PENNIES FROM HEAVEN
Sandy Warner
email: swauthor@usa.net ~~~ website: www.thequickenedword.com
{Ears 2 Hear} PENNIES FROM HEAVEN
From the Rhema Journals of Sandy Warner
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PENNIES FROM HEAVEN
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[Go Sent Ones, You are Commissioned]
For several years the Lord has brought my attention to pennies on the ground. At first I thought it was unusual, especially when I was not looking for them. It wasn’t long before the Lord started impressing me that one cent was His Word pun for "One sent." Every time I would see these little tiny treasures just waiting for me, it became a love gift of His precious promises.
I had no desire to pick them up off the dirty ground, but I would always call out, "One sent" and rejoice in these special reminders from Him. My precious husband, however, would bend low and pick up each penny. I don’t know if it was a team gift or something, but I saw and called them and he retrieved and kept them.
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A LITTLE PROMPT
One day I bumped into an old acquaintance who was being used by the Lord
as a sent one to Israel. She was preparing to move over there instead of
taking more trips back and forth. We were standing in the parking lot talking
about this and I glanced down at her feet and called out "Sent one!" Her
eyes filled with tears as she glanced down, then bent low to retrieve the
penny. She said, "This is your penny, you found it." I insisted that it was
the Lord’s Word to her, that she was called and sent and it was at her
feet, and she was meant to have the penny as a reminder. She debated, but
finally accepted the penny and that was that. As I left the conversation,
the Holy Spirit quickened to me that this gal had been quite persistent because
the Lord was telling me that I was sent and it was my penny. I received it
in my heart as a special gift from the Lord, and then I promptly forgot about
it.
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A STRONGER PROMPT
A few weeks later I was on a prophetic team to teach a workshop on the
many ways God speaks. I spent the night in the home of my team mate. I was
in her bathroom and there at my feet was a shiny new penny. I happily brought
it out to her saying she was a "sent one." Once again, the same exact
conversation was repeated that I’d had with the lady sent to Israel.
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HE HAS THE LAST WORD
The next morning I was getting my things ready to shower. I laid my folded
towel and washcloth on the carpeted floor in front of the shower because
the towel bar was broken. They were one on top of the other, just as I had
found them on the counter. However, being out of context without my home
shower paraphernalia, I forgot to use the washcloth. When I was through
showering, I opened the shower door to reach for the towel. There was the
perfectly folded bath towel and the folded washcloth sitting squarely on
top of it. Planted like a cherry on top of the washcloth, in the exact center
- was that bright, shiny new penny. My mouth hung open and I gawked. I quickly
glanced at the bathroom door and it was shut tight. I doubted very much that
the hostess would have popped in while I was showering since the shower door
was glass. Besides that, the door stuck and was noisy when shutting tightly.
Finally I just stood there giggling as I looked at that perfectly positioned
penny. It was aligned in exact center position, as though to say, "This was
specifically placed there FOR YOU." He got me good, He had the last Word.
Ruth 2:16 NLT
And pull out some heads of barley from the bundles and drop them on purpose
for her. Let her pick them up, and don't give her a hard time!"
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UPDATES
A couple of weeks later I finally had the courage to ask the lady if she
had come into the bathroom and placed that penny. She assured me she did
not. She did have a cat, but the door needed a strong tug to close that tightly.
There was no doubt about it, the Lord sent His angel to plant that penny.
A week later I opened my Christmas present from my Sonshine and his sweetheart, our new daughter in law. It was a mouse. With both hands in the air, the little mouse was holding a penny on top of its head. The penny was heads up. A second penny was sitting on its tail, tails up. I put that little treasure on my desk and look at it every day and it warms my heart.
A couple of weeks after that, my husband found a shiny new penny on the ground right in front of our car door. He picked it up and stacked it on top of the mouse’s head with the other penny. If you pick the mouse up and tip it over like a tea pot pouring out, there is a banner that reads, "A penny for your thoughts." Yes indeed, heads or tails, the Lord has the last Word no matter which direction you look.
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UPDATE CONFIRMATION [2/22/04]: After I had written this penny post and entitled it "Pennies From Heaven," Wayne and I were walking in the mall parking lot and he had just said the phrase, "A cascading effect." At that moment I felt a penny drop on the top of my foot and then bounce off onto the road. I had not scuffed my feet and distinctly remember feeling it on the top of my big toe. I wondered if heaven had dropped it! Wayne and I were talking about this amazing penny as we reached the car. I saw that he noticed something on the ground as he was sliding in. Then he leaned out the door and said, "So what’s a lug nut represent?" Lord You are just too funny!
Isa 22:22-23 AMP
And the key of the house of David I will lay upon his shoulder; he shall
open and no one shall shut, he shall shut and no one shall open. And I will
fasten him like a peg or nail in a firm place; and he will become a throne
of honor and glory to his father's house.
NOTE: For those interested in 2 other penny stories, use the search feature at my website and type in penny and pennies.
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CONCLUSION
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{Words to Ponder are summaries of His quickened Words}
WORD TO PONDER: SHINY TREASURES IN SMALL PACKAGES
My Beloved one, I love to plant My special love gifts just to warm your
heart. I will never grow tired of circling My Words to you. I rejoice in
reaffirming your calling, giving My never ending love for you and basking
in My gratefulness that you love My Word so dearly.
All over the earth I have My sent ones, each a precious treasure planted exactly on the spot, exactly perfect for their mission. And each one of these "hidden in plain view" treasures have My Word tucked within them. As bowed over ones draw near to receive My Word, these shiny ones shall pour out like pennies from heaven, one little Word at a time. With each morsel of quickened Words and deeds, they pour My heart upon a world full of goods, but poor in humble pennies. Soon the whole world shall draw near for just one penny sent from Me. Sent ones, how wealthy you are!
Gen 41:38 KJV
And Pharaoh said unto his servants, Can we find such a one as this is,
a man in whom the Spirit of God is?
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"Ears 2 Hear" are excerpts from the rhema journals of Sandy Warner. To
better understand how God speaks, read Sandy’s book, "101+ Ways God
Speaks, And How to Hear Him." ~ Website: www.thequickenedword.com ~ Email:
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