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TESTIMONIES FOR SUNDAY 11TH MAY 2008

GOD’S DIVINE FAVOUR AND DIVINE INTERVENTION

My name is Bro G.and I would like you to glorify the name of our Lord Jesus Christ with me for His showers of love and mercies for me and my family everyday.

I would  like to focus my testimony on two particular grace I have enjoyed last week and couple of weeks ago.

The first relates to a challenge for me some weeks back which I presented to the Lord for His Divine intervention.  I was initially applying my own knowledge to resolve the problem and I made up my mind to approach two close friends I felt could help me out but the first person I was to approach suddenly became unavailable ad when I contacted the second person, his opening line to me before I said anything was to tell me he had a problem which was on the same thing I was just about to ask help for.  That meant  I could not even tell him of my own problem.

I realised at that point that I must turn to the Rock.  Psalm 121 became my song and I said to the Lord that “I am now at the shore of my red sea, please meet me and open the sea for me to get through safely to the other side.  I then had a dream and was instructed to go to a particular place for my help.  I followed the instruction and true to form I was welcomed with open arms with full intention to solve the problem for me.  When I sat down with them and we both analysed the magnitude of the challenge, I came to realise that the problem was almost 20 times greater than I had thought it was.  Nonetheless, they still wanted to help but the process was going to take 3 weeks and I needed resolution within a week before things got out of hand.

I remembered Pastor’s teaching on the Sunday of that week of how Jesus went to rescue His disciples on their troubled boat on the fourth hour and that if we observe that prayer time in times of need Jesus will equally respond to us.  So I stayed up and prayed to the Lord on the fourth hour then went to bed.

In the morning, which was also the day after my meeting I received a surprise call from another institution that did not know anything about my urgent need to say that according to their records such and such a facility had been assigned to me with immediate effect.  I actually said to the caller that I did not have much trust on their services and that it was only the day before I had approached another respectable company for such service, but he said why don’t you try us?

To cut my story short within 3 days this company that came out of the blues resolved the problem for me and far better than the proposal from the other company.

I have no doubt that this was our Lord Jesus at work just when my own approach failed me.

My second testimony was  an event from last Tuesday 7th through to last Friday 9th May.

I was head hunted for a senior secondment appointment from our Department to another within my organisation about 5 years ago.  Although it is unusually a long time for a secondment but I was never confirmed on the post so my substantive post remained within my old service area.  As a result of reorganisation, all the posts in the old service area were deleted and everyone had to either sign up for redundancy or go on the redeployment register.  I made a case to our Human Resources that neither of these options were applicable to me as I was on secondment to a required post.

To cut my story short again, I received a call on Tuesday 6th May at about 2:40 pm to report to my old department for a job interview the following day at 10:30 am.  I called Pastor Adebo to tell him but he told me to go because it is in our weakness that God’s glory comes to light.

With such an extreme short notice there was no time to prepare myself so needless to say the interview was unsuccessful. But I became worried as I could technically be made redundant so as soon as I came out of the interview I knew that it was hopeless and called Pastor Adebo again to inform him.  He told me not to worry for a thing but to start giving thanks to the Lord.  I followed his advice and was giving thanks.  To make it easy I convinced myself that the job wasn’t good for me which was why God did not allow it.

The following day on Thursday, my line manager called me to discuss some optional matters then at the end told me to ignore all that had happened with the interview at my old department the day before and that he would get back to me the next day.

At about 11:30 on Friday 9th, my manager called me again.  This time, he apologised for the way I was treated being called for interview at such short notice and for failure within my new department in not confirming my post before.  He said I was no longer on secondment and that the Human Resources have been instructed to write to me immediately to confirm my appointment as Service manager.  So instead of me receiving letter of redundancy I will be receiving a letter to confirm my appointment.

Sorry for the long story but I like you to please Glorify the Lord with me, He is truly a wonderful God.  He certainly broke the gate, cut the barriers and gave me my treasure.  I give Him the Glory.

Bro G.

MORE THAN I ASKED FOR

God has blessed me so much to a dimension of pressed down, shaken together and rolling over.  I give God all the glory.

Sis N.

DIVINE PROTECTION AND DIVINE PROVISION

I want to thank God for life as I survived two accidents recently.

I have recently lost my job but thank God for his faithfulness and for His divine provision as He has been daily supplying all my needs.

Sis. C.

DIVINE FAVOUR

I am thanking God for diverse experiences of divine favour last month via the Holy Ghost Outpouring throughout last month.

Bro I.