Tommy writes:
My wife and I are very excited over the personal breakthroughs we received from the recent marriage conference. I am very pleased to report that the old wounds and issues we both brought from our past have been either broken, or exposed and dealt with!! Glory!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
When we first decided to attempt to come, we knew our finances would make this trip near impossible. My wife told me to cancel my days off and plan for another activity, but Jesus didn't have the final say yet! He told me in one of the clearest voices I have ever heard the Lord speak to me, to keep my days off. He also told me to contact the church and ask to be included on the sponsorship list. I was contacted after leaving a voice mail and told we were ninth on the waiting list and that other sponsorship was pending. When I got the call that we had our spot –it was a happy day!
We still did not have the finances to get a hotel room, but I told my wife it was important enough that we sacrifice sleep and drive to the conference from Atlanta for a few days. It was grueling, and we even got into a disagreement on the way home the first night, but again, Jesus wasn't finished!
We continued in the conference and learned that we were not listening to each other. We also learned that our past issues, combined with our unrealistic expectations of marriage were causing a rift in our relationship.
Let me state here that my wife and I did not have a real honeymoon. And on the way to the conference I mentioned how we should plan to have a honey moon of some sort.
After listening to Apostle Ron and Hope, we started applying a lot of the principles learned to our situations, and we learned to ask forgiveness not only of God, but of each other. We made a conscious decision to become role models for our children, and turn it around!!
I am pleased to report not only are our financial prospects turning around, but more importantly, we look forward to hearing from each other and seeing each other every day. I know this doesn't sound sexy pastor, but if you knew where we came form just 3 weeks ago, you would see that that is a miracle!
In closing, I mentioned we wanted to plan a honey moon… Well on the way home, my wife turned to me and said "We don't need to plan a honey moon, we just had ours!"
Thank you Lord Jesus for your healing and your grace, thank you Apostle's Ron and Hope for your dedication toward healing marriages. Your love helped save our marriage!
Maggie Writes:
I watched the DVD of the night you were ministering (Friday) with my family at home. It was so powerful and so overly abundant in content. I thank the Lord that we as a church have been blessed with you as a living fountain of Word to us. You are not just saying the Word you're living it and we as a Body so need more people who are real. We are so empowered by having leaders like you (you and Apostle Ron). I could not see myself anywhere else but in Redemption. I brought seven women with me that night, three were unsure if they were going to make it but they were there and they had never heard you speak or for that matter come to a woman's conference before. The conversations that went on after the conference were filled with so much praise, awe and gratitude to what God had brought in to their lives. They will never be the same again. Thank you thank you thank you for making yourself available, for letting the Lord take reign of your life and remaining who God made you to be. Thank you.
Kristine writes:
Saturday night, Darlene Bishop shared a powerful principle. I knew that this was a powerful personal Word for my husband and I and for our church. I got home at 1:00 am from the conference Saturday night and shared some of the highlights with my husband. I told him there was something I learned that would be very important for us to implement, but I was just too tired to share it at the moment.
He said, "Well, something great happened for me while you all were gone. I was laying on your side of the bed praying for all the ladies that went to the conference. I prayed, 'God, please help them receive a word from you, please protect them, give them peace in their marriages, homes, etc.' and God stopped me cold." I was facing away from my husband in the bed with my eyes closed, and my eyes came open as he continued. "God said to me, 'Who am I to you? What kind of relationship do we have? Stop begging for the things that you need.'" Now, I was wide-eyed. He continued, "God told me to start thanking Him for all that He was going to do - calling things that are not as though they are!" I jumped up and started jumping on the bed in front of him. "That's what I was going to share with you!" "That's the exact word that God spoke to us this weekend!" We talked for another hour or so and as I drifted off to sleep, I felt like the Lord was saying to me, "Thanks, girl, but I don't need your help! I'll tell him myself" I'm so thankful that He did, but I did remind the Lord that he was on my side of the bed when the revelation came! Ha! Ha!
Anonymous:
I just wanted to say how very much I enjoyed your sermon last night, and I wanted to say how you are so much more beautiful than your pictures on the bulletin and in the video's. You have a glow about you that the pictures just can't capture.
I just recently joined the church, and I wanted be one of the Hope Ladies, but hadn't had a chance to come to your meetings. I came to the Pentecostal Convention last night, and I heard you speak and sing for the first time, and since hearing your sermon, I am so happy that I joined RWOC. I am so glad that I have a pastor (you) that is real! You have lived on the same planet as the rest of us, with a real devil.
Thank you for the way your arms extend to all sinners! I too, was very wretched before Jesus! Right now, I believe my daughter-a stripper; at "Platinum Plus", will walk upright in the fullness of Jesus! Please pray for her and those like her, there in that place. She only sees the ugly side of men. She doesn't know to be respected like the daughter of God. I love your Spirit, and I hope I can be a blessing to you and Ron.
Susan writes:
Hi! My name is Susan and I live near Atlantic Beach, NC. I have a friend from Raleigh, NC who attended your women's conference recently. I would like to tell you she said it was wonderful, and I guess she did...... but she couldn't speak in English for two days! AND when she finally could speak..... she was speechless! All she could say was it was 1. AWESOME and 2. everything we had been talking about and crying out to God for! Praise God. Since then we (my friends and I) have been saying we have GOT to go! Every time we listen to the sermons on-line, we say we have got to go! But time, distance, and money have hindered us. Until now, I think....at least for me! I have to travel to Kentucky and I'm choosing to drive. I'm praying I'll be able stop by your church for Wednesday's service.
Teresa writes:
Where do I start?????????????????? Apostle Hope, I'm a RWOC member and I have attended all of your Women's Conferences, but I must say by far this has been the most LIFE CHANGING event I have attended thus far. God really used You and Apostle in a mighty way! When asked….. How was the conference, by those who did not attend? All I could do is shake my head and say OH MY GOD…………it was so powerful….everyone was on one accord and came expecting! I just want to take time to say thank you for being obedient and allowing God to use you as always……..and to ALL of those that helped to make this event a BLAST…………………THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! The Purification Ceremony!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Oh, My!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Get ready for a POWERFUL PRAISE REPORT TO FOLLOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I WILL PAY THE PRICE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Terri writes:
Preach it sister!! You were so "ON" tonight!! of course you are always "ON" aren't you.... I cried the first 10 minutes of the meeting just watching you in your perfect placement. I tell you when I get to experience people in their anointing it wells me up. Then once I got settled down from that, worship began and I cried because I was so happy to have Lena there. I know it was the intro meeting but Lena and I were closer than we had been in months. I was laying hands on her like I had not done in months and she even leaned over and kissed me on the cheek. I felt I had a daughter for the first time in a long time. She really "got" you and what you were talking about and that warmed me up to her. So often she is so disconnected and my flesh struggles with that so we get farther and farther apart but tonight we both tuned in and shared in the moment. She had not really wanted to come tonight and I fought my fleshly reactions and kept on course.
Free Indeed Conference: Apostle Hope, I have to tell you how much you touched my heart in your message. It was so powerful, and I truly did become "Free Indeed." I wept from places that I had never wept from in my life! I had never felt so light and free! You were talking about inequities passed down from generations, from parents, and grandparents... And I had heard about generational curses for years, but that day during your message, it became real. A light went off and told me that this was what I was dealing with and that I DIDN'T have to deal with it anymore, Praise God! Anyway, I just wanted to say thank you! You are such a dynamic, anointed speaker! May the Lord continue to open doors and use you to change peoples lives! Love & prayers, - Marsha
Free Indeed Conference: Praise God for the WOH, Free Indeed Conference where we were fed life transforming information. God taught us how to deal with the opposition from within and without. The Power of God was in the conference last year and this year was truly phenomenal. The WOH conferences have been a divine appointment. Just in time. Praise the Lord and thank you for serving Him. Love & prayers, - Jane
Free Indeed Conference: Praise God for the changes He brought about in me during the WOH, Free Indeed Conference! I was able to lay my burdens down and walk away free! Hallelujah! All four messages were powerful and life-transforming. I'm looking forward to next year's WOH conference! God Bless Apostle Hope, and the WOH/RWOC staff for all their work and prayers to present these conference. - Adina H.
Praise Report: Preach it sister!! You were so "ON" tonight!! of course you are always "ON" aren't you.... I cried the first 10 minutes of the meeting just watching you in your perfect placement. I tell you when I get to experience people in their anointing it wells me up. Then once I got settled down from that, worship began and I cried because I was so happy to have Lena there. I know it was the intro meeting but Lena and I were closer than we had been in months. I was laying hands on her like I had not done in months and she even leaned over and kissed me on the cheek. I felt I had a daughter for the first time in a long time. She really "got" you and what you were talking about and that warmed me up to her. So often she is so disconnected and my flesh struggles with that so we get farther and farther apart but tonight we both tuned in and shared in the moment. She had not really wanted to come tonight and I fought my fleshly reactions and kept on course. Love you, Terri Marshall
Praise Report: Your people astounded me. They all were ready for worship BEFORE the worship started! You didn't need to "pump them up"! Thanks for the dates to the next conference; we are all planning on attending. Also, we'll be watching the website to see any upcoming events. My only issue now is ..... I want to move to Greenville!
God Bless - Susan Carter
Testimony: Dear Apostle Hope, I watched the dvd of the night you were ministering (friday) with my family at home. It was so powerful and so overly abundant in content. I thank the lord that we as a church have been blessed with you as a living fountain of word to us. You are not just saying word you're living it and we as a body so need more people who are real. We are so empowered by having leaders like you (you and Apostle Ron). I could not see myself anywhere else but in Redemption. I brought seven women with me that night, three were unsure if they were going to make it but they were there and they had never heard you speak or for that matter come to a woman's conference before. The conversations that went on after the conference were filled with so much praise, awe and grattitude to what God had brought in to their lives. They will never be the same again. Thank you thank you thank you for making yourself available, for letting the lord take reign of your life and remaining who God made you to be. Thank you. Sincerely - Maggie Rivera
WOH Conference (Testimony): Saturday night, Darlene Bishop shared a powerful principle. She said that she was praying and telling God all of her needs when God stopped her and said, "You insult me when you tell me what you need. My word says that I know what you have need of before you even ask. Stop telling me your needs and tell me your desires." She then began to thank God for all the things that He was going to do on her behalf. I knew that this was a powerful personal word for my husband and I and for our church. I got home at 1:00 am from the conference Saturday night and shared some of the highlights with my husband. I told him there was something I learned that would be very important for us to implement, but I was just too tired to share it at the moment.
He said, "Well, something great happened for me while you all were gone. I was laying on your side of the bed praying for all the ladies that went to the conference. I prayed, 'God, please help them receive a word from you, please protect them, give them peace in their marriages, homes, etc.' and God stopped me cold." I was facing away from my husband in the bed with my eyes closed, and my eyes came open as he continued. "God said to me, 'Who am I to you? What kind of relationship do we have? Stop begging for the things that you need.'" Now, I was wide-eyed. He continued, "God told me to start thanking Him for all that He was going to do - calling things that are not as though they are!" I jumped up and started jumping on the bed in front of him. "That's what I was going to share with you!" "That's the exact word that God spoke to us this weekend!" We talked for another hour or so and as I drifted off to sleep, I felt like the Lord was saying to me, "Thanks, girl, but I don't need your help! I'll tell him myself" I'm so thankful that He did, but I did remind the Lord that he was on my side of the bed when the revelation came! Ha! Ha! Thank you for a wonderful, powerful, life changing weekend! Much Love, Pastor Kristine Morgan - Sonrise Tabernacle, Fort Mill, SC
Praise Report: I just wanted to say how very much I enjoyed your sermon last night, and I wanted to say how you are so much more beautiful than your pictures on the bulletin and in the video's. You have a glow about you that the pictures just can't capture. I just recently joined the church, and I wanted be one of the Hope Ladies, but hadn't had a chance to come to your meetings. I came to the Pentecostal Convention last night, and I heard you speak and sing for the first time, and since hearing your sermon, I am so happy that I joined RWOC. I am so glad that I have a pastor (you) that is real! You have lived on the same planet as the rest of us, with a real devil.
Thank you for the way your arms extend to all sinners! I too, was very wretched before Jesus! Right now, I believe my daughter-a stripper; at "Platinum Plus", will walk upright in the fullness of Jesus! Please pray for her and those like her, there in that place. Especially for tomorrow, October 8, when she will be coming to RWOC with me for the last sermon, after she has worked all night as a stripper. She only sees the ugly side of men. She doesn't know to be respected like the daughter of God. I love your Spirit, and I hope I can be a blessing to you and Ron.
Love in Christ, Imogene Frazier
Praise Report: Hi! My name is Susan and I live near Atlantic Beach, NC. I have a friend from Raleigh, NC who attended your women's conference recently. I would like to tell you she said it was wonderful, and I guess she did...... but she couldn't speak in English for two days! AND when she finally could speak..... she was speechless! All she could say was it was 1. AWESOME and 2. everything we had been talking about and crying out to God for! Praise God. Since then we (my friends and I) have been saying we have GOT to go! Every time we listen to the sermons on-line, we say we have got to go! Hope to see you soon! God Bless - Susan Carter last updated: 3/22/2007 9:18:55 AM
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