HeyJaredThe Real Jesus Experience
Sharing the stories of believers who have been through God's refining fires, how it changed them, and their walk with Christ.
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Nikki Casanova: Rule #1: If I Couldn't Carry It, I Didn't Keep It (Testimony) | EP #83 (Pt 2) (opens the original)
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When the people she thought cared about her shut her out, Nikki Casanova threw herself fully into the darkness. In Part 2 of her testimony, Nikki shares the unraveling of her family, the sting of betrayal, and the absolute rock bottom she reached after she was separated from her children. The deep need to numb the pain began calling the shots: dictating where she went, who she stayed with, and what she endured. This is a story about the places we run when the pain feels unbearable and what it co
Nikki Casanova: Trying to Be Good Enough to Be Loved (Testimony) | EP #82 (Pt 1) (opens the original)
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Nikki Casanova was ten years old when her mother told her who she was; an identity she struggled with for most of her life. In Part 1 of her testimony, Nikki shares the story of her childhood. Marked by rejection, abuse, and loss she couldn't grieve. Not knowing how to earn the love she craved, the patterns she longed to escape began surfacing in her own life. This is a story about the wounds we carry, the identities others place on us, and the questions that follow us into adulthood. ▶ Pt 2 - A
Chris Hensley: His Greatest Trial, Met by an Unexplainable Peace (Testimony) | EP #81 (Pt 2) (opens the original)
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Chris Hensley had only just found his footing in faith when his body started sending signals he couldn't ignore — and the diagnosis that followed reset everything he thought he understood about control. In Part 2 of his testimony, Chris opens up about his greatest trial, the journey that changed his perspective, and an unexpected calling on his and Claudia's home. Through it all, something steadied him that he can't fully explain, though he knew all along the source from whence it came. This is
Chris Hensley: Going Through the Motions, Until He Fell to His Knees (Testimony) | EP #80 (Pt 1) (opens the original)
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In his childhood, Chris Hensley had brushes with church. Methodist with his own family, Pentecostal with the friends across the street, but the experience ranged from ok to scary. In Part 1 of his testimony, Chris opens up about decades where God simply wasn't part of the picture, the season his wife Claudia decided she was ready for that to change, and his honest admission that he professed the same, but didn't think he was at the same place. Then, on an ordinary night, with a song playing in a
Sandy Bond: I Was Looking in People for What Only He Could Give (Testimony) | EP #79 (Part 2) (opens the original)
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Sandy Bond had spent her whole life agreeing with the facts about Jesus — but it wasn't until she was in her thirties that He finally became personal. In Part 2 of her testimony, Sandy opens up about the safe places she had always found "people collecting", the tender way God revealed that He was the one safe place she could never lose, and the call He gave her once she learned to lean on Him. Then loss visited her family again — and this time she was carried by a peace she still can't fully exp
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