Presentation Women Building Destinies February 20, 2010: Do you understand where God is leading you?
Kezia Sousa
(Audio: Spanish)
SUMMARY: The speaker expresses her gratitude for being in the congregation and shares her personal story of coming to the US with her three children and being supported by the church. She then discusses the story of Esther and how she was obedient despite being an orphan and not having much education. The speaker emphasizes the importance of obedience and the fact that God is always in control, even in times of silence. She also talks about the valleys we go through in life before reaching the mountains and that everything has its time.
The speaker shares her personal experiences of facing challenges and rejection in her life, including her husband leaving her and her father rejecting her and her children. She emphasizes the importance of faith and trusting in God's promises, even when circumstances seem to contradict them. She also encourages forgiveness and healing before being used by God in ministry. The speaker shares her belief in the power of God's presence and anointing to give strength and courage to face challenges, like David facing Goliath. Overall, the speaker's message is one of hope and perseverance in the face of adversity.
The speaker shares her personal testimony of growing up in a dysfunctional family and facing many challenges in life, including abandonment by her father and husband, and battling cancer. She emphasizes the importance of forgiveness, faith, and perseverance in overcoming obstacles and trusting in God's promises. She also encourages women to have a strong relationship with God and to support and uplift each other in their journeys.
The speaker shares her experience of battling cancer and diabetes while remaining faithful to God. She encourages women to worship God even in difficult times and to submit to their husbands and leaders. She says that the path God takes us on may be difficult, but it leads to blessings. She shares her joy in seeing her children serving God and receiving a scholarship for college. She emphasizes that women should not be afraid to face difficult moments in life but should remain faithful to God.
The speaker shares her personal experiences of facing challenges and rejection in her life, including her husband leaving her and her father rejecting her and her children. She emphasizes the importance of faith and trusting in God's promises, even when circumstances seem to contradict them. She also encourages forgiveness and healing before being used by God in ministry. The speaker shares her belief in the power of God's presence and anointing to give strength and courage to face challenges, like David facing Goliath. Overall, the speaker's message is one of hope and perseverance in the face of adversity.
The speaker shares her personal testimony of growing up in a dysfunctional family and facing many challenges in life, including abandonment by her father and husband, and battling cancer. She emphasizes the importance of forgiveness, faith, and perseverance in overcoming obstacles and trusting in God's promises. She also encourages women to have a strong relationship with God and to support and uplift each other in their journeys.
The speaker shares her experience of battling cancer and diabetes while remaining faithful to God. She encourages women to worship God even in difficult times and to submit to their husbands and leaders. She says that the path God takes us on may be difficult, but it leads to blessings. She shares her joy in seeing her children serving God and receiving a scholarship for college. She emphasizes that women should not be afraid to face difficult moments in life but should remain faithful to God.
I feel very happy to be here, to see sisters that I love, that I learned to live with, that were in my life. It is a very, very difficult moment. When I arrived in this country almost 11 years ago, I arrived alone and later When I was one year old, the Lord brought me my 3 children who at the time were very small but now they are very big. My oldest son is 19 years old, he came here at the age of 9, Hudson, he's in college in New York, he lives in New Jersey but he's studying at college in New York, and he's a football puncher. He's pretty big, 6 foot 4, a pretty big guy. I have my daughter, who is 18 years old, who is getting married in August, and my youngest son, Felipe, who is 16. And they all arrived here very young. And we had very, very nice moments in this congregation. I always say where I go that this is still my church. Pastor Roberto and Meche are still my pastors. I can be anywhere in the world, I will never forget the brothers of this church, the brothers that when I was remembering those days talking with a friend, a sister who also congregated here and I was remembering that when the sisters of this church, Marta and Janet, all, all, all, Mayra, all, Diana, Ana, all, all, Marlene, and we were here selling cakes to bring my children. It's true. That was the greatest, greatest demonstration of love that I could have in this congregation, in addition to the support that Pastor Roberto and Meche gave me during such a difficult time that I was going through, to support me and help me in everything, spiritually, financially, in Everything, I owe a lot, a lot to this congregation and for me today to be here before you is a great privilege.
First, because when Meche called me and invited me to be here, I said, Meche, are you sure you want me to talk? But she says, yes, yes, I'm sure, you are a woman of faith, you are courageous because my God, (…..) it's still not that good. But now I have a great challenge, even more a great challenge, to learn Spanish well because my future husband's church is all Hispanic brothers, there are no Brazilians. So I have to learn to speak Spanish well. I am very happy, very happy to be here. And I wanted to invite you to open your Bibles to the Book of Esther, a book by a woman who has a very beautiful story and I'm sure that Esther's story is very similar, perhaps, to our stories. I think that each of us who may not have formally become a queen but have a very similar story, very similar to what this woman went through, a story of challenges, a story of so many conquests, a story of courage, a story of great determination, a story of being chosen by God to do something very big. I don't know if we're going to continue talking with that here because I move, I can't stand still. But it is a story that surely speaks volumes in our hearts.
First, because when Meche called me and invited me to be here, I said, Meche, are you sure you want me to talk? But she says, yes, yes, I'm sure, you are a woman of faith, you are courageous because my God, (…..) it's still not that good. But now I have a great challenge, even more a great challenge, to learn Spanish well because my future husband's church is all Hispanic brothers, there are no Brazilians. So I have to learn to speak Spanish well. I am very happy, very happy to be here. And I wanted to invite you to open your Bibles to the Book of Esther, a book by a woman who has a very beautiful story and I'm sure that Esther's story is very similar, perhaps, to our stories. I think that each of us who may not have formally become a queen but have a very similar story, very similar to what this woman went through, a story of challenges, a story of so many conquests, a story of courage, a story of great determination, a story of being chosen by God to do something very big. I don't know if we're going to continue talking with that here because I move, I can't stand still. But it is a story that surely speaks volumes in our hearts.
