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On that, date there was a tangible presence of God in the room.  I felt engulfed by millions of white lights of energy.  My eyes closed and hands up in the air, with my spiritual eyes I saw millions of these lights of energy shaped as if needles go right into my belly and piercing thru some wall of darkness.  In the natural, I felt a burning pain in my belly.

To my amazement, those needles of pure energy of lights had pierce thru some dark outer veil, which was before my spirit.  Then I saw the holes in that dark veil and the lights of energy that had gone thru the darkness had joined the same light that was already inside of me.  I cried out with a roar from within my spirit and a force coming out from my belly.  I laughed and cried and cried some more, then laughed and laughed again, then screamed and yelled.

I know something had been broken off from me.  I did not understand what occur, but I felt a freedom and confidence that I never had before.

Thank you Pastor Rodney, Pastor Andonica for your obedience and sacrifices, which paved the way to my freedom.

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I came to school on the first day not to attend classes but to inform someone I had no tuition and needed some type of assistance. WOW lo and behold I was told I had a scholarship I thought I did’t hear her correctly; she said yes I saw it myself. I then said now all I need will be a carpool. The car I had credit was turned down three times, so I attended class after four days I was planning to forget about it. That’s when I read this; in the Daily Word, it was just for me . God was reaching out to me. I got dressed an headed to school. The Registration arrived in the mail, then I realized the credit was approved.

I felt numb, I was then afraid. Was this for real? O God why you love me so? Please Help Me Lord I’m Scared” I can’t quit or walk away now I’m in to stay.” Praise the Lord” Everything big begins small, and your attitude in the beginning often determines your success in the end. The Bible says::Who despises the day of small things.?” Delight in what God gives you to start with, because He does! Thank him for your small beginning. Before the drought ended and the rain came , Elijah saw a cloud the size of a man’s hand 1ki 18:44 that’s pretty small, but he rejoiced over its potential.

God gives a seed of hope something small but something better than nothing. Take that seed and plant it praying over it and believe God fore increase. A lot of us throw our seed away. When we despise “something we diminish its potential; we take no notice of it, we don’t care for it. When we don’t care of what God gives us we lose it. And if we lose our seed we never get to enjoy our harvest .Hebrew 13:5 tells us to be content with what we have,” For he{ God } Himself has said I will not let you down” That’s why you can be content during your small beginnings. You know that what God commences. He completes. So be patient be expectant, and keep moving forward. “Do not cast away your confidence, which has great reward. For you have need of endurance, so that after you have done the will of God you may receive the promise” {Heb10:35-36…….Claire S.

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What an awesome week in the presence of the Lord. This GAT is truly life changing. I’ve been serving at church 5 out of the 6 days and it’s been life changing. God spoke to me about so much in my life. The Lord said that if I would obey, He will give me clear directions on where to go next. He will lead and guide me. The Lord has placed nations in my heart and I believe revival is going to break lose.

This nation will be shaken; we just need to start yielding to His indescribable presence. The Lord wants to use each one of us. We need to start working on the fire that He has placed on the inside of us. It’s a consuming fire… it’s shut up in our bones. This is the time to press in more and more. God wants to give us His anointing in abundance. He wants to give us life and blessings in abundance. He is the healer, counselor, mighty God. His love is never failing.

God is so big that heavens couldn’t hold Him, but yet so small that He lives’ on the inside of us. He is the God of miracles. He wants the yielded vessels that are willing to be used by Him. Keep your heart right, and your eyes focused. There is more to gain in the presence of the Lord. You just need to get hungry and thirsty. He doesn’t come in town; He lives in the heart… -Zante P

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The Great Awakening has been and will continue to change people’s lives radically; myself being one of them. It is such an honor to have The River as my home church. The fire of God is always falling, and the anointing is constant. During this week, God has already begun to do awesome works in peoples lives and it is only night five. On the nights that I have attended, God has completely smacked me! On Sunday night, I was pressing in so hard and just praying for a touch, and then Pastor Rodney came over to me, in my seat, and prayed for me. The fire of God completely consumed me and I began weeping under the Power. Wednesday night, I began to really pray for my brother and sister, who I have believed for them to be saved for a number of years. Every time I pray for them and press in, God always reminds me that it will be done. I texted my brother to watch the service, and he recorded it so he could watch it when he had a chance. I really believe that the fire my brother and sister see in me is going to make them want what I have, and they are going to grow more and hungrier for the things of God. I truly believe that every single person needs to experience this same fire that I and most everyone in these meetings have felt, so that they too can carry the Gospel to the lost.-Rachel P.

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The mission of the local church is: Preaching and teaching; Making disciples; Fellowship; Worship; Missions and evangelism; Maturity of the believer; Ministry in the home; Ministry to material needs.

Maturity of the Believer:
   
And He gave some as apostles, and some as prophets, and some as evangelists, and some as pastors and teachers, 12 for the equipping of the saints for the work of service, to the building up of the body of Christ; 13 until we all attain to the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to a mature man, to the measure of the stature which belongs to the fulness of Christ. 14 As a result, we are no longer to be children, tossed here and there by waves, and carried about by every wind of doctrine, by the trickery of men, by craftiness in deceitful scheming; 15 but speaking the truth in love, we are to grow up in all aspects into Him, who is the head, even Christ, 16 from whom the whole body, being fitted and held together by that which every joint supplies, according to the proper working of each individual part, causes the growth of the body for the building up of itself in love.  Ephesians 4:11-16 NASB

You are built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets with Christ Jesus Himself the chief Cornerstone. 21 In Him the whole structure is joined (bound, welded) together harmoniously, and it continues to rise (grow, increase) into a holy temple in the Lord [a sanctuary dedicated, consecrated, and sacred to the presence of the Lord]. 22 In Him [and in fellowship with one another] you yourselves also are being built up [into this structure] with the rest, to form a fixed abode (dwelling place) of God in (by, through) the Spirit.  Ephesians 2:20-22 AMP

The Lord anoints and calls certain believers to stand in one or more of these five-fold offices: Apostles, Prophets, Evangelists, Pastors and Teachers. They are given to the Church, to serve the Church, with the express purpose of equipping the saints (believers) for the work of service and to build the body of Christ up. The goal is to attain unity of faith, knowledge of the Son of God, maturity and perfection – every believer becoming more and more Christ-like and more and more solid in the Word of God.

The Church, as it grows up in the Lord, attains maturity in and through the following:

Prayer:
• Colossians 4:12 NKJV – Epaphras, who is one of you, a bondservant of Christ, greets you, always laboring fervently for you in prayers, that you may stand perfect and complete in all the will of God.

The Word of God:
• 1 Peter 2:2 AMP – Like newborn babies you should crave (thirst for, earnestly desire) the pure (unadulterated) spiritual milk, that by it you may be nurtured and grow unto [completed] salvation.
Colossians 1:28-29 AMP – Him we preach and proclaim, warning and admonishing everyone and instructing everyone in all wisdom (comprehensive insight into the ways and purposes of God), that we may present every person mature (full-grown, fully initiated, complete, and perfect) in Christ (the Anointed One). 29 For this I labor [unto weariness], striving with all the superhuman energy which He so mightily enkindles and works within me.
• 1 Corinthians 3:1-2 AMP – However, brethren, I could not talk to you as to spiritual [men], but as to nonspiritual [men of the flesh, in whom the carnal nature predominates], as to mere infants [in the new life] in Christ [unable to talk yet!] 2 I fed you with milk, not solid food, for you were not yet strong enough [to be ready for it]; but even yet you are not strong enough [to be ready for it].
• 2 Timothy 2:15 AMP – Study and be eager and do your utmost to present yourself to God approved (tested by trial), a workman who has no cause to be ashamed, correctly analyzing and accurately dividing [rightly handling and skillfully teaching] the Word of Truth.

The exercise of faith:
• 1 Thessalonians 3:10 AMP – [And we] continue to pray especially and with most intense earnestness night and day that we may see you face to face and mend and make good whatever may be imperfect and lacking in your faith.
• Colossians 2:7 AMP – Have the roots [of your being] firmly and deeply planted [in Him, fixed and founded in Him], being continually built up in Him, becoming increasingly more confirmed and established in the faith, just as you were taught, and abounding and overflowing in it with thanksgiving.

Patience through tests:
• James 1:2-4 NIV – Consider it pure joy, my brothers, whenever you face trials of many kinds, 3 because you know that the testing of your faith develops perseverance. 4 Perseverance must finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything.
• 1 Peter 1:7 AMP – So that [the genuineness] of your faith may be tested, [your faith] which is infinitely more precious than the perishable gold which is tested and purified by fire. [This proving of your faith is intended] to redound to [your] praise and glory and honor when Jesus Christ (the Messiah, the Anointed One) is revealed.

Love:
• 1 Corinthians 8:1 ERV – Now I will write about meat that is sacrificed to idols. We know that “we all have knowledge,” as you say. But this knowledge puffs a person up with pride, while love helps the church grow stronger.
• Colossians 3:14 AMP – And above all these [put on] love and enfold yourselves with the bond of perfectness [which binds everything together completely in ideal harmony].

Grace:
• 2 Peter 3:18 NKJV – But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.

Spiritual gifts:
• Romans 1:11 AMP – For I am yearning to see you, that I may impart and share with you some spiritual gift to strengthen and establish you.