Thank you so much for watching!! What stuck out to you?? Or do you have a story of how God has given YOU Beauty for Ashes? We would love to hear it, so let us know down below! Bless you guys!
I can definitely relate to your testimony of not feeling good enough, and feeling the need to be perfect in order for God to love me. Relinquishing control of my life in God's hands has been one of the toughest things to do because I want to be in control, but you really cant go wrong surrendering to Christ. This whole testimony stood out to me. I'm glad that you found your identity in Christ..God bless you.
I just love your stories guys of Ronnie and you. And this video is reallly powerful. I'm 20 years old and I've never had a boyfriend (except in middle school lol). And I want to walk in God's purpose for my life . Whether I'm single or in a relationship. I've been through hardhsips since I'm a child and today I can say that I am freed from depression and self hatred. I know my real identity and I thank God everyday for it. I still battle with some anxiety but I know God is good. Thank you for sharing His word and help me strenghten my faith ! Stay blessed and may your works with the Lord grow even more !
Mel thanks as always for encouraging words and hope. God has given me beauty for ashes. I was raised as a Sikh and Jesus has set me free and I will follow Him to my last breath 😊🙏❤️
God has such a great sense of humor. He is soooo cheeky. Letting them meet before they were saved, then taking them on their own journey and bringing them together his way, sigh so glorious, Hallelujah 😍😭💕
Mel I love to hear you speak about God. I love that you gave up everything for him. He is all that matters. I have done the same, I haven't been wearing as much make up as I dont want to be attracting men or looking like women of the world. Beauty in God's eyes is very different. Your video made me cry but in a good way. I love God and want to get to know him more.
God has a lot of ashes of mine to play with. I hope this part of my life builds trust for Him, as well as obedience, because I would see my worth in His Eyes.
Just like the story of the sinful women, she had a LOT of ashes too. But because she was forgiven much, she loved much! Nothing is too hard for Him to redeem! Bless you
Hello my friends Ron & Mel. Sending you lots of love and prayers from Jamaica. Mel, thank you so much for standing with Jesus in such a culture like this. You sure inspire me.
Thank you so much for this Mel. I've been struggling with being single but the fact you said you were single for 7 years but then found your dream guy reassures me. I've also been struggling with my self image and fitting in because I'm Christian and this video has helped me with that too so thank you ❤️🙏
The complete surrender in the time of God making you pure is what stuck out the most to me. I have so many ashes. Recently I thought about cutting social media time down by 60% to be get to know God more.
It was one of the best decisions I could have made! It is always a great exchange! We get way better in Him than what we give up! Bless you sister. He loves you every little “yes”!
Our GOD is an awesome GOD, to HIM be the glory. Thank you for the testimony I'm beyond blessed just by watching, and lestining to your story. Thank GOD, and praised GOD for you.
Not kissing before marriage is the way it should be I believe kissing is an open door for the enemy to come in like a flood and try and rip our young people of their purity and dignity
I feel bad for the people who do that and find out their spouse is a bad kisser. It's 100% possible. Now you're married to that person and don't like kissing them very much.
Thank you so much guys. I am 29 now. I am in a season of waiting and sometimes it is petty hard to believe God has someone for me with the same values with the same love for him. However, I've decided to stop not believing and trusting in his timing. I will keep serving and loving everyone as always. Love you guys! U r such a blessing! Greetings from Peru, South America:)
Melissa you truly are an inspiration and speak so well when giving your testimony. Jesus has done so much in my life and delivered me from a similar lifestyle that you went through. I enjoyed this very much listening again to your testimony. I think the best is the healing God has done in my life. Amen to you guys and keep on shining God's glory for all to see. Regards from South Africa 🙂🤗🤴
At the 9:56 mark of this video it really moved me. This was really incredible. The lords faithfulness to you. I related with a lot of things that were said here. May the lord bless, sanctify and shine upon RONNIE and Mel for the rest of your lives. God Bless You guys mightily and God Bless everybody else out here. Love you all in the lord.🙏🙏🙏
Thank you for this. Truly encouraging and always right on time :) I’m almost 21 and I’ve never dated anyone before. It is my heart’s desire to be someone’s wife & a mother one day. I’m at a point in my life where I don’t want anything or anyone unless God’s in it first, my love for Him is so deep and wide that if He is the only one I have in my life I’ll be more than okay because He is all that I need. He constantly reminds me of Psalm 37:4 & I’m patient enough to wait the man God has for me
Wow that is amazing sister! The way you love Him is so inspiring! That verse along with Psalm 27:13-14 both really spoke to me in that season. Bless you!! 🖤
Sister Melissa, what a powerful testimony. I was so moved by your story and your walk in general.. I watch all your ministry videos..You have our Father's heart.. and your passion and deep reverence and love for our beloved King, is priceless, rich, and beautiful. Like precious Jewels..I love every thought you convey, every description is so relatable, the raw emotion, I felt your pain..and the emptying of yourself..was like what happenedto me but through illness and suffering. The preeminence you give our King and life altering emphasis you yourself placed on knowing Him intimately, moved me to the core! Great advice on purity, now, pressing into Him in holiness..now..good manna for my hungry heart tonight! Lastly, loved it when you said, " I wanted to go the opposite direction.." wanting God to be pleased on my Wedding day. Thank you for another great video.. favored and blessed sister! Love you so dearly.. You and Ronnie..have my heart and my covering prayers.. Sister Elizabeth from PC, Florida
Wow! That is awesome Elizabeth! So glad that so much of it encouraged you! But you encourage us as well! You have gone through so much yet you love Him all the more. We are blessed by you, sis! 🖤
Yeees...same situation with My Brothers and I....always treated different.....Abuse is devastating......Yes..."God Bless The Broken Road".... hard to break an individual who has already been broken...with God's Help
I SO needed this message tonight. Amazing how messages come right into our lap from ...JESUS. With tears in my eyes tonight; a heart felt thank you. I take 100% comfort in KNOWING .... that the church will be raptured UP ... any moment now. So many prophesies are happening right before us every day in world news. I truly hope and pray a revival among all people will start speeding up; so no one is left behind. In a twinkling of an eye; YESHUA will lift us up with him. Now is the time to put away all unforegiveness, current sins and past sins. Truly a time to repent, become clean and healed through Christ ...our wonderful savior.
I Thank God for a wonderful testimony Mel! I was reminded of if i hold my life and try to be in control inwill lose it and only Jesus knows whats best for us.. Thank you and Love u guyz! 🤟☺️
Dear Mellisa I'm so thankful and feel so blessed, your life really inspiring me, keep the holiness until married is not easy unless we are rooted by the Scriptures on Bible, also this is my mentor at my church teach me to keep the holiness, and to pleasant God in everything we do, thank you very much Mellisa, always stand with Jesus whether the world offers many beautiful thing but the most important thing is how to become beautiful in God's eye, God bless you Mellisa, greetings from Indonesia😇♥️♥️♥️
Melissa, I haven't said this about many... Or any really. But your story is so personal to me. How he moved for you is an inspiration for me to keep waiting, even when things look so hopeless. I've had a rough past seeking attentions even though I wanted to be holy. Thanks for reaching and reassuring
Thanks Mel for your beautiful testimony. I showed your story to my high school students during our devotion time. They were so attentive, and God really used your ministry to help them. Love you so much in the Lord!
I really appreciate how raw and real you were. You were so vulnerable and didn't try to cover up stuff and spoke your truth. I'm so similar expect my mom's love is the one I was lacking and it made me run out and try to get attention from people.
My comment is the 134th one. "Marriage is honorable among all, and the bed undefiled, but fornicators and adulterers God will judge." -Hebrews 13:4 (134) Amazing how Melissa stayed single and focused on the Lord. "When the enemy comes in like a flood, the Spirit of the Lord will lift up a standard against him." -Isaiah 59:19 You guys are a standard, and live by a higher standard. I just feel so stuck in the mire. Love you guys, thanks for being an inspiration and living, breathing examples. 🌝♥️
The more we know Him, the more we love Him. The more we love Him, the more we obey Him. It really just comes down to that! You have got this brother. We’ve all gone through seasons of the “mire” but the good work He has began in you He WILL bring in to completion! Bless you Jason!
I know it says advice for women and girls but some of your points hit so hard in a good way to us males who at times afraid to express ourselves and our desires, thank you and keep up the great work! God Bless!
Wow another awesome video from you 🙏 I did the Daniel fast for 6x days a few months ago with no social media n tv n radio etc but by day 3 I wanted to watch something . God knowing what I wanted made it happen thru music videos from a Hillsong album I was listening too via my laptop. Talk about more praising for God thru those lovely videos. Thru the fast I was able to hear God when I needed to break the bondages in my life to complete my Follow Up lessons in Church. I’m now gonna share this video with my 2x teenage daughters. God bless you n Ronnie n everyone else out there 🙏 God loves us all dearly
Love this!!! This was very encouraging. I am a 26 year old single who has not dated much at all, waiting for marriage and saving my first kiss for my wedding day. It can be lonely and hard during this time, especially with corona going on, but thankful that He is in control. Definitely subscribing!
Melissa, I am ever so grateful for having come across your channel and your videos. Thankful to Jesus for you, Melissa. You have been a blessing to me, personally. May God continue to bless you and your ministry 😊
Wow! That was amazing to watch! Melissa you are an inspiring to us all. Thank you for sharing such personal details of your life with the world. I pray that God will lead me as he led you and Ronnie. 🙏🏼
I know the feeling gurrrrrrl. Crying like a baby whilst repenting and giving up what used to be you. It's very freeing though. Looking yourself in the mirror and say "hey you! Nice to meet you" when you meet with your God made natural beauty and your true identity
I do not know what to write here. I am an ambitious lady. I dreamt of saving my society and be a hero and still do.I messed up my life three years ago . But in my messed life, God gave me both my life back and Ruth, my daughter. I see God in Ruth and that helps me to grow deeper in Jesus. I am trying to give my heart to Jesus. Everyday l see his beauty in different ways. Beauty from Ashes. Amen
Wow! Thank you for sharing your testimony, I’ve slowly started to ask myself what I want in a God centered relationship and you just described exactly what I wanted! Thank you it’s so much clearer now this helped so much!
Thank you so much. So beautiful to see the love that you have for the Lord... Your answer to the last question really brought tears in my eyes... I would love to hear from you about advice on Finding your Identity in Christ/being confident in it and striving as a single God bless you :)
A lot of it had to do with declaring Scripture over myself in faith even before I believed it. If you download our Prayer Pack at RonnieandMel.com we have a whole list of “Who I am in Christ” Scriptures but I had other ones that I held onto that held renew my mind! And like I said, silencing the voices and the values of the world helped me hear the One voice that mattered! Bless you!
Making vows. I wont ever need anyone's validation or help to feel good about myself (especially dad's). Problem is that feels unattainable. I also never got my fathers approval and he was a man of fixing cars, and providing. I have a huge issue with image and desire to be beautiful because my dad never cherished me or saw me as his beautiful daughter. I also was never enough..I grew up with a learning disability. I still feel am not and they (and my dad) are not wrong. He spoke words over me like carelessness and called me stupid. Which confirmed what I was already thinking. I too developed an eating disorder in college because I wanted to be desired. I too was delivered from that at a women's retreat. Finding the way God cherishes and values me gets me out everytime. I still am the rare 29 year old that has never held a relationship and it's hard to doubt my value and to give up wanting to feel beautiful in someone else's eyes. But if I die today without a man loving me,...His love is the most cherished I've ever had.
Thank you for the testimony! How long you were without relationships after you have been saved?! You are such a rare person and example , i have to say that but people do not understand how hard it gets when you are beautiful and sexy woman to find your way after being saved🙏🏻
Heavenly father, in complete agreement I bind the promises of isaiah 61:3 and 1 peter 3:3-4, 2 corinthians 6:14 at all times for myself and whom it to applies that a crown of beauty will be given instead of ashes, oil of gladness instead of mourning, a garment of praise instead of a spirit of despair where oaks of rigtheousness will be planted for display of the Lord his splendor, knowing true beauty comes from the inner self by means of a gentle and quiet spirit, loosening every lack of true inner beauty upon no return in my life, in the name and blood of Jesus Christ, amen and hallelujah!
Hi Mel! This is my first time seeing your video. I really found myself in you. ❤ Thank you for being such an inspiration. May God bless you more 🙂 Love from Philippines.
Im struggling with sin.. i did repent but when times going, the moment when nobody with me..feel lonely and i think that i still not happy even when i repent and pray and read bible..then i do sin again..im affraid to repent again cause i did so many times but i just fall for same mistake..now..i really desire to have a partner of life, like someone to show me that im not alone, that Jesus is real..and i will not end up with same mistakes..but here i am..still alone..struggling with sin..try to find a godly man..too affraid to repent same mistakes..i dont know what must i do..
Hi sister! A few things I think will help! The Bible says, “don’t be drunk with wine but be FILLED with the Spirit” so often I see it as, the more we fill up with God, His love, what He did for us, who He is, the fact that we get to be with Him forever, the less room I have to be satisfied with the other sinful pleasures. So maybe try and go to God, not in shame and putting yourself in time out, yes repent, but then know that His blood covers and the Bible says our sins are now as far as the East is from the west! He doesn’t see it so go to Him in confidence of His love! Also, maybe put boundaries around the things that lead you to that certain sin. If I’m an alcoholic, I probably shouldn’t go to the bar haha you know! And maybe find an accountability partner. Someone you can “confess your sins to one another” with that “you would be healed. And ask the Lord for help! The Holy Spirit is your helper and we can’t do it in the flesh. We need God on the inside making us like Him! And a “partner” won’t be able to help you with this. To be honest, marriage exposes your sin more than helps you out of it. Bless you sister
WOW,this sounds like my story but I'm married that abusive and manipulative man. I have six children,the last 3 from my husband. Finally getting divorce. But still struggling today to move on and over his infidelity. He still calls and text me love and desire for me,but when he don't get the answer he wants... I'm the worst and he's gonna do better. I'm struggling. No where to go and broken.
Crystal, I am so sorry sister. That is so hard. If I were you I would get involved in a church, maybe even a small group. I can’t tell you how much I needed other women who didn’t struggle with those things to speak truth and courage into me. Another thing that radically changed me was, I wrote down all my fears, fear of not being good enough, pretty enough, failing, and then I found verses from the Bible that were the opposite, that talked about the truth! That I am accepted in the beloved, that I am more than a conqueror in Christ, etc and I would read them over myself everyday. If you think that that is what you deserve, you will always stay in it. If you know that is not who you are or what you deserve then you will know who you are and know how God views you. And sometimes we need to put clear boundaries so we don’t go back to our old ways and get dragged into our old life. Praying for you sis. God is ABLE to save!
You are the daughter of the King. I understand abuse and feelings of guilt and trying to work on our marriages, but God wants so much more for us. He knows the plans he has for you and it's not to be used, degraded and for you to be made to feel worthless. I'm praying for you and your family.
