I want to start by saying thank you. You guys rock! The love and support I have received has been amazing. I also know you hold true to your word. A couple weeks back I asked you to pray for the festival, you did it.
The Lord came through bigger than I could have imagined.
As we were planning for the festival God placed some big things on my heart. We needed people to sign up to share testimonies at the festival. The first meeting we had I didn’t say anything, hoping that we would have other people, as in not ME fill this spot.
God had different plans, the other people idea didn’t work out. As I sat there I waited till the very end of the meeting. The whole time going back and forth with God. Asking why, I am not good at talking in front of crowds, I haven’t worked through this whole shame thing. How am I supposed to share about something if I don’t have it figured out.
EXACTLY
God gently hit me with a ton of bricks in that moment. Saying, Alyssa Marie of course you don’t have it figured out. You aren’t supposed to I AM.
So I obeyed. I brought it up to the group. I quietly spoke, “I think God wants me to share my testimony, but I really don’t want to.” I think they laughed with excitement for me, telling me that is a pretty good way to tell it is from the Lord.
When the night of the festival rolled around, I was so nervous I couldn’t stop shaking. My friend Molly briefly held my hand, she looked at me and said, “you’re shaking.” My response was, “I know, but I don’t know how to make it stop.” I was nervous, but my squad was the best support I have ever had. So many of my friends prayed with me through the night, before and after I went on stage.
What truly amazed me was that literally minutes before I went on stage, all of the shaking stopped. I was able to speak clearly, and I shared my story like I wasn’t ashamed.
We ended the night with a salvation call, thirty people came forward. THIRTY PEOPLE, you guys this is so awesome, and is something only God could have done. AND, before we left the Philippines, I had two woman come up to me saying they could relate to my story. I was able to encourage them, and remind them of where their satisfaction lies, and that that Jesus’ love will never fail.
This is me, before Christ I was impure, after CHRIST I AM MADE PURE.
