Soul Food
Soul Food
The Naked Truth: Beyond Redemption (Final EP)
The transformative power of spiritual renewal takes center stage as Bishop Joshua explores life's most fundamental truth: "Without Jesus, we can do nothing." Through powerful testimony and biblical wisdom, this episode illuminates how our attempts to find fulfillment through relationships, career success, or material possessions ultimately leave us empty when pursued without spiritual connection.
Witness Lisette's extraordinary journey from darkness to light.
The message resonates with crystal clarity: no past is too broken, no sin too great for Jesus to transform. Whether you consider yourself beyond redemption or feel the void of meaninglessness, the Holy Spirit is available to fill your life with purpose. Contact us directly at 1-888-312-4141 for prayer or guidance—your journey toward lasting peace begins with a simple step of faith.
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Speaker 2:Here on the Soul Food Podcast. Hello, dear friends, once again together with the naked truth. And the truth is without jesus we cannot do anything. He was the one who said without me you can do nothing. I am fully aware, and you too, how many things you have tried to do without jesus. Hey, hey, listen to me how many things you have tried to do without Jesus. You tried to be married, to be happy without Jesus. Your marriage came to nothing. You tried your career, your business relationships, everything that you tried without Jesus came to nothing. But with him we can make it. It. And maybe you ask me who is jesus? Where is jesus? How can I know jesus? I want you to view right now where jesus is. Who is jesus, what he does get to know, and we are going to show to you in a few. The case of Lisette she did not know who Jesus was, but now she knows do you know who the Lord Jesus is?
Speaker 1:for the blind man, he's light for the starving. He's the bread of life for the thirsty. He's the bread of life For the thirsty. He's the fountain of living water For the sick. He's healing For the lonely. He's a faithful friend For the accused. He's a lawyer For the lost. He's the Savior For the wandering. He's the way For the deceived. He's the truth For the dead. He is life.
Speaker 2:The Lord Jesus is everything. That's right. He is everything that you need. I'm not talking about a religion, a church, a denomination, a pastor. I'm talking about the Lord Jesus Christ, our Heavenly Father, that he wants to be with you, regardless of who you are or what.
Speaker 2:This young lady Lisette she was molested, yes, for two years. For two years she was molested, abused and, as a result, she became a rebellious person. In this ministry we do not criticize, we do not judge anybody. We are willing to help everybody. You know why? Because we do not know the background, the past or what this person went through, like this young lady. Lisette came to the church and we did not know what was going on in her life. Only when she came she got free. Now she's testifying.
Speaker 2:Usually we don't go into people's business, people's privacy. No, we pray and we preach the word. So I say come as you are, we are not going to judge you, but we are going to help you. What a case.
Speaker 2:And in a few I'm going to talk about the water. Can you please prepare a bottle of water or a glass of water, can you? Can you Okay, fine, of water or a glass of water, can you? Can you, okay, fine, prepare it. Leave that near your computer, your device, because in a few I'm going to talk about this water. Are you thirsty? Are you thirsty? Stay with me, do not go away. I am going to talk about this water. Uh, if you need spiritual help, you are going to send me a text. My text message is appearing right now on your screen. That's right, this is my text number 1-888 312-4141. I have here the device and I keep my device always with me and I also pray with this device. I receive many texts and I pray with the device. I pray on the altar of the church for those who send the text. Send the text or, if you prefer to talk to a pastor right now, you can call us 1-888-332-4141. Watch the story of Lisette.
Speaker 3:Everything for me began when I was at the age of seven. At the age of seven I was sexually abused by a family member and that went on for about two years member. And that went on for about two years. At first I didn't know what was going on. I thought it was a game, because that's what the person had told me, that we were playing a game, you know. So at the age of seven a lot of kids are very innocent. It then came to me that it wasn't right. Like I said, two years it went on for two years. That's when it kind of hit me that it wasn't right. Like I said, two years, it went on for two years. That's when it kind of hit me that this wasn't normal, because afterwards I was feeling very, very, very sad. It was just so much pain, so much hurt that I had, and it was just kind of a secret that's what the person had said that it was just our secret, so I couldn't tell anybody. So it was just to the point where I felt like I needed to do something about it. So that's when I decided this whole thing had happened at school, where I was at school, where he then tried to come pick me up early from school. But the moment that I had seen him I had started to cry. So that's when I was called in to the principal's office and the nurse starts asking questions. And that's when TPS then became involved. And TPS then, of course, talked to my parents and my parents told them that I was lying, that it was just that I was probably making something up like that just for attention.
Speaker 3:Everything just began to get really worse. I was very traumatized. I couldn't stand people being next to me, around me. I just I was so scared. I was scared to be alone and throughout the years, because of what had happened when I was young, I didn't want to talk to my mom. My mom to me was dead. To me she wasn't my mother because the action that she chose to make wasn't something a mother would do. So to me I had no mom.
Speaker 3:I then began to get involved with people at school. I was introduced to weed, I was introduced to games, I was introduced to a lot of things, and for me that was something that attracted me because in a way, I was important to those people that I was hanging around with, and that's when I began to go out to clubs partying. I began to be with a lot of guys. I was doing a lot of things with other guys just because I loved having that attention, like I said before that I didn't have that attention at home. I then began to sneak outside the house. I was doing whatever I wanted. Basically, my parents had no idea what was going on because I never gave them that door to even talk to me. They couldn't talk to me because it was always yelling. I basically did whatever I wanted. I would come home late, I would come drunk, I would jump outside of the window, I would get in fights when I was doing all that stuff. And then I came home by myself in my house. I was so sad. I had put on this fake smile when I was with everybody, but when it was just me by myself in my room, I was always very sad.
Speaker 3:It got so bad to then I began to be suicidal. I then tried suicide three times. The first times were just cutting, you know, to kind of relieve some of the pain. The second time I had a cousin of mine that told me that everything would be better if I were to just drink some pills. I drank the pills. Nothing happened to me. I just couldn't stand everything anymore, which I would say was my breaking point.
Speaker 3:I went out and I went out for a jog and I remember I went into a busy street where there was a bunch of cars coming and I threw myself in front of a car. The car did not hit me, it swerved and it burned tire, but it did not hit me. And I just remember that person got out of the car and started yelling at me and saying that I was crazy. And in that moment I think the words of every, the words of that person kind of woke me up, because I remember that I got home and I started to cry and I said, wow, like what's going on with me? You know, like I really am crazy. And you know I began to cry and I just I couldn't stand it anymore and I prayed and I said God, please help me. I need your help. I can't do this alone. If I keep doing this, I'm going to end up being dead. I need you to help me. And that was when I did my prayer and I went to sleep.
Speaker 3:At that time my parents were already attending the Universal Church due to my father having a brain tumor and just having three months to live. Thankfully, my father was able to be completely cured of this brain tumor and I was able to see the difference in their lives, that I wanted that same difference in my life and that's when I decided to come. I decided to come and participate and I remember it was a Wednesday night and I remember that I came and I had felt peace once I came and I participated in the service and this peace was so beautiful and something that I hadn't felt ever in my life and I remember that I said I came here in this place and nobody's going to take me out. This is the place where God's going to help me change and take this emptiness, take this hatred out of me. Participating of Fridays I was also delivered from traumas, from depression, from the hatred of my family and also from the alcohol use and from the drug use that I had. I also then began to participate of Sundays, which was also a huge blessing for me, because Sundays was a family day and through those Sundays, my family was able to be restored. Participating of the services. Participating of Wednesdays One night, um, the pastor was talking about the Holy spirit and how we needed the Holy spirit in order for us to survive everything in our lives.
Speaker 3:And I remember that I prayed to God and I said, god, I never want to be apart from your presence. I never want to go back to the old me. I never want to go back to that person that was traumatized, hatred, always angry at the world. I don't want to ever go back. And I understood that in order for me to never go back was for me to receive the Holy Spirit. And I began to seek the Holy Spirit. The pastor said to do seekings, do fastings. I began to do everything that I was going to remain until the very end, and that's what I wanted. And I participated and I seeked with all my heart on a Wednesday night and I was able to receive the Holy Spirit.
Speaker 3:When I received the Holy Spirit, it was the most happy day of my life. I have never been so happy. I felt so much peace, but it was a different kind of peace, because I knew that God was with me. I knew that God was inside of me and I knew that he was never going to leave me. Today, my life is a huge blessing. I'm a person that wants to live, that always has a smile on her face, has no more hatred whatsoever. I love my mom. We have a best friend relationship. She's somebody that I can count on, my whole household. It's just so much peace. I am telling you that there is a solution to your problem and that solution is you coming and participating in the Universal Church and seeking for God.
Speaker 2:Did you notice that Lisette? Before she received the Holy Spirit, she was doing drugs, partying, rebellious. But when she received the Holy Spirit, we can see the change in her life, the change in her face, in her eyes I'm not talking about the look or makeup, but the splendor, the shine of the Holy Spirit in her face. You don't see any bitterness, depression, frustration, sadness. No, you see the shine of Jesus Spirit. Because this is how it goes what you have inside of you reflects outside on your face. If you are angry, bitter, depressed, you have this sick face, pale face, frustrated face, because it comes from inside. But if inside you are lighter, you have light, you are free. Oh, my friends, this is what people see. They see the splendor of the spirit of god. Now let me explain it to you.
Speaker 2:About the water Look here please. This water is for the thirst of our throats, our body. We all need to drink water. Right, very well. But lord jesus was before the well. There came a woman to draw water, to take some water from there, and jesus said to her whoever drinks of this water, which water? The water that she was there to take? See what the scripture says whoever drinks of this water will thirst again. This water is the water that Lisette was drinking.
Speaker 2:Parties, drugs, alcohol. She drank of this water, but she was always thirsty. Let me put it this way you who have this alcoholism problem, drug addiction but she was always thirsty. Let me put it this way you who have this alcoholism problem, drug addiction you are always going to parties because you need to meet people, to feel good, to have good times. Always you need more. You go to one party, then you go to another one. You drink one alcohol, then you have to drink another one, another drink and another drink, and you need to smoke one cigarette, two cigarettes, then you go to marijuana, then you go to crack cocaine, heroin. You are always looking for something strong, like a strong dose, but, as you know, you are always thirsty.
Speaker 2:But once you receive the Holy Spirit see now what Jesus said, talking about himself, talking about the Holy Spirit but whoever drinks of the water that I shall give him will never thirst, will never thirst. This water Jesus was talking about is not the liquid, the natural water. It's still water, but he was talking about his spirit, the Holy Spirit, about his spirit, the Holy Spirit. When you receive the Holy Spirit, you are going to be free and he is available for you. And maybe you say I am a sinner, me too. You say I don't deserve. Hey, hey, nobody deserves.
Speaker 2:The Holy Spirit just needed to find someone that's seeking him, someone that is sincere. Perhaps you are like Lisette, or even worse. You are a prostitute, a drug dealer, homosexual. You are the worst person on earth. Very well, jesus is calling you the way you are. He is going to clean, wash your past. He did it for Lisette and he is going to pour the new spirit. And you shall thirst, never, never again. The universal church is open every single day, however, wednesday in the evening and Sundays in the morning, we are there seeking the Holy Spirit. However, do not be limited for two days. The Holy Spirit is available every single day. Don't stop listening.
Speaker 3:Soul Food has more to feed you. You are listening to Soul Food with Bishop Joshua.
Speaker 4:We'll be right back, not hopeless though you have been broken, your innocence stolen. I hear you whisper underneath your breath. I hear your SOS, your SOS, your SOS, your SOS, your SOS. I will send out an army to find you In the middle of the darkest night. It's true, I will rescue you. It's true, I will rescue you. There is no distance that cannot be covered over and over. You're not defenseless. I'll be your shelter, I'll be your armor. I hear you whisper underneath your breath. I hear your SOS, your SOS, your vessel. I will send out an army to find you In the middle of the darkest night. It's true, I will rescue you. Oh, I will never stop marching to reach you In the middle of the hardest fight. It's true, I will rescue you. Oh, I will rescue you. I will rescue you.
Speaker 2:I will pray now to the Holy Spirit and he is going to fill your heart, fill your soul. I want you to get this cup of water wherever you may be. Let us pray together. Close your eyes.
Speaker 1:It's now the moment of prayer. Let us talk to God.
Speaker 4:Let us talk to God. Here I am, in this moment of prayer.
Speaker 1:So despised.
Speaker 2:Oh, my Lord and my father, there are a lot of people praying with me right now whose life is meaningless, tasteless. Dispersa has no flavor in life. Dispersa's life is miserable. Dispersa's life is miserable. This person's life is a miserable life, a life that this person does not want anymore. That's why she wants to kill herself himself. Empty void, empty void. They try to put a mask, a real mask. There are people that liked a lot. They liked a lot, but she wants to hide the sadness, the bitterness on her face.
Speaker 2:Oh Lord, my God, my Father. But I pray to you right now and I ask, oh, spirit of the divine God, answer our prayers, answer my Lord, our voice, and let this person, right now, rise high and above come my Lord to. And let this person right now rise high and above Come my Lord, to wash away their tears. Empty this body where there is no peace. Let your peace be inside of this person. Lord, transform lives right now, just as you transformed the life of Lisette. Consacrate this water. Wash away all bitterness, grudges, resentment, frustration, indignation, anger. Oh Lord, my God, deliver this person. I ask you, in the name of the Father, the, the holy spirit, amen, praise god, amen, when we drink this water, the spirit, the power of god will enter inside of us and I am sure you shall never, ever be the same.
Speaker 1:Drink this water Unto.
Speaker 4:Thee, o Lord, do I lift up my soul Unto Thee, o Lord, do I lift up my soul? Oh my God, I trust in Thee. Let me not be ashamed. Let not my enemies triumph over me. Yea, let none that wait On Thee be ashamed. Yea, let none that wait. Let me not be ashamed of my enemies' strife over me.
Speaker 2:The Spirit of God is upon you. He will never leave you alone, nor forsake you. God is available. He said return to me and I will return to you. When you return to him, you say to him here I am as a father. He turns to you also and he tells you here I am as well. Come to see us and come as you are. You are not going to find any judgment, criticism, but men and women of God available to see you. And Wednesday 7 pm and Sunday 7 in the morning, 10 in the morning, 6 pm, we have services only to seek the Holy Spirit.
Speaker 2:If you need to talk to someone right now, yes, try it. Try it. Call this number 1-888-332-4141. Call this number on your screen. Also, you can send me a text. My device is with me wherever I go, even when I'm holding the service in the church. I have it on the pulpit. It's always with me, and I have the text app and I have it on the pulpit. It's always with me. And I have the tax app and I always check it daily and daily. I pray for you. The tax number is 1-888-312-4141. May the God of the Bible bless all of you. Thank you for listening to Soul Food Podcast. Make sure your notification button is on. Stay tuned to the next episode coming up. Don't forget to share the food that will last forever.