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Outpouring, where we contend for that promise
outpouring, we equip for that outpouring, so
that we may engage in that very outpouring. I'm
Philip Buss. And I'm Sharon Buss. Welcome to
the podcast today. We have with us a lady that's
becoming a friend, and her name is Dorothy Reedford,
and she just... all of a sudden stopped in for
a visit. And so we've been visiting at the table
and said, these testimonies have to be shared.
This isn't something that's just for us. So we're
bringing her to you, listeners, so that you can
be encouraged in your faith, knowing the faithfulness
of God as she shares testimonies of how God has
dealt with her in her life as she's been running
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of like precious faith with you. So Dorothy,
this is really an amazing thing that you have
stopped by. You just contacted us yesterday and
said, can I come by? And now here you are. Just
driving through. Just passing through on my way
home. Yes. And God has been taking you on a journey.
Yes. And wow, I've just enjoyed story after story,
testimony after testimony that you've shared
with us today of the things that God has done
in your life. So give us a little bit of background,
first of all, about... where you were born, how
you were raised, were you raised in a Christian
home? How did things go? Okay. Well, I am Dorothy
Reedford, and I live in Indianapolis, Indiana.
And I was raised, born in California, in Sacramento.
My dad was in the Air Force. And we had a Christian
-based home, yes. My grandfather was a Methodist
minister. He raised my dad to be Christian. My
mom actually gave her life to the Lord because
of his ministry. So she was 18 when she gave
her life to the Lord. Glory to God. Well, that's
wonderful. Hallelujah. But if you're the child
of someone in the Air Force, you probably moved
around a bit. We did. We did. I had my beginning
in Taipei, Taiwan for kindergarten. And through
the years and some of the experiences, I was
in 19 schools, kindergarten through 12th grade.
I loved it, though. I love traveling. Really?
I love new people. I love new adventures. So
it didn't break your heart every time you left
your friends? I was sad. Yeah, I would be sad.
I always knew there would be more friends around
the next corner. Well, God designed you for this
then. That's a good perspective. He did. That's
tremendous. He did. And so at some point, you
made your own commitment to the Lord. How was
that? Yes. Well, I've had... Different experiences
because when I was a little child, I just knew
Jesus was real. He would speak to me. I didn't
realize that other people didn't hear him talk
to them like I heard him talk to me. I can hear
Jesus just like I hear you guys talking to me.
And so when I was little, I believed in Jesus.
I know I was led to the Lord by my mom when I
was four years old. I gave my heart to Jesus
and she knew that I knew that. And then the next
year. I helped witness to my brother. My brother
gave his heart to the Lord when he was three.
And my mom said she wanted to know if he, you
know, verified that he really understood what
he was getting into. And she said, well, how
do you know you have Jesus in your heart? And
he said, because it feels like warm, hot chocolate.
Oh, wow. That is so cool. Yeah. And then I did
have a few years where I just kind of I felt
a little lost, but it wasn't Jesus that had wandered
away. It was me. Right. And he, as soon as I
was fully ready, he brought me right back in
with open arms like he was waiting for me the
whole time. Beautiful. Beautiful. He's so faithful.
Faithful love. Oh, my. Yes. Yes. Yes. So tell
us about his faithfulness to you when he really
called you into walking with him. Tell us about
that. Well. My first knowing that he was calling
me into something kind of unique was when I was
17 years old. I was awakened in the middle of
the night and he told me to pray for somebody
and I didn't know who that person was. And that
led me on about a three year journey of just
privately learning how intercessory prayer worked,
just Holy Spirit teaching me. And after that,
I had different experiences with churches and
stuff. But then a lady minister invited me to
come join her in Kentucky. And we had a ministry
in the hotel that she and I managed. And we got
to witness to truckers and we got to see miracles
happen. People healed and set free from demons.
And it was incredible. It was an incredible journey.
Wow. So was that when you had a vehicle and the
Lord told you to pray for your tires? Yes. Tell
us that story. Yes. Actually, on my drive to
Kentucky from Illinois, where we lived, the Lord,
I was driving and just singing and worshiping
and just, I love you, Lord, you know, things
like that. And I just having a great praise party
and I hear, pray for your tires. I was like,
okay, I pray for my tires. My tires need prayer.
And instantly I saw two demons on the right side
of the road, right by the yellow line. One was
tall and thin and the other one was round and
short and stubby. And both of them had their
arms long enough. They were just hanging. The
back sides of the hands were hanging on the yellow
line. And behind them were long talons. And they
just glared at me as I passed by. And I said,
oh. I really pray for my tires. And I know that
had I not prayed for my tires, those shredded
tires you see on the side of the road where people
have their tires just like torn off their car,
that is exactly what would have happened to my
tires. Wow. So if you guys ever see that, I'm
just warning you, you have the authority to pray
for your vehicle, your tires, and protect yourself
from these demons. You have angels that protect
you, angels that warn you. And if you're told
to pray for something, just obey. Beautiful.
You know, that reminds me of a story that Sam
Matthews told us, Dr. Sam Matthews. He's gone
home to be with the Lord now, but he told us
when, now he was a Baptist pastor and he came
into the baptism in the Holy Spirit and he's
learning all of this stuff about spiritual warfare,
learning about prayer, learning about, you know,
the deeper walk in the Spirit. I don't know if
he had a vision or a dream, but he saw this situation
where he and his wife would be in the car and
they were on their way to a certain intersection.
And he saw in the dream or the vision, this accident
happened where this truck careened out of control
and smashed into their car. And so they had to
go someplace where they would pass this intersection.
He said, you know, that they prayed together
and they bound this thing, that it couldn't touch
them. And so they cautiously went through this
intersection. And he's saying, glory to God,
we made it through this intersection. And then
he looked in his rearview mirror and the truck
that he had seen in the vision careened into
the car behind him. So he learned from that that
they needed to not only negate the thing that
was an assignment against them, but to absolutely
negate it, completely neutralize it so that it
couldn't be used against anybody else. So that's
a little clue for us that God really wants us
to go deeper. in our intercession, that it's
not just to protect me and mine, but you can
extend the border of your mantle over those that
are around you. You can pray for all the people
that are on the road at the same time that you
are. You can pray for, as you're going through
a city, you can pray for the whole city, for
God to move. Just let the Holy Spirit move in
your prayer life. So true. So true. It's amazing.
So you went to Kentucky and you were there for
nine months? Yes, I was there helping in the
ministry as well as managing the hotel that her
son and a friend had bought for that nine month
time period. And while I was there, I really
felt God was telling me I needed to go to Europe.
And when I was praying about it, I wanted to
make sure it wasn't just me wishing to travel
elsewhere. So you were in your 20s, right? I
was. I was 23 years old at the time. So at that
point in your life, it's really wisdom to sit
back a little bit and make sure that you're not
just wishful thinking, that this is really the
Lord. So what did you do? Well, I asked the lady
minister I was working with. Her name was Mary
Johnson. And I asked her to please pray over
this with me. Just wanted to make sure that I
wasn't the only one hearing this. And she prayed
about it. And not too long later, she said, yes,
I. feel like God is telling you to go. She's
like, I'll miss you, but if you got to go, you
got to go. So then what happened? Well, I ended
up selling my car, which was only like $900 worth,
but it ended up paying off bills I had, but that
took everything I had. And so I prayed more because
I'm like, Lord, I don't have anything to work
with here. And so I got a Greyhound bus ticket
back home to my town in Illinois. How did you
get the bus ticket if you had no money? Mary
bought it for me. Oh, God bless Mary. I know.
She believed in you. Yes, she did. She believed
in the word of the Lord to you. Good. She did.
And when I got back to the town, it was like
Tuesday, and the next day was Wednesday, and
we had Wednesday night service at the little
Church of God I attended before I left for Kentucky.
And God had told me as I prayed on my way back
that I needed to ask the pastor to see if the
church would help fund my trip to Europe. And
to make sure that it was also God, right? Yes.
And so I did. That Wednesday night I went in
and I pulled him inside and I said, would you
do me a favor? I said, I feel like God's asking
me to go to Europe. I said, but I would like
you to pray and get confirmation for me as well.
That's wisdom. And I told him that my friend
Mary had also received confirmation from the
Lord. But I also had been told by the Father
that if I would ask the church, whatever they
gave me, that provision. would be what I needed
to go to Europe with. So I asked the pastor this,
and he said he would pray about it. So that Sunday
morning, I hadn't heard from him yet, and he
ended up coming in. We had our Sunday school.
We had our church service. And it was interesting
because I was like, okay, he hasn't said anything
to me. He hasn't barely even looked at me. But
I was sitting there and he said, well, we're
going to go ahead and take our offering. And
I was like, okay, Lord, maybe the answer was
no. I'm just going to leave this alone. But then
as service was ending, he said, you guys all
know Dorothy. I just want to welcome her up here
because God's given her a desire to go to Europe.
And I prayed about it, and I feel like she's
supposed to go. So the congregation and I both
found out at the same time. And how big was the
congregation? There were about 17 people, and
that was including children at the time. And
then he asked, he said, well, we're going to
take up a love offering. And she feels that whatever
she gets is what God's sending her to Europe
with. So if you guys have anything to give, please
give it. And they ended up raising $300. And
I just was so... moved by that. Back in 1993,
that was a lot of money. And it also was so touching
that these people would be willing to give of
themselves for me. Beautiful. Beautiful. And
then what happened? Well, I ended up calling
my stepdad like the next day and he said, well,
we've already kind of figured out that you're
coming. Okay. Where were they? They were in Bielsko
-Biala, Poland. Oh, in Europe. In Europe. And
that's another reason I wanted confirmation because
I didn't want this to be a fleshly thing of me
saying I just wanted to travel. And see family.
Yeah. And Holy Spirit had already given them
knowledge, a word of knowledge that I would be
coming. And so he actually reached out to his
cousin. who I didn't even know, and she worked
for TWA, Trans World Airlines. We used to call
it traveling with angels. Oh, cool. I like that.
And she was able to get a buddy pass for me,
and he paid for my buddy pass. It was $20. Isn't
that amazing? I flew to Berlin from Chicago on
$20. Wow. With $300 in your pocket. Yeah, I didn't
have to spend it. My stepdad purchased the ticket
for me. Wow. Wow. And then what happened next?
Well, you landed in Berlin. I did. And what year
was this? This is 1993. Okay. Five years after
the Berlin Wall had fallen between East and West
Germany. Right. And there were still portions
of the wall there that you could see the evidence
of. It was so moving to me. My heart just, it
was powerful to know I could cross freely from
West to East. Yes. And just five years earlier,
it wouldn't have been possible. No, not at all.
For them or for us. Yeah. The other way around.
Yeah. Yeah. So that was a moving moment of reality
for you. It really was. It truly was. And my
stepdad, Dan Scalf, is who I'm talking about.
He's always been such a powerful prayer warrior
and significant supporter of my spiritual walk.
And I'm just so grateful for him. That's wonderful.
He and my mom were willing to come pick me up.
And we ended up going to a cafe for dinner. And
from that cafe window, I could see the Berlin
Wall. And I was on the east side of the wall.
And it just, it was powerful. It was powerful
to realize that God brought me here and he had
called me there. Yes. And I didn't know why.
Well, then when we finished lunch at the cafe,
we went about two blocks and turned the corner.
And it came to a T because there was a walkway
and a wall because there was a canal on the other
side of that wall. And as we turned the corner,
there was a terrible scene. There was a bombing
that had happened. A car bomb had been thrown
into a police officer's open window. So his sirens
were going, but it didn't matter because he had
plowed into tourists and the tourists had flown.
Some had flown over the boat. One guy was laying
there with... both thighs broken on a tourist
boat below. And there was just chaotic scene.
There were people screaming and crying and running
and trying to help others that were bleeding
because the car had plowed into other people
walking. It had happened so, so soon while we
were eating lunch that there was no help yet.
There were no other police officers, no ambulance,
nothing yet. But once the ambulance came and
started helping people, we went ahead and went
down the back alley and kind of got our way out
of there. But we prayed. We just prayed for an
hour or so for all those people. Wow. And if
you had gotten there a moment or two sooner,
you'd have been in the middle of it. Had we not
stopped for eating at the cafe, we don't know.
It might have been us. Yeah. Wow. It was very
eye -opening. It was just like, wow, okay, Lord,
I'm not here for playing. This is for real. Yes.
It was a reality check, wasn't it? A big one,
yeah. Wow. Yeah. So then you got to Poland. Yeah.
We got to enjoy some time. My mom and I kind
of got a little bit of a reestablishment in our
relationship, and we got to do some small trips
together. And then my stepdad let me know that
they were going to be going to the Moscow Bible
School and turning in the van that they had and
giving it as a gift, donating it to the Bible
School because they needed it. That we would
be going there, but we needed to take the train
back. Knowing my funds were limited, my mom said
to me, she said, we're here on other people's
money. You know, people support us and they don't
support you. So you need to pay for yourself.
If you're going to buy that ticket, you're either
going to use some of your $300 or you're going
to need to ask God for some more money. And I
started praying. I'm like, Lord, I don't want
to break into this money. I don't know how long
you've got me here. I don't know. Yeah, it was
open -ended, right? It was open -ended. I actually
had got rid of everything, gotten rid of all
my clothing, everything except for one suitcase
with clothing and shoes and one suitcase with
my Bible and some notebooks and books I wanted
to read and all my pens. Wow. Yeah. So I wasn't
sure how that was going to happen. But, you know,
you got to pray and you got to trust God because
he got me that far. So I knew he had a plan.
So you decided to go with your parents. I did.
We ended up having a beautiful trip up through
Poland, up through Belarus and into Moscow. It's
crazy in Moscow, the driving back in even 1993,
there were like 14 lanes across. It was only
supposed to be like four or five lanes wide.
And they were like, they made 14 lanes. People
were just willy nilly everywhere. Kind of lawlessness,
huh? It is a little bit. Yeah, it was. It was
kind of funny because you never know what you're
going to do. I had an ice cream cone that was
dripping really bad. So I sat down Indian style
in Red Square in Moscow and sat there eating
with it dripping out in front of me. And some
Asian tourists took pictures of me. So somewhere
in this world, there's pictures of me eating
ice cream in Red Square in Moscow. I think you're
Russian, you know. Something. Wow. That's amazing.
So then you're at this Bible school. You don't
know if you're going to have to break into your
$300. Then what happened? Well... That was the
second day that the Moscow McDonald's had opened.
They had opened the day before. And as we were
sitting at breakfast, we were all discussing
what we were going to do. And my stepdad's very
gregarious and just real personable. And he had
gotten to know quite a few people. And these
three American pastors had come and sat at the
table with us for breakfast at the Bible school
before our day got started. He had, I guess when
I got up to go to the bathroom or something,
had said something to these pastors because this
one pastor had come up to me on the bus. We had
gotten off the bus at the McDonald's and he came
up to me as I sat there and asked if he could
sit with me. And he said, your stepdad said you've
got quite a story. Why don't you sit down and
tell me about it? I said, sure. So I ended up
sitting there and sharing a meal with him at
this beautiful. double -story McDonald's looking
out over the street in Moscow. It was so surreal.
And he asked about, you know, how I got there
and explained some of the things that had happened
and just how amazing it was. And how God works.
And he was like, well, you know what? I'm so
proud of you. I'm so happy you did that. He goes,
I just want to give you something. He pulls out
his wallet and hands me a $20 bill. And I'm like,
okay, thank you so much. And so then we get back
to the Bible school. And as we're walking around,
I see this bench in this beautiful, almost park
-like setting out in the campus area. So I sit
down and just admire nature. And another one
of the pastors from the morning breakfast comes
up and sits down next to me. And I did forget
to mention one of the God moments on the pastors.
They were three pastors from three different
states. coming over to see if their churches
would be supporting this Bible school. And so
that's why they were coming over to Moscow as
well. And God had arranged them all to sit together
on the airplane. They didn't even know each other
beforehand, but had become fast friends on the
plane. So this was pretty awesome. And none of
them knew that the other one was doing this.
Well, this pastor sits down next to me at the
bench, and he... asks me to tell him my story.
Because of your stepdad. Because of my stepdad.
Again, he said, yeah, you said you've got quite
a story. What's your story? And so I tell him
and he's pretty awesome. He ends up telling me
about his son who's interested in following God
and that his daughter needed prayer. And it was
interesting to, you know, just hear the personal
level. of how people's stories kind of intermesh
and interweave. And I guess I think that's kind
of when I started seeing a little bit of the
tapestry of life, you know? Oh, yes. Yeah. How
it seems like a mess, but God pulls so many things
together. Well, as we talked, he's like, well,
thanks for sharing your story. And he pulls out
his wallet and he has me another 20. And your
fare was going to be? 60. Yeah. And that was
just too much for you to think about taking out
of here? Out of $300 now. Yeah. That afternoon,
I had gone back to my room and then come back
to dinner. And at dinner, that third American
pastor had come to sit with us. And he asked
me what my story was because my stepdad mentioning
it. And again, I explained my story. And he said
that he had been moved by God and he pulls just
out of his shirt pocket. He just hands me. He
goes, I wanted to give this to you. He goes,
I want to bless you on your journey. By the end
of one day, I had that $60 to get my train ride
back the next afternoon. So each of them had
been moved by God to give you $20. Individually,
and none of them knew about each other doing
so. I just love that. That's God. That's so encouraging.
It is. So encouraging, because you're kind of
out on a limb, so to speak. I am, because it
was either use that money and be unsure or trust
God. Yeah. I mean, we have to obey. Right. And
it's important to listen. If it was time for
me to use my money, I would have. Right. Then
the Lord would have showed you that. He would
have. And he would have given you the grace to
do it. And he would have given you the faith
that he's going to provide beyond it. But he
doesn't hardly ever do the same thing twice.
No, no, no. I've tested that one in the past.
It's never happened the same again. Wow. Wow.
So you rode the train back with your parents.
I did. I did. And I ended up staying with them
for... I think it was about another week and
a half and a pastor and associate pastor from
a church in Finspång, Sweden came by and they
were just coming by to visit and on their way
kind of thing, asked me what I was doing next.
And I said, well, I don't know what I'm doing
next. And so they invited me to ride along with
them and it was quite a journey. We ended up
having to help a horse that had been stuck in
a barn fire. Oh, my. Along the way. It's incredible.
The pastor and the associate pastor were bigger
than me, but they were afraid of this huge, like,
percheron -style horse. Oh, yeah, that's a big
horse. And he had tried to get... away from the
raging fire and his front half was over top of
the gate that was locked and the back half of
him was still on the other side. So I ended up
getting him unwedged and pushed at the same time.
And I ended up getting this gate unhooked and
getting this horse back into his corral, which
actually wasn't by the fire, thankfully. There
were two horses that had been in the barn fire
that had escaped. They ran past us the other
way. But by the time we left and I... got that
horse back in his actual corral, the fire trucks
were starting to show up to spray out the fire.
So it's just, you never know what you're going
to have to encounter in life. Really? Wow. So
had you had any previous experience with horses?
Yeah. I mean, I've been around horses a lot.
And one of my good friends in high school had
horses, so I was able to ride a lot. So it wasn't
a big deal to you to handle the horse? It was
the biggest horse I'd ever seen in my life. I
just prayed in tongues. Encourage the horse the
other way. Wow. I love that. So then you went
to Sweden. I did. I did. One of the main reasons
the pastor was excited to have me join them was
because they were going to be repainting the
church and it was a pretty large building. So
I was willing to help. God provided a place for
me to stay. They had an apartment at the top
of their home. And so I had a living room, a
kitchen, a bedroom and a bathroom and a sitting
area for eating my meals if I would just help
with their laundry. Wow. They fed me. They provided
home for me. I stayed for three months. Wow.
And all I had to do was their laundry. His wife
hated doing laundry. Oh, my goodness. It was
a beautiful place to be. It was a lovely experience.
And I got to read some of my books and learn
a bit more in my Bible and just kind of spend
time with God there. Wow. Wow. That's a great
thing for a young person to do. It is. So then
what happened? You didn't stay? Well, the only
other thing I do want to add to that is, to encourage
those who are on a journey that feel like they're
not getting where they want to be with God is
seek the healing and help that you need. Because
I also learned that no matter where I go, there
I am. That's true. In the problems I was having,
they were following me. Yeah. So my problem with
the heart attitude, a little bit of anger issue,
they didn't stay back in America. They followed
me where I had gone. It's your own baggage. Yeah.
Your inner baggage. Yeah. I think what I've really
learned the most is just forgiveness is key.
Absolutely. In order to grow into the loving
person that God wants you to be, we've got to
learn how to forgive others and ourselves. Very
true. And receive the forgiveness that God gives.
Very, very true. Well, where did God take you
after Sweden? I ended up in the Czech Republic.
uh sklenarska which is a little house that they
had for a czech bible school that was kind of
out in the middle of nowhere about four four
miles from town and um they needed help with
the housekeeping and cooking and so i learned
how to cook for 60 people three meals a day it
was actually really fun because and god has used
that over the years to be able to just kind of
you know cater parties or make sure things are
still flowing If I end up at a banquet or something,
I've really just enjoyed being able to just use
what he taught me along the way. But during the
time that I was at the Moscow Bible School, I
had a coat. Oh, yes. This is a good story. That
God had allowed me to fall in love with when
I was still in the United States. taken my time
and put it on layaway, spent three months or
four months paying for this $99 wool coat. It
was one of those, oh, I've got to have it kind
of things. And that was one of the things I had
saved room for in my suitcase. And when I ended
up meeting one of the ladies at the Moscow Bible
School, she was going to be graduating in like
a couple of weeks and she was going to be heading
straight. to Uzbekistan. And she said that it
was going to be so cold there and she had no
coat. And when I thought about my coat that I
had in my suitcase, I thought, you know, I actually
am going to need that because it's going to get
cold. I got up to my room that night and Holy
Spirit had asked me to give her my coat. And
I said, I didn't want to give her my coat. That
I had taken time to pay for that. And I wrestled
for a couple of days. And finally, Father said,
if you give her your coat. I will replace it.
So I gave her my coat that morning and she just.
At the last minute. It was like three minutes
before they were leaving. I finally had obeyed.
Well, thank God you did. I'm so grateful I did
because she just, she fell into a pile weeping
just because that was really her greatest need.
It really was her greatest need. And it was a
coat that would really keep her warm. It was
a long wool coat. Beautiful. So I'm in the Czech
Republic, and I'm helping, just serving. I've
only been in the Czech Republic about three weeks
at this point. And a lady came who was one of
the Bible school head people. His mom, she had
come to visit. Day after she arrived, she called
me up to her room, which was a sweet little room
up at the very top, kind of a little secreted
room at the top of a staircase. And she said,
I just wanted to give you something. She said,
God made me bring this with me. And as we were
talking, she started uncovering this beautiful
mink coat. Oh, wow. And I said, I kind of caught
my breath and she said, well, God told me to
bring it. She said, I didn't know who he was
going to go to until I saw you yesterday. And
he said, it was you. He replaced my coat with
a beautiful mink coat from one of the best furriers
in Sweden. Wow. Yep. God is so faithful. He is.
And he doesn't, I remember Sister Gwen, our founder
used to say, and she was quoting her dad, that
God is no man's debtor. And that whatever you
give to God, he'll give back to you, but he has
a bigger shovel. So true. So true. Like he's
dumping gold. Beautiful. Yeah, it was incredible.
God is so faithful. Yes. I just love that. Tell
us some more stories about his faithfulness that
you've experienced. Oh, well, he is definitely
faithful when it comes to finances. Anytime that
he has called me to do something. Oh, wait a
minute. Did you finish what happened in Europe?
You were there for 10 months. Yeah. Oh, yeah.
You were there for 10 months. How many nations
did you go to? Ten. And how much money did you
come back with when you left? When I came home,
I came back with one of the original $100 bills
not spent. Isn't that amazing? Not even broken.
Look at that. $200, 10 countries, 10 months.
Faithfulness of God. I remember our founder,
Sister Gwen, went to, it was Indonesia. Yeah.
And the Lord spoke to her, says, you're not going
to have to buy anything. Yeah, she was going
to change money. Change money. At the airport.
And she didn't have a lot of money anyway. No.
Yeah, she went on the shoestring, says, going
to change money. And she changed just enough
money to buy some stamps. And then later, somebody.
I think gave her some stamps. And she didn't
have to use any of her money at all. God took
care of everything. She wouldn't have even had
to buy the stamps. But that was just God's faithfulness.
Right. Yeah. So tell some more stories about
his faithfulness. Well, right now I'm on a journey.
I've been gone since October 27th, and today
is November 24th. And he told me to go on a 29
-day journey. So I'll be going home tomorrow.
And when I left home, I really didn't have much
in the bank account to leave with. I shouldn't
have left. If you were going to look at man's
standards, I shouldn't have left. And the day
before I left on the biggest part of the journey
that he sent me on, there was four times my husband's
paycheck in our bank account. Wow. Glory to God.
It just showed up. It just showed up. And my
husband has no idea why that money was there.
I love it. It's been a blessing for me and for
other people because I've been able to share
the wealth. Glory to God. He's so faithful. He's
so faithful. Tell about the perfume. That's such
a sweet story. It's a sweet thing. Back in December
of 2020, I gave my heart back to Jesus. I had
been kind of wandering for about eight years.
And during the time that... that was happening
i was really really depressed and honestly december
17th i was either going to kill myself or i was
going to give my heart back to jesus fully wow
those were my two options i was really at rock
bottom the good thing is i found that the rock
at the bottom is the rock of jesus he is the
solid rock and it took me about three months
of of going through learning who he saw me as
before I would even believe that he loved me.
I couldn't receive love. I couldn't accept love
at the time. I was really just in a broken state
of mind. And when he finally started convincing
me that he loved me, it was number one. absolutely
necessary for where i am today yes and where
we all need to be in receiving his love but as
i was going through the bible and especially
the book of proverbs and he said he calls us
his beloved i hated that i i'm gonna be honest
it was like hearing somebody call their girlfriend
baby Come on, baby, baby, baby. You know, I just,
I find it so offensive. And I was literally offended
when I would read the word beloved in the Bible.
And I was writing out the Proverbs and that I
came to those words. And every time I did, I
would leave it blank. I wouldn't even write it.
I would, I literally told God, I said, God, I
cannot, I can't, I can't stand you calling me
that. And finally, one day, Holy Spirit says
to me, he says, Dorothy, I said, what? Yes, I
had an attitude. I said, what? And he said, you
love words, right? And I said, yes, I do. You
know I do. He says, well, can you do me a favor?
I'm like, what? And he said, can you break it
apart? I said, what? He said, can you be loved?
Be loved. I said, I don't know if I can. I don't
know if I want to. I'd been hurt so many times
by so many people. And he said, I'm not a man
that I should lie. And I had to get to that point
where I believed him, that he really truly is
not the man and the men and the women who have
lied and hurt me. And so I finally got to a place
that I love to be his beloved. And he is mine.
Amen. Song of Solomon, I am my beloved and he
is mine. My beloved is mine. Yes. So from that,
he started giving me times where I would have
an outfit on and he'd be like pointing something
out in my closet with more flower, more color,
more beauty. And he'd be like, don't you want
to wear that? And so I'd be like, I'm just going
to the grocery store. And so, but I would change
clothes because of course it's a cute outfit
or whatever. So I'd change into it and he would
be like. Well, why don't you go over there to
that coffee shop? Or why don't you go over there
and have lunch over there? I hadn't intended
on staying out and having coffee or staying out
and having a lunch. But he would take it and
he would turn it into a date with Jesus. Okay.
So if anybody sees my Facebook posts, they would
see that I have occasionally. One of the only
things I actually post are Facebook dates with
Jesus. Oh, sweet. So he would take those moments
and he would highlight somebody, either my waiter
or waitress or a server across the room or a
person that's sitting there eating. And he would
have me find out their name and write an acrostic
word for them about their name or about their
identity in him or about who he sees them as.
So an acrostic, just explain that for somebody
who doesn't understand. So like if your name
is Laura, I would take the name. But I would
spell it all the way down like I was writing
a paragraph. So each line is a different letter.
So you take L. Let me give an example. L -A -U
-R -A. Love isn't always what we expect. Usually
you see rightly after God's love hits your heart.
Something like that. So it would be the word
Laura written straight down instead of across.
And then a word would be given from those letters.
Yes. That's so beautiful. So he would give me
those moments, and it would just encourage me
also, not just those people. I can't tell you
how many places I've gone. I don't even remember
who it was I got the word for. But if it's a
server, they'll open up their little book and
they'll say, see, look, I still have it. And
I couldn't believe they would remember me because
a lot of times I would sneak out. Like I didn't
want them to know who had left it. Well, one
day I was writing and I like to use little Sharpie
markers and it's got a little stand and it flips
up and then the whole marker package stands there.
Well, one day I looked over and there's the little
muted rectangle and inside is the shiny word
Sharpie. And I was like, I never paid attention
to that before. And Jesus said, well, that's
what I call you. Oh. I said, what do you mean?
He said, your nickname. I call you Sharpie. Oh,
that's sweet. And I said, well, I don't think
that's a good. thing is it a sharpie i mean all
i had ever heard was like a pool sharp or something
you know somebody who's kind of a scammer and
he said well look it up so i go to look it up
and he goes look it up in the slang in the american
slang dictionary a sharpie is an ostentatiously
stylish person oh and i love fashion i love Dressing
up and just, you know, feeling freely. And he
would encourage you to dress up nicely. Yeah.
So it's so fun. So this cruise ended up becoming
an ultimate date with Jesus. I ended up going
on a cruise just a few days ago, getting off
the cruise, I should say. And it was a revelation
of a promise that he had given to me years ago.
But during that cruise, I smelled the smell.
And it was this beautiful perfume kind of smell.
Well, I smelled it two times in the first day.
And then finally that evening, I was like, is
there a perfume shop around here somewhere? And
one of the stewards was like, yes, there is.
So I ended up going down and finding this perfume
shop, sniff bottle after bottle. And I finally,
about the sixth one, I found it, the smell that
I'd been smelling. And it was a perfume called
I Want You. C -H -O -O. And it was made by Jimmy
Choo. Well, I didn't pay attention. I just thought
that was so cute. And I bought the perfume and
I get it back to my room. And as I open it and
pull it out, it's a gold bottle, which, you know,
God in his royalty, all that gold is beautiful.
And on the front of it, all it says is JC. Yes.
So it's put there by Jimmy too, but we know it
means Jesus Christ. He made me search out that
scent and it was just added in addition to just
the beautiful time that I got to have just intimate
time with him and learning more about how he
loves me. It's just, it's so God is, God is just
so good to us and he can be just as good for
you if you just give him the opportunity to.
To know your heart and for you to know his heart
for you. We had one of our interview we did with
Cheryl Sempers. I was thinking the same thing.
Go ahead. She says, OK, Lord. Yeah. So, you know,
she had grown up in a home where her father was
a Bible teacher. So, you know, Bible, Bible,
Bible all the time she's growing up. But she
had had kind of some rough situations that went
on. So she was trying really hard to live life
without God. And then finally she says, all right,
God, I'm going to date you for one year. And
if this is really real, then I'll know. And then,
you know, if it's not, then I'm walking away.
I think that was in her mind. So the next day
she lost her job. So she had plenty of time.
For one year, she was alone with God. Wow. And
then God gave her a job and put her to work as
an evangelist. And, you know, because she took
that time to be alone with God, it developed
a relationship where, you know, she's a seer
now. She hears from God, just, you know, like
you are. Letting him get into your heart, letting
him get into your senses, get into your eyes
and your ears and your feelings and, you know,
really have this walk in the spirit with him.
Right. It will help you get out from walking
in the flesh if you'll take time to let him love
you. Amen. So beautiful. So tell us about what
you saw as we were praying before we started
on this podcast. Just as you asked Holy Spirit
what he wanted, I saw horses, dark horses running
through and they were running with flames of
fire. There were like six horses and every one
of them had a huge flame of fire around them.
They weren't running through the fire. The fire
was running with them. And that's really what
your life has been as you've walked with him.
And express how that works. There's no way to
separate. There's no way to separate yourself.
Once you've allowed God to envelop you, literally,
we are that horse running inside of his flame.
Yes. That's beautiful. Yes. I love how the Passion
Translation puts it, that his presence is your
wraparound shield. Yes. And we've heard Dean
Braxton. the man that we know that went to heaven
for an hour and 45 minutes, he talks about how
it's like you have this bubble around you. So
it literally is a wraparound presence, like a
sphere around you. You know, it's his presence
and he's present inside of you if you've asked
him to come and be present inside of you. So
you're kind of like sandwiched with his presence
inside and outside. You are in him, right? And
he is in you. letting him love you because he
is love. He is love. And another thing that Dean
helped us understand, I had had this experience
a number of years ago where I was just really
lost in the presence of God. And I felt like
he was showing me that originally when he made
Adam, he made him so that he would breathe in
the presence of God and breathe out worship,
that that was the original intent of respiration,
you know, before the fall. Then I also saw at
the same time, I saw that the presence of God
is like oxygen. You can't sense it with your
senses, but it's all around you and you can't
live without it. Yeah. And that's really what
the presence of God is. And he made us. we are
his people and the sheep of his pasture. You
know, he's intimately involved in our lives in
so, so many ways. And your testimonies today
have helped us see some of the little details
that he loves to see too. He just loves, he's
in the details, right? So we made the acquaintance
of Ivan Tuttle, who also had an experience outside
of his body. His body died and only he went to
hell. And God, delivered him from hell. He heard
this voice ring out that you can't have him.
It's not his time. I made a promise to his mother.
And he was caught away to heaven, to the gate
of heaven. He wasn't ready to go in, but he had
a little bit of a heaven experience. So I told
him what I just told you about this idea of oxygen
being like the presence of God. He said, oxygen
is the presence of God. So then I asked Dean
Braxton about it. He says, well, I guess you
could say that oxygen is the presence of God,
but I think it would be more accurate to say
that oxygen is the love of God. So the very thing
that gives us life in our breath, you know, our
spirit, the word in Hebrew, ruach, and the word
in Greek, which is pneuma. both of them have
three meanings, and it's breath, wind, and spirit.
All three of those in one word. Well, we have
three words for it, so we kind of lose the continuity
of all those things really belonging together.
So our very breath is bringing in the presence
of God, is bringing in his love. And so, listener,
if you are having trouble sorting out well, I
don't feel the love of God. Well, it's all around
you and you can't live without it. Just breathe
in his love and accept it. Accept it. It's there
for you. Would you pray for our listeners? Sure.
Father God, we just thank you so much for everything
you do for us. We just ask right now that your
love would surround those who are listening.
Father God, we just thank you so much for everything
that you do for us. for your favor, for your
protection, for your angels that guide and help
keep our foot from falling on stones. Father
God, we just ask right now that you would continue
to impress upon everyone how much your Holy Spirit
is meant for their comfort. their friendship
and their guidance, Father, that they would not
rely upon themselves, that they would learn to
lean on Jesus and rely on him for their direction.
If they need direction, all they need to do is
look at the footsteps of Jesus. Mirror the Father.
That's what he said. He said, I do what I see
my Father doing. And Father, all you do is love.
You direct, you guide, you help. So I ask, Father
God, that you would help us to follow you, to
mirror you, to copy you. We give you all the
glory and the honor and the praise, and I just
thank you so much for these beautiful people.
I ask, Father God, that you bless them in their
ministry and bless them in every turn, everything
that they need to do to further the kingdom of
God and to bring the kingdom of God to earth.
I ask for your assistance in their lives and
your provision in their life and in their walk
and in their ministry. I ask, Father God, that
you continue to bless. everything that they've
choose to do for you. In Jesus' name, we just
thank you. Amen. Amen. Check out our website
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