Obedience Brings Blessings

Audio Testimony 10 minutes and 43 seconds

My Music Ministry

Pam and I started singing in the summer of 2014, we have recorded several songs over the past 2 years as God directed. I was in a lot unbelief about what Jesus told me to do. At times it would freak me out, but I continued on singing with Pam, until eventually I would overcome what people thought of me; to a degree. I had to continue to believe that God had given me a music ministry.

A few months ago Doyle came into the sanctuary on a Wednesday night, and quoted this scripture: 1 Corinthians 14:26, How is it then, brethren? When ye come together every one of you hath a psalm, hath a doctrine, hath a tongue, hath a revelation, hath an interpretation. Let all things be done for edification.

The following Sunday night I knew that it was right to join Pam, with the song God gave us, “Just A Closer Walk With Thee”. The Saturday before, I woke up in great fear, I felt like horror had overwhelmed me. To that point I could have never understood what it meant to have horror overwhelm you. I got up and went out and walked and prayed almost until the 11 am program. I kept praying and pressing in with all that I had, about 10 minutes before the program started I could feel it lifting. By the time the program started it was completely gone, I was free, no fear. It hit me again Sunday morning, I did the same thing, it lightened, but did not leave until around 3:30 that afternoon. The devil had said to me earlier in the day that I needed to have some wine, before I went to sing, I laughed! How would I ever overcome this fear if I was intoxicated!

By the time I got to church that night I was a little nervous but not afraid. I was ready, and in the middle of the program we went up to sing. I thank God for that night, so I could overcome fear of what people think. So I truly learned, that fear is a spirit and you don’t have to yield to it and you can overcome it and it has to leave. Even in a trying situation, you can walk in perfect peace, if you’re obeying God. Pam has shared with me something Doyle had told her and it is true. He said to her, “When I overcame caring what people thought, then I could obey God”.    

You Can Follow God: Audio by Scott Parker

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The Road Coming Back by Dianna Rice

In the beginning of 2002, my divorce was final, and at that time I became offended at God. I just started my own business and was working a maximum of 12 hours a day.

 Over the next few years, I became more and more offended at God and it eventually drove me out of the church. By the end of 2006, in my disobedience I stopped attending completely.

From then on I worked, played, and got deeper and deeper into sin. Around 2008, the appraisal industry changed how orders were made, so that meant my clientele was dried up. In the middle of March of 2008, my lender sent a letter stating I was behind on my property taxes, over $15,000+ (the lender never informed me that they were not included in my mortgage payment).

A few months later they sent another letter stating that they rolled it into the loan. The payment increased approximately $800 more a month, and due to a lack of business coming in, I was unable to make the payments.

I lived in the house until the middle of 2010, without making a single payment. The homeowners association tried to foreclose on the house, but it turned out they had the wrong legal description, so they couldn’t get it done. I thank God that even in my rebellion he never let the bank foreclose on my loan.

The latter part of 2008, I remember laying in my living room crying out to God, to deliver me out of this situation; and I prayed that way for several months. The first time I returned to Water of Life, was for Terry Mai’s funeral. As I sat there the spirit of God rested on me, I felt like I had come home from a long journey, I knew then I could never leave again.

At the time I returned back to Water of Life, I had very little work coming in. God instructed me to go out every night and pray for an hour in my car. This went on for about a year and during those nights out praying, God delivered me from spirits that I picked up in my rebellion. During the day if I had no work, I would go out and pray and when I returned home, I would have an order. Gradually my worked increased. In June of 2010 I was making enough money to support myself again. In the same period of time, the Lord sold my house.

I know that Doyle was praying for me, my family was praying for me also. I thank God for Doyle Davidson and my sister Kathy Wells, without their prayers, I would have never gotten out. Doyle has always said, going out into sin is a lot easier than the road coming back. I agree…