Joyce Meyer Ministries: Asia

Festival of Life, Kolkata – From Darkness to Light

I was in trouble, up to my ears. I was stuck and had to one to turn to. I thought of running away or giving up on myself and my life.

Tuning the dial on the radio to listen to some music, I heard a voice speaking about love, about forgiveness, about living with joy. As I listened more, I heard this voice telling me this could be my life; all I had to do was pray.

I grew up in a world where you did things on your own or you didn’t do it at all. So the idea that someone could fight for me, provide for me and die for me, was new.

I wanted to know whose voice this was, speaking to me on the radio. Walking downstairs to the store nearby, I asked the shop keeper, who was also tuned in, who and what this was I was listening to. “It’s an event taking place right here in Kolkata, called the Festival of Life.” he said to me in Bengali.

I had heard of Joyce Meyer’s encouraging teaching. I knew of God’s love. But never before has it entered my life in such a loving and transforming way. If God loves me, I can go through life the way He intends, with the joy and hope I just heard this wonderful speaker tell me about.

Though I no longer have family members that care for me, no friends and no real place to call home, I know that God is always with me, watching me, caring for me, and speaking to me through His Word. By listening to the teaching of the Festival of Life Conference, I learned many lessons, but one stands out: I will no longer use the word ‘defeat’ to define my life. I will use the word ‘love’.

Opening the Bible I read this verse –

“I heard a voice thunder from the Throne: "Look! Look! God has moved into the neighborhood, making his home with men and women! They're his people, he's their God. He'll wipe every tear from their eyes…"
Revelation 21:4

God, I know you’re with me. Joyce Meyer Ministries, I thank you for opening my eyes to the Gospel. Through the Festival of Life Conference, you brought the Word of God to me. I can now (if I may borrow the words in John 10:10) live a ‘real and eternal life, more and better life than I ever dreamed of.’

Yours,
Stanley (*Name changed)

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