Finances: 65 Stories
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Two years ago I married the most wonderful, godly, kind woman in the world. Over the course of our marriage, God has blessed us so much.
During our 1st year of marriage our finances were very tight, but God gave us wisdom on our budget & extra income. He even led us to sell our second car. To add to this, time and time again, we were blessed in unexpected ways by friends and family. Throughout this, thanks to the teaching we have received at COTM, we never stopped giving our tithe.
Over the last couple of months, a second car has been needed. My wife and I knew that selling our previous vehicle was necessary, but now we needed another one. A relative offered to let us take over payments on her vehicle, which would have been a fantastic deal, but as we prayed about it, it didn’t settle right. Now we know why.
Last week we received a call from some friends who decided to give us a car! Now we have two cars, no payment and have had a wonderful opportunity to truly depend on God.
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My wife and I saw the Principle of Sowing and Reaping in action this past December. I happened to pop back into an Izod store in Branson, to look again at a jacket I was interested in. While there my wife and I saw a lot of greatly discounted clothing that we both could use for summer and winter. The cashier gave us another 10% off while checking out and we paid only $163. In the process our total savings was $701 off origional price!!! Over $900 worth of clothes for only $163!! That is God giving back to his faithful tithers and givers!
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Money has been a little tight lately but God has always come thru with extra jobs or Overtime shifts. In early October I got online to check the schedule for the MLB Playoffs. There was a contest to pick the winners of each series and how many games it would take to win, if you pick a perfect bracket you won $10,000. I prayed that the steps of the rightoues are ordered of the Lord, and filled out the bracket. Well a month passed and I forgot about the bracket, I got an email from MLB asking me about my possible perfect bracket. I called my wife and told her about it and if she thought it was real. I did the interview and the Cardinals won Game 7 to give me the first Perfect Bracket in the 8 years of the contest. I received my check for $10,000 on December 3rd. God totally led me.
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i just want to say thank you to people who hear God’s voice and obey. i should start by saying, my family has been struggling finacially for quite some time now; my husband works hard but struggles to provide for our large family of 8. we tithe regularly and try to not concern ourselves with worry about tomorrow and what comes at us, but, satan seems to be throwing alot out there right now. we were looking ahead toward christmas and had just decided that our kids were going to have to understand that we try our best as parents but sometimes just can’t swing those extra things, such as christmas presents. of course, that saddens any parent to think that they cannot get their kids gifts simply because of not having enough money after the bills are paid. God has provided many times in the way of making sure our monthly obligations are met, but we never expected what God had in store for us! when a stranger hands you a large sum of money, that is unbelieveable. that is our God! thank you!
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Example # 2 of God’s faithfulness to us financially: My wife and I are having our 3rd baby in May. Had been living in a 1600 sq. ft. 3 BR 1 bath, and quickly outgrowing it. We prayed more space for our growing family, that we could afford, so we put our house on the market. The Lord led us to another house, but our other wasn’t sold yet. Not knowing how we would pull it off, we bought the new …house in a step of faith. Days before 2nd mortgage kicked in the Lord brought us a temporary renter for our home on the market. Not once did we pay 2 full payments while the other house was on the market. God helped us into a house for the EXACT same amount, to the penny, for which we sold the other house BUT with nearly 2000 more sq. feet and EVERY detail in a home we wanted and needed. He is faithful, his gifts are perfect, and he has never once let us down after we began tithing our $$. Thank you Lord and thank you COTM for your wonderful support in our walk.
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Example # 1 of God’s faithfulness to us financially: When my wife was pregnant with our daughter Caroline, she and I felt led to have her home with our children at least while they were very young. She was working at a law firm at the time and it was unimaginable to us how we would make it if she quit. We prayed and asked God to direct our path. By the time the baby was born, I had been appointed into a new job which doubled my salary, and been given a part-time teaching position as an online adjunct professor. Between these two new opportunities, we were almost taking home as much money as we had been before, I was seeing my family as much as I had been, AND my wife could stay home with our children. Since then, the Lord has even made up for the small discrepancy there was by growing a stay-at-home business for my wife. God’s gifts are perfect and he is never unfaithful to those who seek his will and obey him in the tithe.
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Having a year & half in worship at COTM, my daughter and I were able to attend our first Girls Getaway! What super fun and fellowship! Prayer has been answered SO many times in my life…so hearing Deleva George’s message gave me insight that I decided to act upon. Our old car was falling apart and it desperately needed to replaced. So I began to pray for a new car. No idea where this money was going to come from but believing God knew how desperate the situation was…he would take care of all the details. On my way to the Library, the wheels started to vibrate so badly I had to pray outloud and throw in a fast one… “Thank you Lord for my new car, get me home safely! In the name of Jesus, Amen!” My husband brought in the mail 3 hours later and I had a check for $15,896.00!! Praise God! I am giving 10% to tithes & have the Lord helping me find a car! God is so good, he wants to help us so much, all we have to do is stand on the word and ask!
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I have been going throug a very rough time in my life financially. I lost my job last May and have been living on unemployment until a few months ago. My unemployment ran out suddenly and without warning leaving me with nothing. I imediatly began praying and standing on the word and the promise of God to supply all of my needs. To help get through I have been donating plasma twice a week for months and tithing the small amount I recieve. Last week I recieved a check in the mail from a 2009 tax return that will more than cover all of my bills for a few months! Praise God! Our God is a good God and faithful to His Word. I am still claiming a job within the next few weeks.
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Five years ago today my colon ruptured and my Heavenly Father sent a wonderful surgeon to save my life. It was the beginning of quite a journey. I couldn’t work for more than three months and had no earned income, AT ALL. My God did not leave me nor forsake me but provided everything…sending family, friends, acquaintances and my church to take care of my EVERY need. ALL the bills were paid, there was food on the table, the house was clean, the laundry was done, the grass was mowed, the saints prayed and I recovered. Many, many thanks to each one of you who allowed God to use you, in any way, during that great time of need in my life. You know who you are. More importantly, God knows who you are. I am so thankful and grateful to be here today. He is most definitely the God of more than enough!! I love you Jesus!! ♥ ♥ ♥
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Last January my husband was laid off from his job. We were on unemployment for the majority of the year and in September we decided we were going to make church a priority in our family and start tithing. Almost immediately there were huge changes in our lives. Within a month or so God brought him not only a great job but a job he loves! We love our God, we love our church and we love Pastor George!! Thank you Pastor, for all the great things you do!
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After a chain of events, we found out we had to pay more in taxes than expected. We own our own business and after learning about this my first reaction is I want to just fret but instead I prayed about and was still and listened. This is what came to me and what I prayed one morning. God your word says that I should pay Cesar what is owed to Cesar and that you supply all my needs! Later that morning my husband told me we got 3 new jobs. God is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all we could think or ask. In a time, like our country is in today, I am thankful that we live in this world, but are not off this world. We have done what Pastor George said about putting the word in us so that when we need it will come out!! Thank you Pastor George for reminding us just how important it is that we read the Word!!
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I recently registered for school and found out I owed around $3000. I had lost a couple scholarships because they were only for lower classmen. I did not have the money to pay for it and ended up taking out a loan for part and a payment plan for the rest. I believed God that He would provide the money for it because I did not know where it would come from. God is my source and not my job and He provides my needs according to His riches and not my own. A couple weeks later I got approved through my workplace for tuition reimbursement and then got a call from my school saying that I had too much money to need a payment plan. I got another scholarship and would actually be getting money back at the end of the semester. God is faithful and He always provides!
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My husband had quit his job a few months ago after an employer had wanted my husband to forget about church and work more. My husband had been searching for a job with no results. He became discouraged and we both were feeling the pressure as being newlyweds. But I had a peace that God was going to work everything out. After listening Pastor George teach on faith and speaking out the word concerning our circumstances my husband Gary and I started speaking out God’s promises. Sure enough, last week he was offered two different jobs! He would be coaching and working as a para at his alma mater, which was his hearts desire! :) We are so incredibly blessed to see how God alwasy works things out for his children and gives us more than enough! My husband and I started attending COTM at the beginning of this year and we have been blessed greatly every time! Praise God for his laborers!!!!!
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Last July I was unemployed & had been for 8 months. My clothes were getting ratty & I thought ‘it will be so long before I can have nice clothes again’. God brought back to my remembrance a scripture Pastor George had recently mentioned in service. Matthew 6:28-30 “So why do you worry about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow: they neither toil nor spin; Now if God so clothes the grass of the field, which today is, and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, will He not much more clothe you, O you of little faith?” I spoke that Word & trusted God to provide for me.
A couple of weeks later, it was nearing my birthday & 3 COTM friends surprised me & took me to Dallas. I was so excited just to get to spend time with such good friends. When we arrived the girls told me we were there for a reason.
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Through a Facebook message to friends & acquaintances at COTM & my family, they asked for donations to take me on a shopping spree. Their goal was to get $500 but after all the donations were collected, more than $1000 had been donated. I was able to purchase a whole new wardrobe in one day! I was touched by all the people who so generously gave but more than that I was amazed at seeing God’s Word in action. Faith works!
A few months later I was offered a job at a great company in an industry I’ve never worked in or thought of working in before. After prayer & seeking wise counsel, I accepted the position & it has turned out to be the perfect job for me.
Thank you to all who gave to me in a time of need; all who believed with me for the right job; and thank you Pastor George for teaching me to stand on God’s promises. God’s Word is true!
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For the last 2 years my husband and I have been praying that he would find a new job. He has sent many resumes and applications out over the past few years but they all turned out to be dead ends even the “promising” ones did not work out. It was very frustrating but at the same time we knew that God must have a better plan and the right door would be opened. On July 25th in the Saturday service Pastor said a prayer in closing that felt like it was directly for us. I can’t remember the exact words but he prayed that those unemployed would find jobs and others would find new opportunities. The following Monday my husband said he felt the Lord nudge him to look up a company that he heard about a few years prior. The company had an opening that was ideal. He submitted his resume and was called back within hours to come in for an interview the next day. He had a second interview Thursday and a job offer yesterday! We know that God opened this door and we are very thankful for the timing.
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I was blessed to have parents that taught me to tithe as a child. I’ve paid the tithe on every dollar I’ve ever made. My wife and I participated in the Possess The Land campaign at COTM 11 years ago and were blessed because of it. When the It’s Your Move campaign started in ‘08, we decided on a monthly amount that was a bit of a stretch, and many times more than what we gave in Possess The Land. We knew that at the end of the IYM campaign something new and great would happen. Two weeks after we gave our last IYM payment, I got a call from a former colleague who offered me a job that would make my new tithe be more than my old tithe amount and IYM payment combined. It was like God saying, because you gave sacrificially above the tithe for 3 years, I’m going to bless you so that your tithe alone keeps your giving at that elevated level. If you make God your banker, you’ll never have to worry about what the rest of the world (and econony) is doing.
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I have decided to become a faithful giver today. I have to admit it is scary when you don’t have a lot to begin with but I want to be obedient to the word and do what is expected from me in supporting God’s business. I need the Lord in my finances and I have resolved that today I will commit to tithing to the Lord. I love you God and I want everything that I do to reflect you in my life.
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The new series “Broke” is exactly my story. I Joined COTM a few years back, and had started a new business a month before 911. After listening to Pastor George about tithing during a service several years ago, I realized I was not a faithful giver. I started to pray about our finances and was very faithful about tithing even though money was very tight. I kept my faith about it knowing God didn’t want me to fail in this new business. Then it happened. God started to bless our business time and time again. Even in 2008 when we started our pledge to the IYM campaign, we were always faithful about out tithing. I had a friend call and apply for a job even though we weren’t hiring. I felt God moved me in a way to go ahead and hire him. As a result, our business never suffered from the economic hit others in my industry suffered. I’m about to complete my committment to the IYM and our business is about to double. God truly does bless the faithful. Thank you God!
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I gave tithe and offering to the church, catching up for what I missed and a week later I had a wreck. The road between here and Owasso is narrow with construction and a concrete center median. A Semi came into the passing lane where I was and I slammed on my brakes and slammed into the median. To my surprize, I was not injured, and the only damage to the car was my driver’s side tires were flat. Also I recieved a gift from my parents in that they replaced my two driver’s side andt the other two tires. What the enemy meant for destruction, actually, I came out better than if I had not had the close call. I believe that the tithe and offering protected me and my stuff and God has shown himself faithful to me once again. I am now believing for another car, and thanks to my divine protection, I will be able to trade my car for the one I am believing for. Keep reminding the congregation that God’s word and his promises are for us today. God Cares, even about a 17 year old boy.
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Growing up as a kid I was generally pretty stingy with my stuff. I didn’t really like to share and I definitely didn’t like the idea of giving my money away. I never struggled with tithing or giving to the church, just being generous. A few years ago, I began to give away stuff I didn’t want or need anymore, as opposed to selling it. I also decided that I was going to tip generously. I can’t even describe the change that has taken place in the last few years…I always tithed and God blessed that, but when I began to be generous in all areas, the Lord just took it to another level. In the last week alone I have received nearly $1000 unexpectedly from multiple sources. On top of having my needs met and exceeded, I get to use the money God blesses me with to bless others. God is ALWAYS faithful to provide for us. When we do our part by tithing, giving, and being generous, God does His part and opens up the floodgates of Heaven upon us.
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Pastor has been teaching on tithing. In the late 70’s a friend in construction had nothing going. Winter and nothing being built in Bartlesville. I reminded him about tithing. We were at church and he said I’m going to pay these tithes (he was a Christian and knew he should) and see if what you say happens. The next day, we were at the lumber yard together and a builder said “I need a house sheetrocked, can you get to it?” He said of course. About 20 minutes later, he got a call from another builder with the same request. He said he could but it would be two days before he could get on it. One more time that same day. More than he could handle. God said prove me with your tithes and I will open the window of Heaven and pour out a blessing that you can contain. He had more work than he could take care of. Tithing is a Spiritual law. Love Pastor’s teaching on it.
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Yesterday my neighbor shared a testimony with me. He mentioned he was believing in God for a luxury item. He said he prayed about the matter and was leaving it in God’s hands. Later he made an offer on the luxury item for several thousand dollars less than the asking price but the owner did not respond. After some time had passed he & his wife decided to use their money on a different item. The day he decided to go shopping for another item, the owner of the luxury item called him and accepted his lower offer. This testimony from my neighbor being blessed was so awesome to hear. My wife and I currently are believing in God for a new vehicle and this testimony truly confirmed God’s word in our hearts that our God wants to give us the desires of our heart, Psalms 37:4. Praise God for blessing my neighbor. Soon my wife and I will be giving our testimony of how he answered our prayers for our new vehicle. God is good. Praise Him.
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We have attended COTM since the spring of 1988 and have seen the many changes since the early days. When the IYM campaign started we knew we wanted to be a part of it like we had in Posses the Land and 180. Once we agreed on the amount and made the commitment to give it seemed like the bottom fell out of the film and video industry, which my wife and I both worked in. To be honest there were days when I wondered if the phone would ever ring and I would book a job. When this happened we purposed in our hearts to not only trust God for the extra to continue meeting our IYM pledge, but to believe it would be paid off early. Over the past 2 years, God has been faithful. Even with business being slow all of our needs have been met and our desire to pay off our IYM pledge early was fulfilled last Saturday. What a great feeling, God blessed us and we completed our pledge 7 months early. I’m not bragging on us I’m bragging on God because without him this would not have been possible.
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My husband and I spent the better part of 2009 unemployed, but continued to stand on God’s promises. We also set up a plan that included a new job direction for my husband. We sat down together and prayed according to scripture for over our plan. As of the end of June of this year, we have both become employed again in an industry we love. We continued to stand on scripture for my husband’s new job direction. One day at the prompting of the Holy Spirit, he contacted a former co-worker. Lo and behold, this person’s employer was hiring! My husband submitted his resume and was hired a few weeks later at a time when he was able to leave his current employer in good graces. God’s perfect timing is…..PERFECT! I have learned to come boldly to the throne of God, to stand on His promises, and to wait for God’s perfect timing. Praise God!
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Nearly 10 months ago, my husband was laid off from his job. We were struggling financially anyway, but after the job loss we lost a lot. We lost our home, our cars, our health insurance, and had to go on food stamps. I never thought we would be in such a predicament. We remained faithful and tithed on my husband’s unemployment money which wasn’t much. God was always faithful to provide our needs - maybe not our wants, but our needs.
The Lord provided so many unexpected blessings along the way. My husband’s college sent him a check and we were able to purchase a car and pay cash for it. It was the model of car we had looked at years prior but was unable to purchase. God took note of that and still blessed us a few years later with our car!
Then, on the morning of our 9th wedding anniversary (8/18) my husband received a phone call. You wanna know what God gave us for our anniversary? He blessed my husband with a job doing what he loves and making more income than he’s ever made before! -
I attended service at a church here in town with my football team as part of the itinerary for pre-season camp. After hearing the message from a guest speaker, the pastor of the church took up an offering. I knew I was supposed to support this woman’s ministry, the only problem was I was just about broke for the month. I opened up my wallet and put five of my last dollars in the offering bucket. Even though it was only five dollars, it was money that I really needed for essential stuff like gas and food. I just had a confidence that God was going to bless me for what I gave, even if it was a relatively small amount. In less than one weeks time from giving that five dollars, I have received well over $150 unexpected. I randomly won a contest and was given money from numerous people. I also had a family member buy groceries for me, which was also unexpected. I already knew that God rewards us when we give, but the sheer randomness of the financial blessing I received blows me away.
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My wife and I have wanted our daughter to go to Lincoln but we couldn’t afford it. We prayed about it and took the first step and filled out an application. One day God told me that I would receive a certain amount of money that I had thought was unreachable.
A few months later, my wife received a bonus from work and the amount that she brought home paid off tuition for the school year. Wow, God is good!
A couple of days later I received a bonus and that night I had trouble getting to sleep because I still wondered where the rest of the money god promised me was going to come from. So I went and pulled out our check stubs from our bonuses and I didn’t realize that I was calculating the total amount received after taxes. Once I added up the gross total from our bonuses, I realized that it was the exact amount, to the penny, that God promised me! God answered our prayers in an unimaginable way!
Phil. 4:19 My God shall supply all your need according to His riches in glory.
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I’ve been a faithful tither for 2.5 yrs after COTM gave me the realization that 10% of my earnings belonged to the Lord. I’ve learned Malachi 3:10 & gained greater faith in God as my provider. God said when I’m faithful to tithe,”see if I will not throw open the floodgates of heaven and pour out so much blessing that you will not have room enough for it.” I’ve been blessed with a great job since graduating college in ‘06 -every year my salary has increased; but I have recently been given a financial blessing! I went to my boss thinking I missed out on a $250 bonus. It turns out they owed me for a different bonus of $3700! :-P God said he would”do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us”Eph 3:20. He sure did!God is so good! This ended up being more than I needed for a bathroom remodel. J.McGee’s prayer request list just got 1 crossed off! Thank you COTM & Pastor for teaching me the importance of tithing & the faithfulness of God.
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I have been unemployed for 1 year and 4 months, during that time, God has continuely blessed my family. God has allowed me to donate my time by working for others, mowing, construction, consultanting, and simply giving of myself. I am grateful to have something to do rather than just worrying about my problem. It felt great to something for someone else. Pastor George was finishing up the series on healing, and he mentioned something about a job, his comment, “was your time is coming”. My wife has & is a great supporter during this time, encouraging me to be faithful, God has something for you, keep up your faith and praise. God does indeed do his part: I interviewed for a mgr position with a local company, 2 1/2 weeks ago, I was advised the job had been filled. On Sunday evening , August 1, 2010, I received a call regarding the same mgr position, the person had backed out for some strange reason. Thank-you God for your faithfulness!!
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My family was struggling with financial difficulties not too long ago. I had to get a job instead of staying home to be a full time mom. But getting this job was a blessing from God in many ways. Thru this job I found my way back to the church, bringing my family (including my parents) with me and also back to prayer. Now, thru prayer we have been blessed financially and are not only caught up but able to start working on paying bills off and living comfortably. I no longer stress because thru prayer and faith I know God is taking care of me and my family. I pray every night and sometimes several times during the day. I can’t even begin to express how hard things were getting for us and now I have been so blessed that I cry now even thinking of it. God is amazing and prayer truly does work.
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Years ago a friend told me, “I started to tithe. I can’t explain it, but now I have more money than ever before.” That statement always intrigued me. Soon after I heard this, we started to attend COTM. One day Ethan was taking the offering and said the tithe is an act of obedience because God doesn’t want our money, He wants our hearts! Despite the $100K debt we were in, we committed to tithing. Sometimes I would write that check and know I would get an overdraft fee, but I knew God was faithful. Soon things really turned around for us financially. Recently I lost some money that I thought was stolen. Instead of getting angry, I prayed and told God I knew He would return the money to me. Three days later the money was returned and I got another check in the mail from someone who forgot to pay me months ago! I just smiled and laughed because it was like God was showing me how deep His promises go and how REAL He is! Praise God for protecting our finances and working in my life!
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When Pastor George asked us the amount God placed in our hearts to help with the It’s Your Move Campain, my husband and I agreed on an amount to give. It was more that any other offering before. We were faithful to fulfill that pledge and we believed for my X-husbands payment of back child support for our children. He was delinquint for the last seven years. As a result of that pledge through a various array of circumstances, we were able 3 days ago to collect all the child support for the last seven years….with interest! We were so happy and pleased as God had shown Himself faithful yet again, and especially pleased to write the single largest tithe check ever to the church. He continues to bless our family with health, stronger relationships, and improved finances.
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I have been a cake decorator commercially for 24 years. I give God the glory for a talent that has made me a good living. I have wanted to start a business of my own and it always seemed to “dead end” . Three years ago, I ran into a young man that I worked with years ago. He was recovering from a drug addiction and an accident that cut off his arm. He had accepted Christ as his Savior and was getting married. They had very little money so I offered to make him a wedding cake as a gift. After the wedding, the owner of the chapel called me and asked me if I would consider making cakes for him. I made a commitment to tithe 20% and my orders keep increasing every wedding season. God impressed upon me to give a free groom’s cake to those that are in the military. Since then, I have gotten several orders for the same German Chocolate cake. We are now considering adding on to our home to have a separate kitchen for my cake business. His timing is so much better than ours.
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My husband works a seasonal job and when this past winter hit, things became really tight. Neither of us were getting regular paychecks and we both ended up on unemployment. Early this year I was in a car wreck which totalled my car, we owed thousands to the IRS, and I had a miscarriage. This was one of the lowest and hardest times of my life, and I could not see a way out of the hole we were in. My husband encouraged me to stay faithful to God’s word and we are now starting to see the results of our prayers. I started a new job, was able to get a better car than I had, the money I was paid for my old car combined with this year’s tax refund will pay off the IRS and my husband is back to work. Like pastor said, God hasn’t forgotten about you!
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We couldn’t get a loan to build a house, which was a dream we both shared. Both self-employed. Dave said as we raised the money we would build. The money came for 2.5 acres so we bought it. We stepped up our tithe in Sept. of 2002. I heard God say to me to step down from my position. I did. In January, He said to end my job. I did. Two weeks later I was recalled to war. I went. While preparing to leave, I discovered I would not get as much money as I thought i would from the Navy. God sent a messenger who revealed that my financial needs would be met in a way I didn’t expect. Standing on Malachi 3:10, God opened the floodgates of heaven on David’s electrical business. When I returned home, we were debt free, house building and 1.5 years later moved into a house that was more than we ever dreamed with no mortgage!
There is more to this story than I have room to type here. I call it “The House that Faith Built”. We KNOW God as Jehovah Jireh and tithing is a JOY! -
A few years ago my wife and I were trying to figure out how to afford putting our son in LCS. We believed that God had spoken to our hearts about putting him there but the finances weren’t there. Then I heard Pastor George say in a sermon that serving God is like playing checkers. He will never move out of turn and if He has told you to do something maybe He is waiting for you to move. The following Monday I picked up an application to LCS and filled it out. We prayed over it and turned it in not knowing how we were to pay for it. A week later a friend called and asked if I would be interested in working a part time job. I asked what the hours were & how much it paid. The hours didn’t conflict with my regular job and it paid enough for his tuition and school expenses and there was $200 left over every month. The job lasted 2 months after he graduated and then ended. I learned a valuable lesson of how God works that I will never forget.
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After getting married last August, we soon came to realize just how much money it took to run a household! We did all we could to be smart with the money we spent on our wedding and also on our monthly budget, but there have definitely been times where we just had to trust God that He would meet our needs.
It has been absolutely incredible time after time how God has blessed us and heard our prayers regarding our finances. We’ve been surprised by rebate checks in the mail that we had forgotten were coming, had people give us furniture for our house, had people put into our lives who bless us, and seen again and again how God stretches our budget - sometimes to the exact dollar that we are needing!
While we’re not currently blowing our noses with $100 dollar bills and rolling around in piles of cash, God sees our every need and continues to amaze us with His faithfulness. We are SO thankful for Church on the Move and Pastor George and love being an integral part of the ministry here!
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I am a current Bible student in Broken Arrow. Im am about to graduate and was majorly praying on what to do after graduation. I was totally clueless on my next step in life. So in Prayer God showed me that I was to stay for the third year missions program and train to be a missionary. I said “thats great and all God, but its 6 thousand dollars and right now I don’t have a dime to my name, If you want me to go, you will have to provide every cent.” So God heard my prayer and I stayed in Faith.
A couple of weeks later, my dad tells me he will pay for 5 thousand of it. I was so pumped, but it wasn’t over….
The next day my grandpa tells me he will give me 1 thousand!!!!
God heard my prayer and honored my faith.
I have TRIUMPH in my life….
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Every one wants to own a home. Jason and I are no exceptions. How ever the ability to do so has been out of our grasp for years.
We had to recover from a sudden job loss that cost us more than a pay check. It devistated our credit and crushed any hopes of a “normal” life. As time passed we contined on with our efforts. Using Pastors teachings as well as Joe McGee’s. We rebuilt our credit and got a home loan.
However the home was not to be ours. After 90 days HUD withdrew due to paperwork errors when the home had been repoed, 3 days later the housing market crashed.We lost our loan. We where devistated. Then my parents steped in and helped us get in a house. After 3 yrs of hard work and more check stubs than I can count we got a loan! Not so easy though. If it could go wrong it did. However, I stood on “If you say unto a Mt.” and I said it over and over again that “We will close on our home by no later than the end of March 31”. We closed 4:30pm March 31,2010. We have a HOME!
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I have recently begun to tithe on a regular basis… I had never been told the how’s or why’s of it before I began attending COTM. Last month, after I gave His 10%, I had an accident with my phone (water on cell phone = BAD!) but I was unexpectedly blessed with $400 cash to buy a new one!!
I know this isn’t a ‘major’ triumph - but it was definitely proof to me that you will be rewarded for doing what you’re supposed to do!
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In October 2008, I was laid off from an industry I truly love. Then, one month later, my husband was laid off, also. Financially, 2009 was a difficult year with our income cut to one-third the previous amount. But God has been faithful and has supplied all of needs just as He has promised in His word. Through this valley, we have continually stood on scripture knowing that God will restore our finances and has an awesome plan for us. The greatest blessing during this time is the day Whit gave the alter call and added the words, “even if you just have questions”. My daughter, whom God had promised would be saved, answered the call that day. She now attends church regularly with her children, and has become a strong, faithful woman of God. God is so GOOD. We know we triumph. We serve and awesome and faithful God!
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I consider myself a pretty strong christian and have been attending COTM 20 years, but when our daughter and her husband moved away to become youth pastors in ND. I experienced lonliness like never before. When my grandson Elijah was born, this saddness seemed to engulf me, that’s when I began to ask God for help. It was an 18 hour drive so twice a year was a good year. While visiting in May of 2008 Elijah and I were driving by the airport and I said out loud “I want God to give Papa an airplane” then two years old he replied “papa got and airplane” This became our daily ritual every time we talked on the phone or on line “By faith papa got an airplane gonna take Elijah for a ride in it, We are tithers and know the power of the tithe. I wasn’t going to be guilty of not asking so I made my request known. Last fall a friend approached us and asked if we would be interested in a partnership of a twin engine cessna 310 and we took Elijah for his first ride in January. God is so Good!
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I know I will have more stories to come, but this testimony is about my most recent blessing. I’m in the process of finding and buying my first home. My budget was not adding up to what it needed to be to afford a mortgage and bills and still survive. I decided to make a list of what I needed to get a house, a raise at my job is on the list. I have been praying over his list and believing over scripture, Phil 4:19, for three days. Today I got the confirmation I’d been praying over and today I asked my boss for a raise and received 3 times the dollar amount I had in my head!! I serve a gracious, honest, loving,providing God!! Three days people!!!!! Can’t wait to post the blessing of my first home! God is great and He DOES and Will supply us with our needs!
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Part 1: I am a senior in high school, and I have been raised a Christian at Church on the Move since I was born. I have been serving in bands and volunteering all around the church since I was 10 years old, and I love every minute of it and every minute of being at Church on the Move. I am usually at every service the church offers because I serve and attend so much.
As i began to look at colleges, I knew I needed a good college that offered me lots of money and was near, so I could continue serving and volunteering a lot at church. It would also be nice if the college was a Christian college. I prayed that I would go to the right college and that I would be financially secure for college and not have to worry about how I would pay for it. Every day I thanked God for the answer.
Meanwhile, I filled out a lot of scholarship forms, applied to a lot of colleges, and took the ACT again. Over time, I received a lot of scholarships, but none of them were worth very much. -
I continued to thank God for the answer every day. One day after school, I got a call from one of the nearest colleges. The lady on the other end told me that I had just won a full tuition scholarship. This scholarship would allow me to go to a college near Church on the Move, not have to worry about how I was going to pay for college, and go to a Christian college. I prayed about it for another week, and then made my official decision to go there. I am so happy and blessed. God answered my prayer by meeting and exceeding all of my expectations. I get to attend an awesome Christian college for little cost in the Fall while still getting to serve at Church on the Move. Thank you for the answer, Jesus.
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Part 2
In May, Nate and I made
our “Its Your Move” pledge. We had our first offering to give-his bonus.
At the very end of May, my dad found a house that fit our description
except the square-footage which was lower. My dad inspected the house
and gave us the go ahead. Our realtor found that the house was bank
owned and had an offer on it, but the would-be buyers had just backed out.
Nate and I knew this was our house. The price was negotiated from the
last offer and it fit what we needed. We made our offer in June. We
knew we didn’t have much time in our rental. The foreclosure letters and people
kept coming to look at the house. On July 25, 2008 we closed on our first perfect little
house. Once we got the final closing papers we noticed that the square
footage was higher. There had been a mistake on the past listings.
Now the square footage matched our prayers. Every step we took was led
by the Lord in His perfect timing! I am so thankful for Church on the
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Part 1
We were married in 2006 and wanted to own a home. I thanked God everyday
for our new house. In Jan 2008, Nate received a small bonus. We were
excited that we could put this towards our down payment. We made a list
of what we wanted in our first home: 3 bed, 2 bath, 2-car
garage, a certain square footage, a big back yard in midtown area, and a
certain low price. One night I felt like we were supposed to give Nate’s
bonus in a special offering at COTM. I went downstairs & told Nathan. He
agreed. Over the next couple of weeks, Pastor George revealed the “It’s
Your Move” Campaign. We knew this was the special offering where his
bonus would go. We kept looking for a house from the beginning of Feb
through May. We looked at a lot of houses. My dad, an engineer, went
with us to look at houses, never giving us his seal of approval; he kept
finding something wrong with each house. Then the house we were renting went into foreclosure. We
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My family of 5 lives on less than 12k a year. We are faithful tithers… there’s no other explanation. It works and God supplies all of our needs through His riches and glory through Christ Jesus. Thank you for teaching us how to stand on the promises. We own our home and vehicles… everyday thing gets better and we have learned to make do and help others more than we ever were able before on 45k a year. AND we are much happier… Praise the One and True Living God !
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I was never the smartest in class so when I was accepted to the Univestity of Tulsa I knew it was God. I remember my father telling me that he didn’t think we could afford it. So I prayed and believed God for an answer and one day he gave it. I remembered the story of God delivering the slaves from Egypt just to lead them to the sea. I then knew with all my heart that God had not lead me here just to give up now. I knew that if God can part a sea, he can easliy provide for us.Well I can proudly say that I am now a sophmore and My father told me that each time he had to make a payment the money was there everytime. Our God is an amazing God who can and will provide.
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I have been blessed with an amazing first year of college at ORU and I am going on my first mission trip this summer. The fundraising process for this trip has been long and hard and more than once I’ve cried out to God wondering how in the world the money was going to come in by the deadlines. Over the 8 years that I’ve been going to COTM I have tried to be a regular tither, but I haven’t always been consistent. As I began this journey through the missions process I felt God telling me that if I ever expected others to give to His kingdom for my trip that I first had to give to Him what I had. As a college student I haven’t always had extra money but giving God the money I had felt right. I am happy to say that as of today, March 22, 2010, I am less than $550 away from my goal and I know God is faithful to supply the rest, just as He has everything else in my life.
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In 2000 after a failed attempt with a job change to Texas which we “thought was God”, we visited COTM in July. Immediately I knew this was where we were supposed to be. At that time I was dealing with financial struggles, flatlined spirituality and many other life challenges. Pastor was teaching about “How do I know it’s God speaking” when for the first time, I actually knew God specifically spoke to me and led me to start my business. I literally had nothing and no backlog of work with no earthly security to count on. That’s been 10 years ago and since then, we’ve prospered, bought land, built a home, sent our kids to LCS, grew our business, and on and on. I’m not saying there haven’t been challenges but God is always faithful and continues to perform His Word. I still have progress to make which I guess we all do to some degree. Thank you COTM for helping my wife and I revolutionize our family’s life.
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I have been tithing for a long time now, and have trusted God to see me through tight spots; I have a job I love, but it doesn’t pay as much as I could be making in my field, so I’ve chosen my job over my paycheck, so to speak.
Recently though, I’d asked God to help me find more money without necessarily having to change jobs. I don’t have a lot of debt, but unexpected expenses had cropped up this last year, and I really wanted to get them paid off. So I just continued to thank God for the blessing, without necessarily seeing it, just as the Bible has taught, and Pastor George has done such a great job sharing.
So, not only did I get an unexpected raise last month, I got a sizable return on my taxes, nearly enough to pay my whole debt! It was so crazy, so fantastic, I still can’t get over it. And all because I HAVE trusted God, have believed He has me where he wants me. He is good, ALL THE TIME! Like we’ve heard in church many times…you can’t outgive God.
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My parents and I worked out a deal that they would pay half of my college tuition and I would pay the other. This system has always worked well so why should it not now? In a world where we are told that “Were facing economic uncertainty”, “Times are Tough!” My sister and I use the word to face our financial issue, which is paying for college! Lydia started at TCC in’09 and since I transferred to NSU this spring, the half I was responsible for was one semester at TCC! Our Dad told us that as a family we would all believe for wisdom in the area of our finances. That was before winter break. Lydia and I stood boldly on Gods word!
Sometime in February Dad called us for a finance meeting.Dad told Lydia she had enough money to pay for her semester. All I saw was the BIG amount of $1300 in my savings! God supplied my college tuition, enough to pay my part! My heart leap thanks to God for supplying our needs. God is a BIG God and He ALWAYS takes care of his Children!
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One morning I discovered that my hot water heater was leaking in the garage. It was 10 years old. Time for a new one. $1500 (!!!).
The Wednesday before Pastor George had taught on faith. He had re-told the story of his faith battle when his daughter had a brain injury.
Now it was my turn. For an hour in my garage I was waiting on the plumber. Thoughts and feelings of hopelessness crashed over me. Then I remembered the sermon. I started to think about Bible stories and even times in my own life that God had been faithful. God had provided.
My thoughts were now good but the hopeless feelings got worse. It really felt like waves of emotions. So I started to pray out loud. “God CREATED the heavens and earth. He can take care of me and my water heater.” Then I started to sing praise songs.
Amazing, by the time the plumber arrived I was at peace. My emotions were calm. I have peace because of God’s promises. He PROMISES to be faithful and to provide.
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When COTM started the It’s Your Move campaign in 2008, I felt like this was an opportunity for me to trust God on a whole new level. I’ve seen Him work time and time again to bless me in special ways…provision for college, furniture for my apartment, the purchase of a brand new home in 2006. This was another opportunity for Him to show Himself strong, and He has! I felt impressed to pledge the largest amount I’ve ever given. I just received a check that will allow me to pay off the remaining balance of my pledge - and ahead of schedule, too! Despite the nation’s economic challenges, I’m seeing God work on my behalf, and He can do the same for anyone who trusts in Him. I’m an ordinary person, but I serve an extraordinary God!!
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My wife and I were praying for what God would have us give for the It’s Your Move Campaign. After praying individually we both shared the same amount with each other. As a newly married couple, the figure seemed large to us and negative thoughts have come stating you could have used this money to have a great jump start in life. You could have paid off your 2nd mortgage and your car loan, etc. etc. When these negative thoughts have come we’re reminded that God’s economy is much more stable and reliable than this world’s economy. What has happened seemed to be like Jesus multiplying the bread and fish. When we pledged this amount within a month we sold some land we had for sell for over a year and fulfilled half of our pledge. The next two years our tax returns from this large donation have helped with another 1/4 of our pledge. We’re 5% from fulfilling the pledge amount. In this whole time we’ve had a 5 month old son, and wife is able to stay home.
God has been faithful.
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My husband and I had been praying about selling our house. We wanted to build a new home for our boys in a good neighborhood where they could ride their bikes and enjoy playing outside. We began to work diligently on getting the house fixed-up. On a beautiful day in March, I looked around and realized we had done everything we needed to do - now it was time for God to do His part. I put a “For Sale By Owner” sign in our yard on a Friday. By Tuesday we had a signed full-price contract. It only took 4 days! At COTM we have learned that when you are faithful to do your part, God is faithful to do His part! We are now in our beautiful new home and God continues to bless us!
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My story is not a long one but more of a testimony about the tithing. The story starts Dec 2009. My wife went to the mall to do some shopping for our kids for Christmas and finish up with some other gifts. She calls me and says “why won’t my card work?” I called the bank and found out that we had $1600 stolen from our checking account 4 days before Christmas. We were at a loss but knew we were faithful with our tithing that we would be ok. On Christmas eve we brought our kids back to see the Christmas program again since our families were gone or snowed in. As the bucket was passed for the tithe all I had was a $5 bill and 2 $1 for the kids. That evening when we got home from church in the blizzard we had been home maybe 10 minutes and the doorbell rang and it was the treasurer of the neighborhood assoc. She told me I won the decorating contest for Christmas and handed me a $125 check. I knew right then everything was going to be fine! GOD is GOOD!!!!!
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My wife had the opportunity to finish her degree at OU, and we moved to Norman, bought a house, and lived there for 3 years. When she was finishing up, we knew we were supposed to come back to COTM. We put our house on the market and stayed with friends while we waited for our new house to be built and our old one to sell. Well, the house was done and ours hadn’t sold, and so the contingency kicked in. A couple of months later, we lost that house. We knew that God had a better plan - and I knew that as soon as we put a contract on another piece of land that our house would sell. Sure enough, within 24 hours of signing the contract on a new property, our house in Norman sold. We ended up in a much better neighborhood with a much nicer house for about the same payment as the house we originally built, and after living with different friends for over a year, we moved into our new house in time for Thanksgiving. It took a great deal of patience, but God is faithful!
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Aug. 2008 after 20 plus years at my job it was gone. Someone had a reason to get me out of my position. I had alot of anger and wanted to hate these people ,but the first morning after I lost my job, I woke up early and God informed my as a Christian I have to pray for these people and forgive them. I praise God everyday now some 19 months later that I listened to That soft voice of the Father and have been able to go on with my life. I am still not employed but God has taken care of us in a way most people do not understand how we are doing so well. We have paid the “On The Move” pledge we made and let me say it is the largest Pledge we have have ever made and praise God it is paid in FULL!!!! I know God has another job for me and it will be as good or better than what I lost. When that job comes soon we will hear the end of the story,
Praise God!!!
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I had moved to McAlester and was not making much money. I don’t work therefore when i made my IWM pledge i wasn’t sure how i was going to give the amount. But then out of the blue I met a lady i hadn’t seen in at least 2 years and I started babysitting for her. All of a sudden money started pouring in everywhere. But then i moved back to Tulsa. Again I was faced with the problem of little money. But then again God came through and I’ve been getting and giving more than i could ever have imagined. He has provided for me no matter what. Through moving and my parents getting a divorce. God is so good!!
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A couple of months ago, one of our vehicles, a 2006 Honda started running really sluggish. It’s a 5 speed and we were wondering why it seemed like it’s get-up-and-go got up and went. We didn’t have a shop and we didn’t want to just take it anywhere.
We found a shop, at the referral of a friend, and we took it there. They looked at it and told us it was the clutch and it was going to cost nearly $1000, UGH! That night, as I was working, I had the thought that I should call my insurance company, but wasn’t sure why.
I got on the website for our insurance and looked at our detailed coverage and it had “mechanical breakdown” coverage.
We found out that the clutch was a covered item and the insurance paid for the cost of the clutch minus the deductible, which was only $250. We got an extra check from my husband’s flex account and paid for it with that. It didn’t negatively affect us and we still paid all our other bills. Thank you Jesus!
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Last fall, my fiance and i were looking to buy our first house. Everyday we looked for the perfect house that would fit our tiny budget but with no luck. Months later, we found our dream house but we were out bid. Very discouraged we thought “Maybe it’s not the right time to buy a house.” A week later, our Realtor called and said the owners of our dream house decided they would take our bid and the house was ours if we still wanted it. The night we closed on the house, we sat on the floor in our new living room planning all of the things we were going to do to our new home. The next day I learned I had lost my job. My fiance didn’t understand why God would allow us to buy a house the day before I was let go. 2 months later, I was hired on with a company that I have never heard of and honestly don’t even remember applying for. I love my new job and I know God allowed me to keep my old just long enough for us to buy our house. God is always faithful, even when we don’t think he is.
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I was fired from a job that I enjoyed very much about 6 yrs ago for visiting dating sites while I was on the clock & almost lost my marriage too.
Up until then my career was one success story after the other.
In 3 yrs I went from warehouse manager making $8 an hr to Supervisor making over $17 hour.
Over the next 2 yrs my family and I struggled, going from one job to the next but our marriage was getting stronger by the day and continues to get better everyday.
I loved the job that I was fired from so much that I kept comparing every job that I would get to the old one.
It seems that we continue to struggle, that is to say we haven’t found a job that supplies all our needs yet but we know, without a doubt that it is coming.
Through the last 6 or so years we have been through more trials than we care to mention but our walk with Christ is the best its ever been and continues to get better everyday and we give God every single bit of the glory!