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Come Back Podcast
by Ashly Stone
Sharing stories of coming back to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. If you have a Come Back Story to share: https://comebackpodcast.org/submissions/For general inquiries email [email protected]
Episodes
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Riley Lost Sight of Her Worth After Abuse & a Faith Crisis…Until Jesus Christ Brought Her Back
"I think that's the biggest thing, is knowing that there's always room to grow and that we are divine children. We have a purpose here on this Earth, to continue to learn and grow to take it with us after this life." 00:00 Feeling Unworthy 02:52 Growing Up LDS 03:56 Anxiety and Falling Away 07:36...
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Pornography, Shame, & Trauma...Jayden Thought He was Unsavable Until Jesus Proved Him Wrong
"The only thing I can put it to is the true power of the atonement like it went from so negative to clean and positive. Such a testimony builder to me that it's possible for everyone." 00:00 Rock Bottom Doubt 04:01 Diabetes And Isolation 06:45 First Exposure Spiral 15:10 Illness And Going Deeper...
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Jenae Didn't Know Her Father on Earth or in Heaven...Until One Day Both Came Looking for Her
" Everything that we go through in life, all of it, is part of our education, and more than that, it's part of our ministry. It's our ability to help, love, and care for other people. I feel like it has been an honor and a privilege to have lived my life, even though it has been incredibly hard.…
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God Kept Sending Angels to Levi While He was in Prison... Until He Finally Listened
" I've come to know that Heavenly Father does know. He knows not just what we do or choose to do or the mistakes we make, He knows who we are and what we want. And He's just waiting for us to just even look at Him or acknowledge Him. He has so much for us. He has so much for me. He's given me so...
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Childhood Abuse, Infertility, and the Question that Finally Brought Dee Back to Jesus Christ
" My life is not what I expected it to be, but it's beautiful and it's wonderful and it's mine and I built it and I made it this and I'm proud of what I did and I'm proud of how I built it and I'm proud of the relationship that I have with my Heavenly Father. Everything that I went through…
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Childhood Abuse & the CES Letter Destroyed Bailey's Faith...Until Jesus Rebuilt Her from the Dust
"Those answers just don't matter as much as my relationship with my Savior. It's like a weight system, you know? I'm not gonna give up something that's so important to me for the tiny weight of this one particular answer. I'm weighing my options, and I'm gonna choose Christ every time because He…
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Jim was a Drug Dealer on the Streets of Chicago...Until God Showed Him His Future
" You really become a new person. You become who you are, who you really are... It took me a little bit of time. It didn't happen overnight for me. But when I decided to change, when I really wanted to change...The other time that I tried to change, I didn't pull the Savior in much. It was, "I'm...
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Marley's Faith Crisis Pulled Her Away from the Church....and Why She Decided to Stay
" The answer to every question or concern that anybody ever has is that it will all be okay because of the atonement of Jesus Christ. That is what it's for. That is why they say the first principle of the gospel is faith in the Lord Jesus Christ. It is real life. It's not just something that we...
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Kiaya was a Heroin Addict for 10 Years...A Cop Made Her a Promise, and Jesus did the Rest
"No matter where you're at or what you're doing or what you feel about yourself, I promise you that you can have a bright and better future for yourself. All you have to do is decide wherever you are or wherever you're at spiritually, physically, mentally, emotionally, that you can choose for...
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Shad's Mental Health Had Him in Prison...Until Jesus Christ Broke the Chains
" Coming back to reclaim my life, it was line upon line. That was not a quick process. Between when I started my mission to getting healed...I was a different person. In a sense that's how my mission turned out. It turned out differently than I thought, but I wouldn't take it back because of the...
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Matthew Struggled with Same-Sex Attraction, was Excommunicated, then Found Freedom in Jesus Christ
" When I rooted my identity in the Lord like I never have before, I realized that I am not the carnal desires of my body... "Therefore, crucify the lusts of the flesh and walk in the spirit." (Gal 5:5). As I've done that, I have come to realize full-heartedly, I am not my sexuality... In the...
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Bee Knew Something Was Off in Her Marriage...It Led Her Back to Jesus Christ
"We have a Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ who love us, and we're good enough. Nobody gets to tell us who we are, including ourselves when it's terrible. Because Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ's opinion is the only thing that matters. I'm learning to really take that on and to really know for...
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James Lost Everything... Until He Finally Learned to Listen to God
" God changed me. Life brought me to my knees, humbled me enough to just hand it all to Him. It is the greatest decision I ever made in my life." 00:00 Shower Wake Up Call 05:10 Family Crisis And Porn 09:13 Sent Home From Mission 11:31 Drift after Marriage 14:04 Divorce Sparks Daily Prayer 21:03...
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Religious Scrupulosity Nearly Destroyed Hayli's Faith... Until She Rediscoverd Jesus Christ
" No amount of scripture reading, praying, mission serving, nitpicking your husbanding is going to save you. It's not. Having a relationship with your Savior, Jesus Christ, and your Heavenly Father will. If you know that they love you, and if you let that in, it will change your life in a way…
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Sam 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...
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Sam 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...
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Elise 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...
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David 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." Serve…
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Naomi 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...
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Ex-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...
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Depression, 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…
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Ashly 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…
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Watson 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…
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I 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…
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I 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...
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From Addiction & Party Life to Temple Sealing: Daphne's Powerful Come Back to Christ Story
"My calling in this life was to be a mother and was to teach my children of Jesus Christ and what the atonement is. Living this gospel is so much happiness and it's truth and I know that because I've lived without it." 00:00 Terrifying Night 02:59 Childhood Divorce 04:12 Mental Health Crisis As A...
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Cade grew up less active - then the Book of Mormon changed everything
"The choice to stay and the choice to keep your faith in Christ is so vital. Especially when things don't go your way or they don't make sense, it's so easy to just fall into this mindset of not believing anymore or talking yourself out of the miracles you've experienced or the prayers that have...
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Faith, trials, and the Holy Ghost—Ashly and her dad discuss Christ’s atonement on Palm Sunday
“With the Spirit you can endure anything on this earth. And I know that when we strive to live worthily and have that Spirit that everything in our lives is bearable and it’s possible. And not only is it bearable and possible, but it’s glorious, and even the very worst of those times that those...
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Darkness, Addiction & a Priesthood Blessing - How God Pulled Steven Back to the Light
" When you change your focus and you have a purpose and you have Him cheering you on and you can hear it- I mean, it makes a world of difference." 00:00 Numb and Lost 05:22 High School Rebellion 07:22 Rock Bottom and Drugs 09:19 Blessing and Turning Point 17:25 Cravings And Support 22:11 Advice…
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Brandon Avoided a Mission, Joined the Military, Got Divorced & Lost Faith- Then God Brought Him Back
" My faith has been completely restored, and more than I could ever imagine. For me to be at this point in my life- where I was and where I saw where I was, it was just so crazy to me. And I always tell everybody when they ask about how I feel about me coming back- God had a plan for me just as…
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Raised in a Catholic and LDS home - Why Lindsey chose the Church of Jesus Christ for herself
"I feel like if we could just look around to the people in our communities and the people that that need us, it takes away like the I factor and it becomes we. And as soon as you do that, no matter where you're at in your life, whether you're a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day...
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After many years of addiction and mocking God, an Atheist told Robert to go back to church
"I knew it right then that my focus needed to shift to my family and to my relationships and to the covenant that I made with God. And that has completely dictated how I've lived my life since then." 00:00 Unwanted Advice 06:04 Robert's Rebellion and Substance Use 07:03 Atheism and Mocking Faith...
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From new age witchcraft to the temple - how Jesus saved Kelsea's marriage and her mental health
This is a replay of a story shared in 2024. " The foundation of my testimony was the doctrine of the church is right. The way we understand the plan of salvation and eternal progression and all of the things that make us different from mainstream Christianity, I knew to be true based on my…
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Facing 15 years for a drive by shooting - God turned Brayden's sentence into a full-time mission
" His plan for us is to eventually just be back with Him. It doesn't matter what it looks like as long as we end up choosing Him. And that's what I've come to learn...His plan was for me to be in a covenant keeping life and I am here now. He just helped me to get back." 00:00 A Violent Encounter...
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From prison to redemption: How the prayers of Alan's faithful mother led him back to Jesus Christ
" The moment I stepped out of that Bishop's office, those cravings were gone. I went through three rehabs in my lifetime. I would go to AA meetings. When I got clean, I hated going to the meetings because they just made me feel guilty. Like you have this disease you're gonna carry with you the…
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"You're going to die tonight" - how God and Angels saved Whitney and led her back to Jesus Christ
"It doesn't matter where you are on the path, it just matters which direction you're facing. I honestly wish I could say that my life is perfect, and since I've gone back to the temple everything has just fallen into place for me. There are times when I kill my sense of joy by comparing myself to...
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The Church felt restrictive for Chase's lifestyle until his heart changed and he let Jesus Christ in
"If you want answers, they are out there. But the one thing that I have learned is who do you have a testimony in? If you have a testimony in the church, if you have a testimony in the missionaries, in anything other than Jesus, it's going to fail you and you're going to fall. But if you have a...
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Meth Addict, Felon, Excommunicated—Troy’s Transformation From Darkness to the Light of Jesus Christ
"Never judge a book by its cover. Because I'm covered with tattoos. You know, I got tattoos all over my neck, everywhere I'm covered. Don't ever look down on nobody. The only time you look down at somebody is if you have a hand stretched out to help the person up. Just like my Savior had His hand...
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Kristin removed her records- then Jesus led her back through miracles and angels from the other side
"I'm done doing these things alone. I'm ready to submit to your will. Like, I'm gonna let go of all my beliefs, all the things I think I know. I'm gonna let go of all of that, and I just want You to guide me forward. I told Him, I don't know if this church is true, but it's where I feel...
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Joseph studied the CES Letter and Anti-Mormon claims...why he chose to Come Back to the LDS church
"I personally believe that one of the ways in which the spirit speaks to someone such as myself is through logical sense. Which I think is interesting because usually those two things are pitted against each other. I never received the voice in my head saying, this is true when I'm reading the…
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Abuse and exposure to explicit content as a child...how Jesus healed DeLaynie and restored her faith
" Lean into the God that you know, I will give you comfort, I will give you peace. So that's truly what I've learned through all my experiences. You know, in my deepest valleys where I was extremely fearful and guilt ridden, that I was so far gone, so far broken. Nobody would ever relate to me or...
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Dallin's teen years were filled with addiction, now his story brings hope to parents everywhere
"I find so much incredible joy in serving the temple. And in this position, it has been mind blowing to me just the amount of testimony I've gained. And seeing people in their hard situations and now understanding that everybody's situation's hard. We don't see it 'cause they all hide it. Right?...
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Church history and traumatic loss turned Julie away from God...then she started to see the miracles
"I just really started building my testimony to the point where I was able to start receiving personal revelation from my prayers again and getting answers and being close to God again. And then that's when everything changed. Like once I was able to have God in my life again, just I felt so much...
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Sean battled pornography and evil spirits - he almost lost it all..Jesus Christ never gave up on him
"When we are willing to submit to our Heavenly Father, he can do more with our life than we could ever want and hope to do. Sarah and I have a beautiful one-year-old tomorrow. It's been so fun and so hard, but it's so much more than what I ever could have made of with my life. And it's because of...
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Hank Smith on How to Keep Your Testimony Strong, Unshaken, and Rooted in the Gospel of Jesus Christ
Hank Smith's remarks at our recent Come Back to Christ Event. Hank shares a message of the incredible redemptive power of our Savior, the secret to staying unshaken by the world, and the goodness of the fruit of the tree of life. “A person with an experience is never at the mercy of a person with...
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Brittany never felt the spirit and left the LDS church but God never forgot her and brought her back
"I'm no longer scared to go to the temple after reading the Book of Mormon and knowing what it means... It is just been so many tender mercies since coming back, I'll never go back to that place I was before. I'll never let my family go back to that place before. And I know a hundred percent...
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Terryl Givens on navigating faith and doubt, the true nature of God, and the secret of Christianity
"Doubts don't begin as a rejection of God or his gospel, they generally emerge as a rejection of ways in which God is being characterized... So what are the expectations we bring to the table? My personal take on this is, does my faith make God present to me? Does my faith give me access to the…
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Porn & sex addiction led to betrayal & excommunication, until Steven finally found hope in recovery
"I got some relief from the incredible fear and pain and darkness that was surrounding me when I made the decision to get honest. That was a profound experience. There's a great scripture that I actually experienced in that event, it was Alma 34:31-Yea, I would that ye would come forth and harden...
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Jared Halverson on consecrating your faith crisis.."Jesus takes brokenness and turns it into beauty"
Recorded at our Fall Come Back to Christ Event in Provo, UT. "I'm grateful for all that Jesus does with our brokenness. He doesn't believe in creation ex nihilo, creation out of nothing. We don't believe in it. Jesus doesn't do it that way. He takes stuff and if you have stuff then you have...
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Addiction led to Shane losing everything and landing in prison, today he serves in the Temple
" As soon as you have Christ and understand that you can give everything to him and He's got you, I mean, He's got us. He's got us. I know it. I mean, every time. I'm a dummy, you know, I'm a dummy and have done dumb things and been in the darkest places and He is right there "Come on, let's go."...
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Sharing stories of coming back to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. If you have a Come Back Story to share: https://comebackpodcast.org/submissions/For general inquiries email [email protected]
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