These devotionals on faith are based on true experiences in my life.

I have come to love this whole chapter of Palms. It has become one of my favourite pieces of scripture that I hold dear in my life. When the Spirit directed me to this portion of scripture I was in the midst of me having a pity party. I was young and thought I had the cat by the tail in my Christian life. I was upset because of finances and I was questioning the Lord on this subject. I asked Him, "Why do the wicked have all the money and we have to do everything with scratch and work to the bone to achieve at least what one considers something professional? Why do we have to wait and struggle each day of our lives just to survive? Why do those who do whatever they can to hurt, steal and maim others have all the money and get all they want whenever they want it? I can just believe well over 80 percent of the Christians out there have asked themselves these questions, even just once in their lives. I have learned a valuable thing in my walk with Him concerning money. 

In my ministry there were many times I had the wolves out there ready to devour me. When the rich want their money there is no wait written in their terms of conditions. Hoping that there is enough space I will testify of the Lord and His wonderful mercy and love for me. 

I remember when my wife and I went to a tent meeting one night. I had just stepped out into full time ministry. We did not have much. As a matter of fact I only had a twenty dollar bill, with three dollars and 78 cents in change in my pocket. We did not have very much food in our house either. When the collection plate was being passed I heard the Lord say, "Give all that you have". I argued with Him of course but I knew what I had to do. I told my wife and she said that she was told to do the same. She had around seven dollars in change in her purse. We gave it all to the Lord. On the way home we talked about it together and we prayed and told God we loved and trusted Him. When we got home, we noticed that the flag on our mailbox was up. We knew we had already got the mail that day and found it strange. I opened the mailbox and there was an envelope in it. I took it out and gave it to my wife. The envelope only had 'Because of your obedience' on it.  We opened it and there was 300 dollars in it. We were startled and amazed. We danced before the Lord that night and with praise we Thanked Him.   

Another time I remember things were really tight. We had 3 children and we had very little food in the house. I had invited this Pastor and his wife over the day before for supper. My wife was not too happy with me. I told her that God has never failed us and that this was an important thing for us to do. She was not too impressed. I said just watch what the Lord will do. The next day it got to be around 3 pm and we had nothing in the house to feed this Pastor and his wife. I still remember to this day and I keep it next to my heart when I need to encourage myself in the Lord. A car pulled in the driveway. This woman that we knew got out of the car with her 4 kids. She opened the trunk and gave packages to her kids and picked up a large box and started to carry it to the house. I ran out to help her because it looked heavy. They came inside and set the box and packages on the table. She went on to say that she was working today and Pat and I were on her mind all day long. She said that she brought this stuff to us because she had never said thank you for all the work we had done for her and her kids. After some tears and hugs they left. Pat and I opened the box. We were so startled. The box was about 2.5 ft. square and was filled with baby spareribs. The packages had fruit and vegetables in them. We feasted that night and again thanked the Lord.

You must understand something about my ministry. I have never asked or even passed a basket for well over 30 years. God has always seen us through every major crisis. I have never told anyone of my needs and have been criticized for it by many. There has been a couple of times I did and believe me it turned out a disaster for me. I am not saying at all that this is how one should operate in their lives or ministry. It is what God has expected of me, not you. I have been obedient, and have held shut my mouth many times in hard times. 

I will share a couple of other stories next week. Again I remind you that God will always be there for you. Keep your faith by speaking out scriptures to yourself. A good friend of mine and I have always remarked to each other that God is a last minute God. Not always but most of the time :o) but He is ALWAYS there. Praise You Jesus!!!!!!

Devotional

Study Guide

Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life. Pr. 4:23

Father, you are so special and it is awesome to have you as our Daddy. You are from above and you are our provider and ending faith.  I ask you Father to meet the needs of those reading this right now. I send your Spirit to them to speak to them and guide them with your anointing. Meet their need according to your riches in glory through Christ Jesus. Teach us and guide us through your Spirit on giving and tithing. Open your Word and we will open our hearts and obey. We are persuaded to walk by faith not by sight or fear.
We love you! Amen!

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