Post by kjs on Sept 26, 2018 8:05:03 GMT -6
When I suggested to Gary that it might be nice to have a Testimony Section … here is how I phrased it….
In it could be a range of topics from being saved, to how God worked a special miracle, to revelations members have had....
All basically, to show that God still works in believers life's even today...........
I think such a topic would be encouraging to fellow believers now as well as possibly being of some help
after the rapture....
So yes it would be great to see “Salvation Testimonies”
But I think it would also be great if people would include stories on how God worked “miracles” in someone’s life…..
Or even revelations God has given people….
In other words, please do not limit it to just Salvation Testimonies…
With that being said Here is a special Story God worked out in my life ……
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I call this story My Fish story and you will understand what I mean by the end…..
So Prestonwood Church was a very Large Church and they had a large group called the Singles Group. This Group was basically, young adults starting College or just finished college and were still single (as the name suggests).
Anyway, one year one of the “Singles Pastors” (I think there were a few) ended up announcing that there would be a Mission Trip to Bogota, Colombia. It was a week-long trip to provide the missionary kids a “vacation bible school” during the Missionary Baptist Conference in Colombia (pretty much to keep the kids busy while the parents had their conference meetings).
So each participant going had to raise 2500 dollars to cover all the cost of travel, lodging, food…. I soon as I heard about this trip, I just KNEW I was supposed to go…. It is really hard to describe – but basically, I just Knew without a doubt God wanted me to go on this trip. Big problem was, I had just started work on “my career” and I really did not have the funds to pay the 2500 dollars… I did tell my folks about the trip – but I did not ask them for money! In fact I never sent out letters to friends asking for sponsorship to go … which some people raised funds that way.
I went to every meeting that they had for the trip (usually monthly and the trip was like 8 months out). So people paid for their spot in some type of installments, others paid in lump sums. All along I just felt I was supposed to go … but I had no funds to go….. I prayed and prayed about it. Still kept having the feeling I was going BUT no funds were coming in….
Finally, the evening of the day (a Sunday) the Final Payment (ie total amount) was due; I still had no funds and went to the pastor leading the trip and told them while I still felt God wanted me to go on this trip I did not have the funds; so I guess I would not be going.
I went home that evening feeling down; because I really, really felt I was supposed to go. I got home and around 10pm I received a telephone call from my dad. My Dad loves to fish and sometimes he enters Fishing tournaments. My dad ended up winning first place in a fishing tournament that very weekend. The Grand Prize was 25K (25,000) dollars and my dad decided to tithe 10% of the winnings … he decided it could go to fund my trip to Columbia.
To conclude, yes I did go on the trip and yes, multiple people including many of the missionaries at the conference … Heard about my fish story….
Or technically, my Dad’s Fish Win and how it affected me…..
The point of the story …. Is yes, there are times where God really gives you a direction; and you just know that you know that this is the way you should go…. BUT something seems to be holding you back… Then seemingly out of thin air … it gets worked out!
