Manna From Heaven Ministry

Testimonies

“I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me” (Philippians 4:13)

Hi, my name is Sharon.  I wrote the Manna From Heaven Ministry Program after God healed me from my eating disorder.  For many years I desperately sought help for my food obsession, thinking that if I just had more will power I could control my eating.  I tried every diet available and even attended 12-step programs.  Still I continued to eat until, in pain, I would have to crawl to bed.  God exposed to me that my over-eating was sin and warned me that if I kept on that course, I would end up in a wheelchair.

In desperation, I cried out to the Lord to deliver me.  But He did not deliver me, instead He began to heal me.  God showed me why I ate; why I turned to food as a daily survival tool.  He taught me how to replace my old destructive tools with tools from His Tool Box.  I have maintained a 60 pound (goal) weight loss for seven years.  God truly heals the person with an eating disorder.

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Hi there, I am Pastor Leroy Lebeck, Senior Pastor of Trinity Life Center located in Sacramento, California.   I believe Sharon Bivin-Ernst had a revelation from God.  Many of us are living far below our potential.  God has made a provision for us that we should not walk according to the lust of our flesh, but we should walk in the power of the Spirit of God.  This ministry does help people gain control over their addictive habits.

In this program you’re led in a way that will help you gain control.  Sin really started with man looking at food and desiring that which God said you should not have.  How about you and I?  Do we desire to have things that are not good for us?   How can we control that impulsive desire?  In the Manna from Heaven Ministry we learn how. 

I walked into one of the classes once, and I was absolutely amazed to see how many people had lives that are changed.  They gave testimonies of healing, physical healing, of weight loss that some of them were deeply desiring to have and tried all kinds of programs and failed.  And I’m talking about 100, 150, 170 pounds.  And yet, they weren’t looking at this program as just another weight loss program.  But rather, they were looking at a program that brought them into a new and lasting relationship with Jesus Christ.  They learned to be accountable for their actions.  I pray that  you will open your heart and say, “Lord, if this is my problem let me find the answer.”

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Hi, my name is Janet. I knew what I was supposed to eat, but Manna From Heaven was the only program that showed me WHY I eat.  I came for the weight loss, but stayed for the healing.  I lost 48 pounds.

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Hi, I’m Catharyne.    A very special person came into my life and told me about Manna.  God bless Manna.  I started Manna in 1995.  My body was over weight and loaded with toxins and poisons. I felt as if I was a non-functioning human being.   I started coming to Manna around Christmas time.  This in itself was scarey, because this had always been the time of year I ate the most and who in wanted to diet through the holidays.  I knew about diets, I had been (as most of us have) on most of  the diets out there.

When I came to Manna.  The meeting affected me so much I was just started sobbing.  Then someone said, “You know what Catharine, you don’t have to do this program at all.  You can just stay right where you are”.   The effect those few words had on me changed my whole picture.   All my life people had been telling me , “You have to loose weight  You have to change.  Don’t eat this, don’t eat that.”  These comments were just driving me crazy.  In my own head I was driving me crazy, too.  I went to many Manna meetings, but still was not committed.  Then one night at a meeting I was asked to read one of the meeting program materials Deliver Me.  While reading it I felt as if God had just put his hands on me and was saying that this is the day.   So I started the Manna Program.  I did very well, in one year I lost 95 pounds.

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Hi, I’m Jeanne.  I have lost 98 pounds so far.  God is using the Manna From Heaven program to teach me how to turn to Him instead of food.  He continues to heal my heart and I am recognizing the daily need for Him in overcoming the sin in my life.

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Hi, I’m Barb - I had been in the Manna program for a little over 9 months and was already  blessed with a weight loss of 44 pounds.  I’d like to share my testimony saying that I’ve been searching for something for a long time.  I’ve tried to loose weight on my own, but never been very successful.  Another thing I need to share is that I’m 55 years old.   It’s very hard for someone, once you’re over 50, to loose any weight.  But, the Lord blessed me with my weight loss in 9 months.  I would also like to share that I was searching for a group that could meet together in the evening to have a Bible study.  This the Lord has also given me with the Manna program.  The Manna program has truly been a wonderful experience.   The Manna program has Prayer Partners.  We support and encourage each other by being mentors.  The Manna program has truly been an answer to prayers in my life.  Through the program’s Seven Actions, I learned that I can place my burdens at the Lords feet and be free of them forever.  I’ve carried baggage for so many years and after all this time, I can be set free to enjoy life.

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Hi, I’m Mike.  I’ve been on Manna 5 months and I’ve lost 45 pounds.  But Manna’s not about dieting, even though everybody share about how much weight they’ve lost and how long we’ve been on the program.  But this is not about dieting, this is about obedience to God.  It’s about doing God’s will.  And it’s about letting God act in your life.  It’s about God working miracles, spiritually, mentally, and physically in your life.   Through my working this program God healed my ulcer and healed my wife’s sleep apnea.  The Manna program is  a way to get God active in your life.  Let him be active in your life.  He is wonderful.   

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Hi, I’m Betty -  When I first came to the Manna program   I was a retiree weighing almost 205 pounds.  I was not only a compulsive overeater I was becoming a Bulimic.   When I worked the program’s Seven Actions Toward Healing, going back through my childhood leading up to the present, I started to learn why I turned to food.  I want to say, thanks to the Manna program. I know now that God’s divine appointment for me is to become part of Manna, ministering to others with eating disorders.  

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Hi, my name is Jean and the joy of the Lord is my strength.  That is definitely something that I learned through the Manna program.  The Lord is who gives us the strength to accomplish the things that he demands of us.  One of the things that I didn’t understand about my eating disorder (whatever you want to call it) was that I was looking to food for my comfort, for my celebration, for when I was feeling sad -- it was always there for me, and I wasn’t turning to the Lord.  But the Manna program has taught me how to turn to the Lord.  I’ve been a Christian for 20-some odd years and I really didn’t understand that deep, close walk that I had so desired wasn’t going to come until I relinquished my right and gave my rights to the Lord.  I thought my right was to eat whatever I wanted to.  I’ve come to find out that the Lord is my strength and my joy.

I had struggled with my weight all my life.  Manna From Heaven brought me new hope when I had no hope.  God has taught me how to surrender my whole life not just food.  I’ve lost 100+ pounds in one year and have been able to maintain that weight loss for 6 months.  I really give the Lord the glory for it. 

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Hello, I’m Marilyn -   I’ve been on the Manna program for almost 7 months.  It’s been the most wonderful thing that has ever happened in my life.  It’s turned my life upside down and I’d have to say that the Lord Jesus Christ has really done the work, and Manna was just the tool.  Before I came to Manna, because of my weight, I was focused on the pain of the weight.  It wasn’t a physical pain so much as it was a spiritual/mental pain.  Because I was carrying it, I was concentrating on my pain, rather than ministering effectively for the Lord.  My whole heart’s desire has been to minister to other people who are hurting.  I’ve been saved 13 years.  The Lord has used me in different ways while I was heavy,  but not so much as now. 

I’ve been on the program almost 7 months and I’ve lost 105 + pounds.  I have learned that I am addicted to certain foods, and that those foods were poison to my body, which God had created.  When I learned to abstain from these foods my mind became clear, my spirituality was more refined.  The Seven Actions Toward Healing have taught me to walk closer with the Lord.  Relying on Him and not on myself.  Manna is an anointed ministry designed by God, written by man.   It’s Christ - centered.  Jesus is in the middle of it and it keeps focused on our Savior.  And that’s what’s really great about the whole thing.  Jesus.  Amen. 

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I’m Cherie, Hi!  I started Manna because I was overweight.  I had no idea what Manna was about.  I had been depressed for a really long time.  I had been on antidepressants for three years and I have gone through all sorts of different programs, but I kept searching for something.

I’ve been in Manna for awhile now.   God has opened my heart showing me how much he really loves and cares for me.  Manna has been a way for me to learn about Jesus Christ.  I was a Christian, but I never realized how much more God wanted from me and how much more he could give me.  Through Manna I’ve been able to do that.  I finally found joy and contentment in my life.

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Hi, my name is LaBerta.   God has healed me.  He has made a miracle in me.  I ‘ve been in Manna 20 months and I’ve lost almost 100 pounds and have been maintaining that loss for three years.  I’m so grateful to God for Manna! 

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Hi, my name is Roda.  I’ve been in the Manna ministry for a little over 6 months.  I’ve lost 33 pounds.  To me the Manna ministry is a ministry of miracles.  About 5 years ago I was diagnosed with a sleep disorder called obstructive sleep apnea.  To help you, you have to do sleep with a breathing machine, and if you don’t, you could suffocate in your sleep.  Even knowing this, and knowing that losing the weight might help, I could not lose the weight.  For 4 years I struggled with this condition. 

I finally decided to do try Manna.  I went to my first Manna meeting and I thought, “Oh, I can never do this program, I can’t do it.”  God told me I can’t do it, but He would do it for me, if I would step out in faith and obedience.  And He’s done that.  My first three days were just a miracle.  After working the Second Action, I was healed of my sleep apnea.  I no longer have to go sleep with the machine and that’s a miracle.  I know God is healing me of my eating disorder.  I’m on the Fifth Action right now, and I’m looking forward with expectancy to the Seventh Action and complete healing.

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Hi, I’m Jo Ann.  I’ve only been in Manna for 29 days, not very long.  But I have lost 15 pounds already!  Why did I join Manna?  As a Christian, I was in a prayer meeting about 15 years ago, and the Holy Spirit spoke and said that in these last days it’s going to become so difficult, that if you’ve got weight on you, it’s going to do be even harder.   Now just reading the newspaper or watching the news can lead to depression or panic.  Especially if you don’t know the Lord.  When I began to gain weight I decided to join a diet club.  I went to three different clubs, but I ran into problems.   In these clubs all types of language was being used.  Things were said that was very difficult for me as a Christian to hear.  When people would share their weight problems, they would many times use profanity and vulgarity.  I was so grieved in my spirit and because I’m also a minister, I thought, Lord you don’t want this garbage to be in my ears and yet you’ve told me to join a club to get my weight off.  Where can I go? 

I was lead to Manna Ministry.  The beauty of Manna is that I have a mentor I call every morning and discuss what I’m going to eat and receive prayer for my day’s success.  There are other people on the list that I call for prayer.  The bottom line is, that I can walk with the Lord and still enjoy losing weight.  Manna From Heaven Ministry is  multi-denominational.  Anyone can come and join Manna Ministries.   The beauty of this program is not only that you loose weight, but the Lord Jesus Christ is lifted up, and you learn that you can live and walk with the Lord.  Working the Seven Actions brings deliverance  as you loose weight.  I’m thankful for Manna Ministries.

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Hi, my name is Rosemarie.  I’m so glad to have the Manna Program.  I thank God for giving it and providing it for me and for all of you too.  I heard about the Manna program at a time when I’d given up on all diets and food plans.  I  decided the Lord would love and accepted me just the way I was.   But I  really did know that he wanted a whole lot more from me.  I heard somebody’s testimony that they were freed from the chains of food.  That was the key that brought me to Manna to check it out.  But I didn’t think it could be for me because I have low blood sugar and I thought I had to eat all day long.  I was very hesitant about the program.  But I said, “Lord if this program is for me, you have to make it work in the first week to keep my blood-sugar level .”  And He did.  So I believe that the Lord sent me here and provided Manna for me and for a lot of people with disorders with their system.  It’s just been such a blessing.  The Manna program took care of two things for me.  It made me disciplined with my food and disciplined in the Word.  Secondary blessings - I’ve lost 57 pounds and I have a lot more to go.  The Lord is not finished with me yet, He has a lot more to teach me. 

It’s been a year now and the doctor’s been really puzzled why I’m so well form my asthma problem.  I believe that the Lord is taking care of my asthma and so I don’t need my inhalers anymore.  Also, I had sleep apnea and I don’t need my breathing machine anymore and that’s quite a victory.  I look forward to what the Lord continues to do in my life and for His continuous healing.

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Hi, I’m Barbara.  I came to the Manna program because I wanted to strengthen my relationship with God.  I’ve had an eating disorder since I was a kid but due to my other addictions I maintained my weight pretty much.  When the other addictions were removed I was left with my eating disorder.  I came into this program to get honest.  I’ve  surrender a lot through this program.  It hasn’t been easy for me, but it has been good for me.  I’ve had to change the way I’ve thought about food, the way I’ve thought about myself, and have learned to take advice from God.   I’ve learned to cook healthy.  Good things have started to happen in my life.  I’m maintaining a 12 pound weight loss.

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Hi, I’m Jackie.  I’ve lost 40 pounds in  4 months.  The Lord has brought a program to teach me about  nutrition, the right foods to eat.   I thank God for bringing me to Manna.  The program is fantastic and I praise God for everything He’s done in my life. 

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Hi, I’m Cheryl.  I have been in the Manna program for 60 days.  One night I said in my heart “Lord, you know I just can’t give food up and I’ll never be able to.  Even if I give it over to you, what will I enjoy?  I won’t be able to enjoy going out with my husband after work, I won’t be able to look forward to the noon hour, and dinner hour.   It’s too much of a pleasure for me to give up.”   I said, “but I would like to be healed”.  I came into the program and I didn’t analyze why it would work, I did it because God said, “You go, I want to bless you, I don’t want you deceived anymore.”  I have lost 15 pounds in  three weeks.  I don’t look to eating at noon or at 5.  I’m really excited.  I’m not in bondage to a 24 hour clock of thinking about food any longer.

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Hi, I’m Evahn.  I’ve been on the program since April first 1996, April fools day!  It all started when I realized that my over-weight was out of hand.  I didn’t know what to do.  I had done, like everyone else, everything that you can possibly do.  I tried all the diet programs.  My commitment wasn’t there and Christ wasn’t there so I wasn’t successful.   It was when I visited the Holy Land I realized just how much Jesus meant to me.  I knew that I was a temple of the Holy Spirit and that my body wasn’t reflecting that at all.  I knew in my heart that I had to do something about my weight. I just praise God for bringing me to Manna.  I’ve lost 55 pounds.

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Hi.  My name is Carol.  I will tell you something that I learned from Manna.  I found that I need accountability in my life.  When working the Manna program you are held accountable.  With having an accountability I felt the support of the Lord while working my program.

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