He also confirms his decision that he makes in your life.

Ecclesiastes 11:5“As you do not know the path of the wind, or how the body is formed in a mother's womb, so you cannot understand the work of God, the Maker of all things.”

 

It is so great to know that God always, grants you a vision, and yet he make sure that he grants you provision to confirm what he has for you to do in this life. Here I am so  grateful what he has decided to do in my life, and how he has now chosen me to become the new Regional Overseer for the United Association of Christian Chaplains and Counselor Ministries International and United Evangelical Association Ministries, for the state of Illinois, Iowa, Michigan, Indiana.

I praise his name not because of the things he do for me, but because of the love he has for me and for who he is. The things he do for me are a blessing that I enjoy, but serving him and sharing with others how God can and will change your life if you truly say yes to your calling. I tell everyone I meet how God took a man from the deepest ruins of his sinful nature and turn him into a man of God’s glory and  love. Some people believe  me, then there are others who just can’t believe how I once lived my life and how I am today.

But what they must understand is that I didn’t do this on my own, it was the love of God that done all that is within me today. I live by his words and love, and even as I continue to grow strong in his love and mercy, I am still learning on a daily bases to know him more on a personal level. I admit that I am not perfect, I still have things that must change as I grow as the man God has created me to be, but I learn from these mistakes, and I ask my father to forgive for them. So as I say to all you today, God is the real, and he can and will change the your life. What he promise to us, he has never change that promise. Just ask his son; Jesus Christ.

God Bless you all.

Regional Overseer Apostle Tony R. Smith

In his loving arms!

 

Philippians 4:6-7“Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.” .

There is so much about life even I haven’t learn yet. I been working over time trying to get my grades in order, and to make sure that i am doing the will of God, like he has given unto me to do.

Most people don’t realize that it is hard to keep doing what is right, or how to make sure that you are not out here doing what others may feel is wrong. I something feel as if I am being watch, or that every move I make people are betting to see if i am going to fall apart and fail. My intentions is not to be perfect or greater then the next men, but to just show the world how God took a nobody, and turn him into somebody, in order to tell everybody about this special someone. Nothing more is on my mind but to do as God has placed me in the stages of life to do.

   Even as I work on developing the vision he has given me, and with every step it seems as if I have so many disappointments, and I ask God if you know that it wasn’t going to be easy why didn’t you give me someone in my life that is trust worthy, dependable and willing to work with me and not against me. I know that his plans is greater then mines, and yet I still wonder am I doing things right. Have anyone felt that way? At this point, i am starting my internship at the Proctor Hospital here in Peoria IL. and the strangest things about that is, they really don’t want you to say the name Jesus or God, but to use the terms of Higher Power. Even though I can understand that everyone don’t believe in God or use the name God or Jesus, they may still have a sense of faith, so I have to be very careful how I present the strength of faith to others because i am a man of God, i am Preacher, Minister , Pastor as other may call me.

But at the same time I love the work that I am doing, just seeing these young men and women getting their life in order, after battling a disease called addiction is one true statement of faith.

So at this point, I pray that with each step that I am making God give me the strength to be more then a man of words, but a man of his action. Or as he said about David, i would like to be that man after God’s own heart.

Apostle Tony I. Smith