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When you give during Visionathon, you are helping bring the true hope of the Gospel to thousands of people nationwide.
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Imagine every time you said goodbye to your family before going to work, it wasn’t just ‘see you tonight’, it was ‘see you in a week’s or month’s time’. The Holy Spirit is at work in the lives of those living in remote mining communities. Pastor Gavin Douglas from Tom Price, WA shares his town’s story.
It was on the third day of listening to Vision Radio’s brand spanking new station – 1053AM in Brisbane, just three days old, that Vallint rose to the call of Vision Radio’s Visionathon!
The doctors and the ambulance people were astounded. They’d already filled in the necessary papers and the police were there to confirm Ony’s death.
Pina is from Waterford in WA. She’s a relative newbie to Vision Christian Radio, having only discovered the station earlier this year. In that short time she says it has come to mean a great deal to her.
Janet’s a Vision supporter from Fairfield in Sydney’s western suburbs who did say the first thing she does is listen to Vision Radio.
Tim from Cedar Creek, in South East Queensland, who said he was prompted by the Spirit to make a donation to the Vision Radio appeal.
It’s because of his work that Alan doesn’t have the time to get to church. That’s where Vision plays a big part in Alan’s life.
‘I would not be able to live without Vision’. Adam has been beset with ill health and the trauma of a divorce.
“Listening to Vision has brought me back from the edge twice and has saved my life when I was desperate and in a state of hopelessness,” shared Suzanne from Bairnsdale Victoria.
Vision’s mission is to bring true hope to every Australian. And in every Visionathon, we here so many stories of lives changed and impacted by God working through us. We know there are countless stories which we won’t get to hear, but those people who do call us remind us that we are making a real difference every day.
“It’s always worth listening to. It’s good programming, wholesome, and there’s the teaching.” Mark from Tasmania installs sites, distributes Word For the Day, and donates blood..bigtime!
It’s hard sometimes to talk about your faith with someone from a different faith – someone who has an honestly-held set of beliefs, someone who is sure that those beliefs are true. How do you deal with them with grace, and with love…
Hazel shares her story about our 700th community, Lake Nash in NT, which recently connected to Vision Radio. “I lived at Lake Nash for 20-years and I’d heard other Aboriginal communities were getting it (Vision Radio), but I didn’t understand how they got it,” Hazel said.
“To me Vision is like a breath of fresh air, a light in the darkness – that’s what Vision is.” Esther, who lost her husband 2-and-a-half years ago in 2015, said Vision Radio has been a strong companion for her during her troubles.
Hal Short, was there at the very beginning of Christian radio and shares about coming to Australia to launch Christian radio for the very first time.
“We’d be looking across the nation and thinking, ‘Lord, what You’ve been doing with us we want to see go into this country.”
The Australian musician spends most of his life on the road visiting remote communities where Vision is a key part of his ministry in sharing the Good News.
It was ‘Testimony Tuesday’ on Vision radio. Steve from Chinchilla called in to share a story and uplift the name of God. While he was on the phone, he happened to mention that he’d met an 11-year-old girl who is blind. He said it would be lovely to see a Perkins Braille machine organised for her.
Peter was once an alcoholic and a criminal, living what he calls ‘a purposeless life’. But a visit to his parents’ church began a miraculous transformation. Now he’s a travelling evangelist, bringing hope to the outback on his motorcycle.
Gourmet food distributor and boxing trainer Don Fakhry found that out for himself more than 20 years ago. Now he spends every spare moment helping the broken find hope.
This is Steve from Chinchilla, Queensland who shared how he and his wife Sharon were travelling through the Northern Territory last week.
Most importantly for Vision Radio is Lois and the many Vision listeners like Lois who are responding to the Vision Radio appeal to keep the ministry impacting Australia.
We hear this frequently – that Vision Radio is a ‘pick-me-up’ for listeners going through a ‘valley’ experience and when the ‘chips are down.’
So what is an apologist? Pastor Vines explained that the word sprung from the Greek term apologia, which means to give a defence with love.
‘My passion is for people who are far from God, who are skeptical, who are even antagonistic.’
“I just turn it down very low when I go to bed at night and walk past it and put it back on in the morning and it’s on all day. I don’t like to turn it off, it’s just such a wonderful influence in our lives.”
“In these isolated communities where there’s not a lot of fellowship or pastoral ministry it’s great to be able to say, ‘Hey, go to Vision Christian media, go to The Word for Today, be part of it, that resource is there to use.”
“Within a few minutes (of listening to Vision Radio) I literally felt a massive sense of peace. My thoughts were being replaced with things that were lovely, true, and praiseworthy.” This is Mandy who’s been listening to Vision Radio for about 2 years after having a session or two with a Christian counsellor.
Linda from Kingaroy in Queensland shares about the unifying effect Vision Radio has had in the community in the way it’s unified the churches. “It’s the talk, all the interviews are brilliant…”
Anna Heatherington is living through the worst drought on record. There’s been no decent rain for more than 6 years.
But God’s given Anna a whole new perspective and she spoke about an incident that occurred when moving a mob of sheep into a laneway…baa one!
John thought he had lost everything after spending 7 years in prison and being disowned by his family. But God had a plan to restore his life and bring healing family wounds.
This is about the power of the Word of God and a very brave and courageous woman, Kylie.
Bridget’s a Vision donor from Albany, WA, who wanted to thank Vision Radio for the difference it’s made in her life.
Anita was just a teenager when she attended the Billy Graham Crusade in Auckland back in 1969. Ten years later I was living in Sydney and (The Billy Graham Crusade) wanted counsellors.
“I lost my husband 12 years ago and Greg Laurie was talking about heaven. I was just so close to God and I couldn’t even cry at the funeral because I knew where my husband was in heaven.”
This is Glenda from Perth – a loyal listener to Vision Radio, and from what Glenda has said Vision has stood the test of time, not just for Glenda but for many, many listeners.
George wants other Vision listeners to join him saying it’s about ‘stretching the tent pegs’.
“10 days ago Phil, my husband of 42 years passed away.” Susan said that although Phil’s death has left the family devastated her resolve has been to keep Christ at the centre of her life through this time of grief.
“The music certainly helps uplift your spirit when you’re down, for myself and my son who’s only 8. Vision makes you realise you’re not alone and there are other people travelling that same path.” Simon is a recent widower, a solo dad with an 8-year old son after losing his wife to cancer 12-months ago.
‘When you’re an angry violent person, and you’re in a big city like Newcastle upon Tyne, you can have as much trouble as you can handle.’ Dougie March thought he could handle anything. He was a member of an infamous gang of football hooligans, who followed Newcastle FC around the UK, getting in trouble.
Melissa from Ferntree Gully in Victoria, a donor to the November Visionathon, has been battling depression and anxiety for 24 years. “When the worries of the day become too big I tune into Vision, focus on God, His love, and how incredibly good He is to me,” Melissa testified.
Pauline Sangham is a Christian radio broadcaster from South Africa. Her show has more than 60,000 listeners, but like every Christian, she has struggled with her faith. When she was wrestling with difficult questions, God sent Pauline a vivid dream which revealed both hard truth, and amazing hope.
Over 80% of our income is from the freewill gifts of wonderful people just like you.
So thank you for helping. Your generous support is 'Connecting Faith to Life'.
