Vani Marshall Testimony

another idak until whatever she calls me and six months ago, seven months ago, I received a phone call from a cousin of mine and she said: did you know that mom bought a bouquet of flowers and went to a local church in Malaysia I said to what church are you referring to temple she says no no Bonnie it wasn't a temple she went to a church III I didn't answer I didn't ask her to go I wasn't responsible for that you see there are something that God knows maybe beyond us but he It will do it alone like the tide that comes in without my help and the wind and the breeze that moves the trees without my help many things want us to be involved in the salvation of souls and the harvest if God wants us involved but with my mother so I called to my mom I said mom Jenny said you went to church with some flowers it's true it was a temple you went to she said well I didn't want to tell you she said she said remember a few weeks ago when I called you and asked you to pray for severe pain in my legs, my knees, my mom is over 70 years old, you know and and I said yes, she said you prayed, you know you prayed too, you know she always has a hard time saying her name, you know, Jesus, I said yes.

Well that night the pain went away, I said yes and then what she said. Well, I didn't know how to thank this. Jesus didn't know what I could do for him, so I went out and got powers and I didn't know what church. to go where you know there are so many in the yellow pages I just went to a random church that had a cross I thought maybe he lived there maybe he would get one I told him mom he loves you he got yours he didn't feel close , I see her. he said I just went there and gave the flowers to the man, one of the leaders then said this isn't so nice but guess what you can kiss him.

She has not yet received the Holy Spirit, but she guesses in which Church we live in a place where everything. We believe that we are being closed in, mocked, oppressed and rejected, that we are almost afraid to pray for our food in public in a restaurant, this is not a Canadian problem, it is an American problem, even in the United States, there are silent and stealthy ways to make us deny our beliefs openly but it will not be denied it will not be denied I want you to raise your hands right now the scripture that comes to me when he begins to pray is where Paul remembers that Paul says in 2 Corinthians I am pleased I am pleased I am happy in the weaknesses in reproaches in needs in persecutions and anguish for the love of Christ for when I am weak for when I am weak can you finish the sentence then I am fine then that is where my strength is this is how I can be strong tomorrow when I go back to work or to midweek when the boss criticizes me or when my children just annoy me or when the money doesn't come and my work is too hard and I'm stressed, depressed and anxious that's where my strength is to enjoy the reproaches in the needs in the chases He said we're worried everywhere I'm going to listen to you feel sometimes everywhere you turn there's no help it's just me it's you why don't you do it?

I'm just saying I'm worried everywhere but I'm not distressed there's no distressed there I'm perplexed I'm confused sometimes with the things that happen around me my family my finances my job but I'm not desperate I could be persecuted but I'm not abandoned dejected but no destroyed I am not destroyed you are not destroyed you are not destroyed you are not destroyed you are not and they considered it a privilege you know the disciples in the beginning days to suffer great danger for the name of Jesus because they realize that the journey of discipleship is It's about developing the character of Christ, the only way I can become like Christ is if I walk the way of Christ, he was rejected by everyone, particularly his own, I mean.

Iranian Christians imprisoned just a few months ago in Iran simply for sharing the gospel. Several years ago a young Iranian schoolgirl gave her life to Christ and when her parents found out that her father beat her almost to death, she was seriously injured and was actually paralyzed from the waist down due to the severe beating, but she kept her faith. and continued sharing Christ, you know what I want. Sometimes I feel like my story is nothing compared to that Iranian schoolgirl. What I want is that kind of power. It crosses my mind that if my neighbors reject me because I'm a little churchy, you know I'm always talking about prayer meetings in church and the Holy Spirit I need to talk more about that, but I want to be in a place where there is power.

Running through me that thing can get me down Don't you want to be there sometime? I want to be at that point where I can read the newspapers and see all the horrible things that are happening around the world in the United States. There is such a big division in society that there are those who cry out for rights there and others who are victims or play the victim or whatever, but the enemy directs this and attacks today in such a subtle way, not so much the physical body in this moment. In the United States we are not yet at the place where people have their heads or legs cut off for professing Jesus Christ, but hey, it's coming.

I think that persecution is not a pleasant thing, but sometimes it is something necessary to make us resist. to this power to make us rely solely on God and not on all the other enemies who direct their attacks not against a person's physical body these days but against our ego, you know, he focuses on the desire for acceptance, the fear of rejection and the desire for status. You remember when the priest was surrounding me and you know pushing me, right? I'm Jesus, it's not real, you don't know what you're going to lose, you're going to lose your mom and dad, you'll never talk to each other again.

You will never be invited to weddings and funerals or birthdays if you are my mother then I this in eyeball my mother said if I die don't come to my funeral very painful for a girl and that same mother said I don't know what happened all I know is that you prayed and my legs don't hurt anymore, so I wanted to give flowers to Jesus, that was a long journey from then to now, but it was a journey that was worth it, walk, walk, no. Give up your children in your streets who are not worshiping with you yet, your sons and daughters who may not be here yet, but if you want that power to be able to withstand not only religious persecution like what I went through, but any power to simply face rejection, mockery, persecution and anguish and know that nothing can destroy you, nothing can separate you from the love of God because you are more, not just conquerors, but more than conquerors in Christ who loves you if you want. that power, would you walk up front and join me because I want to pray right now?

Come on, bring your families, come to the front. I just want to pray and I want you to pray with me. Everyone here, everyone, no, no, no. Don't be afraid that you will somehow be put in the spotlight, no, the only thing that is in the spotlight right now is Jesus Christ, come right in front, as close as you can, as close as you can. He loves you you know you don't have to be afraid let's raise my hands everywhere Jesus said rejoice and be glad everyone declared I feel happy they made a decision and God wants to fill you to the point where you have a decision made, let's go to church, let him I ask the pastor and I ask Pastor Jack and I ask the ministry team here, could you please pray for these precious people, the visitors to our church, the people who have come forward with needs, if they have any? a need whatever it may be if it is to heal your family or your finances with your hand high in the air so that we know who you are and pray for you oh Jesus his name forever and ever forever oh name of Jesus