Get ready to be moved by the powerful voices of Lena Byrd Miles and Tanya Ray as they join forces in a breathtaking duet of the gospel classic, "He Keeps Doing Great Things for Me."
I was a victim of sexual abuse two times during my childhood, one time it was a relative, and the other it was my family’s maid. I became depressed, and I started questioning myself about my identity, and sexual orientation. From that moment on, I isolated myself inside the house, playing video games and using the internet. When I was in school I used to be alone during lunch, was bullied in the classroom, even by some teachers, I used to weight 104kg (229,281l lbs) when I was 15 years old. Up until high school. One time in sixth grade, my PE teacher humiliated me in front of the whole class because I could not do the activities. Another teacher would never let me go to the bathroom, and one day I even peed my pants in the middle of the classroom, and everyone saw it. My brother, that also went to the same school as me, used to pretend that he didn’t know me. I was always alone, and when teachers asked why I wasn’t with my friends, I would say that I was tired, but the truth is that I didn’t have any. Some kids stole the money that my parents gave it to me to buy lunch, sometimes they would make fun of me for buying food, so it was better to just give it to them. They would push me, hit me, pinch me, rip the paper out of my notebook, scribble on them, and make me lose all the notes I had. However, in seventh grade I started writing poetry, and I read one for the class as an activity in class. Many made fun of me, and few liked it. I remember that when our teachers wanted us to work on partners, the girls that ended up sitting with me would always look disgusted by it, and anyone could tell. Once I wrote two poems for a girl, and she ignored me completely. When I was 15, I went to a church retreat with some kids that insisted on me going there. There was a bonfire, and we were supposed to write the name of some that we wanted to forgive, then throw it in the fire. I wrote the name of the person that abused me, and I forgave them. However, I did not accept Jesus on that day. After that, even though I forgave the abusers, I started drinking to be more extroverted; with that I got more contact with people (socialized more), but I kept being made fun of. Then, I started using anabolics, and going to the gym to lose weight, getting to weight 67kg (147,71 lbs) when I was 17 years old. However; there was a time when I got sick, my immunity dropped, and I had an infirmity on my mouth, and had to stay in bed for a whole week, losing 7kg (15,4324 lbs), because I couldn’t eat anything, and could only drink a little bit of water. I remember that during that time I was forced to go to church, then I prayed at home and God cured me. A few days later, two kids from my school invited me to a birthday party, I went there and started to drink, I was weak, and being ungrateful with God. I started to feel sick, and they brought me home, and left me in the front yard, in the middle of the rain. After 30 minutes, my grandmother came to help me, because she heard the dogs barking. She brought me inside, and I remember that my mom helped me to take a shower, and change me into some clothes. I woke up feeling ashamed of what I’ve done. That’s when I stopped drinking, but I kept using anabolics for a while. I started to frequent church services more often, and accepted Jesus (as my Lord and Savior), until one day, during the last time I used anabolics, after approximately 60 applications that I did by myself, my arm paralyzed for a whole week, and the doctors said that I would have the same movements as I used to, but a pastor prayed for me and, once again, Jesus cured me. That’s when I gave myself completely to Him. During the time that I had depression, the Lord gave the gift of writing. I wrote approximately 750 poems from when I was 12 to 18 years old. After being baptized, I starter to write things about God, and I was given the opportunity to read these messages, and they were my firsts chances to preach (on His behalf). When I was about 19 years old, in my first year of being baptized, I received many talents from the Holy Spirit. I ended a two years relationship, because my girlfriend didn’t want to have any compromise with God, she didn’t like to go to church. She tried to defame my name in every way. She thought that I broke up with her because I liked someone else, but I only wanted to dedicate myself to God. I started to preach right after being baptized in the waters. I did many campaigns, and spend 30 days on a hill alone. When I was on this mission (the things that are mentioned) my family made fun of me a lot, but after that my dad was baptized in the Holy Spirit, because I prayed for him on the hill, thanks to the Glory of the Lord. I stopped going to my family’s birthday parties, gatherings, and lunches to get closer to God, and I was made fun of. However, now they ask me to interpret their dreams, and ask me to pray for them, thank God. God gave me a wife, that accepted Jesus in her life through me, and He told her that He would give her children, a family, and a beautiful wedding. I didn’t know that she couldn’t get pregnant. She went to my church for three months before we started talking. After that her ex boyfriend, that was an atheist, broke up with her, that’s when we started to get closer. We fell in love, got married, and she got pregnant on our first time, even though the doctor said that she couldn’t have kids. In a dream the Lord showed us that our son would be born with Asperger's syndrome, so we started praying, and then we had another dream, where a doctor would remove our son, do a surgery in the baby’s brain and put him back inside. He was born with a scar on his head; however, he was completely fine, perfect and very healthy. With no syndrome. The Lord conceded us a ministry called Pacific Kingdom (Reino Pacífico). We have our meetings in our house’s garage, and God has promised to raise people to help us. Right now we normally have 20 to 35 people with us. We have a project called “The Lord is great to everyone”, where we distribute food, clothes, and other necessities to homeless people, and the ones that don’t have it. We need a car to make our job easier. God promised that he would give us one, and I know that he will. I visit the regional hospital in my town, I pray there continuously, have free access, thank God. My mother-in-law, and my sister-in-law accepted Jesus through my life recently, for the Lord. Many criticized me for giving everything I have to others. A guitar to a missionary, when I gave it the missionary said that he asked God for one just like mine, then he prayed for me and said that God was going to bring my parents to the same ministry that I was in, and God did it. When I fasted, I would buy food for people to eat beside me, when there was a communion I would continue fasting, and I received a nickname for it, Zé do monte (Man of the hill, Zé is his name), fasting brother. But how I said, God was thankful that I guided my family by my dad’s side to follow Him, and now I have a church with my wife. I sold my new bicycle to buy chairs for the church. He has given me strength to work for Him every day. He helped my brother that today is an evangelist in our church and has been perfected to be a pastor, when God says it’s his time, and we will open more churches hopefully. I believe that the Lord will send us everything we need to preach His word, including people to help us. I was a lost case, I thought I was gay because of the abuse I had suffered, and today God gave me a family, a son, and the privilege of being able to serve Him. Don’t give up, God has the best for you! Give all of you completely (to Him). For many years I wore the same suit to go to church, and today even with only one, after giving two suits to two guys in church that didn’t have, I am content with what I can live with God. I remember how hard my childhood was, my parents had to get fruits and vegetables that were thrown out by the market, they would cut the part that wasn’t good and cook the rest. I have in my memory that one day the mixture was fried tomato. I thank the Lord for everything that we have been through, because it taught me how to give up everything for Jesus Christ. I gave up going to college, I do not practice my profession as a security technician, my wife requested exoneration of her job, she was a teacher, to live God’s work. The Project and the church are still working because people donate money and help us financially. My mom almost aborted me when she was pregnant, but God gave me life, and for His glory, now she is a member of His church. I didn’t tell you what I have done, and what I do to be praised, God knows. I wrote this because I wanted to inspire who thinks that they are not capable to realize nothing for God, or for others. Believe, just believe, God will make you shine for make people who are in the darkness. I am from Brazil - Parana -Paranagua, I am 28 years old, and I love to live for God’s work. My name is Jhonatan Stuartt. Contact +55 41 995928930. Our enter um my Channel.
