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This is someone we prayed for in Indiana:

I Serve a GREAT God!! I have had a run around with doctors, treatment, and medicine for Crohn's Disease. They tell me I'm sick and I say I don't feel so. I am not sick!! Cleveland doctor even said im in remission and asked if I even want the medicine.. Their tests even proved it!! Praise the Lord!! God is so Good.. We Prayed and God has Healed. I'm not even on Crohn's Medicine to be able to heal. It's all the Lord!! God is Good!!

Your MRI did not show any acute findings. No inflammation or masses seen.

Valarie Bolen

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Hallelujah.

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From a few days in the presence of Jerry and Librada on my retreat to Prayer Mountain, I got to taste the proximity of God in a new way, and see the physical embodiment of several verses in these leaders. Jerry and Librada stayed up until 4 am praying for my friends. I received revelation of what deep trust and obedience in Christ looks like. My faith grew through listening to their testimonies, and watching the Holy Spirit work in ways I have never seen. The anointing was healing me and those around me in a very clear and tangible way. Jerry waits humbly in faith for God to minister through him, which allows God to bring forth powerful deliverance and healing. The worship we had together was incredible.

Ephesians 4:2 Be completely humble and gentle; be patient, bearing with one another in love.

Veils of pride were torn off of me, as I got to see what true humility looks like. I received the revelation that God is not here to serve my desires, I am here to serve His, and help my brothers and sisters. I have been praying to learn to love others deeper since I left this retreat, as I saw a deeper love for others I aspire to have in my heart. I felt cared for like they had known me forever. I was delivered from false perceptions about the Word, through patience in their several hours of teaching. I now am reading the Word more than ever. I was delighted to have experienced glorious joy alongside these leaders, which was seen in glimpses of laughter, and loving fellowship. God spoke to me audibly on this trip in a way I hadn't heard since I first received Jesus, which gave me clarity on my vocation. I was delivered in a powerful biblical way I had never experienced at The Gathering Church, through the presence of the Lord and prayers of the leaders. I hope to be back one day!

Corey Coster

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Jerry and Librada Jenkins! Thank you both so much. You are MAJOR movers of the Kingdom of Heaven and people of excellent character. Thank you Jesus for the time and dedication they’ve given to you. You guys just gave me the best days of my life (no exaggeration) up on Prayer Mountain. You guys have blessed me tremendously and God really opened my eyes through those intense baptisms and Holy Laughter (4 hours of straight laughing lol). That worship was the best I’ve ever heard (@ the Gathering Church). Thank you Lord for these soldiers. Jerry, you have a story telling ability that is God – given and the heart of the Father, the humor of an alligator hunter drunk on his best days (holy spirit drunk of course), and the Love of Christ is oozing out of ya man. Librada you’re the best. You are hysterical, wise beyond your years, your heart is pure gold and you have strength like David. We need both of you to keep sharing those stories because God woke me up to a whole new reality. Y’all are family. It’s a blessing you were willing to lead us as parents in Christ because that is truly your role in the Kingdom. Feeding and equipping the saints, and laughing while doing it. Your vulnerability and truth and love for God and his people seeped through like no other, punching us all closer to heaven. You guys are true to you, and true to God. Keep on dancing on the rock. Jesus expedite everything they’re doing and fill them with more and more of their destiny under your name. Hallelujah!!!!

Quinn Marma

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Great is Thy Faithfulness! Wow! That's what I think of when I think of you! You are a walking, living, breathing demonstration of God's faithfulness! The Spirit filled testimonies that flow out of you like a river literally breathe life to my battle-wearied soul and are the antidote to any doubter's streak! Just having a conversation with you changes lives! I know God has given each of us a measure of faith (Rom. 12: 3); Yours is infectious and contagious! Your faith shifts the atmosphere wherever you go! Thank you for sharing it with me. You have no idea how many times your faith, Spirit filled testimonies, Anointed Prophetic and Healing ministries have healed and ministered to me; not to even mention the astounding prophetic words that have come to pass and the ones still yet to manifest! I am so grateful for you both! Thank you for being God's willing vessels here on earth.

Michelle Mabie

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HUMILITY (is Godly Strength) and EMPATHY (is Jesus size Compassion and experiential) are the powerful-strengths that describes my experience with Jerry and Librada! They have walked their faith walk in my life by Praying; rolling up their sleeves and helping me and my family when no one else was there to help. They worked to exhaustion with a smile on their faces while comforting us in every way possible when we were going through the fire. Their much appreciated prophetic words and healing ministry to us cannot be expressed in mere words, other than to say PRAISE GOD!!! The Journey they have traveled through exemplifies what the Apostle Paul taught in Philippians 4:11. Their life is a powerful TESTIMONY, Praise God!!! I consider them family.

Deborah E. Drevlow, MSW, MFT, Women in the Ministry Network Member, Christian Author, Christian Therapist

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The necklace testimony

March 13-17, 2017
Dear Jerry, 
As you have requested, I am writing my testimony on my deliverance from the un-forgiveness I held towards my father for many, many years. I will try to be as accurate as possible since this happened 4-1/2 years ago during a Conference, August 30 thru Sept. 2, 2012. As you remember, one minister spoke on Saturday morning, September 1st. His subject was about The Heavenly Father's Love. To be perfectly honest with you, I seemed to struggle through his message, kept being distracted, and even felt sleepy! It was as though I could not wait for him to stop preaching and just end it! I never even felt any anointing on his message. Truthfully, I could not wait to get out of there! (I don't think I ever told you that before, but maybe knowing this might one day help someone else who is struggling as I was.) 
As I was standing near the Exit door, suddenly you turned around and looked at me. Surprise, surprise! I saw the Holy Spirit's anointing all over you! (I don't think you even knew it.) Then, under the anointing, you asked me, "How is your relationship with your father?" Suddenly and unexpectedly, I just started crying! I could not even answer you! I couldn't believe how I had reacted to your question... all I could do was cry I Much to my amazement, I finally realized that the anointing of the Holy Spirit was, in fact, actually really present, even though I had never felt it all morning throughout the whole message.
Then because of my response, that's when you told me and my husband to go with you and Librada into the little hotel cafe that was now closed. We sat at a table, and you began to minister to me, and Librada prayed. In fact, you ministered to me for the whole time we were on break.... so that could have been about an hour to an hour and a half? I really don't remember. The next session had already begun before we all went back inside. So none of us had any lunch that day! 
The part I remember the most was when you put your hand out on the table and told me to imagine that it was the Cross. Then Librada got some tissues, and you said for me to imagine that the tissues represented the nails (spikes) that were driven into Jesus when He was nailed to His Cross. Next I had to think about the offenses, the hurts, pain, and rejection and all the things my dad did to me throughout my life; take the tissues and place it into the palm of your hand as though all these things my dad had done to me were all being nailed to the Cross. (I think I even shoved the tissues into your hand, at times!) 
Then after that part was done, you told me that I now had to release all those things because they were all nailed to the Cross. I don't exactly remember now, but I think you walked me through a prayer of forgiveness. Then I had a vision. From a distance, I saw a really big pile of big brown rocks that were stacked up high in the shape of a triangle, or tee-pee. It was almost as though this was some kind of altar. Then I saw this big pile of rocks supernaturally start to burn, and there was a lot of smoke that was rising up, going out at the top, circling around. The vision ended, and it was over. The Holy Spirit set me free from all the hurts, pain, un-forgiveness, rejection, and bitterness that I had held against my father for all those years, even unknowingly. I was free and remained free, and enjoyed a good relationship with my father thereafter until the Lord took him home, August 28, 2016 at the age of 93 years old! 

In fact, out of his six daughters, I was the only one who was blessed to see into the spirit realm at my father's funeral. Once the priest was finished with his sermon and speech about my father, I saw two very tall angels, very brilliant white lights who were about 9 or 10 feet tall, and my father's spirit, also very brilliant white light, but very much shorter, get up out of the chairs against the wall on the altar. They had been sitting in those chairs watching us and listening to Father John's sermon! In a single file, (my dad was the last one), the three of them walked over to the main altar to where the priest would take his seat. This was right before Holy Communion. So I got to see and know that my father attended his own funeral! I had heard Kat Kerr speak of these things, and it is all true. (I never doubted that it wasn't.) Why was I blessed in such a way? I do not know; but I am ever so thankful and grateful for this amazing experience and most beautiful memory!

But, there was a test once I returned home from the Conference! It was early Monday morning, September 3, (2012), when we crossed over the borderline into our home state. The Spirit of God came on me, and out of my mouth I stated emphatically, "Well! I wonder who died?!" Even I was very surprised to have made such a bold proclamation! However, after we arrived home, we found out that my uncle, my dad's youngest brother had died on Sunday, September 2nd. 
Well, my big test came on the day of my uncle's funeral. One of my issues in life with my father was that I thought he did not love me, and that he loved all my (5) sisters much more than me! Even many years before when he was around 70 years old and was in ICU recovering after having heart bypass surgery, when I went to visit him, he did not welcome me with open arms or any big smiles of great joy. No! It was almost like he was saying by his cold disappointed actions, "Oh, it's you!" Then, when two of my other younger sisters came into his room later, his face lit up like a Christmas tree with great joy and happiness! He had nothing but big smiles all over his face, and big hugs for them! Needless to say, his very warm response to my sisters felt like an arrow or a knife piercing into my heart! Since the hospital only allowed two visitors at a time in ICU, my husband and I said our good-byes, and left. This was not the first time my dad did this to me. So I had a really hard time believing that he did actually love me, and this pain and hurt only added to my dilemma and attitude towards my dad. Even when later in life he would say, "I love all you girls the same!" I still had a hard time believing him! There really is so much more I can say about all the things that had happened between me and my dad, but that is not important. Surely, we have all been through much hurts, pain, and disappointments in life! 

Now back to my uncle's funeral, which was in New Jersey. Five of us sisters rode together in one vehicle, while my oldest sister drove our dad. Here's my test: When we all arrived at the funeral home, dad gave big hugs and smiles to all my sisters.... except me! It was the same shallow hug and cold-hearted pat on the back as always. I immediately recognized that the enemy was trying to come against me. He wanted me to get upset so that he could steal my deliverance away from me, and put me back into bondage and slavery to him! (I once heard the Lord tell me that the enemy just loves it when I get upset!) So I went into the bathroom, took authority over the devil, prayed, and told him, "No, you don't devil! You will not steal my deliverance away from me! You are a big LIAR!" Then I laughed in his face! That was it! I was perfectly fine around my dad. I passed the big test that the Lord allowed me to go through that day. But one thing it did do was prove to me that I really was free! Hallelujah! Praise the Lord!

Now this is the final and most amazing part of my whole testimony. After my mother had been in the nursing home for a few years, and before my dad ended up in the nursing home with her, my father had decided to divide up our mother's jewelry among us six girls. This was either in 2011, or very early 2012?? Dad had our eldest sister help him because he was legally blind. She would tell him what piece of jewelry it was, and he would tell her who to give it to. Among the things I was given, I ended up with a very expensive gold necklace with diamonds. I heard mother never wanted it and never wore it. Well, every time I opened the box to look at it, I thought "Yuck! It's ugly!" The gold chain was very wide or fat and ugly, and looked fake to me. I did not believe the stones were real diamonds, either. I thought they were imitation or cubic zirconium! They, too, were big, fat and very ugly! In fact, I could see black inside so many of these stones! So I would say to myself, "Yuck! No wonder why mom did not like this necklace and refused to wear it! I don't think I'll ever wear it either!" So I would put the cover back on the box and put it away, out of sight. I had opened this box a couple more times just to look at it again... curiosity I suppose. And yep! There it was just as ugly as before! I wondered why my dad wanted me to have that necklace? But I guess I tried not to give it much thought... just par for the course. So after looking at this very ugly supposedly good piece of jewelry, I put it away and refused to look at it anymore! 

Then came the Conference end of August thru beginning of September 2012. And that was when God used Jerry to minister to me while Librada prayed, and I got set free as I already described above. Then one day, well after my uncle's funeral, out of the clear blue sky the Holy Spirit spoke to me and told me to go and get my mother's necklace and look at it again. At first I thought, "Why? I really do not want to see that ugly necklace again!" But for the sake of being obedient, I did what He said. When I opened the box again this time, much to my shocking stunning and surprising amazement, I was now looking at a very beautiful necklace! I could hardly believe my own eyes! All I could do was stare at this necklace and how beautiful it really was! And yes, the gold chain is real gold, and was much daintier than I had previously ever seen it. And yes, the diamonds are all real, crystal clear and sparkling, and very brilliant and beautiful! 

I wondered why I had always seen my mother's gold & diamond necklace in such an ugly state and appearance? Well, it did not take long for me to get my answer. The Holy Spirit said to me: "When you held onto un-forgiveness in your heart towards your father, you could not see things as they really were. You always saw things from a perverted distorted perspective, and you could not see the truth. That was why you always saw the necklace so distorted. Now that you have truly forgiven your father, you can clearly see the true beauty of this necklace." Wow! God is so amazing! He truly does use the little things in our lives to get a great big message across and teach us very valuable lessons! May God be glorified for all He has done! Amen!

​(This testimony was given by someone who wishes to remain anonymous.)

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Jerry

You gave a wonderful message on sowing. No legalistic , religious, manipulation. Just freedom to hear God for ourselves.

Awesome!

We found that out a few years ago and have operated on that principle of sowing where the Holy Spirit leads us to. Many have criticized us, we did not make a doctrine out of it, or try to convince others that they should do it that way.

I can tell you that it works and brings favor from God and man.

Thank you

M&D

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