my account . My experience is living and breathing and surviving my personal Hell to know God is real , and I believe in Him immensely .
But when I knew everything a person goes through is not a coincidence was a year and a few months after making that murky request . Instead of taking me , God took my mother to paradise .
I had a spiritual awakening on that day . If I hadn ’ t sat down and prayed for God to “ take me ,” I would not be here on this Kindle typing this story . In fact , I wouldn ’ t be an author at all . --Imani Wisdom
I believe because I was miraculously healed ! I had a choice to be rich or have a testimony about the God I serve . Being an intellect , I had a medical problem that required surgery so prior to it I had a nurse who went against policy and showed and explained tests to me before getting my test results which caused me to agree to it when the actual results came back . And while I had been praying for healing , it didn ’ t happen the way I thought it would come ! I was actually cut open but when the surgeon ( the head gynecology doctor by the way ) went in , everything was gone ! The cysts and other things she went in to remove was gone ! She was totally dumbfounded ! She told my husband , my mom and my pastor how I was miraculously healed first and when I was coherent , she started talking to me about her previous relationship with God . How she used to believe but now she knows He is real .
Now at that time , I was financially struggling and people told me how I could sue her and get paid ! I told them what kind of testimony would that be if I sued and deny God when I knew for myself what the nurse showed and explained me . Not to mention that was my third surgery and this time I didn ’ t need any pain meds ! So because of that and a personal encounter with angels I know God is real . So much so , that I have now been a pastor of Life Redeeming Ministries for thirteen years and
I don ’ t receive a salary . Naleighna , you see me on the train from time to time and I will tell the whole story in one of my books !
That ’ s why I do what I do with the passion and zeal that I do it in ! And while I don ’ t get caught up in things , I was just given a four thousand square foot building rent-free for five years by a man that did not know me . He was supposed to come play for me at the church and ended up telling me God told him to give me that building ! I could go on and on ! And yes , I have had many disappointments in this journey , but I know too much about him to doubt Him or His existence .
--Pastor Teena Arrington
My testimony happened in 2014 , but started in 2010 ! It was discovered in 2010 that I had a multinodular goiter on my left side , which after having it biopsied was found to be benign . An ultrasound was performed yearly with no changes . In March of 2014 , my mom asked if my goiter was getting bigger , I didn ’ t think it was but still told my doctor what she said . Another ultrasound was performed and it was discovered that it had indeed grown . It was decided that they would remove the left side of my thyroid .
Well , the surgeon that they sent me to was insistent that he should remove the entire thyroid ( which would have me taking meds for the rest of my life ), I said “ no ,” Dr . Peter Angelos then said , “ Do you believe in prayer ?” I immediately said “ Yes !” He then asked me to pray about it , and then call him with my decision . I talked to my mom who said , “ When a doctor brings God into a conversation , take heed !” Well , I had the entire thyroid removed and at the post-op appointment I found out that there was an incidental finding of cancer on the right side , a side that never showed anything on the ultrasound ! It was too small ( 0.03 centimeters ) for the ultrasound to see , but God !
--Ronda Renee Thompson
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