It's Your Destiny eMagazine - It's A New Season

IT’S 10:00 ON A FRIDAY MORNING AT DESTINY AND DOMINION WORD MINISTRIES AND PASTOR MARCUS MARTINEZ IS LOOKING CHILLED. .  By nature, Pastor Marcus Martinez is a down-to-earth kind of guy. “I am fun and I am a cool dude, you know,” he often says. Pastor Marcus Martinez is sitting comfortably in his office on a brown leather chair behind his desk at Destiny and Dominion Word Ministries (DDWM) as he prepares for a candid interview. Wearing a white T-shirt, dark denim and a pair of sick kicks, he presents a more relaxed look than with the typical suit he wears on Sunday mornings, preaching from the wide pulpit with a sapphire blue backdrop. While waiting, I eye the airy office space in which pictures of him and his beautiful wife, Evelyn Martinez, are placed on his wall unit, a signed José Reyes Blue Jays Jersey dresses the wall and an eye-catching painting with a striking resemblance of him is placed by the window. “That’s a very nice painting of you,” I comment. “One of the members of DDWM painted it,” he replies. “Really?” I say, amazed at the member’s artistic ability. “The painter did a fine job...it looks just like you,” I utter as his dark eyes twinkle from behind his spectacles and he flashes a pleasant smile; a smile displaying that he is also impressed with the artist’s meticulous creation. The Visionary Pastor Marcus Martinez is the founder and senior Pastor of Destiny and Dominion Word Ministries in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The name Destiny and Dominion originated from an early onset when he was a young believer and knew that, upon hearing the message of God, that God has given him, as well as all believers, dominion and a destiny in Christ. As he grew and became a more mature Christian, he understood who he is in Christ and it became very apparent to him that God has a plan for him and for every one of us (Jeremiah 29:11). He saw that his destiny is to dominate the issues in his life through the Word of God and the power of the Holy Spirit, allowing nothing to hold him back from fulfilling what God has destined for him to do. These two words, Destiny and Dominion, were planted in his heart and later birthed the Spirit-led and Word-based church, Destiny and Dominion Word Ministries. Destiny and Dominion Word Ministries’ vision is to dominate our dest

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