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- In 2014, that's when I was just leaving
my dad's organization to start my own,
and you've probably heard the stories
of how all hell broke loose in my life.
I mean, right when I was launching out,
everything from being diagnosed with skin cancer.
I mean, I had to have surgery on my face,
stitches all the way down my face, on my back.
My entire chest was so covered in it,
I had to put this chemo cream on it.
It was horrible.
I mean, every day, as soon as I got home from work,
I would put these frozen peas on my chest
because it would just burn.
And then it turned from bad to worse.
It looked like raw hamburger meat all over my chest,
but I just wanted to cry.
I mean, when I would look in the mirror,
I would just make myself point in the mirror and say,
"I am not moved by what I see.
I am not moved by what I feel.
I am moved by the word of God
and God's word says that he will restore health to me
and heal me of my wounds, in Jesus' name."
Well, that was just one thing.
But then also my house would not sell.
I was opening my first office an hour and a half away,
starting from scratch.
All of my team members sold their houses instantly.
They already had new houses in the new city
and my house wouldn't sell.
For seven months, not one single offer.
So my daughter and I,
we had to go stay in a hotel during the week
so she could start attending the new school in the new city.
Plus, let me just mention this, I had to,
I reduced my salary significantly because just starting out,
not knowing if I could afford
to pay team members plus myself.
So my salary was far less
but I'm paying for a hotel room for three months.
Can you imagine?
Which also means you're eating out for three months, right?
So my income went down, my expenses went up,
and then Rodney and I received a bill
from the IRS out of nowhere.
We'd already paid our taxes
but the IRS said we owed $27,000.
We were just like, "Why is this happening?"
Now, I promise this video will inspire you
so don't get depressed.
It's gonna be worth it to hear what God did.
But before it got better, it got worse.
My husband, who owned several businesses,
he got into a lawsuit with a very famous company.
I mean, they were suing everybody in his industry
and he was one of them, all during this season.
Well, we didn't know what in the world this lawsuit
was gonna be.
I mean, it could be $100,000, it could be, we didn't know.
It was all so stressful. It was stressful on my marriage.
Plus my daughter was starting a new school,
not knowing anybody,
not one single person at this huge high school,
living in a cheap hotel.
I'm just telling you, it was hard to say the least.
Well, one day I was on the treadmill at the cheap hotel
by myself, 5:30 in the morning,
I was so frustrated and just worn out
from praying over everything
and just feeling like nothing was changing.
And I'm asking God, "What am I not doing?"
And out of nowhere,
God reminded me of Job 42:10 in the Bible.
Now, before I read that verse,
let me just say that Job had the roughest nine months
you've ever heard about, which I felt like I could relate.
I mean, he lost everything in one day.
Job lost his 10 children,
his wives, along with all of his possessions, his wealth,
and then shortly after that,
he was afflicted with a horrible skin disease.
So I felt like I could kind of relate, but not to Job's,
not that bad, but he's continued to seek and to praise God.
Well, all of a sudden, Job 42:10,
it says, "The Lord restored his fortunes."
Then it says,
"In fact, the Lord gave him twice as much as he had before.
Now think about that.
God gave Job a double portion of everything he lost.
He restored his marriage.
He gave him a new household of children.
He doubled his possessions.
He allowed him to live happily ever after, right?
In fact, Joyce Meyer says he got double for his trouble.
Well, in today's world,
that can be you getting restored with two houses, two cars,
double your salary,
double your savings account and your investments.
Just imagine ladies, double your clothing,
double your shoes.
You get the picture, right? But how?
What turned things around for him to get double
from the worst of his life to the best of his life?
Well, the first part of that verse, which I didn't read yet,
listen to what it says.
"After job prayed for his friends,
the Lord restored his fortunes
and gave him twice as much as he had before."
After he did what? Prayed for his friends.
So on the treadmill that day,
at one of the most frustrating, trying times of my life,
I thought, that's my answer.
I had been so consumed with my problems
that it's all I prayed about, all I thought about,
all I complained about, talked about.
And right then as I was getting my 10,000 steps in,
I made a list on my phone of my closest friends
and just one by one,
I made it a point to pray over them every single morning.
Theresa, Sandy, Pam, Alanna, Lisa, Debra,
April, Jocelyn, Diana.
I just started going down the list
and I would pray specifically over my friends.
I stopped focusing all my prayers
on begging God to change my circumstances,
to sell my house, to heal my skin.
Instead, I just began to declaring restore over my life.
Thank you, Jesus. You're working behind the scenes.
And then I focused my prayer on my friends.
And do you know, within one week,
one week of me praying for my friends,
we not only got one offer on our house
that would not sell for seven months,
we got two offers on our house in one single day.
They got into this bidding war.
The house went up $30,000 and we got out of the hotel.
Is that amazing? And that's not all.
The IRS contacted us and they said,
"We made a mistake by $10,000."
We said, "We'll take it."
The lawsuit against my husband - they settled for $10,000.
God healed my skin. Oh, and are you ready for this?
Remember how I said I reduced my salary?
Well, one day, Rodney went to the mailbox.
I was still at the cheap hotel.
Rodney went to the mailbox at the house
and there was a check in the mailbox from a gas company
who said, "We found gas on your property years ago
and we failed to pay you."
You ready for this? The check was for $53,000.
After Job prayed for his friends,
after Terri prayed for her friends, God restored everything.
Now, I love the way Job 8:7
in the Good News Translation says it.
It says, "All the wealth you lost will be nothing compared
to what God will give you."
Everything restored. So it's your turn.
If you're believing God for restoration
in some area of your life,
I want you to download this list of scriptures
to pray every morning and then add to this list
a few of your friends that you can pray over.
I'm telling you, you're gonna love these scriptures
that I put together for you
because it is just proof that God will restore.
He'll restore your joy, your finances, your health,
your family, the years that have been stolen.
He will restore everything.
In fact, that's what Acts 3:21 says,
"God restores everything."
But you need to speak restoration out of your mouth.
So just click the link in the description
and download this powerful list of scriptures today
and just make it a part of your prayer time.
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