Ordinary Moment Testimonies
44 stories of God's work from believers across 42 locations.
Nothing special happening — everyday life
All 44 Testimonies
David Robinson's Faith Awakening
June 1991•🇺🇸Key West, Florida, USA
NBA star David Robinson found his true identity and purpose through Jesus Christ, transforming from feeling empty despite basketball success to...
A Vision in the Fields
1796•🇳🇴Tune, Østfold county, Norway
Norwegian farmer Hans Nielsen Hauge experienced a life-changing vision of God's love while singing in the fields in 1796, sparking a revival movement...
An Overheard Conversation at a Scottish Mill Changed Everything
1870s•🏴Dundee, Scotland
Mary Slessor was eleven years old, working twelve-hour shifts in a Scottish jute mill, when she overheard two older women talking about missionaries in...
A Divine Intervention in St. Louis
October 2008•🇺🇸St. Louis, Missouri, United States
In 2008, 19-year-old Jackie Hill Perry experienced a powerful divine encounter in her St. Louis bedroom that transformed her life.
Brother Lawrence's Profound Awakening
1690s•🇫🇷Paris, Île-de-France, France
Nicolas Herman found God's presence through a simple winter revelation about a barren tree, becoming Brother Lawrence and transforming ordinary...
The UN Secretary-General Who Met God on a Bus
1950s•🇺🇸New York City, USA
Dag Hammarskjold, Secretary-General of the United Nations, recorded in his private journal that the defining moment of his life happened on an ordinary...
A Declaration Sparks Revival
Feb 1904•🏴New Quay, Ceredigion, Wales
In 1904 Wales, young Florrie Evans's simple declaration 'I love Jesus Christ with all my heart!' sparked the famous Welsh Revival that transformed...
A Life Transformed in Syria
2025•🇸🇾Aleppo, Syria
A young Syrian Christian in war-torn Aleppo experienced Jesus speaking to him during his darkest hour in 2025, bringing supernatural peace and...
A Vessel for Divine Healing
1907-1976•🇺🇸Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
Kathryn Kuhlman's testimony of complete surrender to God led to a powerful healing ministry where countless people experienced miraculous healings...
He Found God Between the Potato Peels
1660s-1691•🇫🇷Paris, France
Brother Lawrence, a 17th-century kitchen worker in a Paris monastery, discovered that peeling potatoes and scrubbing pots could be as sacred as any...
From Ashes to Beauty
1976•🇺🇸St. Louis, Missouri, USA
Joyce Meyer overcame severe childhood abuse through God's healing power, experiencing His 'liquid love' in 1976. She later baptized her repentant father.
From Shoe Store to Global Evangelist
1855•🇺🇸Boston, Massachusetts, USA
A Sunday school teacher's simple conversation about God's love transformed young Dwight Moody from a Boston shoe store clerk into one of history's most...
A Lawyer's Encounter with Jesus
Oct 1821•🇺🇸Adams, New York, United States
Charles Finney, a skeptical lawyer in 1821 New York, experienced a life-changing encounter with Jesus that transformed him from legal practice to...
From Atheism to Faith in Kazakhstan
1990s•Kazakhstan
A Kazakhstani man raised in Soviet atheism encountered Christianity in the 1990s, experiencing instant spiritual transformation and newfound clarity...
A Life Transformed by Gratitude
2010•🇨🇦North Perth, Ontario, Canada
Ann Voskamp transformed from childhood trauma and anxiety into joy through practicing gratitude, discovering God's goodness in ordinary moments and...
Catherine of Siena: Vision Changed a Child
1353•🇮🇹Siena, Italy
A six-year-old girl in 14th century Siena experienced a life-changing vision of Christ that transformed her into one of history's most influential...
From Cosmos to Christ
2023•🇺🇸Austin, Texas, United States
Astrophysicist Sarah Salviander's journey from atheism to Christianity through her scientific studies of the universe's order and beauty.
Stuart Hamblen's Transformative Encounter
Oct 1949•🇺🇸Langham Hotel, Los Angeles, California, USA
Stuart Hamblen, a radio host and singing cowboy, was transformed from alcoholism and gambling to faith through Billy Graham's 1949 Los Angeles crusade,...
David Brainerd's Transformative Journey
1740s•🇺🇸Haddam, Connecticut, USA
David Brainerd experienced a life-changing vision of God's glory in a Connecticut meadow in 1739, transforming him from religious struggle to powerful...
A Hymn Sparks Transformation
April 1796•🇳🇴Tune, Østfold, Norway
Norwegian farmer Hans Nielsen Hauge found spiritual transformation in 1796 while singing a hymn in his field, leading to a nationwide revival movement...
From Atheism to Faith: Tatiana's Journey
1974•🇷🇺Leningrad, Soviet Russia
Tatiana Goricheva, a Soviet atheist and Communist Youth leader, experienced profound spiritual transformation through the Lord's Prayer during yoga...
From Hollywood Atheist to Faithful Follower
1988•🇺🇸Hollywood, California, USA
Hollywood actor Kirk Cameron transformed from atheist to devoted Christian at 17 after a simple church invitation, abandoning his self-centered...
Transformation Amidst Drill Commands
2005•🇺🇸San Diego, California, United States
Marine drill instructor Staff Sergeant Michael Nichols experienced a life-changing encounter with Jesus Christ during boot camp, transforming how he...
Justin Martyr's Defense of the Faith
130 AD•🇮🇹Rome, Italy
Philosopher Justin Martyr found truth in Christ after exploring multiple philosophies in 2nd century Ephesus. He died defending the faith under Marcus Aurelius.
From Nightclubs to Clean Water
2004•🇺🇸New York City, USA
Scott Harrison's dramatic transformation from NYC nightclub promoter to founder of Charity: Water shows how God can redirect a life of emptiness into...
Amanda Berry Smith: A Life Transformed
1850s•🇺🇸Long Green, Maryland, United States
Amanda Berry Smith's life shows God's faithfulness through slavery, widowhood, and racial barriers as she became a powerful evangelist, traveling from...
Hans Nielsen Hauge
1796•🇳🇴Rolvsøy, Østfold, Norway
Norwegian farmer Hans Nielsen Hauge encountered God while working in fields in 1796, sparking Norway's first major religious revival.
Metropolitan Kallistos Ware
1958•🏴London and Oxford, England
Oxford scholar Timothy Ware encountered Orthodox Christianity at 17 in a London church, leading to his conversion and becoming Metropolitan Kallistos...
She First Heard God While Sweeping a Floor
1840s•🇺🇸Dorchester County, Maryland, USA
Before she became the legendary conductor of the Underground Railroad, Harriet Tubman was an enslaved woman sweeping floors and carrying water.
A Morning Training Run That Became a Calling
1922•🏴Edinburgh, Scotland
Before the famous Olympic refusal, Eric Liddell was on an ordinary morning training run through Edinburgh when he felt a sudden clarity — that his ability...
A Theologian Met God on a Park Bench Reading the Psalms
1932•🇩🇪Berlin, Germany
Dietrich Bonhoeffer, already an ordained pastor and published theologian, was reading the Psalms on a park bench one afternoon when familiar words...
He Found God Walking Through a Garden After Lunch
1730s-1740s•🇫🇷France
Jean-Pierre de Caussade, an 18th-century Jesuit priest, discovered that God was most present to him not during formal prayer but in ordinary transitions —...
Walking with God on the Moon
1971•🇺🇸Moon (Hadley Rille), United States
Apollo 15 astronaut Jim Irwin experienced God's presence powerfully while walking on the moon in 1971, transforming his distant faith into a life...
She Met God on a Dirt Road With Nothing
1826•🇺🇸Ulster County, New York, USA
Isabella Baumfree — later Sojourner Truth — escaped slavery with her infant daughter and walked down an ordinary dirt road in upstate New York.
She Rescued a Dog. The Dog Rescued Her Faith.
2019-2020•🏴London, England
A London financial professional who'd walked away from faith at 22 found her way back after adopting a traumatised rescue greyhound whose healing process...
She Found God Under a Kitchen Apron
1700s-1720s•🏴Epworth, England
Susanna Wesley, mother of nineteen in 18th-century England, had no quiet room for prayer.
Gap Year Student Serving Refugees — God Met Her in the Chaos
2022•🇬🇷Lesbos, Greece
A gap year student went to serve refugees in Lesbos to pad her CV — God met her in a meal queue and a stranger's baby's smile, and her life changed completely.
God Spoke to a Watchmaker While She Wound a Spring
1920s•🇳🇱Haarlem, Netherlands
Long before becoming a famous war hero, Corrie ten Boom was winding watch springs in her father's shop when she felt God press something onto her heart —...
She Heard God While Painting Wildflowers in the Desert
1890s•🇩🇿Algiers, Algeria
Lilias Trotter gave up a career as Victorian England's most promising artist to live in Algeria.
Brother Lawrence's Transformative Peace
1691•🇫🇷Paris, Lorraine, France
Nicolas Herman, a wounded soldier, found transformative peace through accepting suffering and practicing God's presence in daily tasks as Brother...
The Laundry Revelation
2019•🇺🇸Texas, USA
A woman discovers God's presence while doing ordinary laundry in Texas, transforming her understanding of how God meets us in everyday moments rather...
From Fields to Faithful Leader
1790s-1820s•🇳🇴Tune, Østfold, Norway
Norwegian farmer Hans Nielsen Hauge experienced a life-changing spiritual awakening in 1796 while singing hymns in a field, transforming him from...
Bear Grylls' Journey to Faith
2020•🇬🇧United Kingdom
Bear Grylls reconnected with God at 15 after his godfather's death, moving from childhood faith through doubt to deep reliance on Christ's strength...
Dwight Moody's Transformative Encounter
1850s•🇺🇸Chicago, Illinois, United States
Dwight L. Moody's transformation from a struggling shoe store worker to renowned evangelist began when his Sunday school teacher shared Jesus' love in...
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“I shall remember the deeds of the Lord; surely I will remember Your wonders of old.”
— Psalm 77:11