I haven’t had the chance to blog much but I couldn’t pass up sharing this testimony.

For Patrick’s job, one of the ways you can receive raises is by acquiring new certifications for various skills that pertain to repairing the plane. When he first started, he quickly acquired the available certifications and while we thought it would take a year to do it, it only took 4 months. That in itself was a praise report.

Well, no one likes to hear that you’ve capped out on raises… but in reality, there weren’t any other options available. For weeks, I have been telling Patrick that I was believing that God would provide a raise that didn’t even exist yet. That sounds kind of crazy… but I had faith. I was exercising my faith.

Hebrews 11:1
Faith is the confidence that what we hope for will actually happen; it gives us assurance about things we cannot see.

I prayed, I spoke scripture and I kept repeating it to Patrick. God is going to provide a raise that doesn’t even exist yet.

Let’s rewind a little and do a tiny recap on something most of y’all probably don’t know. Patrick and I are firm believers in tithing and giving. We believe that the first 10% of anything we make belongs to God so we tithe 10% of everything we make to our church. We also believe in sowing and reaping. We believe in sowing money, time, skills etc. We have praise report and testimonies galore about how by tithing and sowing, our lives have been changed for the better. Every single year, our income increases and we fully believe it’s because we tithe and sow.

On Sunday, the guest speaker who is a successful Christian business man, was speaking about our building campaign. Our church has been raising money for years to grow and expand the physical structure of our church so that we can grow and expand the congregation.

At the beginning of the service there was an announcement about the final amount needed for the project. I felt the Holy Spirit give me a number to sow (from savings from Miss Jee’s) and I quickly countered with about 1/10 of that amount. Throughout the service, I was battling with myself on the amount that I felt I was suppose to sow. It went something like this:

“God… I was saving that money for xyz for the house”

Dr. Dave Martin: “When we build God’s house, He builds our.”

“But God….. that is just absurd, what is XYZ happens….. why don’t I sow (1/10th) of it just in case I need the rest”

“But God…. I want to go shopping…. ” <— no but seriously.

But as the service progressed, I knew without a shadow of a doubt that I was suppose to sow the full amount that I initially heard. My palms got sweaty, my heart starting beating fast, but I did it. I sowed it. I sowed a seed because I believed without a shadow of a doubt, that God has big plans for that seed.

I sowed and gave my biggest offering to date on Sunday. It was initially hard but then I just reflect on how good God is and how far He has already taken me, my business and my family. He provides. Every single time.

Fast forward to today (only 2 days after sowing my biggest seed).

Patrick calls me to tell me that his boss pulled him aside and said, “Hey, just wanted to let you know you’re getting a raise of X amount per hour…. we just created a new certification that you have already acquired… so your raise will start next month.”

I was praying for a raise that didn’t even exist yet and IT WAS EXACTLY WHAT I HAD BEEN PRAYING FOR!!

The crazier part….the total amount of the raise was the amount that I sowed on Sunday. 

I don’t say this to show off about sowing or tithing or anything like that. I tell you this because it’s a huge testimony for my family. If you’re struggling financially and you just can’t catch a break, I would encourage you to do some research on what the bible says about tithing and sowing. I would love to answer any questions that I can!

My church does an amazing job at equipping us with biblical teachings that set us up for success. If you want to check out some of our past sermons, just click here.

You have to believe God for unbelievable things. Dream out of your reality and pray that God gives you dreams bigger than you can think of yourself.

Thanks for reading friends. God is good.