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  • @redrider5832
    @redrider5832 Жыл бұрын

    I’m still a believer in the gifts but I agree; He is sovereign and not everyone gets healed. I have a knee that isn’t healed and if it gets healed “praise God”. If it doesn’t “praise God”. ❤️

  • @thewestwoodhome

    @thewestwoodhome

    Жыл бұрын

    Thanks for sharing 🙏🏼

  • @evemarise6791

    @evemarise6791

    Жыл бұрын

    I don't believe just because you arent healed that is because God doesn't will it. You guys seem to think that God is like Zeus, whimsical and anthropomorphic. We see through a glass dimly--there could many reasons why healing is blocked.

  • @tinas7909
    @tinas7909 Жыл бұрын

    Amen brother!!!! 🙌🏻🙌🏻 I completely understand where you are right now! I was born with a congenital heart defect that has required multiple open heart surgeries and I may still need more in the future. I was ridiculed for years because I had a disease I was born with. I did nothing as a baby to deserve it, but still I was attacked for my unbelief. I have seen God move in amazing ways throughout my life even though I’ve never been fully healed there has been little moments even the drs can’t believe. As an adult I was in a bad accident and was injured throughout my body including a TBI with bleeding in my brain. I again was ridiculed and told I didn’t have enough faith or I did something to cause all of this. I didn’t believe them but there was still a question did I? I had left the WOF years ago but here it was attacking me again. Finally God reminded me of Paul when he asked God to take away his thorn in the flesh and God said my grace is sufficient. That has been my heart cry since then. Even when I quote it to people that give me a hard time about my health I smile and say if God said it to Paul then I think it’s good enough for me too! God giving me salvation through His Son Jesus is more than enough!! Who am I to make demands God?!? Even if I am never fully healed on Earth I will praise Him!!! I’m praying for you!!!

  • @thewestwoodhome

    @thewestwoodhome

    Жыл бұрын

    Thank you 🙏🏼

  • @christinaadams4187

    @christinaadams4187

    Жыл бұрын

    I don’t understand people’s ability to be cruel and say they’re serving God with those actions. I still face those thoughts sometimes too. Personally everything worsened when we came out of the NAR/WOF world, but I think I’d been putting on a happy face for so long, that I finally was able to exhale and face reality (I have Ehlers Danlos syndrome, and so do my 4 kids, along with a bunch of linked things.) I find myself resting in the fact that, to live is Christ and to die is gain. May God be glorified in my life, in good times and in bad! Praying for you sister!

  • @deceptionsdemise

    @deceptionsdemise

    Жыл бұрын

    Amen!

  • @andrewk8857
    @andrewk8857 Жыл бұрын

    My brother... I walked a similar path. I was raised in a Pentecostal Church and it took my whole life to deconstruct and reconstruct. The Lord keeps challenging me. He gives and he takes away.

  • @thewestwoodhome

    @thewestwoodhome

    Жыл бұрын

    Thanks for sharing 🙏🏼

  • @catrozzelle
    @catrozzelle Жыл бұрын

    Thank you, I really needed this! I’m in kidney failure and just started dialysis. I am so grateful I came out of Charis-mania a couple years ago. I can be at peace without trying to fix it.

  • @thewestwoodhome

    @thewestwoodhome

    Жыл бұрын

    Praying for you 🙏🏼

  • @BenSDixonMusic
    @BenSDixonMusic Жыл бұрын

    I love hearing your kids in the background:) children are a blessing from the Lord. Love ya man, glad you are out of the hospital

  • @thewestwoodhome

    @thewestwoodhome

    Жыл бұрын

    Thanks 🙏🏼

  • @dawnhill1613
    @dawnhill1613 Жыл бұрын

    I'm glad to see you're home. I was thinking about you guys, and I've been praying. Thank God for His mercy and grace. It is a beautiful place to be when we are vulnerable before the Lord, understanding our utter dependency upon Him. May God use this for His glory, and may you and Kali be encouraged in your faith in Him.

  • @thewestwoodhome

    @thewestwoodhome

    Жыл бұрын

    Thank you so much!

  • @redrockmama2302
    @redrockmama2302 Жыл бұрын

    Thank you for your honesty and humility! While I was never in the NAR, and had left WOF teaching, it still influenced me. So when our family was in crisis with a wayward and bulimic daughter, I was thrown into a spiritual crisis. It took me a couple of years to realize that underneath it all was my pride and desire to control. I thought God owed me a good life and perfect family, because I had been following Him. I was totally entitled like you said. I now thank God for humbling me through struggle. God is Sovereign and good!

  • @rachelfranks4450
    @rachelfranks4450 Жыл бұрын

    Brother, I can absolutely relate!! Like I commented before, almost 6 years ago when my daughter got diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes I went through such similar! I grew up and was raised in Word of Faith, my father was a pastor. This diagnosis completely catapulted my deconstruction of my faith! I’m so thankful in many ways it all opened my eyes…. My daughter is an amazing warrior and I’m incredibly proud of her, she was young and still is and we have scares at times, just had one yesterday where she is still recouping from. Been in the hospital several times in the past 6 years with DKA, but God has been faithful and kept us every time! I continue to get closer and closer in His Word through every obstacle we face. So much prayers for you….you could be an amazing seed planter in our diabetic community. I’ve prayed for all these years and talked to my daughter about maybe being a shining light of Gods love and Gospel to someone or many in the T1D community, cause there are a lot of kids and adults that are fighting this battle and need encouragement all the time! 💙🙏 prayers!

  • @thewestwoodhome

    @thewestwoodhome

    Жыл бұрын

    Thank you 🙏🏼

  • @arunamy362
    @arunamy362 Жыл бұрын

    “He is worthy regardless.” Amen!

  • @thewestwoodhome

    @thewestwoodhome

    Жыл бұрын

    🙌🏼

  • @honeydew4576
    @honeydew4576 Жыл бұрын

    My heart goes out to people who have been indoctrinated in wrong theology. While I have my own cross to bear in repenting from my youthful sins, I am so thankful The Lord protected me from following wrong teachers. It seems that would be a big challenge to undo and heal from. God bless you and everyone who is going through that process. May He be gentle with you, graceful, and empower you with Truth!

  • @thewestwoodhome

    @thewestwoodhome

    Жыл бұрын

    🙏🏼❤️🙏🏼

  • @lindamyshak7352

    @lindamyshak7352

    Жыл бұрын

    ​@@thewestwoodhome hope all is well, have not seen you for a bit

  • @tristen7085
    @tristen7085 Жыл бұрын

    Wow what a journey! I have crohns and while in my old Bethel based church I was continually sick. People refused to pray for me last year as I was told I'd been prayed for too much...as if I was doing something wrong or didn't have enough faith. I was told I had unforgiveness as well! I would say I am not unforgiving but they would try to find a way to blame me for not being healed. I left the church in june 2022 and was in a suicidal state. I felt helpless and like I didn't deserve to be there. Once I left I began to heal. My emotions healed, my physical body began to heal and my spirit became well. I haven't had as much as a cold since I left and I'm on immuno suppressant drugs. I needed to take that step and leave because I knew the truth about their theology and deceptive doctrine. They still promote Bethel and Bill Johnson like he's a God. The pastor has cancer and it's terminal but they think he will be healed. He's been sick a long time. My reality has changed and I'm doing so much better. I have peace and I am grateful. Blessings to you as you navigate this new diagnosis. God uses everything! I spent 56 days in hospital in 2021 and was able to spread God's love as I managed my diagnosis differently than those I roomed with. I refuse to let crihns rule my life. I manage it and I live. You can manage type 1 and live too! My uncle did just that and traveled and embraced a full life. You got this!

  • @thewestwoodhome

    @thewestwoodhome

    Жыл бұрын

    THanks for sharing!

  • @jennprescott2757

    @jennprescott2757

    Жыл бұрын

    Wow that’s crazy. They stopped praying for you!? And I bet they never thought it was their faith that lacked. Always the other person to blame. Not themselves and not that they have wrong beliefs. Crazy. I wonder if the gaps diet helps with chrons at all. It may be worth looking into.

  • @dianefarrell2343
    @dianefarrell2343 Жыл бұрын

    The LORD is Teaching you SO Much!!!

  • @thewestwoodhome

    @thewestwoodhome

    Жыл бұрын

    So true

  • @KMH6290
    @KMH6290 Жыл бұрын

    Thanks for this, I can relate so much. God's been walking with me through secondary infertility, and although it's been a heartwrenching journey of learning to give it to the Lord, I'm grateful for it. I don't know if God will ever give us another baby, but I can honestly say I'm thankful that He's brought me to a place where I have no choice but to trust Him.

  • @matteblak6158
    @matteblak6158 Жыл бұрын

    “What did I do wrong?”…that’s me. Knowing and understanding the fault of Job’s friends is one thing. Remembering to not be just like them…that is another thing altogether. Praying for you brother.

  • @thewestwoodhome

    @thewestwoodhome

    Жыл бұрын

    thank you!

  • @tuObvii
    @tuObvii Жыл бұрын

    your daughter is precious. I pray that the Lord heals you, and that even if he doesn't he provides the sufficient grace to live a fulfilling, abundant life.

  • @thewestwoodhome

    @thewestwoodhome

    Жыл бұрын

    Thank you 🙏🏼

  • @caroleimani9754
    @caroleimani9754 Жыл бұрын

    I was a member of a Word of Faith Church for over 36 years...They were big on "speaking in tongues." I have a vocal chord problem, which makes "vocalizing loudly" next to impossible...I can't count the people in the WOF Church who came to me and asked me, "Are you saved," because they couldn't hear me speak in tongues...I got out of the WOF Church about 20 months ago and I go a more "Biblically correct" Church now...Since I have been there, nobody has questioned my salvation (because of my vocal chord problem)... Praise the Lord 🙏

  • @robertyoder7178

    @robertyoder7178

    Жыл бұрын

    we have not heard from him in a month, we need to be praying for them ......

  • @colettelaing1220
    @colettelaing1220 Жыл бұрын

    This is so good! So relevant to my husband's and my situation. He's been out of work since a few weeks before Thanksgiving. Learning God's truth! It's hard when you are coming out of the Bethel teachings. I'm only a year out and still struggling to know what's true! So thankful you are sharing your walk!!

  • @thewestwoodhome

    @thewestwoodhome

    Жыл бұрын

    thank you and praying for you guys!

  • @marssionary
    @marssionary Жыл бұрын

    So good! I long for my family to be set free from that old theology you had and find this freedom in trusting God.

  • @thewestwoodhome

    @thewestwoodhome

    Жыл бұрын

    Praying!

  • @robbyclark6915
    @robbyclark6915 Жыл бұрын

    Back in the summer I was reading the book of Job, when it felt like the Lord told me I was about to go through a Job experience in my life. Within a couple of weeks I was covered in an itching rash (which I still have today) a few months later, my youngest son was killed in a motorcycle accident. That’s been the most traumatic, painful, shocking, crushing, experience I could ever imagine going through and I suppose I will never really recover from losing my son. He was 29 (he’s my YT profile pic now). His name is Joshua. Once I returned to work, my hours have been cut drastically. Yet through all this, I trust and believe, and do my best to obey, and I look to the coming day of my redemption. The Lord is faithful. He is my Rock, my shelter, my strong tower and the lifter of my head. He will sustain me and heal me and restore my life, one way or another. I deserve far worse than anything that I’ve gone through and I trust in God’s eternal forgiveness and mercy. I thank Him for everything I have and am, and know He is sovereign over all. Amen.

  • @thewestwoodhome

    @thewestwoodhome

    Жыл бұрын

    🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼

  • @eeg122
    @eeg122 Жыл бұрын

    Hopefully you can jump on here to give us an update. I pray you are doing well along w/ your family. Prayers for strength & peace in Jesus Name.

  • @juhanipitkakari5999
    @juhanipitkakari5999 Жыл бұрын

    "By his wounds we are healed" is pointing to the sickness of sin. Our bodies will be completely and perfectly healed in the resurrection of the saints.

  • @thewestwoodhome

    @thewestwoodhome

    Жыл бұрын

    yup

  • @ubombogirl
    @ubombogirl Жыл бұрын

    Praise God you are home but praising Him more for the healing in your spirit that truly is taking place as you go through all of this! i came out of the same kind of false theology as y'all and it has taken years...so far...for all the damaging aspects of it to be dug out and reckoned with in the true light of His Word. such freedom in Christ when we indeed learn to trust Him! once it really sinks in that we can do absolutely nothing without Him and it is He that is our very strength we can then begin to trust Him and grow. thanks for being so transparent in your journey. that's what is needed to minister to others. He told us it would be a rough road but thankful for His faithfulness...it is so worth it all! keeping you in prayer...keep fighting the good fight of faith! Jesus is Lord!

  • @kellyclemmer9715
    @kellyclemmer9715 Жыл бұрын

    Going through a year with a difficult post-viral disorder I’ve really been struggling. But each month seemingly God opened my eyes to new hope and understanding. That 2 Cor verse was so encouraging, and Isaiah 26:3-4. I prayed for healing over and over, and was so encouraged by “my grace is sufficient” as I felt over and over that God was choosing not to heal me, but to walk with me and grow me. And as I prayed for healing, went to my pastor/elders just like the book of James directs, I was filled with peace, knowing that if God chose not to heal me immediately and miraculously, I trusted that his plan isn’t better than mine-for his glory and my good. It’s been a year and I’ve had so much improvement, I got through a pregnancy and delivery with this disorder, struggled with so much. Still hoping and praying for full healing, but remembering God’s faithfulness every single day of this past year, and all the lessons he taught me!

  • @thewestwoodhome

    @thewestwoodhome

    Жыл бұрын

    Thanks for sharing this 🙌🏼🙏🏼🙌🏼

  • @robertyoder7178

    @robertyoder7178

    Жыл бұрын

    we have not heard from him in a month, we need to be praying for them ......

  • @deborahyellowhorse467
    @deborahyellowhorse467 Жыл бұрын

    Good to see that you're home and seeing you live. Been praying for you.

  • @thewestwoodhome

    @thewestwoodhome

    Жыл бұрын

    Thanks so much

  • @christimcgeoghegan707
    @christimcgeoghegan707 Жыл бұрын

    This is the most refreshing, encouraging, and uplifting video I’ve seen in a very long time. Thank you so much for putting this out there. Getting a change of perspective from old theology to new theology is what I’ve been dealing with for about 6 years. It’s a journey for sure and I’m so thankful you’re able to articulate things so well for others to be helped. May God continue to bless you and your family. 🙏🏻

  • @thewestwoodhome

    @thewestwoodhome

    Жыл бұрын

    ✌🏼👍🏼❤️

  • @karliwailly8551
    @karliwailly8551 Жыл бұрын

    I just wanted to thank you for sharing your story. I relate to you. My family is now coming out of Nar movement and getting to know the true gospel. It’s been a process! But it has been so worth it. I also went through some losses last year. And I had the same reaction. Of what I could of done more, or was my faith that caused this. I am so glad God is taking me out of that. & into new theology. Your videos are helpful and Validating. Happy to hear you are doing better. God bless!

  • @thewestwoodhome

    @thewestwoodhome

    Жыл бұрын

    You are so welcome

  • @akadwriter
    @akadwriter Жыл бұрын

    The Lord is my shepherd. I shall not want. You aren't alone. Praying for you, brother.

  • @thewestwoodhome

    @thewestwoodhome

    Жыл бұрын

    Amen

  • @AmythstMuzik619
    @AmythstMuzik619 Жыл бұрын

    Your video today spoke to me on so many levels. In 2019, I, too, had the revelation that I didn't trust God...not really...so I repented. In 2020, I saw American Gospel, & that started my current journey. In 2021, I was diagnosed w/Stage 3 cancer & went through chemo & radiation. I was SO grateful I had a different perspective on health & "prosperity" going through that. Many of my friends were so amazed by my "strength & peace", but I told them I was at peace because I trusted my life in hands of our sovereign God. SUCH a better place to be!

  • @thewestwoodhome

    @thewestwoodhome

    Жыл бұрын

    🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼

  • @marge3477

    @marge3477

    Жыл бұрын

    Amen

  • @kellyclemmer9715

    @kellyclemmer9715

    Жыл бұрын

    Amazing what God can do with our hearts! That’s the true miracle!! Taking our hearts of stone and giving us hearts of flesh. Praise God.

  • @ericchill864
    @ericchill864 Жыл бұрын

    Exactly. I deal with many major health issues and these are lessons that I have to work on every day. Bless you

  • @robertyoder7178

    @robertyoder7178

    Жыл бұрын

    we have not heard from him in a month, we need to be praying for them .......

  • @debraymond4836
    @debraymond4836 Жыл бұрын

    Wow, Jesse...what a wonderful testimony of God's faithfulness...and your growing faith. God bless you and your family ❤

  • @thewestwoodhome

    @thewestwoodhome

    Жыл бұрын

    Thank you 🙏🏼

  • @kayleighjohnson3612
    @kayleighjohnson3612 Жыл бұрын

    I cannot tell you how long I have struggled with this, how long I’ve prayed. Having an incurable disease and being in the church has left me feeling marooned spiritually. For the vast amount of people, most don’t know how to acknowledge my reality without either praying for immediate full healing, then, judging me when it doesn’t happen, or shrugging me off and ignoring my struggles. This has left me in such a confusing space, my entire life. I have even recently started to look at the Orthodox Church to see if they have anything to help me, any solace, any answers. Your video on this has been so refreshing, so direct in answering my pleads to God. Thank you for sharing.

  • @thewestwoodhome

    @thewestwoodhome

    Жыл бұрын

    So glad thsi was a blessing

  • @christinaadams4187
    @christinaadams4187 Жыл бұрын

    Having come out of that movement during the pandemic after being in it for so long, and watching my body give up on me, I can relate! The freedom that comes when you can finally stop all the work, and questioning, and just rely on God, is amazing! There’s still lots of struggle with life events, but I can rest in knowing this is a temporary struggle. Also He knows our pain. The God of all, knows what it’s like to walk this earth, and experience pain, hunger, sorrow, life, and suffer the way we deserve to. He’s so merciful, and amazing!

  • @Kintizen
    @Kintizen Жыл бұрын

    Still here praying for you Brother. Hoping to see you coming back and share what has been going on!

  • @sorrowinchrist3387

    @sorrowinchrist3387

    Жыл бұрын

    Yes keeping you in pray!

  • @bsusie1
    @bsusie1 Жыл бұрын

    Many years ago while going through a very difficult time, I kept asking the Lord, what do you want from me? Finally after my heart settled down, the thought came through clearly, all He wants is my trust. With that came the confidence that He would teach me to trust.💞

  • @kurtisjohnson8916
    @kurtisjohnson8916 Жыл бұрын

    @13:00 As a cancer survivor, you end up saying, “I’m glad it wasn’t my children.” My attitude was, ‘Why NOT me?’ Why would I be immune from suffering the fall.

  • @thewestwoodhome

    @thewestwoodhome

    Жыл бұрын

    Thanks for sharing

  • @RaptureReadyPam
    @RaptureReadyPam Жыл бұрын

    It’s hard not to get angry at God when you’re sick. I suffer from terrible pain. I sometimes can see His wonderful work. Sometimes I just don’t know why I’m assigned to suffer so long. I would like to always glorify God in my suffering. 🙏🏽

  • @thewestwoodhome

    @thewestwoodhome

    Жыл бұрын

    🙌🏼

  • @RosemaryDrone-zy2eh

    @RosemaryDrone-zy2eh

    3 ай бұрын

    To have severe pain must be so hard! I'm praying for you.

  • @selahrichardson
    @selahrichardson Жыл бұрын

    So encouraging!!!

  • @thewestwoodhome

    @thewestwoodhome

    Жыл бұрын

    Glad to hear it!

  • @fayefayelou4093
    @fayefayelou4093 Жыл бұрын

    Needed this tonight, brother. Thank you so much for sharing. God is so, so kind. My husband and I are expecting our first baby next month, and things are just now getting difficult for me (painful, discouraging, etc). This helped me remember to praise God for His mercy and faithfulness to carry us this far and to continue to do so as He finishes the work He has planned for us and our daughter. 💛 God bless you and your family, brother! *All* things are for our good and God's glory. Soli Deo Gloria.

  • @thewestwoodhome

    @thewestwoodhome

    Жыл бұрын

    Blessing on the upcoming baby! Have 3 more you’ll love it lol 😂. Thank you so much and so glad it was a blessing to you 🙏🏼❤️🙏🏼

  • @dexxadax
    @dexxadax Жыл бұрын

    Thank you, Mr. Westwood. Glad to see you are home! This is something I needed to hear today. Thanks!

  • @thewestwoodhome

    @thewestwoodhome

    Жыл бұрын

    Thanks for listening

  • @gigiflame6454
    @gigiflame6454 Жыл бұрын

    Praying for God to continue to give you strength each day to serve Him and your family!

  • @thewestwoodhome

    @thewestwoodhome

    Жыл бұрын

    Thank you so much!

  • @lovelaughlupus7764
    @lovelaughlupus7764 Жыл бұрын

    I totaly get it! I was hospitalized w my lupus in 2018. i didnt realize at the time, many didnt think i was gonna walk out. its been (& still is) a huge daily struggle!!! many ask how i could praise God bc He gave me lupus. He is the only way I made it thru. if my story can help 1 person, then I'm ok w Him givin me lupus. He thought I was strong enough to use His glory in my story. Not to take away from your story, but to show empathy and compssion from someone who truly gets it. Thank you for all you do and my family has been praying for you and your healing and your family in this time

  • @thewestwoodhome

    @thewestwoodhome

    Жыл бұрын

    Thank you

  • @MelissaDougherty
    @MelissaDougherty Жыл бұрын

    This is good. So glad you shared this. Praying for you 🙏

  • @thewestwoodhome

    @thewestwoodhome

    Жыл бұрын

    Thanks sis ✌🏼

  • @mandyforgrave292
    @mandyforgrave292 Жыл бұрын

    Good to see you home Jesse!

  • @thewestwoodhome

    @thewestwoodhome

    Жыл бұрын

    Thansk!

  • @karenreynolds349
    @karenreynolds349 Жыл бұрын

    Thank you for your ministry!!!! Have been praying for yah!!!! God Bless!!! Such words of truth!!!!!! Amen!!!!!

  • @robertyoder7178

    @robertyoder7178

    Жыл бұрын

    we have not heard from him in a month, we need to be praying for them ......

  • @karenreynolds349

    @karenreynolds349

    Жыл бұрын

    @@robertyoder7178 I agree!!!

  • @lisacornman3571
    @lisacornman3571 Жыл бұрын

    This is a beautiful video. I've been carrying Long COVID since November 2020. I am not able to go back to work yet. I can't be active. It is a difficult road. Tho he slay me!! I am learning these same lessons right now. So many Christians (trying to help) telling me to "claim" my healing and to " believe". Ugh. I know that GOD is able to heal me in a moment! I pray that I am healed, if it be his will. HIS will produces new fruit in my life! I have had the opportunity in this season to rely on the LORD in new ways. I have had the opportunity to actually trust him even though I don't understand. I have had the opportunity to share with others, that although GOD hasn't healed me in my time, HE walks with me!! HE is growing me, refining me, creating intimacy between us, teaching me that HE is faithful! There is blessing in the carrying of your cross! I don't think that I would have made it to this understanding, without this journey of Long COVID. I will worship the LORD because he is Holy! Praying for you brother!

  • @thewestwoodhome

    @thewestwoodhome

    Жыл бұрын

    Thanks for sharing

  • @RosemaryDrone-zy2eh

    @RosemaryDrone-zy2eh

    3 ай бұрын

    God bless you! You have what truly matters! These things they dwell on and insist on temporary things. It's all rubbish compared to having Him!

  • @SamAlva
    @SamAlva Жыл бұрын

    Jesse, so good to see you, man. This was perfect. You put the focus on Christ and yet, you still allowed us to see what He is doing in you. Praise God for His tender mercies and loving care.

  • @thewestwoodhome

    @thewestwoodhome

    Жыл бұрын

    🙏🏼❤️🙏🏼

  • @apressbutton
    @apressbutton Жыл бұрын

    Thank you for being honest and vulnerable in a difficult time. Thank you for pointing back to the faithfulness and mercy of God.

  • @thewestwoodhome

    @thewestwoodhome

    Жыл бұрын

    Always

  • @kramhoogness
    @kramhoogness10 ай бұрын

    Praying for you and your family! I kept smiling hearing the screams of the kids in the background. Love that you are a dad and praying that God takes you deeper into that calling.

  • @cosmichrist
    @cosmichrist Жыл бұрын

    Praying for you brother.

  • @robertyoder7178

    @robertyoder7178

    Жыл бұрын

    we have not heard from him in a month, we need to be praying for them .......

  • @lesliejohnson8738
    @lesliejohnson8738 Жыл бұрын

    Brother you’ve been on my mind. You look so much better than in your March 1 short. Praise God for your growing insight and trust in the Lord. I’m learning, too. I’ve been less than trusting lately regarding a situation. God bless you and your beautiful family.

  • @thewestwoodhome

    @thewestwoodhome

    Жыл бұрын

    Wow, thank you

  • @michaelduncan802
    @michaelduncan802 Жыл бұрын

    Amen my Brother! Our hearts have been deeply touched by you sharing your journey. My wife &I have been Praying for you ever since we came across you on your channel & the interviews that you have done. We have had our own continuing journey and without having His Grace, Him as our foundation, His Strength & His Word we don't know how we would have survived! Continued Prayers my friend!

  • @thewestwoodhome

    @thewestwoodhome

    Жыл бұрын

    Thank you so much 🙌🏼❤️🙌🏼

  • @Savedbygrace22
    @Savedbygrace22 Жыл бұрын

    Amen Jesse🙏 Many Arminian believers think us reformed believers are worshiping a different God or we make him evil. You’re seeing what I’ve learned as well, it’s the Sovereignty of God and accepting that like Job did that is indescribably beautiful. That’s where true comfort comes from, understanding we deserve hell but he chose to save some for sharing eternity with him not to live our best life now. Peace brother🙏✝️

  • @aprilm1718
    @aprilm1718 Жыл бұрын

    What a great reminder! Thank you!

  • @thewestwoodhome

    @thewestwoodhome

    Жыл бұрын

    Glad it was helpful!

  • @joshuaswanson8632
    @joshuaswanson8632 Жыл бұрын

    Psalm 94:19, "In the multitude of my anxieties within me, Your comforts delight my soul." In His Word there is so much comfort. In the truth that He is God and we are not is a mysterious and sometimes even frustrating reality. We often don't know why we are put through situations where we suffer or have great sorrow. I often go back to Isaiah 55:6-9, “Seek the Lord while he may be found; call upon him while he is near; 7 let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts; let him return to the Lord, that he may have compassion on him, and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon. 8 For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, declares the Lord. 9 For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts." Brother, may you continue to seek Him, and continue to learn to trust Him better, and trust Him more!

  • @cliffhardy8431
    @cliffhardy8431 Жыл бұрын

    Hey man I'm glad I found your channel and your videos. I'm really sorry about your diagnosis. I'm also a type 1 diabetic, I was diagnosed when I was 8 years old. I know it can be really hard especially when it's all still new. I'm glad you have such a good outlook. It's good that you are still seeking after God in all this. I hope you will be able to keep making videos. Even though it's bad for you it can be helpful to other people to see other people in similar situations seeking after God and bringing their problems to him.

  • @thewestwoodhome

    @thewestwoodhome

    Жыл бұрын

    thanks!

  • @jesuslover6497
    @jesuslover6497 Жыл бұрын

    Thank you for your transparency, your rawness, and your humbleness. I imagine this helps more than just me. There are so many blessings in our trials and tribulations. God has a way of bringing us closer to Him through them. One marker of a true reborn again Christian is rejoicing in our challenges because we KNOW God is doing a good work in us and it’s all for His glory ❤️

  • @thewestwoodhome

    @thewestwoodhome

    Жыл бұрын

    Thank you 🙏🏼

  • @alessandracafé9438
    @alessandracafé9438 Жыл бұрын

    🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼 Amen brother!!! God bless you. Greetings from Puerto Rico 🇵🇷

  • @thewestwoodhome

    @thewestwoodhome

    Жыл бұрын

    Same to you!

  • @Lasuth82
    @Lasuth82 Жыл бұрын

    So glad to see you back. When I read the Bible for the first time is I picked Job to start with. I knew nothing about the Bible nor where to start but God knew. It really put me on the path to wanting to learn more and twenty two years later and many trials and testing I still want to learn more. When I look back at those difficult times I can always see God in it although I didn’t understand, I chose to trust and follow Jesus. May God bless you in your walk with even more hunger for His truth.

  • @thewestwoodhome

    @thewestwoodhome

    Жыл бұрын

    Thank you

  • @lastdayshomesteading6288
    @lastdayshomesteading6288 Жыл бұрын

    Glad God is walking you through this. You will draw even closer to Him. It's in affliction at times we are set free from our own thoughts. I sent an email a while back concerning something in 2015. Take care brother

  • @thewestwoodhome

    @thewestwoodhome

    Жыл бұрын

    thank you!

  • @lorianthony4749
    @lorianthony4749 Жыл бұрын

    Jesse, if you hadn't said that trusting God is still a challenge for you, I would never have inferred that from this video. I think the fact that you are able to feel His peace indicates that you are trusting Him more than you may realize. God is weaving all of this into your testimony through which He will ultimately be glorified.... So glad you are home with your family and feeling so much better.

  • @thewestwoodhome

    @thewestwoodhome

    Жыл бұрын

    Thank you

  • @cooljams_jams
    @cooljams_jams Жыл бұрын

    Powerful testimony, man. Thank you for sharing your choice to trust.

  • @thewestwoodhome

    @thewestwoodhome

    Жыл бұрын

    My pleasure!

  • @cherylcrane84
    @cherylcrane84 Жыл бұрын

    My first born was diagnosed in 2019 with type 1 diabetes his hospital stay was about a week as well. It was hard, and my first thought was what did I do for my son to deserve this. Do I not have enough faith. Did I sin? 🤷‍♀️ But after realizing that things happen and sometimes we have no control, but God is sovereign and he is good. I am still unlearning allot. Blessings to you brother. I am a new subscriber.

  • @lbee8247
    @lbee8247 Жыл бұрын

    So many people need to hear this. But for those it is cancer and for those watching a love one die from sickness. For those it is worse than diabetes. And they don't know why the healing isn't coming. Those who believe that God sent them a Bill Johnson sermon. Who have slipped away in desperation of wanting to be healed or have a love one healed to another gospel.

  • @thewestwoodhome

    @thewestwoodhome

    Жыл бұрын

    Thank you 🙏🏼

  • @ryanadams5719
    @ryanadams5719 Жыл бұрын

    “If this be so, our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace, and he will deliver us out of your hand, O king. But if not, be it known to you, O king, that we will not serve your gods or worship the golden image that you have set up.” Jesse…..I am praying for You and Your Family,Sir. May We keep in sight that all we face here ,in this world…..is light and momentary affliction. I have been facing health problems for the past 6 months…..without details may I say,that I can relate to the things that You have communicated. We have to find the abundance of grace and mercy,that Our gracious God and King has poured out upon Us….He is the wellspring of life. We are running a race,Jesse.

  • @thewestwoodhome

    @thewestwoodhome

    Жыл бұрын

    Thank you!

  • @EAB-bz6yi
    @EAB-bz6yi Жыл бұрын

    Thanks brother dude!!! Sharing out trials in Christ, being honest, then relating all back to Him, in the Word, who died for us, is paramount. Blessings!

  • @robertyoder7178

    @robertyoder7178

    Жыл бұрын

    we have not heard from him in a month, we need to be praying for them .......

  • @bettycarmella1127
    @bettycarmella1127 Жыл бұрын

    Brother this sharing blessed me beyond words❤️ praying for you and your precious family as our gracious Lord continues to give you beauty for ashes🙏🏽

  • @thewestwoodhome

    @thewestwoodhome

    Жыл бұрын

    I appreciate that

  • @jameseverhart9814
    @jameseverhart9814 Жыл бұрын

    I'm glad you are home.

  • @heidib2878
    @heidib2878 Жыл бұрын

    Am so grateful for your vulnerability. I too have been going through revisiting theology and what I believe that are false. It's been a tough journey. Including having unexpected health issues and being faced with what I believe truly about God and His character and the blood of Jesus and witness of the Holy Spirit. And what is Truth. Coming out of NAR isn't easy and feels like everything needs to be evaluated. But thank God for His kindness that He takes us step by step through this journey of discovery. He is El Yeshuati... the God of my salvation. El Elyon... God Most High. It's His work. Thank goodness! And even if we don't truly get it all right, His grace and mercy covers it all.

  • @librarylady868
    @librarylady868 Жыл бұрын

    Praying for you Jesse! I'm on the learning to trust God train too. There are beautiful lessons in this. God is patient with us. ❤

  • @thewestwoodhome

    @thewestwoodhome

    Жыл бұрын

    Thank yiu!

  • @tripletgirl2484
    @tripletgirl2484 Жыл бұрын

    Thank you Jesse, for your honesty and willingness to share your journey with God. Love hearing your kids❤ Yes, the Bible is truly amazing!!!

  • @thewestwoodhome

    @thewestwoodhome

    Жыл бұрын

    Thank you so much!

  • @josee2676
    @josee2676 Жыл бұрын

    ☺️ Thank you for blessing us through your trials. My husband is type 1. he was 25 years old when he was diagnoses. He still went mountain climbing and played sports. He played hockey in a league right until COVID-19. He stopped because of the pandemic at 49 years old. It’s manageable. Keep learning to lean on God. ☺️

  • @thewestwoodhome

    @thewestwoodhome

    Жыл бұрын

    Thanks 🙏🏼

  • @amandataylor4085
    @amandataylor4085 Жыл бұрын

    Saying a prayer for you 🙏🏾 I was very blessed by this and it strikes a chord. I have loved all your videos so far.

  • @thewestwoodhome

    @thewestwoodhome

    Жыл бұрын

    Thank you so much!

  • @robertyoder7178

    @robertyoder7178

    Жыл бұрын

    we have not heard from him in a month, we need to be praying for them ......

  • @janetdavis6473
    @janetdavis6473 Жыл бұрын

    So good to see you, Jesse! I’ve been praying daily for you and am delighted to see you home!🥲

  • @thewestwoodhome

    @thewestwoodhome

    Жыл бұрын

    Thank you 🙏🏼

  • @tonypasolli7334
    @tonypasolli7334 Жыл бұрын

    Praying for you and your family.

  • @robertyoder7178

    @robertyoder7178

    Жыл бұрын

    we have not heard from him in a month, we need to be praying for them ......

  • @AboveItAllDroneShots
    @AboveItAllDroneShots Жыл бұрын

    I love the parable in Matt 18. We need to peak in and see the one with the huge debt.....was he forgiven all his debt? Yes and no. It was given to him yet he never received it because we see him going out to collect from others so he can try to pay back. It is only when we receive that much forgiveness that we can forgive others. We must receive from God first before we can give what scripture points out. God bless, and I am glad you were able to find out what was going on physically!

  • @robertyoder7178

    @robertyoder7178

    Жыл бұрын

    we have not heard from him in a month, we need to be praying for them ......

  • @bella-bee
    @bella-bee Жыл бұрын

    God is good, all the time. I do pray he continues to bless and keep you and shine his wonderful face on you and give you peace.

  • @robertyoder7178

    @robertyoder7178

    Жыл бұрын

    we have not heard from him in a month, we need to be praying for them .......

  • @patrickmccarthy1121
    @patrickmccarthy1121 Жыл бұрын

    I love hearing your kids in background!

  • @thewestwoodhome

    @thewestwoodhome

    Жыл бұрын

    Feral children lol 😂

  • @patrickmccarthy1121

    @patrickmccarthy1121

    Жыл бұрын

    @The Westwoods I'm glad you didn't edit out your daughter coming in the room! Lol it was cute. She reminded me of my daughter's who would barge in while I'm in the middle of a zoom meeting for work 🙃

  • @kristabarret3448
    @kristabarret3448 Жыл бұрын

    So so good! Praying for your health and that He will lead you through each day. Look for the blessings -even in this. He is good! Bless you!

  • @Newlaw289
    @Newlaw289 Жыл бұрын

    He's back baby!! Woohoo!!

  • @thewestwoodhome

    @thewestwoodhome

    Жыл бұрын

    💪🏼💪🏼💪🏼

  • @Ruth-sd3mf
    @Ruth-sd3mf Жыл бұрын

    Yes, amen🙌 God is Good all the time. Even though I walk through life with sickness and pain I will praise Him. I know what it's like Jesse, it's tough going through hard times like this but I have also been blessed to learn that my relationship with God doesn't depend on me being healthy or strong or victorious or fill in the blank. I used to get upset and confused by people declaring healing over me...they would also say things like: what's going on? Why are you always sick? Implying I am responsible somehow, and have too little faith. Well, as of lately I have been countering these assumptions convinced God is good. He heals when he wants to. We don't know everything, or actually we know very little about everything going on. The late Dr Michael S. Heiser is a great example of someone who gracefully endured sickness, always serving the Lord. (If you haven't heard of him I highly recommend his teachings, he has helped me grasp the unseen realm (pun intended) a whole lot better) I pray for you and your family Jesse, God bless you 🙌 Ps. I loved hearing your children in the background 💝

  • @thewestwoodhome

    @thewestwoodhome

    Жыл бұрын

    Thank you 🙏🏼

  • @robertyoder7178

    @robertyoder7178

    Жыл бұрын

    we have not heard from him in a month, we need to be praying for them ......

  • @JorethaPhotos
    @JorethaPhotos Жыл бұрын

    Thank you. It's encouraging to hear that there is a brother in Christ who also has a difficulty in trusting our Lord. Pray for you and your family.

  • @thewestwoodhome

    @thewestwoodhome

    Жыл бұрын

    Well said!

  • @susanflight2626
    @susanflight2626 Жыл бұрын

    Well said and thank you

  • @thewestwoodhome

    @thewestwoodhome

    Жыл бұрын

    My pleasure

  • @cindyrusso5369
    @cindyrusso5369 Жыл бұрын

    Amen. I am so glad that you have come out of that deception. Praying for you. Here to help if you have any questions about type 1.

  • @thewestwoodhome

    @thewestwoodhome

    Жыл бұрын

    thanks!

  • @losmcdonald
    @losmcdonald Жыл бұрын

    You are slaying me right now. "I dont trust God." Last Saturday we had a "culto unido" here in Tijuana, basically where we have multiple churches get together and just have a big fun service. One of the worship songs was "te amo mas que a mi vida" (I love you more than i love my life). And I just didn't want to sing it because I knew deep down that if that were true, my life would look differently. There are still things that I'm holding onto in this world. Told my pastor about it (father in law) but he has sort of a hard shell to the idea of being so vulnerably honest. He tried convincing me I was fine. Lol. Anywho. Amen brother. God help us in our weakness. I need you Lord.

  • @robertyoder7178

    @robertyoder7178

    Жыл бұрын

    we have not heard from him in a month, we need to be praying for them .......

  • @chuckcribbs3398
    @chuckcribbs3398 Жыл бұрын

    You’ve called out the Apostate Church. God is allowing things just like He did Job. It’s a test. We all fail our tests. Just be faithful and don’t fall away.

  • @MountainMimi816
    @MountainMimi816 Жыл бұрын

    I'm so glad to see you out of the hospital and your health improving! It's wonderful to see God working in your life and giving you wisdom. I'm a fairly recent Stage 4 cancer survivor and the verse you mentioned {Job 13:15} was a verse I clung to during my cancer and now beyond. I'd also like to share a couple of other verses with you out of Job that mean so much to me. Job 10:12 You have granted me life and favor, and your care has preserved my spirit. NKV Also, Job 23:10 But He knows the way that I take; When He has tested me, I shall come forth as gold. NKJ Praying for you, your family and ministry, Jesse! ❤

  • @thewestwoodhome

    @thewestwoodhome

    Жыл бұрын

    Thank you!

  • @TheWolfwife
    @TheWolfwife Жыл бұрын

    Found you through 'recommendations' (probably due to Mike Winger). Saw this video on your home page... and OH MY GOSH.... You said EXACTLY what I needed to hear. I recently found out that I suffer from a disease called Charcot Marie Tooth. It appears that I will not be able to walk much longer. Your questions - AND your answers to them.... are absolutely perfect. I will praise Him anyway because He is worthy. Thank you for staying true to the faith. And Thank you for allowing God to use you to help others. I'm very grateful for people like you. I truly hope that you are able to get your disease under control and live your life to the fullest. Never stop sharing.

  • @robertyoder7178

    @robertyoder7178

    Жыл бұрын

    we have not heard from him in a month, we need to be praying for them .......

  • @adamgriffin1761
    @adamgriffin1761 Жыл бұрын

    I don’t know what else to say other than amen brother. Much love from this corner of Arizona. Please keep spreading this gospel.

  • @robertyoder7178

    @robertyoder7178

    Жыл бұрын

    we have not heard from him in a month, we need to be praying for them ......

  • @jameseverhart9814
    @jameseverhart9814 Жыл бұрын

    Jesse Westwood, I appreciate your testimony. Your understanding of Isaiah 53:5 in context is proof is your growth in the Lord.

  • @noelkm67
    @noelkm67 Жыл бұрын

    I’ve had arthritis since age six and recently diagnosed with kidney failure. God has gotten me through it all. We live in a fallen world full of sin, sickness, and death, and we will experience it all. I’m praying for you.

  • @robertyoder7178

    @robertyoder7178

    Жыл бұрын

    we have not heard from him in a month, we need to be praying for them .......

  • @DW-yq4zn
    @DW-yq4zn Жыл бұрын

    Jesse, one of the best books I’ve ever read is called “Trusting God Even when Life Hurts” by Jerry Bridges. It helped me so much in a crisis in my life…..I had been in church all my life and even Bible College and hadn’t had good teaching about the Sovereignty of God…this book helped me immensely. Bridges goes through so many scriptures that teach that God is in control. It’s worth a read 😊

  • @robertyoder7178

    @robertyoder7178

    Жыл бұрын

    we have not heard from him in a month, we need to be praying for them .......

  • @LongforTruth1
    @LongforTruth1 Жыл бұрын

    So glad you're back!

  • @Gen18.11
    @Gen18.11 Жыл бұрын

    How beautiful upon the mountains Are the feet of him who brings good news, Who proclaims peace, Who brings glad tidings of good things, Who proclaims salvation, Who says to Zion, “Your God reigns!”

  • @thewestwoodhome

    @thewestwoodhome

    Жыл бұрын

    🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼

  • @tanyatomasi587
    @tanyatomasi587 Жыл бұрын

    God bless you for this humble and heartfelt praise to God in the midst of a scary trial, especially as you are still finding your way, with God’s patient help, to a correct understanding of biblical truth. The last week of December my healthy 17 year old son was hospitalized in the cardiology ICU with severe myocarditis, by all intents and purposes it was a heart attack. They attributed it to a virus he had had (not COVID) 2 weeks prior. Out of no where this thing hit. I jumped immediately to thinking of I could’ve done to cause this to happen to my son because of my own involvement of the type teachings you’ve been evaluating. Mainly because of the teaching that to move out of the umbrella of protection of the authorities that were over me and my family and exposed us to demonic attack. I really had to struggle through that lie. This video gives me comfort that I am not alone in my struggles and that no matter what I am going through, it isn’t an indication that is against me. But that He never leaves me or forsakes me. I pray that God would heal you completely and in the meantime, whether that every happens in this life, that you continue to grasp the depth of His love for you that He will give you the grace to endure.

  • @tanyatomasi587

    @tanyatomasi587

    Жыл бұрын

    Sorry! A lot of typos in that but hopefully you get the gist.❤

  • @robertyoder7178

    @robertyoder7178

    Жыл бұрын

    we have not heard from him in a month, we need to be praying for them .......

  • @rommym7528
    @rommym7528 Жыл бұрын

    Glad to know you are home; continuing to pray for you and your family. Your faith and love for Him really blesses my heart. I have learned in my own walk over the years that oftentimes "Faith" & "Trust" are a choice ( in spite of myself and circumstances) and I have never been disappointed. Love you young man! God continue to bless you as you grow in His Grace.

  • @thewestwoodhome

    @thewestwoodhome

    Жыл бұрын

    Thank you so much!

  • @catostrophiccannon3447
    @catostrophiccannon3447 Жыл бұрын

    Brother Westwood, you seem to be heading the correct direction. Looking forward to hearing you truly get the language made a new, losing the false language taught in man made books. He sent us the Word to Glorify him and share in his glory.

  • @thewestwoodhome

    @thewestwoodhome

    Жыл бұрын

    Thank you 🙏🏼

  • @rose2525bud
    @rose2525bud Жыл бұрын

    I so needed to hear this! Beautifully said! 🙌🏼❤️‍🔥🙌🏼

  • @thewestwoodhome

    @thewestwoodhome

    Жыл бұрын

    Glad it was helpful!

  • @freedom2736
    @freedom2736 Жыл бұрын

    It's good to see you back and I hope all is going well with you 😊 and your family 👪 God bless 🙌

  • @thewestwoodhome

    @thewestwoodhome

    Жыл бұрын

    Thank you! You too!

  • @janinerose1618
    @janinerose1618 Жыл бұрын

    Hi Jesse! Thank you so much for this! I am still struggling with so much stuff...it is kind of embarrasing...I left JGLM about 4 months ago...all by Gods Grace! I was so deceived I almost lost my family....I have to be so aware all the time because it is almost as if my brain has been tuned into name it and claim it... Thanks for an amazing channel! God Bless

  • @robertyoder7178

    @robertyoder7178

    Жыл бұрын

    we have not heard from him in a month, we need to be praying for them ......

  • @danielcguy
    @danielcguy Жыл бұрын

    I love you brother. You are such a blessing. Praise be to our King!

  • @thewestwoodhome

    @thewestwoodhome

    Жыл бұрын

    ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️