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I was attending a seminary school for two semesters when I heard about the scholarships being given out at The River Bible Institute.  I immediately felt a strong desire to apply for one. I love people and I always wanted to evangelize but I really didn’t know where to start.

I felt the Lord was directing me to step out of the boat and believe him for my provision. My family was a little concerned that I didn’t ask their opinion and they were a little worried because I’m a single woman and was leaving a state job with insurance benefits, etc.

After I heard the testimony of a young woman giving her special ring that her son had given her to the Lord, God started dealing with me about my treasure. I was getting ready to go to sleep and God brought to mind one of my treasures, (an 1889 silver dollar given to me by my favorite uncle when I was a little girl).  I quickly drifted off to sleep thinking I haven’t thought about that in a long time. The next night I started thinking about that silver dollar again and I thought I will get it in the morning and I felt the Holy Spirit say “Get it now and put it in your wallet”.

The next day my heart was deeply touched when Pastor Katie preached on I Chronicles 29:3 about David giving gold and silver to build the temple. Praise God, the Holy Spirit was confirming what he told me to do through His servant and His Word.

Something broke in my heart that day and I know that God is doing a work deep in my heart. I saw a vision of an innocent little girl and I felt that God was saying “I’m going to restore your heart like it was when you were that small child”….Bonnie A.

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First of all, just being accepted to the school’s program is a privilege to me.  I  was called to RBI about four years ago and was flat out disobedient to God’s calling for my life.  I am so excited and thankful to my Father for His mercy and grace on my life for this “second” opportunity!

I felt I lost my zealousness for spreading the Good News!  As a result of The Great Awakening, I have tried a few times to read the script and save a soul for the Kingdom but fear always stopped me.  Then when the Lord spoke to me about attending RBI, I was really nervous and had so much hesitation due to the fear.  Then RBI offered the scholarship…… I knew I had to just get over it and yield to the Holy Spirit.

God  is so amazing and knows exactly what he is doing!  He has used RBI’s leadership messages to instill wisdom, knowledge and understanding of His word into my soul!  I have received  so many breakthroughs that I am in complete awe!  Thank you to all leadership for your obedience!  When school started, I had this negative spirit of fear on me.  This fear has darkened many areas of my life.  I am so excited to say that I have been totally set free!

I went Soul Winning on Saturday.  Seemed like that fear demon was trying to work its way around.  I would knock on doors, no answer.  Spoke to a few and they ran away.  I expressed my concerns with my group.  With their positive words in my spirit, I rebuked the fear of rejection and told that demon that he wasn’t in charge of me, God was and that I was going to continue regardless so leave in the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth.  WOW!  It happened!  God used me to lead ten (10) souls to His Kingdom and that was only in a few short hours!

I have, in humility, embraced His presence for three weeks now.  I am FREE from fear, lack and self hate.  I am ready and willing to be used as His vessel.  GOD LOVES ME and I LOVE HIM!

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These last two weeks of Rbi, God has been speaking to me. One of the things He told me is that I am going to cast out devils, which at first I was like what? I am not going to lie I was afraid, however then God showed me a picture of Him and the devil, reminding me how big He is, and how little the demons are.  So then I felt a lot better to remember that My God is greater, and that the devil doesn’t compare to My God. Sometimes we get so caught up on worrying that we treat the devil like he is all big and mighty, however he isn’t, God is, and that was just another way of God reminding me.

Another Thing that has happened these last two weeks of Rbi is that God has shown me that giving isn’t just a thing you do because you have too, however it is a lifestyle. I have learned that I don’t need to have attachment towards anything in this world; all I need is God, because everything in this earth shall past away, yet God is the only one who will remain. I never really had a problem with giving, however I never saw it as a thing to do just simply because you love Jesus. Yes I tithe, but I tithe without thinking, however now it is different I tithe happy. I can’t wait for the offering message so that I am able to sow a seed, because it is just another way of showing how much I love God, and I want God to very much know that I love Him! So He has really opened my eyes more when it comes to giving! It is not only about tithing but offerings too. Last week I was able to give away my alabaster box which I thought I’d never be able to do, but I did, and I felt peace after it, and happy. I felt so joyful not only because I have given God everything, however because I had proved to myself that I won’t attach to anything of this world!

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Finally I began to get ahold of myself and realized everything was in God’s hands and if He didn’t want me to go to Bible School it was ok with me, He knew what was best for me and I did not have to worry.  He would not let anything happen to me.  It was in His hands.  I got peace again and continued with my day’s plans.

That afternoon I decided to call the same number again, just for grins.  The phone rang and the Institute operator said, “Good afternoon, River Bible Institute”.  I couldn’t believe it.  I had made contact just as it should have happened.  I told the lady my name and asked if I had received the scholarship.  She said, “Let me check”.  She came back on and said congratulations; you have received your scholarship.  Then I began to tell her what had happened previously that morning and as I was speaking to her I realized that satin was fighting me to keep me from coming to this school.  I told the lady, ma’am, God is going to be doing great work in me.  I now know because if it were not so, Satan would not be fighting me so hard to keep me from coming there.  He is afraid.  Halleluiah!

As I meditated later on what had happened, I understood that this whole incident was to confirm to me by the Spirit that I was being sent to River Bible Institute by the Spirit.  If this had not happened I would have come to the school not really knowing by the Spirit I was in Gods will.  Because although initially I witnessed that what was going on at this Great Awakening was a good thing and I agreed with what I was seeing.  I still didn’t hear God say go.  Without this experience, later on I probably would have questioned whether or not this was just a good idea.

This is my first testimony of River Bible Institute.  Since then God has revealed Himself in so many ways to me and we are experiencing Gods pouring out of His Holy Spirit on us here at the River.  May God Bless you all……. James M.

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I never thought I would sit where I am currently sitting, or know God how I know him, or for that matter even be alive if it weren’t for the effect that Revival Ministries International has had on my life, and the lives of my family. I thank God for Pastors Rodney and Adonica.

I came to live in Tampa two years and one month ago. I moved here with my mom shortly after my father passed away. My dad was a pastor of a Rhema church in Kissimmee Florida. It was a sudden and devastating loss; I was only sixteen years old at the time. I grew up in a Pentecostal church my entire life, but I had never fully received the baptism of the Holy Spirit and I really did not know God. I knew about God but I never knew him as my Heavenly Father. I thought I had a free ticket into heaven because my father was a pastor. I was oblivious to the truth.

When I was 15 years old, my dad, my sister and I went to the Great Awakening Tour in Miami Florida. One night after the service my dad and my sister and I got a chance to talk to Pastor Rodney. While we were talking he told my sister and I that if we ever wanted to attend RBI or RSW that we would have scholarships. I picked up an RSW pamphlet and started talking to my dad about how I would love to go there one day, but that I wanted to go to Rhema like he did. I had other plans for my self but God knew what he was doing. When I got the scholarship I had no idea that I would one day end up living in Tampa while my mom would attend RBI. Christa J.

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The things that are happening here are so incredible. I am so thrilled to be a part of the end-time harvest being able to have so much purpose in life is so amazing know that I am filling my spirit with a message that is truly the heart of the father. My prayer is that people would catch this there is nothing greater then seeing the love of god flowing threw u and touching the heart of man.

I think the church needs to fall back in love with Jesus. The best way to do that is by loving are neighbor and making sure they have the opportunity to receive Jesus in there hearts. It’s time we live for what the truth is and that that Jesus is lord and eternity is real heaven and he’ll is real. -Ryan B.

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This was my first winter camp meeting and also my first time in the call center.  There were main things that really hit home throughout the meetings.  The first was a practical experience which really taught me a lot.  While I was in the call center for the first time I could feel the tangible difference between people who were pulling on the anointing and those that were just sitting back waiting for something to happen. It was an awesome learning experience and I am looking forward to learning more about it through the experiences that I have to come in the call center. 

The second thing that I took away from the camp meeting was the amazing experiences and revelations of God’s love for me.  There were times in Praise and Worship where uncontrollable tears would stream down my face as the presence of God filled the place and I was able to just sit or stand there and exchange love with God.  Totally phenomenal.  –Andrew M.

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I was serving in the call center and some one called asking for prayer so that she could be filled with the joy of the Lord.  My joy was not full and little did I realize that I also needed to be filled with the joy of the lord also. I shared the scriptures that covered the promises of the joy of the lord.  

I started praying for this saint of God and all of a sudden I was filled with the joy of the Lord and in turn the person that I was praying for was filled and busted out laughing on the other end of the phone. We just laughed and laughed and through out the period I was at the call centre I was full of joy. Glory to God. -Honorata M.

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This past week has been life changing. It didn’t happen while being prayed for, during worship, or even during an intimate time with God. It happened…well to be honest I don’t really even know when the switch was flipped. I have recently been asking God to help me have an attitude that I WANT to soul win. I have always seen soul winning as something I had to do in order to pass a class and never really did it because I wanted to. Well something happened to where it’s like I cannot help but to soul win, everywhere I go I just need to tell people about Him.

I went to the mall the other day and I couldn’t help but to tell someone about Jesus. I ended up telling two people and they both said no thanks, but I have come to the realization that they weren’t rejecting me but they were rejecting Jesus. I saw it in a completely different way. It’s like my eyes were opened up to the fact that its not about me and it never has been I’m just the messenger and I’m delivering the message and I planted a seed that can now be watered. It’s so awesome. God is awesome.- Jillian S.

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Wow!!! What a week this has been.  All I can say is thank God for giving us The Holy Spirit.  For without Him, I would not have survived this week. I have never experienced a week like this past week in my entire life.  I am amazed that even in the midst of incredible pressure to perform at a high level, the lack of sleep, and public beatings (I exaggerate), I was able to do my job, remain at peace, and have fun at the same time. The truth is, the old me would have melted under the pressure, would have been offended (many times) and would have been paralyzed by fear.

So I want to thank-you Holy Spirit for changing me, breaking bondages, and tearing down strongholds.  Thank-you for setting me free to become the man that you originally designed me to be. Only when I was put to the test and was able to sit back and reflect, can I now see how much I have changed.  It truly is amazing what God can do in a very short period of time. I thank God for placing me in this ministry.  I thank God for opening the doors of opportunity to serve and to minister and I thank God for the changes that He has made in me. Thank-you Lord for using me (us) to reach a lost and dying world. (thank-you for helping me write this blog)- Lorne Y.