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Carmel NY The betrayal that happened to me a couple
of years ago was devastating. It caused my whole life to be turned upside
down. I have spent two and half years receiving healing and forgiving the
person who caused it, but within a couple of months I would feel theÊhatred
always creeping back into my heart, to the point I would find myself praying
for God to kill that person. I knew that this was not the Father's heart,
but my pain wanted revenge. When you prayed for me I didn't even realize
how deep my hatred went until youÊput your hand on my back and asked God
to heal the the bitterness, anger and hatred. Something happened when you
prayed. The hatredÊwas suddenly removed and I felt the fire of God shoot
right through my heart. I knew at that point that God had healed my broken
heart from this betrayal. I felt such a release; I felt as light as feather,
as if I were floating around the room. I felt the fire burning in my heart,
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Carmel NY - Marriage Encounter I have been to so many
marriage seminars that I was sitting this one out, but my friend Mark was
going and he wanted me to go so I decided to attend. Also I had to be there
to set-up the breakfast and refreshments but I thought I can always set-up
and go home. I am so glad that I didn't do that and that I attended. I have
to tell you that the minute you both started to speak the anointing was
so heavy that I kept being drawn in. There was so much revelation that I
can't even begin to put it into words. All I can say is that your teaching
and ministry are eye opening, awakening, revelatory, etc. You truly have
an anointing from the Lord to teach and love His people. On Sunday, when
you taught about the Father's acceptance and love, you also spoke about
being careful of our motives when we serve; about works and having a works
mentality - something clicked in my mind. God had given me a dream about
2 weeks prior to this seminar and while you were teaching, I started to
remember the dream. I remembered that in the dream I was taking a bath (which
I took to mean that I was cleansing myself). After I bathed, I started drying
myself with a dirty towel which kind of confused me. I knew that God was
trying to tell me something, but I couldn't understand the meaning of the
dream, I even shared it with the Pastor Êand she didn't know what God was
trying to tell me - although she did say that she felt it was something
I was doing in the natural. As you spoke on Sunday, I started getting revelation
about the dream. I asked the Lord what is this Lord? Why am I remembering
this dream and what are you trying to tell me? That's when I got the revelation
that our works are as filthy rags to the Lord, and I knew immediately that
there was still an area in my life that I was trying to do on my own strength,
instead of letting God do it. Works! I repented, but I felt I needed to
go up form prayer. When you guys prayed for me, something broke because
before Sunday I was so tired that I felt like walking away from everything,
my ministry, my calling, and although it was in the very back of my mind,
subtlety lurking there, my life. I was in a place of questioning why I was
here and even questioning God. I wasn't even praying. Through your ministry,
I realized that I was so tired of trying to do it on my own strength that
I had no strength left. This was affecting everything else in my life and
I had been so discouraged and tired. Isn't that something - God is definitely
awesome and He knows what we need even before we ask for it - I'm so happy
that He sent us you! |
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