Rick and I have been struggling with wanting to go to Puerto Rico (Missions trip) but not having the money to do it. Being on unemployment and Rick working for the school system did not help LOL! God had been telling us he wanted us there, so we tried scrimping every little penny, selling some jewelery, even knowing we would be getting some rebate checks etc... Well as things went, every step we took, Satan was right there fighting us all the way and nothing worked out for us to get the money we needed! The last day for the money came and we had the money in checking, but also had the bills that needed to be paid, also our tithe check to give. I sat at the desk and looked at the checkbook and said a little prayer to GOD that I was going out on a limb to write this check and the tithe check, he knew what we needed. I handed Chuck the check and thought "OK, what do we do with all the bills?"
We paid what little we could and tried to figure out the rest. Well, the most amazing thing happened! I received a rebate check (thank you GOD) from a Dr. where I had foot surgery over a year and half ago, then Saturday night, Chuck came up to me and handed me my Puerto Rico check back. I could not figure out what was going on??? Well, what I did not know was that some very special people in our church was trying to get sponsorship money for us (GOD at work) Well, it came through and our whole trip was paid for. The most amazing thing was my check for Puerto Rico and the rebate check together came up to exactly what we needed for the bills we had held back!!
As I said, all my life I had been told "just tell GOD what you need and he will give it to you!" Now I can not say that he just handed it to us. We really tried every way possible to come up with the money, and I do believe that serving, tithing, and trying to live as he request also helped. But bottom line is pray, believe, do what GOD request & JUST ASK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Absolutely awesome!! Praise God! I love hearing these kinds of stories!! He was orchestrating other people to provide for you, while you were stressing! Ya never know what He's doing in the lives of others that will directly affect you (& them) in the future! He knows the desires of our hearts before we even ask, but there's just "something" about verbally asking Him! He wants us to consciously rely on Him, no matter how big or small. Sometimes we try to do things on our own, when all we had to do in the first place is simply ask Him. I'm sure your faith & perseverance played a big role too!! ( :
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