She Put it ALL on The Line! Laurie Crouch Film Producer Wife Mother and Faith Believing "God either calls on your faith or confirms you faith" was the statement as we talked together for this interview..
WOW! what a statement!
Esther said "if I perish I perish" Not only was this THEE statement in the filmONE NIGHT WITH THE KING which came out on 13 October 2006 . It is the message in the Book Of Esther it has become a fact of life in the Crouches life!
The first film Omega Code was 600.0000 budget a sleeper to some, but over 5000 articles were written about it! USA Today called it the HIT HOLLYWOOD Missed!!! That film was worth it all !!!
11 years ago Matt and Laurie Crouch left the family Ministry TBN to start Gener8Xion Entertainment..
A fantastic job, funding, a lovely house on the hill on Orange County 2 small boys, a picture perfect life... Yet something was missing. Their own destiny was yet to be fulfilled .. They had passion in their hearts to obey Gods will for their lives and to make films IS it!
Someone spoke to them by telling them.."take my name (meaning Gods) to the unheard I want you to make my name famous there and your will reach the hearts of the ungodly without them even knowing it."
The mandate set and the story began. Laurie and Matt moved their two small boys to Hollywood to start a business that was not usually welcome. And to a place Laurie did not want to raise their children ..
Now to create Christian and Family Value Film Making IN HOLLYWOOD CALIF. USA. What a novel idea! They started the work, Omega Code was in the works and funding had to be got. EVERYTHING THEY HAD WAS PUT ON THE LINE EVERYTHING THEY MORTGAGED EVERYTHING HOME BUSINESS ETC.. FOR THIS FILM
"It seems like all we do requires everything we have to do it." said Laurie
They moved ,they worked, and they mortgaged it all!! And it was a success, The Omega Code became the #1 independent film in 1999. But it cost everything and held its own against multi million budget films and provoked a more important message. Christians began to cry for more Family Valued films ENTER ... MATT AND LAURIE CROUCH!! (Matthew Crouch is president of Los Angeles based film production company Gener8Xion Entertainment. His first feature as a Producer - The Omega Code(1999) Starring Casper Van Dien, 'Michael York' and Catherine Oxenberg- was the #1 grossing limited release film of 1999).
Other works were Megiddo and The Champion: plus Documentaries as well.
Laurie Crouch does not limit herself to just film making .. She is a preacher in her own right raised in a Pastors home and married to a man whom both parents are in full-time ministry Laurie has traveled with Mother in law Jan Crouch to help children.... Mission work is important it never goes away people will always need help..
Jan and Laurie joined the children at mealtime. What joy to see hungry lil’ tummies being fed! For more than 20 years, TBN through its wonderful partners has helped provide food for the children of Haiti.
Not pretentious at all!! This steadfast mother of two, film maker and worshipper of the Almighty has a job to do..
To take a message to those who do not otherwise hear. Knowing America has over 300,000 churches in it and 30,000 cinemas what has more influence today?
That is a motivation for her.
Part 2 Enter the King
Their latest release is ONE NIGHT WITH THE KING
An epic motion picture set in an imaginative world of adventure, intrigue and romance, One Night With the King follows a young girl who rises from peasant to princess by going against the culture and seeking the King's heart rather than the riches of the kingdom. This film was made in India and had its share of problems like all films but the out come was spectacular indeed. Premier trailer showings went all over America to allow us pastors view it and respond to it. We were on the edge of our seats looking.. Wanting more ... When it was released on 13 October it ranked again in the top 10. This time too they had to put everything they had on the line .. Their reputations, promisees from people who did not fulfill ... Financial overload, and again their faith was being called upon.."make my name famous said GOD" was the driving force behind the work..
"The challenges I think of?, anything is, That GOD never calls you to do anything to do without Him, It always takes every bit of faith you can possible muster and then some of your own faith " .
It was Gods Grace to put this film together" "Either God Called us or we are on the wrong limb in the wrong tree said Laurie" The walk was by faith..Everyday through the drama of life and the pressures of film making
Faith is the key!
God has required everything Matt and I have to do this on every project Everything is required. Its believing (taken from the film) when Esther said I will go like David "David's victory is not because he fought well it is because he believed well "
"The only time we please God is when we trust and have faith" Thank you Laurie Crouch we are so honored to have you as Esther's Woman..KEEP IT UP ...
Films In Development PRODIGAL SON The animated feature, Prodigal Son, is a futuristic retelling of the biblical parable of the prodigal son, set in an imaginative world of hover cars, fantastic ships and amazing technology. This action-packed, animated musical is an archetypal story about forgiveness, redemption and a father's love that crosses all boundaries and faiths.
BLESSED CHILD From the canyons of war-torn Ethiopia to the spectacle of the American media to Washington's dark corridors of power, Blessed Child is a supernatural journey of peril, intrigue, love and breath-taking wonder. At it's heart, it is the story of the relationship between Jason Marker, an agnostic Peace Corp worker and Caleb, the ten year old orphan he is conned into escorting to America, only to discover that the boy possesses the power to perform miraculous healings
The Rev Karen Tews of Geneva IL is a
Champion for GOD and family !!
Her core value is GOD first to "save my family!"
Karen is not blind to the constant barrage of obstacles in ministry or in her private life either..
She is a widow and a mother of two and a grandmother of 4 ..He walk with GOD is her life's choice and she had a purpose for it .
She was raised under family values which she attributes to her Mother and Praying Grandmother.
She adores her Father who always made her remember to be kind..
When she was a little girl she often would attend church services by herself ..She just knew GOD was what she needed.
Her goal was to live a live worthy of destiny and to fulfill that . Yet as she became married she had children she knew she must be the example of Christian life because she knew in her heart her family could not be lost.
She did have opposition of course. Her own husband was not a believer and gave her much heck! But she used that to the advantage of allowing her to gain strength and courage in her life . Never feeling sorry for herself nor ever blaming GOD she held on to her faith!
During life's disadvantages her unbelieving husband was a heavy drinker. It had subsequently took his life 2 years ago. Yet even that was a great victory to her for before he went home he confessed Jesus as his own personal savior. That had always been a desire of her heart to see him know GOD and he did know him a short time but one moment with Jesus can change a lifetime of pain.
Through the 41 years of marriage she had to stand firm and hold on to the faith she had acquired thru the lifetime of Love and Passion for her loved ones.
When asked what part of Esther's story do feel you fit into she said "If I did I die"
So steadfast to her faith she was actually willing to die to make sure her children and her husband knew that the Lord was GOD and they had a better place than earth to go.
Her efforts have paid off . All her grandchildren are in church her children are happy and healthy and they support their mother wholeheartedly. A feeling that has been long time a-coming.
She is an ordained minister she has several talents which she uses for The furtherance of HIS Kingdom. She has her own ministry as a facilitator for inner healing ..Especially wanting to see people set free of pain and emotional hurts. She is quite effective and many people have come to her for her ministry.
To her its not just the training she has had or the credential she holds ( many in fact) she has the experience of being an over comer with a purpose.
That purpose is a passion to see love grow
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She has no regrets I asked her "when you went into the ministry did your husband give you the hardest time then" she said no he often would check out the church she was in to make sure she was in the truth, not an occult church..he even gave me a bible" which she takes comfort in.
Karen held on to passages of the Bible such as Joshua 1 verse 9 Be of Good Courage ...
She says that kept her from loosing courage when life hit its hard times But in the back of her mind she was determined to see her husband and family know the Lord it is the driving force behind her work.
Today now in the year 2007 she has blossomed into an Esther who is called to stand with those who hurt and for those who need help in abusive relationships.
Her choice was to stand Even if it killed her she would not leave her husband this was a mandate from GOD to her .
Would she tell every wife to stay?
NO she says it has to be a directive from GOD to stay or you can't make it I stayed I prayed and he is with GOD.
I don't think everyone can stay The Lord had me stay and I am glad I did I think you need to here from God and I truly believe I was in his will and is a ought out to do what God wanted me to do because I loved my husband.
I was willing to trust GOD the whole way
God says trust and Obey then it's simple to that point trust and obey
The scripture says He is faithful to the faithful.
Thank you Rev Karen Tews for Being a Esther's woman and Happy Mother's Day.
The Rev Karen Tews holds these titles
Assistant Bishop of Praise Ministrires
Ordained Minister
Advisory Member for Credentialing Commitee for IAOGI in IL
Raised on a farm in Central IL, Carolyn had made a mark on this world.
You are about to her an awesome testimony about weakness turned in triumph.
"I wanted my life to count for something" said Carolyn in an interview with Theresa Forkins-Phillips.
As a young girl she left her farm life but not her passion for finding life.. Even if that meant in looking in all the wrong places.
Yes she looked for love in the wrong places and ended up a single mother to be ..Yet her journey is not one to be ashamed of it is a story triumph that we talk about here.
When she told her parents of the expecting baby she as faced with shame and guilt ..for the family...
She at one point, thought she might even end her pregnancy but with the help of her brother she couldn't do it..she knew she had to have the child but she did decide to give it up for adoption.
Not really an easy decision for a young girl away from home and family, sewing her oats...
A woman let her stay in her home till she baby arrived,there she looked after the woman's home. and waited. When the baby was born she let her go....
But this lady is not ordinary NOW .
She did go to music school, and she met a man on a blind date. She ran off and married him ...whom she is married to and had 3 children with.
But that was not easy either, Carolyn had desires of the flesh and she needed some help.
She went to work in Real Estate and became financially able.
Her children were the "joy of her life".
She visited a church and a woman there was"Spirit filled" and she mentored Carolyn.
At the Bible study she just knew this women "knew the Lord"
She then had a lump into her throat and she said I am going to hell! I don't want to go to hell..This made her begin her journey with GOD
Ephesians 2:8-9 (New International Version)
8For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this not from yourselves, it is the gift of God— 9not by works, so that no one can boast.
That scripture meant a lot to her and she began to call upon the Lord herself .
Carolyn was raised in a Christian home she went to church etc.
But... Carolyn knew she needed Jesus She Just Knew It
"I tried to be my own savior" she said .
Carolyn cried out to Jesus she said I'm going to trust you to do it for me and as soon as she did her fleshly addiction left her and she was a changed woman. ..She trusted Jesus.
That day the old Carolyn died she knew GOD loved her and He touched her.
Carolyn went on in her Christian walk to become and Ordained Minister .
And to become President of Watering Hole Women in Missions .
This ministry is a safe place where women can come and receive personal prayer ministry and love and support through their difficult times.
Watering Hole is not a church it is a para-church Ministry which has helped many people find Jesus and loving hearts to strengthen them in their quest for Jesus.
Never is condemnation a issue there it is love that keeps these people alive and well.
Recently in her Lutheran Church she has been give a "go ahead" to start Healing Rooms a another prayer Ministry where again a safe place is made for those in need of prayer..
But to you reader their is more to this story
Carolyn has found her daughter whom she gave up for adoption years ago.
While watching an Oprah Winfrey show she learned that most adopted children do not look for their birth parents so Carolyn who had always thought "if she wants to find me she will"
came to the realization she must do the searching ( thank you Oprah).
Carolyn did search and found her and not live more than 50 miles way .
To this day she has 4 children she is proud of .Her 3 children have taken to the lost daughter and they spend holidays together ( the adopted parent's are no longer living).
Not only was this woman willing to give up her past life she was willing to give her heart to help those who too are looking for a "Savior"
Carolyn Aiello is that lady whom has faced the challenge of rural life, to city life, addiction to fleshly desires and deliverance into the hand of GOD.
Her journey has not always been easy but it has been worth it all. Today she is a Minister of Jesus with love compassion and mercy for those who need her.
Carolyn has been successful in helping many with broken hearts and dreams she is a Ether's woman all the way! She was willing to let GO and Let GOD take control of her life and it has made a difference for many who know her and all come to love this wonderful woman
Thank you Carolyn Aiello God Bless you!
APRIL 2007
The Rev Paulette Horvath..by Theresa Forkins-Phillips
Wife, Mother, Grandmother ,Friend! A MINISTER who's calling kept her from destruction tells a part of the grueling story of trial and dedication.
ON a Wednesday in September 1999, While having a tea party with her grandchildren Paulette was prompted by the HOLY SPIRIT to call her husband Bob, to find her son answering the phone asking if an ambulance was on the way!! IT HAD STARTED!!
Bob had fallen off a ladder and hit his head on the corner of a counter fracturing it like a hard boiled egg.
Her son had mysteriously heard him call him a block away while sitting in his own truck. When, he arrived at the scene he cleared the airway of his father and called for help!
Bob laid in a coma for 6 weeks with a head so swollen it was nearly 5 times it's normal size.
One would be in shock to see how his eyes were so bulging and his head wrapped in bandages after hours of surgery . No one was really sure he could possibly make it, Except those who heard a voice from above saying he would!
Each day Paulette saw a miracle and each day she was given a scripture by GOD to hold on to for just that day.
Daily she knew she was called into ministry, daily she new she needed fresh help from above ..The trails did not sop there they continued as time went on..and on... one month after the accident her daughter in law files for divorce leaving two small girls in a shock again trauma hit this family..
Even though Paulette had been a trained minister for trauma victims she was in need now...
Each day was a trial as Paulette was faced with nay sayers and grim reports but she had something ..She had a passion for Life and GOD and a promise.
Paulette was called into the ministry and nothing was going to deter her from the destiny she has OR ANY OF HER FAMILY!
All the while, she did have a promise and a Scripture to hold on to.....
After a year of hospitalization and therapy (which Bob has recovered from ) she has been faced with law suits, famine and possibility of loosing her home .Her youngest son was faced with sever trials in school and Paulette herself who had to be strong through it all..
Recently she has been faced with her own health issues in 2005 she was to be the Matron of Honor at my wedding when she fell down a flight of steps spiral breaking her leg and was laid up for months ..
This once very busy and confidant woman of GOD was now facing her own battle, But without surgery to place a plate in her leg she has over come this trial as well. She stands strong today ministering to those whom she loves an whom GOD has called her to.
Key verse Matt 6.33 seek ye first the Kingdom of God and all these things will be added unto you..Paulette lives this and is a pillar of an example of Gods grace.
Her Mission in life stems from the verse from the Book of Isaiah 45.1- 7 and 13 b whole chapter.. Key verse is promise to open doors before me ...and give hidden treasures in the darkness... paraphrasing ... She expresses the Miraculous days she has expierenced when all looks dark!
The Call kept her going when... "Gods supernatural conformation of the call of God on my life kept me going during the very tough times of testing and trials and where one would just give up!
Hanging on to "The presence in the middle of my difficulties and I knew there was no turning back!"
1999 Sept the worst of year of her life .." The presence of GOD kept me and the Power of GOD rose him up."
"Every day GOD gave me something specific for that day and I watched GOD do a miracle".
When they said he would no walk Habakkuk out of last Chapter 3 verse 17-19 HE WILL WALK !!
She had to believe It was her husband her lover, her friend.. he was in serious condition Grave at times and she had to believe!
And she had to believe later for herself ....she will walk!!
In her private time God gave her that 1st dreadful day in 1999 Isaiah 57: 18&19 were her scriptures for that day. And what that day it was. A NOW verse she kept holding on to. Through this day she hangs on to those verses.
The struggle between life and death hung in the balance people were praying people were doubtful, but Paulette stood on the Word of GOD!
Calls came in from all around Ministers were at the bedside of Bob, Dr's were not sure.. her 4 Sons were in shock and in the meantime... Paulette persevered and stayed the course...... All her friends were included in the promise we all stood with her ( she happens to be one of my very best friends)
Understanding Queen Esther's passion Paulette says.. " I did not face my death but I faced death in finances, in health and I said I will not go back on God. I will trust Him no matter what NOTHING would make me change my mind no famine, no death, no poverty. I determined to set my face in the King of Kings I would never turn back!"
"Not life not death, not poverty, not persecution nothing could make me back slide I had to set my face to seek GOD!!"
Yes their have been lasting losses husband is not 100% He did loose his job they have fought to keep their home and the granddaughters are living in divided home.. Her son has recovered from school trials and she can walk with out assistance.. But so can Bob!!
To be remembered for she was asked .. "The One thing is this I love the Lord the Thy God will all my heart and all my soul and all my mind and I love His people!!
Currently The Rev Paulette Horvath On staff on at Living Waters Community Church in Bollingbrook IL she is the Assistant Transformation Pastor
Ordained with Independent Assemblies Of GOD International sense 1997 ..She has been a faithful servant where ever she serves
She on the Founding Board of Women in Missions of Watering Hole of IL The Rev Paulette Horvath is on the advisory board for The Encounters In IL
She is leaving April for a mission Trip to Ukraine to be part of the Prayer Team for the Women of Destiny Conference. She is going with her Church from Bollingbrook IL.
Rev Paulette has written and 26 page thesis about the role of Women in Leadership this piece will be made available In the product section soon..
Editors Note : This paper saved my own son from the chopping block in school because I am a pastor!! Every Minister needs it !! Keep looking it will be ready soon.
This section is dedicated to the women who have put it all on the line. Their faith, finances, health, families all that is important to them, for the Destiny GOD has for them.
Read about How Much a sacrifice.. How much Love and How Much commitment!
Like Esther in the Bible says "If I perish I perish" God Bless YOU Ladies Thank you.. DaysmanPress
February 2007
Dr Kaye Beyer
Kaye and Harold her love in life .. A miracle MAN!
Interview By: Thereas Forkins-Phillips
Thirty years bringing good news to the world is legacy most of us would like to aspire to. Yet here we have met a woman who would do anything to protect the name of Our Lord with her life! She is DR Kaye Beyer and her husband is DR Harold Beyer . They reside in Tampa Florida and I recently have had a wonderful conversation with her and she is fast becoming one of my Mentors in the Faith
Her story is inspiring and powerful. Raised a Lutheran girl and married to a Lutheran man they lived the very Lutheran faith.. Until one day she had an Encounter with The King of Kings and their life changed. She made the decision that what she had encountered was more precious that anything......Recuperating from the banquet for celebration of 50 years of marriage..and 38 years of ministry... Obstacles faced for them One very important one was when her husband Harold had a stoke .. Previously to that time Kaye and Harold had been given a word that they would go to many lands Then when they got home from Venezuela...Harold Has a stroke. Kaye could not see them traveling about the world with him all crippled in a wheel chair. She believed the word and knew the healing had to take place. She just believed it. Many people told them that it was sad situation till she walked out into the hospital hallway and told her children to stop your crying Dad is gonna be allright. She remembered the Word of the Lord. Even the people in her church thought she was in denial and so on and so on.. yes he was healed and her best friend at the time thought their was something wrong with her.. yet her friends at church said that they would help her when she comes out of this "denial Thing" No One stood with her .. as a matter of fact she decided to not speak to those who were negative," I didn't want to be around those where negative" October 15 he as a stroke and 11 November he is healed ..!! Miracle.... He goes to hospital for therapy and after and hour and a half he says" My God is Bigger than this!" and he was healed, and they have been in 38 countries .
They Believed the word of the LORD! "If its God you can hang on to it no matter what the circumstances look like God is gonna do it! You cant fail with the word of the Lord and Gods word God is the one who said it so you don't have to worry about it..You don't have to try to make it happen" .. God said we were going to go all around the world we were retired we had less money than we ever did before how can we do that now. But God had a way Her daughter got a job at a major Airline and they were able to fly very inexpensively and that is GOD!!.. Its exciting to get a word from the Lord as a matter of fact they were given a word about a ministry building which seems utterly impossible yet. Look out it is gonna happen... 40 years of ministry and first mission trip was to Haiti doing missionary work for 30 years.. 8 Years ago God said this is the beginning of your ministry she did know what that meant ...she waited......and has now got a name of the ministry Harold is on April 2nd 82, March 4 I will be 70 I don't feel a day over 50 for the Joy of the Lord is your strength when your doing what God has called you to do you love it .. He won't call you to something you don't like to do...But he has called us to go around the world
Been home 6 weeks and are plane sick they can hardly wait to get going ...
but this was not the only miraculous time they had
About two years after they were saved they received a gift from GOD something not heard of in many circles and something they guard very dear and regard as quite holy .. This surprise happened when Harold was in his milk truck driving (in Wisconsin) ) He was covered with a white powder 38 years ago. He even tried to gather it up and put it in his thermos to show Kaye but it had disappeared. But he told her what had happened and she believed him Manna From Heaven Appeared on Harold's Lap in a Milk Truck.. They never thought it could happen again but 6 months later when he was praying it came again and appeared on his Bible ... For 30 years when they lease expected it their would be manna.. Sometimes we would go a year in between the times we see the manna we had no clue what God was doing. When they took THAT trip to Venezuela they showed a picture of the Manna to the pastor and he said he would believe for the Manna to show up and take communion in church the next day...
Yet in the morning no manna, and everyone went to the Airport before service Except Harold, The pastor and me .The Lord Harold to open up his Bible whe we went into our room to Revelations 2; !7 " to him who overcomes I will give them to eat of the hidden manna ... and inside that closed Bibble it was full of manna! That was the first time they had a service with the manna. Habakkuk 1: 5 Behold ey among the heathen, and regard, and wonder marvelously: for I will work a work in your days which ye will not believe, though it be told you.
God is training them how to appropriate the manna it came in the first church and them it came only a couple items a year after that and slowly it has been increasing BUT Kaye and Harold Honestly regard it as a HOLY sacrament and Guard it. At one time a phone call came in asking them to send it by mail overseas. of course they would not do that. But they have a granddaughter who believed and the manna came and she was healed ... Is it witchcraft? NO it is Holy a not to be made a spectacle of ... The wont come minister if all you want is manna! This couple is very dear and Love God. Their story is one of Overcoming trials and tribulation by Using faith and Love. Yes, it takes love of GOD for man to be able to overcome. Yet in the meantime they received a special gift of a SUPERNATURAL essence Manna From heaven is it real? Yes, I have had some and I do believe God is able to do anything He wants to do! After all He is GOD! yes, their will be skeptics but their were when Jesus was alive. And when Esther was alive No One believed the King would not kill the nation of Esther. But one lady dared to be what she was meant to be she gave it all ..and gave her all for the King She loved! Esther's Love for the King saved the Jewish people from annihilation Because she Loved her King and stepped out in Faith....( believing what is not seen) Thank you Kaye Your an inspiration to us all for your diligence and your faith You're LOVE and your testimony ... at the end of our conversation she said to me People need to get a miracle mind set and believe. Yeah GOD!! Kayes Book on The Miracle Gift of Manna can be purchased on our Product page
I personally took this picture at a local meeting i sat directly behind Kaye and Harold and this was not there when they came in.... then it was.. and over 1000 people took manna communion .. it is Holy..
But I miust tell you this It is holy watch what you say... and what you may think about this for all supernatural thing are just that un natural..
Jennie Tenney Wife Mother Minister Songstress Esther's Woman December 2006
One Night With The King Is Worth It All !!
Jennie Tenney wife of Tommy Tenney is Decembers Esther's Woman. Placing her own musical career on the back burner, this woman not only loved her man she wanted to see him succeed.
At a young age and, as a new wife she was offered a recording contract and non regretfully said no "My place was to see my husbands ministry succeed"
I had the privilege of speaking with her, and found a genuine heart full of Love and Passion. While in retrospect of people paralleling with Esther she said..... "People get impatient with the Lord at times, and they think favor is just going to happen over night it didn't happen over night for Esther she went through a time of testing her faith. Testing of Everything ..
"We all go through that .. it shows the Lord, and other people what we are made of" Very plainly she states "not everybody is an Esther"not everybody is willing to pay that price that she did" "We are all made with peotntial but not all are Esther's having a strong passion to do it" Jennie feels women need to "rise up" for too long they have been taking a break "They can rise up and become an Esther"
Women can say, "I can do something for God, other people and our Nation. Women can do something to change my children's lives." Her desire is to see women stand in the gap for our children becomes evident as she talks about Family and loved ones, her husband and her three daughters.
Esther stood in the gap for her people That is what we can do today. "Women need to stand in the gap for other women children husbands and children."
She feel women can stop taking a break and its been long enough now..( the church taught women to stand down for along time) If we don't fill in the gap, their will be things, that can't be accomplished, because men are not wired to do what women can do. Recognizing the differences in men and women,Jennie Tenney clearly states the need to take ones place. She has a daughter age 14 , and four years before her birth she was given a word that she was going to have another child. ( Jennie Tenney was not sure that is what she really wanted). Throughout her pregnancy and four years before it.. she as told by many, that this child was going to be special and carry a special anointing etc....THEN
She had a Girl... This quite surprised her..she talked to the Lord about this...Even reminding Him of the special calling upon her child. Yet she had a girl which she was sure was going to be a boy .. according to the knowledge she had ... in the Bible it was always BOYS who had the callings. Not girls. What are you doing? She asked God. "Clearly He said in the time that your daughter is old enough be able to able to have a career, women will be very accepted in ministry, politics, and secular positions. She was shocked! Presently looking back over the last 5 years I've seen woman come up, and become extremely popular. She began to name them...Then she said I think we will one day see a woman President (I had to agree) I asked her about her other daughters. One works with her on staff. One is in studies and of course, the 14 year old is preaching her heart out at school, etc., and wants to be a minister..Yeah God!
How does it feel to be Tommy's wife? Tommy is an awesome minister it is privilege in being his wife but that did not come without a price. Before the ENCOUNTER in 1996 she saw her husband begin to cry out for more! With long fasts and traveling to places of ministry where only Godfearing men are willing to travel this couple set out to experience the Glory of God.
Taken from his book God Chasers "I'm not asking you how much you know about Me.I want to ask you,"do you really know Me? Do you really want Me?"
WOW what a statement and a challenge.
Hunger was in the Heart of Tommy and Jennie and in the autumn of 1996 while at a church in Texas Destiny Happened A CHANGE TOOK PLACE one that will change the hearts of man and his course of life forever.. Mind you He was in a devastated place in his ministry and waiting with baited hunger and seeking more of God when..during the service a word being read by a minister says "we are not to seek his hand any longer, but seek His face." What sounded like a thunder clap echoed through the building and the pastor was literally picked up and thrown backward about ten feet, effectively separating him from the pulpit.....the pulpit fell foreword to the ground already in two pieces ... almost as if lightening hit it..At that instant the tangible terror of the presence of GOD filled the room... GET THE BOOK!!! God answered the prayer and the cry of their hearts and this couple has never been the same sense "Even personalities can change when you have had a visitation of the Glory says Jennie .. She is living proof of Change ..
: One night with The king changes everything." Their life changed, everyone's life changed, at that moment. They could have been bitter because of the past. But God made their present better. AN ENCOUNTER is all it took! Rooted and grounded in a denomination that forced holiness Tommy and his wife Jennie knew what the word was, and what it meant. They also took what they learned to themselves and walked out their journey wig faith and a passion to see more of the Glory of God a visitation that they knew Jesus was able to give.
Jennie knows who she is in the Kingdom..."when you had the encounter you won't ever be the same."
That cry of the Tenneys. caused a movement that lasted for several years. The anointing is there because they experienced and encountered. Her own ministry is Prophetic..she is often reminded of the fact that if one in couple is Apostolic the other will most likely be Prophetic, Jennie Tenney is a worshipper and a song writer she has a video coming out called One Night With The King..( awesome I got a pre release) I tell you this lady can sing! She saw her husband struggle with Hunger for God, depression and a severe longing for His Presence..Here she had to be strong when her husband was not. From moving around to different churches to minister, raising 3 children seeing the realistic need in pastors lives and churches Jennie Tenney has proved to us all, That one night with THE KING can and WILL CHANGE EVERYTHING thank you Jennie. www.GodChasers.net
Interview by Theresa Forkins-Phillips The family did not have much.Her father was not a well man, and she was born in a blow-up pool .. AKIANE has made a difference in our world. Thank GOD! ESTHER'S WOMAN for January 2007 YOU do not have to be an adult to become a wonder for GOD. Age 12 (now 13) and going strong. She paints like a master, she writes like a master and her vision of building schools for children is captivating me, and will you as well. This 12 year old young woman is not ordinary by any means. At the age of 4 she was in what she thought, "a daydream".It turned out to be an Encounter with GOD .. She was in her bedroom when she experienced what she thought . . . at first . . . was a daydream but then . . . Fearful at first, thinking it was bad daydream, she shortly began to realize that this place was so nice and full of beauty and love .. Here she had a talk with the person . . . GOD.He told her who He was . . . GOD! She was told about Heaven and saw the beauty of that celestial city.She was told about her life and what she would do.
It was about midnight that night, when she told her mother . . . as it became increasingly awesome, for the family who did not know GOD or have a god. Her mother who learned about all sorts of religion didn't have Christianity, nor did she appear to want it.BUT after her young daughters Encounter she began to believe, thus changing her family's life forever. The last thing on her mother’s list (becoming a Christian) became the first. As time progressed in the life of Akiane she began to study people and have dreams and visions about them, then at age 4 she began to draw them.
Thinking every child had the same talents, Akiane was shocked to realize they did not, andthat she was given a gift. Moving forward with her gift she found it difficult to listen to music and the sounds of the classroom.After school she was so drained she could not use her gift. The sounds become screeching in her ears because she had heard Heavens music and seen the beauty there.
She is home schooled.She has a studio.She travels the country, is on several television shows, and holds press conferences.She is featured on art shows. She is always pointing to GOD not to her. Akiane shows no pretentiousness.She is a well rounded young lady who happens to be on a mission. Akiane has met several friends in the "fields of child gifting" and she loves them all
BUT . . . This did not come without a price including family sacrifices (she is third child of 4). All support her, but this too is difficult as one can imagine. This family has had its share of hardships and woes.
After her encounter she was e-mailed by several people and letters came pouring in about her extraordinary talent accusing her of "family doing it instead of her " This wounded her immensely because it was GOD’S gift and that wounds GOD. But much to my surprise, I found her charming and so full of Grace and Love for all. She even has the ability to love her persecutors. Not one word of contention came from her mouth while we spoke. That is amazing when we are in a world so full of blame and shame. Akiane has none of that.
Her passion is horses and she want to own one someday.She paints them as she see them.They are her favorite animal to paint. But people are the study. She wants to make a difference in the lives of people. She searches for God in faces, and as she painted Prince of Peace at age 8, she searched for the right person to fit what she saw.She found him.While she was painting him she realized that she could not find the perfect brush to do his eyelashes so she actually used her own hair to make a special brush for the job. When needing the right color red for the blood, she pricked her own finger and asked
her mother to go find a match of paint. Passion is what it’s all about.Akiane has plenty of that.Since our conversation a few weeks ago, she has competed a few more paintings and she keeps going. According to her father, they are more wonderful than the last.Each piece is getting more wonderful..
Her poetry is amazing as well. She was so enamored with what she was hearing that she could not find the time to write it down (she says she talks a lot).She now has her mother to write for her as she gives it - anywhere from one page at a time to 5 pages at a time.The words fill the paper. Her poetry is on a master level. Filled with passion plus, and the very essence of person. She likes to captivate the person she is writing about, putting herself into that life – it shows. From her book "Akiane, Her Life, Her Art, Her Poetry”
"I want my art to draw people’s attention to GOD, and I want my poetry to keep their attention on GOD"
Her work is shown across the nation.Several have hosted her on the TV circuit, such as: ABC World News Tonight, The Oprah Winfrey Show ,Good Morning America World News Tonight with Peter Jennings, the Lou Dobbs Show/ CNN, the Montel Williams Show, Fox News, Fox Magazine, Late Late Show KING TV/ CBS, Fox News Rising,Time Warner cable News, KREM NEWS/ CBS KETV/ ABC,WBTV, NEWS 3, KONG TV/ ABC, SEATTLE LIVE Northwest Afternoon/ ABC , The Hour of Power, Reflections/ Crystal Cathedral J.C. and Friends , John Hancock radio show , Bob and Sherri Radio Show co-host on the Wayne Brady TV Show , Life Line , Miracle Channel (Canada) Life Today, "Indigo Evolution" Documentary, TBN, and Now DAYSMAN PRESS.Upon reflection of the many celebrities, she was so pleased with what Oprah said after reviewing all her paintings. When they came to the last one, “Father, Forgive Them” Oprah said, “Of course, it’s Jesus.” The vision does not stop with painting or her poetry. She truly desires to build a school where other children can work their dreams. Writing Artwork, Poetry – Little by little, it is working out at age 12. "God gave me this gift to tell other people what he has done for me and who He is. I use that gift to tell other people with poetry also . . . so that is how it started
when I was 4."
Thank you AKIANE for being our Esther's Woman! She just turned 13 in July 2007
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