I’m not sure how long the building at the corner of Beyers and Weltevreden has been a problem. I just know that I’ve been living in the area since 2005, and during that time, I’ve had to answer many uncomfortable questions from my two boys (now 19 and 12). We moved to the UK for four years in 2011, and even then, the building was already a concernwith the adult store and, I believe, some kind of nightclub operating there.

Over the years, I’ve often prayed in my car at that intersection, asking my boys to join me in agreement—asking God to shut down the shops and the activities, and claiming the ground as my inheritance (Joshua 1:3), especially when the bottle store opened across the road.
A few months ago, I was driving with an intercessor, and we both looked at the place again and prayed together. Then, about two months ago, I stopped there again and lamented, “Lord, when will this change? When will You hear our prayers?” Imagine my joy when I saw the sign for a church going up! Wow!

I was so excited—Praise Yahweh! Praise the Mighty God! I don’t for one minute believe it was my prayers alone that brought about this change. I know that churches in the area have been praying faithfully for years, and a group of moms regularly prayer-walk around a local high school, covering the area and its schools in prayer. Still, this was such an encouragement for me, especially as I continue to pray into other areas close to my heart.

I pray that you will see the hand of God move in your congregation.

May you embody what Jesus described in Matthew 9:35–38:
35 Jesus went through all the towns and villages, teaching in their synagogues, proclaiming
the good news of the kingdom, and healing every disease and sickness.
36 When He saw the crowds, He had compassion on them, because they were harassed
and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd.
37 Then He said to His disciples, “The harvest is plentiful, but the workers are few.
38 Ask the Lord of the harvest, therefore, to send out workers into His harvest field.”

I’ve always seen myself as just a dancer—someone who brings energy, joy, and expression to the stage. But on the 23rd of February, God reminded me that even what seems small to us can be a vessel for His presence.

I was performing to the song Heavenly Therapy, dancing like I always do, fully immersed in the moment. After the performance, someone came up to me. They told me they loved the way I danced, but then they said something I wasn’t expecting. Through the song, through the movement, through what we were doing on that stage—they felt a call to Jesus. 

Right there, they knew they needed to give their life to Christ. They wanted to be baptized.

I was shocked. Because to me, I was just dancing. But to them, it was an encounter with God. Not just through me, but through all of us. Yet, for some reason, they saw something in the way I was fully present, in the way I smiled, in the way I worshiped through movement.

And that moment changed something in me. I realized—our gifts are not just for us. When we surrender them to God, He uses them in ways we could never imagine. What I thought was just a performance, God turned into a moment of salvation.

This testimony is not about me. It’s about how God moves. How He can take something as simple as a dance and use it to draw someone closer to Him. And if He can do that with me, He can do that with anyone willing to let Him. All glory to God!!

Testimony 2: How God made a way for me to go back to school.

I want to testify about how God made a way for me to go back to school without being a financial burden on my parents. I knew from the start that my family wouldn’t be able to afford my tuition, so I had to find another way. That’s when I applied for a bursary.

At first, I was scared—bursaries aren’t easy to get, and I didn’t know if I would qualify. But by God’s grace, last year, I received confirmation that I had been provisionally funded. I was overjoyed! I told my mom and dad, and they were so happy for me. I felt such a relief knowing that my education was secured, and I could enjoy my December holiday (2024) without stress.

But then, this year, a new challenge came up. My registration fees had to be paid, and the bursary process was taking time. They needed to verify academic and financial documents, and I had to submit additional paperwork—things I could have done last year if I had known. Meanwhile, I was hearing from friends that university spaces were filling up fast. Even if you were accepted, if you didn’t register in time, you would lose your place and have to wait until next year. That fear started creeping in—what if I lost my spot? What if all this effort was for nothing? 

I didn’t just sit back and wait. I started looking for another way and applied for a trust fund because I knew they processed payments faster. But even that took time. I was praying, trusting, and hoping, but I didn’t know what would happen. And then, in the end, God showed up—someone paid for my registration!  

Looking back, I see how God was teaching me to trust Him through the delays and uncertainties. There were moments of doubt, moments of fear, but He came through in a way I didn’t even expect. 

So to anyone who is trusting God for provision, for opportunities, or for a breakthrough—don’t give up. Sometimes things take longer than we want, and we feel like we’re running out of time, but God is never late. He makes a way where there seems to be no way. Keep trusting, keep pushing, and watch how He comes through for you! 

First and foremost, I want to thank God for blessing me with a father like Pastor Elie and a mother like Mama Believe. Their wisdom, love, and guidance have shaped my walk with Christ in ways I never imagined. I am also deeply grateful for the family God has given me in Braam Family: a church that has not only embraced me but has strengthened me in faith, held me accountable, and reminded me daily of God’s love.

Two years ago, everything crumbled. I lost business deals, had conflicts with my father, and even lost a property. Then, the final blow…my bank account was blocked, and with it, every cent I had. I felt abandoned, questioning if God had forgotten me. But now I see He wasn’t punishing me, He was preparing me.

For years, I ran from God, avoiding His presence. My mother once told me, “God needs to break you.” At the time, I misunderstood her words, thinking she meant suffering. But now, I realize she meant refining God was stripping away everything that distracted me from Him.

Then, one small step changed everything. A simple Instagram post led me to church. After three services, I knew there was no turning back. I had found my spiritual home in my Braam Family. God didn’t just call me back; He surrounded me with people who deepened my faith and held me accountable. Then, He poured out blessings I never expected.

At my first-ever Christian camp, God didn’t just give me internal peace. He provided for me in the most difficult times. He opened doors that had been shut. I didn’t just get a job; I got two! Out of seven interviews, I was successful in all of them. My business is looking good again, and my blocked bank account? It’s in the process of being restored, with all my money still there, plus the option for a credit card.

But through all of this, I have learned that the blessings should never replace the One who blesses. Matthew 6:24 reminds us that we cannot serve both God and money. My testimony is not about material restoration it’s about God’s faithfulness and my renewed commitment to Him.

God never forgot me. And He won’t forget you either. Seek Him first, trust Him completely, and watch Him take care of everything else.

This one is a taboo, yet a pandemic among us. The detrimental effects of pornography can last for a lifetime, but the Good News is that even if we fell into it, by “His Stripes we are healed” (Isaiah 53:5) therefore we are not hopeless. Pornography is an addiction that I suffered from for about 3 years before totally abandoning it by God’s Grace.

For the most part, to me, pornography felt like what apostle Paul describes in Romans 7:15 – I do not understand what I do. For what I want to do [which for me was to stop watching pornography] I do not do, but what I hate [watching pornography] I do. This is the effect of sin, particularly addiction of any kind: though you recognize that what you are doing is evil, you cannot seem to stop yourself from doing it. But Paul adds in Romans 7: 25 “Thanks to God who delivers me through Jesus-Christ our Lord.” I started watching pornography in my last year of high school when a cousin wanting to tease me showed me a video of two people having a coitus. It seemed like a joke at the time because I closed the window of the website and told my cousin to not do such things as we laughed it away. After weeks, my mind kept replaying the horrendous scene of what my eyes had seen. I had a phone, so late at night when everyone was asleep, when I was isolated and had no one to tell me what I was about to do would be damaging to me (like any other sin), I started watching porn. That was the beginning of a horrible cycle that lasted 3 years.

I would finish my data bundles and still find a way to get some more bundles to watch more. But every single time after watching it, I deeply regretted doing it. E.V.E.R.Y   S.I.N.G.L.E  T.I.M.E (Romans 7: 15). So, I eventually felt like I could not pray, worship or fellowship when I needed to, because of that regret and how I thought God would see me. This resulted in more isolation (the devil loves it – 1 Peter 5:8). I’d spend longer times watching it and then I would decide I had to “stay clean” (not watch porn) for many days to be worthy to enter God’s Presence – this is a lie that devil instils in us when we sin, to think that we are not worthy to be in God’s presence and to believe that it is solely by our own efforts that we can get out of any sort of addiction: sadly I did not know about this technique of his. God had been patient with me. I thought that watching porn only affected me – because I believed I am the only one watching- but many of those videos promote gender-based violence, sex trafficking and child abuse. For some strange reason a lot of people around me that I loved started suffering (sickness and life-threatening conditions) and I felt guilty. More importantly, watching pornography affected my standards for what a relationship should be about, it distorted my reality and most times after watching it I felt disconnected for many weeks at times. But I thank God for renewing my mind and removing the patterns of this world that porn promotes. Abandoning porn was a process God took me through. The first step was confessing and recognising it was a problem: this happened at a church camp where I found a prayer partner, we prayed. I then realized how sin hurt Jesus, whom I care about, so every time I felt the urge to watch porn, I would grab my bible, read it and pray. I no longer only regretted watching but I repented, this is called Godly sorrow. It is a work of the Holy Spirit in us: regretting is not enough, we must repent, meaning turn away from our sins and accept Jesus to lead us. I fell back many times, but though the devil claimed me Jesus prayed for me (Luke 22:31-32). By God’s Grace and by spending time with Him, I started to hate what He hates: sin. I started finding pornography disgusting, I hate porn, I have not watched it in 5 years and still counting. God hates the sin in our lives, but He loves us and still wants to fellowship with us.

In conclusion, God hates sin not only because He is Holy but also because it literally hurts His creation and bring a lot of suffering to us – and God takes no pleasure in seeing us suffering. God’s Word printed in our heart allows us to stay away from sin and to long for His Righteousness through Jesus-Christ. With regards to feeling like sin separates us from God, here is a verse, a truth against the lie of the enemy: “For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.” You are Jesus-Christ’s, and He is always rooting for you.

I began the year with a total debt of more than R200k, and because I am a foreign student, the university required me to pay 75% of this debt in order to register. Even though I was aware that I couldn’t afford to pay this much, I nevertheless came to campus every day and always assisted people who couldn’t register. A few weeks later, the SRC agreed to contribute R60k toward my tuition, but the institution insisted on not registering me.

The semester began, and after the first week, I received an email informing me that I had one week to pay R30k or I would have to register for the next year only.
In that instant, I summoned the courage to go public and ask for assistance. Within a day, I raised more than R30,000, and the following day, after starting my crowd funding scheme, I was registered. I knew I still had a lot to pay even though I got the chance to register, but I trusted God.

Later, when I needed to meet with my head of school, who had mistreated me, I was in the right place at the right time thanks to God. I had to meet with my head of school, who had been rude to me, but I chose to respect her and choose peace, and because of my attitude, the Lord touched her heart, and a few days later she paid for all of my fees. As a result, I am now debt-free and am graduating without incident.

Always keep in mind that God is trustworthy, and as a loving Father, know that He has your best interests in mind. If God answers your prayers with a NO, just remember that every NO comes with a better YES, so trust Him—I have faith that He will help you through.

I am still expecting more growth but my Baptism has opened doors of miracles from Heaven straight to my life, and I firmly believe that.

God is good all the time and all the time God is good.

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