October 28, 2025 • 23 mins
Tweeny Randall’s powerful One80 starts with her growing up in the Sikh culture in Brussels. We slowly hear how the brokenness felt in her family of origin gave root to an identity crisis that made itself known in attention seeking and substance abuse of her own.
As an adult Tweeny would continue this misguided lifestyle, but her world shattered with her mother’s illness. Alcohol came in and a stable marriage went out. In her utter depravity a caring friend’s request for help, an invitation to church, and a message from God directed right at Tweeny begins her journey to Jesus.
Part 2:
See how the Bible transforms Tweeny and helps her truly repent. Her marriage to Will was in total shambles but see how Tweeny becomes a prayer warrior and then watch God do a miracle.
This is an inspiring story for anyone in a troubled marriage, battling addiction, or otherwise seemingly far from God. Press play and be amazed at what God can do.
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Tweeny's book, Nothing Broken, Nothing Missing
Lion and the Lamb song, Crystal Lewis
Power of a Praying Wife, Stormie Omartian
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Teen Challenge adults too
Focus on the Family addiction resources
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Announcer (00:02):
Welcome to One80.
Transforming testimonies fromnext door to across the globe.
Be amazed at how God works tobring people to himself.
Share today's One80 with afriend.
It might be the best news theyhear today.
Tweeny Randall (00:16):
I could not imagine this could be possible.
And I don't believe it would bepossible.
I know it wouldn't be possiblewithout Jesus.
So Jesus is the center of myheart.
Margaret Ereneta (00:32):
Thanks for coming back to Tweeny's Total
Transformation Part 2.
Today we'll hear God moving inTweeny's life when she starts to
see herself through God's eyes.
So much healing.
Be encouraged today.
Tweeny Randall (00:56):
And I called Pastor Dale and I asked him if I
could see him.
I just told him that I wasn'tdoing well.
And he said to me, Are youreading your Bible, Tweeny?
And you know what?
That was something so simple,but no one had really asked me
that question.
And I said no.
So after those two words ofwisdom, I joined a Bible study.
(01:21):
I started reading my Bible, andthe Word of God became alive to
me.
And I would say that was wherethe One80 change happened in me,
is when I started reading theword of God.
And God would meet me everysingle morning in my place of
need.
So that it was like literallyhe was alive and he was speaking
(01:44):
to me through his word.
And I began to get stronger andstronger.
And then there was a ministryat our church called Faith and
Hope.
And uh an elder at the church,Frank McGraw, he asked me to be
a small group leader.
And I remember saying to him, Ican't be a small group leader,
I'm a brand new Christian.
And he said, Says who?
So I was afraid to be a leader.
(02:06):
I think that was something veryimportant to get my mind off of
my pain, like serving the Lordin the midst of your suffering.
There's something so powerfulabout that.
So when I started reading theword of God, that was when I
started to see myself the wayGod sees me.
And I would say that is where myhealing happened.
(02:27):
Is I started to define myselfthrough a loving God instead of
through man, instead of throughhow my husband had treated me
and all the men before that.
I started to see myself throughGod's eyes.
Like what he had written in theBible, I had to receive by
faith that it was about me.
You know, so like whenEphesians, I think it's 210,
(02:51):
where he says, I call you mymasterpiece.
I would meditate on scriptureslike that.
Like he calls me hismasterpiece.
Like a masterpiece is somethingso glorious, you know, like we
we we can't even wrap our mindsaround a masterpiece.
Or in Song of Songs, where I'm,you know, he calls me his
(03:11):
beloved.
You know, so for me, I justchose to believe in the
scriptures that they werewritten for me personally.
And I started to see myselfthrough God's eyes, and that's
how I began to heal.
Margaret Ereneta (03:23):
Next, Tweeny shares about that healing and
how that started to unfold inher life.
Tweeny Randall (03:29):
I haven't touched cigarettes or alcohol in
22 years.
It stopped with the Holy Spiritspeaking to me about how our
body is the temple of the HolySpirit.
But it was like the Holy Spiritstarted speaking to me about I
don't want you drinking.
This is not good for you, thisis not healthy.
And then me crying out to him,I don't know how to quit.
(03:50):
I'm so scared, you know.
And in just him saying, We'rejust gonna do it cold turkey.
And I remember when I quitsmoking cigarettes, I put it on
the care and communication cardat church, and I just wanted
everyone praying for me.
And the first day, um, so youknow, I got rid of all my
cigarettes, and then the firstday I I had to go to bed at 7
(04:11):
p.m.
because I knew I'd have acigarette if I didn't.
And then the next day was 8 p.m.
And then, you know, I think byday four, and I, you know, it
was truly the power of God inme.
And the and with alcohol, I,you know, I it had to have been
the Lord because it was easy.
I just made a decision and Itill this day I have had no
desire to drink.
(04:32):
I actually abore alcohol, nooffense to people that drink,
but I have just seen nothing butdestruction with it, and so
many drunk driving accidents,what my father was like, what I
did in my marriage.
I just don't understand alcoholat all.
I feel like it's um the devil'spawn, but it was easy for me
(04:52):
when I quit.
I just quit and I never lookedback.
So there's no way to explainit.
I have to believe it was justthe power of Christ in me, you
know.
So I began to, you know, servethe Lord through ministry and um
the leadership meetings.
I mean, I was thrown in theocean with spiritual giants.
I mean, I just remember goingto these leaders' meetings and
(05:12):
just being overwhelmed becausethese were prayer warriors, you
know, but it was such fantastictraining for me.
So I began to turn from my God,little G, Will, my husband, and
turn to Jesus, the real God.
And it was truly the word ofGod.
And I remember so we were stillseparated, and I think it was
maybe a year later, Pastor Dalesaid, you know, I think we
(05:34):
should have a meeting with Will,see where he's at, you know.
And so we did, and he was stillreally out in the left field.
And so it was after that thatum I was being counseled to
start a divorce.
Many people in my life weretelling me to start a divorce,
and in my flesh, I knew it was alogical thing to do because it
was a year later and he was notchanged, one drop.
(05:56):
And um, I remember going to abrother Frank and saying to him,
I think I should start adivorce.
And he said, But Tweenie, whatis the Father saying to you?
And that was another conceptthat I had not been taught yet.
And I go, What do you mean?
And he goes, What is God, thefather, saying to you?
And I said, I don't know.
(06:16):
And then he said, You need toseek him.
No one has the answers excepthim.
And I was like, seek him?
Well, what does that mean?
And he said, You just sit down,you get still, and you ask him
for wisdom and guidance.
So that was the beginning ofhow I began to like hear how the
Holy Spirit speaks to us andthe word and the combination.
(06:40):
So everything I would readevery day, words like uh
patience, reconciliation,restoration, redemption.
I remember the one verse inEzekiel 36 about the dry bones
becoming live again.
Just like I began to see apattern, and I thought, Lord,
you're telling me to not get adivorce and to wait, even though
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my situation seemed completelyimpossible.
I mean, he was still out inLalaland.
Margaret Ereneta (07:10):
Not only has God done amazing work in
Tweeny's life, but what he'sgoing to do in their marriage is
miraculous, and you just haveto listen to the rest and join
the ride with us.
Tweeny Randall (07:23):
I was so hooked to smoking.
Sounds so funny now, but Iloved smoking cigarettes.
It sounds disgusting, but I'mbeing honest.
And the Lord was, I don't know,he just started speaking to me.
I quit smoking, I quitdrinking, and I quit dressing
bad.
I remember going into my closetwith four of those big, huge
(07:43):
trash bags, you know.
And I uh threw out everylow-cut top, every short dress,
skirt, you know, tight, anythingthat would attract a man, I
threw it.
It was four garbage bags, and Idid not give it to Goodwill.
I threw it in the garbage bagbecause I thought I don't want
anybody wearing this.
And God started to reallychange.
(08:04):
I used to swear a lot, and hestarted convicting me of my
words.
And it was a beautiful thing.
And so as I started to turn andreally made Jesus not only
savior, but Lord, I believesomething started to change.
And Will, I don't know how thathappened, my husband, Will.
And um, I remember one day theLord said to me, I want you to
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completely surrender yourmarriage to me and your husband
to me, and I will take care ofhim.
And all I want you to do now isto pray.
And he said to me, The only wayyou can love him now is through
your prayers.
So that was when I told myhusband that I wanted a
no-contact separation.
And again, I need to back upbecause after a year he
(08:47):
pretended to have changed, and Ilet him move back in.
And we actually renewed ourvows, and uh then I found out he
was still in contact with thatwoman, and then I asked him to
leave again, but this time I wasa believer.
It was so different.
I had a peace and I asked himto leave because the Lord showed
me that I he didn't want meliving with a double-minded man.
So we actually had twoseparations, but a total was 18
(09:11):
months.
So the second time when hemoved out, I asked him because
the Holy Spirit was leading me,and and the Lord told me no
context, no context.
So we did not, I did not see myhusband.
I did not talk to him for Ibelieve it was 10 or 11 months.
And I just got stronger andstronger in those 10 and 11
months.
That is when, like, I startedserving in faith and hope.
(09:33):
I joined a prayer group with myneighbor Maureen across the
street, and we would go everyFriday and we would pray the
heavens down, and you know, God,it told me, I just want you to
pray for him.
Maureen and I, we would gettogether every week and we
started praying prayers out ofStormy O'Martian's book, Hour of
a Praying Wife.
I I love that your podcast iscalled 180 because that was
(09:54):
truly what happened to me when Igave my life to Jesus was
through the word, throughconnecting with the Holy Spirit,
through community, prayer.
Those are the ways that Iactually did a 180 and just
became transformed.
Jesus Christ transformed mefrom the inside out.
And I knew I loved my husband,I knew I wanted to save my
(10:15):
marriage, I knew I wanted tosave my family, but I also knew
I didn't want him the way hewas.
That God, God, my heavenlyfather, did not want me to be
with him.
And so that gave me a lot ofconfidence, you know, like there
was just a total peace andsurrender, you know.
And there were scriptures likeProverbs 3, 5, and 6, trust in
the Lord with all your heart,lean not on your own
(10:37):
understanding.
In all your ways, acknowledgehim, and he will set your path
straight.
And so on the hard days, I canremember when I, you know, I
missed him, I missed my husband,I was tired of being a single
mom, and I felt sad for my kids.
I remember on those days, Iwould literally just recite that
scripture over and over and outloud.
Margaret Ereneta (11:00):
I love this next part of Tweeny's story
because you can just see theword of God coming alive in her
and the transformation thathappens.
Tweeny Randall (11:09):
Over and over, and each time I'd say it, I'd
get stronger and stronger andstronger.
And it was amazing to me howthe word of God just became
truly my sword, my weapon, youknow, to fight the spiritual
battle that I was in.
And so what happened next isthe the woman Linda that had
came over and told me about herchurch and Stephen Ministers,
(11:32):
one day she said to me, Myhusband Ed is wondering if he
could reach out to Will andcould he get his number?
And I thought, why not?
And she said, Okay, thanks.
S o I gave her Will's number,thinking, Oh, Will will never
respond.
But you see, this is how thepower of prayer works.
And so Ed reached out to Will.
And I have no idea how God didthis, but Will met him for
(11:54):
coffee.
And um, apparently Ed invitedhim to a Moody Bible men's
conference.
So the day of the men'sconference, I was just like,
Lord, if you could just put acrack in him.
I mean, he was so gone.
He literally thought he had metthe love of his life and that
he'd married the wrong woman.
Three children later.
I think it was we'd beenmarried 14 years at the time,
(12:16):
can't remember.
But so Maureen, Linda, and I, wedecided we were going to fast
and pray.
Not together, just at our ownindividual homes.
And I remember that daythinking there's no way he's
gonna go, he's gonna make anexcuse.
But I kept believing by faith.
And um, Maureen said, uh, youwant me to go drive in the
parking lot and see if his caris there?
(12:38):
Because they they took a busfrom the parking lot.
And I said, sure.
And she went and his car wasthere.
So that told me he had gone.
So we fasted and prayed.
I had no idea because we werehaving no contact.
And the next day, he was askingme if I would meet him for
dinner.
And I remember because Iprayed, I prayed about
(12:58):
everything.
And I was like, Lord, should Igo?
And the Lord was like, Yes.
I remember driving that eveningand talking to Maureen on the
phone, and I said, I bet he'sgonna tell me he wants to file
for divorce.
And Maureen was like, Well,then if that's what's gonna
happen, that's what's gonnahappen.
We're gonna just trust the Lordbecause God's already told you
he doesn't want you to be with adouble-minded man.
(13:18):
And so um, driving there, I hadso much peace.
I can't even tell you.
It was like total surrender.
I was like, My life is yours,God, and if it's divorce, it's
divorce.
And so I get there, and to mysurprise, he's like a nervous,
like kid, and he's like actingvery different.
(13:40):
And I was like in my headgoing, what is going on with
him?
And he tells me that he went tothis conference, and um,
apparently, you know, there were3,000 men there.
And he said he thought, Oh mygosh, what have I committed to?
What am I doing here?
Well, it was the last preacher,and it was Pastor James
McDonald.
He had a story, he started hismessage with a story about a man
(14:02):
that would come to his churchwith his family, and uh then
they stopped coming.
And I don't know how manymonths later this man started
coming with another woman.
And he said he was intrigued,and so after one of the
services, he went up to the manand he said, you know, hi.
And the man said, Oh, Pastor,Pastor, I want to introduce you
to the love of my life.
I'm divorcing my wife andmarrying her.
(14:24):
And Will said, 3,000 men in theroom started chuckling.
And he thought, What's sofunny?
Like he literally didn't getit.
But then the next part ofPastor James McDonald's message
was about legacy, and he sharedabout what kind of legacy do you
want to leave your children?
And I wasn't there, but it waspowerful enough that that crack
(14:46):
that I wanted in Will happenedand something broke in him.
And he will tell you that hewas like jello, weeping, it's
not coming out of his nose, hesaid, and shaking.
And apparently, you know, Edlaid hands on him and they they
prayed over him.
So back to the restaurant, hesays to me, So I want you to
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know that I have broken it offwith this woman, and I've told
her I never want to see heragain.
And I'm wondering if you willgive me another chance and if we
could work it out.
While I'm inside, I'm prayinginternally.
Lord, what do you want me tosay?
Lord, what do you want me tosay?
Because that's kind of how I'mliving my life now.
Like I'm not just moving inwhat I want to do.
And the Lord says to me, tellhim you want to think about it
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and pray about it.
And that is like a brand newtweenie because it used to be
Will would say jump and tweeniewould say, How high, you know.
So that's what I said.
I said, Wow, um, I'd like topray about it and think about
it.
And I think he was just totallyshocked.
And he was like, Yes, yes, ofcourse, of course, you know, let
me know.
He also shared that he had goneto the church service in the
(15:52):
morning service, not the one Igo to, and had gone up for
prayers and um broke down and,you know, repented.
And it was like reality hithim, like God truly got a hold
of him of what the deception hehad been living in.
So he had gotten prayers Sundaymorning at church.
He had actually, this was likea Monday evening, and so now
he's telling me how he went toPastor James McDonald's church
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because he wanted to meet withhim.
So, you know, really, God reallygot a hold of him.
He had a wake-up call of thedeception.
So after that, you know, Iprayed about it and I felt like
the Lord said to me, Oh, becauseone of his requests was, could
we start with going with meetingmy therapist?
I guess he had been seeing atherapist too, a Christian
counselor.
And so I went home and I didpray about it and I prayed a lot
(16:36):
about it, and I felt like theLord said, No, no, no meeting
with his therapist.
Why don't you tell him he cancome to church on Sundays?
And after church, he can takethe children out for lunch, but
not you.
So that actually happened forthree months.
I told him, I said, you know, Idon't want to meet your
counselor, but you can come tochurch with us on Sundays, and
um I'm gonna cry again.
(16:57):
But I said, But I want toremind you, we're not we're not
one big happy family, so don'ttry to pretend like we are.
You can sit between us, likedon't sit with me.
Margaret Ereneta (17:10):
Did you get that?
It's so cool to hear how thepower of the Holy Spirit
transforms Tweeny to stoprepeating the pattern she grew
up with.
And she's not going to fakethat they're a happy-go-lucky
family.
She's going to walk in Spiritand truth with the Lord.
So cool to see.
Tweeny Randall (17:28):
So it would be Will and the three kids, and
then me.
And then you can take them outto lunch.
And um, please don't put me onthe spot and invite me.
So that's how we what we didfor three months, and he came
every single Sunday.
And um, it was about threemonths later, it was one Sunday,
and the Holy Spirit, the Lordjust said to me, Today go to
lunch with him.
(17:49):
And so after church, I justsaid, Hey, can I join you guys
for lunch?
And um I will never forget thatday because I remember we went
to an Indian restaurant.
The kids were ecstatic.
I mean, it was the first timewe had been a family in a long
time, but I had so much peace,you know, there was no more
(18:10):
fear.
I had no fear, I had noworries, no anxieties.
I was just letting the HolySpirit lead me.
And so we had a really nicetime.
And so after that, I believe wedecided to meet with the
counselor.
I mean, I was just letting theLord lead me.
And so we started the slowprocess of reconciliation, and
it was very slow.
So for like another, say, threemonths, we met with his
(18:33):
counselor once a week, and then,you know, decided to let him
move in, but not in the samebedroom.
And then it was another three,you know, so it was a very, but
it was all led by the HolySpirit.
And then it was, you know,slowly back together in the
bedroom, and then finallyreconciliation was, you know,
complete.
And I remember there's apicture of us, I believe it was
(18:55):
either Mother's Day or Father'sDay, but it was a special day,
and and that was the day thefirst time we had, you know,
slept in the same bed as husbandand wife in probably over two
years.
And it was when we began livinglike husband and wife and as a
family.
And, you know, that was, youknow, 22, 23 years ago.
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Of course, there's so much moreto my story.
You know, when trust is brokento this level, it's not
something you just flip a switchand get over, but it's what my
book is about.
I have written a book andlooking forward to helping other
marriages because I feel likethe Lord took me down a journey
that's there for others.
You know, it's not just for me,it's for others, but it it does
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require uh surrendered andlordship of Jesus Christ.
And that is what I would say iswhere and how my marriage works
for me because of the lack oftrust.
You know, people ask me all thetime, do you how do you trust
him?
And I always say, I don't trusthim, but I trust my God, you
know, and I know that the Lordwill put in front of me anything
that needs to be put in frontof me.
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And I know that he'll lead meand guide me, and he does.
So we are getting ready tocelebrate our 38-year wedding
anniversary, and we are livingthe sweetest life right now.
I could not imagine this couldbe possible, and I don't believe
it would be possible.
I know it wouldn't be possiblewithout Jesus.
So Jesus is the center of myheart, he's the center of our
(20:24):
marriage, and I continue to be aprayer warrior for my husband,
for my marriage, for mychildren, my grandchildren.
And I just continue to believein a God of the impossible and
the God of miracles, you know,and that is my passion is to
share that with the world.
And so thank you for letting mehave this opportunity to share
the power of Jesus Christ if weallow him.
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God has a much sweeter plan forme, my husband, and the lineage
we are going to leave behind.
And that's what gets me sohappy.
So I do want to end with thescripture that was a promise,
you know, given to me during mydarkest day, that is another
promise fulfilled, and I touchedon it earlier.
But the scripture is Ezekiel36, verses 25 through 27, that
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say, Then I will sprinkle cleanwater on you, and you will be
clean.
Your filth will be washed away,and you will no longer worship
idols.
And I will give you a new heartand new and right desires, and
I will put a new spirit in you.
I will take out your stonyheart of sin and give you a new
(21:28):
obedient heart, and I will putmy spirit in you, so you will
obey my laws and do whatever Icommand.
That is like so near and dear tome.
I probably just want to sharealso that to the glory of God,
like our eldest son, when all ofthis happened, he uh he became
extremely angry, and a darknesscame over him, and he became a
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delinquent, and the police werealways coming over to our house,
and he was just doing badthings, like trying to light the
forest on fire and throwingrocks at cars driving by.
And we had a couple ofdeliverance prayers over him.
And I guess what I want to shareis that God didn't just heal
me, he healed my marriage, buthe, my three children, Roman,
(22:15):
Nolan, and Nikki, they loveJesus Christ with all their
mind, body, spirit, and soul.
And they are having childrennow.
I'm getting ready to welcomeour third grandchild, and they
are raising them up in the waysof the Lord.
You know, when I look back toPastor James McDonald's
message, you know, legacy.
Legacy is such an importantthing and what we are going to
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leave.
And I think of, you know,because of the choices Will and
I both made, because of Christ,because Christ moved in our
lives, you know, now we willleave a legacy of Jesus Christ
and faith, you know, and that isthe most beautiful thing.
I mean, there is no greaterjoy than that.
Margaret Ereneta (22:58):
Thanks for listening today.
Check out our show notes tofind Tweeny's website.
Also, our show notes have a tonof information.
If you're looking for help onmarriage trouble, substance
abuse, or Steven Ministers,that's all in our show notes,
too.
You find those by selecting Ior more in your favorite pod
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Tweeny Randall (00:16):
I could not imagine this could be possible.
And I don't believe it would bepossible.
I know it wouldn't be possiblewithout Jesus.
So Jesus is the center of myheart.
Margaret Ereneta (00:32):
Thanks for coming back to Tweeny's Total
Transformation Part 2.
Today we'll hear God moving inTweeny's life when she starts to
see herself through God's eyes.
So much healing.
Be encouraged today.
Tweeny Randall (00:56):
And I called Pastor Dale and I asked him if I
could see him.
I just told him that I wasn'tdoing well.
And he said to me, Are youreading your Bible, Tweeny?
And you know what?
That was something so simple,but no one had really asked me
that question.
And I said no.
So after those two words ofwisdom, I joined a Bible study.
(01:21):
I started reading my Bible, andthe Word of God became alive to
me.
And I would say that was wherethe One80 change happened in me,
is when I started reading theword of God.
And God would meet me everysingle morning in my place of
need.
So that it was like literallyhe was alive and he was speaking
(01:44):
to me through his word.
And I began to get stronger andstronger.
And then there was a ministryat our church called Faith and
Hope.
And uh an elder at the church,Frank McGraw, he asked me to be
a small group leader.
And I remember saying to him, Ican't be a small group leader,
I'm a brand new Christian.
And he said, Says who?
So I was afraid to be a leader.
(02:06):
I think that was something veryimportant to get my mind off of
my pain, like serving the Lordin the midst of your suffering.
There's something so powerfulabout that.
So when I started reading theword of God, that was when I
started to see myself the wayGod sees me.
And I would say that is where myhealing happened.
(02:27):
Is I started to define myselfthrough a loving God instead of
through man, instead of throughhow my husband had treated me
and all the men before that.
I started to see myself throughGod's eyes.
Like what he had written in theBible, I had to receive by
faith that it was about me.
You know, so like whenEphesians, I think it's 210,
(02:51):
where he says, I call you mymasterpiece.
I would meditate on scriptureslike that.
Like he calls me hismasterpiece.
Like a masterpiece is somethingso glorious, you know, like we
we we can't even wrap our mindsaround a masterpiece.
Or in Song of Songs, where I'm,you know, he calls me his
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beloved.
You know, so for me, I justchose to believe in the
scriptures that they werewritten for me personally.
And I started to see myselfthrough God's eyes, and that's
how I began to heal.
Margaret Ereneta (03:23):
Next, Tweeny shares about that healing and
how that started to unfold inher life.
Tweeny Randall (03:29):
I haven't touched cigarettes or alcohol in
22 years.
It stopped with the Holy Spiritspeaking to me about how our
body is the temple of the HolySpirit.
But it was like the Holy Spiritstarted speaking to me about I
don't want you drinking.
This is not good for you, thisis not healthy.
And then me crying out to him,I don't know how to quit.
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I'm so scared, you know.
And in just him saying, We'rejust gonna do it cold turkey.
And I remember when I quitsmoking cigarettes, I put it on
the care and communication cardat church, and I just wanted
everyone praying for me.
And the first day, um, so youknow, I got rid of all my
cigarettes, and then the firstday I I had to go to bed at 7
(04:11):
p.m.
because I knew I'd have acigarette if I didn't.
And then the next day was 8 p.m.
And then, you know, I think byday four, and I, you know, it
was truly the power of God inme.
And the and with alcohol, I,you know, I it had to have been
the Lord because it was easy.
I just made a decision and Itill this day I have had no
desire to drink.
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I actually abore alcohol, nooffense to people that drink,
but I have just seen nothing butdestruction with it, and so
many drunk driving accidents,what my father was like, what I
did in my marriage.
I just don't understand alcoholat all.
I feel like it's um the devil'spawn, but it was easy for me
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when I quit.
I just quit and I never lookedback.
So there's no way to explainit.
I have to believe it was justthe power of Christ in me, you
know.
So I began to, you know, servethe Lord through ministry and um
the leadership meetings.
I mean, I was thrown in theocean with spiritual giants.
I mean, I just remember goingto these leaders' meetings and
(05:12):
just being overwhelmed becausethese were prayer warriors, you
know, but it was such fantastictraining for me.
So I began to turn from my God,little G, Will, my husband, and
turn to Jesus, the real God.
And it was truly the word ofGod.
And I remember so we were stillseparated, and I think it was
maybe a year later, Pastor Dalesaid, you know, I think we
(05:34):
should have a meeting with Will,see where he's at, you know.
And so we did, and he was stillreally out in the left field.
And so it was after that thatum I was being counseled to
start a divorce.
Many people in my life weretelling me to start a divorce,
and in my flesh, I knew it was alogical thing to do because it
was a year later and he was notchanged, one drop.
(05:56):
And um, I remember going to abrother Frank and saying to him,
I think I should start adivorce.
And he said, But Tweenie, whatis the Father saying to you?
And that was another conceptthat I had not been taught yet.
And I go, What do you mean?
And he goes, What is God, thefather, saying to you?
And I said, I don't know.
(06:16):
And then he said, You need toseek him.
No one has the answers excepthim.
And I was like, seek him?
Well, what does that mean?
And he said, You just sit down,you get still, and you ask him
for wisdom and guidance.
So that was the beginning ofhow I began to like hear how the
Holy Spirit speaks to us andthe word and the combination.
(06:40):
So everything I would readevery day, words like uh
patience, reconciliation,restoration, redemption.
I remember the one verse inEzekiel 36 about the dry bones
becoming live again.
Just like I began to see apattern, and I thought, Lord,
you're telling me to not get adivorce and to wait, even though
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my situation seemed completelyimpossible.
I mean, he was still out inLalaland.
Margaret Ereneta (07:10):
Not only has God done amazing work in
Tweeny's life, but what he'sgoing to do in their marriage is
miraculous, and you just haveto listen to the rest and join
the ride with us.
Tweeny Randall (07:23):
I was so hooked to smoking.
Sounds so funny now, but Iloved smoking cigarettes.
It sounds disgusting, but I'mbeing honest.
And the Lord was, I don't know,he just started speaking to me.
I quit smoking, I quitdrinking, and I quit dressing
bad.
I remember going into my closetwith four of those big, huge
(07:43):
trash bags, you know.
And I uh threw out everylow-cut top, every short dress,
skirt, you know, tight, anythingthat would attract a man, I
threw it.
It was four garbage bags, and Idid not give it to Goodwill.
I threw it in the garbage bagbecause I thought I don't want
anybody wearing this.
And God started to reallychange.
(08:04):
I used to swear a lot, and hestarted convicting me of my
words.
And it was a beautiful thing.
And so as I started to turn andreally made Jesus not only
savior, but Lord, I believesomething started to change.
And Will, I don't know how thathappened, my husband, Will.
And um, I remember one day theLord said to me, I want you to
(08:26):
completely surrender yourmarriage to me and your husband
to me, and I will take care ofhim.
And all I want you to do now isto pray.
And he said to me, The only wayyou can love him now is through
your prayers.
So that was when I told myhusband that I wanted a
no-contact separation.
And again, I need to back upbecause after a year he
(08:47):
pretended to have changed, and Ilet him move back in.
And we actually renewed ourvows, and uh then I found out he
was still in contact with thatwoman, and then I asked him to
leave again, but this time I wasa believer.
It was so different.
I had a peace and I asked himto leave because the Lord showed
me that I he didn't want meliving with a double-minded man.
So we actually had twoseparations, but a total was 18
(09:11):
months.
So the second time when hemoved out, I asked him because
the Holy Spirit was leading me,and and the Lord told me no
context, no context.
So we did not, I did not see myhusband.
I did not talk to him for Ibelieve it was 10 or 11 months.
And I just got stronger andstronger in those 10 and 11
months.
That is when, like, I startedserving in faith and hope.
(09:33):
I joined a prayer group with myneighbor Maureen across the
street, and we would go everyFriday and we would pray the
heavens down, and you know, God,it told me, I just want you to
pray for him.
Maureen and I, we would gettogether every week and we
started praying prayers out ofStormy O'Martian's book, Hour of
a Praying Wife.
I I love that your podcast iscalled 180 because that was
(09:54):
truly what happened to me when Igave my life to Jesus was
through the word, throughconnecting with the Holy Spirit,
through community, prayer.
Those are the ways that Iactually did a 180 and just
became transformed.
Jesus Christ transformed mefrom the inside out.
And I knew I loved my husband,I knew I wanted to save my
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marriage, I knew I wanted tosave my family, but I also knew
I didn't want him the way hewas.
That God, God, my heavenlyfather, did not want me to be
with him.
And so that gave me a lot ofconfidence, you know, like there
was just a total peace andsurrender, you know.
And there were scriptures likeProverbs 3, 5, and 6, trust in
the Lord with all your heart,lean not on your own
(10:37):
understanding.
In all your ways, acknowledgehim, and he will set your path
straight.
And so on the hard days, I canremember when I, you know, I
missed him, I missed my husband,I was tired of being a single
mom, and I felt sad for my kids.
I remember on those days, Iwould literally just recite that
scripture over and over and outloud.
Margaret Ereneta (11:00):
I love this next part of Tweeny's story
because you can just see theword of God coming alive in her
and the transformation thathappens.
Tweeny Randall (11:09):
Over and over, and each time I'd say it, I'd
get stronger and stronger andstronger.
And it was amazing to me howthe word of God just became
truly my sword, my weapon, youknow, to fight the spiritual
battle that I was in.
And so what happened next isthe the woman Linda that had
came over and told me about herchurch and Stephen Ministers,
(11:32):
one day she said to me, Myhusband Ed is wondering if he
could reach out to Will andcould he get his number?
And I thought, why not?
And she said, Okay, thanks.
S o I gave her Will's number,thinking, Oh, Will will never
respond.
But you see, this is how thepower of prayer works.
And so Ed reached out to Will.
And I have no idea how God didthis, but Will met him for
(11:54):
coffee.
And um, apparently Ed invitedhim to a Moody Bible men's
conference.
So the day of the men'sconference, I was just like,
Lord, if you could just put acrack in him.
I mean, he was so gone.
He literally thought he had metthe love of his life and that
he'd married the wrong woman.
Three children later.
I think it was we'd beenmarried 14 years at the time,
(12:16):
can't remember.
But so Maureen, Linda, and I, wedecided we were going to fast
and pray.
Not together, just at our ownindividual homes.
And I remember that daythinking there's no way he's
gonna go, he's gonna make anexcuse.
But I kept believing by faith.
And um, Maureen said, uh, youwant me to go drive in the
parking lot and see if his caris there?
(12:38):
Because they they took a busfrom the parking lot.
And I said, sure.
And she went and his car wasthere.
So that told me he had gone.
So we fasted and prayed.
I had no idea because we werehaving no contact.
And the next day, he was askingme if I would meet him for
dinner.
And I remember because Iprayed, I prayed about
(12:58):
everything.
And I was like, Lord, should Igo?
And the Lord was like, Yes.
I remember driving that eveningand talking to Maureen on the
phone, and I said, I bet he'sgonna tell me he wants to file
for divorce.
And Maureen was like, Well,then if that's what's gonna
happen, that's what's gonnahappen.
We're gonna just trust the Lordbecause God's already told you
he doesn't want you to be with adouble-minded man.
(13:18):
And so um, driving there, I hadso much peace.
I can't even tell you.
It was like total surrender.
I was like, My life is yours,God, and if it's divorce, it's
divorce.
And so I get there, and to mysurprise, he's like a nervous,
like kid, and he's like actingvery different.
(13:40):
And I was like in my headgoing, what is going on with
him?
And he tells me that he went tothis conference, and um,
apparently, you know, there were3,000 men there.
And he said he thought, Oh mygosh, what have I committed to?
What am I doing here?
Well, it was the last preacher,and it was Pastor James
McDonald.
He had a story, he started hismessage with a story about a man
(14:02):
that would come to his churchwith his family, and uh then
they stopped coming.
And I don't know how manymonths later this man started
coming with another woman.
And he said he was intrigued,and so after one of the
services, he went up to the manand he said, you know, hi.
And the man said, Oh, Pastor,Pastor, I want to introduce you
to the love of my life.
I'm divorcing my wife andmarrying her.
(14:24):
And Will said, 3,000 men in theroom started chuckling.
And he thought, What's sofunny?
Like he literally didn't getit.
But then the next part ofPastor James McDonald's message
was about legacy, and he sharedabout what kind of legacy do you
want to leave your children?
And I wasn't there, but it waspowerful enough that that crack
(14:46):
that I wanted in Will happenedand something broke in him.
And he will tell you that hewas like jello, weeping, it's
not coming out of his nose, hesaid, and shaking.
And apparently, you know, Edlaid hands on him and they they
prayed over him.
So back to the restaurant, hesays to me, So I want you to
(15:07):
know that I have broken it offwith this woman, and I've told
her I never want to see heragain.
And I'm wondering if you willgive me another chance and if we
could work it out.
While I'm inside, I'm prayinginternally.
Lord, what do you want me tosay?
Lord, what do you want me tosay?
Because that's kind of how I'mliving my life now.
Like I'm not just moving inwhat I want to do.
And the Lord says to me, tellhim you want to think about it
(15:31):
and pray about it.
And that is like a brand newtweenie because it used to be
Will would say jump and tweeniewould say, How high, you know.
So that's what I said.
I said, Wow, um, I'd like topray about it and think about
it.
And I think he was just totallyshocked.
And he was like, Yes, yes, ofcourse, of course, you know, let
me know.
He also shared that he had goneto the church service in the
(15:52):
morning service, not the one Igo to, and had gone up for
prayers and um broke down and,you know, repented.
And it was like reality hithim, like God truly got a hold
of him of what the deception hehad been living in.
So he had gotten prayers Sundaymorning at church.
He had actually, this was likea Monday evening, and so now
he's telling me how he went toPastor James McDonald's church
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because he wanted to meet withhim.
So, you know, really, God reallygot a hold of him.
He had a wake-up call of thedeception.
So after that, you know, Iprayed about it and I felt like
the Lord said to me, Oh, becauseone of his requests was, could
we start with going with meetingmy therapist?
I guess he had been seeing atherapist too, a Christian
counselor.
And so I went home and I didpray about it and I prayed a lot
(16:36):
about it, and I felt like theLord said, No, no, no meeting
with his therapist.
Why don't you tell him he cancome to church on Sundays?
And after church, he can takethe children out for lunch, but
not you.
So that actually happened forthree months.
I told him, I said, you know, Idon't want to meet your
counselor, but you can come tochurch with us on Sundays, and
um I'm gonna cry again.
(16:57):
But I said, But I want toremind you, we're not we're not
one big happy family, so don'ttry to pretend like we are.
You can sit between us, likedon't sit with me.
Margaret Ereneta (17:10):
Did you get that?
It's so cool to hear how thepower of the Holy Spirit
transforms Tweeny to stoprepeating the pattern she grew
up with.
And she's not going to fakethat they're a happy-go-lucky
family.
She's going to walk in Spiritand truth with the Lord.
So cool to see.
Tweeny Randall (17:28):
So it would be Will and the three kids, and
then me.
And then you can take them outto lunch.
And um, please don't put me onthe spot and invite me.
So that's how we what we didfor three months, and he came
every single Sunday.
And um, it was about threemonths later, it was one Sunday,
and the Holy Spirit, the Lordjust said to me, Today go to
lunch with him.
(17:49):
And so after church, I justsaid, Hey, can I join you guys
for lunch?
And um I will never forget thatday because I remember we went
to an Indian restaurant.
The kids were ecstatic.
I mean, it was the first timewe had been a family in a long
time, but I had so much peace,you know, there was no more
(18:10):
fear.
I had no fear, I had noworries, no anxieties.
I was just letting the HolySpirit lead me.
And so we had a really nicetime.
And so after that, I believe wedecided to meet with the
counselor.
I mean, I was just letting theLord lead me.
And so we started the slowprocess of reconciliation, and
it was very slow.
So for like another, say, threemonths, we met with his
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counselor once a week, and then,you know, decided to let him
move in, but not in the samebedroom.
And then it was another three,you know, so it was a very, but
it was all led by the HolySpirit.
And then it was, you know,slowly back together in the
bedroom, and then finallyreconciliation was, you know,
complete.
And I remember there's apicture of us, I believe it was
(18:55):
either Mother's Day or Father'sDay, but it was a special day,
and and that was the day thefirst time we had, you know,
slept in the same bed as husbandand wife in probably over two
years.
And it was when we began livinglike husband and wife and as a
family.
And, you know, that was, youknow, 22, 23 years ago.
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Of course, there's so much moreto my story.
You know, when trust is brokento this level, it's not
something you just flip a switchand get over, but it's what my
book is about.
I have written a book andlooking forward to helping other
marriages because I feel likethe Lord took me down a journey
that's there for others.
You know, it's not just for me,it's for others, but it it does
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require uh surrendered andlordship of Jesus Christ.
And that is what I would say iswhere and how my marriage works
for me because of the lack oftrust.
You know, people ask me all thetime, do you how do you trust
him?
And I always say, I don't trusthim, but I trust my God, you
know, and I know that the Lordwill put in front of me anything
that needs to be put in frontof me.
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And I know that he'll lead meand guide me, and he does.
So we are getting ready tocelebrate our 38-year wedding
anniversary, and we are livingthe sweetest life right now.
I could not imagine this couldbe possible, and I don't believe
it would be possible.
I know it wouldn't be possiblewithout Jesus.
So Jesus is the center of myheart, he's the center of our
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marriage, and I continue to be aprayer warrior for my husband,
for my marriage, for mychildren, my grandchildren.
And I just continue to believein a God of the impossible and
the God of miracles, you know,and that is my passion is to
share that with the world.
And so thank you for letting mehave this opportunity to share
the power of Jesus Christ if weallow him.
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God has a much sweeter plan forme, my husband, and the lineage
we are going to leave behind.
And that's what gets me sohappy.
So I do want to end with thescripture that was a promise,
you know, given to me during mydarkest day, that is another
promise fulfilled, and I touchedon it earlier.
But the scripture is Ezekiel36, verses 25 through 27, that
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say, Then I will sprinkle cleanwater on you, and you will be
clean.
Your filth will be washed away,and you will no longer worship
idols.
And I will give you a new heartand new and right desires, and
I will put a new spirit in you.
I will take out your stonyheart of sin and give you a new
(21:28):
obedient heart, and I will putmy spirit in you, so you will
obey my laws and do whatever Icommand.
That is like so near and dear tome.
I probably just want to sharealso that to the glory of God,
like our eldest son, when all ofthis happened, he uh he became
extremely angry, and a darknesscame over him, and he became a
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delinquent, and the police werealways coming over to our house,
and he was just doing badthings, like trying to light the
forest on fire and throwingrocks at cars driving by.
And we had a couple ofdeliverance prayers over him.
And I guess what I want to shareis that God didn't just heal
me, he healed my marriage, buthe, my three children, Roman,
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Nolan, and Nikki, they loveJesus Christ with all their
mind, body, spirit, and soul.
And they are having childrennow.
I'm getting ready to welcomeour third grandchild, and they
are raising them up in the waysof the Lord.
You know, when I look back toPastor James McDonald's
message, you know, legacy.
Legacy is such an importantthing and what we are going to
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leave.
And I think of, you know,because of the choices Will and
I both made, because of Christ,because Christ moved in our
lives, you know, now we willleave a legacy of Jesus Christ
and faith, you know, and that isthe most beautiful thing.
I mean, there is no greaterjoy than that.
Margaret Ereneta (22:58):
Thanks for listening today.
Check out our show notes tofind Tweeny's website.
Also, our show notes have a tonof information.
If you're looking for help onmarriage trouble, substance
abuse, or Steven Ministers,that's all in our show notes,
too.
You find those by selecting Ior more in your favorite pod
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