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Click to Download\u00a0Scriptures to turn your Mistakes to Miracles in PDF<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

MISTAKES INTO MIRACLES<\/strong><\/p>\n

My life was turned upside down in 2012 when I was investigated by HMRC. This arose because during a period of intense pressure, whilst struggling to stop my businesses from failing & bringing up a young family, I neglected to maintain my tax affairs & declare certain income received. I battled for 3 years to resolve the matters, but despite the circumstances, I was pronounced guilty of tax irregularities in 2015.<\/p>\n

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PRESSURE, CHAOS, UPHEAVAL<\/strong><\/p>\n

The resultant investigation occurred at a period in my life of intense an unmatched pressure. Ruth & I had a young family with 4 children under the age of 7. At the time, I had built up 4 businesses in Yorkshire and we had recently relocated 300 miles to Hertfordshire. \u00a0I was trying to manage them remotely while dealing with the challenges of adapting to a new area, finding new schools, establishing new friends. We had to move house 5 times in 6 years, each time with a young family and the major chaos & upheaval that brought. This pressure also took a toll on my businesses and ultimately led to their closure and me facing personal bankruptcy.<\/p>\n

Although what occurred was not due to deliberate actions to commit fraud, notwithstanding I take full responsibility because ignorance is no defence in the law, and either by commission or omission, in the eyes of the law you are still guilty.<\/p>\n

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GOOGLE IT<\/strong><\/p>\n

The internet is awash with articles regarding it, and if you google \u201cJerome Anekwe\u201d or \u201cDestiny Christian Centre\u201d it\u2019s one of the first things you\u2019ll see. \u00a0Maybe you may have come across some articles about it on Google while you were checking out Destiny Christian Centre.<\/p>\n

I pray as I share my heart, this article will give you the \u201cstory behind the story\u201d, and I pray it will be a help to many people on their life journey.<\/p>\n

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BROKEN <\/strong><\/p>\n

When all this happened, I struggled to believe that God could even love me again\u2026..use me again or still have plan for my life. I struggled to believe I can be a good husband to Ruth, a good father to our sons, a good brother, son, uncle, or Pastor.\u00a0 The last thing I ever wanted to do was to bring shame to the name of Jesus, or disrepute to the testimony of Christ in the earth.\u00a0 I felt I had let myself down, my wife & my family down and most importantly God and the Body of Christ down.<\/p>\n

For years I was flooded with thoughts that it would better for me to just go away, stop Pastoring and give up on God\u2019s call, stay silent, and hide away in a corner. For years I walked trapped as a prisoner of shame, I carried a burden of guilt and wrestled with the weight of condemnation. I let the guilt & shame the enemy used the guilt & shame\u2026to silence my voice and keep me bound, living half-a-life. Though I smiled on the outside, inside I was bruised, broken and in need of healing.<\/p>\n

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FAMILY IS EVERYTHING<\/strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

After crying out to God his miraculous power began to work in my heart, and step by step to uncover the layers of bondage, guilt and shame. The Bible says there is therefore now no condemnation for those in Christ Jesus (Romans 8:1), as far as the East is from the West, so far has he removed our transgressions from us (Psalm 103:1) <\/em>and our sins and our lawless deeds he will remember no more (Hebrews 8:12).<\/em>\u00a0 I have experienced restoration through prayer, the loving support of Ruth & the Destiny Family.\u00a0 It has been a journey of daily yielding to Him, choosing to believe what God says, living in the freedom of that and daily immersing my heart, mind, soul & strength in the love God has for me. A journey of taking God at his word, and knowing the power of the blood Jesus shed on the cross. Through this I discovered fresh hope and the power there is in his Name. I have come to know liberty through the Holy Spirit from guilt, shame, fear & condemnation and I\u2019ve discovered that mercy truly triumphs over judgment (James 2:13). <\/em><\/p>\n

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\u00a0<\/strong>WHY ME, LORD?<\/strong><\/p>\n

I have shared my story here, to help anyone who has ever made a mistake, taken a wrong turn or done things they are ashamed of. \u00a0Anyone who felt they\u2019ve let God, themselves or their family down because of their actions. Anyone who\u2019ve felt that they\u2019ve blown it in life and that there\u2019s no way back.<\/p>\n

I\u2019ve shared my story for those who are carrying guilt & shame, condemnation, rejection, hurt, regret and pain from the past.\u00a0 Who\u2019ve done some things they can\u2019t explain, because sometimes good people do wrong things.<\/p>\n

Psalm 37:23-24 tells us, \u201cThe steps of a good man are ordered by the Lord. Though he falls, he will not be destroyed; for the Lord will be there to pick him up.\u201d \u00a0\u00a0<\/em>Beloved, the Bible full of people who had notorious pasts and infamous backgrounds. There were prostitutes, murderers, adulterers, criminals, political & social activists, serial womanisers, thieves, deceivers\u2026and the list goes on! God used them all and never allowed their pasts or reputations to determine their future. He truly can take the foolish things of this world, to confound the wise (1 Corinthians 1:27).<\/em><\/p>\n

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OUR HEART AT DESTINY <\/strong><\/p>\n

If you considering making DCC your home, I want you to know that at Destiny we will never judge you by your past or condemn you for it. <\/em>Destiny is a place for imperfect people loving a perfect Saviour. We are not perfect, we understand the treasure is in earthen vessels and we all have come short of the glory of God.\u00a0 But we will accept you, love you and see you as God\u2019s sees you.\u00a0 God is not looking for perfect people, only those whose hearts are right.\u00a0\u00a0 Recently, the Lord gave our Church a prophetic word from Ephesians 3:20 \u201cnow unto him that is able to do exceedingly, abundantly above what you can ask or think\u201d, and that He will turn even our Ishmael\u2019s into something exceeding abundant. I invite you, let\u2019s face the future together, and let Him give you beauty for ashes.<\/p>\n

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\u00a0<\/strong>YOU\u2019RE PAST IS NOT THE FUTURE FOR YOU<\/strong><\/p>\n

The crux of this message is that your failures, past, shame or brokenness does not have to spell the end for you. With God, your mistakes don\u2019t have to define you and gloom, misery, sadness, disappointment and regret are not your future. \u00a0\u00a0God loves you & He sees past all those things, and despite it all and in spite of it all, He still WANTS YOU!<\/p>\n

You can still make an impact for God, & shine to the glory of God.<\/p>\n

I am here today, as a living testimony to that.<\/p>\n

Dear friend, I am your friend.<\/p>\n

I believe in you.<\/p>\n

Don\u2019t stay broken. Don\u2019t stay down.<\/p>\n

You can rise again.<\/p>\n

God bless you.<\/p>\n

Jerome<\/p>\n

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If you would some Prayer Scriptures to help you overcome your past & turn your mistakes into miracles, please click on this link:<\/p>\n

Click to Download\u00a0Scriptures to turn your Mistakes to Miracles in PDF<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

If you would like prayer, help or counselling on any of the issues here, please contact us at info@destinychristiancentre.org<\/a><\/p>\n

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Scriptures to Help overcome Your Past<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n

2 Corinthians 5:17 – Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.<\/p>\n

Romans 8:1 (Amp) – Therefore there is now no condemnation [no guilty verdict, no punishment] for those who are in Christ Jesus [who believe in Him as personal Lord and Saviour<\/p>\n

Psalm 103:12 – as far as the east is from the west, so far has he removed our transgressions from us.<\/p>\n

Hebrews 8:12 – For I will be merciful to their unrighteousness, and their sins and their iniquities will I remember no more.<\/p>\n

Colossians 2:13-14 – When you were dead in your sins and in the uncircumcision of your flesh, God made you alive with Christ. He forgave us all our sins,\u00a0having cancelled the charge of our legal indebtedness, which stood against us and condemned us; he has taken it away, nailing it to the cross.<\/p>\n

James 2:14 – because judgment without mercy will be shown to anyone who has not been merciful. Mercy triumphs over judgment.<\/p>\n

Proverbs 24:16 \u2013 though a righteous man falls seven times, he rises again. But the wicked are brought to calamity<\/p>\n

Proverbs 28:13 – He who conceals his transgressions will not prosper, but whoever confesses and turns away from his sins will find compassion and mercy<\/p>\n

1 Peter 2:10 – Once you were not a people, but now you are the people of God; once you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy.<\/p>\n

Philippians 3:13-14 – But one thing I do: forgetting what is behind and straining towards what is ahead,\u00a0I press on towards the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenwards in Christ Jesus.<\/p>\n

Hebrews 4:15-16 – For we do not have a high priest who is unable to feel sympathy for our weaknesses, but we have one who has been tempted in every way, just as we are\u00a0\u2013 yet he did not sin.\u00a016\u00a0<\/sup><\/strong>Let us then approach God\u2019s throne of grace with confidence, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need.<\/p>\n

1 Corinthians 10:13 – No temptation\u00a0has overtaken you except what is common to mankind. And God is faithful; he will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted,\u00a0he will also provide a way out so that you can endure it.<\/p>\n

Isaiah 43:18-19 – \u2018Forget the former things; do not dwell on the past. See, I am doing a new thing! Now it springs up; do you not perceive it? I am making a way in the wilderness and streams in the wasteland.<\/p>\n

Psalm 32:1-2 – Blessed is the one\u00a0whose transgressions are forgiven, whose sins are covered.
\nBlessed is the one whose sin the\u00a0Lord does not count against them and in whose spirit is no deceit.<\/p>\n

1 Corinthians 12:9 (amplified) – but He has said to me,\u00a0\u201cMy grace is sufficient for you\u00a0[My lovingkindness and My mercy are more than enough\u2014always available\u2014regardless of the situation];\u00a0for\u00a0[My]\u00a0power is being perfected\u00a0[and is completed and shows itself most effectively]\u00a0in\u00a0[your]\u00a0weakness.\u201d\u00a0Therefore, I will all the more gladly boast in my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ (may completely enfold me and) may dwell in me<\/p>\n

Isaiah 50:7 – For the Lord\u00a0God\u00a0will help me, therefore shall I not be confounded. I have set my face like a flint, and I know that I shall not be ashamed.<\/p>\n

Hebrews 13:8 (amplified) – for He has said, \u201cI will never (under any circumstances)\u00a0desert you\u00a0(nor give you up nor leave you without support, nor will I in any degree leave you helpless),\u00a0nor will I forsake\u00a0or<\/em>\u00a0let you down or relax My hold on you (assuredly not)!<\/p>\n

Isaiah 61:7 – Instead of your shame you will receive a double portion, and instead of disgrace\u00a0you will rejoice in your inheritance. So you will inherit a double portion in your land, and everlasting joy will be yours.<\/p>\n

Isaiah 41:10 – Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God: I will strengthen you, yes I will help you. Yes I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness.<\/p>\n

Philippians 4:13 – I can do all this through him who gives me strength.<\/p>\n

Ephesians 3:20 \u2013 now unto Him that us able to do exceedingly, abundantly above what we can ask or think, according to his power that works in us.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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