I never thought I would sit where I am currently sitting, or know God how I know him, or for that matter even be alive if it weren’t for the effect that Revival Ministries International has had on my life, and the lives of my family. I thank God for Pastors Rodney and Adonica.

I came to live in Tampa two years and one month ago. I moved here with my mom shortly after my father passed away. My dad was a pastor of a Rhema church in Kissimmee Florida. It was a sudden and devastating loss; I was only sixteen years old at the time. I grew up in a Pentecostal church my entire life, but I had never fully received the baptism of the Holy Spirit and I really did not know God. I knew about God but I never knew him as my Heavenly Father. I thought I had a free ticket into heaven because my father was a pastor. I was oblivious to the truth.

When I was 15 years old, my dad, my sister and I went to the Great Awakening Tour in Miami Florida. One night after the service my dad and my sister and I got a chance to talk to Pastor Rodney. While we were talking he told my sister and I that if we ever wanted to attend RBI or RSW that we would have scholarships.

I picked up an RSW pamphlet and started talking to my dad about how I would love to go there one day, but that I wanted to go to Rhema like he did. I had other plans for my self but God knew what he was doing. When I got the scholarship I had no idea that I would one day end up living in Tampa while my mom would attend RBI. Christa J.

As I drove into The River Church for the first time on Sunday evening, August 21, 2011, I knew I was driving into destiny.  Revival for bible school was to start the morning of August 22, 2011 and I wanted to get a glimpse of what was to come.  God had been preparing me all of my life for His work but I didn’t realize it until a few months prior when I heard about the River Bible Institute.  I had no plans to attend bible college, I worked for a banking corporation for over 7 years here in Florida and prior to that I worked for an entertainment company in New York City.  The Lord spoke to my heart back in March of this year and told me to quit my job because I didn’t belong there but I didn’t have a clue at that time where He was leading me.  As I prayed and was seeking direction, the Lord started showing me the River Bible Institute and opened the doors for me to attend.

In these past three weeks I have realized that life is not what it appears to be, there is so much more that I need to learn and understand.  I’ve realized that the Lord loves us very much; we were made in His image and purchased with a price.  God doesn’t desire anyone to be lost, sick or in despair, He wants to show us the way and Jesus is the only way.

And guys, we check out at this point. There’s no parallel to that feeling of being kicked from the inside, not gas, not angina, not heartburn, nothing can take the place of that.

He also told me that in my natural mind some of the things he’s spoken to me on I can’t even grasp, but to take a step back and see them from a spiritual perspective and they all make sense. And when I did that very thing I literally was at a loss for words of how good God is. He continues to leave me speechless and just when I think I know him he goes even deeper.

Thursday morning when the spirit of giving broke loose in the morning service The Lord told me to give my promise ring away. That was my Alabaster Box, the most beautiful gift given to me by my father when I was 13 years old when I made a covenant with him to remain pure. A gift that I never took off my finger and never compromised on. Giving it away meant more than anyone could imagine, and I fought with God on it. But when I did what He told me to do I felt such freedom. And God promised me from that day forward that I would never lack, I would always be taken care of, and he would meet my needs beyond what I can comprehend and I firmly believe it.

I know that God has called me here, and I know this is just the beginning of the great things he is going to do. If we just yield to Him and place our life in His hands, it promises us a life of promise. It promises us a life of supernatural blessing and favor.

I won’t live in lack, I’ll live in excess. And in that excess I’ll bless those around me with what he has given to me. And I won’t stop telling people about Jesus. Because just like Acts 20:24 says, “But my life is worth nothing to me unless I use it for finishing the work assigned me by the Lord Jesus–the work of telling others the Good News about the wonderful grace of God.” I promise to live that scripture through until my last breath.

Thank you Pastor Rodney for being such a blessing to me and my family. Your vision has impacted my life and imparted into me such great things and will continue to. You truly are a Man after God’s heart and I love you for that.

And the woman will say, “Feel my tummy!”  “Feel my tummy” and I would feel and I could feel it, “Oh!” and he does somersaults and half-gainers and flips and everything and he’s going back and forth or she’s going back and forth and then it progresses and then one day labor began.

When I first heard about The River School, I thought to myself I have to go. I wanted a change and I knew this school was perfect for me. Right when I started the school from day one I noticed a change in myself. Throughout the days I was always walking in the spirit all day long. Starting my mornings with worship, prayer, and teachings definitely impacted me. I feel like I am always connected spiritually and that is how I wanted it to be. Even though I have my church that I go to three times a week and I am very involved and I was raised that way, I still felt like I was still being renewed.

Awesome feeling! I felt the knowledge and wisdom pouring into me each morning I came to school. It changed my attitude in some things and the way I thought. It was and is an eye opener each day I come. This is just the beginning and it has made such a difference in my life. I always wanted to feel the spirit of joy and when I started coming to this school I finally experienced it. It was such a blessing! I also had to go out there and preach the gospel and save some souls, something I never saw myself do. Now I love doing it. I love talking to people about the word of God and what he has done in my life and that there is a God out there whether they want to believe it or not.

This school has broken fears in me I never thought I had. I’m so blessed to be able to come to a school that helps me know God more and teaches me how I should be in order to please the all mighty God. I definitely can’t wait for what’s in store for me for the next few months in this school. God is and always will be in control in my life.

And I believe that labor is appropriately named, don’t you? Said that when a woman goes through labor it’s like taking your bottom lip and stretching it over your head (laughter from audience)

Where to begin…… I have been touched by the Holy Ghost many many times and love the Lord so very much, but had never actually felt the burning heat of the fire of God. I want it ALL to where I am beside myself.   Therefore, I am determined to press in. So I told the Lord I want more, I need more, give me ALL you have for me. My goal is to poured out so He can fill me, burning in me to flow out of me to touch and transform others!

Then, as I have taken care of areas  that God has spoken about and continue to open my heart, I have started to receive the actual fire.   As Pastor ran around the church  and passed by  where I was sitting on Sunday morning, the fire started to fall on me and has been increasing.  Glory to God!

In January at the winter camp meeting, God had spoken to me to give my husbands wedding ring.  I gave it to my daughter, Danae.  She came over to me the other morning and told me she was giving his ring to the Lord.  That broke me, as I realized I had given it to her to keep it.  He then dealt with me to give my wedding rings.  Why? So I’m not holding onto the past. It’s freedom!  What happened in the past is that, you remember but not hold it or let it hold you.

I have always been concerned by the finances, even though God has always supplied for us.  Have been being released from the concern and the battle in my mind. All that I have, even all of my needs are given to Him…..Marjorie W.

Labor lasts on an average of two to twelve hours. I’ve been there, not in labor myself, but I’ve felt that way with my wife. Labor happens, then the delivery!

Now, however, I welcome it. The feeling of a bigger purpose is back in my life. And this school is exactly what my life needs: discipline and the anointing.  It’s also a good feeling to know I’m going to complete what I started.  When I was unable to continue in the internship 1 1/2 years ago, the attack that came against my thought life was intense. “Hope deferred makes the heart grow sick…” (Proverbs 13:12).

The greatest message ever preached contained three words: “Never give up!”  I know at times I go the long way around life, but God proves Himself to be faithful when I don’t give up.  “They that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength…” (Isaiah 40:31a). “Now faith is…” (Hebrews 11:!).  Faith is now.  Faith is today.  It is hope activated.  Being back in Bible school has caused hope to rise up in me again with a determination to run the race the Lord has set before me.

The entangling of sin in one’s life truly is clever and deceitful.  It simply takes what’s right in your life and subtly adds a little extra weight here, and a little weight there.  You don’t recognize the added “burden” in your life until symptoms appear. I thank God for this opportunity to be here.  In these short few weeks, clarity of mind is back, weights are gone, and the crooked path has been made straight….Margaret W.

And guys, for those who’ve been in the delivery room and have watched the birth of a baby. You’re talking about an overwhelming experience!

In the call center the atmosphere was charged with The Glory of God!  I’m happy to report that I had 10 salvations and 1 Baptism in the Holy Ghost!

One of the calls that I took really stood out to me I got smacked and with a tremendous touch from heaven and all I could think at the moment is this caller must be some one so special that God was going to use in a very significant way.  The Spirit of God was so strong I had to hold back from weeping so that I could do my job any way the lady felt God’s touch upon her and she was receiving.

The tangible presence of God has become a part of my life and now every week that I serve in the call center I’m seeing Him manifest through the phone lines to meet the needs of the callers and what an honor and a privilege to be the one rescuing people and bringing them on board.

I am so excited about the freedom that I have been given to be a life line to people from all over the country.

What also is amazing to me I could feel God lifting me up to be able to serve the entire 2 shifts in the call center and that is awesome.  We can do all things through Christ that strengthens us.  Amen!

Also at the bank I lead the 2 tellers to Jesus and one of them was soon to have a baby and she allowed me to pray for her and I was so blessed to see how encouraged and receptive both of them were.  One think I know for sure is that people respond to the love of God. -Margarita J

An experience that you can’t even put into words, seeing the baby born, hearing the first cry, when the doctor takes the baby and gives the baby to the mom for that first instant.

This past week at the Great awakening meetings its been amazing! God is so awesome! People coming all over United States to be in these meetings! People are hungry for the fire of God! One touch from the Master hand your whole life will change!

I want to tell you about this one day, my cousin and I wanted to go to Wal-Mart also known as Soul mart to go soul winning! On the way there we saw these two people walking on the sidewalk and i stop in the parking lot. My cousin ran over to them, and use the soul winning script and one of them got saved. I was sitting in the truck and all of sudden I saw a lady and she had a walker. I got her attention and went threw the Gospel Soul winning script and she got saved! Than i ask her what was wrong with her leg, she said she has pain in her left leg. So I  told her what the Word of God says and how Jesus is our healer! So i prayed and the Lord totally healed her and she got filled with the Holy Ghost! She was walking without the cane and speaking in tongues! Praise God!! She had the biggest smile on her face! God is so good!! Than her husband was in the van and he got saved! He had cancer, so we prayed for him and the Lord touch him. I believe he is healed!

Thank you Lord!

So just on the way to Wal-Mart people were everywhere! Souls were getting saved! We finally get to Wal-Mart and by the end of the day we believed to meet are soul goal and that was 30, we ended up with 36!! Praise God!!

These meetings are a must go! If you come God will touch you with his fire and put a passion in the inside of you for him and for souls! And allow God to use you and be apart of this great awakening in America!! -Jordan H.

Most of us take photographs and while Lisa was giving birth, the doctor was looking at me closer than, “Are you breathing okay, dad? Are you alright?

This week has been awesome being able to serve great men and women of god. Watching the pastor explode with his vision, being refreshed by the Holy Spirit as I am pressing in and having my eyes open more and more to the vision. Just as I was typing this someone called it was the wrong number, he was a Muslim a asked him if any one ever told you god loves you and as a wonderful plan for your life he said yes than I asked if he was sure he’d go to heaven he said I hope so.

So I led him in to the gospel soul winning script and he said the prayer. He said he was not expecting the call thank you very much. This is what I’m talking about I’ve been over flowing with joy growing in the things of god feels like I’m going to ex-plod. Feels like a big party for Jesus. My daughter has been on the phones praying for people everyone has been pressing in. it’s been a great week.  –Kelly S.

Nausea?” and I was going back and forth and I had the Polaroid and I took all these pictures of the wall and lights and I was losing it under pressure.

This week was amazing! It blew my mind! Pastor Rodney called me the flower girl from Hawaii. It was funny! But the highlight was when he called me up to pray for me. That was a big deal because I was terrified of Pastor Rodney. God has the perfect timing! I was permitted to receive a touch from God because I was open to it. Before I really was not. So that was amazing for me because really God broke me of that fear. Then Tuesday I was in Kids Church but then they moved me to go help in the call center. But they had enough help, so I did data entry. That was amazing to me because I felt like I was really apart of something bigger than myself.

I got to look at peoples prayer requests and as I read them, just seeing how it was from people all over the world…it made me appreciate the work of the ministry. Something that the Holy Spirit was teaching me during the meetings I got to sit in was how important it is to be a soul winner. It made me reflect on my passion for souls. Had I lost the fire? In some ways I did. I took my eyes off of Jesus and put them on myself. I was focusing on the problems and issues of my own heart.

This week was amazing! It blew my mind! Pastor Rodney called me the flower girl from Hawaii. It was funny! But the highlight was when he called me up to pray for me. That was a big deal because I was terrified of Pastor Rodney. God has the perfect timing! I was permitted to receive a touch from God because I was open to it. Before I really was not. So that was amazing for me because really God broke me of that fear. Then Tuesday I was in Kids Church but then they moved me to go help in the call center. But they had enough help, so I did data entry. That was amazing to me because I felt like I was really apart of something bigger than myself.

I got to look at peoples prayer requests and as I read them, just seeing how it was from people all over the world…it made me appreciate the work of the ministry. Something that the Holy Spirit was teaching me during the meetings I got to sit in was how important it is to be a soul winner. It made me reflect on my passion for souls. Had I lost the fire? In some ways I did. I took my eyes off of Jesus and put them on myself. I was focusing on the problems and issues of my own heart.

God just gave me some freedom that night because I began to get fired up for souls! Then when I got home, I saw my friends on facebook and I see how passionless they are for the things of God, how passionless they are for souls…and it just gets me upset! I called some of them up and preached to them! I needed them to feel the fire as well! –Gloria C.

Kind of like the Lord’s Prayer ten years ago. But I have a picture of both of our children. Who is almost six months.