Psalm 33;18-22 (KJV)
Behold, the eye of the Lord is upon them that fear him, upon them that hope in his mercy;
To deliver their soul from death, and to keep them alive in famine.
Our soul waiteth for the Lord: he is our help and our sheild.
For our heart shall rejoice in him, because we have trusted in his holy name.
Let thy mercy, O Lord, be upon us, according as we hope in thee.
Before I jumped on the blog site, I had to call up my cellular service company, T-mobile, and pay this month's charges. Now as I begin this testimony, I have to tell you (sort of in that out of sequence style) about the decision I had been prompted to make, by Christ Jesus, concerning my Birthday; which is on Sunday. Hallelujah!!!! I am still amazed at how God moves on behalf of his children!!!!!
Okay, so I call the automated line, ready to punch in the standard prompts to reach the area of questions that would allow me to pay this month's charges. When I hear the amount, I quickly press the pound key: in rapid succession (that sends you straight to a live, human being). $658.72.... Oh! I am heated!!! Hotta than HOT! "How in the ---- y'all gonna send my bill into the outer stratosphere like that!!", is what I thought to myself. Then, I prayed on the matter.
"Lord, please whatever this person says on this line, PLEASE LORD, just allow for the amount of $200.00 to be sufficient and to allow that amount to keep my cell service going for the next month. I need this service Lord. You know that my desire to continue the blog, on a daily basis, has to include this cell service being active on a daily basis. Please, Lord, move over the hearts, minds, and computers of this cell company Lord. Work on my behalf, Lord! Allow for $200.00 to be sufficient. I plead this, to you Lord, in the name of Jesus Christ. Amen."
Yes, I pleaded with Christ because a few months ago I allowed for a debt to go unpaid and at present time, through prayer and mercy of the Lord, the debt been negotiated, agreed upon, and I can work out the payments. Along with trading some plumbing work, God showed me that I could be blessed out of that lack as well. Which is why I had to release the plan for my Birthday. Nothing extravegant, just a nice Italian restaurant I desired to take myself to, and enjoy a part of the day while reflecting on the goodness of the Lord. Anyway, I said to myself, "If the Lord can make a way for me to be relieved of this debt (over $1000.00), in a fairly quick amount of time. Then I surely can release this small, minute 'want' of brunch at Icugini."
Now, back to this morning's conversation with the T-mobile representative. Nick. By the way, if you have to deal with T-mobile any in the next week, please do your best to HYPE this dude's name. As much as you can. He deserves all th accolades anybody can give to one man... Just say, Nick who assisted Mr. Stokes. He called me Mr. Stokes and had Yer Brova feelin' all impo-tant and stuff. HAHAHAHAHAHA, I am silly. Anyway, Nick proceeds to explain to me about how my charges, which had never been above $250.00, all of a sudden, within one 30 day billing cycle, had exceeded $600.00. It was due in part to the current cell phone plan I had, and that I cannot control the amount of incoming texts I receive. As the kids say, "Sidenote: this is why I was hesitant to release the information of a second cell number. Some people just will not honor what you say, no matter how often you say."
Back to Nick and I, this dude then proceeds to inform me of all of the ways he can string service plans together to save me money on my cellular coverage (new tech lingo I learned this morning). Then turns around and says, without me having to ask and truth be told I would not have considered, that he will automatically dissolve the current billing cycle's charges; which already sit at $276.00 and some change, plus seek his supervisor's approval on reversing all charges incurred from the incoming texts. Another $45.00. Oh wait, it gets a whole lot better. When I tell you God is good!!!! Y ou better know he is good!!!!! So then, after that he tells about the type of plan I can have that will protect me from the overages in the calls made to or from my cellular phone, as well as assigning an unlimited text package (which he stated all T-mobile employees are instructed to suggest 'heavily' to customers anyway. Text messages are 45cents). At this exact moment, I hear Nick begin to say, "So Mr. Stokes...". And I cut him off, "Nick, you have given great customer service, and I believe that you have helped me as best as you can. Allow me to say this. I need for you to tell me how we can work out me paying $200.00 of the already owed amount, and my service not be disconnected? Not that it means anything to you, but one of the main reasons I need this service to continue, Nick, is because I work for Christ Jesus, and a part of that is a daily blog which allows for anyone to view a Bible scripture and a presentation based on that scripture. At which time, they are encouraged to respond by comment. Thereby, building a dialogue about God, Jesus and the word of God. So, Nick, it is really important that my service doesn't get disconnected, and that you understand all I have to give is $200.00. What can you do?"
Nick just said, "Mr. Stokes, I was not finished listing all the credits that I had sent over to my supervisor for approval. But I can tell you this, that your total amount that was owed , $658.76, has now been reduced to $88.00. Does that work for you sir?"
At this point, you all know I am standing in awe of God and all of his goodness!!!!!! Because what I didn't say to you yet, is that in lastnight's Bible Study, one of our group member's mother attended and upon me teling about how the Lord blessed me to see my way up out of the debt, and releasing the want for my Birthday brunch at Icugini. She merely stated, "And you never know. The Lord may just send someone to you with the amount needed to have your brunch.".......
Lord Jesus, thank you so much for sending Nick, and T-mobile. Because of your hand Lord, and I know it was all your doing, I am now, not only able to pay off my debt but, at the same time, be able to go to Icugini for my Birthday!!!!!! MY GOD IS AN AWESOME GOD!!!! Hallelujah! Thank you Lord! Please, everyone who reads today's post. Understand that this, too, is encouraging. Not because it is me, or that this happened. No! It is because you have some additional EVIDENCE by which you can hope: a hope that is unseen. You were not present, but if you can extend FAITH that the Lord did move, then you have FAITH that Christ Jesus will move on your behalf as well.
For the person reading, that may not know Christ Jesus. Now, you have the testimony of an individual, who just like you, has the EVERYDAY opportunity to connect to God through Jesus Christ. All you have to do is get down on bended knee, there with yourself, and confess it with your mouth, and believe it in your heart that Jesus is the Son of God and that God DID raise him up from death. By way securing the salvation needed for you to now move towards an eternal life and reward in heaven (Romans 10;9-11). Hallelujah!!!!!! Go out, find a good Bible believing church within your area. If you do not know of one, I invite you to contact my church: New Dawn Christian Village. 2328 St. James Pl. Los Angeles, CA 90007. Church office number is (213)670-0082. Or, you can connect on the web at www.ndcv.org
I ask that Christ uses this one testimony to spark the cognitive thought within one of his children, to get them to come to Christ. To know the Love, Comfort, Peace, and Joy that is had from relationship with God through his precious son Jesus Christ. Thank you all for listening. May God bless you and may God keep you.
Holla,
Yer Brova Catalyst
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