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Welcome to Faith Storytellers and our free collection of Christian short stories designed to uplift and inspire.
Search our library of Christian testimonies to discover a personal story of faith. Whatever you are going through, you’re not alone.
Each Christian story we publish is crafted through prayer and shares accounts of the writer’s personal relationship with God, whether the Father, the Son, or the Holy Spirit.
In some cases, we’ve collected additional resources, such as Bible verses about grief or if God answers prayers. From faith stories that illuminate the beauty of spiritual journeys to short stories that capture moments of divine grace, our curated selection will resonate with the heart and soul.
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Hope in God: How my firstborn son taught me the power of God’s hope and healing
Hope in God: Ebony Nicole Jones was floored when doctors said her baby was not going to make it. Her first son, Hunter, only lived for ten hours. As she grieved her son’s death, she leaned into her belief in Jesus — and she discovered hope in God. “He was beside me,” she writes, “And he is beside me now.”
Learning to trust God: I faced my worst fears as a mother of a son with Spina Bifida
In this story, Carrie Carrie M. Holt shares her journey learning to trust God through the ups and downs of Toby’s numerous hospital visits and surgeries. Toby was born with spina bifida.
God answered my prayer for a miracle
Dawn Schneider shares inspiring, real life miracle stories of how she her prayer for a miracle was heard while on vacation, among other times. ‘God answered my prayer.’
Multiple miscarriages turned her life upside down. Here’s how she found peace.
Anna Kettle and her husband were devastated when she had her first miscarraige. After her second and then third miscarriages, the couple began to wonder if they’d ever have a baby. But, their faith helped them put aside their fears and their doubts and let God take control.
But God: Why I never shared my teen pregnancy
Tears ran down Jill Dobrowansky’s face after she heard God whisper: “Welcome home my child.” When Jill overcame her fear of returning to church after 13 years away, God welcomed her home.
When you, pray God listens: How God heard my prayers while giving birth without my family during the COVID-19 pandemic
When you pray, God listens: TaLeiza always feared giving birth, and that fear grew during the COVID-19 Pandemic when hospital protocols required her to be alone and without her family. TaLeiza had learned that when you pray, God listens, and she leaned into her prayers before, during, and after she gave birth to Reima.
Patience, prayer and in vitro: God blessed my family
Amy Vincelli began to question why God wouldn’t bless her with something as natural as a baby, but after a few tries and some heartbreak, her beautiful family began to grow.
From hopeless to hopeful when epilepsy raised its ugly head
When Jen’s son was diagnosed with epilepsy and high-functioning autism, they struggled. But when she found a church community and leaned into prayer, Jen found hope.
How a miscarriage forced me to be brutally honest with God
Kerrah was devastated by a miscarriage, the loss of her first baby, and cried out to God: Do you even love me? His answer soothed her heart and brought peace to her soul.
Trusting God's calling to adopt
Lisa Ellsbury never imagined burying her baby. The grief was overwhelming. But when she looks back, more than 30 years later, she can see how God worked in all things for his good -- including her family.
Samantha's story: A mother's hope
When her 2-year-old daughter became sick, Alex and her husband prayed and cried as she was put into a medically induced coma. Her death shocked their family. But in their grief, they knew they weren't alone.