Part 3 — My Spiritual Awakening: How God Called Me Into Ministry After the War By Delphine Collins

Coming to America ended the physical war around me, but it awakened a spiritual journey within me. The same God who preserved me through Liberia’s civil war began to reveal the deeper purpose behind my survival.

This chapter of my life is not about trauma — it is about transformation.

It is about the moment God began to speak, shape, heal, and call me into the woman I was always meant to become.

The Quiet Stirring: When God Began to Pull on My Heart

After resettling in the United States, life became more stable, but inside I felt a deep stirring.

Something in me longed for God in a way I couldn’t explain.

I didn’t know it then, but the Holy Spirit was awakening:

• A hunger for prayer

• A sensitivity to God’s voice

• A compassion for people

• A desire to help the broken

• A calling to intercede

• A mantle of leadership

The same God who protected me in Liberia was now calling me into intimacy with Him.

Healing Became My First Ministry

Before God sent me to minister to others, He ministered to me.

He began healing:

• Childhood trauma

• War memories

• Emotional wounds

• Identity struggles

• Fear and insecurity

Healing was not instant — it was a journey. But every step drew me closer to God. Every breakthrough revealed more of who I was in Him. I learned that God does not call the healed — He heals the called.

The Moment I Realized I Was Called

There wasn’t just one moment — there were many.

Moments where God spoke through dreams, visions, scripture, and encounters.

Moments where people confirmed what God was already whispering.

Moments where I felt the weight of compassion for others so strongly that I knew it wasn’t natural — it was spiritual.

I realized:

“God didn’t just save my life. He claimed it.” My calling wasn’t something I choose. It was something God revealed.

Stepping Into Ministry: From Hidden to Positioned

As I grew spiritually, God began to position me:

• To pray for others

• To encourage the broken

• To speak life

• To intercede

• To lead

• To teach

• To serve

Every gift that had been buried under trauma began to rise. Every part of my story became a tool in God’s hands. I wasn’t just a survivor — I was a vessel.

The Birth of Grace Hope Love Prays Ministry

My ministry was not born from ambition.

It was born from obedience.

God showed me that everything I survived — the war, the displacement, the transition, the healing — was preparation for the assignment He placed on my life.

Grace Hope Love Prays Ministry became the expression of:

• Grace that carried me

• Hope that sustained me

• Love that restored me

• Prayer that shaped me

My ministry is not just what I do.

It is who I am.

Walking in My Mantle Today

Today, I walk boldly in the calling God placed on my life:

• A prophetic voice

• A teacher

• A leader

• A builder

• A woman of prayer

• A woman of compassion

• A woman with a global assignment

I am no longer defined by what I survived.

I am defined by the God who called me.

My life declares:  "I am a survivor, but more than that — I am chosen.”