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On September 19, 2011 I wrote an article called, “I dismissed my blessing because it wasn’t what I thought I should have.” I have to ask the Lord Jesus to forgive me, because I should have come back right after that post with my Praise Report. It’s not that I didn’t share my praise report, I shared it every chance I got, I sincerely did, I was a walking testimony! But I realize part of my ministry is sharing the good news through written form, and Faithwriters is one of the first ways I’ve been able to do that eleven (11) years ago! Bless God, oh my soul and ALL that’s within me!
So, are you ready Saints? Here comes the praise report! Well to summarize what had occurred in April of 2011, I received a lay-off notice from the City I was working at (which was not devastating to me as I had received two more lay off notices two years previously. When my co-workers asked me what I was going to do about it, I said I was going to “pray about it!” (As was the case in 2011…I prayed about it).
Well by September 2011 I didn’t SEE anything, no results, no hope, although I’d applied and went on an interview for the very position I was being laid off from in another city (and this new City we had just moved to in May 2011). Well after interviewing in May, I didn’t hear anything from the company. There is it was September, and by the end of September my spirit told me “Praise Him!” In other words “Praise Him in Advance!” There was nothing in the “natural” telling me anything was about to change, but my spirit told me to thank God! (And that’s exactly what I did…I thanked and praised God for everything, every gift, every blessing, for the journey, for keeping me, for protecting me, for NEVER LEAVING ME!”
Well I remember being in church in early October and in my spirit all I heard was PRAISE HIM! And I did! The next day after church was a holiday, the next day Tuesday the City I’d interviewed with in May called me to ask if I was still interested in the job! I said yes! I went on another interview, then met with staff, then met with the director…then I was offered the new position in a City I’d just moved to five (5) months earlier. Prior to that I had a 45 minute commute with the new job, I would have a 10 minute commute. Thank you Lord! But the Lord wasn’t finished yet! You see the Lord saw fit to give me a raise by 12% of my previous salary! My Lord! Thank you Lord Jesus. But you see the Lord still wasn’t finished yet! You see for nearly five years I commuted with my husband getting up at 4:30AM with him so we could drive one car into the city and save on parking, I was so tired, I remember asking the Lord if he could help me so I wouldn’t have to get up so early….now I had a 10 minute commute. But like I said, God wasn’t finished yet!
You see I found out shortly after I started my new job that we worked a 9/80 schedule which means I would get every other Friday off! Thank you Lord Jesus! About a month after I started working, one of my co-workers came up to me and asked me “Do you want a copy of this?” I asked what is it, she then began to tell me that my position didn’t exist, that’s why it took so long to hire me. She then spoke words I knew meant that my position was ordered by the Lord, just for me! She told me, “Your positon didn’t exist so we had to write a resolution to CREATE a position for you.” She said that and walked away handing me the document and I handed God a Praise! I knew that I knew….that God had created, designed, set apart, blew a blessing out of his mouth JUST FOR ME!
But he wasn’t finished yet! You see in December 2011 we had a young lady (our Manager) who would be going out on maternity leave. I was asked to act in her behalf while she was on maternity leave, this entitled me to a 5% increase in pay. (Mind you I had only been working there for 1 month.) But the Lord wasn’t finished yet! You see while the young lady was out on maternity leave our department was building an office for her. Well early the next year (2012) our manager announced she would not be returning but would stay home with her beautiful baby boy.
Upon receipt of this news my director asked me to move into my office! Yes Lord! But you see he wasn’t finished yet! A few months later our director went on vacation, following vacation she had to leave again, while she was out I acted in her capacity as the Director! Wow! I was asking God, “Lord what are you up to?” Long story short I was able to act as the director for a number of months until we got an interim director then a permanent director. And I THANK GOD FOR THE OPPORTUNITY FOR ENTRUSTING ME WITH HIS PEOPLE, THANK YOU LORD JESUS!
Little did we know that in December 2013 my husband would be diagnosed with colon cancer, as it stands now he is going through his second year of chemo to be complete in October 2015. But I marvel at the fact that God knew this would happen, and because he knew it would happen, the Friday’s that he has chemo treatment is also my Friday off so that we can do this together in Jesus Name! Many of you may be concerned about my husband’s condition as we are, at the same time we know that it didn’t come to stay, it came to pass and receive his healing in Jesus Name. We have faith that God has healed him in Jesus Name! He is Healed! I touch and agree with everyone reading this Praise Report that my husband, and your husband, or wife, daughter, son, brother, sister, mother, father, grandmother, grandfather, cousin, aunt, uncle, friend, relative, co-worker, boss, mailman, grocery store clerk, teacher, preacher, pastor, choir member, landscaper, businessman, businesswoman, all who may be sick in their body are healed in Jesus Name!
For he was wounded for our transgressions he was bruised for our iniquity and by the striped of the Lord Jesus All of these people ARE HEALED, DELIVERED AND SET FREE! And it is so, we receive the report of the Lord in Jesus Name!
As always, with all things, in all things, through all things TO GOD BE THE GLORY FOR THE THINGS HE HAS DONE!
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