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Chapter One

a ministry so successful, right in their face, they will be sor-
ry they ever asked me to leave. I didn’t realize it then, but I
wanted success to validate God’s anointing upon my life,
and as proof to myself that God’s word was true.

Our fledgling ministry got off to a small, but encouraging
start. The membership never exceeded 50 to 60 adults;
however they became a strong and dedicated group that
would not quit fighting to help us grow and build.

“Hiding in our Doors opened for us to hold revival crusades all over, and
God allowed us to see many lives blessed and changed thru
wilderness has caused the ministry He had given to us. We gained some notoriety
because of our exposure on a daily local Christian television
many of us to lose program. I was making new friends and connections with
local and national charismatic leaders.
confidence because we

don’t recognize the Comfortable, is how I would describe my feelings at that

power of God inside of time. This had to be the place where God would bless us.
How else could those who stood against me be put to
shame? I would not go anywhere else; I needed everyone
us.” judging and watching to see God bless me there in that
place.

When I look back now, I can faintly remember God
prompting me to prepare to move away from that comfort
zone, but I brushed those inclinations to the side. I would
page 43 have never left that city on my own. God forcibly had to
push me out. I was ejected, with no where to go.

The ministry started winding down. We faced tremendous
financial problems from the beginning, but God always
opened a door or window out of nowhere to bring us
through. Moving from one building to another had given us

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