testimony

My Testimony

God is an AWESOME God!

Hi and God bless you,
I would like to take this opportunity to first give honor to God, who is the head of my life . To my Pastor, Pastor E. Moore, who is not only my spiritual mom who feeds me the Bread of Life, but who is my mentor as well. Also, I would like to give honor to my love, my husband who has been by my side and supporting me as God continues to prune me and shape me into that jewel that He wants me to be.

I would like to take this moment to introduce myself and tell you about me.

My name is Tanisha. I am originally from Leesburg, FL. I currently live in the Tacoma, WA area. I am married to a wonderful man by the name of Johnathan whom I love dearly.

I received the Lord into my life at the age of 15. Because of the choices that I made, I backslid. Within the years of 15 and 28 years old I tried several times to live holy. I could not stay saved for no longer than 3 months to 6 months because I didn't understand salvation nor did I know anything about Spiritual Warfare and Eph 6.
I came back to the Lord "for real" and whole heartedly at the age of 28 (January 2002). When I say whole heartedly I mean that I made up in my mind at the beginning of this walk that no devil in hell was going to separate me from belonging to my Father(Rom.8:35-39).

I do understand that this walk is a day to day fight, but we have to have it in our minds and hearts that for God I live and for God I die and yes I will fight. In the years that I was trying to walk in the way of the Lord, I was doing it "my way". At that time I did not have the mentality that I have now or even in the beginning when I rededicated my life back to Him. The first book that God put in my eyesight was a book called,"Lord, Is it Warfare? Teach Me To Stand" by Kay Arthur. Years before I knew nothing about spiritual warfare as I have explained in the previous paragraph.

It is also a blessing to have a supportive team of leaders and encouraging sisters and brothers. When I made it up in my mind that I was going to rededicate my life I told the sister that invited me to the church that I now recognize the tactics of the enemy and that I am always knocked down and could not finish my dresses in my closet (which was not many) and that if I did decide to walk this walk that they would have to have my back(meaning they would have to be there for support.) And they did just that.

A year later.....!!!

The next year I went through something that was truly for the trying of my faith and that is now a testimony. I overcame this trial victoriously because of the mercy and grace of God.

For years I thought I was not going to ever be able to have a child. At the age of 28 almost 29 years old I was telling God about how my biological clock was ticking. March 2003, I found out that I was pregnant for the first time ever in my life. April 24,2003 I had a miscarriage at 13 weeks. But God is such an awesome God. He saw me through it all. He gave me back my strength that Sunday, April 28th.

Because I had the Lord in my life and a Pastor that cares about the people of God, handling the entire process was not as hard.

When I tell people what happened they can't understand the joy that I still have. But what I tell them is that God will bless again. I know the things that I have learned from this process. Sometimes saints we have to go through some things in order for God to get us to where He wants us to be. We have to continuously remember that this walk is not about us.   Our God is a faithful God and He is just looking for a people that is going to be the same way towards Him no matter what the situation is. But the question is will you still love Him regardless, will the love be even deeper and sweeter than before, and will you continue to stand and fight the good fight of faith. My answer is YES LORD, I WILL.

Shortly after that, God called me to be ordained as a Missionary which took place June of 2003. That will be a day that I will never forget. When this was brought to my attention by my Pastor, I didn't hesitate to say yes because I trust the Holy Spirit that dwells inside of her and I want all that God has for me.
I have to admit that I was nervous at first because I didn't know if I could handle it. I will never forget, my Pastor preached a sermon called," Can you handle it." We may not think that we can handle the call that God has upon our lives, but God knows. It is not up to us to decide whether we can or can not. If you are truly called by God, He will equip you to handle all that He will have you to do. We just have to allow Him to continue to lead and we continue to follow Him.

Doing the work of the ministry has allowed me to be apart of wonderful organizations as well as meet awesome men and women of God. The year of 2004, I must say that the love I have for God is sweeter and sweeter as   the days go by. The love that I have for Him today is not the love that I had for Him yesterday, but it is a sweeter and deeper love. I am not saying that I am perfect and have it all together, but all I know is that I love the Lord with everything that I have and that I am striving for perfection.

I pray that you stay encouraged in the Lord. Pray for me as God continue to mold and make me into what He wants me to be. And remember that all that we do is for the Glory of God!

God bless you!

Psa 40:2- He brought me up also out of an horrible pit,out of the miry clay, and set my feet upon a rock,[and ] established my goings.

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Song: "I will travel MORE ROADS than the earth could hold" by Saneal Fields of Orlando FL.(2005)