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What's God Doing?
A collection of testimonies from our members and partners that will encourage you.
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Breast Cancer? I Think Not!
by Albina M.
After my dad died in December of 2004, my mom came to live with me. One day as I was washing her clothes, I noticed a lot of blood on her shirt. I asked her, “Mom, where did this blood come from?” She lifted her shirt to show me. Her breast was completely covered in blood, and when I touched it, it felt like a banana that had been cut into thirds. It was a tumor that was growing outside of her flesh and resembled a huge, oozing scab (similar to when a kid falls, skins his knee and pulls the scab off when it's trying to heal).
I immediately took her to the doctor and he quickly scheduled a mastectomy for 2 days later. He diagnosed her with “aggressive Stage 4 breast cancer”.
I stood on the Lord's promises and claimed her healing in the name of Jesus. I also thanked Him for working, through the doctor's hands, while she was in surgery. I felt a peace rising up in me and I knew and trusted that she would be well. I immediately thanked God for healing her, confessed that He is my mother’s doctor and that she would live and not die.
I also thanked Him for being with her throughout her chemotherapy, and I claimed, in the name of Jesus, that “not a hair would fall from her head, nor would she vomit her food”. Well, praise God, she did not lose her hair or vomit her food, AT ALL. All her mammograms since then have come back healthy and normal. At the visit with the medical oncologist last week, he said her blood work looked good and he released her from his care.
I share this testimony with you so that you will know that NOTHING is impossible with God, and His word is true and final.
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Revival!
by Frank Sasso
Revival is not something God sends. It starts with you, then the Holy Spirit can take it and run with it. Here’s something that happened to me last Friday. I hope it inspires and challenges you.
On Friday, December 8, 2011, I was visiting a friend at his office. I'll call him, "Ernie". Fridays are very busy days there because Friday is payday and Ernie has to distribute all the paychecks himself. There are over 500 checks he's responsible for. He asked me to sit in the chair next to his desk while he searched for a particular file on his computer. I had my journal with me from the book, “The Believer’s Position in Righteousness and Authority” and started leafing through my notes while I waited. Ernie asked me,
“What are you reading?”
“Oh, just some notes I took while talking with my Father,” I said.
“Notes? What kind of notes?”, Ernie persisted.
"Just notes", I said.
Ernie asked again.
Unable to skirt around the issue any longer, I started sharing with him the topic of my notes, which is now our free eBook. The more I explained, the more excited I got talking about it. The more excited I got, the louder I got! I started telling Ernie about us having Dominion and how Authority is “delegated power” given to us by God! “He’s made us the gods of this planet! We have dominion! We’ve got Holy Ghost power!”, I said.
The next thing I knew, “Jack” from the back office came out and asked, “What’s all this talk about power?” I started sharing with him what I was sharing with Ernie and before I knew it, Jack was repeating, after me, the prayer of salvation and accepted Jesus into his heart! Not only that, but he also got baptized in the Holy Spirit and filled with power from on high! Jack jumped up and exclaimed, “Wow!” He ran into the back office shouting with joy! Ernie started laughing telling me that I was crazy. At that point, Jack came running out from the back office yelling, “Frank! Frank! What do I do with this power? I’m busting!” “Go tell somebody what the Lord just did!” I said. "Ok!", Jack yelled and ran off again. Less than a minute later, Jack comes back into the front office with 2 women. “Frank! They want Jesus!” he yelled.
“Bring them over here”, I told him. The 2 women sat down. I instructed Jack to repeat after me and that the 2 women can repeat after Jack and I. The Lord was putting Jack through Salvation 101. Get saved, lead someone else to Him, show them how to do the same. Multiplication. This way Jack could do it on his own and not need me. I started saying the prayer and Jack was about 3 words behind me, then the 2 women started repeating it. It was wild! Little did I know, it was about to get even wilder!
Jack and I then baptized the 2 women with the Holy Spirit. The woman Jack was praying for immediately started to speak in tongues! “Jack” looked at me and didn’t know what to do. I nodded at him whispering, “she’s fine, it’s all good...” As I look over past “Jack”, I see 3 men walking toward me. One of the men says to me, “We want to get Jesus, too.” The 3 men sit down and I have “Jack” and the 2 women lead these 3 men in the prayer of salvation. Yes. Revival broke out in this office. 6 people saved within 15-20 minutes! The funny part was that it was on a Friday. The busiest time for them. People walking in and out all day.
As I started walking toward the front of the office, another man was standing there. He said to me, “You better shut up or I’ll curse you!” Righteous anger grew inside of me like never before as I looked at him and said, “Go ahead, take your best shot! YOU CAN’T CURSE WHAT GOD HAS BLESSED! NOW, GET OUT OF HERE!” He ran out of the office and drove away.
My friend at the desk said,“Frank. That was “Harry Metcalf”. You better watch out, bro, he’s a warlock. He does that wicca stuff.”
“So, what? I have Authority over that. I’m the Righteousness of God!” I said.
“That’s funny”, my friend said, “Harry” is a real stickler about his check too. For him to leave like that without his check, you must have really scared him!”
“It was the spirit on him that was scared of God’s Spirit on me. Be a nice guy and drop “Harry’s” check in the mail. I don’t think he’s coming back today,” I said.
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UPDATE: A few weeks ago, I went back to the office to see my friend, Ernie. As I started walking into the building, Harry Metcalf was walking out. I exclaimed, “Harry!”He grumbled, with his head down, “ay, what’s up?” and continued to walk away. I stopped him and said, “Harry! C’mon inside a minute!” At this point, I’m thinking, “What the heck am I doing? The last time I saw this guy, he tried to curse me! He’s a friggin’ warlock!” We get inside, Ernie says to me to wait a few minutes and Harry and I sit down. I start talking to him, asking him about what has been happening in his life, just small talk, because I really didn’t know where this was going to go. I’m still reeling from the fact that I just asked him to sit down with me. Anyway, he starts telling me how broke he is and about his problems. I asked him, “Remember the last time I was here? Remember when you said you were going to curse me?” He said, “Yeah! You really scared me that day. Your face was bright white, so I got the hell out of here!” I started to share with him how much Jesus loves him, how much He wants him to win in life, to prosper, to be in good health, to be happy. Harry shared with me how 2 of his friends always talk to him about Jesus. He even went to one of their churches a long time ago. After some more sharing, Harry prayed the prayer of salvation right there with me, accepted the redemptive work of Jesus on the cross in his heart, and renounced wicca and its effects on his life right there. Upon leaving the building, he reconnected with his friend, and is pursuing his new life in Christ. Harry. Another one that the devil couldn’t keep out of Heaven.
Acts 2: 1-4 - Pentecost came, they were all together in one place. Suddenly a sound like the blowing of a violent wind came from heaven and filled the whole house where they were sitting. They saw what seemed to be tongues of fire that separated and came to rest on each of them. All of them were filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other tongues as the Spirit enabled them.
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Breast Cancer? I Think Not!
by Albina M.
After my dad died in December of 2004, my mom came to live with me. One day as I was washing her clothes, I noticed a lot of blood on her shirt. I asked her, “Mom, where did this blood come from?” She lifted her shirt to show me. Her breast was completely covered in blood, and when I touched it, it felt like a banana that had been cut into thirds. It was a tumor that was growing outside of her flesh and resembled a huge, oozing scab (similar to when a kid falls, skins his knee and pulls the scab off when it's trying to heal).
I immediately took her to the doctor and he quickly scheduled a mastectomy for 2 days later. He diagnosed her with “aggressive Stage 4 breast cancer”.
I stood on the Lord's promises and claimed her healing in the name of Jesus. I also thanked Him for working, through the doctor's hands, while she was in surgery. I felt a peace rising up in me and I knew and trusted that she would be well. I immediately thanked God for healing her, confessed that He is my mother’s doctor and that she would live and not die.
I also thanked Him for being with her throughout her chemotherapy, and I claimed, in the name of Jesus, that “not a hair would fall from her head, nor would she vomit her food”. Well, praise God, she did not lose her hair or vomit her food, AT ALL. All her mammograms since then have come back healthy and normal. At the visit with the medical oncologist last week, he said her blood work looked good and he released her from his care.
I share this testimony with you so that you will know that NOTHING is impossible with God, and His word is true and final.
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Revival!
by Frank Sasso
Revival is not something God sends. It starts with you, then the Holy Spirit can take it and run with it. Here’s something that happened to me last Friday. I hope it inspires and challenges you.
On Friday, December 8, 2011, I was visiting a friend at his office. I'll call him, "Ernie". Fridays are very busy days there because Friday is payday and Ernie has to distribute all the paychecks himself. There are over 500 checks he's responsible for. He asked me to sit in the chair next to his desk while he searched for a particular file on his computer. I had my journal with me from the book, “The Believer’s Position in Righteousness and Authority” and started leafing through my notes while I waited. Ernie asked me,
“What are you reading?”
“Oh, just some notes I took while talking with my Father,” I said.
“Notes? What kind of notes?”, Ernie persisted.
"Just notes", I said.
Ernie asked again.
Unable to skirt around the issue any longer, I started sharing with him the topic of my notes, which is now our free eBook. The more I explained, the more excited I got talking about it. The more excited I got, the louder I got! I started telling Ernie about us having Dominion and how Authority is “delegated power” given to us by God! “He’s made us the gods of this planet! We have dominion! We’ve got Holy Ghost power!”, I said.
The next thing I knew, “Jack” from the back office came out and asked, “What’s all this talk about power?” I started sharing with him what I was sharing with Ernie and before I knew it, Jack was repeating, after me, the prayer of salvation and accepted Jesus into his heart! Not only that, but he also got baptized in the Holy Spirit and filled with power from on high! Jack jumped up and exclaimed, “Wow!” He ran into the back office shouting with joy! Ernie started laughing telling me that I was crazy. At that point, Jack came running out from the back office yelling, “Frank! Frank! What do I do with this power? I’m busting!” “Go tell somebody what the Lord just did!” I said. "Ok!", Jack yelled and ran off again. Less than a minute later, Jack comes back into the front office with 2 women. “Frank! They want Jesus!” he yelled.
“Bring them over here”, I told him. The 2 women sat down. I instructed Jack to repeat after me and that the 2 women can repeat after Jack and I. The Lord was putting Jack through Salvation 101. Get saved, lead someone else to Him, show them how to do the same. Multiplication. This way Jack could do it on his own and not need me. I started saying the prayer and Jack was about 3 words behind me, then the 2 women started repeating it. It was wild! Little did I know, it was about to get even wilder!
Jack and I then baptized the 2 women with the Holy Spirit. The woman Jack was praying for immediately started to speak in tongues! “Jack” looked at me and didn’t know what to do. I nodded at him whispering, “she’s fine, it’s all good...” As I look over past “Jack”, I see 3 men walking toward me. One of the men says to me, “We want to get Jesus, too.” The 3 men sit down and I have “Jack” and the 2 women lead these 3 men in the prayer of salvation. Yes. Revival broke out in this office. 6 people saved within 15-20 minutes! The funny part was that it was on a Friday. The busiest time for them. People walking in and out all day.
As I started walking toward the front of the office, another man was standing there. He said to me, “You better shut up or I’ll curse you!” Righteous anger grew inside of me like never before as I looked at him and said, “Go ahead, take your best shot! YOU CAN’T CURSE WHAT GOD HAS BLESSED! NOW, GET OUT OF HERE!” He ran out of the office and drove away.
My friend at the desk said,“Frank. That was “Harry Metcalf”. You better watch out, bro, he’s a warlock. He does that wicca stuff.”
“So, what? I have Authority over that. I’m the Righteousness of God!” I said.
“That’s funny”, my friend said, “Harry” is a real stickler about his check too. For him to leave like that without his check, you must have really scared him!”
“It was the spirit on him that was scared of God’s Spirit on me. Be a nice guy and drop “Harry’s” check in the mail. I don’t think he’s coming back today,” I said.
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UPDATE: A few weeks ago, I went back to the office to see my friend, Ernie. As I started walking into the building, Harry Metcalf was walking out. I exclaimed, “Harry!”He grumbled, with his head down, “ay, what’s up?” and continued to walk away. I stopped him and said, “Harry! C’mon inside a minute!” At this point, I’m thinking, “What the heck am I doing? The last time I saw this guy, he tried to curse me! He’s a friggin’ warlock!” We get inside, Ernie says to me to wait a few minutes and Harry and I sit down. I start talking to him, asking him about what has been happening in his life, just small talk, because I really didn’t know where this was going to go. I’m still reeling from the fact that I just asked him to sit down with me. Anyway, he starts telling me how broke he is and about his problems. I asked him, “Remember the last time I was here? Remember when you said you were going to curse me?” He said, “Yeah! You really scared me that day. Your face was bright white, so I got the hell out of here!” I started to share with him how much Jesus loves him, how much He wants him to win in life, to prosper, to be in good health, to be happy. Harry shared with me how 2 of his friends always talk to him about Jesus. He even went to one of their churches a long time ago. After some more sharing, Harry prayed the prayer of salvation right there with me, accepted the redemptive work of Jesus on the cross in his heart, and renounced wicca and its effects on his life right there. Upon leaving the building, he reconnected with his friend, and is pursuing his new life in Christ. Harry. Another one that the devil couldn’t keep out of Heaven.
Acts 2: 1-4 - Pentecost came, they were all together in one place. Suddenly a sound like the blowing of a violent wind came from heaven and filled the whole house where they were sitting. They saw what seemed to be tongues of fire that separated and came to rest on each of them. All of them were filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other tongues as the Spirit enabled them.