TESTIMONY LIST

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Dawn Kornovich
Terry Hagans
Michael Hagans
Luke Higgins
Monica Southerling
Dawn Kornovich
Healed from Addictions, Over-spending, Overweight

Before:
Just a brief synopsis of my life….I over-indulged in everything: over-shopping, over- drinking on a daily basis, and over-working, which led me to think that I deserved to play hard. I worked hard, made a lot of money quickly, and spent it like there was no tomorrow. By the world’s standards, I was doing better than average. I was divorced due to selfish reasons. I thought I deserved better. I built a new home, had a Corvette in the garage and a new truck. Some people I met even thought I was a drug dealer because of my lifestyle. This was a typical Saturday for me. I would wake up around 9 or 10 am with a pounding headache from partying the night before. I would meet some friends at the shopping mall. I could buy just about anything I wanted. I did place some limitations on myself, but they were very high. If I had the money, I could spend it. I could drop $500 to $1,000 on new clothes, shoes, purses….. junk. We would have lunch at a place that served cocktails. I would have a few cocktails with lunch and drop $50 to $100 on pull tabs (gambling). Then we’d shop a little more. On the way home, we would stop at a few bars, have dinner at one of them, and then continue to drink until the bars closed. Somehow I got home or stayed at a friend’s house. My drinking buddy’s husband did not drink, and he would pick us up and take us home from time to time. My life revolved around a bottle of beer and hundred-dollar bills. I was miserable!!!! I hated my life, did not know anything else and had no idea how to change. I was depressed. How could I not be? Most of my adult life I had a headache from being hung over.

Now:
I was introduced to Weigh Down four years ago. I took a Weigh Down Advanced class. Gwen taught that you can have self-control and that greed is a sin. I was blown away! I put down the bottle four years ago, never to over-indulge again. I’m free of over-drinking, over-eating, sexual sins, lust, over-spending, praise of what man thought, depression, anger and gambling. At the time I took the Weigh Down Advanced class I thought I could lose 10 pounds. God took 30 pounds of greed for food off my body, which I did not even know I had. I went from a size 10 to a 4!!!! All my changes are praises to God! I’m free!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I will never return to my old life. I now know what the word “peace” means, and how it feels. I have never experienced answered prayers like this. I explain my new life and relationship with God like getting into an expensive sports car. You need to sit down, buckle up and take it for a test drive yourself to feel the power. My life is completely changed! Praise God for allowing this broken- hearted person to be forever changed.

Terry Hagans
Healed from Addictions, Overweight

I cant keep my mouth shut when it comes to telling everyone how this message of “Obey God with all of your heart” (not some of your heart) has Rocked my world for the better! No other church I have been to taught this. That is why I stopped going! I have lost over 40 pounds, no longer do drugs or long for them, I don’t have panic attacks, and don’t feel alone. I lived with my mom until I was 14 years old and my parents split when I was 4 or 5 years old. I remember that day and what I had on. My life changed that day and I went through a lot. I dealt with sexual abuse and other forms of sin throughout my childhood. So, as a teenager I just went on my own rebellious way. I would sneak out with boys, do drugs, and later run away a lot. Finally my dad was feed up with me and told me to go. I had so much pride that I left and never went back. Even when there were nights I was hungry and homeless, I did not want him to know that I could not make it. I was desperate that if I meet someone that night I would just move in that same night. I later got into heavy drug use, and even worked in the adult entertainment industry. I wanted out and new there was a God and new that surely this is not it. I had so many wrong sayings like “I’m never getting married so if something goes wrong I can pack my bag and go” or “I was known for that” or “ Why eat diet food if I get fat I'll just keep eating because it wont matter I'll be fat already.” Then God led me here and this message is the REAL DEAL!! I came with an open mind and heart and you will not believe how HAPPY I AM...For ONCE IN MY LIFE!!! I have learned that there is a GOD and we must have a relationship with Him in order to make it to heaven and in order to get His blessings on earth. I just needed to change what I loved...and now that is GOD ALMIGHTY!!

Michael Hagans
Healed from Addictions, Anger

I just want to share how God has delivered me, once I turned to fill up on HIM and HIS Spirit! In my old life, I used to always get together with my friends and do drugs; I would always want to smoke or do something to get "high". I was trying to fill up on something all the time. I got to the point where I would crawl on my hands and knees around the corners of my room looking for little pieces of marijuana to smoke when I didn't have any. I had a god and this god was not THE GOD that could really fill me. I even got into a cough and cold medicine that had a chemical in it that would make one hallucinate. One time I over-dosed, and I found myself in a bath tub for four hours praying to GOD! God was merciful enough to spare me. After that, I felt that my immune system was low, and I became very much a "germ freak". If I killed a bug, for instance, I would hold it to my side because I thought the "particles" would get on my clothes; then when I touched my clothes, they would get on my hands, then in my mouth, and I would die! I would take out the trash with paper towels over my hands, and then I would also wash my hands, too! It was horrible-- I was in a prison! I also pursued money, had pride, and tons of other things. I would put holes in the walls of my parents’ house from BIG anger problems. I would just get upset if I didn't get my way, or if I had just washed my car and a little sprinkle got on it. My life was horrible when I lived that way-- with multiple gods in my heart. I have always wanted a relationship with God. In all the churches I had attended, there was nothing there! The members all seemed to stay in their sin; false messages were heard; for instance, that sex outside of marriage wasn’t bad or wrong, etc. God then connected the missing piece of the puzzle and showed me what my heart had been looking for! Which was HIM!! He showed me through a church that was doing it ALL THE WAY and through people living it out. I went to this church and was BLOWN AWAY! Everyone was so joyful, and the faces of the righteous were radiant!! I felt the Spirit of God in the room, the peace, love, joy, gentleness, all the fruits of the Spirit! Ever since then, I have pursued HIM!! I LOVE this life of only ONE GOD NOW and waiting on HIM and realizing it is not about ME, IT IS ALL ABOUT HIM! And NOTHING ELSE! I now have a NEW life, and I will for the rest of my days serve HIM and RUN down that NARROW ROAD!

Luke Higgins
Healed from Addictions, Laziness, Lust

Before I ever heard the truth that is told in Remnant Fellowship, I was someone who was very selfish and only looked for whatever was the next thing I could do to make me happy. I couldn't even comprehend how to be unselfish or to look at situations from someone else's point of view. But all that energy I put into finding the next "good feeling" left me very empty. I wanted my life to change, but I didn't know how to make that happen.. In 2001 I was 23 and a college dropout. A typical day for me went like this—I would wake up around noon, shower and get ready for the day. Work started around 4 p.m., so I tried to fill my time with something useful, but the most meaningful thing I could ever bring myself to do, or that I could think of, for that matter, was to go to the library and look for an interesting book. (This happened maybe two or three times because I would usually just play video games.) While at work I would daydream about what I was going to do after work. I don't even know what my bosses thought of me, but it probably wasn't good. After work I typically went to a friend's house where I would get high and play games until 2 in the morning. On the weekends we went to clubs and got drunk. I treated women horribly and my heart was filled with lust. I was always looking for more of everything. Like I said, I was not”filled up” with the things I was doing. They were worthless gods that could not give back. But I did know I was miserable and wanted something different. Praise God he heard my cries for help! In March of 2002 I was invited by my parents to their house for a Remnant Fellowship worship service. I knew I had nothing better to do and felt it was an opportunity to change my life. Over the next few months I heard words I had never heard before. I heard that what you think about and what you long for are what you love. I also learned that God wants your heart and wants to bless you for doing what He wants. And that when I ran after the things of the world I so loved, that I was giving my energy to a god that couldn't give back. I left the first day looking back on my life and thinking, "All those times I felt like life was pointless, it was because all that mattered was some girl or drugs or whatever else had my focus at the time." I also left knowing that I had to clean up my life according to God's standards and not according to Luke’s. I laid down everything I had been convicted of, and the blessings came immediately. I went back to college after having left the year before because of grades, and I graduated. I moved from the chilly weather of Ohio to sunny Nashville, TN and have a great job. I know what my bosses think of me. and it's good. I have a beautiful wife who focuses on God's will, also, which is such a relief compared to how it used to be. We have a baby boy, who is precious, and we get to teach him how good God is. Our finances are restored from large amounts of credit card debt. Life is meaningful, hopeful and wonderful!!! All these things I mentioned were desires deep in my heart that were seemingly unattainable in my old life. And they would have been, if I had continued trying things my way. But God is good and gave back one-hundred-fold! Praise God for changed lives. He is an amazing Creator of this whole world, and, knowing the Truth, I am honored to be a part of it. I live for God alone!

Monica Southerling
Healing from Depression, Anger, Substance Abuse

I grew up going to church most of my life. I became bulimic at about age 16. I had sex, smoked cigarettes, used marijuana and alcohol at age 16. I began rebelling against my parents. I was becoming very depressed and began having migraine headaches and severe back pain. I married at age 18 and was longing for children. We divorced after 7 years of marriage. I then grabbed for another man and went off the deep end. I was diagnosed as bi-polar. I was anorexic and losing weight quickly. I was constantly worrying about something (money, my kids, marriage, what other people thought, how I was going to get my next pain meds; I could go on and on). I was using drugs, alcohol, and prescription drugs on a regular, daily basis with very little to nothing for nourishment. I was taking laxatives daily and now weighed about 98 pounds. I am 5’7” – not pretty! Then my live-in boyfriend asked me to marry him. He hadn’t held a job for more than about 6-8 months at a time; he was on drugs and was a very angry person. But, I married him, anyway. I was terrified of being alone. Our marriage was horrible. I remember that about this time, I started seeking out God again, for I was cutting myself at times in my bedroom closet and wishing I would die. My body was so weak, and I hurt all of the time. I would read my Bible on the way to work each day, and I could not understand it at all! I was so frustrated! At this time, I noticed that my mom was becoming happier and thinner (she has lost 75 lbs.)! Also, my son, Kelly, age 9 at the time, was beginning to have behavioral problems in school. One night when I was putting Kelly to bed, he said, “Momma, I have been thinking of killing myself lately”! I was totally broken down, and I knew that I had to figure something out and FAST! The next day I went to my mom and asked her about what was going on in her life, about the changes. She invited me to a Weigh Down class at her house. I went to the Weigh Down Advanced class, and I couldn’t believe it! Everything made sense that Gwen Shamblin talked about. I heard her say that it was against God’s will to worry, and that I needed to submit to my husband, and that I could eat food and not get fat! I also heard that depression is love of self. This really penetrated my heart because all this time I thought I hated myself. I immediately began to put these things into practice. I quit worrying, I started to eat little amounts of food, I quit using all drugs (cigarettes, prescription, and street drugs), I started serving my husband and caring about my kids and their salvation. It was incredible!!! My life completely turned around in a matter of weeks, even days. Since then, I have had so many answered prayers; I would need another ten pages or more to list them all. God has been so patient and merciful with me. My family is happy and peaceful every single day! Kelly is a teen-aged boy, and he is a true delight to be around (no more depression). He loves God! Jaime is 12 years old and is becoming a beautiful young lady! She loves God, too! My kids long to be with godly people all the time. They are obedient to all of their authorities. My marriage is healed and is wonderful! God has completely healed my body, and I have no more physical or mental/emotional pain at all! I have been rescued from slavery to sin, just as the Israelites were saved from slavery to Egypt. God has parted the Red Sea and let me go through on dry land. I focus each day on making God happy and dying to my own selfish desires so that I might have the chance of eternal life with Him. I will never go back to my old ways of life! I pray in Jesus’ name that if you are reading this, you will know that God can and will rescue you from anything that may have its hold on you (depression, worry, drugs, cigarettes, sex, overeating, anorexia, bulimia, disobedience to authority, failing marriages, raising children, anything!) if you want to give over your life and live for Him. I now attend a fellowship that strives for purity each and every day of their lives. I have leaders who are actually living for God and not for themselves. They are there to help whenever we need them. Countless people have completely changed lives, including healed bodies and marriages, obedient/happy children, large amounts of weight loss, and so much PEACE and HAPPINESS!! Plus, I have never had a collection plate passed in front of me! (Don’t get me wrong, I do tithe to God, but it is done through my relationship with Him and not through man). I love God with all my heart, strength, mind, and soul! And I love you, too! If you ever want to talk or need anything at all, please don’t hesitate to ask me. I am humbled that God has allowed me to live another day. Who am I to receive such things?!

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