Linda earned her family’s primary income—but her government job was causing a moral conflict and the stress was ruining her health. Find out the amazing thing God told her do—and what else He had planned for her family. He has an answer ...
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Reporter: LINDA JESSE
WAS EXCITED TO GET A
PROMOTION AT HER GOVERNMENT
JOB, UNTIL SHE DISCOVERED
SOME OF HER NEW
RESPONSIBILITIES CONFLICTED
WITH HER CHRISTIAN FAITH.
I COULDN'T DO IT.
AND I DIDN'T KNOW HOW TO
BALANCE THAT DECISION-MAKING
BETWEEN WHAT I KNEW WAS
MORALLY RIGHT AND BEING AN
HONORABLE EMPLOYEE, BEING
RIGHT BY WHAT I WAS HIRED TO
DO.
THE MORAL CONFLICT BECAME SO
INTENSE THAT IT STARTED
TAKING ITS PHYSICAL TOLL ON
ME, ON MY HEALTH.
I STARTED NOTICING I WAS
HAVING INCREASED BACK PAIN
AND LEG PAIN AND NECK PAIN.
Reporter: LINDA AND HER
HUSBAND, DAN, KNEW THE FIRST
STEP WAS TO PRAY.
MY JOB WAS THE CORE
CENTER OF OUR INCOME.
IT WAS THE ONE CONSISTENT
THING THAT WE HAD, BEING IN
GOVERNMENT.
AND I NEED TOD NEEDED TO
HAVE THIS CONVERSATION WITH
GOD BECAUSE I KNEW HE DID
NOT CREATE ME TO LIVE LIKE
THIS.
I HEARD THE LORD IMMEDIATELY
TELL ME, LEAVE YOUR JOB.
YOU HAVE MY BLESSING.
LEAVE YOUR JOB.
SHE TOLD ME SHE WAS
QUITTING HER JOB.
AND I SAID, OKAY.
IF THAT'S WHAT YOU NEED TO
DO, DO IT.
AND THE STRESS WAS GONE FROM
HER.
Reporter: THE COUPLE
KNEW THEIR FINANCES WOULD BE
TIGHTER THAN EVER, BUT THEY
HAD A PLAN.
THEY STARTED GIVING
CONSISTENTLY TO THEIR CHURCH
AND TO CBN.
WE GAVE A SET AMOUNT.
WE GAVE $100 A MONTH.
WE KNEW NO MATTER WHAT, WE
COULD DO THAT.
THE KINGDOM IS ALL THAT
MATTERS.
AND THAT'S WHAT HE SHARED
WITH ME.
IT DOESN'T MATTER IF IT'S A
WOMAN AND AFRICA, A MAN IN
ASIA.
THESE ARE YOUR BROTHERS AND
SISTERS.
AND GOD BROUGHT IT IN AND
HONED IT IN AND SAID, THIS
IS WHAT MATTERS, THE KINGDOM
OF GOD.
Reporter: SIX MONTHS
AFTER LINDA LEFT HER JOB,
SHE GOT A TEMPORARY POSITION
WITH A SMALL COMPANY THAT
CREATES AND MANAGES
WEBSITES.
AND THEN A MONTH LATER...
THEY OFFERED ME A
FULL-TIME, PERMANENT
POSITION, AND THEN THEY
PROMOTED ME TO OPERATIONS
MANAGER.
IT HAS BEEN ONE BLESSING
AFTER ANOTHER.
Reporter: LINDA SAYS
SHE LOVES HER KNEW JOB, AND
THINGS ARE BETTER THAN
EVER.
THEY BOTH AGREE IT IS
BECAUSE THEY WERE OBEDIENT
TO GOD'S WORD.
YOU CAN'T OUTGIVE GOD.
YOU JUST CAN'T.
WHEN I SEE WHAT GOD HAS
GIVEN TO US, WHAT HE HAS
GIVEN TO MY WIFE, WITH HER
HEALTH AND WITH OUR
FINANCES, I COULDN'T GIVE
ENOUGH FOR WHAT HE HAS GIVEN
TO US.
GOD IS OUR SECURITY.
HE IS THE ONLY THING WE
SHOULD BE PU PUTTING OUR
SECURITY IN.
AND WHEN YOU TRUST HIM AND
YOU LET GO, WATCH OUT.
HE IS GOING TO TAKE YOU
PLACES YOU NEVER IMAGINED.
