Steps Of Strength
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KENNETH AND I HAVE STEPPED OUT AND ARE GOING TO MINISTERING GOD'S WORD WHEREEVER A DOOR IS OPEN .. I TEACH LOL HE PREACHES... Well we have stepped over into a call that some say oh no not me and some say ok Lord where ever you want me to go I will follow. We have followed him to a little country church beside the road close to home. We are now Intirum Pastor untill the first of June then they will vote him in full time.
But we have both been liscensed with the Emmanuel Organization. So I guess you can say we have a piece of paper that says it is ok to do marriage ceremonies and buriels and all that stuff..
HELLO,
I am Kenneth and I would like to tell you a little bit
about myself.I have been in and out of church all of my
life. When things got hard, I would leave church, until it
began to get bad again,then I would come back again.
I got married when I was 20 years old and had first son
when I was 21. At this time, I was surely enjoying the
world.
When he turned 3 months old the doctor's said he had a
hole in his heart and we had to do something fast.After
running all kind of test on him, for a week, they came
back and told us he was fine and they COULD NOT FIND
ANYTHING wrong with his heart.
We knew that GOD had HEALED HIM and we had a MIRACLE.
So back to church we went, but oh, how fast we forget
what he does for us.
In no time, we were back out in the world doing the
drinking,drugs and sex.YES sex.We thougt we would try
something different and got introduced to the world of
swaping partners.I knew it was wrong so we stoped doing
it.
My ex-wife got sick and almost died. When she got well
we were back to church again, but once again the world
began to call.
I caught my wife cheating on me and after several years
that was enough. And yes, I cheated on her to get even.
But when Jesus wants your attention he is going to get it
one way or another.
What turned my life around for good, was that my ex-wife
stole my kids from me.
I did what I always did, I PRAYED and after 5 or 6 days, I
really broke down and had a REAL heart to heart with GOD.
The next day my boys were brought back to me.
When I had that talk with GOD I told him how sorry I was
for all I had done wrong and to please FORGIVE me. I
promised him I would never leave church again and I would
do anything for him that he wanted.
After I said I would never get married again. I met up
with an old friend that I had not seen in about 10 years.
We met and started talking on Yahoo, (boy what a small
world).We began doing things together and began to get
closer then we thought we would ever.
Now we have been married almost 4 years and I thank God
for her.Because he sent someone to love and someone that
would go to church and LOVE GOD with me.
Remember,I told GOD I would do anything to get my boys
back,
WELL, he has called me to preach the word,I guess I
have felt this for a long time, but I was just running,but
GOD got my attention the hard way.
I believe with all my heart that if I ever turn and
run again he will not try to pull me back to him or he
may even take the lives of my boys.One week was bad i
can not imagine being without them forever.
Yes the devil is making it hard on me, but I WILL do as
GOD want's me to. And that is to get more people to live
FATHER,
WE ASK THAT ANYONE THAT READS THESE TESTIMONIES,
WILL NOT LET THEMSELVES BE SEPERATED FROM YOUR LOVE
AND MERCY. WE ASK THAT YOU SEND ANGELS, THERE TO CAMP
AROUND THEM AND TO PROTECT THEM, TO LEAD AND GUIDE
THEM IN THE DIRECTION THAT YOU HAVE LAID OUT FOR THEM.
FATHER, WE ASK IF THEY ARE NOT SAVED, TAHT YOU WILL SEND
YOUR CONVICTING POWER, TO PRICK THEIR HEARTS,SO THAT THEY
WILL TURN TO YOU AND ASK FOr FORGIVENESS.
IN YOUR PRECIOUS NAME WE PRAY
AMEN
HELLO,
I am Teresa a plain 'ole country girl that loves the
Lord with all my Heart and Soul.
I often ask God why he made me like he did? When people
tell me things, I believe that they are going to do just
what they say, and oh, if they say they love me, I take it
to heart and believe they do.
So as you can see I have been hurt many times by being
decieved.
As a child my mother and daddy got a divorce and my dad
raised us with mama having visitation. I vowed then,oh no,
my kids won't ever go through that mess and hurt ...
( yes right, don't say won't cause u will )
I married young and man was he the light to my world,
(or so i thought).During this marriage we had 3 children
and seemed to be happy (looks are not what they always
seem),we had been married about 12 years and he gets up
one morning to go to work and doesn't come home. So we go
out and look for him, and look for him, and look for him.
When we find him, he says I am not coming home, I don't
want to be with you anymore.(DEVOSTATED AND WORLDS
CRASHED) I say what about the kids and he said oh I will
never walk out on my children, just don't want to be tied
down anymore to you.
Then the ugly divorce battle (which I vowed would never
happen to me began)I said ok you want out, I will give
you out, all I want are MY CHILDREN.
So, I began the lawyer search.And found out that I was
as dumb as they come when it comes to something like
that.They began, by telling me that as long as we were
not divorced, then he could go anywhere he wanted with
the kids and there was nothing I could do till judge
said they were mine.
And that it was gonna cost ME to get the divorce and it
had to be paid up front.
OH GOD WHERE ARE YOU AT NOW I ASK?
And when he arrived on the scene and took control, I knew
that it was him,I found that he had not left me, but I had
left him.He is ALWAYS there even when we close the door on
him,so many times he is waiting for us to come to our
senses and say FATHER HERE AM I.
He picked me up and held me like no other person can
and set my feet back on solid ground.And we began to
build our world back up.
Loneliness will make you do things that you really need
to let GOD and time do.You Can Not let it rule you in
any situation that you are in.
Well, almost 2 years went by and I was single and raising
3 small kids by my self,(child support came whenever)and
doing all that I knew how to do.
In comes a man and another thing I said I would not do
again. We were about to get married.My kids loved
him and he loved us.
Painted us a pretty picture of how he wanted me to see
his world, and I found love again,and thought, ok God,
this one is it, and I am going to be with him forever,
no more divorce in my house.(yea right)
What he showed me as a few drinks a night, while we were
dating became a case each night, after we were married.
I did what most people do i said Oh no you won't drink
like that and be married to me(anyone ever want to change
them even if it is to make better?
We argued constantly about the alcohol and bars and other
women.It all began to come to a head and the arguing with
me became fights, with us.Then my kids would try to step
in and take some of the blows that were meant for me.
If he was gonna come in drunk i could feel an uneasy
feeling in my spirit man and would try to pretend I was
asleep when he came in that just added to the fire of
his fury.
So for years I was afraid to step out on faith.
I was in church and knew my asnwer was God but didn't
know which step to take and all i tried seem to back
fire on me.
For about 7 years I put my children and myself through
mental abuse,physical abuse and verbal abuse.
Some nights the fights seem to last longer then the days
had hours in them.
I began to withdraw into myself and tell people to stay
away from me I didn't need anything they had to offer me.
I sank into a depression.The darker the room was the
better I was and if someone knocked on the door you better
not dare touch that knob and let them in. Cause then u had
to pay my price in the end.
Praise The Lord
God Stepped In Again
Just In Time.
I began to realize that there was not enough love to stay
and the fear I had of one of the children really hurting
him sunk in and I knew I had to go.
So, then I began another walk of being alone, looking for
answers (I said I won't get divorce the buck stops here
and by this time I have 2) (shhhhhhh never say never or
not or aint)God puts a Divorce Recovery Class at my feet
to participate in and man did that help me work through
a lot.
But God also sent in another man in my life that was
needing a friend and someone to talk to and do things
with.
We started talking (guess how we remet)(yahoo personals)
and then we started doing things together with both
families and before we ever knew what hit us We were
in LOVE and here I am married to him almost 3 years.
For many years I would pray God let my ex get saved and it
last or send me someone that will go to church with me and
sit on that pew and not mind how long we are there. But
let him love my kids and treat them just like they are his.
God did just that and then some....
To round up the rabbits in this.
I have been in church most all my life.In off and on
stages.Not rooted and grounded like I need to be.I
know and knew what I was taught as a child and I relized
that during my growing up.
I have not really been into the alcohol and drugs or
getting into trouble.Things like some have been dilevered
from, but I have been married three times, now divorced
twice, and have grown a lot spiritually from the walks
that I have gone through.
As I said at first I ask God why he made me like he has?
To love everyone and trust them no matter what, to try to
find good in all things (even if bad is staring me in the
face).
I have Endured and Come Out on Top and am a Winner!
With God's Help Of Grace And Mercy So Can You...
If you need someone to talk to, that has been down that
road, and knows how it feels to think it is your fault
he or she goes out and comes back in drunk, and wants to
fight with you and your kids.
Then please feel free to email us and we will talk to
you and pray with you.
I have to add a testimony of where God has brought us
from in the past 6 months.It is awsome and more then
the human person can imagine can possibly happen.
We were both working and doing pretty good and when we
began to step out and do what God wanted us to do my
dear hubby began to get brave.
So he made a challenge to the devil (shhhh not gonna
repeat that one walking through that once is enough) and
told him he wasn't gonna win God was.
Well the devil began to hit everywhere he could against
us, it came down to our finances and all that we had, but
we didn't give in and stood the test.
God gave us back what was taken and more and has moved us
up closer to him and in his work.I know i haven't told
major details but just know that when you don't have food,
God will provide,if your bills have to be paid and there
is no money, God will provide,but most of all he will be
more then glad to provide you with an everlasting LOVE
that only he can give.
Say the Sinners Prayer:
Father,
Please forgive me of my sins.Come into my heart,life and
soul.Help me to forgive others and walk more like you.Help
me to read your word to become more like you.
Amen
When you do this pick up his word and begin to read and
tell all that you know that JESUS LOVES THEM and he can
also be their Savior.
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