Originally these were testimonies of the Lord's mighty deeds in our lives while we were in Budapest, as American missionaries. It has since come to include the testimonies of others around the world.
While we were missionaries in Eastern Europe for four and a half years, based in Budapest, Hungary, I had the opportunity to post a number of testimonies of the great things the Lord did in people's lives. Some of them were the testimonies of people I met, which I wanted to publish for the glory of God. Others were testimonies of what the Lord did in my own life while we were there. And now that we are in the States again, I continue to post testimonies of what God is doing, so that He can receive the praise.
I've tried to organize them in some sort of order, beginning with my own testimony of salvation and the salvation of others I know in the left column. In the middle column you will find testimonies of healing, deliverance and protection. In the right hand column, I have posted testimonies of miracles, signs, and wonders, as well as other subjects that did not fit elsewhere.
"Not to us, O LORD, not to us, But to Your name give glory Because of Your lovingkindness, because of Your truth." (Ps 115:1)
“Every fact is to be confirmed by the testimony of two or three witnesses.” (2Co 13:1b)
"And they overcame him because of the blood of the Lamb and because of
the word of their testimony, and they did not love their life even when
faced with death." (Rev 12:11)
Do You Want to Know Him?
If you want to know Jesus personally, you can. It all begins when you
repent and believe in Jesus. Do you know what God's Word, the Bible
says?
“Jesus
came into Galilee, preaching the gospel of God, and saying, ‘The time
is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand; repent and believe in
the gospel.’” (Mar 1:14b-15). He preached that we must repent and
believe.
Len Lacroix is the founder of Doulos Missions International.
He was based in Eastern Europe for four years, making disciples, as
well as helping leaders to be more effective at making disciples who
multiply, developing leaders who multiply, with the ultimate goal of
planting churches that multiply. His ministry is now based in the United
States with the same goal of helping fulfill the Great Commission. www.dmiworld.org.
On March 13, 2012, I showed some videos to my wife
and children, regarding gemstones from heaven, as well as others of gold dust, oil from
heaven, manna from heaven, and the Lord’s glory cloud appearing in church
meetings. I then taught them about the link between the physical and spiritual
realms, and later posted a blog about it that I encourage you to read (see here).
Glory of God
On March 18, 2012, at 2:30 AM, I was lying on my back on my
bed, and I had a dream. In the dream, I was in the same bedroom, lying on my
back on my bed. The only thing in the
dream that was different than reality was that, in the dream, our three-year
old son was in his crib in our bedroom. He was awake and indicated that he was
aware of the presence of a (holy) entity right next to my bed in our room. At that moment, I suddenly felt the presence
of the Lord standing right next to my bed, but I did not see anyone. There was an overwhelming sense of God’s
presence upon me. I immediately felt
“terrified,” “afraid,” and “overcome with fear”. I was also completely astounded. In other words, I was filled
with the emotional impact of overwhelming surprise or shock.
In the dream, as I looked toward the presence of the holy
entity (perhaps the Lord), I cried out very loudly. I am not sure whether I cried, “Ohhhhhh!!!!!” or “Woe!!!!!” But when I cried out, I was
awakened by the sound of my own voice.
Once I awoke, I remembered how the prophet Daniel fell at
his feet as a dead man. I remembered
how the disciples were afraid and they cried out with fear when they saw
Jesus. They were afraid. I was, too.
Then I felt the glory of God. I realized that what happened in the dream had actually happened
in the room, and that the Lord’s presence was still there. I got up and worshipped the Lord on my knees
beside my bed in the very spot where the presence had been in the dream. I still physically felt a sense of the presence
upon me, but not in an overwhelming way like it was in the dream.
In the morning, I shared this with the family at breakfast
and looked up the passage about Daniel.
I immediately related to the terror, and Jennifer agreed that what I
described was similar to this. She
reminded me that even Isaiah and Zechariah felt this way. She said that when
she awoke during the night while I was worshipping beside my bed, she felt joy,
peace and love inside her heart.
Here are the Scriptures I was pondering as I lay in bed
immediately after the dream, plus a couple more about Isaiah and Zechariah.
“Now I, Daniel, alone saw the vision, while the men who were
with me did not see the vision; nevertheless, a great dread fell on them,
and they ran away to hide themselves. So I was left alone and saw this great
vision; yet no strength was left in me, for my natural color turned to a
deathly pallor, and I retained no strength. But I heard the sound of his
words; and as soon as I heard the sound of his words, I fell into a deep sleep
on my face, with my face to the ground. Then behold, a hand touched me and set
me trembling on my hands and knees. He said to me, "O Daniel, man
of high esteem, understand the words that I am about to tell you and stand
upright, for I have now been sent to you." And when he had spoken this
word to me, I stood up trembling. Then he said to me, "Do not be afraid,
Daniel, for from the first day that you set your heart on understanding this
and on humbling yourself before your God, your words were heard, and I have
come in response to your words.” (Dan 10:7-12)
In His right hand He held seven stars, and out of His mouth
came a sharp two-edged sword; and His face was like the sun shining in its
strength. When I saw Him, I fell at His feet like a dead man. And He
placed His right hand on me, saying, "Do not be afraid; I am the
first and the last, and the living One; and I was dead, and behold, I am alive
forevermore, and I have the keys of death and of Hades. (Rev 1:16-18)
When the disciples saw Him walking on the sea, they were
terrified, and said, "It is a ghost!" And they cried out in fear.
But immediately Jesus spoke to them, saying, "Take courage, it is I; do
not be afraid." (Mat 14:26-27)
While he was still speaking, a bright cloud overshadowed
them, and behold, a voice out of the cloud said, "This is My beloved Son,
with whom I am well-pleased; listen to Him!" When the disciples heard
this, they fell face down to the ground and were terrified. And Jesus
came to them and touched them and said, "Get up, and do not be afraid."
(Mat 17:5-7)
The prophet Isaiah had a similar experience. “Then I said, ‘Woe
is me, for I am ruined! Because I am a man of unclean lips, And I live
among a people of unclean lips; For my eyes have seen the King, the LORD of
hosts.’” (Isa 6:5)
And an angel of the Lord appeared to him, standing to the
right of the altar of incense. Zacharias was troubled when he saw the angel,
and fear gripped him. But the angel said to him, "Do not be
afraid, Zacharias, for your petition has been heard, and your wife
Elizabeth will bear you a son, and you will give him the name John. (Luk
1:11-13).
Open Heavens
On March 19, 2012, during our family prayer meeting, we
experienced an open heaven over us and I felt the presence of the Lord.
Presence of the Lord
The next morning on March 20, 2012, during my personal
morning prayer time, I sensed the presence of the Lord once again.
Crystal Gems from Heaven
After our Morning Prayer and breakfast, Jennifer discovered
a supernatural gem in our bedroom (more photos at end of this post). She said, “I was thinking about going to heaven and people that I
want to see. I thought that I just want
to get rid of everything – all the worthless things of this earth – and leave
it all behind for the Lord’s sake. So I
was cleaning out the shelf in our bedroom closet, and I got to where my basket
was. I moved my basket and there was a
little, crystal-like gem. I immediately
thought it was a supernatural gem from heaven.
As I looked more closely at how it was shaped and it seemed to have a
perfect cut with many facets. Then I
walked into the kitchen thinking that this is really from the Lord.”
As I was sitting at the table, finishing my breakfast, she
walked in and said to me, “Look what I found in my closet! I think it may be a
jewel from heaven!” And she handed it
to me. As she placed the gem in my
hand, I felt the presence of the Lord all over me. I said, “Jennifer, I can feel the presence of the Lord all over
me right now! The Lord gave you this to show you how much He loves you!”
A little while later, she was back in our bedroom again,
drying her hair, and looked over at another shelf in the closet. She wondered whether she might find
something else in there. Then she turned away from the closet, and pondered how
the Lord has been giving supernatural gems to His people in the US, Africa, and
other places. She wondered if He was
going to do the same thing here in this spiritual wasteland, because the glory
of God needs to come. She said, “As I
once again turned back toward the closet, there on the floor lay another
crystal-like gem. It was laying
perfectly face up in the carpet.”
I was in my office when Jennifer came in and shouted,
“Len! Look!” And she showed me in her
hand a gem just like the first one, which was larger, but had the exact same
cut! We went into the bedroom, and she
showed me where she found it. It had
been on the floor, in the exact center of the spot where the glory of God
appeared two nights ago. Then we were
certain it was from the Lord. As we
looked at it in the light under a magnifying glass, it had a perfect cut with
many facets. When we put the smaller
one beside it, we could see that they were both cut exactly alike. As I held them in the palm of my hand and
looked through the magnifying glass, I could see the details of my palm print
perfectly and clearly through the stone.
I said, “Jennifer, I felt the presence of the Lord when you
placed the first one in my hand earlier.
I know this is from the Lord.”
Then we all knelt down and praised the Lord profusely, not for any thing
he could give us, but for Who He is. We
declared that He is more beautiful than diamonds, more precious than silver,
more costly than gold, and nothing that we desire compared with Him.
She said that as she was praying yesterday, she heard the
Lord say, “It is my Father’s good pleasure to give you the kingdom.” Last night as she was going off to bed, she
thought that she would need to use our electronic Bible to find that
passage. She opened the Bible and read
a passage. At the end of the passage,
she read, "But seek His kingdom, and these things will be added to you. Do
not be afraid, little flock, for your Father has chosen gladly to give you the
kingdom.” (Luk 12:31-32). She said,
“Wow! That’s the verse!” And she hadn’t
even gone searching for it. She wasn’t
actively looking for it. So that
confirmed it had been the Lord speaking this to her. So when these gems appeared this morning, it further confirmed
that the Father has chosen to give us the kingdom.
When she tried placing the gem back into the carpet in the
same position it was in when she found it, she could not get it to sit
perfectly upright like it had been when she found it. She commented later, “It’s the latter rain! It’s raining!” We also tried dropping it from eye level onto the carpet and it always bounced away.
As I studied the Word of God afterward, I felt this passage
best describes these stones: “And he carried me away in the Spirit to a great and high mountain, and showed me the holy city, Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, having the glory of God. Her brilliance was like a very costly stone, as a stone of crystal-clear jasper." (Rev 21:10-11). The holy city has the glory of God and brilliance like crystal-clear jasper. Jasper is quartz, and the stones Jennifer received are like crystal clear quartz, as pictured at the end of the Wikipedia article about quartz.
The Lord Himself is "like a jasper stone," as He sits upon His throne. In John's Revelation, he wrote: "And He who was sitting was like a jasper stone and a sardius in appearance; and there was a rainbow around the throne, like an emerald in appearance." (Rev 4:3) According to a commentary on Revelation by Dr. Oliver B. Green, he states: ""The Jasper, the last stone in the Old Testament breastplate, represented Benjamin. This was a clear stone, speaking of total victory. On the Jasper stone was Benjamin's name, which is a combination of two Hebrew words (BEN and JAMIN), so scholars tell us, meaning 'the son of my right hand'...or, as one authority puts it, 'the son of my power.'"
I checked online to see the difference between crystal and
glass. All crystal is glass, but only
certain types of glass can be classified as crystal. It has to do with the higher lead content of crystal. Glass typically has a yellow or green tint,
while crystal is completely clear. Glass often has sharp cuts, while crystal
has smooth, rounded cuts.
These stones the Lord has given us do not have sharp edges. They have
smooth, rounded cuts. Both stones are identical with eight facets, one stone being larger than the other. They don’t have any
yellow or green tint to them, but are perfectly clear with no inclusions or cloudiness. We believe they are crystal clear quartz.
Later in the afternoon, I spoke by phone with my Christian
cousin, back in the States, who is a certified gemologist. I told him about these and he said that if I
place the stones face down on a printed page, such as a magazine, and can read
the text, then they are not diamonds.
He said that when it is a diamond, you couldn’t read the text through
the stone. He asked me to take a photo
and send it to him. So rather than use
just any text, I decided to use God’s Word, in order to take a photo of the
stones face-down on some text. I opened Jennifer’s Bible to Proverbs 8,where it
was book marked, and I placed the stones right on the verse that says,
"Take my instruction and not silver, And knowledge rather than choicest
gold. For wisdom is better than jewels; And all desirable things cannot compare
with her.” (Prov 8:10-11). We were
unable to read the text through the stones.
It was distorted. I took the
photos and some video footage of it to send to my cousin. He wrote back saying his first impression is
that these are glass jewels.
When Jennifer saw the Scripture beneath the stones, she was
amazed and said that was the very chapter she was praying about yesterday! She had been praying with her Bible open to
that very same page. Proverbs 8:11
states, “Wisdom is better than jewels!”
Then Hope came to me and said that in school today, she had
just read the following words in the spiritual warfare chapter of her Health
textbook: “Solomon describes wisdom as better than rubies or anything else we
might desire in this world.” This is a
paraphrase of Proverbs 8:11!
Here is the entire passage that Jennifer read last night,
containing Jesus’ word about the Father giving us the kingdom: Then He said to them,
"Beware, and be on your guard against every form of greed; for not even
when one has an abundance does his life consist of his possessions."
And He told them a parable, saying, "The land of a rich man was very
productive. "And he began reasoning to himself, saying, 'What shall I do,
since I have no place to store my crops?' "Then he said, 'This is what I
will do: I will tear down my barns and build larger ones, and there I will
store all my grain and my goods. 'And I will say to my soul, "Soul, you have
many goods laid up for many years to come; take your ease, eat, drink and be
merry."' "But God said to him, 'You fool! This very night your
soul is required of you; and now who will own what you have prepared?' "So
is the man who stores up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God."
And He said to His disciples, "For this reason I say to you, do not
worry about your life, as to what you will eat; nor for your body, as to what
you will put on. "For life is more than food, and the body more than clothing.
"Consider the ravens, for they neither sow nor reap; they have no
storeroom nor barn, and yet God feeds them; how much more valuable you are than
the birds! "And which of you by worrying can add a single hour to his
life's span? "If then you cannot do even a very little thing, why do you
worry about other matters? "Consider the lilies, how they grow: they
neither toil nor spin; but I tell you, not even Solomon in all his glory
clothed himself like one of these. "But if God so clothes the grass in the
field, which is alive today and tomorrow is thrown into the furnace, how much
more will He clothe you? You men of little faith! "And do not seek what
you will eat and what you will drink, and do not keep worrying. "For all
these things the nations of the world eagerly seek; but your Father knows that
you need these things.” (Luk 12:15-30)
I told Jennifer that these stones are probably of no earthly
value, but only eternal value to those with the eyes of faith. It’s just like anything the Lord gives. The world places no value on the spiritual
things, because the natural man cannot discern them. For example, if I go to a public speaking expert and share my
testimony, he will evaluate it based on his criteria for a good speech. He may tell me that my speech is too long,
or I use the word “Umm,” too often. He
may rate other aspects of it, and tell me that no one would ever pay anything
to hear me give this speech. In his
estimation, my testimony is completely worthless. Yet to me, and all who hear it with the ears of faith, it is
priceless. No man can ever place a
monetary value on my testimony, yet it has eternal value that is greater than
all the riches this world could afford. Isn’t it the same with all the Lord
gives us?
This testimony is part of something much greater that God has been doing in our lives here in Hungary since January 1, 2012 (for more on this amazing outpouring from God see here).
Video Footage
If you would like watch the video of the crystal gems see here. I encourage you to watch the whole video:
Do You Want to Know Him?
If you want to know Jesus personally, you can. It all begins when you
repent and believe in Jesus. Do you know what God's Word, the Bible
says?
“Jesus
came into Galilee, preaching the gospel of God, and saying, ‘The time
is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand; repent and believe in
the gospel.’” (Mar 1:14b-15). He preached that we must repent and
believe.
Len Lacroix is the founder of Doulos Missions International.
He was based in Eastern Europe for four years, making disciples, as
well as helping leaders to be more effective at making disciples who
multiply, developing leaders who multiply, with the ultimate goal of
planting churches that multiply. His ministry is now based in the United
States with the same goal of helping fulfill the Great Commission. www.dmiworld.org.
I have had the privilege of knowing David for over a year now. As our relationship has grown and I have spent time equipping him, I have watched him grow in his relationship with the Lord. I've watched him make Jesus the priority in his life, and although the narrow road he has chosen is not easy, he's got the joy of the Lord. Here's his testimony of how the Lord Jesus changed his life during the past year, as he has submitted to the process of becoming a disciple:
"I was born into a Christian family. My father taught me a lot from the Bible and I had faith in it. I recall one day as I was walking down the street, worshiping in my heart, I heard a voice say, 'I’ll never leave you alone.' I knew it was God who told me that. Following that experience, I got baptized.
However, after that, there were not many changes in my life. My first priorities were still my future career, my love life, etc. Then on July 15, 2009, my father died of cancer. At that point, I knew that I had to change my way of living.
I was in love with a girl. But then I lost my feelings for her and began to fall in love with her best friend. The two girls were my best friends, too. They realized what had happened and they both hated me for it. Consequently, losing their friendship caused me to fall into a deep depression.
Then I met Len at my father’s funeral. He mentioned the Life Transformation Group (LTG), which seemed very interesting and attractive to me. But I was so deep in depression. Then he asked me to pray about it and see if the Lord wanted me to be equipped in such a group. So I prayed and felt ok with it.
Once we started meeting together for discipleship, my life began to change. I started to realize that my life was built on the wrong foundation. The foundation of my life was myself. And once I realized it, I gave my life to Jesus 100%. I started to read the Bible regularly and God spoke to me through it. I was set free from depression. And my life is still in a process of change. I’m very thankful to Jesus, who saved my life and called me to Himself again. And I’m thankful to Len whom God sent, and who was used by God to change my life.
God bless all of you."
Obviously there has been a major change in his life that began on the inside and is working its way out. Those who know him well can see that there has been a definite and positive change in his life.
It's interesting that the Lord showed David his life was built on the wrong foundation. I'm reminded of the words Jesus spoke when He said:
"Therefore everyone who hears these words of Mine and acts on them, may be compared to a wise man who built his house on the rock. And the rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew and slammed against that house; and yet it did not fall, for it had been founded on the rock. Everyone who hears these words of Mine and does not act on them, will be like a foolish man who built his house on the sand. The rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew and slammed against that house; and it fell--and great was its fall." (Mat 7:24-27)
The two houses Jesus told about may have looked similar on the outside, but only one was built on a proper foundation made of stone. The one built on the sand represented the person who hears the Jesus' words but does not put them into practice. That house was destroyed. But the man who puts Jesus' words into practice will never be destroyed. Though the storms of life may come, he will stand, because he's built his life on the solid Rock. That's what David has done. He's begun to build on the Rock that is Jesus Christ and no longer upon his own self. As a result, the Lord is blessing him as well as others whose lives he is touching.
Do You Want to Know Him?
If you want to know Jesus personally, you can. It all begins when you
repent and believe in Jesus. Do you know what God's Word, the Bible
says?
“Jesus
came into Galilee, preaching the gospel of God, and saying, ‘The time
is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand; repent and believe in
the gospel.’” (Mar 1:14b-15). He preached that we must repent and
believe.
Len Lacroix is the founder of Doulos Missions International.
He was based in Eastern Europe for four years, making disciples, as
well as helping leaders to be more effective at making disciples who
multiply, developing leaders who multiply, with the ultimate goal of
planting churches that multiply. His ministry is now based in the United
States with the same goal of helping fulfill the Great Commission. www.dmiworld.org.
A lady we know in our church, named Gyöngyi (pronounced JEN-jee), testified to a real miracle of God’s provision yesterday. She owns a flat that she rents out, in order to bring in much needed income. She explained that she is a pensioner due to a disability, and the pension alone is not enough for her and her husband.
She said, “Recently our tenants moved out suddenly and unexpectedly, leaving the place in bad condition. We prayed about this and asked the Lord to provide. Then one day as we were driving down the road in our car, my husband said, ‘The twenty thousand forints!’ He stopped the car, got out, and bent down behind the car to pick up what he thought was a single, twenty-thousand-forint bill. But as it turned out there were two of them. They were fresh, crisp bills that were folded together perfectly. It was obvious they had never been in anyone’s pocket or wallet, because they were completely new and unwrinkled. They had been lying right in the street in front of our car as we drove along!”
For those who don’t live in Hungary, you need to understand that twenty thousand forints are equal to a little more than one hundred US dollars. So this is no small amount of money.
She went on to say, “Then not long after that, as I was walking along a sidewalk, I looked down and found what I thought was another twenty-thousand-forint bill. But when I picked it up, I realized there was also ten-thousand-forint bill with it, so it was actually thirty-thousand forints! Nearby there lived a lady we know, who was outside in front of her home. I went over and spoke with her, in case this belonged to her. But she didn’t say anything about having lost any money. So I knew that this was the Lord’s provision once again. These were just like the bills we found in the street recently. They were fresh, crisp, new bills that had never been in anyone’s pocket or wallet.”
“My husband can’t understand why God answers my prayers this way and not his. I think the reason is that he always says that we must work for every forint and you can’t just expect money to fall from heaven. But I believe that God can do miracles when we pray. In fact, I once had a dog that would find money like this and bring it home to us. So I do believe that God’s angels placed those bills on the ground for us.” This was not the first time the Lord Jesus answered Gyöngyi’s prayers this way. And she definitely gave Him praise yesterday for this.
It’s interesting to note that Gyöngyi’s name is connected with the word, “Pearl”. And like when a person finds a pearl of great price, the Lord has blessed her more than once allowing her to find large amounts of money in answer to prayer when she is in great need. It’s just amazing how the Lord does the impossible to show us His love and supernatural care for His children. And I also agree with Gyöngyi that the Lord did this in response to her great faith.
I’m reminded of all the passages where we see that Jesus did miracles in response to a person’s faith in Him. If you search the gospels, you’ll see what I mean. Over and over, Jesus would say, “Your faith has made you whole,” or “Because of your great faith, you may go. Your daughter is healed.” The Lord still honors simple, childlike faith in Him. What are you trusting God for today? Do you believe He can do anything He wants in order to meet your need in answer to your prayers to Him in His son Jesus’ name? Let me encourage you to do so today.
I’m also reminded of the words of Jesus Christ, who said, “Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a merchant seeking fine pearls, and upon finding one pearl of great value, he went and sold all that he had and bought it.” (Mat 13:45-46). Pearls found naturally, rather than today’s man-made pearls, are very valuable. A wise merchant finding such a precious pearl would sell all his earthly possessions in order to have enough money to take that one little pearl into his possession. He would do so knowing it is worth more than all he owns. And Jesus taught us that God’s Kingdom is like that, too. There is a kind of discovery that you need to have, where you find Jesus. At that moment you come to know for yourself his great value to you personally. When that happens, you will forsake all else to follow Him. Have you found Jesus personally? Have you forsaken yourself and all you hold dear to follow Him?
Do You Want to Know Him?
If you want to know Jesus personally, you can. It all begins when you
repent and believe in Jesus. Do you know what God's Word, the Bible
says?
“Jesus
came into Galilee, preaching the gospel of God, and saying, ‘The time
is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand; repent and believe in
the gospel.’” (Mar 1:14b-15). He preached that we must repent and
believe.
Len Lacroix is the founder of Doulos Missions International.
He was based in Eastern Europe for four years, making disciples, as
well as helping leaders to be more effective at making disciples who
multiply, developing leaders who multiply, with the ultimate goal of
planting churches that multiply. His ministry is now based in the United
States with the same goal of helping fulfill the Great Commission. www.dmiworld.org.
