bridget Cook Burch to talk about:

➡️How stress impacted her body and inner life
➡️What she experienced during her near-death encounter
➡️Meeting Jesus and being surrounded by unconditional love
➡️Why she now sees the good and potential light in every person
➡️How moments that seem like they could break us often point us toward our divine assignment
➡️What it looks like to live with greater compassion and alignment after such an experience

This episode invites listeners to slow down, reflect, and consider whether the pressures they’re carrying may be pointing them toward something deeper.

🔗 LEARN MORE ABOUT BRIDGET COOK BURCH AND YOUR INSPIRED STORY
Bridget is a bestselling author, speaker, and founder of Your Inspired Story, where she helps people uncover meaning through storytelling. To learn more about Bridget, explore her writing work, or find information about her upcoming writers retreats, visit:

🌐 Website: https://www.yourinspiredstory.com
✍️ Writers Retreat: https://inspiredwritersretreat.com/
📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bridgetcookburch/
📘 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BridgetInspires4
▶️ YouTube: @inspiredlegacypublishing

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If you enjoyed this episode, you’ll find more conversations like this in our Near-Death Experiences, Miracles, and Supernatural Encounters playlist.
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLfy0ILFnDCoabkD7yjB68w7uuV0TLOYCo
  
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About the Podcast:
The Peaceful Presence Podcast is a faith-based Christian podcast sharing miracle stories, supernatural encounters, testimonies of faith, and Spirit-led teaching to strengthen your walk with God. From near-death experiences to moments of divine redirection and transformation, every story reveals how God guides and restores us in seasons we never expected.

Thank you for listening and being part of the Peaceful Presence Podcast Community! 

The Peaceful Presence Podcast exists to help people grow closer to God through honest conversations, life-changing testimonies, miracles, healing, and stories that reveal His faithfulness in every season.

🌿 Connect with your host, Olivia Figuered:
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What happens when someone doesn’t almost die, but actually does?

In this episode of the Peaceful Presence Podcast, I sit down with Jaymen Chase of Lion Head Ministry, who shares how 25 years of addiction ended in a single moment after a real encounter with Jesus.

Jaymen describes overdosing in an alley, feeling life pulled out from him, entering complete darkness, and realizing this was the end. No light. No sound. Just fear.
Until suddenly… a light appeared.

Jesus asked him the question that changed everything: “Are you done yet?”

That moment instantly broke the grip of addiction, restored Jaymen’s life, and set him on a new assignment of helping others experience true transformation through God's word and mercy.

This conversation is honest, raw, and filled with hope for anyone who feels too far gone, forgotten, or written off.

✨ In this episode, you’ll hear:

• What addiction does to good-hearted people
• What it’s like to die, enter darkness, and encounter Jesus
• The power of prayer, even when you don’t know people are praying for you
• Why no place is too dark for God to meet you
• How one encounter can rewrite an entire life

If you or someone you love is battling addiction, hopelessness, or despair, this episode may bring you some encouragement.

🔗 LEARN MORE ABOUT JAYMEN CHASE & HIS MINISTRY

To connect with Jaymen and learn more about his ministry and mission:

• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jaymenchase/
• Lion Head Ministry: https://lionheadministry.com/
• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/jaymen.chase.1
• YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@Lionheadministry

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If you enjoyed this episode, be sure to check out more conversations like this in:

• Breakpoints to Blueprints – God’s Greater Plan Playlist:  https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLfy0ILFnDCoaHE8YbivLpsctgoUXWfpIs&si=hVCB5FqUs2GuS6la
• Near-Death Experiences, Miracles, and Supernatural Encounters Playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLfy0ILFnDCoabkD7yjB68w7uuV0TLOYCo&si=Mpf9AAhgzG7UNsyY

These playlists are filled with real stories of faith, redemption, and transformation that remind us God is still moving today.

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If we could all have faith like this… why don’t we?

Chris Randall, author and the voice behind Crazy God Story, shares why what many people call “rare faith” might actually be the kind of faith God always intended to be normal.

This conversation explores faith, obedience, and trusting God when life doesn’t make sense and why believing God often requires action before clarity.

In this episode, we talk about:
➡️ Why many Christians struggle to experience God personally
➡️ The difference between believing in God vs. believing God
➡️ How obedience often comes before understanding
➡️ How faith transformed Chris’s life, and how it can transform yours too

Chris’s testimony of surrender and going all in on trusting God is hard to forget. ✨
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If you enjoyed this episode, check out the playlist
Faith In Action – Conversations That Inspire
👉 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uYLoYdi4_H8&list=PLfy0ILFnDCoZgFoMql3p-GGnzyMtogs-P
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📍 Connect With Chris Randall:
You can find Chris on social media by searching Crazy God Story:
➡️ Website: https://crazygodstory.com
➡️ YouTube / Instagram / TikTok / Facebook: @CrazyGodStory

Chris’s book Crazy God Story is available on his website and on Amazon.
He also shares a daily devotional and additional faith-building content through his platforms.
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About the Podcast:
The Peaceful Presence Podcast is a faith-based Christian podcast sharing miracle stories, supernatural encounters, testimonies of faith, and Spirit-led teaching to strengthen your walk with God. From near-death experiences to moments of divine redirection and transformation, every story reveals how God guides and restores us in seasons we never expected.

Thank you for listening and being part of the Peaceful Presence Podcast Community! 

The Peaceful Presence Podcast exists to help people grow closer to God through honest conversations, life-changing testimonies, miracles, healing, and stories that reveal His faithfulness in every season.

🌿 Connect with your host, Olivia Figuered:
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Why do we pray in Jesus’ name?
We say the phrase at the end of almost every prayer, but have you ever paused to consider what it actually means?

In this episode of The Peaceful Presence Podcast, I share what praying in Jesus’ name has come to mean to me. Not as a formula or a religious habit, but as an identity, a place of union, and an invitation to live and pray from alignment rather than effort.

This episode shares:
➡️What Scripture reveals about the Body of Christ and our connection to Him
➡️Why praying “in Jesus’ name” is about belonging
➡️How understanding unity with Christ reshapes prayer, purpose, and authority
➡️Why unity and alignment matter more than comparison or performance

This is a gentle reflection for anyone who longs for a deeper, more peaceful relationship with God and who senses there may be more meaning beneath the words we’ve learned to repeat.
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These are practices I use myself. They are simple, meaningful ways to cultivate connection, awareness, and presence with Him in everyday life.

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About the Podcast:
The Peaceful Presence Podcast is a faith-based Christian podcast sharing miracle stories, supernatural encounters, testimonies of faith, and Spirit-led teaching to strengthen your walk with God. From near-death experiences to moments of divine redirection and transformation, every story reveals how God guides and restores us in seasons we never expected.
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Thank you for listening and being part of the Peaceful Presence Podcast Community! 

The Peaceful Presence Podcast exists to help people grow closer to God through honest conversations, life-changing testimonies, miracles, healing, and stories that reveal His faithfulness in every season.

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"It’s Never Too Late" - How Prayer and Identity in Christ Shape Your Child’s Faith

What if you haven’t missed your chance?

In this gentle and hope-filled conversation, we speak directly to parents who feel behind, overwhelmed, or unsure where to begin when it comes to nurturing their child’s faith. If you’ve ever wondered whether it’s too late to make a spiritual impact in your child’s life, this episode may encourage you.

Together, we explore how prayer, identity in Christ, and everyday faith-filled moments can shape a child’s heart, no matter their age. From practical ways to weave faith into daily life, to powerful encouragement for parents carrying quiet guilt or fear, this conversation is an invitation to breathe, reset, and begin again.

You’ll hear why:

• It’s never too late to influence your child’s faith
• Prayer is still one of the most powerful tools parents have
• Teaching children who they are in Christ builds resilience, confidence, and hope
• Modeling faith matters more than doing it perfectly
• God can redeem and restore any season you feel you’ve missed

This episode isn’t about pressure or performance.
 It’s about presence, peace, and trusting that God is still at work in your family.

If you’re a parent longing for reassurance, direction, and hope, press play.

Connect with Vanessa:
🌱 Free Scriptures for Parents: https://truth.courageouskidsacademy.com/

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Follow Peaceful Presence Podcast for more conversations rooted in faith, peace, miracles, and purpose.

👉 If this conversation encouraged you and you’d like to keep building your faith,
I’ve created a playlist called Motivational Minute Messages with brief, Scripture-based reflections designed to help you grow closer to God one day at a time.

These are gentle reminders rooted in God’s Word to strengthen your faith and deepen your relationship with Him.

▶️ Watch the playlist here:
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Thank you for listening and being part of the Peaceful Presence Podcast Community! 

The Peaceful Presence Podcast exists to help people grow closer to God through honest conversations, life-changing testimonies, miracles, healing, and stories that reveal His faithfulness in every season.

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In a distracted world, a generation is hungry for truth.

This episode of Peaceful Presence: Faith, Hope & Miracles is a raw and hope-filled conversation with  Megan Patton. After losing her father and walking through loss, Megan shares how God met her in unexpected ways, leading her into healing, renewed faith, and purpose. From mission work in Africa to honest reflections on distraction and spiritual hunger, this conversation is an invitation to slow down and rediscover God’s presence for all generations.

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🌍 Mission Trip Information

Megan shared in the outro that there will be another mission trip to Africa in March 2026.

If God is stirring your heart and you’d like to learn more, you can find the details through the church at the link below.

🔗 Mission trip information:
https://www.skylinechurch.org/skyline-global/
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If you enjoyed this episode, you may also like the playlist
Breakpoints to Blueprints: God’s Greater Plan, featuring stories of faith, redemption, and God’s greater purpose.

👉 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zJS671VRNhY&list=PLfy0ILFnDCoaHE8YbivLpsctgoUXWfpIs&pp=gAQB

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🎧 About the Podcast

The Peaceful Presence Podcast is a faith-based Christian podcast sharing miracle stories, supernatural encounters, testimonies of faith, and Spirit-led teaching to strengthen your walk with God.

From near-death experiences to moments of divine redirection and transformation, each episode reveals how God guides, heals, and restores us in seasons we never expected.

Thank you for listening and being part of the Peaceful Presence Podcast Community! 

The Peaceful Presence Podcast exists to help people grow closer to God through honest conversations, life-changing testimonies, miracles, healing, and stories that reveal His faithfulness in every season.

🌿 Connect with your host, Olivia Figuered:
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“I Just Started Praying to a God I Didn’t Know.”
One simple, desperate prayer and everything in Chase Cromwell’s life began to change.

What happens when a young father, overwhelmed and exhausted by the weight of responsibility, pulls over on the side of the road and cries out to a God he doesn’t even know? In this conversation, Chase opens up about the exact moment God entered his heart and began reshaping his life from the inside out.

From early fatherhood and working multiple jobs, to stepping away from the family business, to surviving multiple life-threatening battles with sepsis, Chase shares how faith transformed his marriage, his character, his calling, and the way he now leads both his family and in business.

This is a testimony of humility, hard work, surrender, and the quiet conviction that God truly walks with us through every season.

🏠 ABOUT CHASE & CROMWELL HOME GROUP
If you’ve ever wondered what it looks like when strong work ethic meets genuine servant leadership, Chase’s story is a beautiful example. He also leads Cromwell Home Group, a San Diego real estate team known for excellence, integrity, and deep community roots.

👉 Learn more: https://cromwellhomegroup.com
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⭐ RECOMMENDED PLAYLISTS
If Chase’s story encouraged you, check out these playlists on the Peaceful Presence Podcast:

👉 Faith in Action — Conversations That Inspire
 https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLfy0ILFnDCoZgFoMql3p-GGnzyMtogs-P

👉 Breaking Points to Blueprints — God’s Greater Plan
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zJS671VRNhY&list=PLfy0ILFnDCoaHE8YbivLpsctgoUXWfpIs&pp=gAQB
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🎤 ABOUT THE PODCAST
The Peaceful Presence Podcast is a faith-based Christian podcast sharing miracle stories, supernatural encounters, testimonies of faith, and Spirit-led teaching to strengthen your walk with God. From near-death experiences to moments of divine redirection and transformation, every story reveals how God guides, heals, and restores us in ways we never expected.

Thank you for listening and being part of the Peaceful Presence Podcast Community! 

The Peaceful Presence Podcast exists to help people grow closer to God through honest conversations, life-changing testimonies, miracles, healing, and stories that reveal His faithfulness in every season.

🌿 Connect with your host, Olivia Figuered:
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A fiery crash. A truck driven through two block walls, a 50-foot palm tree, and straight into a family’s living room... and somehow, Ryan Zeber walked away alive.

That night, witnesses reported seeing an angel above the ambulance… and nothing about this story feels accidental.

In this powerful Christian testimony, former Toronto Blue Jays draft pick Ryan Zeber opens up about the hidden battle he faced behind professional baseball, the search for identity in worldly success, and the addiction that nearly took his life.

This episode is full of the kind of hope only God can provide.

Ryan shares:
➡️ What it’s really like being drafted at 18
➡️ How injuries and pain meds became a constant battle
➡️ The fiery crash that could have ended many lives
➡️ The eyewitnesses who saw an angel during the rescue
➡️ The night he hit his knees and surrendered to God
➡️ His journey into sobriety, healing, and spiritual growth
➡️ How Rebound Ministries was born from his redemption story

If you’re searching for Christian encouragement, real-life miracles, or proof that God still shows up in impossible moments, this story will strengthen your faith.

If Ryan's story encouraged with you, watch more testimonies like his in the "Breakpoints to Blueprints - God's Greater Plan" playlist: https://www.youtube.com/@PeacefulPresencePodcast/playlists
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👉 Connect with Ryan Zeber,  Founder of Rebound Ministries:
📲 TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@reboundministries
📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/reboundministries1/
▶️ YouTube: @reboundministries
📘 Facebook: https: //www.facebook.com/ReboundMinistries1
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About the Podcast:
The Peaceful Presence Podcast is a faith-based Christian podcast sharing miracle stories, supernatural encounters, testimonies of faith, and Spirit-led teaching to strengthen your walk with God. From near-death experiences to moments of divine redirection and transformation, every story reveals how God guides and restores us in seasons we never expected.

✨ Follow for weekly faith-based encouragement.

Thank you for listening and being part of the Peaceful Presence Podcast Community! 

The Peaceful Presence Podcast exists to help people grow closer to God through honest conversations, life-changing testimonies, miracles, healing, and stories that reveal His faithfulness in every season.

🌿 Connect with your host, Olivia Figuered:
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In today’s episode of the Peaceful Presence Podcast, we explore why so many people stay stuck in pain, anxiety, addiction, and emotional battles and the surprising spiritual root that might be behind it.

My guest, Beatty Carmichael, says he’s seen 90% of the people he works with experience healing when they address what’s happening beneath the surface.

We talk about miracle stories, emotional wounds, identity, trauma, and the  prayer method he uses to help people find freedom and deliverance.

We talk about:
✨ The spiritual root behind much of our physical and emotional pain
✨ Why some people stay stuck and why others are instantly set free
✨ What happened when Beatty says God “took away” his gift of healing
✨ Miracle stories doctors can’t explain
✨ The difference between repentance, authority, and the role of the Holy Spirit
✨ Real deliverance stories and how they bring peace, not fear
✨ How YOU can begin to pray for your own heart, pain, and patterns

If you’ve ever wondered why certain pains won’t go away, why anxiety keeps coming back, or what might be happening beneath the surface spiritually … this conversation may open your eyes and strengthen your faith.

🌿 GET A COPY OF THE PRAYER OF FREEDOM BOOK OR EXPLORE MORE OF BEATTY CARMICHAEL'S RESOURCES:
https://theprayeroffreedom.com/

To connect with Beatty for speaking engagements or to explore his ministry:   
https://beattycarmichael.com

⭐ IF YOU ENJOYED THIS EPISODE, CHECK OUT THESE:

How Jesus Rescued Us: One from Prison, One from Witchcraft (Steve Hopper & Sylvia Puentes)
👉 https://www.buzzsprout.com/2439194/episodes/16697311

Hearing God’s Voice in Everyday Life: Inviting His Presence Into Your Home (Jenilee Samuel)
👉 https://www.buzzsprout.com/2439194/episodes/16531197

About this Podcast:
The Peaceful Presence Podcast shares miracle stories, supernatural encounters, testimonies of faith, and Spirit-led teachings to strengthen your walk with God.  

Thank you for listening and being part of the Peaceful Presence Podcast Community! 

The Peaceful Presence Podcast exists to help people grow closer to God through honest conversations, life-changing testimonies, miracles, healing, and stories that reveal His faithfulness in every season.

🌿 Connect with your host, Olivia Figuered:
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In this viral true story featured by CBS News and NBC, a San Diego Sheriff’s deputy was shot multiple times and seconds from death, when he says Jesus entered the room. What began as a routine operation turned into a deadly shootout that made national headlines, but what happened next defied logic and changed his life forever.

Ali Perez recalls the chaos, the sounds of darkness, and the moment when everything went still. He describes hearing what he believes were the sounds of hell and then watching as Jesus appeared and light overtook the room. What followed was a supernatural encounter that saved his life and transformed his faith.

This near-death miracle will leave you questioning what’s possible when heaven and hell collide and how God’s presence still conquers darkness today.

🔹 You’ll hear:
➡️  How a routine warrant in Lakeside, CA turned into a life-or-death ambush
➡️   The moment time stopped and Jesus entered the room
➡️   What Ali experienced in the seconds between life and death
➡️   The healing, forgiveness, and faith that followed the chaos

For a deeper look into this miraculous story, read “Bless Him” by Raelin Perez - Ali’s daughter - who interviewed others involved in the 2012 Lakeside shootout, from officers to first responders. The book gives a powerful, behind-the-scenes account of all that happened that day.
👉 Available on Amazon: https://a.co/d/2q5WICJ

🎧 If you were moved by this testimony, listen next to:

- Bruce Van Natta: Do ANGELS and MIRACLES Still Happen?  https://www.buzzsprout.com/2439194/episodes/16876140

– Vinney Tolman: Pronounced Dead, Put in a Body Bag -  What He Saw in Heaven https://www.buzzsprout.com/2439194/episodes/16440298

– Mike McKinsey: I Met Jesus: A Near-Death Experience That Changed Everything https://www.buzzsprout.com/2439194/episodes/16651445

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Thank you for listening and being part of the Peaceful Presence Podcast Community! 

The Peaceful Presence Podcast exists to help people grow closer to God through honest conversations, life-changing testimonies, miracles, healing, and stories that reveal His faithfulness in every season.

🌿 Connect with your host, Olivia Figuered:
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