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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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God answered my prayer: After my dad died, I grew fearful he wasn’t OK. On Easter Sunday, God heard my prayer.
God answered my prayer: Evan Wechman was diagnosed with severe anxiety and Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD), causing him to battle fear and worry, including what happened to his dad after he passed away from COVID-19. After giving his life to Jesus, Evan began praying daily — and asked for a sign to know with certainty that his dad was OK. On Easter Sunday, God answered.
The loss of a father and faith in God’s redeeming grace
If you’re struggling after the loss of a father, you’re not alone. Mary Grace Johnson shares the story of a farm accident that took her daddy, and her grief and struggle with depression. Yet God found a way to redeem her story. Mary shares of Jesus’s love and the confidence she has in seeing her daddy in heaven.
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.’
Trust God’s plans: How a whale of a tale helped me see his larger plan
Trust God’s plans: Heather Henson’s cross-country trip to Western Australia rekindled her dream of seeing whales. Grieved by a whaling museum and past traumas, she chose to trust God's plan.
God’s timing: I doubted my daughter’s scheduled induction, but God knew better
Lynne Modranksi was preparing to be a grandmother. But when the timing of her grandson’s birth didn’t go as she’d prayed it would, she was reminded that God has bigger plans for a reason.
Power of prayer: How a refugee trusted God during Liberia’s war
Discover the inspiring story of a refugee from Liberia who found hope through the power of prayer and trusting God during sickness, war, and resettlement.
God provides: When COVID-19 closed my dance studio, God provided a way
Tallis Strub had a dream to open her own business. She made a plan, she took a risk, she opened her business and then the pandemic hit. Then, she prayed.
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.
God’s answered prayer: How God heard my prayer to find my lost friend
God’s answered prayer: When Vanessa May lost contact with an old friend who lived far away, she began to worry that Milly was lost. In the midst of the COVID-19 Pandemic, she worried she’d never know if she was OK.. But God found a way when Vanessa thought there was no way.
My miracle story: Feeding 5,000 during COVID-19 when the world shut down
Al Laudencia wasn't sure how he was going to pay his employees and feed his family when his restaurant shut down during the COVID-19 pandemic. But, instead of panicking, Laudencia fed 5,000 people -- then 4,000 more.
Let go and let God: Finding peace on the journey to discovering my authentic self
Learning to let go and let God: Kristen Hall grieved multiple losses: her son's stillbirth, her mother’s and grandmother’s passings, and her husband's alcoholism. Exhausted, Kristen reached out in prayer — allowing her to stop people-pleasing and embrace the authentic self God created her to be.
Prayer for loneliness: How God heard and answered my request for a friend
Read how Lisa Dean’s prayer for loneliness was answered with a new friend. Discover her Christian short story of faith, isolation, and God’s provision in Knoxville.
A newspaperman invited the community to his daughter's baptism
Tim Walters always wanted to work for his hometown paper, but he never imagined writing a column about parenthood — or inviting the entire community to his daughter’s baptism.
God's faithfulness: How I experienced God’s love after becoming my mom’s caretaker
When Kari’s mom was diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease, she knew her and her mom’s life were about to change. What she didn’t expect was how God revealed himself in tender moments of love.
Trusting God’s plan with my son
Amy always longed to be a mom. When her son was diagnosed with mental health challenges, she found herself trying to control the uncontrollable — and needing to surrender to God.