Step Up 2014... The Miracle of The $8 Dollar Tithe... God is Always Faithful... Another Faith Builder Testimony... Humbled by His Love Since May 1st Ive been struggling with different things... Sadness, Forgiveness, Bitterness, Loneliness, Anger, Frustration, Resentment, Depression, Brokenness, Illness... Have I left anything out... Im sure I have. So yah its been a rough month... It seemed like one thing after another. Literally, it Was one thing after another. Yet, through it All God was Still Present and Remained Faithful. He let me have my pity parties and wallow in my pile of junk. He wasnt condemning me or judging me or telling me I was a loser... To the contrary He Loved me and displayed His Mercy and Grace the whole way through... The 1st week of May my son moved out. The 2nd week of May was Mothers Day... I was so depressed and feeling very discouraged... It was very hard to be motivated to do anything. I was still recovering from the fall I took going down the stairs I guess it must have lowered my immune system because shorty after falling I became ill once again with bronchitis... I was beside myself. I skipped church on Sunday. I never do that. I skipped serving on Tuesday. I never do that. I skipped church on Wednesday. I never do that. Drug myself to the Human Trafficking meeting on Thursday. I was so out of it was like a blur. Im never like that. Im reaching out to my fellow brothers and sisters in Christ to pray for me... I was in a funk and having really hard time pulling myself out. I have struggled with depression numerous times in my life I was getting concerned for myself. I decided perhaps a fast would do me good. Then got all the ingredients in the blender only to find out it died... ARgGg.... Seriously, this is ridiculous. This was on a Saturday May 11th later that day my friends posted they were moving from their home and had a bunch of stuff for Goodwill to pick up. I private messaged her inquiring on a blender. She said yes she had one. Ah Praise God i can fast. Anyways, I get to their home and her husband says hey you can have all these things if you want... 2 sofas, end tables, kitchen stuff, all kinds of stuff... He says If you want it take. Sell it at a garage sale. I was like No Way this is soooo Awesome! OK so we loaded up and I filled my garage with all their things. About 2 weeks prior I had another friend do the exact same thing! She gave me her stuff and said sell it at a garage sale. Seriously, people Ive Never even been to a garage sale I dont know the 1st thing about them. OK so in this 2nd week of May I literally had $8 dollars. Thats It... And I had the choice of how to spend that $8 dollars... Food. Gas. Tampons. Yup, I had no food. I was Stressing Out Big Time.. Im beating myself up and feeling like a total loser. My gas tank had hardly any gas in it. Then there was the tampon issue I stood in front of my open cabinet staring the half empty box... Thinking this is a joke and I am a big mess over it and praying Father am I in your Will. So on Friday (May 16th) my friend invites me to her church. Its a Pentecostal church. Oh boy it was an experience haha. My 1st time at a primarily all black church and man do they know how worship and that Pastor many times even sang his sermon. How could you not be moved in The Spirit. So back to my predicaments... The Food... God reminded me to look in the freezer I had a unopened bag of frozen strawberries for my fast. The Gas....That week I never left the house because I was so depressed I didnt hardly drive my car. The Tampons... it was the exact amount I needed. In His Faithfulness God took care of my Every Need.The Pastor at the end of service said if you have a love gift hold up your envelope. In my head I was like Hey I still have that $8 dollars I can give So I quickly put it in the envelope and raise my hand while the Pastor prayed over it. Im laughing to myself... I just tithed my last $8 dollars... But in all my worries and beating myself up over Everything... It was a Total Waste of Time... As Usual... God was in Control and took Care of Everything. So I was Excited to see what God would do with my love offering. Ok Im sure some of you are thinking Well, you didnt give very much money. Um Hello it was All I Had like no money in my checking account, nothing coming in. Trust me when I say it was a Big Deal. However, I gave it cheerfully with a joyful heart. Remember God likes a cheerful giver not one who is bitter and gives begrudgingly. Its a matter of the heart and a Trust Issue. Do I Trust God with my (His really) money? And in fact The Father actually says to Test Him in this area of giving of tithes. This is the Only area in the Bible where He says to Test Him... So here we go....... -That was May 16th a Friday night ... Tithed my $8 dollars. -Saturday a girl randomly says to me... Hey, take this I want to give this $20 for gas. -Sunday two sweet young friends surprise me by taking me out to dinner and when I get home at me front door they had left me flowers and a gift card to Publix. -Monday another person gives me $60. -Thursday get a check in the mail for $125 and a Gift Card for $100 to Walmart. -Friday with the things my friends donated for me to have a garage sale I made $250. -Saturday 2nd day of Garage sale made another $100. The Miracle of the $8 dollar tithe... God Opened Heaven. When we step out in faith He is well pleased and honors us. I have seen this type of miracle Every Time I tithe. So in the past when I tithed I might have been fearful but God has proved himself Faithful every time. I dont worry about it anymore I tithe with Great Excitement and Anticipation!!! I pray this is a Faith Builder for you. Even in my grumpy sad state and in all my complaining and worrying about this this and thats of life. The Father came thru. Showing me over and over again His Faithfulness. This is His Radical Faith Journey and He who began a great work will see it to completion. Not in my strength But Gods Strength. Always and Forever to God Be the Glory. Radical Faith Journey ❤ One Person at a Time. One Heart at a Time. One Salvation at a Time. Revival Starts with One Person!! The Jesus Revolution ❤ Luke 21:1-4 The Widow’s Offering 21 As Jesus looked up, he saw the rich putting their gifts into the temple treasury. 2 He also saw a poor widow put in two very small copper coins. 3 “Truly I tell you,” he said, “this poor widow has put in more than all the others. 4 All these people gave their gifts out of their wealth; but she out of her poverty put in all she had to live on.” Malachi 3:10 Bring all the tithes into the storehouse so there will be enough food in my Temple. If you do, says the LORD of Heavens Armies, I will open the windows of heaven for you. I will pour out a blessing so great you wont have enough room to take it in! Try it! Put me to the test! Ephesians 3:19-21 19 and to know the love of Christ which surpasses knowledge, that you may be filled up to all the fullness of God. 20Now to Him who is able to do far more abundantly beyond all that we ask or think, according to the power that works within us, 21to Him be the glory in the church and in Christ Jesus to all generations forever and ever. Amen. Philippians 4:19 And this same God who takes care of me will supply all your needs from his glorious riches, which have been given to us in Christ Jesus.
Posted on: Mon, 26 May 2014 14:06:08 +0000
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