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Before I came to know the Lord in 1986, my furniture dealership had been dull. But when I began to attend the El Shaddai DWXI-PPFI fellowships and gave my tithe for His work in this ministry, my business began to prosper. I was able to buy a passenger jeepney. Unfortunately, a week later it was wrecked in an accident. This troubled me, but I kept my trust in the Lord and remained faithful in giving my tithe. Praise the Lord, God blessed my business even more, and I was able to buy three additional passenger jeepneys. Not only that, I got a brand new car as well! But with so many blessings from the Lord, I forgot to give back to Him the honor and glory. It was only when my car was stolen that I realized my ingratitude to the Lord. So I asked for His forgiveness and prayed that the authorities would be able to recover my car. Praise God, I got it back in just two days! |
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As I continue to attend the weekly Family Appointment with El Shaddai and give my tithes, the Lord has showered His blessings on my family until I was able to set up another business. He even gave me the opportunity to visit Indonesia and Singapore with my husband. Praise the Lord! Sis. Edna Compendio Why Preach Generosity? Most of my critics or persecutors have this common sarcastic question: "Why does Bro. Mike preach the giving of tithes and miracle-seed-of-faith-offerings most of the time?" My answer to them is this: If only the good Lord, El Shaddai will allow me to live for another 54 years from today, August 20, 1993, I will still preach and practice generosity no matter what my critics say. You know why? Because generosity or giving is the heart of the Gospel and the sum total of El Shaddai’s First and Second Commandments, which say: " ‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength... Love your neighbor as yourself’ " (Mark 12:30-31). How Bro. Mike Discovered El Shaddai’s Miracle Seed-of-Faith Offering Principle In 1981, at the height of the expansion of my real estate business around the former Manila International Airport, I acquired DWXI Radio Station from its owners-operators. I bought it not because I needed the radio station, but because I needed the land where it stood, and I could only buy the land if the radio station was included in the purchase. So in buying the land, I had to pay an extra P2-million for the radio station. In effect, the station cost me that amount initially, plus additional millions to sustain its operations thereafter. Little did I know that a great financial crisis was coming my way a year after I acquired that piece of land where that small radio station was. I thought the purchase of DWXI was a bad investment, as expenditures had been continuously incurred to keep it on the air. |
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