GTM 2012 AUTUMN

According to
Your Faith
tThe Abellos’ journey to financial independence began, coincidentally, one
Independence Day weekend in Claremore, Oklahoma. Tim and his wife, Nikki,
wandered into a Christian bookstore and came across a book called You’ve Already
Got It! by Andrew Wommack. As Tim read the book’s back cover, he felt as
though Andrew was speaking directly to him.
“It was rather humorous because I thought to the migraines. I remember thinking, It doesn’t matter
maybe Andrew knew me. What he described on the if they go away or not. It doesn’t change the truth. The truth
back of that book was my life. It was my Christian is, by Jesus’ stripes, I’ve already been healed. But within ten
walk,” says Tim.
minutes, the symptoms were completely gone!”
Tim realized that something in him needed to With this instant healing manifestation, Tim got a
change. He was following all the Christian “rules” but taste of the abundant life Jesus died to give him. He
definitely not living a victorious Christian life. He knew immediately went to www.awmi.net and downloaded
God’s Word said he was supposed to prosper and be in 250 hours of Andrew’s teachings onto his iPod—all
good health, but he often asked himself why it wasn’t free of charge. “I listened to Andrew’s teachings three
working for him.
or four hours every day, and it literally transformed my
Tim spent the weekend reading through Andrew’s life,” says Tim.
book, and the truth hit him—that he’d been spending But God had much more in store for Tim and
most of his prayer time asking God for things he already his family. “In the spring of 2008, I felt that God was
had in Christ. He wasted no time putting this revelation calling me to Charis Bible College (CBC) in Colorado,
to the test with an ongoing health issue.
but I had so many reasons I couldn’t go. I remember
“At that time, I was getting migraines every day,” telling God, ‘I have five kids. I have a wife. I have a
explains Tim. “I had to change pills every few days business. We just moved into our dream house.’ My
because after a while, they’d no longer work. After about excuses went on and on,” he admits.
two weeks, I got really mad at the whole situation. Using One warm summer evening, Tim sat outside on
what I’d learned from Andrew’s book, I began speaking the deck of his dream home and talked to God in the
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