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I love God with all my heart and soul, and my passion is to worship Him, and know Him more; to dwell in the secret place of the Most High! As Prophetess Bynum says: Jesus, my PASSION in life is to know you, may all other goals bow down to my journey of loving you more . . . Above All Else, Give Me Yourself! I am Called, Appointed and Anointed for such a time as this, and I'm determined to walk in My Destiny and fulfill purpose no matter what! I AM A Survivor, and I’ve chosen to Stand Strong. As Mavin Sapp sings: "I Never Would have Made it Without,You - I would have lost it all. As a result, I'm stronger, wiser and better!"As a Psalmist and Teacher of the 5-fold ministry, I know I have on the inside of me what it takes to run quickly into His Presence and survive, and make no mistake, I love to Worship God. But, realize this: Standing Strong, and survival, is all about the choice you make, in the midst of those things that come up against you. You see, no matter who you are or what you are called to do things will come up against you (many are the afflictions of the righteous, but the Lord delivers them out of them all - Ps. 34:19). The question is, at that moment will you or can you make the right choice? There are only two choices: to live or to die. God has already given us the answer to these choices. He says "Choose Life". I choose to SURVIVE because I know there is something in my future to be released in the plans and purposes of God for my life . . . that is MY Destiny!I share my testimony because I know there are those who are experiencing, or have experienced some form of pain and/or dissapointment (from a friend, a family member, loss of a job, separation/divorce, woundedness from a church, a death or a relationship, a diagnosis, sickness, etc. . . . . LIFE). Know this, His love can penetrate every place you've been wounded! I hope my testimony will encourage you to know that you too, can Stand Strong . . . “after having done all . . . Stand”. God is faithful and truly is a “Keeper of Your Soul”.The past three years of my life was like a whirlwind, a storm. Storm,in the Greek, means whirlwind, and it comes to rock the foundation of your faith. It's a violent attack throwing everything topsy turvy to get you off course. I thank God I wasn't swallowed-up in the chaos of the storms, and I wasn't swallowed up because I didn’t cave in, flinch or give up. I chose to stand. I held fast (and I'm still holding fast) to my confession of faith. The things I survived all within an 8-month period, many could not have survived, but thank God - - I'm a Survivor!.In 2004, my husband died while I was out-of-town visiting my dad who was hospitalized and in a coma. At 5:00 p.m., on a Monday, while standing by my dad’s beside, my cell phone rings and it's my son saying that his sister called him to say “Daddy’s not responding”. My husband had been semi-disabled for a few years (although working a part-time job and still faithfully playing keyboard and organ at all 3 services at our church). So, when I got the call from my son, my thinking was “ok, another trip to the hospital.” Not once did death come to mind. He was fine when I left on Friday, and he had just played at all 3 services at church the day before. After I hung up with my son, I immediately called my daughter at home and within seconds of that call a Paramedic got on the phone and abruptly said: “Sorry for your loss, ma’am!”. I was like: WHAT? I was in total shock! How devastating, and wow I wasn’t there! Painfully enough, the next time I saw him was when I viewed his body the day before his funeral. My God, talking about pain! Well, 8 weeks after that my Dad – my hero- died! Then, 6 months after that the job I worked on for 15 years – the company closed. Suddenly, within an 8 month period, I find myself without a husband, without my dad and without a job, my livelihood. In the natural realm . . . all three areas of a woman’s security (husband, dad, job) GONE in a matter of months!. I knew I was very marketable, but no employment doors opened up for almost a year . . .Yes, unemployed for almost one year!If that wasn’t enough for one person, in February of this year (2007) my very, very, very best friend, was told she had 3 weeks to live. Oh, my God! I did not want to hear that. The week I went to visit her, she died, right next to me - that was 3 weeks exactly. My God! But, I’m grateful I was there, in her home with her. I stayed in her room with her, and slept in the bed right next to her every night. The experience was priceless! She was my sister . . my best friend, and I'm glad I was there with her when she took her last breath. It felt like the last piece of my heart was taken. I remember thinking: “I can’t take another death”. The deaths of 3 very important people in my life in less than three years . . . My heart was so wounded. Psalm 147 declares that "God heals the broken in heart and binds up their wound" so I had to trust God and His word to see me through yet another death.I've been through a lot in my life, but like Deon Kippping sings: "I Don't Look Like What I've Been Through" and I say thank God for that!To stand strong you must know what the Word of God says, and you must decree those words, daily, in faith. Despite what you see or how you feel. I Corinthians 10:13 says: “No tests, trials, or temptations have taken us, but such that is common to man . . . but God is faithful who will not allow you (me) to be tempted, tried, or tested beyond that which You (I) are able to bear. And, He will, with that temptation, test or trial, provide a way of escape”. A study on part B of this verse says: “God will provide a way for me (you) to stand up under whatever I (you) encounter without caving in, without flinching or without giving up!” Hallelujah! As David says in Psalm 124:1-2: “If it had not been for the Lord . . .”I've found if you remain peaceful in the storm, you will have authority over the storm. Matt 10:22 says "he who endures to the end will be saved (greek word: sozo = healed, delivered, rescued, set-free and made whole). Endure simply means to stand firm under pressure. That is a choice, but that choice gives you life!In my opinion, the process to walk through and SURVIVE such vast devastations is impossible with out Jehovah God! I would not tell anyone that I'm completely over the emotional process – because it’s just that, a process that takes time, faith, patience and trust in God. Your type of pain may be different, but know that it takes the same level of tenacity, faith, worship, trust in God and His word, and endurance to survive it. I’ve learned through this process to "not deny it", but to deal with it when it hits and allow Jehovah Rophe to be the Healer that He is.David says in Psalm 32:7 "You are my hiding place. You protect me from trouble and surround me with songs of deliverance" As I meditate on God and His Word, and praise and worship Him, despite how I feel, I enter into a "safe place" . . . His Secret Place, and it is that place that enables me to Stand Strong. I KNOW that He (Jehovah) El-Shaddai is More than Enough, and because of Him - - and by His Grace . . . I’m Still Standing, and Standing Strong! What the enemy means for harm, God turns around for His good and is glorified! Although weapons are formed against me they SHALL NOT PROSPER!We don't always know why we go through what we go through, and for the most part we don't want to go through because our flesh does not want or like to hurt. But, God knows our beginning from our end. With God, all things are possible to him who believe. You can transition from tragedy to triumph! He really does have a plan and purpose for each of us. "for I know the thoughts that I think towards you says the Lord. Thoughts of good and not evil, to give you a future and a hope" (Jeremiah 29:11 NKJ Version)One year after the deaths of my husband and my dad, I was blessed with two grandsons. (My son's son and my daughter's son - born 3 weeks apart - if you can believe that!). They, and my children, are my heart walking the earth!Listen, being under the right spiritual leadership and teaching is integral to your spiritual growth and in your ability to know how to stand strong. The right church, and having the right spiritual covering really does matter! I thank God for my Pastors: Drs. Michael and DeeDee Freeman, and I've served under their leadership for almost 10 years. At SOFCC, I am a licensed minister, and serve on the Music Ministry staff. I also am a member of the Praise and Worship Team, and sing with the special group called "The Voices of Faith and Praise".Although the course of my life suddenly changed drastically, God continues to reveal His Plan and Purpose for my life. In addition to me serving at my church, for the past 1 1/2 years, I am humbled by the opportunity that has been afforded to me (to use my God-given skills as an Administrator, Event Planner and Organizer) to assist Minister James TREY Howard & TreyHMusic, Inc. (an anointed gospel recording artist and Teacher of the gospel) in fulfilling the call of God on his life to a global ministry. I am learning and seeing the other side of the music industry. What a phenomenal experience!God, truly is the Love Of My Life, and He can take you from Wounds to Worship. I’m a witness! To my readers . . . be encouraged no matter what you are going through, have the spirit of perseverance and rise above tragedy, rise above disappointments, rise above hurts, rise above pain. Reposition yourself, and with “forced focus” enter into His Secret Place (Psalm 91)so you too can Stand Strong! God Bless You, my friend!_________________________________________

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