What is a testimony?
Evidence or proof provided by the existence or appearance of something, normally given as a written or spoken statement.
Evidence or proof provided by the existence or appearance of something, normally given as a written or spoken statement.
 | Has Christ done a work in your life? Then tell the Legions of Christ! Someone needs to hear it, to give them faith that God can work in their life, too! God doesn't need our help reaching people. However, He does desire it-and that is the greatest Christian testimony of all. God wants us all to partner with Him in the work He is doing! Won't you tell someone today? Let your life be your Christian testimony.
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Encouragement and Prayer
This is not an official testimony, it was an E-mail sent to our ministry, but I felt the need to post this for people to see.
"Calvary greetings in Jesus name, Elkanah is my name from kenya (Africa) pastoring Rehoboth Destiny Centre, I have been visiting your website, I am very much encouraged by the testimonies, please pray for me and my family."
In Christ,
Pastor Elkanah
"Calvary greetings in Jesus name, Elkanah is my name from kenya (Africa) pastoring Rehoboth Destiny Centre, I have been visiting your website, I am very much encouraged by the testimonies, please pray for me and my family."
In Christ,
Pastor Elkanah
Financial Provision
Last week I got my income tax return, and the girl that filed it told me that my return was $1200 and that it was both the federal and state income tax put together. I received it thre weeks later. I boght all my personal supplies and a few other things, it wasn't more then $200. After that I just kept giving, to buying food, and games for fellowship. I gave until I couldn't give anymore (then I noticed I was down to $200 from $700). And of course I tithed.
I said, "God, how am going to pay for my car to get fixed, after I already gave my car key to the mechanic, so he can pick it up and fix it?." I made some purchases and my account is now overdrafted by $124, but I will get refunded in a week or two, I didn't know what to do. Yesterday while I was cleaning I found $60 in the back pocket of my pants, I said, "thank you Lord, because I now have money to eat." And then I check the mail today and the very state income tax check that the women said was "combined" with the federal tax, is in my mailbox. A check of $315! It covers my overdraft and I have enough for car to get fixed.
GLORY TO GOD, HE IS THE PROVIDER!
~Ana S., age 20
I said, "God, how am going to pay for my car to get fixed, after I already gave my car key to the mechanic, so he can pick it up and fix it?." I made some purchases and my account is now overdrafted by $124, but I will get refunded in a week or two, I didn't know what to do. Yesterday while I was cleaning I found $60 in the back pocket of my pants, I said, "thank you Lord, because I now have money to eat." And then I check the mail today and the very state income tax check that the women said was "combined" with the federal tax, is in my mailbox. A check of $315! It covers my overdraft and I have enough for car to get fixed.
GLORY TO GOD, HE IS THE PROVIDER!
~Ana S., age 20
What Has God Done for You?
I Don't Know.
So you see... I had trouble trusting the Lord and I don't understand why because when ever I did, I would get my results, the glory of God manifested.
I remember the scripture Matthew 6:33 "But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well." This is what my brain took it in as; read, pray and do what He's asking me to do. Okay, typical thing a person who "claims" to be a christian would do. But what I found most interesting was this, that when I came to God humbly, honestly, in truth, and whole hearted, I would see how He worked around me only because I believed IN Him and knew there was a living God.
Times where I would doubt and not come to Him, in terms of my relationship with Him, God and I bonding time, things never went accordingly and found myself in a deep whole where I would turn my cheek the other way and run. At this point, I just wanted nothing to do with God and anything that involved Him. But you see, something inside of me always remembered the past of when I got saved and what He did. So I knew deep in my heart, I just couldn't run anymore. He showed me what would life mean if I didn't have Him.
Well, this morning, February 20, 2012, around the hours of 2-4am, I decided to speak to the Lord. What a wonderful time with Him. He told me that this is what I need: more time with Him just speaking to Him like a regular person, hence, He is a person. Lol. I said Amen!!! I actually fell asleep talking to Him. Lol.
Every morning I get a notification that my bank account is over draft by $(-91.68). Today, I get one and it says that my account is over draft by $(-63.12). So somehow, someone deposited money into my account. Keep in mind, I didn't tell people about this, except 1 or 2 people, I do not have a job to deposit money into my account, nor did I ask anyone to do it for me. This is how I know it was from the Lord. I also had two assignments due that same morning. I went to class late but I got it done. Come to find out, the project is due next week. Jesus is something amazing I got to tell you. Glory be to Him.
The whole point of this long testimony is this. Once you doubt God, sorry to tell you, He can't do anything with you. Not even if you talk about the word with someone. How can you believe the scriptures you read with someone and not believe Him. God is His word regardless. Once you actually seek Him like a child, and come forth to Him with an open heart, honesty, truth, and with the right attitude, He will work His ways to prove to you manifestation after another that He is real. That there is no one like Jehovah.
~Yohanny V., age 19
Is there anything to hard for God?
I had some time working with my faith and what it really means to believe and proclaim what is not seen as if it were- Hebrews 11:1. I was asking God for a job for a few months. I remember becoming frustrated and angry with God because I was trying to follow everything that i thought was "faith". I spoke with our Elder Mike about what in reality was "faith". I knew what it meant but it never became a revelation until it was further explained. Mike explained that when we ask God for something we are given it, but we have thank God for it-as if we already;physically had it (Philippians 4:6). That becomes putting your faith to work. Believing for anything that you want or need and knowing that God will provide makes all the difference. Anyway I was putting applications in anywhere I could and thanking God for already finding me a new job(but i didnt have one yet). I again started thinking that I wasnt being listened to. I decided that i was going to apply for cash (welfare). I had an appointment for this friday- the 21st- for cash assistance. I told God if you dont want me to have a job then this week is my last time searching and I will depend on the government (cash assistance). i said this last Friday.I received a call today(Tuesday) for a interview at a nursing home. I went in to the interview and all went great! about an hour later the manager called me back to offer the position to me! I officially have a job!! God hasn't just shown me that he is faithful but he's shown me that I don't have to depend on anything but him; that HE is my PROVIDER!! i also learned the meaning of GLORY! i am living in the GLORY! I now understand faith.
~Pamela D., age 23
~Pamela D., age 23
Healing Miracle
Since I was 12 years old I suffered of severe hives [big red rashes all over my body]. I used to get them every single month since I was 12, it was really bad for me to see myself like that. For 5 years I did not know the reason of why I was getting those rashes. I went to all the dermatologists in the Dominican Republic, none of them knew what the cause was, they would give me suggestions of what they thought it was, but never certain. When I came to the United States, the doctors told me that there was no cure for it, that it was an autoimmune disease and that they did not know the cure for it yet. But nobody ever explained to me the cause of it. In the summer of 2009, the rash was like never before and I had a really high fever that made it worse. I went to the Emergency Room and every doctor in the unit came to see me, they were trying to figure out what was going on. There was this doctor in specific who really was worry about what I had, she did everything in her hands to help me. She talked with a specialist [dermatologist]; she called him and explain to him my situation and finally after 5 years there was the answer I was looking for; I was allergic to my own hormone. Every time the level of Estrogen started to increase in my body I would break out with a red rash all over my body. But it was still a life time disease because they did not have any cure for it. I was already used to living with it but that did not change the fact that it was still bringing my self-esteem down. Until I met my friend Jesus. He gave me what I needed when I was feeling down and He helped me go through this firm on my faith.
I became a Christian when I was 16, but from before I always believe in God. When I started to know God more and more I would medicate on the things He was able to do for me. I learned He is a healer (...for I AM the Lord who heals you. Exodus 15:26) just like He healed the paralitic, the blind, raise people from the dead, like it says in the Gospels.I learned He is faithful and that if I have Him in my life anything could be possible with Him(Phillipians 4:13). My faith in God was growing each day, I started to see the disease I had like something that God was doing to manifest Himself in my life, that what I had was going to be a part of the miracle that God was going to do in my life. When I started to see things this way, life meant more to me than just how I looked physically. I looked more to my inside than how I looked in my outside, hives to me was just something I believe God was going to use to show His power, His glory, and mercy on me. I asked God to heal me, heal me, and heal me. Little by little He started to do it, every month I would get less rashes; I took my eyes off of hives and trust Him, that He, one day was going to heal me. Today, Oct.16, 2011 is been more than 3 months I haven't had any signs of hives. God HEALED ME! and I am finally HEAL thanks to my Jesus! Hives is now in the past and its now one of my strongest testimonies of healing from God [Just like I said before when I was still with the disease] now its accomplished because of God's mercy, faithfulness, and power.
God can do ANYTHING and He wants to do it, He only wants us to have FAITH & to trust Him and I am 100% He is able and willing to do it, but the question is, are you willing? May God bless you and Glory be to God! :)
~Mayelin P., age 19
I became a Christian when I was 16, but from before I always believe in God. When I started to know God more and more I would medicate on the things He was able to do for me. I learned He is a healer (...for I AM the Lord who heals you. Exodus 15:26) just like He healed the paralitic, the blind, raise people from the dead, like it says in the Gospels.I learned He is faithful and that if I have Him in my life anything could be possible with Him(Phillipians 4:13). My faith in God was growing each day, I started to see the disease I had like something that God was doing to manifest Himself in my life, that what I had was going to be a part of the miracle that God was going to do in my life. When I started to see things this way, life meant more to me than just how I looked physically. I looked more to my inside than how I looked in my outside, hives to me was just something I believe God was going to use to show His power, His glory, and mercy on me. I asked God to heal me, heal me, and heal me. Little by little He started to do it, every month I would get less rashes; I took my eyes off of hives and trust Him, that He, one day was going to heal me. Today, Oct.16, 2011 is been more than 3 months I haven't had any signs of hives. God HEALED ME! and I am finally HEAL thanks to my Jesus! Hives is now in the past and its now one of my strongest testimonies of healing from God [Just like I said before when I was still with the disease] now its accomplished because of God's mercy, faithfulness, and power.
God can do ANYTHING and He wants to do it, He only wants us to have FAITH & to trust Him and I am 100% He is able and willing to do it, but the question is, are you willing? May God bless you and Glory be to God! :)
~Mayelin P., age 19
Denying Myself
I've been asking him to speak to me about what he wanted me to do. After last night's message (about counting the cost, faith, and being a true disciple- Luke 14:25-30), I knew that the Holy Spirit was talking to me. He was telling me that I needed to spend more time with him because in order for him to show me who I really am to him, he has to break off how I view myself- due to my past and what I was told. He( Holy Spirit) couldn't have me move to the next chapter in my life if I couldn't let go of my past- and because I have to deny myself and let Jesus live in me - I have to let him do the work or else I wont officially let go of the things that kept me in bondage. knowing that I have his support and that its not just for me but because he wants to get closer to me is all the more worth it! my Spirit rejoices because I know that he's walking with me. I AM NOT ALONE! AMEN!
~Pamela D., age 23
~Pamela D., age 23
Appreciation
I just wanted to say thank you to the LOC Ministry; you have truly blessed me. I'm inspired by what you do for the community and how you serve our Lord. Continue to preach with authority and conviction; God lives. Be blessed my friends. - Mystery
Don’t be afraid, for I am with you. Don’t be discouraged, for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you. I will hold you up with my victorious right hand.
-Isaiah 41:10
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~MYSTERYMUZIK 401, age 30
Don’t be afraid, for I am with you. Don’t be discouraged, for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you. I will hold you up with my victorious right hand.
-Isaiah 41:10
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~MYSTERYMUZIK 401, age 30
IN THE DOOR
I asked the Lord to tap into my Grandmother's head and make her understand that I belong in Legions of Christ Ministries (LOC). I really wanted to be a part of the ministry because that was where He appointed me to go and informed me is where I belong. After arguing and talking about the same thing over and over again, she finally decided to let me attend LOC meetings. At the beginning it was annoying because I wanted to be around people who really knew the Word and who actually was serious about God, as the verse in Proverbs 27:17 describes. Eventhough I had a time frame, I was able to go freely. Just like in Mark 11:23, and I'm paraphrasing, "You can have what you say," and I indeed got what I wanted. My first step was being able to attend because God wanted me there and now I'm waiting for God to reveal my life's calling.
~Yohanny V., age 18
~Yohanny V., age 18
Rewarded
The enemy tried to threaten my job about something I had no power over. The following week I received a call from the office informing me that my company wanted to award me for my work. I didn't want to go to the award ceremony, but I ended up going anyway. It was a quick and painless meet and greet with the hire ups. When I looked at my award while at the L.O.C HQ I noticed a nice check inside with my award. So much for my job being threatened by the devil. He is a liar. Jesus is Lord.
~Ismael C., age 24
~Ismael C., age 24
Miracle Deposit
Two weeks ago I gave approximately $12 or $13 as an offering to the L.O.C ministry. Then last week I only had $3.00 dollars and three friends of mine that were sitting next to me and they did not have anything to give for an offering and God told me, "Those three dollars that you have - share it with them so that they can offer $1.00 dollar each," and I SURELY DID! I felt a joy inside of me when I did that!
I told them, "Now that each one of you is offering $1, even though it's a small amount, believe that from this you will receive, believe God for what you are receiving." On September 7, 2011, for some reason I decided to check my bank account balance and I discovered I have a $100.00 deposit from WHO KNOWS WHERE, some would say, but I say it's FROM HEAVEN. All my account transactions have a memo saying from where it came from or the place I made this purchase - ALL OF THEM say something, but this one has no memo; it only says "DEPOSIT"!!! These are the un-explainable miracles of God and a showing of His grace. HE IS ALWAYS FAITHFUL, He knew I needed the money for the book for my "History 161" college course and there we go. Thank you God! :D
To whoever is reading this right now I tell you this is a testimony of God's Word, take a look at this:
"Give, and it will be given to you: good measure, pressed down, shaken together, and running over will be put into your bosom. For with the same measure that you use, it will be measured back to you."
-Luke 6:38
"Now Jesus sat opposite the treasury and saw how the people put money into the treasury. And many who were rich put in much. Then one poor widow came and threw in two mites, which make a quadrans. So He called His disciples to Himself and said to them, 'Assuredly, I say to you that this poor widow has put in more than all those who have given to the treasury; for they all put in out of their abundance, but she out of her poverty put in all that she had, her whole livelihood.'”
-Mark 12: 41-44
Jesus says this because it is not the amount you give, but it is when you give all for Him and His own GLORY!
God bless!
~Mayelin P., age 19
I told them, "Now that each one of you is offering $1, even though it's a small amount, believe that from this you will receive, believe God for what you are receiving." On September 7, 2011, for some reason I decided to check my bank account balance and I discovered I have a $100.00 deposit from WHO KNOWS WHERE, some would say, but I say it's FROM HEAVEN. All my account transactions have a memo saying from where it came from or the place I made this purchase - ALL OF THEM say something, but this one has no memo; it only says "DEPOSIT"!!! These are the un-explainable miracles of God and a showing of His grace. HE IS ALWAYS FAITHFUL, He knew I needed the money for the book for my "History 161" college course and there we go. Thank you God! :D
To whoever is reading this right now I tell you this is a testimony of God's Word, take a look at this:
"Give, and it will be given to you: good measure, pressed down, shaken together, and running over will be put into your bosom. For with the same measure that you use, it will be measured back to you."
-Luke 6:38
"Now Jesus sat opposite the treasury and saw how the people put money into the treasury. And many who were rich put in much. Then one poor widow came and threw in two mites, which make a quadrans. So He called His disciples to Himself and said to them, 'Assuredly, I say to you that this poor widow has put in more than all those who have given to the treasury; for they all put in out of their abundance, but she out of her poverty put in all that she had, her whole livelihood.'”
-Mark 12: 41-44
Jesus says this because it is not the amount you give, but it is when you give all for Him and His own GLORY!
God bless!
~Mayelin P., age 19
Healed
I was at the hospital because I had an allergic reaction to food. The doctors told me what caused it and said to me that I could not eat pepperoni or pizza. I decided to pray to God about this allergy and kept on saying. "I am healed!" Then, two weeks ago I ate a pepperoni pizza and nothing happend! THE LORD LISTENED TO MY PRAYERS AND HEALED ME! :D
~Elibel F., age 12
~Elibel F., age 12
Fear Not
WHAT CAN'T A SCRIPTURE DO?!
When I received God's scripture of 2 Timothy 1:7, my entire life was changed for the better. This scripture says, "For God has not given us a spirit of fear and timidity, but of power, love, and self-discipline." Before I knew of this scripture, everything scared me. Every little thing a person would do startled me. Every single move a person would make would have me jumping out of my skin.
When I read this scripture I felt God was telling me that the fear I had was a result of me bottling up all of my emotions over time. So after I read that scripture nothing could frighten me. I felt free! I was relieved! This scripture has helped me in my everyday life and it still helps me avoid fear whenever I feel that I'm alone inside, and when something is bothering me.
In conclusion, just know that God will NEVER fail you. Also, know that there is a scripture for everything - and I do mean EVERYTHING.
~Aylin V., age 13
When I received God's scripture of 2 Timothy 1:7, my entire life was changed for the better. This scripture says, "For God has not given us a spirit of fear and timidity, but of power, love, and self-discipline." Before I knew of this scripture, everything scared me. Every little thing a person would do startled me. Every single move a person would make would have me jumping out of my skin.
When I read this scripture I felt God was telling me that the fear I had was a result of me bottling up all of my emotions over time. So after I read that scripture nothing could frighten me. I felt free! I was relieved! This scripture has helped me in my everyday life and it still helps me avoid fear whenever I feel that I'm alone inside, and when something is bothering me.
In conclusion, just know that God will NEVER fail you. Also, know that there is a scripture for everything - and I do mean EVERYTHING.
~Aylin V., age 13
A Daughter's Vision
For the year of 2010 LOC messages were about vision. I learned that without a vision you can't really make an impact for God. So God told me, "I am the LORD, the God of all the peoples of the world. Is anything too hard for me?"(Jeremiah 32:27)
After I heard that message, all I could think about was the fact that I didn't believe God for anything. I had to examine what I was doing for God. I noticed that DOC (Daughters of Christ) remained unchanged from when God first gave me the idea for DOC. So I decided to make a vision for DOC.
As of January of this year DOC consisted of only three girls. I felt the reason why I didn't have more girls was because I didn't ask God for them. One day during a DOC meeting I told the girls that I'm believing God for the minimum of twelve girls by the end of 2011.
God showed His faithfulness! In January God added to me a girl, in February God added two more, in March God added one more, in April God added two more, in May God added one more, in June God added one, in July God added one, and as of August 16, God has added four more girls! God says when you ask you will receive!
~Diany F., age 18
After I heard that message, all I could think about was the fact that I didn't believe God for anything. I had to examine what I was doing for God. I noticed that DOC (Daughters of Christ) remained unchanged from when God first gave me the idea for DOC. So I decided to make a vision for DOC.
As of January of this year DOC consisted of only three girls. I felt the reason why I didn't have more girls was because I didn't ask God for them. One day during a DOC meeting I told the girls that I'm believing God for the minimum of twelve girls by the end of 2011.
God showed His faithfulness! In January God added to me a girl, in February God added two more, in March God added one more, in April God added two more, in May God added one more, in June God added one, in July God added one, and as of August 16, God has added four more girls! God says when you ask you will receive!
~Diany F., age 18
Sweet Dreams
On August 10th, I called my good friend Mike (Teaching Pastor at L.O.C) to ask him questions on how I can hear from God and how to have God confirm things with me that I'm going through. I wanted God to show me, in a dream, that I'm not alone and that He's never going to leave my side. Mike told me I have to ask God to do this for me by praying and believing for it (Mark 11:23-24).
Later that night, I spent half an hour speaking to the Father about what I wanted from Him, while believing I already had it. I went to sleep and I had a dream that there was a demon that chased after everyone BUT me, which means I cannot be touched by the enemy!
What my dream meant is that God is with me and the enemy cannot touch me because I am saved and I am of Christ and God is holy and the enemy cannot touch the holy one. Glory!
God is good, people! He's not a man that shall lie (Numbers 23:19), He will do what the bible says because the bible is His word. Glory! All we have to do is trust Him and be like Christ, and all other things will be added.
~Feliberto Q., age 16
Later that night, I spent half an hour speaking to the Father about what I wanted from Him, while believing I already had it. I went to sleep and I had a dream that there was a demon that chased after everyone BUT me, which means I cannot be touched by the enemy!
What my dream meant is that God is with me and the enemy cannot touch me because I am saved and I am of Christ and God is holy and the enemy cannot touch the holy one. Glory!
God is good, people! He's not a man that shall lie (Numbers 23:19), He will do what the bible says because the bible is His word. Glory! All we have to do is trust Him and be like Christ, and all other things will be added.
~Feliberto Q., age 16
Give 'Til It Hurts
After hearing a sermon about "giving 'til it hurts" I looked into my wallet to find I had $7.00 - two $1 bills and one $5 dollar bill. I thought to myself "I'm going to be hungry later on so I should give the two $1 bills and keep the $5 bill. But instead I thought to myself "I'm going to try this "giving 'til it hurts" thing. I put my $5 bill into the giving envelope, knowing I would receive the corresponding return, but I wasn't sure when or how much.
The very next day my mom took me to BJ's Wholesale Club. While there she spent nearly $200 on food - exclusively for me! Then about two days after this I went to return a sweater I didn't like and just as I was heading out to leave my mother handed me a $5 bill without me having to ask. (Note: while all of this is happening she's been extremely tight with money which is what makes this pretty startling). Then at the mall after returning the sweater the clerk hands me $5 (this was not expected). Later on my mother hands me an additional $4. The following week I looked into my wallet to give to the ministry and I found $7. Two $1 bills and a $5 bill! This time I decided to give everything! I have since received twice the amount of money I gave! I'm currently awaiting the rest of my manifestation.
~Bryan M., age 15
After hearing a sermon about "giving 'til it hurts" I looked into my wallet to find I had $7.00 - two $1 bills and one $5 dollar bill. I thought to myself "I'm going to be hungry later on so I should give the two $1 bills and keep the $5 bill. But instead I thought to myself "I'm going to try this "giving 'til it hurts" thing. I put my $5 bill into the giving envelope, knowing I would receive the corresponding return, but I wasn't sure when or how much.
The very next day my mom took me to BJ's Wholesale Club. While there she spent nearly $200 on food - exclusively for me! Then about two days after this I went to return a sweater I didn't like and just as I was heading out to leave my mother handed me a $5 bill without me having to ask. (Note: while all of this is happening she's been extremely tight with money which is what makes this pretty startling). Then at the mall after returning the sweater the clerk hands me $5 (this was not expected). Later on my mother hands me an additional $4. The following week I looked into my wallet to give to the ministry and I found $7. Two $1 bills and a $5 bill! This time I decided to give everything! I have since received twice the amount of money I gave! I'm currently awaiting the rest of my manifestation.
~Bryan M., age 15
More Than Enough
This past Spring semester of school my counselor informed me and some friends that the financial aid awards were going to be cut down by half - effecting everybody in the state of Rhode Island for the next academic year (2011-2012). So I was really worried about what was going to happen with school if I didn't receive enough money to pay for it.
In that moment when I was worried and thinking about what I was going to do, I told God "Well God, you know that I don't have money for school right now, my parents don't have money, and if I don't get enough money from financial aid I don't even know if I am going to be able to stay in school, so you know that I NEED that money, I NEED IT! Please God give just enough money to cover my tuition and classes, I don't care if I get anything back, I just need enough money so that I don't have to pay anything out of pocket." When I asked God, I was specific with Him and I told Him "NO LOANS PLEASE!"
When the summer began I started attending L.O.C. more consistently because now that I was basically out of school I had more time to be there. I started to take a class called New Believers in which it covered many different topics: how to speak to God, how to be filled with the Spirit, how to build a relationship with God, how to hear from God, how to build up your faith, etc. While being there more I was growing more in God; I was learning amazing things and my faith in God just kept growing and growing. I started giving more (financially) to the ministry and believing God for more because He said in His word: "Whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and whoever sows generously will also reap generously"(2 Corinthians 9:6).
When the month of August began I thought about financial aid and school again. I remembered in that moment I had asked God for money for school before, so I went and checked on my financial aid award online. When I opened the file to see my award, guess how much money I was offered?! $21,805.00 dollars!! My school tuition costs are $17,000 to $18,000. I was in shock because I wasn't expecting that much money, I was looking forward to just enough. Oh, and not one penny of the $21,085 were loans! I remembered when I told God "NO LOANS." Last year I received help from the financial aid but not like I received this year, and I notice that after I started to look more for God, to desire Him more, I started to see more of His love, blessings, and righteousness manifest in my life.
To me this was another testimony that when you ask God for something with faith He gives you MORE THAN ENOUGH, more than what you asked Him for. I know that because this is not the only testimony that I have about this. This testimony proves that when you ask you will received: "Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you" (Matthew 7:7), that what you sow you will reap, and that when you look for the kingdom of God and His righteousness the rest will be added unto you, all your needs will be met (Matthew 6:33; 2 Corinthians 9:6-7; Luke 6:38). Remember God is your PROVIDER!!
~Mayelin P., age 19
This past Spring semester of school my counselor informed me and some friends that the financial aid awards were going to be cut down by half - effecting everybody in the state of Rhode Island for the next academic year (2011-2012). So I was really worried about what was going to happen with school if I didn't receive enough money to pay for it.
In that moment when I was worried and thinking about what I was going to do, I told God "Well God, you know that I don't have money for school right now, my parents don't have money, and if I don't get enough money from financial aid I don't even know if I am going to be able to stay in school, so you know that I NEED that money, I NEED IT! Please God give just enough money to cover my tuition and classes, I don't care if I get anything back, I just need enough money so that I don't have to pay anything out of pocket." When I asked God, I was specific with Him and I told Him "NO LOANS PLEASE!"
When the summer began I started attending L.O.C. more consistently because now that I was basically out of school I had more time to be there. I started to take a class called New Believers in which it covered many different topics: how to speak to God, how to be filled with the Spirit, how to build a relationship with God, how to hear from God, how to build up your faith, etc. While being there more I was growing more in God; I was learning amazing things and my faith in God just kept growing and growing. I started giving more (financially) to the ministry and believing God for more because He said in His word: "Whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and whoever sows generously will also reap generously"(2 Corinthians 9:6).
When the month of August began I thought about financial aid and school again. I remembered in that moment I had asked God for money for school before, so I went and checked on my financial aid award online. When I opened the file to see my award, guess how much money I was offered?! $21,805.00 dollars!! My school tuition costs are $17,000 to $18,000. I was in shock because I wasn't expecting that much money, I was looking forward to just enough. Oh, and not one penny of the $21,085 were loans! I remembered when I told God "NO LOANS." Last year I received help from the financial aid but not like I received this year, and I notice that after I started to look more for God, to desire Him more, I started to see more of His love, blessings, and righteousness manifest in my life.
To me this was another testimony that when you ask God for something with faith He gives you MORE THAN ENOUGH, more than what you asked Him for. I know that because this is not the only testimony that I have about this. This testimony proves that when you ask you will received: "Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you" (Matthew 7:7), that what you sow you will reap, and that when you look for the kingdom of God and His righteousness the rest will be added unto you, all your needs will be met (Matthew 6:33; 2 Corinthians 9:6-7; Luke 6:38). Remember God is your PROVIDER!!
~Mayelin P., age 19
I Believe I Receive
My wonderful Kingdom University teacher Mr. Jefferson taught on the subject of faith a couple of weeks ago. The main message I received from this lesson was: "To build up our faith in God we have to start off first by trusting God with the small things in our life."
So our homework assignment for that night was to ask God, during prayer, for something small that we believed He could give us, because my teacher told us that the object of our prayer request needs to be something tangible so that he could see with his own eyes the manifestation of what we trusted God for.
So I decided to ask God for $5. I told God that I didn't care who it came from but that I was believing Him for a minimum of $5. I proclaimed it in Jesus' name and kept thanking God for it. Then a couple days later my dad, without being prompted by me, walked into my room and gave me exactly $5!
~Tiffany R., age 18
My wonderful Kingdom University teacher Mr. Jefferson taught on the subject of faith a couple of weeks ago. The main message I received from this lesson was: "To build up our faith in God we have to start off first by trusting God with the small things in our life."
So our homework assignment for that night was to ask God, during prayer, for something small that we believed He could give us, because my teacher told us that the object of our prayer request needs to be something tangible so that he could see with his own eyes the manifestation of what we trusted God for.
So I decided to ask God for $5. I told God that I didn't care who it came from but that I was believing Him for a minimum of $5. I proclaimed it in Jesus' name and kept thanking God for it. Then a couple days later my dad, without being prompted by me, walked into my room and gave me exactly $5!
~Tiffany R., age 18
Hearing His Voice
God gave me a response for the first time.
For the past two weeks I have been trying to speak to God and receive a response. For those two weeks I set a [certain] time to talk to Him and for those two weeks I did not receive a response. I asked Him why I didn't receive one.
My time to talk to him was 11pm-11:20pm and one day it got to the point where it felt as I was talking to myself in my room as though God wasn't even listening to me. Around 11:05 I was starting to feel like He wasn't real, and that I was just wasting my breath. So I spent the next 4 minutes telling Him to give me a response and I warned Him that if He didn't I would quit L.O.C. Honestly I was looking forward to Him NOT responding because I wanted to go back to the world and sin.
Then at 11:09 my sister, who is Christian calls me and I look at the caller ID wondering why she is calling. She absolutely NEVER ever calls me so, I pick up the phone and she says to me that something was telling her to call me and to see how I was doing. So I told her what was happening, that God hasn't talked to me and I have been continuously asking Him why. She said "I know what you are doing wrong, I went through the same thing." She said what I was doing wrong was I was just looking for God to speak to me and nothing else. I wasn't looking for Him wholeheartedly and I wasn't in my Word. So how could I expect to hear from Him if I wasn't doing His will?
So we talked a little while longer and she was telling me what she was saying at the time when God wasn't speaking to her. Then suddenly, out of nowhere she said, "Well, I'm going to go. Text me if you have any questions. Bye." So, I say bye as well. When I hang up the phone I looked at the time and it was 11:20pm and I thought to myself, "That's the time I stop talking to God!" Then it hit me, God gave me a response! He actually spoke to me and I ran back to L.O.C so fast that when I got there it had just turned 11:22 and told everyone how god spoke to me!
So in conclusion, I want to tell everyone who is having trouble hearing from God to not feel bad if you want to quit. Don't think He's not talking to you because He doesn't love you or that He doesn't care about what you have to say. Just look for God with your WHOLE HEART and He will respond!
~Steven O., age 17
For the past two weeks I have been trying to speak to God and receive a response. For those two weeks I set a [certain] time to talk to Him and for those two weeks I did not receive a response. I asked Him why I didn't receive one.
My time to talk to him was 11pm-11:20pm and one day it got to the point where it felt as I was talking to myself in my room as though God wasn't even listening to me. Around 11:05 I was starting to feel like He wasn't real, and that I was just wasting my breath. So I spent the next 4 minutes telling Him to give me a response and I warned Him that if He didn't I would quit L.O.C. Honestly I was looking forward to Him NOT responding because I wanted to go back to the world and sin.
Then at 11:09 my sister, who is Christian calls me and I look at the caller ID wondering why she is calling. She absolutely NEVER ever calls me so, I pick up the phone and she says to me that something was telling her to call me and to see how I was doing. So I told her what was happening, that God hasn't talked to me and I have been continuously asking Him why. She said "I know what you are doing wrong, I went through the same thing." She said what I was doing wrong was I was just looking for God to speak to me and nothing else. I wasn't looking for Him wholeheartedly and I wasn't in my Word. So how could I expect to hear from Him if I wasn't doing His will?
So we talked a little while longer and she was telling me what she was saying at the time when God wasn't speaking to her. Then suddenly, out of nowhere she said, "Well, I'm going to go. Text me if you have any questions. Bye." So, I say bye as well. When I hang up the phone I looked at the time and it was 11:20pm and I thought to myself, "That's the time I stop talking to God!" Then it hit me, God gave me a response! He actually spoke to me and I ran back to L.O.C so fast that when I got there it had just turned 11:22 and told everyone how god spoke to me!
So in conclusion, I want to tell everyone who is having trouble hearing from God to not feel bad if you want to quit. Don't think He's not talking to you because He doesn't love you or that He doesn't care about what you have to say. Just look for God with your WHOLE HEART and He will respond!
~Steven O., age 17
KEEP YOUR TESTIMONIES COMING! Glory!
