Encouragement Your Whole Family Can Enjoy

Ive been meaning to write you for a while, and yout fundraising drive was the push i neeeded to put my thoughts down finally and to send it off with a contribution so that you can continue to impact lives the way you've impacted mine.

I started listening to UCB just over a year ago. It started when i was driving to the hospital one day. There was a cermon being broadcasted about breaking down stronholds, areas of our lives that we havent given over to God, parts of our lives that we project as our own, and boy oh boy i have a few, even still. But slowly, surely and steadily, Jesus is knocking those walls down.

About the time i heard that cermon I had just started attending a new church, i felt God nudging me, wanting me to walk more closely with him. I mentioned the cermon I'd heard on the radio with the Pastor at this new church and he said something like "oh yeah, that's UCB Canada, we listen to them all the time:

After that one programmed 102.3 into my radio and listened all the time when driving, and i still do. When driving into work, instead of thinking about another 12 hour shift, instead the music lifts my soul and i start seeing the sky, the clouds, the sun, the tree lined landscape, the beauty of God's creation.

I still struggle at times, my fire is still sick and it's something that may never bve fully cured. But the struggles i have now are not the burden they were before. I cant say that its a joyful struggle but i do find moments of joy when God reaches out to me. Sometimes its in conversation , or prayer or in a song or message i hear from UCB on the radio.

I pray you will be there for a long time to come and that you will continue to breathe life into this browken world that is so often hostile to God's saving grace and the loving sacrifice of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.

Sincerely and thankfully

P.S I didnt indened to use red in k but this was the pen i grabbed when i saw it was red i went to a blue pen. Then i remembered the son you station introduced to me "the red letters" before hearing that song i'd never heard of tyhe RLB, Now I read it daily.

Last year my Mom suddenly passed away, and when I was bringing my Dad, who has dementia, to the funeral home, a song on UCB spoke to me... everything was so difficult, but that song gave me so much hope; money is tight right now, but the Good Lord put that song on and told me to do something… so I’m giving my best gift!

I actually called the other day and became a monthly partner, and while I was on the phone, I had kinda gone out on a limb ‘cause I had just had a job interview and hadn’t heard back yet. It’s the first job I’ve applied for in eighteen years. So, while I made the pledge, the UCB guy I talked to asked if he could pray with me about the interview, and he did, and it was just really encouraging. I got home that same day and the phone rang and it was the job offer. So, I was just through the moon because, regardless if I got the job or not, I wanted to support your program, but then just knowing that it was provided was just so wonderful. I’m just feeling really happy today and I wanted share with your station that not just for like, y’know, if you’re going through something hard, but just even that day-to-day companion in the vehicle. I’m so glad it’s there and I don’t want it to not be there. So, supporting was definitely something we wanted to do.

We've prayed for salvation for our family for years. My sister and I were Christ followers, and some years later our father came to Christ.

Over the years our mom started reading The Word For You Today I left with her and started to believe a lot of the things she read. It got easy to talk with her about faith. When she died, she was a full-fledged believer.

My youngest brother and sister contacted my sister and I about four months ago with the news that they too had converted. They had started to question things after Mom died and ended up choosing to follow God all the way. We never expected they would give in to God; but they both have and are now doing Bible study with the two of us.

I don't think I ever anticipated that God would call so many of our family.

I'm writing this letter mostly because Mom got her education almost completely from the monthly devotionals she read. They opened her up to the Bible and she told others about her Saviour whenever she had the chance.

The Word For You Today has also been so helpful to me. I use these devotionals in active ministry as the ideas are easy to pass onto the general public and have literally been lifesavers to my family.

Thank you for the inspiration that you have provided for us.