ONE OF THE MANY MIGHTY WORKS OF GOD!!!!!!!! (My Testimony)

Hello Readers,

I trust you all are blessed and doing well!!!! I wanted to take this time to share a testimony with you all (please do not mistaken this e-mail as bragging or boosting of any kind on my part...because I am firm believer that my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ is the author of all miracles and If I boost and brag on anything it will be on him and his powers and none of anything that we did)

As some may know Angel has been out of work since January and about two weeks ago I was just let go from my job. Still trusting God believing and knowing that he will supply all of our needs according to his riches & glory!!!! We did not fret, panic or get discouraged doing this dry, desert season. Angel and I have been trusting in God like never before this pass year....I personally since being let go from my job have been really listening to the voice of GOD, reading his word to hear exactly what he wants me to do, where he wants me to go, and what moves to take in the midst of it all.....

So many times we hear about miracles happening and we believe that miracles can happen...but when they happen 1st hand in your own personal life it blows your mind on a whole different level...allowing you too trust GOD on a whole different level...

My "TRUE STORY" Begins...

Last Thursday my Pastor, Overseer Lanier C. Twyman called a meeting with all his leaders because we are in the process of getting St. Stephen Baptist Church #2 (DC) and the meeting was to discuss all the logistic, the blueprint, establish a Core Team and assign some roles...My Pastor then said that in order for us to get this 2nd church, the church would need to come up with One Hundred Thousand Dollars by Monday....(now lets set the record straight my pastor is not one of those pastors that ask for money like that...but when God places a vision on his heart and instruction on how to fulfill it he is obedient and follow through with it) So he said to accomplish this goal we would need 100 people to give $1000.00 each. At the moment a few of the leader proceed to walk up and sow their $1000.00 and it was a blessing to see the people of God respond to the appeal....

Now while all this is going on...Angel and I was sitting there getting discourage because in our hearts and mind...We wanted to give but knew we didn't have anything to give....so the night went on and more people gave and Angel and I racking our brain trying to figure out how we can be a blessing and be a part of this mighty move of GOD…but still nothing. Angel and I didn't even have enough funds in our account combine to even scratch the surface of what they wanted.....but we were still trying to figure out what can we give!!!!

The meeting ended and as we were on our way home...still thinking....we remembered that we had a jar that we had started putting money into after our wedding and the plan for that money was to doing something nice for our 1 year anniversary....Angel and I both had the same thought in mind. Let's go home and give whatever we have in that jar and sow into the start of St. Stephen #2 (DC)....we went home that night prayed about it, woke up the next morning and counted all that was in that jar and it totaled $500.00 even. Here is when the spiritual battle began...as soon as we finished counting the money and we had decided to give this to the church, thoughts begin to run. I called my Pastor and said that Angel and I needed to meet with him ASAP...(we didn't tell him what for) but I needed to get this money out of hand before our flesh allowed us to change our minds!!!

At this point; I have only $40.00 to my name and Angel has no cash and a negative $65.00......what would you do in this situation!!!!

Angel says: Danny instead of giving the whole $500.00 lets just give half and we can use this money to pay some bills, this is all we have and no telling when will we have any more money to catch up. I then said, I understand and you’re right we can use this money...but this is what the Lord is telling me to do. I don't know how, I don't know when, and I don't know in what form....but I know GOD will supply all our needs and I know he will take care of us. If giving this $500.00 toward St. Stephen #2 - DC will cause for one person to give their life to Christ then our money did not go in vain......(keep in mind this conversation at this point is going on in the car while were taking the money to the church - Friday Afternoon -) so while in the car the Lord led me too "1 Kings 17: 8-15" and after I read it that was my confirmation to proceed...Angel and I spoke again and she said "Danny, if this is what the Lord is telling you to do and even though my initial thought was too not go through with this..."As your Wife, I Will Trust You and Follow You!!!"

We pulled up to the church and proceeded in Pastor's office, we told him that after much prayer the Lord is leading us to sow this into the new Church…we pulled out our $500.00 (our last) put it in a envelope and handed to our Pastor.... He jumped out of his seat and said OMG!!! No this can't be.... neither one of you are working right and you want to sow $500.00 dollar. He then proceeded to say excitingly that "We did not know what we had just done" and he begin to minister to us, reconfirming what God has told us that were going to be fine and that God will supply all our needs... And that was that "so we thought" we left his office and went about our normal life...

Friday ended...Saturday came and gone...

And Sunday (the 3rd day) Angel and I woke up got ready for church and proceeded on...7:45am service was Awesome!!! My pastor made the appeal to the congregation because we still needed more money and he wanted the entire congregation to be a part in this....folks came up giving there sacrificial offering. Pastor then read off some of the names of those folks that gave and when he got to us, he asked us to stand and he shared what we had done on Friday (we had no idea he was going to do this...and we were not expecting him to do this) so that was that....10:45am service came around and the it pretty much flowed the same way...he asked, folks gave.....except this time it was slightly different.... Pastor did the same thing during the 10:45am service, he asked Angel and I to stand and he begin to speak on "Operating in radical FAITH" and he begin to share with the congregation what we did and said that neither one of us were working because we were let go by our jobs and that we stepped out on Faith to sow into the Kingdom of God!! (During this time more people are coming up giving there money - Senior, Men, Women, even Kids) I was blessed just to see the people respond to Pastor's appeal!!! But then out of nowhere a shift happened.....

Someone brought up a check for $500.00 and gave it to Pastor but instead of it being for the church it was written out to Angel and I!!!!!! You talking about a mighty move of God…more people started coming down with check for $100.00, $200.00, $50.00 and cash of all amount handing it too us!!! Angel and I were stuck in disbelief because we weren't expecting this nor were we looking for anything like this to happen.....We praised God for all that he was, is and has done!!! While all this is going on, Pastor shared this with the us and the congregation that on Friday morning about 4:30am God woke him up and told him to bless Angel and I with $1000.00, when our Pastor told his wife what the Lord had shared with him she got excited because on Thursday (during the meeting) God told her that whatever we gave they were going to double it. So Pastor in addition to whatever one else was walking up too us giving us he handed us a check for $1000.00....You can't tell me God ain't real. All day Sunday...God was allowing people to be a blessing to us in various forms....the money in the jar that we gave was for our 1 year anni. Cruise in Nov. Angel and I got a call Sunday night someone was asking if they could pay for the rest of our cruise!!!!

Only God can orchestrate such a blessing like this....this could not have been done by man!!!! To see what God had placed on the hearts of so many people and how it all lined up with what God had told us to do. None of this would have happen if we had not listen to GOD and gave out last!!! Because what he proved was that our life is not dictated by money by the grace and power of Christ!!!! My Faith has been taken to another level and I bless the Lord that Angel and I was the vessel to be tested during this time!!!!

This story was not shared for anyone to feel pity for us...but to recognize the power of God and how he moves when we move out of the way and listen and obey what the Lord has to say!!!! This was one of many Miracles that God performs to prove that he is God…