Last week, my good friend Joshua Goodling came to Indianapolis from Atlanta, GA. Joshua and I have been friends since meeting in college many years ago.
I have always believed "everyone has a story" and the "Joshua Goodling story" is truly amazing. It's because of his amazing life journey, following and trusting God through incredible difficulties, that I knew the youth I minister to each week would be touched.
Joshua Goodling was diagnosed at the age of four with a disease doctors called "incurable" and was given one week to live. He is now forty-three so in his own words, "It's been a long week!" His cure did not come without major life-altering changes that would stay with him throughout life. Stunted growth and paralyzed vocal chords are the two things you notice but there are other issues he does not even talk about.
What Joshua Goodling does talk about is His faithful God and his unwavering belief that God loves him, wants to use him and has great plans for any of us who will trust him. It's that message of struggle, trials, faith and overcoming impossible trials that resonated with the troubled youth he spoke to last week.
Joshua joined me in Indianapolis last week and ministered to the troubled youth in the Marion County Juvenile Detention Center in Indianapolis, IN. After sharing his personal testimony over the two day period, eight teenage boys accepted Christ as their personal Savior. Several boys said things like, "I'm always going to remember this man... his story is amazing... if he can overcome that, then God can help me through this... if God can use him, God can use me, etc..."
If you would like to know more about Joshua Goodling, visit his website at...
www.joshuagoodling.org
www.inspritnews.com
In Christ,
Ken Turner
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Sincerely,
Ken Turner
High Impact Teens
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