My most recent testimony is a pretty great one...
I'm leaving for England on Friday. Sunday I was apprehensive about it. This is due to the fact that one of our host families in England is a wiccan. I've never really dealt with the occult before, so I was just stressing about what to say to this girl, and what I could tell others about Christ. I knew that I was going to England to witness, but I was scared that I wouldn't be able to do it. The enemy crept in and was making me doubt the powers of God.
Ever since I was a little girl I'd tell my mother that I would go to England. My mom used to pat me on the head and just nod and say, "Sure, sure," humoring her daughter's outrageous dreams. Then I finally got the opportunity to go to England. This is why I believe I am meant to go to England.
Anyway, Wednesday night I started praying after I got home from church about midnight. I was sitting on my porch with my Bible, just praying as hard as I could. I looked to the horizon and saw the moon rising over the hills. The Lord told me to look up "rise" in my concordance. Then He told me to look at this Scripture:
Isaiah 60:
1 "Arise, shine, for your light has come,
and the glory of the LORD rises upon you.
2 See, darkness covers the earth
and thick darkness is over the peoples,
but the LORD rises upon you
and his glory appears over you.
3 Nations will come to your light,
and kings to the brightness of your dawn.
18 No longer will violence be heard in your land,
nor ruin or destruction within your borders,
but you will call your walls Salvation
and your gates Praise.
19 The sun will no more be your light by day,
nor will the brightness of the moon shine on you,
for the LORD will be your everlasting light,
and your God will be your glory.
20 Your sun will never set again,
and your moon will wane no more;
the LORD will be your everlasting light,
and your days of sorrow will end.
21 Then will all your people be righteous
and they will possess the land forever.
They are the shoot I have planted,
the work of my hands,
for the display of my splendor.
22 The least of you will become a thousand,
the smallest a mighty nation.
I am the LORD ;
in its time I will do this swiftly."
That in itself was amazing to hear from God. But it gets better... Sunday morning I woke up, feeling oddly exhausted. I contemplated not going to church. I pushed through this feeling, and as soon as I got out of bed, I was fine. That was probably the enemy trying to deny me of God's confirmation. Sunday morning's service was great--and the message was greater. Our pastor preached on Isaiah 32:4
The mind of the rash will know and understand, and the stammering tongue will be fluent and clear. She also went on to speak on Jeremiah. That's exactly how I was! Lord God, I cannot speak for I am but a child. God then told him how he would give him the words to speak, even though he was young.
Now I'm walking into this situation fully aware of the power I have with me in Christ Jesus. Praise the Lord!!!
God bless