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Stories from everyday people who share their most darkest and challenging experiences in life, and thought provoking teaching on subjects such as “dealing with failure”, “following your dream" and “living a legacy”. We hope you gain as much from listening to these incredible stories as we have capturing them.
Presented by Paul De Jong, Senior pastor at life
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I developed a condition called complex regional pain syndrome, which is a really severe pain disorder. It's like filling the blood vessels with lighter fluid and setting them alight. It's just horrific pain.
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Well we were never really in one place for long. I often find it quite difficult when people ask me, where are you from Bex? Well, I'm actually from a little bit of everywhere.
Recent Stories
Bex
Well we were never really in one place for long. I often find it quite difficult...
Kylee, part 2
God doesn't cause bad things to happen, it's not His will and His purpose for ou...
Kylee, part 1
I developed a condition called complex regional pain syndrome, which is a really...
Dietrich
Growing up, my dad was quite a hard man. He was a classic man in the sense, he d...
Strahan
My mother was a radiographer. She was locked in the dark room for a number of ho...
Sara
I must’ve been 7 years old at the time. Jumped off the bus, ran down the drivewa...
Ben
The first time God spoke to me, I was 6 years old. I heard my name called, Ben ...
Wayne
I’ve been in the hospitality industry for nearly 32 years and came to New Zealan...
Ants
One night there was a big knock at the door, a real loud thumping knock which wa...
Amelie & Nicole, part 2
I don't really think I had any other choice. I think it came to that crossroads ...
Amelie & Nicole, part 1
There was nothing really in my teenage years that were kind of out of the ordina...
Josh and Amberley's Baby Miracle Story
We met when we were pretty young, in our teen years. And then ended up getting m...
Leilani - Trusting God
I grew up in a mixed cultural home. My father is Fijian and my mother's a kiwi w...
Mandy - Healing Multiple Sclerosis
I was born in Christchurch as a twin, I was the second born. It was a great life...
Abbey - Dealing with Self Harm
I grew up in a christian family with a younger sister, an older brother and two ...
Recent Episodes
Overcome - Part 2
Corrie Ten Boom once said “Worrying does not empty tomorrow of its troubles, but...
Overcome - Part 1
Throughout our lives we all go through seasons. Seasons of joy, seasons of pain....
Soul Security - Part 4
Once awakened, our spirit must be given permission and the room enough to lead u...
Soul Security - Part 3
As we walk through life, often the loudest noise is the one that gains our atten...
Soul Security - Part 2
While our feelings are a powerful gift, if left unsecured they can destroy our v...
Soul Security - Part 1
Each one of us are made up of three parts, body, soul and Spirit. But often we ...
Unmasked - Part 4
With each new season comes a fresh opportunity to start again. To take hold of a...
Unmasked - Part 3
Our life truly begins when we are willing to get honest. Honest with how we see ...
Unmasked - Part 2
Nobody likes to feel pain. And yet pain alerts us to a deeper condition. In par...
Unmasked - Part 1
When we hide, we deny ourselves the opportunity to have genuine relationship wit...
Perspective - Part 4
C.S Lewis once said that what you see and hear depends a good deal on where you ...
Perspective - Part 3
Perspective allows us to view each day like a blank sheet of paper. In this epis...
Perspective - Part 2
The way we see has the power to change our Perspective. In this episode we discu...
Perspective - Part 1
We are a reflection of the value that God places on humanity. But for many of us...
Trust - Part 4
Wisdom teaches us to trust people in measure with their character. In the final ...
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