"Behind on Property Taxes"
During a particularly busy time in my life I was going to church, part of a prayer group and seeking God concerning some financial matters. My family was with me at this time, so I fixed up an empty room downstairs. This is where I would go to study and to pray. Sometimes I would just go there after a really hard day just to feel his presence and to ask him to put his arms around me. It seemed as though all I would have to do was to talk to him abut something and I would have the answer. One day I was extremely burdened about the $6000.00 we were behind on in our property taxes. My husband didn't seem to be concerned when I talked to him about it, but it was pretty serious to me. So this day I went into my prayer room and reminded God that I didn't want to be put in this position, and that it was not a very good testimony on my part; that a Christian should be able to pay the debts they owe. The answer came right away. I heard a voice, not audibly, but inside my spirit. He said, "take it one day at a time; you will be out of debt in a year." He told me how to put money back each day. I didn't tell my husband right away, I just began to do as God had told me.
But the devil is always there to come against anything that God is a part of. Charles began to hold back money from me. He had never done this before. So, I just confessed that God is my source and took the money I had put away for the taxes and began to use it for household expenses. I didn't even ask Charles for any money. Finally, around December of that year, I shared with him what God had told me. Not long after that Charles got a commercial job which would bring in a lot of money. I continually paid on the taxes, and exactly a year in May, the taxes and other bills were paid and we were out of debt, and God has continually provided. Ruth Byrge
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