1. My son has be transformed by the Holy Spirit
Just have to share this with you. First I was skeptical when I heard Bishop speaking on the Advances Investments offering but by faith I started participating and praying for spiritual restoration in my household. First there was a complete transformation in my son’s life 18 years old. Unexpectedly one of the attorneys at work offers to hire my son until he start College next year. I was a little bit uneasy knowing the fact that he has no experience in the field. To make a story short, they schedule an interview for him and later that same day I was told by the managing partner of the firm to just bring him to work with me the next day. I was amazed that he was hired without an interview for file clerk and paid $10.00 an hour. God was already working and this is exactly Bishop’s message on the Pattern of God.
Nothing is impossible for God. Now he is attending church again for the Glory of God.
2 Raise at work!
I was giving an increase at work for more than expected. Usually the company will give 50 cents to $1.00 but I received $3.50 raise. Praise the Lord.
3. Healing at the Altar
For two months I have been suffering with a sharp pain in right arm, it was swollen and was not able to do much with it. I knew the pain had something to do with my heart and was eminent to stroke but was afraid to check it out. After the message on “CHECK IT OUT” I said to myself this is a confirmation for me to go and see the doctor and started planning to schedule for an examination. But last Sunday service, when Bishop made the Altar call for restoration, by faith I walked down the altar expected a great miracle, when Bishop layed hand on me, I felt a deep heat and a wind was taking me away and fell on the floor. On my way home, I looked at my arm and could not stop praising God for the healing power because it was no longer swollen and since then no pain. Allelluah. GLORY ……TO GOD.
E.S.
I was spending time with the Lord thanking him for all his many blessing to me and my family in 08. I decided to increase my tithes. I also started participating in the ADVANCE OFFERING along with giving my weekly offering. Not knowing what source the extra money would come from. I only know God always honors sacrifice and obedience. Later in the week I received my W2 form- I told the Lord “I want my household to double in its net income in 09”. It seems impossible! My FAITH was ignited! ALL THINGS ARE POSSIBLE!
Well-roughly 1 ½ weeks later- Bishop said to ALM. “This will be a great week!” I BELIEVED &waited in expectation! I received an email THAT Wednesday night. The subject line said SALARY. I was expecting to read the standard memo with the traditional % Cost of Living Increase. I received ,Cost of living increase along with a position increase! God was already working behind the scenes! Have you been hearing this testimony? Are you seeing the PATTERN! But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness and all these things SHALL be added unto you. Matthew 6:33
To God be all the Glory!
C.R.
Hello Bishop Hugh and Diane
I just had to share this with you, My daughter did a summer internship at the university's library and was later offered a part time position for the fall semester. She had some apprehensions about accepting the position because of the pay rate and the time it would take away from her studies but after discussing it with me she decided to accept the position. Last week she was offered a full scholarship for her graduate school and a permanent position at the library during graduate school. This is great news for our family, God is always working behind the scene. Every where there is talk of lack but I'm reminded of Jacob when he sowed in the time of famine. Thank you for giving my family the opportunity to sow into the Kingdom in the time of famine I truly want to thank you for all your prayers and what I have learned from your teaching. This is an encouragement for all of the single parents, God is more than able and He is still on the throne. God First
Love,
M.L.
I wanted to send in a praise report. I have started school for ultrasound. I am so blessed because I have done well on my tests that I have taken so far. I have scored A's. Praise GOD! Also, I thought I locked my keys in the car the night before so I was very concerned that I would have to figure out a way to get to a phone since my cell was in the car. However, the doors were unlocked and my purse(dumb I know) was there with all my stuff. God had kept my stuff secure and the door unlocked so that I could get the stuff out. Just so you know I do bring in my purse every time but I think I was taking the boys in the previous night and then started cleaning something and totally forgot about it. God is so Great!
P.F.
Hello Bishop & Pastor Diane,
I've been waiting to tell my testimony to you both, and now is the time to share it. It's a little long but you'll be blessed. Today I found out I received a 00.00 scholarship from Memorial Hospital that I have been praying and believing God for. The best part is that my nursing school has already been paid for by Federal grants and it guarantees a position for me at Memorial Hospital after I graduate August 2009. Praise God!!! Let me go back a year and a half ago....I used to work full time at a well known retail company, and was getting paid well above many other associates. I worked for this company for just over 13 yrs. One day I was called in with several of the other veteran associates and was told we were being laid off because we were getting paid too much above the capped off amount. In the flesh I was hurt because I gave my best performance to this company, but I knew in my spirit God had bigger and better plans for me because I am His child. Three months before I was laid off I had applied to nursing school. A week after being laid off I found out I was accepted into the Nursing program. I applied for the school financial aid that week and was told I wouldn't hear an answer until 2-3 months later. Also the financial aid adviser told me when I start nursing school full-time I would not be able to work anyways because the program is very challenging and I will be doing a lot of studying, and any extra time I get between studying, I need to spend time with my daughter since I'm a single mom. So I knew I needed to trust in the Lord that He was going to provide for us while I was in school. In the meantime I remained faithful in my tithes & offering to the Lord. A month after applying to financial aid (mid-May 2007) I ended up in the emergency room not knowing I was in the process of passing a kidney stone. Since I was unemployed I did not have health insurance, and ended up with a medical debt. God blessed my mom a few years earlier with a financial family inheritance and she was able to give me an interest free loan for my medical debt. I found out at the end of summer that my school for the 1st year was going to be 100% paid for. Hallelujah, Thank you Jesus! Four days after starting nursing school I became very ill during the night with a very high fever and uncontrollable shaking. I missed school the next day and called a friend that was a nurse practitioner, she told me to come to her office & she'll run tests on me for free since I had no insurance. She found that I had an upper urinary tract infection & put me on antibiotics. For the next several days I was still feeling very sick, and ended up missing too many days of school. My Dean of Nursing had to withdraw me from the Fall term and said she would start me back in Jan. 2008. I was upset but I knew God had a plan & purpose for everything. A week later they did a sonogram of my kidney's and told me I had another kidney stone that was too large to pass and was told I had to see a urologist. Since I didn't have health insurance I had to wait a month till my medicaid insurance took effect. During this time you (Bishop) had an alter calling for healings. I went up and put my faith & trust in the Lord for my healing. After the insurance took effect I had another sonogram done, and they said there was no kidney stone found. Praise God!!! When I started back in school, I found out three of the women that attend ALM are in my nursing school program and one was in my class. Also my professor is a christian woman that would talk about her faith in Christ during class. One day my professor actually allowed one student to pray at the front of the class for the students before an exam (That's unheard of in a public college). I now knew why I had to wait to start school at this time, God always has perfect timing. God has been so good! I know I can't get through nursing school without the Lord, and He has been so faithful in giving me the knowledge to pass and do well on my exams. The verse I stand on for school is Proverbs 3:5-6. This past May I started receiving checks in the mail from my school for scholarships I did not even know I was approved for (about ,000.00)! Once again God is my Jehova Jirah! This summer I had to apply for financial aide again for the next school year, and I only needed 00.00 for school to be fully paid for. I found out that I am getting ,900 in federal grants, that's an extra ,900 on top of the 00.00 scholarship I was just approved for!!! Thank you Jesus!!! God is pouring in the blessings, and of course I always make sure He receives His portion to be sown into His kingdom. What God is blessing me with is almost the exact amount I need to pay back my debt, from money borrowed to cover my rent & bills while I'm in school. How awesome is our God!!!! Thank you for being faithful in your calling as our Pastors and allowing God to use you both in a mighty way to guide ALM into the promises that God has for His children, so that we may receive the harvest.
God Bless,
H.V.
I am happy to announce some great news! My mother came home yesterday from the doctors office informing me that her levels have gone down. Her doctor said that he is going to stop the chemo treatments, change her meds, and there will be no need for dialysis. We are just so happy about what the Lord is doing in our lives and we give Him all the Glory. Thank you to all of you for your love and prayers.
-Y.C.
I received a letter in the mail about a check that was delivered to me a year ago. The check was never cashed because I never received it in the mail. The letter stated that if I did not claim it in 31 days, the money would be turned over to the government. I though it was a hoist. I gave the letter to my daughter and she called the office. The check was not for or dollars, it was for 00. Till this day, no one can tell me where it came from. I know it was from God.
-Anonymous
I went to pick up my prescriptions which are expensive medications, usually around 0-0. I was told I didn't have to pay for my medications and that I met the deductible. I did not have to pay any co-payments for medications or doctor visits for the remainder of the year.
-G.A.
Bishop I just have to share what God is doing in my life this year. You told us that this would be a year of change. You said to adjust to change. Well, I have had to adjust to a lot of change especially at work. We are still going through changes related to the merger. I didn’t like change. I remembered that you said this would be a year of change. I prepared myself for constant change. For some of my co-workers they are stressed out over the changes. When they announce changes, I could always here you say this is a year of change. I’m not stressed over the changes. I know that we will be going through them rapidly for a while. You said the change we experience would be appointed by God and no one could stop it. We would have changes for the better. Change partners for God’s abundance. I changed teams last year in December. On the new team I daily assist my co workers with work processes. You said we would meet true friends that are able to bless us. Well I worked late one day and a friend also had worked late in a different department. She gave me information on the interview process and questions. I had been trying to get this job for quite a while and there were roadblocks. Well on this pass Tuesday I got the email that I passed my interview. They just have to do a check on by driving history. I should have the effective date next week. I have been confessing that the job was mine since August. You had also preached a message on timing. I have declared that it is my time. I had prayed and coached others for their promotion. Now it is my time. I have been tithing on what I wanted to make per week. For the past few years I had been tithing about 12% of my gross income. This promotion is a real promotion I will make an additional 0.00 a week. I serve a big God and I give Him all the glory. I thank you for always giving us that Word that will change our lives for the better.
-Anonymous
It's a little long, but trust me, it's WORTH IT! Yes! I can finally share my testimony, and I say "finally" because it has taken some trials and a lot of faith to be able to share it at the right time, (God's time). Bishop says this year was a year of change, and he is so right. Pastor Diane reminds us on Sundays that this year we will meet the true friends that will be able to bless us, and boy, have I met them! Praise the lord! I came to this Church in February for the first time thanks to one of those true friends that God blessed me with, and that same day I accepted Jesus Christ as my Lord and Savior. I have not stopped attending ALM since that Sunday in February, and I became a Christian in my heart, I have been attending LOI meetings where Pastor Diane has taught me how to pray, I have listened to Bishop preach every Wednesday night and Sundays and I have learned so much form God through him. And November 10th of this year, I was baptized and born again. This past Monday, I went to the doctor's and had a s care, and they decided to run some tests, which made me frantic. I ran to ALM right after the doctor's visit, and no one was there except for Jessica who happened to be there on her day off, (another friend who has come to bless me). She sat there and counseled me, prayed with me , and assured me everything was going to be ok. This whole week I have been praying, and as my faith was being tried from one moment to the next I got to know Jesus. I talked to him more than ever, I understood him, I read the word and learned more about him, and my communion with him became stronger. I believe strongly that this week had its purpose like everything in life, and the purpose was to truly, truly grow in my faith, and in my spirit. This past Wednesday Bishop preached on how you cannot let the things of this world rule your life, only the word, and at that moment God was pulling my ears because that was the mistake I was making. Some many signs from him this week, so much reassu r ance that he was right by my side. This morning I come to my desk at work to find a gift from a friend, it was an angel, and when I saw it I knew God was telling me: "I am watching over you" I went to lunch with my friend , and we prayed together and worshipped the Lord singing in the car, praising him. Then I get a phone call from the doctor telling me everything is great. My tests came back negative for what they were checking. I needed to share this testimony to confirm the following: "Do not look forward to what might happen tomorrow, the same everlasting Father who cares for you today will take care of you today and every day. He will shield you from suffering or he will give you the unfailing strength to bear it. Be at peace then, and put aside all anxious thoughts and imaginations" I Love you all and God Bless!
-J
I am sitting here writing this email quite excitedly! My Husband Is HOME!!!! I think the sun came out just for him. He is looking good and he is almost completely back to his old self personality-wise. He still has some physical healing to do, but even that is better that it was. God is healing him so completely that they wondered why he was still in the hospital. I think I told you all how the surgeon acknowledged that God was responsible for the successful surgery and even said that "the devil tried to kill Mr. Porter". Well today I didn't get to talk to him, but he gave Anthony a message for me. He said for me to give God Praise because all of the tests came back with good results! Although the mass had began to attach itself to the liver,stomach and small intestines, it did not invade them. ITS ALL GONE!!!!!!!!! Excuse me if I'm a little excited, but this is the I love we're talking about here. God has done it again!! He still works miracles and we have a testimony.