I moved to Bible College in 1997, moving house and living by faith.
We hada little amount of savings. We went to hear Jesse DuPlantis at the 1997 International UK Believer's Convention.
We have always been faithful tithers, since 1992.
At the convention God told me to give £10 to JDM every month. I said no - he was wealthy, I was poor. The next month while praying, the Lord spoke and said give £20, £10 for last month, £10 for this month. Again I argued against the Lord and resisted his will.
The next month, we were down to our last £30. The Lord told me "Don't you dare spend it. Give it to JDM. £10 for last month, £10 for this month, and £10 for two months ago".
I said "Lord, if I give this I will starve." He said: "You will starve next week anyway, would you rather starve to death obedient or disobedient?"
I put the cash in an envelope, walked to the post office and posted it.
Within 2 hours of posting the money, an old college friend phoned me up.
"I owe you a huge apology" he said. I told him I couldn't understand why. He said that three months ago the Lord had told him to give me £60 a month, and he ignored the Lord. Then the second month, the Lord told him to give me £120, for the two months. Then that night, the presence of the Lord was so strong, he could not resist. He wired me the £180 - it was in my bank the next day, and set up a standing order to give me £60 a month.
That was a massive turning point in our life.
At the end of the first year, I was going to be thrown out of college unless I could find £300 in fees (I had already paid £2700 - all miraculous money, I could talk about this for days). I didn't have it. Then someone gave me £50 as a £50 note. I was pleased; £50 maybe the school would reason with me for £250, they had seen so much.
The Lord then said: Give it to Jerry Savelle ministries. I posted the cash that night (notice: in one year how obedient I started getting: Mal. 3 - test me and see!).
Within a week, 2 days before the deadline, someone gave me £1000 in cash (IN £50 NOTES!!!) Fees paid, stayed at school.
My first experience of a true 100 TIMES return was in the summer of 1998, just after this.
I went to a John Avanzini meeting. At that time, my wife and I were agreeing for a car. I was getting the train to go minister places on Sundays, and due to the trains being so infrequent on Sundays, I was catching trains at 3am to get to some churches at 10am, when it would be a 50 minute drive or so.
We had believed and believed.
We went to this meeting, and we only had the train fare to get there. So we got there, believing for the money home. I had £3. That was all I owned.
I kept £1 for the offering, and gave the £2 to my wife so she could eat a little.
As she went to get food, I heard the Lord. He said: there will be two offerings tonight. If you put the £1 in the first, I will give you £50 before the second. Put £10 in the second and I will give you the desires of your heart." Both I and the Lord knew that was a car.
Incidentally, the train fare home cost £11.
Brother John announced he would take two offerings that night. One for a pastor in the UK who was struggling financially, and one for the church that was hosting the meeting.
I put my £1 in the first offering. The lady behind me tapped me on the shoulder. She said: "The Lord told me to give you this" and handed me some notes.
I thought it would be £50, it was only £20. I was confused. This wasn't what the Lord had said. I was pleased, but then I was hesitant: to put £10 in the offering would mean not being able to get home.
I hummed and harred, and then I decided, hey - let's just go for it. I put the £10 in the second offering.
As I did, John Avanzini stepped off the stage, walked right over to me and said "Whatever you put in that offering, the Lord will multiply 100 times and return it to you as the desires of your heart".
Wow!
After the service, I went to the bathroom. When I returned, my wife hada handful of notes. Where did you get them I asked. She pointed to a man walking off. The amount was £60. I ran after the man and told him the story.
He was nearly crying. The Lord had told him specifically to give me £30 before the second offering. He didn't, so the Lord told him to give me double.
I received it.
We used the excess to go and hear Brother John the second night, something we thought would never happen.
A month or so later, a pastor and his wife turned up at our house and told us the Lord had told them to give us their car.
We received it. They then said let's sort out the insurance. They said you need to know how much the car is worth. I said I already know - £1000. It was right.
The postscript to this story is that a parishoner bought that pastor a brand new car within months of this.
That is excerpts from less than 11 months of my life, and is only the highlights. I have seen miracle after miracle of money multiplication.
Some have been in the capacity of preacher. I have been to churches and had people press me to put money in my hands and pockets. Others have been in the capacity of a believer. This works for anyone!
Blessings,
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glory.
