Soooooo whats been going on lately? You've asked the right question to the right guy. First off I apologize that I've been mia for a month or so. Things got really busy and I was grinding! Yes sir, you already know!
Anyway, some of you may know (from reading previous blogs) that I have been walking on water, and since I stepped out of the boat the waves and winds got ferocious! In that we were being attacked left and right, financial blows, sickness, at the point of possibly losing our unborn baby and the list goes on. In fact, we had taken so many financial blows that we were two months behind on bills ( everything was either cut off or on the brink of it!) we had to get rid of our car, we basically lost everything! We believed that since this stuff all started happening since we started walking by faith that it was a test so I decided to not tell anyone (except my discipler and my wifes discipler- who we made promise that they wouldn't tell anyone.), we believed it was a test and since it was a test we wanted to suffer patiently and endure this trial with joy and look for God to deliver us out of it. And that He did!
One day we got a visit from a sister bearing gifts. She has two FAT white envelopes in her hand. And she then told my wife how a 19 year old boy came to the leader of the worship team asking him if he knew my wife and if she had a husband. He asked them little questions like that, and then asked if he could give them something to give us. Of course they said yes, so he gave them to 2 envelopes and suggested that we not know who it came from (even though we didn''t know him anyway!) So we got the envelopes and lol and behold it was 4,000 dollars cash between the 2! Talk about humbling! No one except our designated people knew anything! And God did what He does, PROVIDE! That was dope! God used a 19 year old whom we don't know still to this day who it was to be a blessing.
God is Dope! Anyway through this very tough time, God used it to grow people around us as they watched us suffer patiently and joyfully waiting on God. The crazy thing is, my discipler had money that he could have helped, but I refused any natural help, and he made a statement of how it took for him to exercise more faith to not give me money and watch me suffer than to give of his finances. He got to be stretched tremendously during this time, as well as others!
And it was ALL for Gods glory!
So God was glorified and that's the whole point! People were changed and stretched, they grew and got to understand things they never have before, and the best is still yet to come!!!!!!! So I'm excited and blessed at all the greatness and goodness of my Daddy who provides for me. I'm remembering a quote form Chuck Swindoll which has been truth for me, "God takes full responsibility for the life that is wholly dedicated to Him."
Is your life wholly dedicated to him? If not what you waiting for!
God is Dope,
Israel
Anyway, some of you may know (from reading previous blogs) that I have been walking on water, and since I stepped out of the boat the waves and winds got ferocious! In that we were being attacked left and right, financial blows, sickness, at the point of possibly losing our unborn baby and the list goes on. In fact, we had taken so many financial blows that we were two months behind on bills ( everything was either cut off or on the brink of it!) we had to get rid of our car, we basically lost everything! We believed that since this stuff all started happening since we started walking by faith that it was a test so I decided to not tell anyone (except my discipler and my wifes discipler- who we made promise that they wouldn't tell anyone.), we believed it was a test and since it was a test we wanted to suffer patiently and endure this trial with joy and look for God to deliver us out of it. And that He did!
One day we got a visit from a sister bearing gifts. She has two FAT white envelopes in her hand. And she then told my wife how a 19 year old boy came to the leader of the worship team asking him if he knew my wife and if she had a husband. He asked them little questions like that, and then asked if he could give them something to give us. Of course they said yes, so he gave them to 2 envelopes and suggested that we not know who it came from (even though we didn''t know him anyway!) So we got the envelopes and lol and behold it was 4,000 dollars cash between the 2! Talk about humbling! No one except our designated people knew anything! And God did what He does, PROVIDE! That was dope! God used a 19 year old whom we don't know still to this day who it was to be a blessing.
God is Dope! Anyway through this very tough time, God used it to grow people around us as they watched us suffer patiently and joyfully waiting on God. The crazy thing is, my discipler had money that he could have helped, but I refused any natural help, and he made a statement of how it took for him to exercise more faith to not give me money and watch me suffer than to give of his finances. He got to be stretched tremendously during this time, as well as others!
And it was ALL for Gods glory!
So God was glorified and that's the whole point! People were changed and stretched, they grew and got to understand things they never have before, and the best is still yet to come!!!!!!! So I'm excited and blessed at all the greatness and goodness of my Daddy who provides for me. I'm remembering a quote form Chuck Swindoll which has been truth for me, "God takes full responsibility for the life that is wholly dedicated to Him."
Is your life wholly dedicated to him? If not what you waiting for!
God is Dope,
Israel
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