A Stronger Faith

Val Duvall spent years as a Christian believing what the Bible said about dreams, visions, healing and the gifts of the Holy Spirit—then she began experiencing them for herself.Over the years, Val says God has spoken to her through nearly 200 recorded dreams, visions, prophetic impressions and His voice. She describes a vision of Jesus on a road she would later recognize as the entrance to the neighborhood where she has now lived for 20 years. She shares how her hands began getting hot when praying for healing, how God revealed that unforgiveness was hindering her healing gift, and how she has experienced three supernatural healings in her own body.In this conversation, Val and Stacy wrestle honestly with some of the questions many Christians have: • How do you know a vision is from God and not your imagination? • How do you recognize His voice? • Are dreams, healing and the gifts of the Spirit really available to believers today? • And what happens when someone stops simply believing these things happened in the Bible and begins pursuing God with the expectation that He is still active now?Val’s story is a journey from knowing about the supernatural life described in Scripture to personally experiencing dreams, visions, healing, prophecy and the voice of God.👉 LINKS TO BOOKS MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE:⇨ The Power of a Praying Parent - Stormie Omartian https://link.amazon/A0dPYwqD1⇨ The Power of a Praying Wife - Stormie Omartian https://link.amazon/A08vNrAIA----------👉 THINGS YOU CAN DO!✟ Donate to A Stronger Faith ⇨ https://www.astrongerfaith.org/give✟ Recommend a guest for us ⇨ https://www.astrongerfaith.org/contact✟ Subscribe to our YouTube Channel ⇨ https://bit.ly/asfmyoutube✟ Subscribe to our YouTube Clips Channel ⇨ https://www.youtube.com/@AStrongerFaithClips/?sub_confirmation=1----------✟ CONNECT WITH US! ⇨ Website: https://www.astrongerfaith.org/ ⇨ YouTube: https://bit.ly/asfmyoutube ⇨ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/astrongerfaith/ ⇨ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/astrongerfaith ⇨ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@astrongerfaith---------✟ For prayer or deliverance, or to become a prayer partner, please visit: https://www.astrongerfaith.org/prayer.✟ ASF recommended books: https://www.astrongerfaith.org/books----------Small Group Questions from this Episode:1. Valerie described experiencing Jesus’ comfort as a child and later during a difficult move. How has God comforted you during a difficult season of your life?2. How did forgiveness change Valerie’s understanding of her relationship with her father? Is there someone you need to forgive?3. Valerie continued praying for healing even when she did not always see the results she hoped for. How can we keep trusting God when our prayers seem unanswered?Scripture References for Further Study:⇨ Ephesians 6:10–17⇨ Psalm 91⇨ Romans 8:1

Joe Mathews spent years searching for God, questioning what was real, and asking for evidence. Then he challenged God directly: “Hit me right between the eyes.”Joe believed God existed, but he struggled to understand why a God who was supposedly everywhere seemed so hidden. His search led him through Eastern spirituality, séances, Ouija boards, and other spiritual experiences before he eventually walked into a Christian meeting he almost left.After responding to an invitation to follow Jesus, Joe says he felt the force of a blow directly between his eyes that sent him several feet backward. What followed was an intense encounter with the Holy Spirit that he says changed him immediately.Joe also shares about seeing what he believes was an angel, encounters with demonic activity, his search for evidence of God, and the years of faith that followed.----------👉 THINGS YOU CAN DO!:✟ Donate to A Stronger Faith ⇨ https://www.astrongerfaith.org/give-----------✟ Recommend a guest for us ⇨ https://www.astrongerfaith.org/contact----------✟ Subscribe to our Clips Channel ⇨ https://www.youtube.com/@AStrongerFaithClips/?sub_confirmation=1----------✟ CONNECT WITH US! ⇨ Website: https://www.astrongerfaith.org/ ⇨ YouTube: https://bit.ly/asfmyoutube ⇨ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/astrongerfaith/ ⇨ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/astrongerfaith ⇨ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@astrongerfaith---------✟ For prayer or deliverance, or to become a prayer partner, please visit: https://www.astrongerfaith.org/prayer.✟ ASF recommended books: https://www.astrongerfaith.org/books----------✟ Small Group Questions from This Episode:⇨ Joe said, “You don’t need to have the experience I had to get saved.” How has God made Himself known to you in your own experience?⇨ Joe described a season when “God was present but distant”, what can we learn from his experience about trusting God when He seems distant or silent?⇨ How do faith, evidence, and our personal experiences work together in helping us believe in and know God?✟ Key Bible verses for Further Study:⇨ John 20:24–29⇨ Job 38–42 ⇨ Acts 2

Moriah Thomas spent years studying the human mind and treating trauma. Then she found Jesus at 39—and began discovering a kind of healing she had never been taught in psychology. Moriah holds multiple degrees in psychology and counseling, including a doctorate. But after coming to faith, she began hearing the voice of God, seeing angels and the spiritual realm, praying in tongues, experiencing deliverance, and pursuing the gifts of the Holy Spirit. Then her understanding of trauma began to change.Today, Moriah helps people uncover wounds and beliefs that may have been buried for years—not simply by teaching them how to cope, but by helping them quiet their minds, listen for Jesus, and allow Him to speak truth into the places that still hurt.In this conversation, Moriah and Stacy explore the difference between managing trauma and healing it, how to recognize the voice of God, what Moriah sees in the spiritual realm, and why she believes many Christians are living with far less freedom and intimacy with Jesus than is available to them.Stacy also shares what happened when he personally went through one of Moriah’s two-hour freedom sessions—and Jesus brought up something from his childhood he hadn’t thought about in decades.👉 Learn more about the freedom ministry Moriah is developing below:Website: www.riseupculture.church Email address: [email protected]✟ Small Group Questions from this Episode⇨ How have you personally experienced the “weight of truth” in your walk with Jesus?⇨ What does spiritual hunger look like in your life right now, and what helps you pursue God more deeply?⇨ What areas of your life might Jesus be inviting you to heal so you can experience more of Him?✟ Key Bible Verses for Further Study⇨ John 10:27 ⇨ Hebrews 11:6⇨ James 4:8 ----------👉 THINGS YOU CAN DO!:✟ Donate to A Stronger Faith ⇨ https://www.astrongerfaith.org/give✟ Recommend a guest for us ⇨ https://www.astrongerfaith.org/contact----------✟ CONNECT WITH US! ⇨ Website: https://www.astrongerfaith.org/⇨ YouTube: https://bit.ly/asfmyoutube ⇨ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/astrongerfaith/ ⇨ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/astrongerfaith ⇨ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@astrongerfaith---------✟ For prayer or deliverance, or to become a prayer partner, please visit: https://www.astrongerfaith.org/prayer.✟ ASF recommended books: https://www.astrongerfaith.org/books

What if the reason you haven't experienced more of God has nothing to do with how hard you're praying — and everything to do with what you're asking for?Erica Laney is a wife, mother of five, and a woman operating in a level of prophetic gifting that is rare and specific. She sees spiritual gifts in people through color. She receives visions that have proven out in real life. And she traces every bit of it back to one moment when she stopped bringing God her problems and asked Him what she could do for Him instead.In this conversation Erica shares how that single shift in posture unlocked prophetic gifts she never sought, how fasting became the most direct line she has found to hearing God clearly, why she believes the enemy is actively working to keep the church from real fasting, and what it looks like to cultivate spiritual gifts once they arrive.She also did something in this very conversation that neither of us expected.In this conversation, Erica shares:⇨ What she sees when she looks at people in the Spirit — and what each color means⇨ How she witnessed a vision of demonic beings planning specific assignments against her family⇨ Why she believes most Christians are fasting wrong — and why that's not an accident⇨ How a 21-day fast and a 48-hour water fast led to the birth of a son she saw coming years before he arrived⇨ What it means to ask God what you can do for Him — and why it changes everything📩 Share your story: https://www.astrongerfaith.org/contact 💛 Support this ministry: https://www.astrongerfaith.org/give If you and a few people in your life are hungry for more of God, this episode was made to be discussed. Consider starting a small group around A Stronger Faith — we have materials to help you do exactly that.✟ Small Group Questions From this Episode:⇨ What does Erica’s story reveal about the difference between believing in God and fully surrendering to Him?⇨ What does her experience teach us about the role of vulnerability and surrender in encountering God’s power?⇨ How can believers discern the difference between emotionalism and a genuine move of the Holy Spirit?✟ Bible References for further Study:⇨ Acts 2:4⇨ Luke 11:13⇨ John 14:18----------✟ Donate to A Stronger Faith ⇨ https://www.astrongerfaith.org/give-----------✟ Recommend a guest for us ⇨ https://www.astrongerfaith.org/contact----------✟ CONNECT WITH US! ⇨ Website: https://www.astrongerfaith.org/ ⇨ YouTube: https://bit.ly/asfmyoutube ⇨ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/astrongerfaith/ ⇨ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@astrongerfaith ⇨ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/astrongerfaith---------✟ For prayer or deliverance, or to become a prayer partner, please visit: https://www.astrongerfaith.org/prayer.✟ ASF recommended books: https://www.astrongerfaith.org/books

Mandy Arriola suffered with chronic leg pain for a year — then God healed her completely during prayer at a Bible study. What followed was a full awakening to the power of the Holy Spirit that transformed every part of her life.She grew up Southern Baptist, believed in Jesus her whole life, and considered herself a Christian. But she had never experienced God — not really. Then a year of chronic leg pain she couldn't explain led her to a Bible study in a small town general store, where a stranger prayed over her and everything changed in an instant.In this episode, Mandy shares the moment God healed her legs completely during prayer, what it physically felt like when the Holy Spirit moved through her body, and why the healing was actually the least important thing that happened that day. What she received was an awakening — to the baptism of the Holy Spirit, to speaking in tongues, to hearing God's voice, to commanding sickness to leave in Jesus' name — a version of Christianity she didn't know existed and says she could never go back from.In this episode:⇨ Chronic leg pain following COVID that ended her 17-year career as a hairdresser⇨ A miraculous physical healing during prayer at a small town Bible study⇨ What it feels like when the Holy Spirit moves through your body⇨ Hearing speaking in tongues for the first time — and why it was beautiful, not frightening⇨ Receiving the baptism of the Holy Spirit and the gift of tongues⇨ Encountering Jesus in a vision while sitting in bed beside her sleeping husband⇨ Commanding sickness to leave in Jesus' name — and watching it work⇨ The difference between believing in God and actually experiencing Him⇨ Why so many Christians are living with an unopened gift⇨ How to hear God's voice and recognize it as your own thoughtsThis is a conversation about the gap between believing in God and actually experiencing Him, the power and authority that Scripture says belongs to every believer, and why so many Christians are living with an unopened gift.---------✟ Small Group Discussion Questions from this Episode:⇨ How does Mandy’s experience challenge or expand your understanding of how God heals and moves today?⇨ What does her story reveal about the difference between knowing about God and experiencing His love personally?⇨ How does her encounter with the Holy Spirit reshape the way we think about spiritual gifts and their purpose in the life of a believer?✟ Bible References for Further Study:⇨ John 10:10⇨ Romans 8:11⇨ 1 Corinthians 2:4–5----------✟ Donate to A Stronger Faith ⇨ https://www.astrongerfaith.org/give-----------✟ Recommend a guest for us ⇨ https://www.astrongerfaith.org/contact----------✟ CONNECT WITH US! ⇨ Website: https://www.astrongerfaith.org/ ⇨ YouTube: https://bit.ly/asfmyoutube ⇨ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/astrongerfaith/⇨ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@astrongerfaith ⇨ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/astrongerfaith---------✟ For prayer or deliverance, or to become a prayer partner, please visit: https://www.astrongerfaith.org/prayer.✟ ASF recommended books: https://www.astrongerfaith.org/books#HolySpirit

What happens when your search for God leads you to a truth that costs you everything?In this powerful episode of A Stronger Faith, Sajeda Wilson shares her extraordinary journey from 32 years of devout Islam to a life-altering encounter with Jesus Christ. Born in Pakistan and raised in a prominent Shia Muslim family, Sajeda was fully committed to her faith—until a personal tragedy and a search for truth led her to open a Bible for the very first time.In this episode, we discuss:⇨ The Hidden Inconsistencies: Why Sajeda’s deep study of the Quran and Hadith left her with more questions than answers.⇨ The "Secret" Bible Study: How an avid reader discovered the person of Jesus through the scriptures in a hotel room.⇨ The Supernatural Nurse: Sajeda’s incredible, verbatim account of a mysterious figure who appeared in her hospital room during a critical moment.⇨ The Ultimate Price: What it feels like to be told you are "dead" to your family for choosing to follow Jesus.⇨ Radical Redemption: How the "God of judgment" she feared became the "God of love" who rescued her.Sajeda’s story is a profound reminder that God is actively pursuing us, often in the places we least expect. Whether you are questioning your own faith, seeking the truth, or need to be reminded of the power of God’s love, this testimony will leave you changed.-------------------✟ ✟ ✟ NEW ✟ ✟ ✟SMALL GROUP DISCUSSION QUESTIONS from this episode:1.What does it look like to seek God with an honest heart, even when it leads us into uncomfortable questions? 2. How has God used long seasons—not just moments—to draw you closer to Him?3. What parts of your identity (family, culture, tradition, expectations) have shaped your understanding of God—for better or for worse?Key Bible Verses for Further Study:1. Jeremiah 29:132. John 14:63. Psalm 34:18------------------------✟ Donate to A Stronger Faith here ⇨ https://www.astrongerfaith.org/give--------------------------✟ Recommend a guest for us here ⇨ https://www.astrongerfaith.org/contact--------------------------✟ CONNECT WITH US! ⇨ Website: https://www.astrongerfaith.org/ ⇨ YouTube: https://bit.ly/asfmyoutube ⇨ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/astrongerfaith/ ⇨ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@astrongerfaith ⇨ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/astrongerfaith------------------------✟ If you need prayer or deliverance, or if you would like to join us as a prayer partner, please visit our prayer resources page at https://www.astrongerfaith.org/prayer.✟ If you are looking for a good faith-building book, visit our recommended books page at https://www.astrongerfaith.org/books.

She didn’t believe God was real. Lisa Kehs wasn’t searching. She had already rejected religion after years of frustration with hypocrisy, rules, and empty ritual. Her life was successful, stable, and completely secular.Then one night, in the middle of her anger over people offering empty words to grieving friends, she said something she never expected to matter:“Unless you were real…”What happened next interrupted everything she believed—and forced her to confront a reality she couldn’t ignore.In this episode of A Stronger Faith, Lisa Kehs shares how a single, unexpected moment launched her from skepticism and resistance into a relentless pursuit of Jesus—not through religion, but through something she could no longer deny.-----------------✟ ✟ ✟ NEW ✟ ✟ ✟SMALL GROUP DISCUSSION QUESTIONS from this episode:1. How does Lisa’s story challenge the difference between religion and a real relationship with Jesus? 2. Have you ever experienced God bringing conviction or change in a gentle way rather than through pressure or shame? What happened? 3. What are some ways believers can avoid “walking with God” only as a duty and instead live by the Holy Spirit daily?Key Bible Verses for Further Study:1. John 17:3 2. Exodus 3:143. Romans 8:1-----------------✟ Donate to A Stronger Faith here ⇨ https://www.astrongerfaith.org/give--------------------------✟ Recommend a guest for us here ⇨ https://www.astrongerfaith.org/contact--------------------------✟ CONNECT WITH US! ⇨ Website: https://www.astrongerfaith.org/ ⇨ YouTube: https://bit.ly/asfmyoutube ⇨ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/astrongerfaith/ ⇨ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@astrongerfaith ⇨ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/astrongerfaith------------------------✟ If you need prayer or deliverance, or if you would like to join us as a prayer partner, please visit our prayer resources page at https://www.astrongerfaith.org/prayer.✟ If you are looking for a good faith-building book, visit our recommended books page at https://www.astrongerfaith.org/books.

For decades, Jesse Schlabach believed miracles had stopped. Then he experienced God in a way he couldn’t explain away.Jesse was raised in a tradition that taught God no longer moved in supernatural ways. But after years of living under the weight of religious pressure, battling deep shame from childhood trauma, and even facing suicidal thoughts, everything came to a breaking point. What followed wasn’t a new idea about God—it was a real encounter with the Holy Spirit that changed how he thinks, lives, and relates to the people around him.In this conversation, Jesse shares how his faith moved from something he understood in his head to something he actually experienced. He talks about hearing God in a way he never had before, the moment he witnessed a physical healing in an everyday setting, and how stepping into the gifts of the Spirit began to transform his prayer life, his marriage, and his identity.This episode is for anyone who has ever felt stuck in religion, weighed down by shame, or unsure if God is still active today.----------✟ ✟ ✟ NEW! ✟ ✟ ✟SMALL GROUP DISCUSSION QUESTIONS from this episode:⇨ Where in your life might God be inviting you to move from “head knowledge” to “heart transformation”?⇨ What might you be holding onto—fear, control, shame, pride, or offense—that could be limiting your openness to the Holy Spirit’s work?⇨ How have you seen obedience—especially when it felt uncomfortable or didn’t make sense—produce spiritual fruit in your life or in others?Key Bible Verses for further study:⇨ Romans 8:1–2 ⇨ 1 John 5:13–15⇨ Isaiah 43:1–4-----------------✟ Donate to A Stronger Faith here ⇨ https://www.astrongerfaith.org/give--------------------------✟ Recommend a guest for us here ⇨ https://www.astrongerfaith.org/contact--------------------------✟ CONNECT WITH US! ⇨ Website: https://www.astrongerfaith.org/ ⇨ YouTube: https://bit.ly/asfmyoutube ⇨ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/astrongerfaith/ ⇨ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@astrongerfaith ⇨ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/astrongerfaith------------------------✟ If you need prayer or deliverance, or if you would like to join us as a prayer partner, please visit our prayer resources page at https://www.astrongerfaith.org/prayer.✟ If you are looking for a good faith-building book, visit our recommended books page at https://www.astrongerfaith.org/books.