Dear Saints,
In April of this year I was facing many battles at home and at work, I felt the
weight of the world caving in on all sides.
I lost my supervisor position at work and was demoted with many scratching their
heads at work wondering why?
Not by consequence but by providence the Lord had been preparing me for this
situation. The Holy Spirit told me shortly before my boss was to call me into
his office that "I’d be sifted like wheat", sure enough not more then an hour
after receiving that message I know walking into my bosses office. My boss went
on and on, the more he talked the more confused I got, the bottom line was I got
demoted.v
Pastor Dave called me and said that he wanted to talk to me. That same day an
older missionary from Brooklyn New York called me to discuss her account, Her
name was Ella; she was just out of the hospital but stated firmly that: "God
will provide". I inquired if she was a Christian, She said yes, but more then
that she was a great intercessor, filled with the Holy Ghost and had a faith in
God that I wanted to have. This was a divine meeting from God; Ella prayed Gods
peace and comfort on my life and said she would have over 30 regular fellow
prayer warriors continue to pray for me and my boys whom I was facing many
battles with till there would be a break
I was put on a sabbatical at Church that day because my home was out of order. I
couldn’t dispute Pastor’s reason or claim knowing what the Bible clearly stated
about ministers and their home
I felt my life going down a mountain slope with no where to stop. During those
times I was in much prayer as always and in the Word daily but these trials was
very difficult for me to deal with.
I thought I could help God out of my difficulties, how wrong I was. Instead of
things improving they got worst, "How much more can go wrong I cried out to the
Lord", The Lord rebuked me and said "how long are you going to try to get
yourself out of this trial, Let Go Mike and let me be God"
I did exactly that, I turned everything over to God and said "Lord you know this
situation at home and at church, I’m going to leave this all in your hands and
only do what you’ve asked me to do"
I called Ella in Brooklyn and gave her the update on my situation, She said the
Lord had spoken to her 4-30-2000 and said that I would receive a blessing in
August of this year.
At this time the Lord had been working mightily at home and I had accepted my
new rolls and just went ahead with life.
Yesterday on August 4th I had a job interview for a different position in the
company but the manager of that department had to cancel because something came
up, I said ok and we rescheduled our meeting for another week. I knew God was up
to something, I just didn’t know what. Unexpectedly the big boss called me into
his office and promoted me again, saying very little of the whole ordeal but
strongly desired me to return back. I went into a private part of the bathroom
at work and started to cry uncontrollably, praising God for all He brought me
through
God Bless you and your family for your consistent prayers,
Michael (Received on Saturday August 5, 2000)
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