05/20/2026
This week, we hear from Ava—a 19-year-old with a powerful testimony of faith, peace, and transformation. 🙏✨
Growing up as a pastor’s kid, Ava shares that she struggled deeply with fear, worry, and anxiety about the rapture and being left behind. For years, she prayed over and over to be saved, but she says she never fully understood what salvation truly meant. ❤️
Everything changed during a visit to a friend’s church. In that moment, Ava realized that salvation wasn’t just about being saved from hell—it was about being saved from sin, fear, and from herself.
💬 “When I prayed to Jesus to save me from myself, that’s when I truly felt the Holy Spirit enter my body. I was changed.”
Before receiving Christ, Ava says her life was filled with worry and uncertainty. She constantly focused on what she could do to earn heaven instead of resting in what God had already done for her. But since surrendering her life to Jesus, she has found a peace she never had before. 🙌
💬 “I haven’t worried about being left behind anymore. I feel so much more at peace, and I feel like God’s will has really taken over my life.”
Ava’s story is a beautiful reminder that Jesus doesn’t just change where we spend eternity—He changes how we live right now. ✨
From fear to peace, from confusion to purpose, she now sees God’s perfect timing unfolding in her life as she finishes college and steps into what she truly loves.
You never know when one moment with Jesus can change everything. 💖
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