- 40 minutes 53 secondsSam Gave Church One Last Chance...then Elder Jeffrey R. Holland Approached Him
"Life is so much better with the gospel. It's not necessarily easy. And especially anyone that's struggling with mental health or addiction or maybe just feeling less-than. I would just say the gospel brings so much joy and happiness when you actually live it. I always tell people that ask me how did I do it. I literally had to give up almost every habit that I had. I had to turn my whole life around. I had to go from the adversary to turn to the Savior, and that was not an easy task. But whenever I try to explain to people what it's been like, I say I just turned and I didn't look back."
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00:00 Testimony In The Dark
04:21 Two Marriages Two Divorces
07:28 Spiral Into Addiction
11:11 New Jersey And A Nudge
15:27 Elder Holland Appears
19:27 Apostolic Blessing Turning Point
22:49 Rehab And Recovery Road
27:14 New Life Family And Faith
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5 July 2026, 9:30 pm - 48 minutes 57 secondsSam Left the LDS Church and Battled Addiction...then God Called Her on a Mission
" But it has come to the point where I know who God is, and I know what He feels like, and I know that I feel Him in the places that I go regarding the church. I know that what I have found is true because of that, and I will continue to have questions the rest of my life, and that's okay."
00:00 Faith Questions Begin
00:40 Foundation Updates Overview
04:45 Come Back To Christ Event
07:04 Meet Sam And Her Background
09:01 Doubts Addiction And Turning Point
23:02 Mission Temptations
28:51 Studying Hard Questions
32:32 Faith Amid Social Media
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28 June 2026, 9:30 pm - 48 minutes 58 secondsElise Read the CES Letter, Lost Her Testimony, and Asked for a Divorce... Then Everything Changed
"God is aware of you, aware of your doubts. He knows and understands you, and He wants to hear from you. He wants you to pray. I also want you to know that the Savior, He is there and He is real, and the atonement is big enough to handle all of your truth, all of your sin, everything. So when you're ready, you just lay it on the table and you pray and you tell the truth and get all of it off of your back, and it's such a relief."
00:00 Lonely Mixed Faith Marriage
07:04 Faith Crisis And Doubts
10:05 Marriage Strain And Leaving
15:05 First Prayer And Return
24:39 Putting Garments Back On
25:32 Grace For Joseph Smith
27:41 Beyond A Scared Testimony
29:20 Love Those Who Leave
36:19 Honest Faith And Healing
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21 June 2026, 9:30 pm - 55 minutes 4 secondsDavid Believed Christ Could Save Everyone but Himself
"That just fills my heart with such love for Jesus Christ, that He would do that, that He would descend below me. I mean, it kind of scares me that He had to go through that much, but I just am so thankful for Him and what He has done for me. I just truly have had a change of heart."
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14 June 2026, 9:30 pm - 59 minutes 16 secondsNaomi Was Furious with God and Ready to Give Up... Then Came Her Miracle
"I didn't think happiness existed in this capacity whatsoever. I'm so grateful that I never gave up. I encourage anybody listening who even considers giving up, don't do it. I promise you that there's good things to come, and grander than you could ever imagine. But you have to grow close to your Savior, and that doesn't mean you have to be doing all the right things. I'm just saying talk to Him and lean on Him and seek His presence in your life, and He will do the rest."
00:00 A Stranger’s Lifeline
06:13 Faith Roots and Early Signs
13:23 Partying Spiral and California Call
27:23 Ticket Out to BYU Idaho
30:07 Jail Wake Up Call
32:22 Bishop and 12 Step Struggle
39:30 Hope Rescue and Sobriety
47:29 New Life and Testimony
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7 June 2026, 9:30 pm - 47 minutes 38 secondsEx-Mormon Rachel Felt Evil Spirits… Then Found Jesus Christ Again
" I have experienced the adversary very heavily, and if the adversary exists, then God exists, and I will never allow myself to go back to that side. I am devoted. "
00:00 Not Safe
03:58 Depression and Losing Interest
06:21 Toxic Relationships and Single Mom Life
10:59 Divorce, New Meds, and Dark Presence
19:06 Peace from Priesthood
24:42 Praise To The Man Sign
40:31 Devoted
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31 May 2026, 9:30 pm - 50 minutes 34 secondsDepression, Trauma & Infidelity… Jevonne & Michealle’s Journey Back to Jesus Christ
"Our Savior loves us no matter what we do. Whatever comes our way, whatever we do, He loves us, and He's able to see through the hurt. He's able to see through whatever it is we're doing, the actual action that we're displaying to the world because of our hurt."
00:00 Crisis in Marriage
08:19 Race, Records, and Re-Baptism
13:21 Trauma and Turning Point
28:10 Let People In
33:52 Forgiveness After Betrayal
40:48 Answering Priesthood History
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24 May 2026, 9:30 pm - 1 hour 30 minutesAshly Stone & Jeff Strong: Why People Leave the LDS Church… and Come Back
"I just believe that God is found in the messiness. We just need to have faith that even when it makes no sense and nothing seems to be working, that it's in that very messiness that He will find us. That's how it's supposed to be. It's not supposed to be clean and linear. It's meandering and messy and crazy, and then He reaches through the fog of that, and He finds us."
00:00 Conformity and Agency
14:59 Family Faith Crisis Begins
30:35 Why People Step Away
48:00 Let Them Choose
51:37 Agency Changes Everything
01:03:20 Repairing Ruptures
01:10:06 Gatherers Not Sifters
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17 May 2026, 9:30 pm - 50 minutes 12 secondsWatson Left the Church - and then His Mother's Prayers Brought Him Back to Christ
"My mother prayed me back. She worked in the temple for years and years and years. I know I was on that prayer list. Prayers of mothers are some of the most powerful things on this earth. God listens to mothers."
00:00 Haunted by Trauma
09:21 Family Tragedy and Leaving Church
12:20 Golf Sundays and Rock Bottom
15:47 Book of Mormon Turning Point
27:18 Right Place Right Time
29:17 Temple Work Tender Mercies
36:43 Heart Attack And Blessing
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10 May 2026, 9:30 pm - 55 minutes 17 secondsI Thought God Didn’t Love Me… Then I Found My Way Back | Katie’s Come Back Story
"When things don't go the way you think they should or fit in the box, it's so easy to feel like, oh I failed, or God doesn't love me, or things like that. But that is not true. Your worth does not change depending on what's happening. No matter where you're at, what choices you're making, none of those things change your worth."
00:00 Faith Shaken
06:52 Worth And Church Pressure
14:19 Burnout Doubts And Stepping Away
31:54 Epiphany
36:21 Choosing Belief
38:39 It's Scary to Come Back
47:20 Worth
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3 May 2026, 9:30 pm - 54 minutes 15 secondsI Should Be Dead - How Jesus Christ Saved Joshua from Addiction and Brought Him Back
"Who are you kidding? There is no other path to take. There is no other God to serve. There is no other way to live."
00:00 Something Dark
07:40 Family Faith Shifts
15:29 DUI Spiral and Detox
26:56 Hospital Wake Up Call
28:45 Recovery Then Relapse
31:39 Searching For Strength3
8:05 Dark Trip And Prayer
43:00 New Identity In Christ
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