God does extraordinary things for His children

In 2019, The Lord promised us that before we see a need, He’s already made provision for it! We knew our best financial years were ahead of us. Glory, Glory, Glory🌟🌟🌟

God has been amazingly strategic with precision all that He is doing. He started with my health (miracle healing) day of surgery doctors discover an act of God a supernatural removal on clusters of polyps and a grapefruit sized fibroid, GLORY TO GOD!!!

Then my husband’s change of job that without realizing we’ve gotten comfortable with a large salary that would take 5 jobs to meet its mark on paying bills and debt off one at a time. Yet God had a BETTER plan. 

Around the same time of my surgery in March 2021 my husband gets a new boss which showed me what God meant when He said “I turn the heart of a King” 
Proverbs 21:1
21 It’s as easy for God to steer a king’s heart for his purposes as it is for him to direct the course of a stream. TPT

We have our church account to be a testimony of God’s faithfulness & abundance as God of the Tithe and God of the Increase. That at mid year to our amazement we already met our yearly giving in 6 months, 
go God🙌🏼🙌🏼

As I began to thank God we got a full pay every month for 4 months with husband given those months off in military with pay in May through August what will September look like? We got no salary now and how will we tithe? My husband has not started in two of his job prospects by September or the fact that it’ll be smaller in the time to come and Lord says, he’ll do better with our “First fruit giving of $6,000” amounting or matching this mid year giving and DOUBLING what we normally give by the year’s end. DOUBLE‼️

PRAISE GOD FOR THE DOUBLE🙌🏼🙌🏼
Husband given a BONUS of 60k hallelujah Jesus. Becoming absolutely DEBT FREE overnight before making our first Home purchase and starting my food catering business. I am speechless with what God has already DONE and look forward to (the more) He’s promised. 

Side note: Husband 2 job prospects 
First call in May after Mother’s Day for the National Guard and the other call came July at the Landings. Before 60k bonus we got direct deposit of $8080.09 in September for husband 60 days of unused leave. So for months of September & October we have tithes and offering and our bills covered. God does extraordinary things for His children to become a channel for blessing in the earth.

Mathew 6:33 NLT
33 Seek the Kingdom of God above all else, and live righteously, and he will give you everything you need.

Sharing the love of God!

"I left church and went directly to the laundromat. Remembering today’s message I was opened to whatever God wanted. I witnessed to 3 people in love. The first, a druggy, but listened because I offered her some dryer sheets. Another man, once in the church and had spoken in tongues now gay, was drawn to me because of the dryer sheet anointing, lol, he and I talked and I did let him know I do believe the Bible and that homosexuality is still a sin, but God loves him as his hand is upon him. I encouraged him to stir up the Holy Ghost and allow himself to talk to God and his life will be changed. And the last one was, Michigan, drunk at 1:26 pm was drawn by just smiling and making conversation. I thank you and God for the right now word and wanted you to know the evidence followed. Love you and I’ll see you Tuesday at prayer!"

The harvest of your generosity will grow

My husband and I wanted to give more to the building fund, so we decided on an amount and set a goal to reach by the end of the year. Less than 24 hours later, we received a significant amount of unexpected income...40% HIGHER OUR TOTAL GOAL FOR THE YEAR!!! What did we do? We gave it ALL and are now setting a higher goal for the end of this year! We must get The Harvest House built!!! GOD IS GOOD TO US!!! 2 Corinthians 9:10 says "This generous God who supplies abundant seed for the farmer, which becomes bread for our meals, is even more extravagant toward you. First He supplies every need, plus more. Then He multiplies the seed as you sow it, so that the harvest of your generosity will grow."

He can even use monkeys!

I've been praying asking God to make me a laborer and that I would be in the right place, at the right time, with the right words for people. After our services with Marty Blackwelder he told a story about his sister being a handmaiden for God and he talked about being able to discern and he called it a "divine cue". I loved that! I didn't want to miss a divine cue, I wanted God to be able to use me in a greater way. I prayed, "God make me a greater laborer, just as we cry out for laborers for our family make me that laborer for another."

Yesterday, we took a trip to the zoo and we were enjoying our day and focusing on our kids. We got to the monkey exhibit and a young grandmother and her two grandkids were standing next to us also looking at the monkeys. We weren't paying much attention to them until the woman was correcting her grandchildren and used the "F" word right there in front of our kids. Before we could even say anything the woman began to apologize all over herself and then tell us everything that was going on in her life and that she had just walked away from God. (I thought - really God? A divine cue right here with the monkeys?) My husband responded to her first about God wanting her back. She said she didn't want to walk away from Him but she had just lost her son and she didn't know what to do and that things were so hard and really bad for them. We told her God didn't take her son and also He would be the only one who would understand her and be able to bring her healing because He lost His son too. She cried and we prayed for her right there in front of people and the monkeys. LOL! We laughed so hard later thinking, was that God saying I can even use you monkeys? God is so good and I know after those services for those of us who will be in position, He is going to use us all over the place for His kingdom. Evidence of His goodness!

Unexpected Increase!

Around this time every year we get our yearly bonus at work. This has only been my second time getting a bonus since working in South Carolina. They don’t do it in Georgia. So my first one wasn’t that much which I was still I grateful for. This year I had no idea what to expect or what we were getting, our bonuses are based on metrics.

I talked to my manager and he said we met 100% of our metrics due to covid and so forth. So me still not knowing how much it was going to be. My bonus was 20 times higher than my first, on top of that I got my yearly raise. God is good to me and my family, he is faithful. #evidenceofhisgoodness

He knows our deepest desires and hears the cries of our heart

God and His faithfulness has carried us through it all! He’s just THAT good. Even through the Covid-19 Pandemic... we can still shout “But God!”

What could have been a season of lacking, it was a season of abundance & overflow! I will take you back to before COVID started: At the time I was pregnant with our second baby, and so very wanted a job where I could work from home so that I could be with the baby and spend the most precious and fleeting moments with her. I prayed about it continuously and confessed the job was mine every time we paid our tithes. It was something I have always wanted for our family. With this remote position, I asked God to let the transition be smooth and to allow it be someone that I know personally to get my foot in the door. It was only a week later, a friend called and mentioned that there was a remote position that needed to be filled and asked if I was interested. With my degree and qualifications, I was able to ask for a higher pay. My immediate answer was yes! Two weeks later I leave my current job and began my training. Want to know the best part of it all? This new job is an $8 pay raise... working from home! Thank you Jesus! He knows our deepest desires and hears the cries of our heart.

Fast forward to maternity leave, I went without a paycheck for 7 weeks. There was only one income, but we continued to tithe and believe God for the supernatural. Things were tight, but God always provided for our family. With one child attending daycare, we soon found ourselves late and very behind on our monthly payments. A few weeks go by and we receive an email that the debt was completely paid off by an anonymous person. Talk about supernatural blessings! We have experienced nothing but increase and favor at every turn!

Just this month, we have been approved for a loan in buying our first home and will be closing on it at the end of this month! Still shouting... “BUT GOD!!”

I am healed

I am healed. In the past year facing health issues I battled and different medications trying to deal with the symptoms and then reactions to medications I felt frustrated. I prayed, I quit the medication, I prayed with pastor Datha. I am completely healed. I have been praying for any hindrance to be removed from me so I am not my own problem. I want to be a vessel and a soldier for God. Then I started feeling sick again. I realized I had not forgiven my brother. I was hindering my walk!!! In my prayer time I saw my shackles come off and I have just continued praying for more than a week because I didn’t feel like my healing was complete. This Sunday during praise and worship I saw a bottle of sand. God was taking the sand from my heart with what I heard praying was that it was never my yoke to bear and that it was “muddying” up everything. He cleansed my heart of the sand that weighed me down. Sand really does get everywhere and that unforgiveness was effecting every area of my life. I had no idea I carried that weight of unforgiveness and I feel lighter and better than I have in months! I cannot wait to see what he has in store for everyone else.

I asked the Lord for Wisdom

When I moved to Savannah in August 2020 to attend a different college campus, I asked the Lord in prayer one day for wisdom, according to James 1:5. I excelled in all my classes with all A's, where many students were complaining about the transition to online classes. I refuse to join (or come into agreement) with complaining. As a result, I obtained all A's in the spring when the season of COVID-19 began. In fact, I unexpectedly awarded a certificate, placing me on the President's list. I give God all the glory for not withholding wisdom from me. I don't deserve it but He satisfies me with good things!

I'd like to encourage all readers to never underestimate the hard work you put into tasks - whether menial or high-grade work. Hard work always pays off, knowing that in the Lord your labor is not in vain. Go to the Word that covers your situation and release your faith in prayer by speaking the Word... you won't regret it. I also encourage you all to sow where you want to go. Once you release what's in your hand, God will release what's in His. Simply put, the Word of God works... anytime, anywhere with anyone!

God is so faithful! I am so grateful that I was able to have a job in 2020 and He provided for us when my husband lost his. Last fall I was given the opportunity to help another department that was struggling. I expected at least a little recognition of my extra effort but was blown away when I read my annual review (God's favor!). We just sowed into the building fund Sunday and today I was notified about my merit raise. I'm getting the biggest raise and the biggest bonus I've EVER received! God is so good! Definitely evidence of His goodness!

Total increase has been over $52k

The company I work for has set cost of living (COL) increases every year so long a performance is at acceptable levels. However, once an employee’s salary reaches a certain range, the increase per year drops to a smaller percentage. When I was hired for my current job, it came with a substantial pay increase plus a merit increase so I was almost immediately put at the lower COL percentage for annual increases. Last year, I received a COL increase plus a manager’s discretionary award, as well as nice bonus. That put me well above the threshold to receive the higher COL increase. I always try to work hard at my job because ultimately I am not working for the company, I am working for God (Colossians 3:23-24). But with the world’s Covid economy, the company rumor mill led me to believe that this year’s increases would be bare minimum. I wasn’t bothered by the possibility of little-to-no increase from the company because the company isn’t my source and I was thankful to still have a job! But to my surprise, when I received my compensation package, I not only received another merit increase well above the COL percentage but my bonus increased as well. Since starting with the company a few years ago, total increase has been over $52,000! The evidence of God’s goodness is all over my life!

Miracle Baby

Our grandchild was born 4 weeks early at 8lbs 4oz. Seems like a healthy baby but unfortunately his lungs had not developed yet so we knew he would be in Candler’s special care unit for several days. On day two he took a turn for the worse and had to be put on a ventilator and transported to Memorial’s NICU unit. Through the favor of God when I received the phone call I headed to the hospital to either meet my son at Memorial or stay at Candler with my daughter in law. As I walked through the doors at Candler I went to explain my situation in hopes they were going to let me in and the security guard interrupted me by handing me a sticker that already had my name on it. Only God!! I remember walking into my daughter in law’s room where she sat on the bed weeping and my son was frantically pacing back and forth because Memorial’s transport team had not arrived! I said, “God give me words” and I immediately looked at both of them and said, “not today, not tomorrow or anytime will the Devil have my grandson and y’all’ s son”. I began to repeat that and join my son walking around the room. Within seconds the Holy Spirit was able to enter into that room and start comforting my broken-hearted children. We then were able to go see our little baby before he was taken to Memorial. I was able to pray over him. He was born on December 14th transported to Memorial on December 15th where he had one more set back and we were told he might have to be flown to Augusta to receive a heart/lung transplant. With the prayers of family, friends and our faithful Tuesday night prayer warriors — our grandson left the hospital on December 25th a true Christmas miracle. My son and daughter in law got to witness first hand God work in their life through prayer!

Never give up on God! He wants us to ask Him, believe in Him, and receive his supernatural miracles!

$31,232 Debt Paid Off!

As we worshipped on Sunday, the lyrics “the winter storms made way for spring, in every season…” jumped alive in my spirit. In the fall of 2018, my husband and I were standing on the Word for provision and to pay off substantial debt. In the natural, it looked bleaker than ever. A rental property was in its 4th month vacant and the mortgage still had to be paid. In my prayer time as I meditated on the season of fall, the Lord reminded me that He is the source in every season of my life. I wrote in my prayer journal, “Different processes and different seasons, but God is the constant source of life and growth.” Through continuing to give and unexpected income, we made it through that season. However, the accumulated debt was still there. In 2019, we made progress with paying a bit extra on monthly payments but in the natural it still seemed insurmountable. My husband was working mostly 7 days a week, we had budgeted, I worked extra hours...in the natural we were doing our part. We never stopped giving and challenged ourselves to give more. Our confession became “free to give and free to go.”

Then came 2020...a season like no other! In January, we made a monthly faith pledge to give to the building fund and to several missionaries. The Lord set us up in February, even before the pandemic began, with unexpected premium rental income. April to Sept brought extra “unemployment” income and stimulus check income. July brought release from my husband’s second job, but he walked away with “buy-out” income. We increased our giving AND started knocking out debt every month. By November we had paid off $31,232 in debt. Only God can do that in a season like 2020! “Different processes and different seasons, but God IS the constant source of life and growth.” I have to testify of the evidence of His goodness in every season of my life!

"My math didn't work but God's did!"

God's math is different than ours...At the end of every year, we check our tithing/giving record as we want to see how our giving has changed from the previous year. As 2020 was different, what we saw wasn't expected. You see, my salary had dropped significantly as I was furloughed due to COVID, because business had dropped. When we found out that I was going to be furloughed, I decreed "WE WILL GIVE OUR WAY OUT OF THIS." We became very intentional about our sowing & giving to the church, other ministries, and to people, especially taking care to give immediately whenever God told us to give something out of the ordinary. As the year went on, the lower salary from the reduced hours was not very noticeable, and in fact, our standard of living INCREASED. We were able to do things that we had not been able to before. As I compared the giving record from 2019 and 2020, the amount from 2020 was SIGNIFICANTLY higher!!! AND that's not even including the amount we were able to give outside of the church and to people. Its mind boggling trying to figure this out, HOW do you lose salary and increase your lifestyle and giving at the same time??? My math didn't work BUT GOD'S DID. I give HIM the praise for this, it was all Him! All we did was follow the Word. Isaac sowed in famine and reaped an abundant harvest, its no different today, HIS WORD WORKS!!!

No Longer Dependent

I had been on and off of Adderall for the past 13 years. The withdrawals were already hitting me on a day to day basis before I even decided to get off the medication. By the time 5 pm rolled around everyday I was experiencing extreme fatigue, foggy thinking, and foggy memory. The long term negative effects were already exceeding the benefits that it once had. It had become a codependence on this drug, because I felt like I couldn’t wake up without first taking my Adderall. I spent most Saturdays unable to get out of bed because I wouldn’t take the medication and didn’t feel like I could even function without it. I was coming up on my yearly doctor's appointment and was already thinking of what would happen because I was already feeling so terrible by the end of the day but I was almost to the maximum dosage available. What would happen if I went to the highest available dosage and it didn’t work? That was a very big issue because Adderall is considered a high-class drug due to its addictive tendencies. Back in July, we had a guest speaker during SeedChicks. At this meeting, Pastor Datha gave a word about someone needing to not take a prescription medicine. I wasn’t able to go down because I was playing the piano, so I thought I’d missed my moment. Then, sometime around November 9th I think, there was a minister that was flowing in the gifts of the Spirit and giving words of knowledge. She was speaking to another woman about another prescription drug not pertaining to mine but as she spoke to the woman, my spirit was stirred and I knew that God was dealing with me about getting off of this medication. I know that God instantly and supernaturally delivered me from this medication once before several years ago so I knew that this was possible for God to do. But when I heard her talking about this medication and God wanting to set that particular woman free I knew this was God dealing with me. So whenever she spoke to the lady and said Get that medicine out of your house, I knew she was also talking to me. I was taking 30 mg of Adderall XR daily plus 20 mg of the immediate release of Adderall daily, so I was taking 50 mg of Adderall every day in order to function. I had two unopened bottles of Adderall XR that I threw out. God, in that moment, showed me where this would have been a hindrance to where He wanted to take me. The next day, I decided to go cold turkey because I knew if God was dealing with me to get off this medication, He would give me a special grace to get through this. I still took 10 mg of the immediate release because I knew if I had taken any more than that, it would have been more challenging to get off. The next day, I didn’t take anything at all. By Thursday, even though I felt really bad physically, I felt the best mentally with the clearest thinking I’ve had in years! Finally, by the time that Saturday rolled around, I went to Pastor Lisa at an event we had outside of church and told her, “This is the best I’ve felt in years!” In the space of about three days, God completely delivered me from my Adderall medication! I threw out the remainder of my medicine and am now feeling the best and think the best and having the most energy that I’ve ever had! I give God all the glory! He is a healer! He not only heals but restores and He is the God who delivers!

Off the Ventilator!

My mother was put in hospital with Covid and on the way to the church we had received some news that wasn't very positive. She had been put on a ventilator. I was upset and concerned as we walked into the Sanctuary then Then the greeters said "Expect your Miracle Today"!!! I was like oh man something is about to happen!! Pastor Datha preached on Miracles that Sunday and I got so encouraged! Then the next week came about and we were asked to come down if we were in need of a Miracle and we were all gonna walk in the water!! Praise hit my heart and felt God's presence so strong! Well mom is now off ventilator and in a regular room!!!! Praise God!

God Always Provides

Our son was home from college and God had blessed him with a good job. He was saving his money for tuition and expenses. Then several weeks before he was to return to school he tested positive for COVID and was not able to work, missing several paychecks. My husband said "God will provide, remember that!" Fast forward a few weeks, my husband happened to say "Remember, God will provide." Later THAT SAME DAY, he was given a check for FOUR TIMES the amount he had lost due to COVID. And then a few days later he received another check, enough to provide groceries for several weeks! God is faithful and he ALWAYS provides for His children!!

Child like faith!

Sunday, November 1st, after the message was preached, God instructed us to all to come to the front as an act of faith “walk through the river” of anointing! We formed two rows and took turns walking through and praising God. We received this testimony Sunday evening"-

So of course, when prompted to get our children and bring them into the service at the end, I ran and grabbed my granddaughter (Pre-k age). Never told her what for, just I wanted her to come sing with us.

Well, on the way home, she says to me...Nanny wasn’t that awesome how we ran? I said yes I loved it. She said me too.... Wait for it! “Nanny did you see Jesus and the Angels dancing and running with us so we were safe...IN THE WATER”

I didn’t tell her or explain to her why I took her in the sanctuary only that I wanted her to sing with me in Church!!!! She told me Jesus was so, so happy with lots of people swimming!!!!

Ohhhhh I know my prayers are being answered!!!!!

What God did on Sunday

We definitely needed a move and God showed up.  Our oldest son, 23, is stationed in North Carolina but received orders for to move to Florida a few months ago and was suppose to report this Friday.  He and his wife sold their home and packed up last week, but were told Thursday that the commander hadn't signed the orders and might keep them in North Carolina.  If he doesn't sign for his housing in Florida by Friday, he will lose base housing.  To make a long story short, this whole situation has been coming to a boiling point ever since an injury he sustained from a parachute jump while in this unit, so he sent his pregnant wife to her moms in Alabama and stayed to fight the Army (never a good thing).  We told him to drive down to see us for the long weekend and just get away from everything for a few days.  We knew from being stationed there ourselves many years ago how hard it is to leave the 82nd Airborne - and the Army always wins.  But God...

He was suppose to go to church with us Sunday, but he didn't wake up until after 1 p.m. - he was completely exhausted from everything.  When the red cloth passed over us Sunday and we stood to thank God for a move, Holy Spirit said to put my hands on my head and receive healing for Jacob, then go home and put my hands on his head.  James and I prayed over him for peace, rest, and emotional healing.  We also prayed for physical healing from his head injury.  Yesterday, he woke in such a good mood.  Before he headed back we cooked out, played corn hole, and just got to see our son well - he was smiling and not on edge at all. 

He called this morning to let us know that he went in to find that the commander had decided to sign his exception to policy and he could start clearing.  No fight needed - God did it for him.  After all he has been through, he really needed to see God's hand in his life right now.

It was so awesome to sit in a service again that yields completely to the work of Holy Spirit.

Thank you.

I knew immediately I was healed

A little over a year ago, I started having intense pain on my right side about twice a month. It would run up my back and down my right leg and throb in my pelvic area near my right hip. It seemed to coincide with aspects of my monthly cycle. The pain would wake me up at night and make my days miserable. 800mg ibuprofen and 1000mg extra strength Tylenol would barely knock the edge off. On one occasion, it was so intense, I had to go to the ER because they were concerned I had appendicitis. They ran all kinds of tests, loaded me up with morphine that barely made the pain tolerable and I was left with no answers and a huge medical bill. They could find absolutely nothing wrong. I decided the next time that the pain started that I would just fight it with faith. Most days were successful but there were occasions that the pain was so intense that I just wanted to stay in a ball and not move.

On Saturday morning (07/18/2020), I woke up with that pain. I took my usual medicine dose and headed to Seed Chicks. During the ministry portion of the service, one of the Pastors called out that if anyone was having issues with their cycle to come forward for prayer. I did not hesitate because it was time for this attack to end! As soon as I stepped to come up front I felt the power of God rush through me. I knew immediately I was healed and the pain and pressure left. It felt like a giant knife or claw being pulled out of my side. I went forward for prayer and Pastor Theresa confirmed what I had known all along without me saying a word to her about the issue- this was an attack and the enemy was testing me. She also gave me some wisdom about a vitamin I should be taking- the same vitamin that I was advised to take earlier in the week. No one at church knew what I had been going through- but God!

I am so grateful for Pastors who sacrifice to hear from God and for the anointing that is in our house! Thank you Jesus for my healing!

The Blessings of God Will Chase You Down

On March 13th at the end of service, Pastor Datha heard from God and stated that someone wanted to leave their job but it was not time to. I had not told anyone that I was thinking that, not even my husband knew. I knew only God could tell her that. I received what the Lord said and was prayed for. A week later our office closed for 5 weeks. I didn't miss a paycheck and got regular pay while closed. I recently celebrated 25 years of service and received a Very Nice Bonus for that.

In addition to that, We did a refinance on our home. It took awhile to process because of the COVID Pandemic. But I was patient and continued to believe that the blessings of God will chase me down. We went from a high interest rate @ 6.5% to 3.625% dropping our house payments from $1000+ to less $800.
God is Good and faithful to all who trust and believe in Him.