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The only time that I felt free was when I was singing and praise dancing for God, nothing else mattered.    I watched the Great Awakening for 4 weeks then, it turned into four months …I wanted to feel what The River congregation was feeling I wanted  to be forgiven, I wanted  to tell my mother I’m sorry I wasn’t there when she died, I wanted God to love me and forgive me for all that I had done.  I wanted to forgive my father for mishandling me.  I wanted to be healed.  I wanted to stop hurting and laugh like everyone else. I keep praying and praying and I just want him to hear me.  I went on line and I was BLESSED with a scholarship.  Since I have been in RSW this past two weeks, I have won over thirty souls to the Lord.

Something I never thought I would do.  I have become bolder in the things of God.  I have learned to stretch my faith and the spirit prompted me to take in two RBI students.  I thought I was hearing things because I do not like living with anyone and definitely not sharing my space.  But God has placed these Individuals in my life who love me for me, that aren’t trying to take advantage of me or judge me because I may not show emotion or look the way others think I should look .  Living with them has been such a blessing to me.  I feel loved and that is something that I never felt. God even gave me an extended family, in place of my own.

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I wanted more of God to know, what is my inheritance.  The Holy Ghost and Fire now has burn in me a deeper desire for the things of God, an almost all or nothing attitude.  I received a new hunger for his word.  The more I hear the word of God, the more I want.  An aching belly wanting and desiring more of the things of God as it draws, pulling from within my belly the things of God and not from my heads as I was accustom.

My selfish desires and motives are not controlling me no more; the things of the old are past away.  Only the things God wants and desires of me.  Something has happened to me on the inside.  See myself more and more in the light of God’s word.  I see myself in a zone and I cannot tell if I am awake or sleep, or is it just a dream.  In the vision, I see myself and the word becoming one.  I am Speaking the word only, seen the Holy Spirit confirming his word.  Wow!  Praise the Lord.

I remember when these changes occur; it was the second day of school when Pastor Rodney Howard-Brown was in Africa praying over us via sky scam.

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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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When I was planning on coming to The River Bible Institute, there were a few things I knew I was going to have to believe God for. I was spending time in prayer, asking God to provide us with an apartment to live in while my brother and I were in school this next coming year. I was also praying to God about finding a job, and transportation. My mom and I did not have enough time to look around at different apartment complexes during the summer before school started because it seemed as if when I finally decided, and knew in my heart, that I was coming to RBI, the devil was already trying to take me out. It was as if he was purposefully trying to make it too stressful for me to handle.

When our trip was all planned to come to Tampa, and visit places, we got word that my ninety-three year old grandmother had passed away. Then, on top of that, my seventeen year old dog ended up terribly ill, and we had to put him down. As you can see, our plans fell through. It was a tough time, and only a few weeks away from the start of school. I am so glad that I had, and still have, God on my side. He is my provider, and every time I wanted to throw in the towel, I would just stop – breathe- and remember that I can do ALL things through HIM who gives me strength.

As time went on, we eventually found a place to stay – ONLINE and just prayed about, trusting God with. We went later to check out the apartment, and it ended up being perfect. I knew it had to be the very place God had had in mind all along for Jordan, and me. After that, my car, which had been in the shop for months, was paid for and now working well enough to drive five hours across the state in. In the end, even transportation was taken care of! God worked everything out, just like He says he will in his Word, and for the first time in my life, I actually saw it pan out, and believed it to be true! – Carly H.

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I came to the River Bible Institute with a desire to learn all I could about God, the principles of His kingdom, and how I could effectively live a life on fire for God.  I was not satisfied with where I was, but I knew God recognized my desire to know Him better when He told me to come to RBI, a Bible school I had never heard of.

Since moving to the Tampa area, and being in services of revival, God has already been coming through for me, providing for me.  I did not have a lot of time to make the transition over here, but God lined everything up perfectly.  I graduated with a bachelor’s degree exactly two weeks before RBI orientation, and I was able to secure a work transfer to a store in Riverview.

God is so good.  These past couple weeks of revival and orientation, I’ve noticed an increasing level of boldness in my identity as a son of God, being not ashamed to tell all my new fellow employees that I am here for Bible school.

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I must first say “What an amazing two weeks!”  I listened and watched online the first week then attended live in person at The River the following Wed. morning. His power and presence was there to touch every open heart.  We ordered a complete set of cd’s as a reference for building a strong foundation for the walk of faith to run the race.

For me, I was in a marinade letting the oil breakdown and soften a hardened heart of hurt, and pain I thought was gone, but was really hiding.

On my way to church I dropped off my car at the collision center to replace the front plastic bumper and grill damaged from some road hazard, I thought maybe $500.00 would cover it until they popped the hood and took a look inside. WOW the hidden damage inside the engine compartment was very extensive, brackets, condenser, radiator, arm support yada yada yada. The repair jumped from $500.00 to over $2300.00 and that’s three to four times more to fix what we couldn’t see just looking from the outside. The adjuster asked how long I’ve been driving the car like this, I said “Just over 1 year now.”   He was amazed that everything appeared to be working in the condition it was in.

As the van drove me to church I thought “That was me!” showing a little damage on the outside and a wreck on the inside. “Jesus fix me” I’m hurting, I’m still functioning, but could be sidelined if this isn’t addressed properly. Get in the service Wed. morning, Wed. night, Thurs. morning, Thurs. night, Fri morning, and Fri. night.  MARINATING. I’m feeling the tug for bible school.

So with a Pastoral recommendation I’m back in Bible school…..again . Going to let Jesus work on me …..again. The driver of the van got saved,…. and as for my car….it’s still in the shop……Regis A.

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The end of last week proved that America is ready for a Great Awakening. I’ve been able to serve in many areas at RMI and see the power of God working in and through many people’s lives. Monday night, the 3rd of January, was the first time that I worked in the call center answering Great Awaking prayer calls. There were people calling from all over the United States. I had the privileged of leading people to the Lord, seeing them healed, and baptized in the Holy Spirit. There’s nothing like fulfilling the great commission.

That same week, on Friday, we took a group from our youth and went out soul winning at a local high school. There were about thirteen of us all together. In a couple of hours, we were able to lead 249 people to the Lord! We got to pray with the baseball team, the ROTC, and the drama team! That doesn’t include the many students we got to pray with just walking home. It was so awesome to see young people between the ages of 13-19 out preaching the gospel of Jesus Christ.

On the way home we passed another local high school and noticed that they had some teams practicing as well. We pulled into the parking lot and the coach let us pray with the entire soccer team. Another coach let one of our girls pray with the girl’s basketball team. It’s amazing what God is doing. This is only the beginning. -Erica J

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This week has been amazing; God has been doing awesome things here as we broad cast live from the river at Tampa bay church. The power what is happening here-people around the word are watching and getting tuned in with what we do here as a life style. Different churches are coming on board with us to bring in the harvest of Souls.

In my life personally this week the Holy Spirit really fell on me Wed night service as I pressed in to the presence of God. I feel like that night my spirit man really got hold of the weight and the awesome opportunity that has been set before us as we go live in peoples homes. This is just so awesome I can’t wait to see all that God is going to do in America. – Angela T.

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This week has been amazing. God has used this time in the winter camp meeting in such a miraculous way to work on my heart and character. There has been a time since I feel like I’m fighting against the wall but in this week I finally got my breakthrough. It seems like somehow I have given way to much attention to the things and situations around me that was distracting me all this time long. I was using way to much my head trying to figure out how to solve problems, make everything work and lead my daily walk. God can’t change your situation, character and heart if you are not trusting Him completely.

There is no way to trust God partially.  It is the same about anointing. Pastor Rodney was teaching a lot on anointing this week but nothing will happen if the heart is not open and there is no willingness to yield to the Holy Spirit completely. And is something I was missing out lately. I gave to much place to enemy and my flesh that I lost the point of walking in the anointing on daily basis. And thank you Jesus that He led me back to His roots. Focusing our hearts to the Lord and yielding completely.  –Eddy L.

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Wow is all I can say. These meetings have been so powerful this week. I have been able to press in and make it until the end of all the day meetings and almost every night meeting this week. And God is so good! It’s awesome to see how so many persons lives are being impacted by the Great Awakening and all that God is doing. It’s great to be able to be used by God for a time like this and to be working for a ministry like this – one that is going after souls and reaching the lost.

The testimonies are amazing! People that have never gone out before are going out on the streets and winning souls and you can see that it is real to them and that they have been changed dramatically in their lives. America is finally getting this and soon every believer will have a passion for souls and everybody will be saved and have to confess Jesus Christ as their Lord and Savior.

This week I sowed 2 very precious possessions because I felt the Lord telling me to. Pastor Rodney said at a daytime meeting to detach oneself from the things of the world. I realized that there are some things that I have to let go of, even though they are good to have and there’s no sin in having them. I did 4his because the Lord was telling me to and I felt that I had to do it. When a person can sow a job, benefits of that job, money, instruments, then a pet, and a ring will be easy to sow as well. I learned to be in a constant lifestyle of sowing. Nothing that I have belongs to me, it all belongs to God! Everything I have. He’s done so much for me, that this is the least that I can do.

I really look forward to what the Lord is going to do in February for the Great Awakening! –Tony C.