Our Testimonies
KJ
For years I battled with thoughts of not being enough and not measuring up. I struggled with who I was and wrestled with trying to understand my purpose or if I even had one. The negative voices in my head were excruciatingly loud and going through a divorce only made things worse. Thoughts like, now you’re not even a good father; you were never a good spouse; you’re a failure began constantly running though my head. On a cold, dark night on January 13, 2021, seated in my truck with my handgun, I pulled the trigger and tried to end my life. But God had other plans. Later that night I was found by my son, unconscious but otherwise uninjured laying outside my truck in the shattered glass from the window. I put what I had been going through on our church’s prayer app and I was blown away by the hundreds of people praying for me. I got connected with our Brotherhood men’s group. In sharing my story with other men, I realized I wasn’t alone. I am now married to my best friend, my Proverbs 31 woman. Together, we serve on our church’s Campus Excellence and Events teams, and are in ministry school, pursuing the calling God has on our lives.
NESI
For many years, I went through life without knowing Christ, living in sin and following the lifestyle the world glorifies. I was a star high school basketball player who was sexually abused by my coach. I was led into darkness, digging deeper into a life of sin. I tried to live a secretive life. I glorified vulgar music, got drunk, went to parties/clubs, was sexually immoral, and my language was filled with curse words. My life was out of control. The devil had a stronghold on my life and I didn’t even know it. I knew something was missing and I was curious to know God, so I began reading in the Bible app. I quit in the middle of reading the book of Romans because I felt so much guilt and shame. The Holy Spirit kept stirring me but I was still resistant to submitting. But, after a year, I opened Romans for the second time. I remember saying to myself, "Alright Nesi are you going to just keep reading the Word or are you going to follow the Word?" I decided to keep seeking God in scripture and He began to transform me, freeing me from the sinful lifestyle that had controlled me for so many years. Since giving my life to Jesus, I have been delivered from those strongholds that were once in my life and God has blessed me with His guidance, wisdom, and peace. I am now in ministry school with my amazing husband, KJ, seeking the Lord’s will for our lives. I am so glad that I can say Jesus is Lord of my life.
Verse Inspiration
“But respect Christ as the holy Lord in your hearts. Always be ready to answer everyone who asks you to explain about the hope you have, but answer in a gentle way and with respect. Keep a clear conscience so that those who speak evil of your good life in Christ will be made ashamed.”
1 Peter 3:15-16 NCV
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