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It really isn’t hard to see how James’ life went off the rails thanks to a severe drug addiction and two felony convictions. Fortunately, God saw something more.

It really isn’t hard to see how James’ life went off the rails thanks to a severe drug addiction and two felony convictions. Fortunately, God saw something more.

by Tom Davidson | Stories of Hope

Meet James: …from hell-bent and homeless to college bound scholar. ; A homeless man wins college scholarship… It really isn’t hard to see how James’ life went off the rails thanks to a severe drug addiction and two felony convictions. Fortunately, God saw something...
“As long as God has His hand on my shoulder, I’m good.”

“As long as God has His hand on my shoulder, I’m good.”

by Tom Davidson | Stories of Hope

Meet Clyde ...a lifetime of running couldn’t keep him from meeting the God who cares. ; Lost and Found… all his life Clyde was locked up, locked in, or locked out. But today, life is different. Clyde’s different. He just needed a touch from the Master. “As long as God...
“For years, I lived in shame, wondering if God’s mercy would ever find me. But I never expected it in the middle of my own suicide.”

“For years, I lived in shame, wondering if God’s mercy would ever find me. But I never expected it in the middle of my own suicide.”

by Tom Davidson | Stories of Hope

Meet Demetrius … An overdose left him for dead, would God's mercy reach him in time? ; “For years, I lived in shame, wondering if God’s mercy would ever find me. But I never expected it in the middle of my own suicide.” How the broken are overcoming depression...

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