Episode 39: Losing a job saved Ellen Yao's life
01/27/21 • 33 min
“That saved my life. I mean, me being laid off saved my life.”
From losing her job to finding her greater purpose, Ellen Yao knows that God has been at work in her life. After immigrating from South Korea and growing up in church, surrounded by Christian friends and family, Ellen tried to find her own way and identity as a young adult. But everything she tried, from partying to climbing the corporate ladder, left her feeling empty inside. That prompted a desperate prayer from Ellen, asking God to show up and prove He was real. And He did, in a way that Ellen never could have expected. After being laid off, she gave her life to Jesus, went back to school, met her husband, and found herself on an adventure of a lifetime, her very first trip, to Iraq in the middle of war with ISIS. This is an incredible experience you’ll have to hear to believe.
2:45 – Ellen’s family immigrates to the US from South Korea and converts to Christianity
6:43 – In college Ellen drifted away from church in pursuit of her own identity and worldview
10:45 – Ellen gets into “ricing” cars and partying, and then climbs the “corporate ladder” and pursues “stable life”
12:51 – Ellen’s prayer for God to show up leads to several huge changes in her life
19:18 – During the war with ISIS in Iraq Ellen feels called by God to go there
22:43 – Memories of going to Iraq and the launch of her new “life of purpose”
29:31 –Ellen’s greater purpose in this season
Would you like know more about how you can connect with your greater purpose? After you listen to this episode, go to our website: www.rfwma.org and find out how World Missions Alliance can help you connect to your greater purpose. Find out more about the Greater Purpose Conference: https://rfwma.org/greaterpurpose/
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“That saved my life. I mean, me being laid off saved my life.”
From losing her job to finding her greater purpose, Ellen Yao knows that God has been at work in her life. After immigrating from South Korea and growing up in church, surrounded by Christian friends and family, Ellen tried to find her own way and identity as a young adult. But everything she tried, from partying to climbing the corporate ladder, left her feeling empty inside. That prompted a desperate prayer from Ellen, asking God to show up and prove He was real. And He did, in a way that Ellen never could have expected. After being laid off, she gave her life to Jesus, went back to school, met her husband, and found herself on an adventure of a lifetime, her very first trip, to Iraq in the middle of war with ISIS. This is an incredible experience you’ll have to hear to believe.
2:45 – Ellen’s family immigrates to the US from South Korea and converts to Christianity
6:43 – In college Ellen drifted away from church in pursuit of her own identity and worldview
10:45 – Ellen gets into “ricing” cars and partying, and then climbs the “corporate ladder” and pursues “stable life”
12:51 – Ellen’s prayer for God to show up leads to several huge changes in her life
19:18 – During the war with ISIS in Iraq Ellen feels called by God to go there
22:43 – Memories of going to Iraq and the launch of her new “life of purpose”
29:31 –Ellen’s greater purpose in this season
Would you like know more about how you can connect with your greater purpose? After you listen to this episode, go to our website: www.rfwma.org and find out how World Missions Alliance can help you connect to your greater purpose. Find out more about the Greater Purpose Conference: https://rfwma.org/greaterpurpose/
If you are interested in becoming a sponsor of the Limitless Spirit Podcast, click below
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Episode 38: God freed DeAnna Moore from the generational sins in her family
On this episode of the Limitless Spirit podcast, you’ll hear DeAnna Moore’s story.
In her young adulthood she struggled with mental illness, alcoholism, and the tragic consequences of the lifestyle that went along with substance abuse. Only later in life she found out that her father was not the man who raised her and that she was subject to sever abuse as an infant due to generational sins and secrets in her family.
But it wasn’t God’s plan for DeAnna to be stuck in her misery forever. He directed her through series of encounters to get involved with AA and set her on the path to become a nurse. More importantly, Jesus Christ began to heal DeAnna once she began a relationship with Him. Then, she found her greater purpose in life – to serve God as a medical missionary.
3:21 – DeAnna’s childhood struggles with her family and mental health
7:20 – Trying and “failing miserably, over and over again” to get through life on her own strength leads DeAnna to terrible addiction and patterns of abuse
8:39 – Because of all she went through, DeAnna finds Christ but continues to battle her sinful nature
11:02 – Getting diagnosed as an alcoholic, going to AA, beginning to turn her life around
14:28 – DeAnna’s path to becoming a nurse, finding her biological father, facing the generational sins of her family, and marrying her “true love”
21:29 – The origins of DeAnna’s missionary focus and stories from her journeys
25:55 – How her life has changed and how she’s found her greater purpose
Would you like know more about how you can connect with your greater purpose? After you listen to this episode, go to our website: www.rfwma.org and find out how World Missions Alliance can help you connect to your greater purpose. Find out more about the Greater Purpose Conference: https://rfwma.org/greaterpurpose/
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Episode 40: Because of the pandemic Jason Raine met new friends and found his greater purpose
These are the things that led Jason Raine to walk away from God after he had a bad experience during a mission trip in high school. Looking to find his true identity Jason threw himself into building a successful career. But the same issues that caused him to leave church created a conflict at work that almost cost him his job.
After a tough conversation with his boss and a forced leave, Jason did some soul searching. He realized he had to make big changes in his life. Step one was developing a real, authentic relationship with Jesus. He got plugged into a church and serving in youth ministry and technical support.
The Covid -19 pandemic threatened to take away everything that Jason valued due to the strict lockdowns in California. Instead, God led Jason into a new circle of friends and through them on a lifechanging mission trip to Serbia where he experienced a big miracle and felt guided in the direction of his true calling..
3:43 – Jason felt betrayed by his youth pastor on a mission trip
5:11 – “I walked away from God”
6:46 – Jason pursues a career but has a conflict with his boss over his attitude and work ethic
9:11 – Jason’s boss gives him some tough love and Jason realizes he’s been in the wrong, which led him back to God
13:06 – Downloading TikTok and getting connected to WMA leads to him going to Serbia on a mission trip
19:34 – “Serbia was the trip of a lifetime.” Jason shares how God showed him he was supposed to be there as he helped out with the church’s tech equipment and prayed for a man who had cancer and was later found to be cancer-free
28:11 – Jason’s greater purpose and what’s next for his life
Would you like know more about how you can connect with your greater purpose? After you listen to this episode, go to our website: www.rfwma.org and find out how World Missions Alliance can help you connect to your greater purpose. Find out more about the Greater Purpose Conference: https://rfwma.org/greaterpurpose/
If you are interested in becoming a sponsor of the Limitless Spirit Podcast, click below
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