CHANGED LIVES OF HARVEST CHURCH

Praise God! Hallelujah!

I want to give God an interim praise report because, although my testimony is still unfolding, He has already shown Himself faithful.

For about 12 years, I have prayed and worked toward relocating to the city where I believed God was leading me. This has been a long journey filled with preparation, disappointment, perseverance, and unwavering faith. I seemed like it was never going to happen.

Recently, I had the privilege of participating in commencement for my master's program in the very city where I have long desired to live and be fruitful. During this process, I was also waiting on the outcome of a financial aid appeal that came with 3 denials and an overwhelming process that required a lot of pushback and fighting. This approval would provide the resources needed to help transition my children and me into this next chapter; yet I kept getting denied.

During a counseling session a few weeks ago, I was on a time crunch and only had three days to figure out an answer on whether or not I should return back home or extend my stay to start planning my life in the city that I’ve always wanted to be in . Well, Bishop Kevin Foreman shared that there were three possible outcomes to my appeal: God could say "yes," God could say "no," or there could be something in the middle. At that time, I had been told I would have to wait two to three weeks for an answer.

Instead, the next day after prayer, I received my decision.

While the amount approved wasn't everything I had hoped for, but it was a clear reminder that God was moving.

Since then, the remaining portions of the appeal have continued moving through the approval process, and I am now simply waiting for everything to be finalized.

Even more exciting, God has opened doors professionally that I have prayed about for years.

I have received 2 job offers:

A part-time leadership teaching position at my university.

A year-long leadership training and executive development opportunity that includes a sign-on bonus to help me transition my family as I prepare to relocate.

These opportunities represent more than employment: they represent answered prayer, confirmation, and the beginning of the next chapter God has been preparing me for.

The story is not over yet. There are still pieces, logistics, and final approvals that I am believing God to complete.

But today, I refuse to wait until every chapter is written before I give thanks and praise!

Today, I praise Him because He has already begun.

Shalom Bishop and Harvest!  I am so thankful and happy to announce some of the BEST NEWS I have ever received and I give all the Praise and Honor to God for HE has been sooo GOOD TO ME AND HAS NEVER FAILED ME!!!  

Ever since joining Harvest I have been praying for my entire household to be saved and serving-specifically at Harvest because I know here we are blessed to have a true Man of God who will properly feed, teach, and encourage.  His words do not fall to the ground according to 1Samuel 3:19, and we can trust our Bishop's leadership because he ALWAYS sticks to the Bible!!!  WE CAN TEST THAT AND RUN THAT.  I also know that any work done for the Kingdom of God here really counts because of Bishop's dedication to serving the Lord, doing GOD'S Will (not his own), and leading us correctly.  Since being here-EVERYTHING taught at Harvest is tried AND true.

In the past, as my children grew up (they are now all young adults) we didn't have a church home yet, so I would try to do all I could to have bible study, and church at home -while praying for their salvation over and over again.   I would go to the parts of the Bible that spoke of salvation, my children would say they believed, but still deep down I would wonder if this was actually "correct" or appropriate.  Once joining Harvest, I learned of targeted prayer lists (TPLs) and added this specifically to all of them including when they were updated.

Well, after coming home from work yesterday (while finishing dinner) I found out from my daugher that SHE RAISED HER HAND IN THE CHAT AND TYPED "IT'S ME" during Wednesday live Bible Study!!  I WAS NOT ONLY PLEASANTLY SURPRISED, BUT ALSO VERY RELIEVED HALLELUJAH!!! This is a true dream come true, and now I can REST in my spirit about this for her knowing that God will finish what HE started in her!  

Just to give more context, her salvation was especially concerning for me because certain relatives tried to negatively influence her for years, and even manipulated her into not attending church at Harvest specifically.  This ridiculousness contributed negatively to other recent personal struggles which also seemed to try to infiltrate my daughter's thinking and heart mindset.  As recently as this past weekend, I was praying and holding onto God's promises in ISAIAH 49:25. "But the LORD says, “The captives of warriors will be released, and the plunder of tyrants will be retrieved. For I will fight those who fight you, and I will save your children."; and in ISAIAH 54:13, "And all thy children shall be taught of the Lord, and great shall be the peace of thy children."

I see that as The Master signing the plan himself like a King would sign a decree. I love you, Lord. Thank you for speaking to me and guiding me. I pray that all I do brings you glory and that I am a good and faithful servant all my life.

Thank you, Adonai.

Timeline: Instruction targeted prayer list 5-11-26. I made the list 5-12-26. Student loan discharge 5-27-26 after years of no movement. Received official email 6-11-26.

All praise 🙌🏾 be to God for the things that He has done!

Shalom Bishop and Harvest!  I want to continually Thank God and give Him all Glory and HONOR DUE HIM for ALL that HE has done for me!  

I stepped out on faith last week by walking away from a newly acquired position due to a grossly unfair payscale that would've not only caused me exorbitant amounts of stress, but also would've forced me to work on Sundays, and I WANT TO BE FREE for the live messages on that day.   

The confidence to do this was definitely NOT easy nor simple because it was the first postion I was hired for after applying to over 78 jobs in less than 1 month, and all of my bills are excruciatinly late!  FICO score went down and I stopped having access to all my credit cards.  AND, the worst part of all this was that my bank cut off my ability to sow directly as I was doing before! AND ALL OF THIS HAPPENED AFTER MY SACRIFICIAL SEED! BUT THE DEVIL IS A LIAR!

I said within myself to remain determined to NOT WORRY AND DETERMINED NOT TO BELIEVE UNTRUTHS ABOUT WHAT GOD IS DOING IN MY LIFE!!!  LIKE THE THE SHUNAMITE WOMAN ALL IS WELL AND GOD WILL SUPPLY ALL MY NEEDS ACCORDING TO HIS RICHES AND GLORY!!!

I kept (AND KEEP) making declarations, decreeing;watching the daily pop-ups, still serving, and remaining aware of not making negative confessio?!  I KNOW I AM RESTORED DOUBLE JUST LIKE WE'VE BEEN TAUGHT!  (I apologize for not having receipts but Harvest you KNOW Bishop teaches all these DAILY)

I also have been doing as Bishop advises when we cannot sow which is to write it down, and make a vow to faithfully give.  I ABSOLUTELY LOVE BEING A FAITHFUL GIVER and have been so since coming to Harvest.  THIS WILL RESUME AND THIS ASSYRIAN I WILL NEVER SEE AGAIN-HALLELUJAH!

Meanwhile-as a gift someone blessed me with Bishop's new HISTORY MAKERS book and along with using this book I have been praying, fasting, and rewriting wrong beliefs  and making all the declarations etc.  I REFUSE TO STAY in these chronic loop stresses anymore! 

INTERNALLY I have been growing exponentially-HALLELUJAH!  I have improved so much to pinpoint emotional downward spirals and journaling just like the advice the book gives.  IT IS MAKING THE DIFFERENCE IN MY LIFE!  BUT....

I STILL HAD NOT FOUND A JOB YET, AND RENT IS DUE.  WAS GOD IGNORING ME? 

I was trying all I could do to downcast ANY thoughts about that, and God PROVIDED A MIRACULOUS AND PERSONAL WORD TO SHOW ME THAT HE IS DEFINITELY NOT IGNORING ME!.  Still, I was increasingly concerned about when LORD?   and WHY? WHAT should I be learning from all this?  Then Bishop talked about JEHOVAH EL OHEKA being with us WHEREVER WE GO, and this WORD STUNNED MY SENSES to my core!!!  

I WAS someone who WAS in a constant stress loop about making mistakes!

Along with the book, this teaching is STOPPING that WRONG thinking because it is helping me to understand (along with Bishop's LGMs) that no MATTER what I do, say, or what decisions I make including wheter or not the timing is right, GOD IS WITH ME WHEREVER I GO.  I don't have to get it right nor be perfect!  Just for contextual reference my personal (childhood etc.) background  WAS if I made mistakes-it typically meant a tragedy of sorts whether financial, physical or otherwise.  Just like the book is teaching me also, I was shaped that way and have to rewrite all of this!  

NOW, WHAT DOES THIS HAVE TO DO WITH FINDING EMPLOYMENT?  

Well, all that I just described made me emboldened to get more SPECIFIC about what I want, and once I started peeling back the layers and dust of all that WRONG  thinking I started praying for those things SPECIFICALLY THEN MAKE NEW DECLARATIONS AND DECREES.  Not saying, "YES" to any position that seemed like it would take care of my financial responsibities-or accepting what may stress me later. 

Then YESTERDAY, ONLY 1 HOUR after Dr. Bishop Bright gave us that awesome teaching on giving Honor when and where it is due to God and our Mog- (BTW-I raised my hands toward the screen to "touch and agree")  I received a call from the owner of the place where I interviewed a week ago AND WAS HIRED ON THAT PHONE CALL!  I particulary desired this position deep in my heart because it was stress free (as I really enjoy the work and environment), and it will give me training in a field that I used to want to go into for myself some years back-but I gave up that dream and forgot about it "thinking" I would never be able to do it. It is totally unrelated to what I thought I should do now, but it is a long lost dream in a business that thrives no matter what the economy is doing, and is a great platform for earning more skills and experience that I need for entrepreneurship later.

I see now that this all was to strengthen me INTERNALLY so that I could move DIFFERENTLY AND CONFIDENTLY TO MOVE INTO MY NEXT.

I KNOW THAT ALL MY FINANCES ARE RECOVERED AND ALL IS WELL IN YESHUA'S NAME AMEN!  I CANNOT WAIT TO SUBMIT THAT PRAISE REPORT!!!!!

Shalom Bishop and Harvest and HALLELUJAH!  THANK YOU YESHUA-WON'T GOD DO IT HARVEST?!!! 

After Command Your Week Prayer today, (and in a reel I saw this morning), Bishop said that we will live in answered prayers from now on including  through this week.

In literally LESS THAN 3 HOURS later, we just got news just now in an email that my daughter got into a highly sought after work develpment and college prepatory program at an accredited and respected college.  This is truly Amazing because only 25 students are accepted into this program each school year!  On top of that-she automatically receives a FULL scholarship so there are NO COSTS associated with attending this college program.   WE LIVE IN ANATHOTH! 

This is news that we have been waiting and praying for a few weeks, and this will GREATLY assist her in moving forward to COMPLETE independent adult life. 

WE ARE OVERJOYED AND THANK YOU GOD SOOO MUCH!!!! THANK YOU JESUS!!!

Harvest, we must ALSO THANK GOD FOR OUR MAN OF GOD WHO'S WORDS DO NOT FALL TO THE GROUND ACCORDING TO 1 SAMUEL 3:19!  HARVEST WE HAD AN AWESOME FATHER'S DAY IN BOTH OUR HEAVENLY FATHER AND OUR SPIRITUAL FATHER IN WHOM THE LORD GAVE US TO TEACH AND GUIDE US SO THAT WE WALK IN PERPETUAL VICTORY AS HISTORY MAKERS IN OUR GOD YEAR AND EVERY YEAR!

We love you and appreciate you Bishop Foreman!

I have been praying for the past few months for my mother to find a job by August. She’s been wanting a job and is recovering from a hard layoff. The plan was for her to get a good paying job by August so I took it up in The Holy Spirit and even wrote it down in my targeted prayer list. She has secured her job with a good salary AND benefits and is working full time, two months before our projected date. God said “AND SUDDENLY” because she has been through many many interviews. Give praise to The Lord and shout His name! The earth is The Lord’s and the FULLNESS therefor.

Glory be to Yah!  I give him all of the praise, honor and glory!  He has been better to me than I have ever been to myself!

He keeps me daily!  He kept me through DEI downsizing, unemployment denials, eligibility reviews and appeal hearings.  He ensured through it all I had a place to stay and my bills were paid! When my car broke down I was still able to get around and I was even able to get a new (to me) one.

Through all of the push and pull, ups and downs,  I didn't lose my mind or my hope! because I was able to get some rest and come to terms with the fact that although things were going to be different it could still be peaceful. (Glory)

I started out balancing my life on a mustard seed of faith and He has allowed it to grow into a rock.  A rock that is now the foundation of my hope for my next.  My next new streams of income, new beginning and new place to call home.

Shalom Bishop and Harvest!  This praise report is very short but I just have to stop and give God all the praise before going to sleep tonight!  HE DESERVES ALL THE PRAISE AND ALL THE GLORY BELONGS TO HIM! 

Praise One:  I have recently been able to increase my serving at Harvest and am so blessed and very thankful for the privilege!  I am also very grateful for the awesome impact that Harvest Church has made in mine and my family's lives in every way, and God truly blessed us with a Bishop who's words do not fall to the ground. THANK YOU MAN OF GOD FOR TEACHING US THE TRUE LIVING WORD OF GOD!   

Praise Two:  I was just hired today by a company that will help me learn signifcant information about a field that I was recently certified in but could not find a job related to it-UNTIL NOW!  (TYJ again!) 

Praise Three:  My family and I are going on vacation for the first time in almost 20 years!  HALLELUJAH!  I know there aren't many details, and I will submit another version with all the bells and whistles soon-and when it's not at bed time and so late lol.  But I just had to stop all I was doing to RIGHT NOW give God All the Glory while it was on my mind! 

Shalom Harvest Family,

I am very excited about the series we are in (habits) because I know for a fact there are some habits that have been holding back my forward progress but I have had difficulty changing them. This inspired me to pick one habit per week this month that I know needs to go and to seek God with all my heart regarding any roots still present that need to be addressed causing that behavior. I started with the habit I wanted to see change in the most and within 2 days the Lord gave me so much revelation. Glory to God.

A part of that process included the Lord urging me to finish reading Sins of the Father. I've had that book over a year and started so many times but always got distracted and it wouldn't even take that long to read if I just dedicated the uninterrupted time. That was a lesson to me to pay more attention to things I am constantly distracted from. It also reaffirmed I already have everything I need. (it was on the bookshelf the whole time lol).

I finally finished the book early yesterday evening and it was a game changer for me. I was able to clearly see patterns in my family that were impacting the way I had been living my life but I was also able to clearly see...that aint me.. and it stops with me.

My mind was blown when the pop-up last night ended up touching on a lot of what I had just read. Side note: I can't tell you how many times that has happened with the pop-ups and my friends say the same. We are truly blessed the Lord has given us a Shepherd so dedicated to the growth of his flock that he pours into us DAILY. Jer 3:15