Matthew 22:8-9 states,
8) Then saith he to his servants, The wedding is ready, but they which were bidden were not worthy.
9) Go ye therefore into the highways, and as many as ye shall find, bid to the marriage. I thank God for being one of the one’s, He has chosen to walk in this gospel.
Today I want to give thanks to my heavenly Father for the parents he blessed me with, who are at this moment asleep in the Lord. I also want to thank Him for my family and how He brought me along with them, to this country. I received my American citizenship in 1982. I know now, that it was not my idea, even though it has always been my desire; but it was His will for us to be here in America.
I became born again on January 10, 1970, in those early days, I was so happy. All I wanted to do, was to read the word and meet daily with the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
At the time, my husband was employed in Michigan for a year and I had two young children then. Between taking care of my children, I read the entire bible. For the first time the Lord Jesus became real and personal to me. Prior to that, I only knew of Jesus the baby and Him on the cross, dying for my sins; but a very shallow image of what he did on the cross for us all.
While reading the word, began to have an assurance in me and I remember sharing with my little ones about the Father and Jesus when they were able to understand. It was a very blessed period in my life.
Eventually, after a while in the wilderness of denominations, Bible Church and the Charismatic Church, He brought me to Water of Life, at first via television on Saturday’s; then to Plano.
Well, in the beginning, I would think to myself, “I know that, I have heard this before, there is nothing really new here!” Thank God, for His grace and mercy toward me, He started opening my understanding little by little. Revealing the gospel to me. For the first time, the truth, the gospel was being preached to me by His apostle and prophet Doyle Davidson. That was new to me, I had never heard of any preacher do that. Doyle was not ashamed to trust in the gospel and was training us to trust in it also, for all our needs. This was new to me, because in the charismatic church, I’d been taught to, “Name it and claim it and it would be mine!” So now I was being ministered the truth and it was beginning to sink in.
I would like to give glory to God for the jobs He has provided for me, especially the first job at the Neiman Marcus department store, which was four years before I was born again. He helped me overcome my shyness about my French accent and the fear that came with it when I was in the workplace. The Lord gave me the courage to go and apply for several jobs through the years and I was hired every time. He was with me in those days, even when I sometimes didn’t know it.
To this day, the Lord is still providing. I have been working at the Tarrant County College since 2002. It is a four years college now, and among other duties, I mainly use my French. I correct for all French teachers, all the exams, mid- terms and final essays; also assisting in class when needed.
I want to give Him thanks and all the glory, because I was totally lacking in confidence, but He gave me victory in all the jobs He allowed me to have. In conversations I have had, I am not ashamed to give Him all the credit, I tell people, “It was the Lord, He is the one who has blessed me.”
1 Corinthians 2:9-10 states,
9) But as it is written, Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love him.
10) But God hath revealed them unto us by his Spirit: for the Spirit searcheth all things, yea, the deep things of God. I will post more testimonies as God directs.
God bless,
Jacqueline
