BRAG ON DAD

UPDATED July 5, 2022 @ 9:47pm

Thee weeks later he said that he is free of lung cancer!!! Praise God!
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To God be the Glory! I just have to share my testimony about the surgery that I faced on Feb 19th at IU Hospital. For several weeks pre surgery date I asked for prayer, healing prayer, and prayer for a successful outcome after the surgery. I received prayer from many at Cross Tabernacle starting with Pastor Keith and being anointed with oil, followed with the laying on of hands prayer with Pastor Lyle, Mr. Budnik, Mr. Lawson, Mr. Taylor and many others that I cannot name at this time. God has been with me thru each and every step of my illness, when surgery day came I has so much at peace and had faith that all was in God’s hands and that God had placed me in the right place with the right surgeon. My surgery was very successful, my recovery has been no less than perfect. I am off work recovering for another four weeks, God has given my wife the strength and knowledge to nurse me back to normal ahead of schedule time. What a true blessing from God with the woman that HE brought into my life 44 years ago. Thank You Jesus!
On the day before surgery I reported to the hospital for testing and evaluation, God was right there in the middle of the whole process. After a goggle of doctors, nurses and specialists had spent a period of time sticking, poking, and testing me I was told that in their eyes I was just too boring and that they were not used to seeing patients as healthy as I was for the type surgery that I was having the next day. I feel that their remarks proves that with prayer, nothing is impossible with God.

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My Daddy is Good thank you Cross T and the body of Christ for remembering their son….
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Since i started coming to cross Tabernacle my life has improved greatly!! I have never been surrounded with such spirit and love for Christ!
Life is so much better and I owe it all to him. Thnak you Jesus for your unconditional love and thank you to my new Cross Tabernacle family!
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Rest with Dad
no part of me has ever liked to rest, i would stay up so i wouldn’t miss anything, impatient in being still. over the last weekend i understood that the Lord has been leading me for the last few weeks and I’ve been “divinely dissatisfied to hunger him”(Renay west mentioned that this weekend) l livengood mentioned that he desires us sometimes just to be still under His gaze while he burns off the flesh. these things have been rolling around in my spirit and i began to accept them. i got prayer from Sister Linda and Sister Karen last night and the Lord began to speak something to me about me in prayer last night that i would not have wanted to hear from anyone else and (has continued to all day) and brought things back to my childhood with my father to help me understand.
There were two significant times of memories i have with enjoying my Dad, where he would affirm His love to me, they were : playing paintball and sitting in his lap.
when we played paintball, he would enjoy me and be proud of me ,he would affirm me when we were there and be proud of me verbally when we there for being a warrior. when we played paintball We would war against the other team (the bad guy) and I would always receive affirmation for the battle.
The Lord has showed me last night that This was a time where in my child mind I received love through what i did, divorce and years later I strived to fill the need as an adolescent, striving by what i did to receive affirmation and even as an adult this has carried into my character as a disciple of Christ.
Another time of enjoyment the Lord spoke to me about that I’ve never forgotten is that Dad would call me to his recliner and his lap and would say have I told you lately that I love you? I would say no. Then he would say well I do I love you. And he would sing “you are so beautiful to me, your everything I hope for, everything I need…Can’t you see, Such joy and happiness you bring…”

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I had been having pain in my lower back for for about 1 month and a half to 2 months. It didnt bother me as much until the end of that time, i seemed to feel pain with everything that I did, even sleeping in certain positions was painful. The worst was when I sneezed it pretty much brought me to my knees! Well I ended up having an x ray of my lower back. While the I was waiting for the test to come back, i ended up taking IBuprofen only one dose, the pain didnt totally subside. I received prayer from my sister inlaw on a Saturday, then again the next day on Sunday from the young people! So i just kept proclaiming and standing on my healing. It was like two days later when I noticed that the pain was completely gone!! I was healed by the power of God cause i know one dose of meds didnt cure ongoing pain like that! I give you all the glory Lord God!!
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I just wanted to thank the Lord for healing me last night at Campmeeting. My left arm and hand had been bothering me all day at work and even during campmeeting. But something changed throughout the evening as we worshiped and heard the word. When I woke up this morning I have no more pain or discomfort at all. I know I was touched last night. God is good! I know He is always with us in the midst of our circumstance.
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Millie a lady you have been praying for (brother-n-laws mother) is cancer free! Other bragging point both of my children are saved and delivered. GOD is good! all the time.
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I got “saved” as a pregnant 15 year old. I really did have an experience with God and it was exciting. Then, religion took over my life. I dressed the part, homeschooled my kids, and tithed. Unfortunately, religion did not carry me through difficult times, sorrow, hardship or pain. I began having migraines almost daily, watched my relationship with my husband fall apart, and began deadening the pain of migraines and life with drugs and wordly comforts. On September 12, 2010 I went to church. I knew that either God would do something for me or I would die. I could not take any more of life and its miseries. He met me there, in my greatest need! He saved me from my life of hell. He gave me a hope that day. I knew, that I knew, that I knew that God was real, that He loved me and would be with me through it all. I knew that He was going to heal my migraines and deliver me from everything that was controlling my life…and He did! It has been such a journey since that day!
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Once I accepted Jesus into my life, I immediately saw change. This change was not only in my life but those I prayed for as well. My brother had been in a motorcycle accident in the fall of 2011 and was being told at each doctor’s appointment that the nerves in his hip were dying from when it was dislocated- (which meant a hip replacement at the age of 30). I started to send in prayer requests to the church recently… He was just told yesterday that he is healing properly and will no longer need a hip replacement.

Pastor Keith was peaching about addictions and asked if anyone needed praying for, well I have been a smoker for 11 years and asked to be released from that habit. God is good. I had one cigarette left when I left church that day and did not want to waste it, so I lit that cigarette only for it to go out each time… Third time it went out, I gave up, and have not touched another one, haven’t even craved one!

God is amazing!!! I continue to be blessed on a daily basis since accepting him as my savor; for example, I was about to run out of gas, had a lot of running around to do and did not have the means to purchase gas until paid day which was two days away. So, I prayed… that’s all I did!! My gas tank needle rose, immediately, to amount I needed and did not move until I had the money to fill up my tank…

Prayer is powerful!!!! GOD CAN FIX ANYTHING~ all you have to do is believe!
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Eye Healed!

Arthritis Healed!

I believe my arthritis healing was over a course of time through several events. We had just had a Women of Virtue meeting, where I stepped out and gave a soul tie testimony related to one of the books: Captivating by John and Stasi Eldredge. It was an extremely difficult step for me to take. I felt something break after the testimony. After I left the meeting, I walked out alone & heard a soft voice in my spirit say “daughter”. It caught me off guard. I knew it was from God. Later that day, he used my son to speak to me. We were outside drawing with chalk. While I was talking to our neighbor, my son randomly drew two hearts. He said one was a whole heart and the other was a heart with a crack that was being fixed. My neighbor had no idea the spiritual significance to me, but I knew.

I can also look back at one of the past altar times during outpouring and pin point another significant part in my healing. At the end of the prayer and word being spoken to me, the person was told to give me a hug and said it was from the father, from dad. That just brought a more personal and intimate view of God into perspective for me. Yes, he IS my father & he DOES care for me as his daughter.

After the fire tunnel at Outpouring Sunday April 22, I felt another level break open for me. I have always known the voice of the Holy Spirit, but have struggled with the fact of knowing without having him show me. God did a deep work. I have been asking for the gifts of the Holy Spirit to function through me. It was spoken over me in an Outpouring service that many gifts will flow through me, one in specific named & through generations. Well, I didn’t realize the gifts had been functioning; I just wasn’t listening and putting my knowledge to practice. The Holy Spirit has become increasingly easy to hear and follow after this fire tunnel. After stepping out in a few things, he has increased communication and has been using me more. I have recently felt a release in my spirit to pray for others in the altar, but am still working on stepping out and knowing my place and boundaries.

My Arthritis is GONE! No more pain! The healing came through that fire tunnel, as the Holy Spirit planted in my spirit earlier in the day. I have waited and tested the use of my hands. The normal activities that would trigger pain, no longer are a hindrance. I am healed of arthritis and all the roots! I no longer have to live with the pain in my hands. Praise God, my dad!!!
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Thank the Lord for the awesome work He is doing at Cross Tabernacle! The Lord has touched my husband and I and spoke into our lives sooo much since we’ve been going to the outpouring services. Tonight I believe God touched my knee and made it well, Praise God! I also believe God touched me tonight and delivered me from thyroid problems and made the thyroid well! Thank God for His grace, loving-kindness and mercy! He is worthy to be praised!
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I want to say that I have loved the last month that I have visited your
Church. I feel like that I know have a “Home” I have been searching and let
God lead me to where I need to be, I have found where he wants me to be. If
you don’t feel something running in your heart, and blood, and soul when you
come into this Church, then all I can say is, “Check your pulse” LOl. What a
wonder bunch of loving people that have a real love for our father. I can
not wait to continue to grow in love with these people. Praise God!!!
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Hi! My name is Kathy. I am a friend of Laura, and live in central Illinois. I have watched some of your services online, and they are very POWERFUL! They have touched me in my walk with God, and helped me to grow and not always be stuck in worry and fear. He is doing great things in your church. Your sermons tell it like it is, music is uplifting..everyone needs Jesus! I have had a lot of things happen in my life with health issues,losing loved ones,etc. and lost my way for awhile. Talking to Laura and watching your services helped me to decide to get baptized last September by immersion in my sister-in-law, Judy’s(who has also been a mentor for me)pool.I do know God Does have a plan for each of us and we just have to TRUST Him. Am praying for salvation for my family and healing for myself and a closer walk with Jesus. I am hoping to make it to Indiana sometime this year and see what your services are like live! Might even receive a healing….never know what He has in store for us! Thanks!
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Thank you for your prayers; James attended service last Sunday April 1, 2012 Continued Healing -I have written Dad on envelope for praying for Healing. God is good and His mercies endure forever.  My Dad got another good report (they went March 28, 2012)from the cancer doctor.   Blood counts were perfect

CTScan report The cancer is still contained, nothing has spread…..that is God!

This is a documented miracle of God, when he was diagnosed, November 2009, I asked the doctor if I could pray for him and he said, yes,  I asked the doctor if he would agree to be the “instrument” God would guide his hands and what he does the natural God would do the supernatural healing and the doctor said yes.

I also prayed over the surgeon’s hand that before surgery, and prayed for the chemotherapy to do what it is suppose to do in the natural and God to do the supernatural healing. My prayer is for the number of Dad’s days ….God will fulfill.

– November 2009 Cancer Doctor gave Him until Dec 2010……

– Then continuing appointments Cancer Doctor gave Dad until December 2011.

– Now yesterday March 29, 2012 the doctor said…Comments…from the doctor.

“Well, your going to die from something, but not cancer”.

He will still continue to go for checkups, etc.

November 2009,  the whiteboard sign in Dad’s hospital room said:

Diagnosis: Mesothelioma… as we were leaving his room checking out to take Dad home….

I walked over to the whiteboard……..crossed out the “name” Mesothelioma and wrote.

There is a Name above Mesothelioma J E S U S  and left……….

From day 1 we have prayed for the doctor to be saved thru this and I am still believing for his salvation.

and God to be used thru this.

Dad is still struggling from the stroke and is very thin and weak and has some other complications from stroke.

I have started to get him to do exercises and reading to work on his strength and thinking.

He loves to take naps……….LOL

God is in control and I am so glad He is.   Praise the Lord!  Amen

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This Sunday night April 1, 2012  6:00pm,  God has put his arm around me. I was touched in a mighty way.

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We love the Outpouring services. Our family is growing in the Lord. Our daughter has received a healing in her body and God is using her in awesome ways. Our son is also growing in the Lord and God is really blessing him. This is his best year yet at college. My wife and I have seen our ministry grow as we seek His face and His presence. God is a very loving God and He wants us to spend time with Him on a daily basis. We just need to sit in His lap and spend quality time with Him. We really cannot wait for Friday night and Sunday evening so we can come to Outpouring and spend time with God and get into His presence. We love the pastors at Cross Tabernacle and we feel like God has assembled an AWESOME team. The music is AWESOME and it really ushers in the presence of the Lord! Thanks so much for your obedience to God!

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My name is Mary. My husband and I, Phil, attended your service on Friday night March 4th.  I must tell you what God did for us on that night.

I am not sure what all Pastor Michael Livengood has told you about Phil and I.  He was our Pastor over 40 years ago.  I have had an on going problem with depression for over 40 years.  At the time Pastor Michael was our Pastor demons were even involved.  I have been in hospitals, on medication for depression and of course prayed for many many times.  Last year i even felt I had been healed.  How ever the depression came back much worse than before. I can’t pin point when it came back, perhaps when my health began to fail. I became very sick, lost 45 pounds.  After many tests they discovered I had a cyst on my pancreas.  I had an endoscopy ultra sound on my pancreas In Dec while the cyst itself was not cancer the pathology report was not so convincing. Through a test where they take fluid from the cyst my CEA level was very high, over 700. That test is a cancer tracer.  Because of that test. my Digestive Disease Dr. told me it was probably a slow growing pancreas cancer.   In Feb. I visited an Oncologist who decided because I didn’t have all of the symptoms of pancreas cancer it is pre cancer.  It is called IPMN. It is a cyst that usually turns to cancer. I have to have an MRI every 3 months.  Since that time I became very upset that I didn’t  have cancer. I became so depressed i just wanted to die.  I started becoming paranoid that people in the church hated me and was talking about me. I felt like the Pastor and his wife hated me.  If someone didn’t come up and talk to me I was obsessing and crying all night that they didn’t like me.  I told Phil the Pastor had taken me out of every ministry I had ever had.  I was begging Phil to leave our church and take me somewhere else so I could start over, so I could make new friends and people would like me. I was also becoming obsessed about getting old. I told Phil I wanted to die now, I didn’t want to be old. Phil was becoming very worried about me, so much that it started to affect his health. He has been having serious digestive issues. It was also affecting our relationship. I didn’t want to do anything, go any where or even hold a conversation with him. I was angry all the time. I wanted to just be left alone.

I really didn’t want to make the trip to Terre Haute.  I know now it was because of Phil praying before he ask me that I agreed to go.

I have never been in a service like the Friday night service.  i was amazed at how everyone, and I mean everyone was praying, not just praying but LOUDLY praying and seeking God.  At first all I could do was observe. I kind of felt like I was just by myself, on the outside looking in not really apart of the whole thing.  I then began to pray and ask God, if He still cared about me, let the Pastor come pray for Phil. When Pastor Keith called Phil out and had the men lay hands on him for healing I broke. It was like a dam opened up.  They not only prayed for him but they placed their hands on his abdomen where his problem was.  Pastor then had the ladies come pray for me. They prayed for everything that was happening to me, the depression, the hopelessness, the fear, my mind, all of it!!!!  I WAS HEALED INSTANTLY!!!!  DID YOU HEAR ME I SAID INSTANTLY!!!!!  I have never experienced anything like this in my life.  NO ONE  knew us except the Livengoods and they chose to stay back and let God be God. I have never been prayed for before by people who didn’t know me, yet they knew all my needs!!!!!!!  AMAZING, JUST AMAZING!!!!

But it didn’t end with the healing. I was then prophesied over. I was told of a ministry God was, no HAS called me to do. It was a prophesy I knew long ago God called me to do and I refused to believe it was from God. I didn’t feel equipped or good enough or smart enough and so I didn’t believe it was for me.  Just the week prior to my encounter with God, Phil tried to tell me of that ministry. I have always had a soft heart for the hurting, the depressed, the emotionally down trodden but I didn’t think God could possible use a depressed, uneducated, unworthy person like me  to do this.  AGAIN I WAS INSTANTLY AWARE OF GOD’S GOODNESS AND HIS LOVE.  He told me i didn’t have to be equipped to do this on my own. He told me all I have to do is be broken and willing and He will equip me!!!!!!!!  I am still in shock and amazement of how God loves me.  I was born and raised in the Assembly of God church and until last Friday night I never really knew how very much God does love me.

I am now seeking God ready to do what He wants me to do.  I will be forever grateful to Cross Roads Tabernacle and your obedience  to God and the Holy Spirit to continue these services, so people like me can have a real ENCOUNTER WITH GOD!!!

I will end this with a scripture God has given me.

“It is the Lord who goes before you;

He will (march) with you;

He will not fail you or let you go or forsake you.

{ let there be no cowardice or flinching, but} fear not,

neither become broken {in spirit- depressed,

dismayed, and unnerved with alarm}

Deuteronomy 31: 8 ( AMP)

In Christ Love,

Mary

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My thyroid is on its way to healing. Praise the Lord! I went from the doctor wanting to kill or remove my Thyroid, which I refused to allow because I was trusting God was going to heal, to taking only 5 mg of Tapozole twice a day.