Through Physical Act Testimonies
26 stories of God's work from believers across 23 locations.
Laying on of hands, anointing with oil, communion, baptism, prophetic act.
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The Plastic Bag Miracle
1980s•🇸🇪Sweden
Swedish businessman's plastic bag company faced ruin when 1,000+ pallets mysteriously sealed shut. After family prayer, every bag was restored.
Secret Baptisms in Tehran: Iranian House Churches Report Record Numbers Coming to Faith in 2025 and 2026
2025-2026•🇮🇷Tehran, Isfahan, Shiraz, Mashhad, Iran
Iranian house churches report record baptism numbers through 2025-2026, with new believer enquiries exceeding anything in the underground church's history. Economic crisis, post-protest spiritual hunger, and mature digital infrastructure have converged to accelerate growth beyond what available leaders can disciple.
Sammy 'The Bull' Gravano: Mafia Underboss Surrenders to Jesus
🇺🇸Huntington Beach, California, USA
Former Gambino underboss Sammy Gravano was baptized in the Pacific Ocean at Baptize California 2025, saying after a life of crime he surrendered to Jesus.
Cal Pierce and the Healing Rooms of Spokane: Where the Holy Spirit Still Heals
2024•🇺🇸Spokane, Washington, USA
In 1999, Cal Pierce reopened the historic Healing Rooms in Spokane, Washington — originally founded by John G. Lake. Over 25 years later, thousands of documented healings have occurred through prayer, and the model has spread to over 3,000 locations worldwide.
The Priest Who Finally Felt What He Had Been Preaching
May 1738•🏴Aldersgate Street, London, England
John Wesley, an ordained Anglican priest who had spent over a decade in ministry without a personal experience of faith, felt his "heart strangely warmed"...
Christen Cota: Thirty Years of Ministry, Twenty Years of Deafness, One Moment of Holy Spirit Power
2024•🇺🇸St. Paul, Minnesota, USA
Christen Cota, a pastoral associate in Kansas City with over 30 years in ministry, had been severely hard of hearing for 20 years. At the Holy Spirit 2024 conference in St. Paul, Minnesota, the Holy Spirit restored what medicine could not.
The Machine That Started After Prayer
1970s-1990s•🇸🇪Sweden
Swedish executive J. Gunnar Olson prayed over a broken factory machine at Alfapac, and it immediately started working after technicians couldn't fix it.
The Prisoner Who Walked Out of a Maximum Security Prison on Broken Legs
May 1997•🇨🇳Zhengzhou, Henan Province, China
Brother Yun, imprisoned in China's Zhengzhou Maximum Security Prison with documented broken legs, walked out of the prison on May 5, 1997, passing through...
Twenty-Two Years in a Wheelchair, Then Someone Said Stand Up
August 2010•🇺🇸Mobile, Alabama, USA
Delia Knox, a gospel singer paralysed from the waist down since a 1987 car accident, stood and walked for the first time in twenty-two years during a...
He fled the ruins of Homs. In a dream, Someone came to save him
2015•🇸🇾Homs, Syria
Abu Radwan fled the ruins of Homs, Syria. Jesus came to him in a dream saying He had come to save, and the Muslim refugee was baptised in Beirut, even after his own tribe attacked him.
Three Hundred Orphans, Empty Plates, and the Man Who Set the Table Anyway
1840s-1890s•🏴Bristol, England
George Muller, who ran orphanages in Bristol without ever asking for money, instructed his staff to set tables with empty plates for 300 orphans when...
Cyprian of Carthage
AD 246•🇹🇳Carthage, North Africa (modern Tunisia)
Cyprian of Carthage transformed from a wealthy pagan rhetorician to a Christian bishop and martyr. Baptism changed everything for him around 246 AD.
From Comedy to Christ
April 2024•🏴London, England
British comedian Russell Brand found spiritual transformation through baptism in the River Thames after 21 years of sobriety, discovering the peace he...
Communion on the Moon
1969•🇺🇸Moon (Sea of Tranquility), United States
Astronaut Buzz Aldrin secretly took communion on the moon during Apollo 11, finding God's presence even at humanity's farthest frontier in 1969.
Forgiving the Unforgivable
1947•🇩🇪Munich, Germany
Corrie ten Boom's powerful testimony of forgiving a Nazi guard who betrayed her family, demonstrating how God's grace enabled supernatural forgiveness...
The Plumber Who Anointed a Dying Woman Back to Life
1921•🏴London, England
Smith Wigglesworth, a barely literate plumber from Bradford, anointed a dying cancer patient with olive oil in 1921.
Walking the Camino de Santiago Broke My Addiction to Control
2022•🇪🇸Camino de Santiago, Spain
A control-driven marketing executive walks the Camino de Santiago without plans or bookings and discovers through the physical act of daily surrender that God was never asking him to hold everything together.
Baptised in a Pool She Could Not Enter on Her Own
1968•🇺🇸Maryland, USA
Joni Eareckson, paralysed from the shoulders down after a diving accident at seventeen, chose to be baptised in 1968, requiring others to carry and...
The Sikh Who Walked Barefoot Through the Himalayas Because He Couldn't Not Go
1905-1929•🇮🇳Himalayan Passes, India/Tibet
Sundar Singh, a former Sikh who burned a Bible at fourteen, became a barefoot sadhu who walked tens of thousands of miles through the Himalayan passes for...
A New Beginning at 98
2020•🇺🇸Nursing Home, United States
A 98-year-old woman found faith in Jesus Christ at her nursing home during a revival meeting, proving it's never too late for salvation and new beginnings.
From Tehran to Freedom
2012•🇩🇪Munich, Germany
Iranian Muslim finds faith in Jesus through secret Bible reading, flees persecution to Germany where he discovers freedom and community in Christ.
Agnes Ozman - First to Speak in Tongues
1901-01-01•🇺🇸Topeka, Kansas, USA
In 1901, Agnes Ozman became the first person to speak in tongues at Bethel Bible School in Topeka, Kansas, launching the global Pentecostal movement...
The Moravian Pentecost
1727-08-13•🇩🇪Herrnhut, Germany
In 1727 Germany, God transformed a quarreling refugee community through supernatural outpouring during communion, birthing a 100-year prayer meeting and...
Cyprian's Transformative Conversion
246 AD•🇹🇳Carthage, North Africa
Wealthy lawyer Cyprian of Carthage experienced radical transformation through baptism in 246 AD, abandoning worldly pursuits to become a devoted...
The Lawyer Who Walked Into a Forest and Came Out Someone Else
October 1821•🇺🇸Adams, New York, USA
Charles Finney, a sceptical lawyer in Adams, New York, knelt in a forest clearing on October 10, 1821, and experienced a transformative encounter that led...
Communion Wine in a Concentration Camp
1944•🇩🇪Ravensbruck, Germany
Corrie and Betsie ten Boom held secret communion services in Ravensbruck concentration camp using scraps of stolen bread, creating a physical act of faith...
Frequently Asked Questions
How many testimonies involving a physical act of faith are in The Grace Record?
The Grace Record holds 26 testimonies involving a physical act of faith. 16 are modern accounts and 10 are historical. The earliest dates from AD 246 and the most recent from 2026.
What are some examples of testimonies involving a physical act of faith?
Three examples from this collection: The Plastic Bag Miracle (1980s, Sweden); Secret Baptisms in Tehran: Iranian House Churches Report Record Numbers Coming to Faith in 2025 and 2026 (2025-2026, Tehran, Isfahan, Shiraz, Mashhad, Iran); and Sammy 'The Bull' Gravano: Mafia Underboss Surrenders to Jesus (Huntington Beach, California, USA).
What belongs in the Through Physical Act collection?
Laying on of hands, anointing with oil, communion, baptism, prophetic act.
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