FW: Testimony of Linda Alvarodo----- Joseph Cicchino
Bro. Holdridge
My gift and my salvation from God and Him holding me and listening.
When I first attended Joe Cicchino's meetings for the first time, this
what I saw and what happened to me
Linda Alvarodo
I went to the meetings because a friend from my church informed me that
he was going to be doing healing of the heart. I really didn't know
anything about it. It was at night so I went. The first night he
preached from the bible and I just sat in the back and listened. His
words were so powerful and full of meaning. When he got done speaking,
he asked if anyone wanted to be prayed for to come up. One by one they
did.
I saw people dropping like flies. Then my pastor, asked me, If I
wanted to go up and have Joe Cicchino lay hands on me. So I went up.
But nothing seemed to happen. I was a little disappointed. So I went
back and sat with some of my friends. They asked me what I felt, and I
said nothing. Well I sat back in my chair and my thoughts where, why
didn't I fall down? I noticed that this one lady, that went up three
times and she fell each time. I noticed that she went out to where the
kids were. So I followed her. So I asked her what did it feel like.
I really wanted to know and I needed to know. She said it felt like a
real warmth and very relaxing. She asked me what I felt and I said
nothing, I felt nothing.
I went back into the sanctuary and asked Layne to go up with me. Well
again I felt nothing, but this man who I have never met before started
telling me about who I was. He told me that I was very angry and I had
no friends. He said that I trusted no one. Fear ran through me. I
said to my self, how did he know. I didn't fall down in a physical way
but I fell in a emotional way.
I went back and sat down across from him and he was very very
persistent any way. He wouldn't shut up and I was getting mad, but
wasn't showing it. I was hiding inside of myself. I had nowhere to
run or hide. I didn't; like it and I felt like everyone was listening.
That didn't go well with me.
The next day I asked Layne, where was Joe going to be? She said Davis.
I went to the next meeting, not to be healed, but to let him know that
he didn't scare me. So I made a point to sit up in the front where he
could see me and I could see him. He started to preach and I sat their
and listened. Then people went up to be touched and I sat their and my
thoughts said should I try one more time or just give up and not come
back. I wrestled with these thoughts for awhile.
I thought about what he had said the day before, that I had didn't have
any friends and that I didn't trusted anyone. Also. that I had a wall,
that no one could get through, because I had been rejected and hurt by
so many. I wasn't going to let anyone hurt me again.
Well I wanted God so much in my life and wanted to feel His love, so I
went up one more time. I told Joe that I couldn't remove the wall by
myself and he prayed with me. Then God removed the wall, and for the
first time I fell so fast on my knees. Then I went up again and asked
God to come into my heart and I surrendered to Him. I fell again and
my hurt, anger and all my pain was gone and I mean all my pain. The
next night he prayed for me at a different church and when I went down,
I felt such a warmth and peace that I had never before in my whole
life. I just wanted more and more, I wanted to see His face. The next
night I prayed to be able to see Jesus. Well when I went home and was
laying in bed, I started to pray and speak in a language I never did
before and felt like someone came into the room, but I didn't turn
around. I felt such a peace and someone was touching the back of my
head very gently, and I chose to close my eyes and saw Jesus's hand in
front of me. I knew it was Him and He started to talk to me and I just
listened.
I told Joe what happened and he said that the Lord told him, I have to
go and make peace with my family and my daughter. I was caught off
guard about this and didn't know what to say. How did he know that I
haven't talked to them in 8 years or more. Well I went to my first
sister and asked her to forgive me and she went to church and I hugged
her for the first time ever. She had a bad back and shoulder and she
was healed.
I have talked to my 4 sisters and I have asked them to forgive me, and
I let go of the pride. I went to see my mother who I haven't talked to
for 10 years or more and we talked and God just touched us. I had such
a fear doing all of this and felt drained, but I fear God more than my
past, so I let go and did what He wanted me to do. I felt a peace come
over me. Some of my sisters have a hard time with the new me because
they still want to be mad so that they don't have to face themselves.
I forgive and I love them.
I could never say I love someone, only that I respect them. I never
hugged anyone until I hugged my sister. Well the other night Joe told
me that I had to say to the church that I loved them and I felt
something lift off of me and I felt totally free and had a special joy
in my heart.
Each day something new is happening and I am growing more and more with
the Lord. I am free!!!!!
Linda Alvarodo
When we let go of who we think we are and let the Lord change us to who
He wants us to be, we walk in total victory. There is much more to
this story but it would be many pages long. This woman has finally
found peace in her life with Christ. She thought she knew who she was,
but she didn't and now she is learning who she is.
God Bless
Joe Cicchino
vision of love
www.visionoflove.com
Joseph Cicchino
pastor...@earthlink.net