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listened to the doctor's report. Parris had a fractured skull. She had fluid on the brain. They weren't sure if she was going to come out of this. Charles and Angela looked at one another's agonized faces. They'd lost their finances, their cars, their home and their marriage. Were they going to lose their daughter too? Doing Things God's Way "Angela and I were nominal Christians," Charles admits. "During our marriage, we'd been pew warmers. It's amazing how all that can change when your 2-year-old child suffers a skull fracture with a questionable outcome. We got serious about seeking God. "Together, we prayed that Parris would live and be whole. Within a couple of days, they did another CT scan. They couldn't see a skull fracture. There was no sign of injury. She was completely healed and restored. Though they rejoiced in their daughter's miraculous healing, Charles and Angela still faced concerns over how they were going to pay the hospital bill. But that's when they saw a second miracle. "We didn't have insurance at the time," Charles recalls, "but the hospital never sent a bill. Ever!" "Even after our marriage fell apart, I never believed it was over. My mother had become a powerful Christian and she was praying that our marriage would be restored. I suspect she had all her friends praying for us as well. "That may have played a part in what happened. The week our divorce was final, we started dating. Now, Parris' healing and the miracle of the hospital bill were two catalysts that prompted us to remarry. Two years after our divorce, on April 25, 2002, we married for the second time. "We wanted to get it right this time, so we went to see a Christian counselor. She gave us the tools to really communicate. I thought if this marriage was going to work, we needed to do it God's way—even in our finances. The problem was that we had no idea what that meant. We'd never been taught what the Bible says about finances." The Todds went online to search for who taught biblical finances, and Creflo Dollar's name came up. "We had no idea who he was," says Charles, "but we decided to fly to Georgia to attend one of his meetings. We got plugged in and became partners. I ordered every teaching he offered on finances. We immersed ourselves in the Word. "That changed our lives. It changed the way we looked at our finances. It changed what we believed about money. It got us to a place where we were tithing and giving offerings. That was a miraculous turning point." The IRS Comes Calling Determined to make sure they had an income, Charles took a job with a bread company. Working in commercial real estate, Angela started a business as the marketing arm for several engineering firms. She became so busy that after Charles' day job, he spent late afternoons and evenings helping her. In time, Angela needed Charles' help full time. "OK, here's what I think we should do," Charles said. They discussed changing the business from a marketing firm to having their own in-house people and becoming an engineering firm. On a walk one day, Angela heard the Lord confirm that decision. Through Creflo Dollar, Charles and Angela learned about the different Believers' Conventions that were held each year by Kenneth Copeland Ministries and started attending. They listened to teachings by Kenneth Copeland, Jerry Savelle, Jesse Duplantis, Keith Moore and Bill Winston, and eventually decided to partner with each of those ministries. Soon, the new business provided a way to buy their own small condo. Competition was so stiff that there was a lottery system to get one of the new condos. When they filled out the paperwork, more than 300 people had already applied. Only three names would be chosen to buy the condo. Their name was the second to be called. 2 2 : B V O V NOV READ THROUGH THE BIBLE Old Testament New Testament Tue 1 Jer. 33-35 Heb. 13 Wed 2 Jer. 36:1-38:13 Jas. 1 Thu 3 Jer. 38:14-41:18 Jas. 2 Fri 4 Jer. 42-44 Jas. 3 Sat 5 Jer. 45:1-48:25 Sun 6 Ps. 119:137-176; Prov. 27:23-28:14 Mon 7 Jer. 48:26-49:39 Jas. 4 Tue 8 Jer. 50:1-51:19 Jas. 5 Wed 9 Jer. 51:20-52:23 1 Pet. 1 Thu 10 Jer. 52:24- 1 Pet. 2 Lam. 2:22 Fri 11 Lam. 3 1 Pet. 3 Sat 12 Lam. 4:1-Ezek. 1:21 Sun 13 Ps. 120-126; Prov. 28:15-28 Mon 14 Ezek. 1:22-4:17 1 Pet. 4 Tue 15 Ezek. 5-7 1 Pet. 5 Wed 16 Ezek. 8:1-11:13 2 Pet. 1 Thu 17 Ezek. 11:14-13:23 2 Pet. 2 Fri 18 Ezek. 14:1-16:34 2 Pet. 3 Sat 19 Ezek. 16:35-18:9 Sun 20 Ps. 127-132; Prov. 29:1-14 Mon 21 Ezek. 18:10-20:32 1 Jn. 1 Tue 22 Ezek. 20:33-22:16 1 Jn. 2 Wed 23 Ezek. 22:17-23:49 1 Jn. 3 Thu 24 Ezek. 24-26 1 Jn. 4 Fri 25 Ezek. 27-28 1 Jn. 5 Sat 26 Ezek. 29-31 Sun 27 Ps. 133-136; Prov. 29:15-27 Mon 28 Ezek. 32-33 2 Jn. Tue 29 Ezek. 34:1-36:15 3 Jn. Wed 30 Ezek. 36:16-38:17 Jude

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