For Nigel and Monica Allen, it was love at first sight. In fact, it seemed as if they met at just the right time. Both with very different backgrounds, they met amidst a time of healing. With Nigel escaping a traumatic upbringing, and Monica facing some dark decisions in her past, they discovered unconditional love in each other when they needed it most.

Surely the worst part was over. This was their happily ever after. That is, until one of them discovered a real, unconditional love in an unexpected way. What if your beautiful love story all of a sudden has a different chapter? What if your love song has the other reading from a different sheet of music entirely? Would your marriage survive? This episode features a wife who finds strength in Christ even in pain, through promises, and 24 years of a persevering prayer all to witness the forging of a mighty man of God?

After experiencing trials and pain starting as early as birth, joy was simply not something Olivia Watkins was too familiar with. Sure she grew up in church surrounded by loving people, but in other areas of her upbringing, joy was not her song.

After walking through trials and addictions that eventually led to an abortion, Olivia felt she had no way out. Her outlook on the value of life - including her own - felt hopeless. What if you believe that Jesus is mad at you because of all of the awful and terrible things you’ve done? If Jesus is perfect, how can He possibly see you? Or, what if you’re confronted with the real, life-altering Truth?

Listen to an incredible testimony filled with Christ-led sanctification, the breaking of chains, and an experience of Jesus putting joy back in song.

You can find more from Olivia and her music here:

Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/us/artist/o-joy/1644575963

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/wrapped/share/share-d22372abc60a4e459c558b65a679cc7e?si=QQgBbJUgTZOCe0oeQCZMFQ&artist-id=6JA4oK7PYSyc8ETusqVy7j

During various times in our lives, each one of us have been faced with the all too familiar choice of seeking solace in the world, or seeking Christ and His design. This is a situation Don and Patsy Akin are all too familiar with. In a testimony spanning the course of 59 years of marriage, we realize how important that choice can be in the face of grief again, again… and again.

Even though Don and Patsy understood that as believers trouble would come, would they learn to take heart knowing Jesus overcame the world? Listen to this week’s episode as we visit a story of hope, joy, grief, forgiveness, recovery, community and love; all with Jesus right by their side.