In 1984, I was involved in an accident that could have
taken my life or left me blind forever. I was burnt beyond
recognition. After falling I got up and staggered outside. I Praise
God for not taking my life. Brother Tony Moranchel took me to the
hospital. I remember the unbearable pain in my face. Everyone that
looked at me was afraid to tell me how I really looked. Someone from work
called my wife, my mother, my sisters, and Elder Brockington. It seems
like they made it to the hospital before I did. After being admitted and
examined, the doctors began to talk about the plastic surgery that would have to
be done on my face. It seems like the Lord let the Holy Ghost work in my
life in ways that it had never worked before.
I started having confidence in God and having faith in what he could do rather than what the doctors could do. My whole face was bandaged like a mummy. They had to change the bandages three times a day. Seeing myself as the bandages came off, and how my skin looked, could have discouraged me but instead I kept faith in God. A lot of the saints and loved ones were very concerned about how I was looking and what I was going through. Many times I had to encourage them. Some were calling wanting to talk the fire out of my face, I could see the devil getting into that. I told them that I had faith in God and what he could do. The only fire that I had in me was the Holy Ghost. I have yet gone to see a plastic surgeon. I didn't have to wear glasses until about six years after the accident. You have to take a good look at my face to see any scars. My deliverance came from Jesus! To God Be The Glory!!
Minister James W. Ceo, Sr.
If God brought you to it, God will take you through it.
Praise The Lord, I have truly been blessed by God. I
have been in the church all of my life and I have been continually blessed. In
December, 1997, I was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes at the age of 19. I had
been having symptoms a while before but that was when I was medically diagnosed.
I have taken numerous types of medication to try and control it. I have been
back and forth to the doctor too many times to count. Each time someone tells me
a different story. But God has the real story. Since being diagnosed I have not
had to go in the hospital one time. Not saying that everyday I felt good because
there are many that I did not. But with Gods grace and mercy I have endured.
This condition has taught me to learn to trust God.. Even with the condition,
the Lord has given me grace to bear it. I just thank and praise the Lord for
ALL that he has done, is doing and will do for me. Now 7 years later I still
have this condition and "I still have my
God!"
Sister Winter Vereen
If God brought you to it, God will take you through it.
I am so glad the Lord saved me. Life for me growing up
was rough; words cannot express the pain. I was violated at a young age and I
grew up with all kinds of problems. I could not understand why this was
happening to me. I was clinically depressed; I stayed in trouble in and out of
school. I would stay up for days without going to sleep; I could not sleep,
fearing the outcome. As time progressed, things got worse and I started thinking
about committing suicide. The first time I attempted, I decided to slit my
wrist. I do not know what happen I just could not do it. Therefore, I cut my
forearm instead, instantly cutting on me became an addiction. I had to and
needed to do it. At the age of thirteen, I started going to clubs, drinking, and
experimenting with drugs. I was sixteen the last time I cut myself; normally I
would cut myself one or two times, but this time I could not stop. I had to be
rushed to the emergency room to get stitches. The doctors and nursed thought I
was crazy and said I needed psychiatric help. Going to a mental health clinic
was a revelation. When I saw those people whom actually had mental health
problems, I told myself never again. I knew there was not anything wrong with
me, I just needed someone to talk to, someone to comfort me. Lord knows the last
thing I needed was to sit home, alone and think. I praise God today, because he
has truly delivered me. I have read books and saw shows on television about
people who went through the same things I have gone through and they declare
they hate men and all sorts of twisted things. I praise my Lord, because he has
kept me. I am just so grateful, that could have been me. The Lord delivered me,
before he saved me.
If God brought you to it, God will take you through it.
The Lord saved me in 1997, but I could not comprehend it all and I left the church. My husband and I separated while I was pregnant with our first child. Things got worse and I started doing the same old things I stopped. Smoking cigarettes, drinking, wearing pants and those are just a few. It was not until 2002, the Lord help me make up my mind. I had been back and forth, I would be in church for a few months and gone the next and that went on for four years. In 2002, I came back to the Lord, but this time was different. There was fear in me; the Lord put in my heart if I leave this time there will be no returning for me. That's when I made up my mind, I am going to be better. I was slack at first, but desired to be better. I did not want to end up like time past. I made a commitment to my Lord for six months and the only time I was out of church was when my daughter and I were hospitalized. Now I want to be in church, my heart years for the word. I can see now, the word is everything you need it to be. The Lord blessed me to finish reading his word within 11 months. It is something about reading the word, it is life. The Lord created such a change in me; He has truly blessed my faith. I was hospitalized mid August for viral meningitis, I was in severe pain. Although I was in pain I praised the Lord and encouraged myself. I kept reminding myself this is just a test. The Lord was right there with me I was in severe agony, but I could feel the spirit of the Lord. I did not complain, I recognized this was something I had to go through. The Lord encouraged me and gave me Psalm 121. I did not know I had the word stored up in me like the way it is, but the scriptures I needed just kept coming. My God really did strengthen me through that ordeal. We were so close; I did not want the pain to end. I thank the Lord for that experience, because it was truly a blessed one. I have so much confidence in my Lord, I know he will work for me. I may not receive it instantly, but if it is in his will, I will have it after while.
Sometimes I do not have to ask the Lord for anything, He gives it to me. The Lord has blessed me to receive three raised right behind one another the first one was in May, 2nd in July and the 3rd in August and it was over one hundred dollars. I thank the Lord for how he has blessed my life; it feels good to be in love with Jesus. He keeps feeding me word and opening my understanding. Lord knows I cannot tell it all, it is just a great joy. The Lord showed me a beautiful picture one night in prayer. I saw the Lord, a chest game, and myself. The exact way you would maneuver a king or queen across the board always forward that is how the Lord was moving me. I interpret it as the Lord, the player, and myself, a queen and as long as I keep his commandments and stay in his will, he will bless me to grow. Each square is like spiritual growth or perfection. At the end of the game, whoever wins would hit a buzzer and say checkmate, but I envision the Lord telling me well done. Thy good and faithful servant enter into the joy of the Lord. God has been so good to me all the days of my life. He has saved me, blessed me with eternal life and my job is to maintain it. The Lord has worked wonders in my life. He has given me/us the best and true man of God. An abundance of joy and peace, but most important his word. I am persuaded and I long to grow closer to Jesus. The Lord has brought me too far and through too much, for me to give up. Committing to Jesus is the best decision I ever made. Life was hard for me growing up, but I am living now and I appreciate everything the Lord had done for me. I AM SOLD OUT!
Sister Lenetta Moore