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Since I started The River School of Worship, God has really been doing a lot in my life. I had so much hurt from the past that God just took away. At one point in time, I found it very hard to trust in men. At the same time I still wanted to be loved. I realize that people will always let you down, but God is, and always will be there for you. What I have learned since I have been here is to become dependent on God for all my needs. I’m usually the kind of person who worries. I always wonder how things are going to turn out, and how I can fix it. I don’t even know why I bother going through the unnecessary emotions because God always, always, ALWAYS, comes through. He provides time and time! It made me repent because I had put God in the same category as the people who have hurt me in the past, by not trusting in him.

Through this experience God has also opened my eyes to the way I was treating certain people. Because of my past I would not handle situations very well. God is really teaching me to be patient. I was really set in my ways, and thought that if I wanted something done right I would have to do it myself. My way is not always the best way, and my ways were not Gods’ ways. God is really working on me because he has put a multitude of people in my path that all have a different way of doing things. I really thank God for those people because I’m learning so much from them.

I guess the point is, I have tried my way of doing things. God’s way is the only way and no matter how uncomfortable I feel, I’m going to do what he tells me because I know that I’m nothing without him. He is really changing my way of thinking, and I want to be used by him. I want my ways to be his ways, always! He is making me a mighty woman of God….Tanyta B.

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Where to even begin, I realize that you wanted us to sum up what the last three weeks have meant to us; however, not filling you in on how and why we’ve even come to be here seems like jumping in midstream.  When my husband and I came to the River for Summer Camp Meeting in July, we were coming to have you pray with us for God to open up doors and reveal His plan for our lives.  My plan consisted of His plan starting us in the school of ministry at RBI in 2012, giving us enough time to get our ducks in a row and our bank account padded to make us self-sustaining and secure.

Little did I know that you would, without hesitation I might add, offer our family FULL scholarships to the school of ministry for 2011 – with school starting just seven weeks from the time of the offer.  What looked like an impossibility in the natural, God made happen.  And not just happen in seven weeks, but in three.  I knew that God had called us, but was still struggling with the how’s and the securities; trying to figure it all out for myself.  God asked me what my Isaac was, to lay it down before Him and to let Him be God.  My Isaac was security.  Moving to a new place, establishing our family there, being prosperous and financially stable with sufficient income to sustain ourselves and our family was huge!  I knew what our bank account said and that was certainly NOT going to cut it.

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My Change started before I left Canada. My husband had more faith than I had because we drove our car down to Tampa 23hrs. God did a miracle for us because we would have never been able to make the trip in the natural.

When I arrived at RBI I thought it would be impossible for me to go soul winning. For eleven days I was worried. During RBI Revival the Lord showed me that I had anger and bitterness. That same day, I was able to go soul winning with no more worries. That day I won twelve souls to Jesus. That night I shared my testimony.

Last week when the giving broke-out God continued cleaning me. He told me on to give up the new clothes that I bought since I moved here. Sunday morning, God said the same thing about giving up my new clothes plus the shoes. So, I sent my husband home to get me some more shoes and when He gave them to me to put on the Lord told me to take them off too. I obeyed, but after I gave I started to cry because God was showing me about myself. I needed to change and trust God and not to borrow money to shop. When I don’t have the money would I go to the bank line of credit and borrow money.

When I moved to Florida, I went to the bank and did the same thing because I didn’t trust God. I was making sure I had what I need, so I don’t have to depend on anybody. I cried out for God to do a cleaning the same way He did for the soul winning. This is good for me to trust God and not the bank. It is painful and not easy, but I know that with Him everything is possible. I believe that I am changed and I want to continue to change. I never had a problem to give money away, but I’ve had a problem giving ‘stuff’ away.

Finally, last night Pastor Eric and Jennifer prayed for me and my shoulder was healed and all the pain left.

Thank you Jesus for your healing and thank you Pastors Rodney and Adonica and God bless you!

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Since the start of school and the river school revival at R.B.I. the Lord has made some major changes in me. I have made a decision to press into the things of God like never before. It actually started in my second year at R.B.I. I had made a decision then to do whatever the Lord told me to and the result was awesome blessings from the Lord. As I have made myself available to him, he has made himself more available to me also. He is growing my faith and showing me who I am to be in Him, a strong prayer warrior in the call center for this year is just the start of his ministry for my wife and I. I am becoming more and more patient and more humble before the Lord. I am also finding myself becoming more hungry and thirsty for the things of God.

This is my third year in R.B.I. and God is showing me how to take everything that comes my way, the good the bad and the ugly and to use these things to my advantage, to learn from these circumstances to flow in the Holy Ghost and take it all in stride not in strife. I never thought I would have come back to R.B.I. after my first year back in 05-06 but the Lord has a way of making us see things his way. (Thank you Jesus!) The best decision of my life so far was coming back to R.B.I. for my second and now third year. This is just the start of the school year and I am so exited to see what God is doing in not only my life but so many new students that have stepped into the call that God has placed on their lives it is going to be a Great year at the River Bible Institute. Thank you Pastor Rodney and Adonica and all the Pastoral staff at the River, you are a Great blessing to everyone you Minister to…..Marty L.

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How could anyone not feel the fire and urgency for souls after being in or watching these meetings here at the River at Tampa Bay Church, anyone who calls themselves a believer needs to be plugging in to these meetings one way or another, In these meeting you will find the full unadulterated word of God with those who believe in the Bible and the whole Bible and nothing but the TRUTH.

So come one come all and be revived and encouraged, come and have your faith build up there is so much great things going on here for the Kingdome of God in these meetings, there are people getting healed, people getting set free, miracles are taking place here many workings of the spirit of God and the main thing souls, souls, souls! souls are being won all over the globe for the Kingdome of God the great awakening is happening now, America is coming back to Christ I encourage all you pastors out there to get your churches involved in what’s going on here, come and be a part of the great awakening, pleas America is crying for the truth, crying to be freed from darkness, and all it takes is for all that believe to allow themselves to be used by the Spirit of God that same Spirit that was talked about in the book of Acts so all of you believers out there I ask you, don’t be a lame, If you don’t know now you know. -Noble K

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This past week at Winter Camp Meeting 2011 was the best camp meeting I have ever attended. The presence and power of God was so amazing. Pastor Rodney taught on the anointing during the morning services and really just let the power of God flow. There was one morning service where a few different special guest singers got up on stage and started singing “I’ve Got It!” and the whole church started praising God and rejoicing that we’ve got the Holy Ghost all over us! We have it in our hands, feet, walk, and talk and all over us! There was such a freedom in the room it was breathtaking.

Then at night as the fire of God fell, it was like we were receiving downloads from heaven and growing spiritually as we sat in the anointing. It was as if we were being taken from glory to glory! Then on Thursday night, it was like we touched heaven. As we were worshipping the Lord singing Holy, Holy, Holy it sounded like a choir of angels joined in with us! And I don’t blame them! God is worthy to be praised and worthy to have our all during worship! It was so powerful and I felt like I caught the slightest glimpse of what Heaven is going to be like. 

Friday night though, changed my life and my friendship with one of my very dear friends. God completely restored and healed our broken friendship. We were both completely full of joy and it felt as though an electric current was running through us. God mended and took away all of our bitterness, ill feelings, and malice towards one another and filled us up with His love. I praise God for everything He did through and for my life over the week of Winter Camp Meeting! -Nicole M.

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The weeks of the revival meetings have been so amazing. I do soul winning every day, for the passion of souls has greatly increased in the inside of me. All I see now when I ride on the bus with people or meet people on the way the only question that comes to my mind is if they are save? Working in the call center get more interesting as I pray and people get healed instantly and receive the baptism of the Holy Ghost immediately. I prayed for one lady who had had pains on her back since 2009 she got healed instantly and was shouting and praising the lord in her apartment.

I met another lady at the bus stop, prayed with her and she got save, but looking at this lady I could see she was not feeling good so I asked her what the problem was and she told me she had fever so I asked if I could pray for her and she said yes I laid my hands on her and took authority over the fever and she got healed immediately. In fact it is so amazing each time I think of the fact that God is not only giving me the opportunity to reach people but also the fact that through me people are receiving healing breakthrough. Thank for the River for only a place like this can give such opportunity to all irrespective of whom they are.Thank God for the River.  -Valentina A.

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I believe that we are in the greatest hour and the greatest time now in the church.  We are so privileged to have access and freedom to worship God and to preach the gospel freely.  We have only a short window now to reap this harvest, it is our responsibility to reach the people for Christ.  We cannot leave the responsibility to just pulpit preachers.  It is called the great commission and not the great suggestion.  Jesus did not give us an option when He said Go and preach the gospel to all men.  He did not ask if we wanted to go out and preach the gospel. 

We cannot think that it is an option, we are responsible and we will be held accountable for our time and talents, and abilities that God has placed in our hands and that He has equipped us with.  We will have to give an account for our words and our actions, so we need to make sure that what we are saying is in love and we are to preach the gospel in love and not condemnation.  I believe that we are the army that God is raising up and all I know is that I don’t want God to have to use another generation to get the job done, I want to be apart of the generation that brings in and reaps this end time harvest of souls and I want my life to count for eternity. -Aja K.

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This week so far has been powerful and stretching. The other night I came into service later because I had work and as soon as I walked into the sanctuary I could feel the presence of God. It was amazing because sometimes when you are in a service, you don’t realize how much the presence of God comes into a place. When you come in cold turkey, his presence is so much more tangible because you can see the difference. I encourage anyone that is questioning whether or not to come to just come! The Presence of God is here and its changing me and many other people God is good.-Bethany S.

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My first Great awakening meeting was an amazing way to start out my New year! 

Pastor Adonica had talked about opening yourself up to God in ways that you haven’t before, and letting the Holy spirit come in and take control. It started me off this year in such a great way to remind myself that its not about me and its not about me being in control, and to  just trust God to touch me like never before and let him in places that I might hold onto so dearly. Because he created us, He knows us better than we know ourselves, so who better to trust than Him to fully let in and consume us and show us the things we need to fix and the things we need to let go. Its so precious to see people and myself included getting touched by the presence of God. You see people getting set free, bondages being broken, letting things go and giving them to God and becoming a totally different person in one night.  Peoples faces will be totally different when they get up off the floor from getting a touch , their whole countenance will have changed, just by letting God into their heart in the deepest parts where He knows to go and bind up what’s been broken and leaving all control into his hands. Its all a mater of just letting go and yielding to God and the Holy spirit move right in. Nothing else in this world can heal someone that quick and reveal to them in truth thing about themselves than the one and only amazing King of Kings! –Priscilla R.