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"Moving in Faith, Taking off the Robes" Dear Jennifer, I am presently taking your bible study Taking Off The Robes and my walk with God has gone so much deeper . I had (and I say" had " because I've been delivered) a spirit of rejection ever since my 20 year marriage ended 17 years ago. I didn't even realize I had a rejection problem until about 5-6 weeks ago. I knew I had bitterness and resentment which I've also been delivered from over the past 4 years, but rejection was something Holy Spirit saved for last. Maybe because it had the deepest root. The Holy Spirit started revealing many things in my dealings with people that I considered their problem not mine. Well don't you know when you think someone else has the problem it will be revealed to you that you are the one with the problem. Anyway, to get on with this report... I got ahead in my bible study by accident because of the Easter break and I finished the chapter about rejection early. God had a project for me and it was important that I acknowledged my rejection before I could be obedient to God and have a right heart for the project. I confessed to God that I had this spirit but I still had roots that were lingering in my heart.
I have such joy now. I have a lightness in my heart I haven't felt in years. Glory to God for all the love He has for us. He knows our needs and He always goes above and beyond anything we can imagine in our earthly ms. Over the years God has completely healed every hurt I've had since childhood. I was abandoned by my mother, rejection from loss of my parents,loss my marriage, and family from that marriage of 20 years of people I had been with since 15 years old. Now I am whole again in the name of Jesus. I pray for you, Jennifer, and I thank God for people like you that are so obedient to God and minister to hurting people. If there is anything I can do to help you I volunteer my time to do that. Please feel free to call on me. I love you and hope to hear you spreading the Word and your love soon. Love, Debbie Dear Jennifer, Moving In Faith, Taking Off the Robes has been the most powerful Bible study I have ever been involved in . Let me begin by telling you how this anointed book has started a ministry I have only dreamed of. I have known for a very long time that the Lord had plans for me to lead a women's ministry in the area I live. Yet I never felt I had the courage or boldness to take on this responsibility until I attended one of your conferences. After receiving the Baptism of the Holy Spirit, the Lord gave me a clear vision that I was now ready to begin this journey and start walking in the destiny He had planned for my life. I knew without a doubt I was to reach women in traditional churches that were hurting, unhappy, and wanting more. You see, I was one of those women. For many years I was involved in every aspect of my church, from teaching Sunday school and leading music at retreats to taking all the classes that were offered. So many thought I had it "all together" in my life. Little did they know I masked myself everywhere I went. My marriage was falling apart and anger consumed my relationship with my children. It seemed so picture perfect on the outside, yet my heart ached with unhappiness. I was trapped in the traditional mind-set of working FOR Jesus instead of WITH Jesus. Through many days and nights of crying out to my Lord and claiming the word He had written, God has now given me the supernatural boldness to share my personal battle and to let women know they are not alone. There is a better way of life through Jesus Christ our Lord. And I'm here to show you how to get it. Jennifer, the Holy Spirit gave me specific instructions to take this Bible study into my Methodist church. I am now leading 40 women from many denominations to move in faith and remove the robes that have brought a heaviness and weight on their spiritual growth. Praise God for your powerful words and testimony you have shared with me. May God's anointing and protection come upon you and your family as you bring this wonderful book to the world. I love you my dear sister in Christ Dear Jennifer: How I discovered your study is almost as amazing- as what's been transpiring in my life as a result of it. So if you would bear with me, I would like to share the rest of the story as well. We generally attend a Saturday night worship service at our church. When I heard that the service was being replaced by a guest speaker and praise band, 1 almost didn't go. God had different plans, however, and was working and moving within me. I’m overcome with a strong sense of urgency that 1 needed to be at that service. Fortunately, I heeded that prodding. I was shocked and amazed when I heard you say that you had been sexually abused as a child for I too, am a survivor of child sexual abuse. I have been searching for sometime now for the “key” to yet another level of my healing journey..and your Bible study has been just that. Chuck Swindoll in a passage entitled “For Those Who Hurt" writes: Who can understand what it is like to at alongside a friend or loved one one of a terminal illness? Who knows the heartache of having a home split apart? What about someone to understand the loss of a child or the misery of a teenager on drugs? Or the anguish of living with an alcoholic mate? Or a failure in school? Or the loss of a business? Who on earth understands? Ill tell you - the person who has been wrapped in the blanket of God's comfort, better than anybody else. You who toe endured the stinging experiences are the choicest counselors God can use... You, my friend, are one of those "choicest counselors" You have been through the pain and suffering that face women all across the world. You have taken that pain, coupled with Christ's victory on the cross, and written a study that will bring healing to many, many How, specifically/ has this study helped me thus far? Before we started, I prayed long and hard about the women I would be with in our small group. When I took the step of faith and shared my abuse story with that group, several others immediately echoed it. God intentionally brought us together to walk through this study. The week we were working on 'Taking off the Robe of Fear" I had a horrible encounter with a dental technician. While at the time I could not find it within myself to voice that fear, I have, thanks to your words of encouragement through His Word, since been ate to take off that robe and bring those fears and concerns to light. And the week we were working on Taking Off the Robe of Unforgivingness? I received a phone call early Sunday morning before services from my pastor, asking me to forgive him for "dropping the ball" on a very significant ministry within our church that I am involved in. I was able to say, yes, my friend, I forgive you, and LET IT GO! I am changing and growing in ways 1 never expected or anticipated and had forgotten how hungry I had become for His Word. Although this is a study written by a woman for women, even the man in my life is considering working through it! I am so very excited about this study and I hope and pray it will be offered again and again through the churches in our community. Jennifer, thank you - not only for having the courage to speak out on the abuse issues - but for the changes this study is bringing in my life and the lives of all the other women you are going to touch and change as well. Thank you for the work you are doing. God bless you, my aster and friend. Can’t wait for your next one! |
Dear Jennifer, Your book Moving in Faith, Taking Off the Robes is an answer to many prayers. I have been asking God to remove the stress and anxiety from my life so that I may move forward with Him. I long to be able to enjoy each day without fear or worry. I am on my way with the guide God has given me through your book. I am beginning to love myself as well as those around me. God is using your study to tell me how much He loves me and to show me His Word is my guide to my healing. I also have gained a loving support group with my sisters I am going through the book with. I can see the need to go through your book several more times to teach me how to use God's Word to heal me. May God bless all whom He presents Moving in Faith to as much as He has blessed me thus far on my journey of healing and knowing who I am. I AM HIS! I give many thanks to you for using your struggles to help others in need of Christ. Thank you, Dear Jennifer, This anointed Bible study focuses on the very issues that kept me in bondage for years: negative thinking,m criticism,m and especially fear and rejection. Identifying these “robes” is the first step, although it is painful. But, as He reveals in His word, God didn’t put these robes on me and never intended me to wear them. That was great news for me!! I discovered that I had believed lies from the enemy, and those lies became the “robes” that were choking me to death. But Jesus tells his children to cast all their cares upon Him and to take on His yoke, which is light and easy. This Bible study is the tool to use to actually do that!! Going through the exercises allowed God to work in my heart, in my mind and in my spirit. Now I am truly free from the choking suffocation of those horrible robes, and I give God all the glory!! Whom the Son sets free is free indeed! Dear Jennifer, This Bible study has been a life changing experience for me. I felt very led by the Holy spirit to lead our women’s Bible study group. Like you and so many women, I have worn many different robes in my life. This study made me dig into God’s word and really examine my life. I was able to share with my sisters in Christ the feeling of guilt, shame, and unforgivingness that I had carried around for 27 years. That’s a long time to be in bondage to something that you thought you had taken care of my pushing it so far down inside, that you had almost forgotten the pain of the abuse. As I did this study, I realized that the way I react to situations, my relationships with people, and really all my negative behaviors were a result of this abuse and that I had never forgiven myself for letting it happen. When I forgave myself, I realized that I was just a child who could not have stopped it anyway. I now feel such peace, joy and freedom that only Jesus can give. I would recommend this study to any woman. No matter what age, race or denomination you may be, it can only benefit you and help you in your daily walk with our Lord, Jesus Christ. Thank you for sharing with me your life story through this Bible study. Sincerely, Mrs. Kostyal, I wanted to say a great big ole' THANK YOU!! Since The beginning of December I have been battling a particular circumstance. I was standing in a 'halfhearted faith' where it was out of routine and head knowledge instead of a Spirit-led unction... Recently, I have felt extremely overwhelmed to the point where I could not even pray about it anymore. In the beginning of this circumstance I mentioned it to three people where I could count on them to intercede for me in this. I have felt the Spirit move to some degree, but my faith was lacking. I know better than to have lacking faith. Something just came over me like a suppression over this area of my life. Now let me tell you how the enemy will bring up other areas I am victorious in, and try to bring doubt into all of those! WELL IT IS NOT GOING TO HAPPEN! 1 was driving, (the best place for warfare sometimes) and God showed me a huge curtain. I could only see through inches of it. I knew this curtain was hindering my view. I tried to move it but I couldn't. He whispered in my ear that I needed to From the Apple of His eye, |
Saturday night I attended your conference at Words Changing Hearts and you first told me my testimony would be on your website. I was thinking what is she talking about. Then you called everyone to the front of the church to be prayed for and delivered. I went up but really wasn't praying for anything in particular when Holy Spirit asked DO YOU WANT TO BE DELIVERED? About that time you walked up in front of me and said I would never have to feel rejection again. You asked if I was ready to be delivered from rejection. I said yes and that the last thing I heard you say. Holy Spirit fell on me and I was on the floor.
surround myself with faith so I could make stuff happen! Without even thinking I pulled off the side of the road, pulled your CD "ONLY BELIEVE" out of my trunk, popped it in the CD player, and started preaching right there with you to myself. After two days of listening to that, I said, "That is it!" So I started to decree and declare every single prophetic word spoken over my finances. This morning, I saw the curtain again. It was moving this time.. It was moving out of my view so I can see what I need to see! I went from a Psalm 102:7 mentality to a Psalm 119 mentality!! And I have faith, and hope too! So thank you for getting out there and being obedient to Jesus! I am looking forward to going back to The Rock to do the Bible study with your new book! Congratulations on it, I cant wait to read it!