My name is Hope! I’m 17 years old and I am a senior in high school. God began working in my life when I was

My name is Suzie, and this is my testimony of God’s strength. Three months ago, I was faced with a dark season. This is a

Steve: I am a girl dad to three beautiful girls and one handsome but very outnumbered boy. Our story is filled with the grace and

Becca: MCAS, POTS, EDS, OA, VSS. God has given me an alphabet soup of rare diagnoses that cause immense pain and suffering.  But I can

Diane: I wanted to share this story with Matthew that I wrote during a particularly difficult time with my health. It’s about how his song

When my son, Ari, was 4, I came across this blog while staying up late at night searching for anything to help him, who was

My name is Tylor, and my God moment came to me two weeks ago. I have always been a man of faith. I grew up

Luke: God, Jesus, and the Holy Spirit healed my heart and healed my brain. Every time I had a seizure, God, Jesus, and the Holy

Annette: When I was 13, my mother and I moved to a new house at a remote location on Candlers Mountain in Rustburg, Virginia, and

Marcie: My mom passed in 2016. She was my best friend. I did not know how to be me without her. A few days after

Hi Matthew West, I’m Priscilla and this is my story. I was a 12 year old living my life, playing basketball and one day at

Janet: This is a cool short story about how good God things get passed along. Last Friday, I took my daughter and her 2 boys

Melissa: At last year’s K-LOVE fan awards weekend, I was so distraught. My mentally challenged brother had moved out with a girl who was a

Diane: Oh my goodness Mr. West- I cannot thank you enough for this super special treat & gift. Norine Gifford, who is a friend I

Jane: Jenna and I met you at Matthew’s concert in Newburgh, Indiana on April 16 of this year, 2023. I have attached the photo of

Greetings, Mr. West! First, let me say thank you for an amazing concert and the impact you had on my son, DC, David Charles. I

Beckki:  I would like to share with you my God moment- how God stepped in and carried me home from Seattle, WA to Charlotte, NC.

Hi, Matthew. My name is Sarah Beth. I just wanted to share a story about how the little things make a difference. I am a

Wendy:  Several days ago, I was on my way to Chick-fil-A for lunch and the song “Me On Your Mind” came on the radio. I don’t know

Tom & Pam:  Our story is about the power of prayer, God’s abundant blessings through the pandemic, and miracles we witnessed. One of Matthew’s devos

LeighAnne:  My God moment took a lifetime to reach…well, at least 50 years! For decades, I worked as an Engineer while loving my life as

Kathy: Hi Matthew, I just want to let you know how much I enjoy your music. The first time I met you was when you

Rebekah: I just wanted to reach out to the whole team to thank you for your faithfulness to God’s call on your lives. I began

Shannon: My whole life has been a God moment. I was born with a birth defect called Spina Bifida. Not as much was known about

Nichole: I am a caregiver and one of my clients has been in and out of the hospital for health reasons, which left me with

Connie: In July of 2012, I was diagnosed with breast cancer. It was an early detection. I had minimal surgery followed by radiation. I was

Adam: There have been some real hard things going on in my life- dealing with bad relationships and bad everything. I have really been dealing

Alex: God’s Timing! My beautiful bride took me on an amazing adventure today, starting at church and ending up at the Matthew West and Casting

Ryan: I started listening to K-Love again while doing local campaigning for community service hours to earn a scholarship to college. Many of the songs,

Denise: My God Story! On my daughter’s first birthday she walked to a mop bucket and fell in. She was rushed to Children’s hospital and

Laura: I don’t know anyone who has ever said, “I sure hope sickness and death and grieving will be part of the story God writes

Rhonda: The storms might seem hard, but with our Savior Jesus Christ we can get through another. I am a cancer survivor. I was in

Cheryl: My friend Gina was struggling with an unknown health issue. We were both in our early twenties, but she was struggling with joint issues

Sandy: I will NEVER forget this transforming moment when God intervened when I was teaching preschool. A preschooler cried EVERY single day he came to

Greg: On December 3, 2011, I received a call at 3:30 A.M. from a TN Highway Trooper, telling me that our son had been in

Cara: On April 9th, 2020, in the middle of the COVID-19 pandemic, Jesus came and took my husband Bob home. My life is forever changed. Life without

Stephen: Sydni was given no chance to live when she was two months old. At three to nine months old, she was given a minimal

Wendy: God is the God who stays! Thank you, Matthew West, for that song. My husband David became a quadriplegic in 2003—a week before Christmas.

Bryan: On October 5, 2019, two of my American friends and I arrived at the Delhi International airport in India. I am president of the

Hi, my name is Isabelle and I am 10 yrs old. I was born with Neurofibromatosis type 1. This disease causes tumors to grow on

Angela: There were times when I looked down at my hands and I’d began to feel embarrassed. No, it’s not my weight or the extra

Our names are Kate and James, but the story is really about our girl, Ali. I was told I would never be able to have

Vanita: I have to take a moment to express to Matthew and his group what the song “The God Who Stays” has meant to me and to

I am an example of millions of people that have lived on planet earth. When I was born, my mother was on the run from

Michelle: When raising a child with a threatening disease, first of all, my encouragement to you is to trust that God has a plan for

Joshua: I’ll never forget the day my sister, Elizabeth, was diagnosed with cancer. Early in my sister’s treatments, she would get very scared in the

My life was defined by hospital visits and Epilepsy. I was diagnosed with Epilepsy at two years old. Growing up with this diagnosis caused me

Matthew West: In the twenty thousand plus stories I have read over the past few years, I can see God at work in every single

Matthew: As soon as I heard about Alyssa Ferguson’s story, I knew I had to meet her.  She was a 12 year old girl battling Medulloblastoma,

Terrie: My husband, Greg, was shot during an attempted armed robbery in the men’s restroom of a North Carolina rest stop while our two children

Hello. My name is Bradley. When I was born, I didn’t have an ankle joint and my right foot was turned in the wrong position.

That was the first line of Michelle’s story when she wrote to Matthew West about her son, Connor. Connor was born when Michelle was only

Darleen had her first child when she was 18 years old. Thinking that she needed a man to complete her, Darleen was constantly in and

Tim was born with Cerebral Palsy. He is paralyzed, his speech is slurred, and he has many health issues that prevent him from living life

For years, Jennifer dreamed about meeting her birth father. When the day finally came to sit down with him for the first time, he told

One day while Melody was breastfeeding her baby, she felt a lump near her chest. After she got it examined, the radiologist called right away

Ryan was a sweet, humble, and outgoing young man. He was an all-star athlete, loved-God, loved his family, and cared deeply about his friends. One

Greg was a Pastor at a church that often did mission work in Guatemala. The church was connected to an orphanage there and Greg’s church

On May 11, 2002, 24-year-old drunk driver, Eric, killed one of Renee’s twins, Meagan, and one of her friends, Lisa. Both girls were 20 years

Andrea, a former University of Colorado student, chose to spend a semester abroad learning micro-financing in Uganda. While there, she happened upon an orphanage in

Samua was raised by an emotionally abusive single mother. Her mother claimed to be a Christian, and was frequently in and out of different churches

Meet Gus. Gus was a successful businessman, high up in the corporate world. While he achieved success, his work required him to spend most of his time on the